# 18th-century France

Time and place · hang 749 · 75 works

Works made in France in the 18th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ancient-ruins-on-the-bank-of-the-tiber-nga-110206), Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/ancient-ruins-on-the-bank-of-the-tiber-nga-110206?hang=749)
2. [The Camera Obscura](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-camera-obscura-nga-32578), Charles Amédée Philippe Van Loo, 1764. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/the-camera-obscura-nga-32578?hang=749)
3. [Portrait of Mademoiselle Marie-Anne Adelaide Le Normand](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-mademoiselle-marie-anne-adelaide-le-normand-cma-103820), François Dumont, c. 1793. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/portrait-of-mademoiselle-marie-anne-adelaide-le-normand-cma-103820?hang=749)
4. [Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/are-they-thinking-about-the-grape-pensent-ils-au-raisin-aic-44742), François Boucher, 1747. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/are-they-thinking-about-the-grape-pensent-ils-au-raisin-aic-44742?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [The Death of Socrates](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-death-of-socrates-met-436105), Jacques-Louis David, 1787. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/the-death-of-socrates-met-436105?hang=749)
6. [The Toilette of Venus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-toilette-of-venus-met-435739), François Boucher, 1751. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/the-toilette-of-venus-met-435739?hang=749)
7. [The Italian Comedians](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-italian-comedians-nga-32687), Antoine Watteau, probably 1720. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/the-italian-comedians-nga-32687?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

8. [Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818) and Marie Marguerite Carraux de Rosemond (1765–1788)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-with-two-pupils-marie-gabrielle-capet-1761-181-met-436840), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1785. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/self-portrait-with-two-pupils-marie-gabrielle-capet-1761-181-met-436840?hang=749)
9. [Le roi, le milan, et le chasseur (The King, the Kite, and the Hunter)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/le-roi-le-milan-et-le-chasseur-the-king-the-kite-and-the-hun-nga-55536), Benoît-Louis Prévost, published 1759. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/le-roi-le-milan-et-le-chasseur-the-king-the-kite-and-the-hun-nga-55536?hang=749)
10. [L'heureuse fécondité](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/l-heureuse-fecondite-nga-32677), Nicolas Delaunay, 1777. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/l-heureuse-fecondite-nga-32677?hang=749)
11. [Farmer Requesting Permission to Marry a Nobleman's Daughter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/farmer-requesting-permission-to-marry-a-nobleman-s-daughter-aic-262600), Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1761. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/farmer-requesting-permission-to-marry-a-nobleman-s-daughter-aic-262600?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

12. [Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-cardinal-guillaume-dubois-cma-143206), Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1723. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/portrait-of-cardinal-guillaume-dubois-cma-143206?hang=749)
13. [Woman by the Seaside](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-by-the-seaside-nga-52262), Unrecorded French maker, 19th century. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/woman-by-the-seaside-nga-52262?hang=749)
14. [Portrait of Constance Pipelet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-constance-pipelet-aic-31233), Jean Baptiste François Désoria, 1797. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/portrait-of-constance-pipelet-aic-31233?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

15. [Le lion (The Lion)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/le-lion-the-lion-nga-55520), A.-J. de Fehrt, published 1759. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/le-lion-the-lion-nga-55520?hang=749)
16. [Moonlight](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/moonlight-nga-214332), Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1772. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france/moonlight-nga-214332?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Claude-Joseph Vernet's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-claude-joseph-vernet?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Neoclassicism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/neoclassicism?hang=749&via=continue) (109 works)
- [18th-century France, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoicFdGNXBXeWEifQ)