La Cité, Notre Dame

Henri Matisse, Printed by Daragnès

1937

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Les Baigneuses (Female Bathers in a Landscape), Jean-Baptiste Pater, oil on canvas
In the middle of the composition a barrel of grapes spills toward the viewer. In the right foreground a brown-robed monk raises a weapon topped with a cross, preparing to strike a male on the ground in front of him. Others have already been struck, and more figures flee into the right background. To the left of the image monks gather to listen to a white-robed bishop holding a crozier. Outside the framing lines of the image, the artist tested colors and brushstrokes in all four margins.
Masquerade Ball (Masked Ball at Venice), Franz Christoph Janneck, oil on copper
Portrait of a woman figure leaning slightly to the right and looking forward. She is adorned with various pieces of jewelry: conical earings, multiple necklaces, and an arm band on each arm. This series is a product of Jacovleff's involvement in the Expédition Citroën Centre-Afrique.