Footsteps - Jotaro's Travels
Musée d'Orsay First Floor Gallery 03: Carries to Degas
Paris, France - September 2016
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris, a former railway station converted into an art museum houses many artwork dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Sisley, and many other masters. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe.
Tip: When visiting the museum, go to the 5th Floor first as it houses art work by the impressionist.
These are the photos taken of the artwork at the museum, for presentation purposes and due to photography angle, many of these have been cropped, and edited to compensate for low lighting. It is better to visit the museum as nothing beats seeing the originals.
The first floor of the museum is very large and to manage the many number of pieces on display, I have separated the First Floor into several sections arranged in alphabetical order by the artists' names. This is page three of nine of the first floor, displaying artwork from Carriès to Degas. Click below to navigate to other sections:
< Go to 1st Flr 02 | Go To 1st Flr Main | Go to 1st Flr 04 >
For easier orientation within the gallery, here is a floor layout plan of Level 2 (First Floor). The rooms are numbered from #51 to #72.
(Click here for Musee d'Orsay interactive Level 2 Floor Plan)
Below are the artwork, for enlarged view click on the respective photo:
"Masque d'horreur" ("Mask of horror") - enamelled stoneware by Jean-Joseph Carriès (c.1891).
"Mercure inventant le caducée" ("Mercury inventing the caduceus") - marble statue by Henri Chapu (1860).
"Chefs de tribus arabes se défiant au combat singulier, sous le remparts d'une ville" ("Heads of Arab tribes mistrusting singular combat, under the ramparts of a city") - oil on canvas painting by Théodore Chassériau (1852).
"Le Tepidarium" ("The Tepidarium") - oil on canvas painting by Théodore Chassériau (1853).
"Macbeth et les trois sorcières" ("Macbeth and the Three Witches") - oil on canvas painting by Théodore Chassériau (1855).
"Le Marchand de tortues / Petit nègre, marchand de tortues a Venise" ("The Tortoise Merchant / Little Negro, Tortoise Merchant in Venice") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1854).
"Le Pigeon" ("The Pigeon") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1871).
"Le Ballon" ("The Balloon") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1870).
"L'Experance" - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1871-1872).
"Le Recueillement" ("The meditation") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1866).
"L'Histoire" ("The story") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1866).
"La Vigilance" ("The Vigilance") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1866).
"Saint Sébastien" ("Saint Sebastian") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (undated).
"Le Pauvre pêcheur" ("The Poor Fisherman") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1881).
"La jeune mère / La Charité" ("The young mother / The Charity") - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (c.1887).
"la toilette / Femme à sa toilette" (The toilet / Woman at her toilet) - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (c.1883).
"Jeunes filles au bord de la mer" (Young girls by the sea) - oil on canvas painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1879).
"Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt" (Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt) - oil on canvas painting by Georges Clairin (c.1884-1902).
"Le Rut du printemps. Combat de cerfs" (The Rut of Spring. Deer Fighting) - oil on canvas painting by Gustave Courbet (1861).
"Napoleon assis sur un aigle dominant le monde" (Napoleon sitting on an eagle dominating the world) - plaster statue by Léon Cugnot (undated).
"Étude de mains" (Study of hands) - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (1859-1860).
"Le Defile / Chevaus de courses devant les tribune" (The Defile / Horses race in front of the podium) - oil on paper mounted on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (1866-1868).
"Semiramis construisant Babylone" (Semiramis Building Babylon) - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (1861).
"Scene de guerre au Moyen Age" (War scenes in the Middle Ages) - oil and gasoline on paper mounted on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (1863-1865).
"Le Viloncelliste Pilet Edgar" (The Cellist Pilet Edgar) - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (1868-1869).
"Marguerite de Gas" - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (c.1858-1860).
"Mademoiselle Diahu au piano" (Mademoiselle Diahu on the piano) - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (c.1869-1872).
"Oenochoé en forme de tête de jeune homme" (Oenochoe in the shape of a young man's head) - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (c.1855).
"Hilaire de Gas" - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (1857).
"Marguerite de Gas" - oil on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (c.1858-1860).
"Étude d'après une Tête de jeune garçon par Della Robbia" (Study of a Head of a Young Boy by Della Robbia) - oil on paper mounted on canvas painting by Edgar Degas (c.1856-1858).
The first floor of the museum is very large and to manage the many number of pieces on display, I have separated the First Floor into several sections arranged in alphabetical order by the artists' names. This is page three of nine of the first floor, displaying artwork from Carriès to Degas. Click below to navigate to other sections:
