Gravin de Pagès as St. Catherine (1850)

Joseph-Désiré Court: Gravin de Pagès, née de Cornellan, as St. Catherine

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Joseph-Désiré Court: Venetian Woman at a Masked Ball

Rigolette Seeks to Distract Herself During the Absence of Germain (1844)

Joseph-Désiré Court: Rigolette Seeks to Distract Herself During the Absence of Germain

Marriage of Léopold I, King of Belgium

Joseph-Désiré Court: Marriage of Léopold I, King of Belgium, 

and Louise d’Orléans, 9 August 1832

The event was in 1832; the painting (undated as far as I know) likely is later.

Half-length Woman Lying on a Couch (1829)

Joseph-Désiré Court: Half-length Woman Lying on a Couch

Scene from the Flood (1827)

Joseph-Désiré Court: Scene from the Flood

This dramatic painting helped cement Court's reputation as an up-and-comer. Compare with this previous depiction of the flood.

The Death of Hippolytus (1825)

Joseph-Désiré Court: The Death of Hippolytus

From Greek mythology comes the dire tale of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The most common legend regarding Hippolytus states that he was killed after rejecting the advances of Phaedra, his stepmother, the second wife of Theseus. Spurned, Phaedra deceived Theseus saying that his son had raped her. Theseus, furious, used one of the three wishes given to him by Poseidon to curse Hippolytus. Poseidon sent a sea-monster—or, alternatively, Dionysus sent a wild bull—to terrorize Hippolytus's horses, who dragged their rider to his death.

Young Girl at the Scamander River (1824)

Joseph-Désiré Court: Young Girl at the Scamander River

The Scamander River is in Turkey. Scamander was also a Greek river god.

Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865) was a pupil of Antoine-Jean Gros. He painted historical and mythological subjects, and portraits.