A Gallery Landmark Launched: “French Paintings of the 15th through the 18th Century,” a Systematic Catalogue

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Joseph Baillio, Gail Feigenbaum, Francis Gage, John Oliver Hand, Benedict Leca, Richard Rand, Pauline Maguire Robison, and Elizabeth Walmsley. This podcast recorded on January 24, 2010, celebrates the launch of the National Gallery’s 18th systematic catalogue, French Paintings of the 15th through the 18th Century. Eight contributing authors highlight masterpieces in the Gallery’s collection of old master French paintings?one of the most important collections of its kind outside France. Lavishly illustrated, with commentary written by leading scholars, this book shares the fruits of years of research and technical analysis. It catalogues nearly 100 paintings from works by Fran??ois Clouet in the 16th century to paintings by ??lisabeth Louise Vig??e Le Brun in the 18th.