Jean-Honoré Fragonard Portrait of a Man in Costume, c. 1767–68
Rococo Paintings for the Staircase
Here are 22 Rococo paintings for the staircase, painted between 1712 and 1789, with works by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Jean-Honoré Fragonard; the subject they return to most is portraits. The stairwell is the one place where paintings should not hang level with each other.
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22 Rococo paintings
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, ca. 1769
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), 1789
Antoine Watteau The Dreamer (La Rêveuse), 1712–14
François Boucher Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Portrait of a Young Woman, 1770s
Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Two Sisters, ca. 1769–70
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger, 1774
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Charles Claude de Flahaut (1730–1809), Comte d'Angiviller, 1763
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Head of a Young Woman, possibly 1780s
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817), late 1780s
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), ca. 1780–82
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Head of a Young Boy, 1763
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835), 1783
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac (1743–1815), 1787
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Julie Le Brun (1780–1819) Looking in a Mirror, 1787
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Portrait of the Marquis de Saint-Paul, c. 1760
François Boucher Madame Bergeret, possibly 1766
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Madame du Barry, 1782
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Madame d'Aguesseau de Fresnes, 1789
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien, 1787
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733–34
More for the staircase
Other styles for the staircase
- Impressionist Paintings 129
- 18th-Century Paintings 118
- Dutch Golden Age Paintings 111
- Realist Paintings 70
- Early 19th-Century Paintings 56
- Renaissance Paintings 53
- Baroque Paintings 40
- Post-Impressionist Paintings 38
- Late 19th-Century Paintings 31
- Early 20th-Century Paintings 28
- Romantic Paintings 25
- Neoclassical Paintings 19
- Tonalist Paintings 18
- Barbizon School Paintings 15
- 17th-Century Paintings 13
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Rooms that share paintings
- Hallway & Entryway 526 shared
- Apartment & Dorm 518 shared
- Dining Room 129 shared
- Guest Room 93 shared