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Dark painting of two laughing women in white shawls with a shadowed man mocked at the left edge.

Man Mocked by Two Women

Francisco Goya, 1819

Still life painting of a dark-background bouquet with tulips, poppies, roses, irises and carnations.

A Vase with Flowers

Simon Pietersz Verelst, 1659-1721

Half-length portrait of a young man in a white wig, blue jacket with red collar, against a dark green background.

Portrait of Frederica Augusta von Hohenzollern (1779-1843) ?

Johann Heinrich Schröder, 1795

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet and white collar against a dark background.

Cerchia di Jacopo Tintoretto Ritratto maschile

Domenico Tintoretto

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a red turban and gold-braided dark jacket against a dark background.

Portrait of Sidi Mohamed Machsen, Governor of Tripoli

Coraly de Fourmond, 1831

Painting of the winged archangel Michael with raised sword and red shield against a dark rocky landscape.

Archangel Michael

Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1814

Dark stormy landscape with trees, a ruined tower, and shepherds tending sheep under a break in the clouds.

Landscape with Shepherds in a Storm

Pieter Mulier, 1690

Painting of Turkish soldiers in a dim interior, two seated men playing chess while two standing men watch.

Turkish “Bashi-bazouk” Mercenary Soldiers Playing Chess

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1870

Seated woman in black satin dress with lace cuffs and cameo brooch, against a dark background with a red chair.

Portrait of a Woman

Robert van Eijsden, 1825

Painting of a mother holding an infant beside a girl with a plate at a table with sliced fruit, in a dim interior.

Mother and Two Children with Still Life

Adriaen de Lelie, 1810

Full-length portrait of a woman in black mourning dress and hood beside a gilded crucifix and draped curtain.

Portrait of a Noblewoman Dressed in Mourning

Jacopo da Empoli, c. 1600

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet, black dress and dark shawl against a black background.

Woman in Black

Unknown artist, 1820-40

Miniature painting of a single blue eye with arched eyebrow and curled hair, set in a gold brooch frame.

Portrait of Eye of a Lady

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Portrait of a woman in black with white lace collar and headdress, holding a prayer book against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman with a Prayer Book

Bartholomäus Bruyn the Younger, c. 1565

Half-length painting of Saint John the Baptist with curly hair, raised finger, wooden cross and animal skin, on a dark backgr

Saint John the Baptist

Leonardo da Vinci, 1505

Painted portrait of a man with round glasses and a mustache, in a dark suit and tie, against a dark background.

Portrait of H.H. van Dam A. Czn

Floris Verster, 1921

Oil portrait of a young shepherd with an ivy wreath, chin resting on clasped hands atop a staff, against a dark background.

Portrait of a shepherd boy

Salomon de Bray, 1638

Dark cave still life with heaped armor, a helmet, a draped red and white cloth, a pearl necklace and an open chest.

Vanitas-stilleven

Willem de Poorter, 1636

Painting of nude women in a dark forest, one standing figure pointing toward a seated woman among companions, with bow and ar

Diana ontdekt de misstap van Callisto

Adriaen van der Werff, 1704

Portrait of a young girl in a gold satin dress with pearls, holding a flute, with a feathered headpiece and dark veil.

Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel

Dirck van Santvoort, 1639

Oil portrait of a woman with curled brown hair in a teal dress and white chemise, set in an oval against a dark ground.

Portrait of a Woman (Judith Colman Bulfinch?)

John Smibert, c. 1734

Woman in white cap pouring batter into a pan at a hearth while a seated child watches in a dim kitchen.

The Pancakes

Jozef Israëls, c. 1875

Dark painting of a man working at an easel, holding a palette with red and blue paint in a shadowy studio.

James Ensor - Willy Finch at the Easel

Monochrome painting of a medieval interior: a cloaked armed man gestures toward two seated women beside an arched fireplace.

Jan Matejko p0205 - Grzymisława z synem swym, Bolesławem Wstydliwym, w więzieniu u Konrada Mazowieckiego

Jan Matejko, 1908

Oil portrait of a young man in a green coat with gold braid, leaning on a stone pedestal against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man in a Green Suit

Painting of a grey cartouche with a bust of Christ framed by a dark-background garland of tulips, roses and butterflies.

Cartouche with Bust of Christ Surrounded by a Garland of Flowers

Andries Bosman, 1659

Black-and-white reproduction of a 1622 portrait of a man in a black hat and white ruff collar, holding gloves.

Portrait of a 38-Year-Old Man

Cornelis van der Voort, 1622

Dim interior painting of a man in a plumed turban and embroidered cloak holding a white cloth, with a candle beside him.

Joseph Crying in his Chamber after Having Seen his Brother Benjamin Again

Arent de Gelder, 1685

Dim wooden cottage interior with a woman at a table, children nearby, a girl holding an infant, and a spinning wheel.

Kreeta Haapasalo Playing the Kantele

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1857

Oil painting of a young woman with red hair wrapped in a black cloak, holding a bitten apple, in a dim blue-walled room.

Restin Model

Hugo Simberg, 1904