Masters of French Painting, 1290-1920 presents 138 of the most significant and representative works of art in the Wadsworth Atheneum's internationally recognized collection of French paintings and pastels. These range from the great 17th-century religious masterpieces by Poussin and Claude, to charming 18th-century genre and portraits by Boucher, Robert, Vig e Lebrun, and Trinquesse, and onto varied and rich examples from the 19th century, with outstanding works by G ricault, Delacroix, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec.