The best-loved painting by Charles Cottet is Box at the Opera-Comique (1887), which hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. In the land of the sea. Pain (1908) and Self-Portrait (1883) come next among the canvases readers know best. Our catalogue holds 34 works by Charles Cottet: here are the 34 most famous, each with its year, its museum and what makes it memorable.
Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated October 2026. Each painting on this page can be ordered as an oil reproduction painted by hand on linen canvas, or as a fine art print, made to the size you choose.
The artwork titled Box at the Opera-Comique is an oil on panel painting by the French artist Charles Cottet. Created in 1887, this work captures a specific social setting within a theater. The piece is currently held in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France.
In the land of the sea. Pain is a work by the French painter Charles Cottet. Known also by the titles Les Victimes de la mer or Au pays de la mer. Douleur, the painting was created between 1908 and 1909. It remains a significant example of the artist's engagement with the somber realities of maritime life.
A soulful and intimate oil portrait, this work centers a female subject against a dark, indistinct background. The composition is a bust-length study, utilizing a palette dominated by…
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In the hauntingly beautiful masterpiece Lamentation des femmes de Camaret autour de la chapelle brûlée de Roch, created in 1911, Charles Cottet invites the viewer into a moment…
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In this intimate work titled Autoportrait, the artist Charles Cottet turns his gaze toward himself. This self-portrait is rendered as a three-quarter bust, capturing the artist in a…
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The four subjects that return most often on these canvases, each with its best-loved example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Charles Cottet | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper |
Quimper | 5 | Women of Plougastel at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, Marine, L |
 Musée d'Orsay |
Paris | 3 | Box at the Opera-Comique, In the land of the sea. Pain, Fog |
 Petit Palais |
Paris | 3 | Self-portrait, Ouessant People Mourning a Dead Child, Low Mass (Brittany) |
 Musee des Beaux-Arts |
Reims | 3 | The Red Sails, In the Port, Storm Time on the Sea |
 Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) |
Ghent | 2 | Mourning in Ouessant, Portrait of miss J.L.B. |
 Harvard Art Museums |
Cambridge | 1 | Self-Portrait |
 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe |
Carlsruhe | 1 | Mourning |
 Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp |
Antwerp | 1 | Breton Women in Mourning |
The artwork titled Box at the Opera-Comique is an oil on panel painting by the French artist Charles Cottet. Created in 1887, this work captures a specific social…
In the land of the sea. Pain is a work by the French painter Charles Cottet. Known also by the titles Les Victimes de la mer or Au…
In the hauntingly beautiful masterpiece Lamentation des femmes de Camaret autour de la chapelle brûlée de Roch, created in 1911, Charles Cottet invites the viewer into a moment…
Box at the Opera-Comique (1887), Musée d'Orsay, Paris. In the land of the sea. Pain (1908) and Self-Portrait (1883) follow.
Charles Cottet, born in 1863, was 24 years old: Box at the Opera-Comique dates from 1887.
Box at the Opera-Comique, In the land of the sea. Pain, Self-Portrait, Mourning, Self-portrait, The Corpus Christi Procession in Landudec, Women of Plougastel at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, Mourning in Ouessant, Breton Women in Mourning and Ouessant People Mourning a Dead Child. Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.
34 works by Charles Cottet are in our catalogue, dated 1883 to 1912.
Mostly in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper (Quimper), Musée d'Orsay (Paris) and Petit Palais (Paris); the list above names each museum and its canvases.
In 1900s, which gave 15 of the 34 works on this page, In the land of the sea. Pain among them.
The earliest canvas here is Self-Portrait (1883); the latest is Belle-Isle (1912).
Oil On Canvas, used in 3 of the 34 works on this page.
Post-impressionism, as the canvases on this page show.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Quimper holds 5 of the works on this page, among them Women of Plougastel at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, Marine and L.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered from its own page as an oil reproduction painted by hand, or as a fine art print, in the size you choose.
