Press Release and Images Dearest Friends. Drawings in the Collections of 19th-Century French ArtistsExhibition from 17 October 2026 to 17 January 2027 (2 June 2026) PDF Download (3.7 MiB) Images Available to the Press JPEG 1. Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Ruins of the Gate of the Heilig Kreuz Convent in Meissen, circa 1824 Graphite and watercolour, 21 × 14.9 cmMusée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, inv. MBA 364.40.42© Musées d’AngersFormerly owned by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788-1856) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 2. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), A Communion in Rome, 1806 Graphite and brown wash, 22.2 × 15.6 cmPrat Collection, ParisFormerly owned by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 3. Lancelot Théodore Turpin de Crissé (1782-1859), View of Capri, 1854 Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of graphite, 32.8 × 47 cmFrits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, inv. 2008-T.12Formerly owned by Alfred Emilien O’Hara, comte de Nieuwerkerke (1811-1892) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 4. Théodore Gericault (1791-1824), The Artist’s Left Hand, circa 1823-1824 Black crayon, red chalk, watercolour, 22.5 × 29.5 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris, inv. RF 1397© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Sylvie Chan-LiatFormerly owned by Pierre-François Lehoux (1803-1889) Download (2.2 MiB) JPEG 5. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Portrait of Frédéric Chopin, circa 1838 Graphite and white chalk, 29.2 × 22.1 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris, inv. RF 31280© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le MageFormerly owned by Léon Riesener (1808-1878) Download (1.6 MiB) JPEG 6. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), A Hunter Stalking a Lion in the Mountains of North Africa, 1849 Pastel and charcoal, 24 × 31.1 cmThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Derald H. Ruttenberg Foundation Gift, in honor of Nadine M. Orenstein, Karen B. Cohen Fund, and C. Jay Moorhead Foundation Gift, 2023, inv. 2023.476© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / image of the MMAFormerly owned by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 7. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), A Bouquet of Flowers, circa 1849-1850 Black crayon, watercolour, gouache, pastel, on two joint sheets of grey-blue paper, 65 × 65.4 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris, inv. RF 31 719© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Michel UrtadoFormerly owned by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Download (3.1 MiB) JPEG 8. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), The Connoisseur, circa 1860-1865 Pen and ink, wash, watercolour, lithographic crayon, gouache over black chalk, 43.8 × 35.5 cmThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, inv. 29.100.200© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / image of the MMAFormerly owned by Jules Dupré (1811-1889) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 9. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), Two Connoisseurs and a Painter in a Studio Pen and brown ink, charcoal, grey wash, 31.2 × 45.6 cmFrits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, inv. 2024-T.53 Download (2 MiB) JPEG 10. Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864) and Paul Flandrin (1811-1902), Double Self-Portrait, 1835 Graphite crayon, 25.4 × 19.8 cmMusée du Louvre, département des Arts graphiques, Paris, inv. RF 4021© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Michel UrtadoFormerly owned by Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Download (2 MiB) JPEG 11. Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Portrait of Mrs. Édouard Manet on a Blue Sofa, 1874 Pastel on brown paper, laid down on canvas, 49 × 60 cmMusée d’Orsay, Paris, inv. RF 4507© GrandPalaisRmn (musée d’Orsay) / Franck RauxFormerly owned by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Download (2 MiB) JPEG 12. Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Portrait of the Daughter of the Engraver Pierre Edmond Hédouin, circa 1877 Graphite and watercolour on cardboard, 35.8 × 27.3 cmMusée d’Art et d’Histoire Pissarro – Pontoise, Pontoise, inv. D.899.10.1Formerly owned by Pierre Edmond Hédouin (1820-1889) Download (2.5 MiB)
Press Release and Images Dearest Friends. Drawings in the Collections of 19th-Century French ArtistsExhibition from 17 October 2026 to 17 January 2027 (2 June 2026) PDF Download (3.7 MiB) Images Available to the Press JPEG 1. Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Ruins of the Gate of the Heilig Kreuz Convent in Meissen, circa 1824 Graphite and watercolour, 21 × 14.9 cmMusée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, inv. MBA 364.40.42© Musées d’AngersFormerly owned by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788-1856) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 2. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), A Communion in Rome, 1806 Graphite and brown wash, 22.2 × 15.6 cmPrat Collection, ParisFormerly owned by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 3. Lancelot Théodore Turpin de Crissé (1782-1859), View of Capri, 1854 Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of graphite, 32.8 × 47 cmFrits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, inv. 2008-T.12Formerly owned by Alfred Emilien O’Hara, comte de Nieuwerkerke (1811-1892) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 4. Théodore Gericault (1791-1824), The Artist’s Left Hand, circa 1823-1824 Black crayon, red chalk, watercolour, 22.5 × 29.5 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris, inv. RF 1397© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Sylvie Chan-LiatFormerly owned by Pierre-François Lehoux (1803-1889) Download (2.2 MiB) JPEG 5. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Portrait of Frédéric Chopin, circa 1838 Graphite and white chalk, 29.2 × 22.1 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris, inv. RF 31280© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le MageFormerly owned by Léon Riesener (1808-1878) Download (1.6 MiB) JPEG 6. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), A Hunter Stalking a Lion in the Mountains of North Africa, 1849 Pastel and charcoal, 24 × 31.1 cmThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Derald H. Ruttenberg Foundation Gift, in honor of Nadine M. Orenstein, Karen B. Cohen Fund, and C. Jay Moorhead Foundation Gift, 2023, inv. 2023.476© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / image of the MMAFormerly owned by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 7. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), A Bouquet of Flowers, circa 1849-1850 Black crayon, watercolour, gouache, pastel, on two joint sheets of grey-blue paper, 65 × 65.4 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris, inv. RF 31 719© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Michel UrtadoFormerly owned by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Download (3.1 MiB) JPEG 8. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), The Connoisseur, circa 1860-1865 Pen and ink, wash, watercolour, lithographic crayon, gouache over black chalk, 43.8 × 35.5 cmThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, inv. 29.100.200© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / image of the MMAFormerly owned by Jules Dupré (1811-1889) Download (2.1 MiB) JPEG 9. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), Two Connoisseurs and a Painter in a Studio Pen and brown ink, charcoal, grey wash, 31.2 × 45.6 cmFrits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, inv. 2024-T.53 Download (2 MiB) JPEG 10. Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864) and Paul Flandrin (1811-1902), Double Self-Portrait, 1835 Graphite crayon, 25.4 × 19.8 cmMusée du Louvre, département des Arts graphiques, Paris, inv. RF 4021© GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Michel UrtadoFormerly owned by Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Download (2 MiB) JPEG 11. Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Portrait of Mrs. Édouard Manet on a Blue Sofa, 1874 Pastel on brown paper, laid down on canvas, 49 × 60 cmMusée d’Orsay, Paris, inv. RF 4507© GrandPalaisRmn (musée d’Orsay) / Franck RauxFormerly owned by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Download (2 MiB) JPEG 12. Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Portrait of the Daughter of the Engraver Pierre Edmond Hédouin, circa 1877 Graphite and watercolour on cardboard, 35.8 × 27.3 cmMusée d’Art et d’Histoire Pissarro – Pontoise, Pontoise, inv. D.899.10.1Formerly owned by Pierre Edmond Hédouin (1820-1889) Download (2.5 MiB)