Pierre’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.

La mort aux rats (The Rat Catcher)
Pierre François Basan (French, 1723-1797) after Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)

The Carnival of Parnassus
Pierre François Basan (French, 1723-1797) after Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

Adoration of the Shepherds
Pierre-François Basan (French, 1723-1797) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

La Guinguette, Divertissment pantomine, du Theatre Italien (The Dance Hall, a Diverting pantomine, from Italian Theatre)
Pierre François Basan (French, 1723-1797) after Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

Scènes Flamandes (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after various artists Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, France

Geese in a Farmyard
Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875

Bust of Pierre François Leonard Fontaine
Louis Messidor Lebon Petitot (French, 1794–1862)

Pierre de Montarsis
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Antoine Coypel (French, 1661-1722)

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

Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)

Pierre Dupuis, Painter to the King
Antoine Masson (French, 1636-1700) after Nicolas Mignard (French, 1606-1668)

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

Earthly Paradise
Pierre Bonnard French, 1867–1947

Windmill Landscape
Pierre François Laurent (French, 1739-1809) after François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)

François-Pierre-Guillaume Guizot
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

Wounded Lioness
Pierre Andrieu (French, 1821-1892)

Tiger Resting
Pierre Andrieu (French, 1821-1892)

Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Parallèlement (In Parallel)
Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947) poetry by Paul Verlaine (French, 1844-1896) printed by Imprimerie Nationale (French, 20th century) published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939)