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Portrait of a smiling man in a powdered wig and fur-trimmed cloak against a dark background.

Gerhard Morell, Keeper of the Royal Danish Kunstkammer

Johann Salomon Wahl, 1704

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a black coat over a red military collar.

Portrait of Baron R.F.G. Wrede

Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg

Dim painting of a woman leaning on a theatre balcony rail, with audience faces emerging from shadow behind her.

In the Theatre

Ellen Thesleff, 1903

Oil portrait of a man with an upturned mustache, dark jacket and white collar, against a black background.

Portrait of Albert Edelfelt

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1887

Painting of Judith in a patterned gown holding a severed head wrapped in white cloth, with an older servant beside her.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Pietro della Vecchia, 1635

Spanish Woman (study)

Augustin Feyen-Perrin

Oval oil portrait of a dark-haired man with a mustache in a dark coat and bow tie, hand resting at his waist.

Portrait of Alfred Van Aelbroeck

Lievin de Winne

Painting of cream, pink and red roses with green leaves trailing across a dark background.

Roses

Edouard Agneessens, 1873

Oil portrait of a man with a long curled brown wig, white lace collar and dark coat against a dark background.

Thomas Weedon

John Greenhill, 1675

Oval painting of four labourers with a horse and cart beneath trees, a dog resting in front, and a country house at right.

Labourers

George Stubbs, 1781

Oil portrait of a bearded man with tousled dark hair and a white collar, gazing outward against a dark background.

Portrait of a Kleptomaniac

Théodore Géricault, 1820

Painting of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed straw hat and dark jacket against a blue background.

Self-portrait in a straw hat

Władysław Ślewiński, 1894

Painting of a rushing stream over dark rocks, with white foam in the foreground and shadowy boulders and foliage behind.

The Torrent

Théodore Rousseau, 1850

Dark forest painting with a lizard on an oak trunk, thistles, butterflies, moths, and a distant castle under stormy sky.

Forest landscape with reptiles and insects (1)

Johann Adalbert Angermayer, 1730

Half-length portrait of a dark-haired man in black with a lace collar, holding a quill over a red book beside a stormy landsc

Probably Nicholas Oudart

William Dobson, 1646

Oil portrait of an elderly man in black gown and white collar holding a document, seated beside a red chair and drapery.

Sir Edward Nicholas

Peter Lely, 1680

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue sash and star insignia against a dark background.

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford

Arthur Pond, 1742

Monochrome portrait of an elderly man in a dark suit reading an open book against a dark background.

(John) Frederick Denison Maurice

Samuel Laurence, 1871

Oval portrait of a blond child with blue eyes wearing a striped dress and lace collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Child of the Comminges Family

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1791

Dark still life of dead game birds and a hare draped over a white cloth, with songbirds in a wicker basket.

Still Life with Game

Painting of a dark forge at night, a glowing iron bar on an anvil, and workers and a family watching beside a large hammer.

An Iron Forge

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772

Painting of a seated angel with a golden halo holding a staff, against a dark background, by Francisco Rizi.

The Angel before the Grave

Francisco Rizi, 1650

Portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff, holding brushes and a palette beside a landscape painting.

Bildnis eines Malers

Domenico Tintoretto, 1590

Painting of a woman in a yellow jacket and black hat, hand on hip, against a dark brushed background.

The Amazon (Woman in Yellow Jacket)

Amedeo Modigliani, 1909

Portrait of a woman in a black gown with pearls, lace bonnet and white roses, against a dark background.

Portrait of Melania Sobańska

Marcin Jabłoński, 1832

Painting of a veiled female saint wringing a cloth into a silver basin, with a faint halo against a dark background.

Saint Praxedis

Simone Pignoni, 1650

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and ruff collar, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Portrait of Marijtgen Jansdr., the Artist’s Mother

Gerrit Dou, 1643

Dog study

Lovis Corinth, 1884

Dim interior with men playing cards at a table, a boy in red holding a jug at left, and a man in yellow cloak and feathered h

The Card Players

Willem Cornelisz Duyster, 1635

Oval oil portrait of a young man with a mustache and goatee, dark jacket and bow tie, against a dark background.

Podobizeň mladého muža s briadkou

Teodor Boemm, 1865