Which pictures did Cals show at the Salon? On this page you will find an impression of the pictures Adolphe-Félix Cals exhibited at the Salon from 1835 – 1870. Many of my suggestions are (very) uncertain or just to compare. Helas, the quality of several pictures is quite poor. See link for my account. I render the pictures by form and in a chronological way of when exhibited. Note: If you double click on the first picture (of a cluster) and then click on full screen, you can create a small slideshow. Enjoy!
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1837-263, Le retour des champs. Compare: 18xx, Paysanne sur le chemin, dr, 8×11, Axx (iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1846-293, Sollicitude maternelle. Compare: 1860, Mère et enfant dans un intérieur, 38×46, xx (iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1848-721, Nature morte. Uncertain: Cals, 18xx, Nature morte aux agrumes (Still life with citrus fruits), 24×28, A2010/10/24 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1848-720 Nature morte. Maybe: 1847, Still life with a cucumber, pitcher, platter, glassware, xx, Minneapolis IA (iR6;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1853-204, Tête de jeune femme, étude à la lampe. Compare: 18xx, Femme assise à un bureau, lisant à la lueur d’une chandelle, dr, 17×22, A1999/10/27 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1864, SDbl, Two friends around a table, dr, 33×43, MFA Houston (iR6;iR8;iR35;iR1;M163) Expo: =!? S1864-2070, La partie de dominos, dessin.
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1859, Card game at ‘le père Martin’, 50×61, xx (iR11;iR1;iR6;iR35). Compare: S1864-2070, La partie de dominos; dessin.
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1859, La dinette, 45×55, A1995/02/16 (iR13;iR1) =!? S1859-R, La dinette, 46×55; in 1900 in the Hazard collection (R152,p204)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 18xx, La famille du sabotier, 60×74, A2017/03/23 (iR11;iR1;R152,p205) Expo: =? SdR1863-61, Le ménage du sabotier.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1859-475, Intérieur rustique. Maybe: 18xx, Intérieur rustique à Honfleur (L’intérieur, rue Varin à Honfleur), 28×38, A2009/06/12 (iR13;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1867-256, Une rue à Béthancourt, Oise. Very uncertain: 1861(?), The way home, 21×27, A2012/03/20 (iR11;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1867-256, Une rue à Béthancourt (Oise). Maybe?: 1866, The Well in the rue Montlaville, Orrouy (viewed from the east), 14×19, FM Cambridge (iR2;iR35;iR1;iR9)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1835-304 Portraits d’homme. Compare: 18xx, Three Studies of an Old Man, dr, 36×26, NGS Edinburgh (iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1836-284, Jeune femme, étude. Very uncertain: 1839(??), xx (portrait de femme), xx, xx (iR93;iR10)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1838, Portrait de Comte de Lancosme de Brève, 54×65, A2007/11/23 (iR13;iR10;iR1) Expo: =? S1838-233, Portrait de M. le comte de L. B…
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1839-280, Paysanne du Berri, tête d’étude. Very uncertain: 18xx, Portrait de femme au foulard (Portrait of a woman with a scarf), 41×33, xx (iR10;iR1). Compare: S1839-281, Paysan du Berri, tête d’étude.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1839-281, Paysan du Berri, tête d’étude. Maybe: 18xx, Portrait de paysan berrichon, xx, xx (iR10;iR1). Compare: S1839-280, Paysanne du Berri, tête d’étude.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1840-214, Paysan de l’Auvergne, tête d’étude. Very uncertain: 18xx, Detail of Head of an old man (portrait d’un vieillard), xx, xx (iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1840-215, Tête d’enfant, tête d’étude. Very uncertain: 18xx, Portrait d’un jeune garçon, 46×38, A2014/06/08 (iR13;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1842-290, La liseuse, tête d’étude. Compare: 18xx, Portrait de femme (lisant), dr, 21×18, xx (iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1843-169, Portrait d’homme. Compare: 18xx, Portrait of a Man, bust-length, with folded Arms, dr, xx, Ashmolean Museum (iR10;iR64;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1844-257, Tête de jeune fille. Uncertain: 18xx, Portrait d’une jeune fille, 14×14, A1999/06/05 (iR13;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1844-258, Tête de jeune fille, effet de lampe. Uncertain: 1843, Portrait de jeune fille, 39×31, A1999/10/27 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1845-249, Tête de femme. Very uncertain: Cals, 18xx, femme de profil a la coiffe (woman in profile with headdress), d17, A2010/10/25 (iR11;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1845-250, Souterrain, effet de lampe. Uncertain: 18xx, Vieil homme à la chandelle, 18×18, A2012/05/27 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1845-251, Portrait de Mme C… Compare: 18xx, Portrait présumé de Mme Cals, dr, 35×28, A2009/03/29 (iR13;iR10;iR1).
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1846-291, Bonne femme filant. Uncertain: 18xx, La fileuse et son enfant, 37×26, A2015/11/22 (iR13;iR1) Compare: 1IE-1874-7.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1846-296, Petite fille épuchant des légumes. Compare: 1854, A Cook Plucking a Wild Duck, 46×38, BM Barnard Castle (iR2;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1846-299, étude d’homme. Compare: 18xx, unknown title (man of high standing; detail), dr, xx, xx (iR101;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1846-300, portrait de M. Yv… Maybe: 1846, Portrait d’homme, 93×73, A2010/12/14 (iR13;iR11;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 18xx, Saint-François d’Assise, 185×140, A2010/12/19 (iR13;iR1;R152,p202) Expo: =? S1847-264, Saint François-d’Assise. Provenance: Armand Doria; Comte François Doria (1900).
