Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)

Ariadne's Gallery holds 25 works in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) collection by 11 artists, most made between 1455 and 1896. The best represented artists are Jean Fouquet, Albrecht Durer and Antoine Watteau. The main styles are Northern renaissance, Impressionism and Rococo.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 29 (collection average 34)
Joy: 37 (collection average 46)
Tension: 36 (collection average 48)
Anger: 15 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 37 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 43 (collection average 48)
Interest: 52 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

Coronation of Louis VI by Jean Fouquet, 1455 - 1460 — Interest 66, Joy 55, Nostalgia 55
Division of the kingdom of Clotaire by Jean Fouquet, 1455 - 1460 — Nostalgia 60, Interest 65, Wonder 55
St. Jacques appears to Charlemagne by Jean Fouquet, 1455 - 1460 — Sadness 60, Nostalgia 50, Anger 15
Building of the Temple of Jerusalem by Jean Fouquet, c.1470 — Wonder 75, Interest 75, Joy 70
David Learning of the Death of Saul by Jean Fouquet, c.1470 — Tension 70, Sadness 55, Nostalgia 65
Desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem in 63 BC by Pompey and his soldiers by Jean Fouquet, c.1470 — Wonder 84, Tension 80, Sadness 65
Emperor Cyrus the Great of Persia, who permitted the Hebrews to return to the Holy Land and rebuild God by Jean Fouquet, c.1470 - c.1475 — Interest 80, Joy 79, Wonder 75
Willow Mill by Albrecht Durer, 1496 - 1498 — Anger 8, Joy 27, Sadness 17
Christ boy by Albrecht Durer, 1506 — Sadness 22, Anger 8, Wonder 31
St. Michael and the Dragon, from a Latin edition by Albrecht Durer, 1511 — Anger 11, Sadness 18, Wonder 32
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals by Albrecht Durer, 1511 — Anger 10, Sadness 21, Joy 26
The woman clothed with the sun and the seven headed dragon by Albrecht Durer, 1511 — Anger 9, Sadness 19, Joy 26
Head of a Woman by Albrecht Durer, c.1520 — Anger 11, Sadness 20, Joy 27
Leda and the Swan by Michelangelo, c.1520 — Anger 10, Sadness 20, Joy 25
James the late emperor of the Devil is stopped the illusions of a magician by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 — Anger 8, Sadness 18, Joy 26
Colossus by Francisco Goya, c.1815 — Sadness 23, Anger 10, Interest 43
The Widow at a Consultation by Honore Daumier, c.1846 — Anger 11, Sadness 20, Wonder 32
View of Naples by Edgar Degas, 1860 — Wonder 71, Interest 75, Joy 65
Two Riders by a Lake by Edgar Degas, c.1861 — Wonder 56, Joy 55, Tension 55
St. Louis leaving Aigues-Mortes by Gustave Dore, 1877 — Anger 8, Sadness 19, Joy 26
Parisian Boulevard by Pierre Bonnard, 1896 — Nostalgia 76, Joy 70, Interest 70
Costume for Nijinsky by Leon Bakst, 1910 — Sadness 19, Anger 8, Joy 26
Back of Woman by Antoine Watteau — Anger 25, Wonder 50, Tension 50
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata by Jean Fouquet — Sadness 65, Nostalgia 55, Anger 10
Standing Man by Antoine Watteau — Tension 50, Anger 21, Nostalgia 45

Museums with works by the same artists