His paintings did not meet with success until 1878, a year before his death. Except for the searching truthfulness of his vision and the powerful directness of his brushwork, it would be difficult to recognize the creator of "Robert Macaire", of "Les Bas bleus", "Les Bohémiens de Paris", and the "Masques", in the paintings of "Christ and His Apostles" (Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam), or in his "Good Samaritan", "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza", "Christ Mocked", or even in the sketches in the Ionides Collection at South Kensington.