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Half-length oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white pleated ruff, white bonnet and black dress against a dark background.

Portrait of an elderly lady

Cornelis de Vos, 1638

Oil self-portrait showing a man with angular, simplified facial planes, dark beard and sidelong gaze against a dark backgroun

Self-Portrait

Frits Van den Berghe, 1919

Painting of Mars embracing a nude Venus while a winged Cupid kneels beside them against a dark background.

Mars and Venus

Adrianus Wulffaert, 1832

Painting of a man with hands clasped in prayer, wearing a fur-trimmed dark robe, before a wooded landscape with a river.

Gentleman Praying

Ambrosius Benson, 1525

Portrait of a bearded man in black costume beside a window with a stormy landscape and a red wine glass.

Portrait of Matthäus Schwarz

Christoph Amberger, 1542

Interior scene of a scholar in a fur-trimmed robe reading an atlas beside a globe, with a spiral staircase and sleeping dog.

De aardrijkskundige

Adriaen van Gaesbeeck, 1640

Oil portrait of a young woman in a dark hat and black cloak with white lace collar against a green background.

Portrait of a young Jewish woman

Maurycy Gottlieb, 1879

Oval half-length self-portrait of a heavyset man with dark hair in a tan coat against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

George Stubbs, 1759

Group portrait of a seated young woman sewing, an older woman in a lace shawl, and an older man holding a palette beside an e

The Painter's Family

Francisco Lacoma Sans, 1800

Dim painted nativity scene with a newborn in a manger, a seated woman, shepherds gathered around, and angels above a fire.

Adoration by the shepherds

Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1647

Painting of a seated man with a clay pipe beside a red-capped companion and a jug in a dim tavern interior.

Smoker and drunkard

Adriaen van Ostade, 1654

Two figures at a candlelit table with quill pens and inkwell; the woman in a feathered hat shows a ring.

Engagement by candlelight

Anton Hickel, 1790

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a black headscarf and green shawl, seated with clasped hands against a dark background.

Die Mutter des Künstlers

Franz Rumpler, 1878

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair and red ribbon, wearing a red shawl with white fur collar, dark background.

Luise von Schwind, the wife of the painter Moritz von Schwind

Carl Rahl, 1845

Portrait of a standing man in a blue coat and pink braided waistcoat, holding a cane, with trees and a sunset landscape.

Dr. Connell

Painting of a red-winged angel with outstretched arms standing beside a young girl in a red bodice and gold gown.

The Guardian Angel

Bernardo Strozzi

Portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat with gold waistcoat, holding a rolled document, with a classical rotunda behi

Thomas Ripley

Joseph Highmore, 1780

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, holding a quill over an open notebook beside a glass.

Thomas Clarkson

Carl Frederik von Breda, 1788

Oil portrait of a balding man with dark side hair, white cravat and tan waistcoat, against a dark background.

John Flaxman

Henry Howard, 1847

Portrait of a young man in a straw hat carrying a red bundle on a stick, with ships at sea behind him.

Thomas Goff Lupton

George Clint, 1850

Oil portrait of a young man in a red cloak holding brushes and a palette, turning over his shoulder against a dark background

Sir George Hayter

George Hayter, 1820

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat holding a cello, with sheet music on a table beside him.

Robert Lindley

William Davison, 1813

Group portrait of five men consulting a large sheet at a table, with a hot air balloon visible in the landscape at left.

A Consultation prior to the Aerial Voyage to Weilburgh, 1836

John Hollins, 1855

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit, seated beside a map labelled Alexandra Land.

Benjamin Leigh Smith

Stephen Pearce, 1886

Oil self-portrait of a man with tousled hair and moustache, white collar, lit face against a dark background.

Self-portrait

George Washington Lambert, 1900

Dark still life with peaches, a spiral lemon peel, a blue and white bowl, a ginger jar and wine glasses on a table.

still - life

Juriaen van Streeck, 1647

Full-length painting of a violinist in black formal wear holding a violin and bow against a dark, misty background.

Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate

James McNeill Whistler, 1884

Oil portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and shawl, seated with folded hands against a dark background.

Lucretia Coffin Mott

Joseph Kyle, 1842

Family eating supper at a wooden table in a dim farmhouse interior, with adults and children sharing bowls.

Supper at a Finnish farmhouse

Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, 1892

Painting of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and dark shawl with a red bodice, gazing sideways against a dark background.

Portrait of a demented woman

Théodore Géricault, 1819