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Oil painting of a fortune teller reading the palm of a richly dressed young man, with children and onlookers in shadow.

Die Wahrsagerin

Travelers with sheep, goats and donkeys leave a landscape while a robed figure appears in the clouds above.

Aufbruch Abrahams ins gelobte Land

Leandro Bassano, 1595

Painting of a flower-crowned woman being grasped by a bearded man against a dark background, with scattered blossoms at her f

Pluto raubt Proserpina

Cecco Bravo, 1650

Oval painting of a young woman with a flower crown holding a nest of chicks, dark background, white sleeves.

Woman with doves nest

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder, 1645

Painting of Adam and Eve mourning the dead Abel, with a reclining nude body, a grieving woman, and a kneeling man in a dark f

Adam and Eve Mourn the Dead Abel

Heinrich Füger, 1799

Painting of crucified Christ with crown of thorns on a cross against a dark stormy sky, with a city at lower right.

Christ on the Cross (after Van Dyck)

Anton Depauly, 1841

Painting of a seated man in a felt hat and apron holding a glass in a dim interior, with loose brushwork.

The Drunkard

Full-length portrait of a young boy in gilded armor and gold breeches, with a white ruff, beside a plumed helmet.

Philip of Asturias, later Philip III of Spain

Frans Francken I

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark velvet dress with lace sleeves, leaning on a table with an open book and flowers.

Portrait of Mrs. Sackett

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1839

Two nude lovers embrace in a dark underworld while Dante and Virgil watch from the right in somber silence.

Dante and Virgil Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in the Underworld

Ary Scheffer, 1855

Painting of a grieving man holding a dead woman in a white shroud in a dark cave, with a hooded figure and a cross outside.

The Entombment of Atala

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1808

Painting of Christ crowned with thorns beside the grieving Virgin Mary in a carved Gothic frame with a castle landscape.

Christ Crowned with Thorns (Ecce Homo), and the Mourning Virgin (Mater Dolorosa)

Adriaen Isenbrandt, ca. 1530-40

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a red fur-trimmed coat, resting his hand on a paper with spectacles, dark background.

John Julius Angerstein (1736-1823)

Thomas Lawrence

Oil portrait of a man with receding hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Alexander Maconochie (1777-1861) of Meadowbank

Oil portrait of a young woman in a dark red velvet robe with pearl jewelry, leaning on a wooden table against a dark backgrou

Portrait of a Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark costume and metal breastplate, holding a red plume, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man with a Breastplate and Plumed Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of a man in armor with a gray wig, resting beside a helmet, with a cavalry battle in the background.

Portrait of a General Officer

Hyacinthe Rigaud, ca. 1710

Full-length portrait of a young man in black costume with white collar, gold chain and cape, beside a red velvet stool.

Philip IV (1605-1665), King of Spain

Velázquez, probably 1624

Painting of monks in a vaulted cloister arcade in Rome, with a crucifix on the wall and a fountain glimpsed through a far doo

Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome

François Marius Granet, 1808

Oil painting of a reclining turbaned man with two women in an ornate oriental interior with rugs and a brass ewer.

Three Figures in an Interior (Un Envoi de Serbie)

Benjamin-Constant, 1876

Painting of a bearded elderly man in an orange robe kneeling and gazing upward in tears beside golden keys.

The Tears of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1612-13

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a river, stone bridge, pavilion, and calligraphy inscription above.

Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff"

Kanō Hōgai, 19th century

Oil portrait of a woman with auburn hair and a dark rose, wearing a yellow off-shoulder wrap against a black background.

Self-Portrait

Victorine Meurent, 1876

Oil portrait of a man with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark fur-collared coat against a dark background.

Portrait of Kazimierz Brodziński

Wojciech Stattler, 1830

Portrait of Wincenty Pol

Juliusz Kossak, 1874

Painted portrait of an elderly man in a black hat and white collar, smoking a clay pipe, against a red background.

Head of an Old Man

Szymon Buchbinder

Painting of a nude young woman seen from behind, draped in gold fabric, standing on a patterned carpet in a dark interior.

Bathing Girl

Pantaleon Szyndler, 1885

Dark portrait of a woman in a black hat and dress, face and hand softly lit against a shadowy background.

Portrait of Anna Ginzberg

Olga Boznańska, 1900

Seated man in black uniform with fur-trimmed cloak and decorated cane against a dark red background.

Portrait of Eustachy Sanguszko

Kazimierz Pochwalski, 1896

Elderly bearded man in a green coat examines a blue and white plate at a table, with two figures in shadow beside him.

Painter of ceramics

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1870