# The French eighteenth century

Style galleries · hang 751 · 35 works

Fêtes, portraits and still lifes from the France of the Regency and Louis XV.

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

## First room, north wall

1. [The White Tablecloth](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-white-tablecloth-aic-51577), Jean Siméon Chardin, c. 1731–32. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/the-white-tablecloth-aic-51577?hang=751)
2. [The Old Savoyard](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-old-savoyard-aic-20432), Antoine Watteau, c. 1715. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/the-old-savoyard-aic-20432?hang=751)
3. [Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hercules-raising-his-club-study-for-hercules-and-cacus-aic-248310), François Le Moyne, 1717. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/hercules-raising-his-club-study-for-hercules-and-cacus-aic-248310?hang=751)
4. [Arches of the Larger Baths at Hadrian's Villa](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arches-of-the-larger-baths-at-hadrian-s-villa-nga-109727), Charles Michel-Ange Challe, c. 1748. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/arches-of-the-larger-baths-at-hadrian-s-villa-nga-109727?hang=751)

## First room, south wall

5. [Seated Woman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/seated-woman-met-459192), Antoine Watteau, 1716–17. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/seated-woman-met-459192?hang=751)
6. [Portrait of the Marquise d'Aguirandes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-marquise-d-aguirandes-cma-122341), François Hubert Drouais, 1759. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/portrait-of-the-marquise-d-aguirandes-cma-122341?hang=751)
7. [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/style/french-eighteenth-century/are-they-thinking-about-the-grape-pensent-ils-au-raisin-aic-44742?hang=751)

## Second room, south wall

8. [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/style/french-eighteenth-century/the-toilette-of-venus-met-435739?hang=751)
9. [Study of a Groom](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-of-a-groom-aic-29903), Jean Baptiste Greuze, c. 1760. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/study-of-a-groom-aic-29903?hang=751)
10. [Mezzetin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mezzetin-met-437926), Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718–20. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/mezzetin-met-437926?hang=751)
11. [Study of a Shepherd](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-of-a-shepherd-cma-149290), Unrecorded French maker, 1700s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/study-of-a-shepherd-cma-149290?hang=751)

## Second room, north wall

12. [Family Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/family-portrait-nga-32682), François Hubert Drouais, 1756. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/family-portrait-nga-32682?hang=751)
13. [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/style/french-eighteenth-century/le-roi-le-milan-et-le-chasseur-the-king-the-kite-and-the-hun-nga-55536?hang=751)
14. [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/style/french-eighteenth-century/ancient-ruins-on-the-bank-of-the-tiber-nga-110206?hang=751)

## Third room, north wall

15. [Broken Eggs](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/broken-eggs-met-436579), Jean Baptiste Greuze, 1756. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/broken-eggs-met-436579?hang=751)
16. [The Young Draftsman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-young-draftsman-aic-264161), Gilles Demarteau, 1750/70. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century/the-young-draftsman-aic-264161?hang=751)

## Doors

- [Gilles Demarteau's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-gilles-demarteau?hang=751&via=continue) (8 works)
- [18th-century France](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france?hang=751&via=continue) (75 works)
- [The French eighteenth century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-eighteenth-century?hang=751&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUxLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoicjZqd3RDS18ifQ)