A Magnificent Age: French Paintings from the Walters Art Museum

In 1800, France stood poised on the threshold of the modern world.

With the aristocracy vanquished and Napoleon at the political helm, this remade nation met the new century with a robust spirit. The 19th century offered life transformed; from emperors to barmaids, France was the birthplace of possibility.

Presenting more than 50 first-rate masterworks, A Magnificent Age: French Paintings from the Walters Art Museum celebrated the breathtaking art that emerged from this visionary time: the Neoclassicism of Ingres, the Romanticism of Delacroix, the daring Impressionism that freed artists in the next century to explore new forms of expression and more.