18th century

A representative selection of 18th century artworks is displayed in four rooms and a landing. The wide doors between the panelled rooms help to give the impression of a gallery. Paintings, furniture, tapestries, porcelain, watches, silverware and enamelled objects are on display here.

The paintings, which mainly belong to the French School, span the whole century, encompassing all genres: landscape (Hubert Robert), portrait (Fragonard), historical painting (David) and more.

Regarding art objects, a few pieces date back to the last years of the reign of Louis XIV. Most of the pieces display the fretwork and complications of the Rocaille style of the early years of the Louis XV period. Between this style and the style named after his successor, Louis XVI, the museum offers a fine range of Transition furniture combining the characteristics of the previous two.

The works are mostly French, in particular the Beauvais tapestries, marquetry furniture, silverware and Sèvres porcelain. They also include a wide range of German porcelain figurines, especially from Saxony, and English enamels from the second half of the century. The remarkable enamelled watches come from the three main watchmaking centres of the time, Paris, London and Geneva.

The heart of the collection is made up of pieces from the collection donated in 1921 by the American collector Edward Tuck and his wife, née Julia Stell.

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A Jaunt by Carriage

Théobald Michau Tournai (Belgium), 1676 – 1765, Antwerp (Belgium)

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Alexander and Bucephalus

Giambattista Tiepolo Venice, 1696 - Madrid, 1770

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Catalogue of the Crozat Sale

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Paris, 1724 - Paris, 1780

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Chest of drawers

Adrien Delorme and Pierre Roussel

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Jérôme de La Lande

Jean-Honoré Fragonard 1732, Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes) - 1806, Paris

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Organ pipe clock with a monkey orchestra

Jean Moisy (clockmaker) and Jean-Claude Chambellan known as Duplessis (goldsmith)Porcelain figures based on models by Johann-Joachim Kändler and Peter Reinicke

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Sketch for the ceiling of the Banque Royale: Unloading goods from Louisiana on the banks of the Seine

Giovanni Antonio (dit Gianantonio) Pellegrini Venice, 1675 - Venice, 1741

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City of Paris municipal collection's website

City of Paris municipal collection's website

The collections portal can be used to search the collections of Paris’s 14 municipal museums (approximately 336,000 works, including 43,000 belonging to the Petit Palais).

It is also possible to download around 12,000 images of the museum’s works free of charge.

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Extern databases

Discover a selection of databases online presenting works from the Petit Palais or documents concerning the history of the museum.