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.

The Family of Saint John the Baptist
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié French, 1735-1784

Study of the Head and Hands of an Old Woman Looking Up
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié French, 1735-1784

Adoration of the Magi
Attributed to a pupil of François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) or Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735-1784)

Aeneas at the Tomb of Anchises (recto); Aeneas at the Tome of Anchises (verso)
Attributed to Nicolas Bernard Lépicié French, 1735-1784

Breakfast
François Bernard Lépicié (French, 1698-1755) after François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)

School Mistress
François Bernard Lépicié (French, 1698-1755) after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)

La Ratisseuse (The Turnip Scraper)
François Bernard Lépicié (French, 1698-1755) after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)

Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard
Bernard d'Agesci (French, 1756–1829)

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

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

Still Life with Fruit
Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)

Laundresses
Émile Bernard French, 1868-1941

Seated Female Nude
Bernard Perlin American, born 1918

Breton Women
Émile Bernard French, 1868-1941

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)