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Two women in classical dress share a pastry in a shop interior with cakes on a counter and a small dog at left.

Deux élégantes dans une pâtisserie

Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, 1900

Half-length portrait of a woman in dark blue silk with a white lace ruff and gold bead necklace.

Unknown Lady

Anthony van Dyck, 1628

Painting of two hanging bunches of pale green grapes with highlights against a dark background.

Two bunches of grapes

Miguel de Pret, 1650

Painting of the crucified Christ with arms outstretched, crown of thorns and loincloth, against a dark background.

Christ Crucified

Francisco Goya, 1780

Dark night scene of the Virgin and child on a donkey, led by an old man with a torch, with angels above and a dog at right.

Flight into Egypt

Francesco Bassano the Younger

Painting of the severed head of Saint John the Baptist on a golden dish against a dark background.

The Head of Saint John the Baptist

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1650

Oil portrait of a young man with curly blond hair, dark velvet jacket and gold chains, holding sheet music by a column.

The musician Enrique Liberti

Anthony van Dyck, 1627

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a white lace gown with blue sash, beside a rose bush in a garden setting.

Portrait of Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775-1830)

Giuseppe Troni, 1787

Painting of an angel with white wings leading an elderly bearded man past a sleeping guard in a dark setting.

Saint Peter freed by an Angel

Giuseppe Marullo, 1640

Seated man in dark jacket and grey trousers in a dim interior, with a guitar and paint palette on the floor.

El pintor Benito Soriano Murillo

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, 1863

Oil portrait of a bald, bearded man in round glasses, dark suit and bow tie against a dark background.

John Sharpenstein Hager, Class of 1836 (1818-1890)

David Dalhoff Neal

Oil portrait of an elderly man in spectacles and dark suit reading a paper at a red-draped table, dark background.

John Torrey (1796-1873)

Daniel Huntington, 1857

Dim interior with card players, a bearded man in a yellow cloak, a woman in white, and figures lit by candlelight.

Denial of St. Peter

Pieter de Molijn

Dark twilight graveyard with pale shrouded figures rising from tombs, three crosses on a hill under a red sky.

Dead Rising from Tombs

Thomas Cole, 1821

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black costume with a white collar against a dark arched background.

Cornelis van Beveren (1591-1663), heer van Strevelshoek, West-IJsselmonde en Kleine Lindt

Gerard van Honthorst, 1640

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair and a red headband, wearing an orange blouse against a dark background.

Wilma Knaap (1895-?)

Willem Witsen, 1905

Half-length portrait of a young man in a black coat, red doublet, white ruff and lace cuffs against a dark background.

Young Man in Black

Portrait of a man with long hair in gilded armour and red sash, with a naval battle scene behind him.

Sir John Lawson (d. 1665)

Peter Lely, 1665

Painting of a farrier's stable with a grey horse, bay horse, dogs, and two men in top hats and aprons.

The Farrier's Shop

Edmund Bristow, 1845

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in polished armour with a medal on a ribbon, against a brown background.

Charles I (1600-1649)

William Dobson, 1642

Full-length portrait of a man in a blue cape and red sash holding a plumed hat, with armour and a distant soldier.

James II when Duke of York (1633-1701)

Manner of Remigius van Leemput, 1665

Oil painting of the Virgin holding roses with an infant and two angels behind her against a dark background.

The Holy Family with Angels

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1610

Vrouw in boerenkostuum

Gérard ter Borch, 1648

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in armor, lace collar and red embroidered sash against a dark background.

Portrait of Ernst Casimir I (1573-1632), Count of Nassau-Dietz

Wybrand de Geest, 1633

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and fur-trimmed robe, holding white gloves, against a dark background.

Portrait of Joris Vezeleer

Unknown artist, after c. 1518

Soldiers resting in a dim stone guardroom, with an officer in a plumed hat, a drum, and a blue banner in the foreground.

Soldiers in a Guardroom

Anthonie Palamedesz, 1647

Painting of a woman drawing at a ledge while a boy holds a cast, beside a white statue of Venus in a niche.

A Girl Drawing and a Boy near a Statue of Venus

Pieter van der Werff, 1715

Group portrait in a columned interior: a kneeling man presents a document to a seated woman in white religious dress.

Reception of the Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk by the Spanish queen-regent Maria-Anna of Austria, 2 Marc…

Caspar Netscher, 1671

Portrait of a seated man in black with white collar, red drape behind him and an arched window showing a cloudy sky.

Dionijs Wijnands (1628-73). Amsterdam merchant, son of Hendrick Wijnands and Aeltje Denijs

Jan van Noordt, 1664

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, looking upward against a dark background.

Portrait Study of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Jan Willem Pieneman, 1821