The Petit Palais (French: [pəti palɛ]; English: Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.

[5] Additionally his work, such as the domed central porch and the triple arcade, has many references to the stables at Chantilly, Oise.

The tympanum depicting the city of Paris surrounded by muses is the work of sculptor Jean Antoine Injalbert.

[5] Several famous sculptors at the time, such as Convers, Desvergens, Fagel, Ferrary, Hugues, Injalbert and Peynot, worked on the exterior decoration of the building.

[3] The elegant courtyard is considered Beaux Arts style because of the "symmetrical composition" and "rich decoration in high relief".

[3][5] Coupled columns made of pink Vosges granite and gilt-bronze encircle the courtyard and bordering covered gallery.

[2][5] Although the courtyard is in the central part of the Petit Palais, one of the main structures of the Exhibition, its purpose was to provide visitors with a relaxing space apart from the busy Exposition.

[3][8] The inner gallery of Petit Palais exhibited "priceless treasures in ivory, tapestry, metal work, jewelry, and porcelain gathered from the most important collections of France".

The museum displays paintings by painters such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, Claude Gellée, Fragonard, Hubert Robert, Greuze and a remarkable collection of 19th-century painting and sculpture: Ingres, Géricault, Delacroix, Courbet, Monet, Sisley, Pissarro, Cézanne, Danger, Modigliani, Carpeaux, Maillol and Rodin, among others.

There is also a relatively small but important collection of ancient Greek and Roman art and of Christian icons for which the museums's first and only 21st-century artwork was acquired in 2019 (Les Martyrs de Libye by Nikola Sarić).

[5] Girault was commissioned to build several structures including: "the Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, extensions at the Royal Castle of Laeken, and a seafront colonnade at Ostend".