Louis’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.
Celeste Richomme
Louis Antoine Léon Riesener French, 1808-1878
Lion Fighting a Serpent
Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1795–1875)
E21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740–60
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882–1966
Pierre Dupuis, Painter to the King
Antoine Masson (French, 1636-1700) after Nicolas Mignard (French, 1606-1668)
Roger and Angelica Mounted on the Hippogriff
Jaguar Standing
Antoine Louis Barye French, 1795-1875
The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia
After a design by Antoine Caron (1521–1599) Woven at an unknown workshop at the Manufacture du Faubourg Saint-Marcel France, Paris
Gaspar Charrier, King's Secretary
Antoine Masson (French, 1636-1700) after Thomas Blanchet (French, c. 1614-1689)
Saint Jerome
Antoine Masson French, 1636-1700
E23: French Dining Room of the Louis XV/Louis XVI Periods, 1760–80
E24: French Salon of the Louis XVI Period, c. 1780
Cheval Turk
Panther Seizing a Stag
E18: French Salon of the Louis XIV Period, 1660–1700
E22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century
Lioness and Cubs
E19: French Dining Room of the Louis XIV Period, 1660–1700
Interrogation II
Leon Golub American, 1922–2004
E20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720
Corner Cabinet
Jean Henri Riesener French, born Germany, 1734–1806 Paris