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1848-722, Petite fille lisant. Uncertain: 18xx, petite file lisant à la chandelle, 30×29, A2017/06/15 (iR11;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1848-725, Vieillard lisant. Uncertain: 18xx, La Lecture à la chandelle, 21×21, MBA Dijon (iR23;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 18??, Mère avec son enfant et un chat, 19×19, A2016/05/25 (iR13;iR11;iR1) =?? S1850-440, Portrait de Mme D. R… et de son enfant; =??? 3IE-1877-9, Jeune Mère
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1850-441, portrait of Mme B. Uncertain: 1850, Bildnis der Claudine Bonnet, 27×33, A2015/05/29 (iR13;iR12;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1850-443, Nature morte. Uncertain: 18xx, Nature morte (un intérieur), 19×13, A2014/03/26 (iR11;iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1853-203, Un amateur. Compare: Cals, 1859, Le raccommodeur de porte-monnaie (Père et fillette dans un atelier), 28×23, A2008/04/23 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1857, Le lever (Scène d’intérieur), 41×32, A2015/12/09 (iR11;iR13;iR1;R45,p68;R2,p203;R90II,p70) =!? S1857-426, Le lever; =??? 3IE-1877-16, Jeune femme, le matin.
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1856, SDtr, Le goûter, engraving after painting, 35x27cm, unknown location (R152,p45+203;iR1) Expo: =? S1859-476, Le goûter. Provenance: Armand Doria; (1900) Comte François Doria (R152,p203).
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1858-64ca (HW), Portrait de Marie (née 1853), fille de l`artiste, 49×42, MNM Dijon (iR10;iR23;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1864-2071, Portrait de Mlle C…, dessin. Compare: 1848, portrait de femme de profil, dr, xx, Axx (iR44;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1865ca, Les deux sœurs, 65×54, unknown location (R152,p96+205;iR1) =S1865-354, Les deux sœurs (Appartient à M. le vicomte Doria)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1861 (1868), La Veillée (the wake), 40×33, A2000/06/21 (iR2;iR13;iR1;R231-5) Expos: =?? S1865-363, La Veillée (Appartient à M. le vicomte Doria); =?? EU-1889-C-116, La Veillée (app. à M. le comte Doria; S.1844)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1865-2345, Portrait de M. P…, dessin. Uncertain: 1862 (or:1842), Portrait d’homme, dr, 33×26, A2004/03/22 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1865-2346, Portrait de Mme la comtesse D…, dessin. Maybe: 1859, Portrait of Countess Doria, dr, 39×28, A2013/12/29 (iR17;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-80): S1866-306, Le soir, effect de lampe =1866, Self-portrait, 82×66, MNVT Versailles (iR99;iR23;iR10;iR96;iR1;M195)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1866-2108, Portrait de Mlle A.-S. l’E…, dessin. Uncertain: 1865, portrait of a woman, dr, xx, xx (iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1866-2109, Portrait de M. xx, dessin. Maybe??: 18xx, Portrait d’homme, en buste, de face, la tête légèrement tournée à droite, dr, 33×25, Louvre (iR23;iR1).
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1868-405, Portrait de Mlle C… Uncertain: 1867(?), Tête de jeune femme, 17×14, Axx (iR11;iR10;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1868ca, Grand Mère et petit fils, etch after painting, 156x121cm, unknown location (R152,p111+206;iR1;R231-1) =S1868-406, Grand’mère et petit-fils; =!? EU-1900-C-77, Grand’mère et petite-fille (appartient à M. le comte Doria). Provenance: Armand Doria; (1900) Comte François Doria (R152,p206).
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1870, SDtr, Portrait de Mme A. de la Porte (Laporte), engraving after painting, 73x60cm, unknown location (R152,p128+207;iR1) =S1870-453, Portrait de Mme A. de L…
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1870-454, Ferme en Normandie. Uncertain: 1865, Farm in Normandy, 60×50, A2018/03/21 (iR2;iR11;iR1)
Clarification: Many of my suggestions are (very) uncertain or just to compare. I render also several drawings which might indicate how a painting looked like. For many exhibited works I have no suggestion at all. The works of Cals are not well documented, there is no catalogue raisonnée and most of his works are in private hands. I render the pictures in a sort of thematical way and by form. Several suggestions are interchangeable.
My main sources for the pictures are the biography of Cals by Alexandre (1900=R152); the-athenaeum (iR2; 13 pictures), commons.wikimedia (=iR6; 10 pictures), mutualart (iR11), artnet (iR13; 310 auction items), eclecticlight (aR1=iR35; 10 pictures) and Google images (iR10). See for the other sources at the bottom of the main page on Adolphe-Félix Cals. See link for explanation of the subscriptions.
Recommanded citation: “Impressionism: Adolphe-Félix Cals, a thematical impression of his pictures at the Salon. Last modified 2025/07/14. https://www.impressionism.nl/cals-salon/.”
Note: In the future I will try to render better options and better quality pictures.
