Nicolas’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-after 1565) after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)

The Massacre of the Innocents
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-after 1565) after Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, 1493-1560)

The Fall of Phaeton
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-after 1565) after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)

Laocoön
Nicolas Beatrizet French, 1515-after 1565

Joseph Explaining his Dreams
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-1565) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Nicolas Beatrizet French, 1515-after 1565

The Prophet Jeremiah
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-after 1565) after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)

An Old Man Standing: Saint Paul
Nicolas Beatrizet French, 1515-1565

Joseph of Arimathea
Attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1515-after 1565) after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)

Joseph Explaining His Dreams to His Brothers
After Nicolas Béatrizet (French, 1507/20-c. 1565) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665)

Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples
Nicolas Bertin (French, 1668–1736)

Portrait of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen
Pierre Drevet (French, 1663-1738) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

The Beautiful Greek Woman
Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743)

The Happy Accident of the Swing
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)

Two Goats with Large Horns, from Various Animals
Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, 1620-1683

Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis
Nicolaes Lauwers (Flemish, 1600-1652) after Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)

Le carquois épuisé (The Empty Quiver)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French 1723-1769)

Les Hazards Heureux De L'Escapolettes (The Happy Accident of the Swing)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)

Les Soins Tardifs (The Belated Care)
Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792) after Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French, 1723-1769)