![Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry - The Wave and the Pearl [1862]](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/14775210223_3226b31d2d_o.jpg)
Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (La Roche-sur-Yon, November 7, 1828 - Paris, January 17, 1886) was a French painter. His talent from the first revealed itself as strictly academical, full of elegance and grace, but somewhat lacking originality. The works that crowned Baudry’s reputation were his mural decorations, which show much imagination and a high artistic gift for colour, as may be seen. in the frescoes in the Paris Court of Cassation at the Château de Chantilly, and above all, in the decorations of the foyer of the Opera Garnier.
[Museo del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 178 cm]