This exhibition catalogueCapolavori dell’Ottocento francese documents the February–March 1955 show of 19th‑century French painting held at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, compiled by Albert Chatelet and published by De Luca Editore. It features scholarly texts by noted critics, including Germain Bazin and Emilio Lavagnino, introducing the major artistic movements and masters of the century. With over 100 black‑and‑white plates, it offers visual reproduction of iconic works and contextual entries that trace developments from Romanticism through Impressionism. The catalogue serves as both a historical record of the exhibition and a concise reference to French art’s evolution in the 1800s.