Paris: Day 4
June 14, 2022
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Above: The Romans During The Decadence (Roman Orgy), by Thomas Couture, 1847. The largest painting at Musée d'Orsay is based on the Roman poet Juvenal from the early 2nd century "Crueller than war,
vice descended on Rome and avenged the conquered world". It was an allegory of the decadence of France's July Monarchy of 1830, later overthrown by Revolution in 1848, after the completion of this painting.
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Artwork inside Musée d'Orsay ...
... 1 Les Almées, by Paul Bouchard, 1893.
... 2 Grand Paysage de Neige, by Cuno Amiet, 1904. .
... 3 Mort de Francesca Ribini et de Paolo Malatesta, by Alexandre Cabanel, 1870.
... 4 Thamar, by Alexandre Cabanel, 1875.
... 5 Exécution sans Jugement sous les Rois Maures du Grenade (Execution without Trial under Moorish Kings of Granada), by Henri Regnault, 1870.
... 6 Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners), by Jean Francois Millet, 1857.
... 7 L'Angélus, by Jean Francois Millet, 1857.
... 8 Detail from The Romans During The Decadence (Roman Orgy), by Thomas Couture, 1847.
... 9 and 10 Olympia, by Édouard Manet, 1862. The painting was widely ridiculed, being the lady Olympia was not historical, mythical or religious,
but well-known model and painter Victorine-Louise Meurent, here depicting a Parisien prostitute without shame or apology.
... 11 and 12 Two figures of the four from the sculpture Les Quatre Parties du Monde, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1872.
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