This is my favorite painting in New York. It lives at the Met. I wish you could see her eyes. The first time I saw this work, I think I stood there for about 15 minutes. The painting is huge. Its in the hall with the rodin sculpture in the European Painting section. Check it.

Joan of Arc, 1879
Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848–1884)
Gift of Erwin Davis, 1889 (89.21.1)