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Pierre Prévost Paintings: The 10 Most Famous, Through a Gallery's Eye
Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 10 works by Pierre Prévost in our catalogue
In short
To the gallery's eye, Pierre Prévost's most famous painting is Panorama of Paris taken from the roof of the Pavillon de Flore, at the Tuileries (1833), whose original hangs in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris. Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments) and Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments) complete the trio every eye recognises. Of the 10 works by Pierre Prévost in our catalog, the gallery presents the 10 most famous below, each original with its year, its museum and what makes it unique.
1764 – 1823, Montigny-le-Gannelon
Most works: Carnavalet Museum
The gallery's top 10 Pierre Prévost paintings
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The museums that keep Pierre Prévost's originals
The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Pierre Prévost | Paintings from this list |
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 Carnavalet Museum |
Paris | 1 | Panorama of Paris taken from the roof of the Pavillon de Flore, at the Tuileries |
 Museum of London |
London | 1 | A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster |
Pierre Prévost, the signature paintings of each year
Every dated original by Pierre Prévost on this page was made in 1815: here they are, the most famous first.
Works per year
Pick a year to see its originals.
1815
A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster
Age 51
1 work this year
Pierre Prévost's paintings: the gallery answers
Which Pierre Prévost painting is the most famous of all?Reveal the answer
Panorama of Paris taken from the roof of the Pavillon de Flore, at the Tuileries (1833), Carnavalet Museum, Paris. Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments) and Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments) come next.
Which are Pierre Prévost's top 10 paintings?Reveal the answer
Panorama of Paris taken from the roof of the Pavillon de Flore, at the Tuileries, Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople (divided into 16 numbered compartments), Panorama of Constantinople and A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
How many works did Pierre Prévost create?Reveal the answer
Our catalog holds 10 works by Pierre Prévost.
Where do Pierre Prévost's most famous originals hang?Reveal the answer
Mostly in Carnavalet Museum (Paris) and Museum of London (London). The museum table above lists them all.
Pierre Prévost: the artist
A Vision of the Horizon
Pierre Prévost entered the world in Montigny-le-Gannelon on 7 December 1764, arriving at a moment when the boundaries of landscape painting were about to expand into new dimensions. As a student of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, he learned the rigors of classical training, yet his true contribution lay in a specialized form of immersive observation. He became the first French panorama painter, an artist capable of translating the vastness of the world onto a circular stage.
His work was defined by a desire to place the viewer within the center of a scene. Through his panoramas, distant cities and historical moments were brought into a close, encircling presence. He did not merely paint landscapes; he constructed environments. His technique often involved watercolor on paper, which was then meticulously glued onto canvas backings to create the scale required for such monumental views.
The Geometry of Sight
Prévost’s career was marked by a series of expansive topographical studies that captured the essence of European and Mediterranean locales. His eye moved from the familiar streets of France to the far reaches of the Levant. Some of his most notable subjects included:
- The Panorama of Lyon
- A View of Amsterdam
- The Panorama of Rome and Naples
- The Panorama of Athens and Jerusalem
- A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster
In these works, he captured a world in transition. His London panorama, painted around 1815, offers a window into a city before the great fires and reconstructions of the nineteenth century. It shows the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster as they existed in the shadow of the Napoleonic Wars. He possessed a particular skill for documenting the topography of a place, recording how buildings sat in relation to rivers and open spaces with a precise, unadorned clarity.
A Life Concluded in Paris
The scale of Prévost's ambition often required collaboration. For his view of Paris from the Tuileries, he worked alongside Constant Bourgeois, Denis Fontaine, and Jean Mouchet to achieve the necessary breadth of detail. His life was deeply intertwined with the major historical shifts of his era, from the evacuation of Toulon in 1793 to the aftermath of the Battle of Wagram.
He remained in Paris for much of his professional life, eventually passing away there on 30 August 1823. He was laid to rest in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. While many of his largest, full-scale panoramic works have been lost to time, the preparatory pieces and smaller views remain as fragments of a vanished perspective, preserved in collections such as the Louvre and the Museum of London.