Carolus-Duran was a French painter and art instructor known for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic France. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Carolus-Duran was a French painter and art instructor known for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic France. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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| Painting | Name/Subject | Year | Type | Current Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Le Baiser (The Kiss) (Self-portrait with his wife as newlyweds) | 1868 | Portrait | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
 | The Lady in Gloves (modeled after his wife) | 1869 | Portrait | Musée d'Orsay |
 | Merrymakers | 1870 | Portrait | Detroit Institute of Arts |
 | Portrait of Mevrouw de Rute (née Marie Laetitia Bonaparte-Wyse) | 1872 | Portrait | Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers |
 | Portrait of Étienne Haro | 1873 | Portrait | Petit Palais |
 | Equestrian Portrait of Mademoiselle Croizette | 1873 | Portrait | MUba Eugène-Leroy |
 | The Artist's Daughter, Marie-Anne | 1874 | Portrait | Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
 | Madame Henry Fouquier | 1876 | Portrait | Private collection |
 | Mademoiselle de Lancey | 1876 | Portrait | Petit Palais |
 | Édouard Manet | 1880 | Portrait | Private collection |
 | Maria Pia of Savoy | 1883 | Portrait | Palace of Ajuda |
 | Study of a male head | 1885 | Study | National Museum in Warsaw |
 | Natalie at age ten | c. 1886–7 | Portrait | Smithsonian American Art Museum |
 | The Poet with the Mandolin | 1887 | Portrait | |
 | Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Schermerhorn Astor) [lower-alpha 1] [6] | 1890 | Portrait | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
 | Portrait of Margaret Greville | 1891 | Portrait | Polesden Lacey (National Trust) [7] |
 | Portrait of Emily Warren Roebling | c. 1896 | Portrait | Brooklyn Museum |
 | Mother and Children (Madame Feydeau and Her Children) | 1897 | Portrait | National Museum of Western Art |
 | Marie-Anne as Madame Feydeau | 1897 | Portrait | Private collection |
 | Georges Feydeau | c. 1900 | Portrait | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
 | Danae | c. 1900 | Mythological painting | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux |
 | Anna Gould | c. 1900 | Portrait | |
 | Portrait of Augustus Gurnee | 1910 | Portrait | Petit Palais |
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