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| Nicolas Tournier Denial of Peter ca. 1625-26 Prado |
In response to the celebrity career of Caravaggio (1571-1610) French painters in Rome produced many dark-toned pictures during the first half of the 17th century. The fashion extended back into France itself among native painters, but after a brief vogue these heavy shadows were incompatible with the preference for clarity and luminosity that traditionally characterized French art.
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| Nicolas Tournier Christ carrying the Cross 1620s image courtesy of Sotheby's |
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| Nicolas Tournier Christ carrying the Cross ca. 1632 private collection |
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| Nicolas Tournier Crucifixion ca. 1635 Louvre |
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| Valentin de Boulogne Soldiers playing cards and dice ca. 1618-20 National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
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| Valentin de Boulogne Four ages of man 1629 canvas National Gallery, London |
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| Valentin de Boulogne Martyrdom of Saints Processus and Martinian 1629 Vatican Pinacoteca |
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| Valentin de Boulogne Revelers with Fortune Teller 1631 Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna |
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| Louis Laguerre Trompe l'oeil mural fragment late 17th century Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Eustache Le Sueur Alexander the Great and his doctor 1648-49 National Gallery, London |
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| Eustache Le Sueur St Paul preaching at Ephesus 1649 National Gallery, London |
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| Eustache Le Sueur Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saints 1643 National Gallery, London |
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| Eustache Le Sueur The Muse Urania ca. 1652-55 Louvre |
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| Eustache Le Sueur The Muse Terpsichore ca. 1652-55 Louvre |