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| Georges de La Tour St. Thomas c. 1625-30 |
Overall, it still seems to me that painting in 17th century France was less ambitious and less convincing than painting in 17th century Italy, yet a generalization like that is not worth very much, and the dozen marvelous French paintings picked out here for scrutiny are more than adequate in themselves to prove the pointlessness of broad comparisons.
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| Eustache Le Sueur The Muses - Clio, Euterpe, Thalia c. 1652-55 |
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| Le Nain Brothers Allegory of Victory c. 1635 |
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| François Perrier Acis, Galatea & Polyphemus c. 1649-50 |
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| Pierre Mignard Marie Mancini c. 1660 |
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| Pierre Mignard The King's brother, Monsieur, with portrait of his favorite daughter, Marie Louise of Spain c. 1670 |
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| Lauarent de La Hyre Allegory of Arithmetic c. 1650 |
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| Laurent de La Hyre Jesus Appearing to the Three Marys c. 1650 |
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| Lauarent de La Hyre Landscape with Peace and Justice Embracing 1654 |
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| Sébastien Bourdon Beggars c. 1635-40 |
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| Simon Vouet Allegory of Virtue c. 1634 |
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| Simon Vouet Allegory of Charity c. 1640 |