Collections des musées de France (Joconde)With over 672,000 works from public museums across France, Joconde is the premier source for studying French art.
Searching is done in French.
For works with images select "oui" under "Contient une image" (sidebar).
Search artists under "auteur"
Search dates under "Periode." Dates are searched by century or quarter century:
EX: 19e siècle = 19th century
4e quart 19e siècle = 4th quarter of the 19th century
One of 9 databases maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. The combined holdings of 366 French public museums, Joconde lists 475,000 objects, 290,000 of which have images.