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Oil portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak holding a handwritten letter against a dark background.

Portrait of Marten Looten

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Painting of a seated Virgin in pink and blue with an infant, an older bearded man resting at left, under trees and hills.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini, 1625

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black hat, lace collar, black costume with silver rosettes, against dark background

Marten Soolmans (1613-1641)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Dark Gothic banquet hall with a crowd of armored men and a bishop in gold vestments amid candlelit table and torches.

The Murder of the Bishop of Liège

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with upswept auburn hair and a white dress, in a gilt frame on a black stand.

Mrs. Nathaniel Bowen (Margaret Blake)

Jean Francois de la Vallee, ca. 1805

Oil painting of a bearded man in a red turban and fur-trimmed robe writing with a quill, looking upward.

The Arab Sage

Half-length portrait of a woman in black with a white ruff collar, white lace cap and cuffs, resting her hands on a fan.

Portrait of a Woman in Black

Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1643

Young woman in white dress ironing linen at a table in a dim interior with jugs, a chair, and a red drape.

Young Woman Ironing

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1800

Grayscale view of a vaulted stone hall with columns, a large ceramic urn, a chair, and light falling across the floor.

A Room in the Bargello, Florence

Edwin White, 1872

Painting of a seated woman with upswept hair in a black and white patterned dress against a dark background.

Emma in the Black Print

George Bellows, 1919

Two boys in 18th-century dress seated at a mahogany desk with a quill, inkwell, and papers against a dark background.

Francis Malbone and his Brother Saunders

Gilbert Stuart, 1773

Half-length portrait of an elderly man with white hair and mustache, in a cream waistcoat and checkered tie, on black.

Denman Waldo Ross

Kanji Nakamura, 1926

Full-length oil portrait of a standing boy in a dark coat holding a striped top hat against a brown background.

Portrait of a Boy

Witold Pruszkowski

Painting of an ornate gilded saddle with turquoise inlays and stirrups on a dark red cloth against a dim background.

Study of Stirrups and a Saddle

Stanisław Chlebowski

Dark interior with several men studying large open books by candlelight at a table, a flag hanging by a window.

School of Talmudists

Samuel Hirszenberg, 1887

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered hair in a green silk wrap and gold chain, looking upward against a red background.

Portrait of Aleksandra née Lubomirska, Wife of Stanisław Potocki (1758-1831)

Pompeo Batoni, 1780

Painting of a seated man in a dark gold-trimmed coat and a standing woman in white satin, with a boy in red nearby.

King John III Sobieski and Marysieńka

Wandalin Strzałecki, 1881

Candlelit interior: an old man holding a candle watches a sleeping young woman in a white headscarf seated in a chair.

Old Man Watching a Sleeping Girl

Johann Georg Dietrich, 1684

Loose oil sketch of an older man's head and shoulders turned to the side against a dark background.

Portrait Sketch (Charles H. Freeman)

Joseph Frank Currier

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black suit and white cravat, seated in a carved red armchair holding a book.

Portrait of Reverend Nathaniel A. Hyde

Theodore Clement Steele, 1893

Oil portrait of a seated young boy in a dark jacket and white shirt, hands on a red armchair against a dark background.

Portrait of a boy

George Bellows, 1921

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit against red drapery, painted in 1859.

Self-Portrait

Chester Harding, 1859

Painting of a banquet with seated men around a table and a nude woman carrying a platter of fruit, in warm browns.

Feast of the Gods

Honoré Daumier, c. 1849/1850, with later additions by other hands

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace cap, hand resting on a red chair, dark background.

Mrs. Day

Ammi Phillips, c. 1835

Painting of a sailing ship tossed by large waves under a dark, moonlit storm sky.

Storm-Tossed Frigate

Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century

Oval half-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue robe and red sash against a dark background.

Sir John Baptiste de Medina, 1659 - 1710. Portrait painter (Self-portrait)

John Baptist Medina, 1698

Oil portrait of a seated man in a white wig and dark velvet coat, holding an open book, against a dark background.

Portrait du docteur François Quesnay (1694-1774), médecin et économiste

Ecole française, 1743

Oval portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a grey background.

Portrait du général Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800)

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1800

Portrait du baron Haussmann (1809-1891), préfet de la Seine

Adolphe Yvon, 1867

Seated woman in a black plumed hat and fur stole with a red rose at her bodice, against a warm painted background.

Portrait de Marie-Louise Cognacq, née Jay

Jeanne-Magdeleine Favier, 1903