# Ceiling painting

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/ceiling-painting-r0ffa102af4c57e>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [PIERRE, Jean-Baptiste-Marie](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

Churches in Paris, which were generally accessible to the public, were considered to be worthy sites for notable works. Several churches boasted contemporary paintings that had already become famous. Saint-Roch had a ceiling in the Chapel of the Virgin painted by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/bacchanal-r97e961d641f8f1>)
- [Danaë](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/dana-rcf4de98b252019>)
- [Landscape with Peasants Playing Music and Dancing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/landscape-with-peasants-playing-music-and-dancing-r496cf2c1719ca0>)
- [Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/nativity-r9fbe54140eeea1>)
- [Old Man in the Kitchen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/old-man-in-the-kitchen-r661188455a28e8>)
- [The Forge of Vulcan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/the-forge-of-vulcan-r87ef727208453f>)
- [The Rape of Europa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pierre-jean-baptiste-marie-r8de737e04c42f8/the-rape-of-europa-r3ab3dadd0b5f89>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)