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Full-length portrait of a man in a dark cloak with medals, holding a sword and white gloves beside a column.

The Architect Jean Jacques Winders

Edouard de Jans

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and white collar against a brown background, painted in 1857.

Portrait of Edward Wheelwright

William Morris Hunt, 1857

Oil portrait of a young man with a white turban, red vest and yellow shirt against a dark background.

Portrait présumé de Hassan, gardien de la girafe de Charles X

Claude-Marie Dubufe, 1826

Painting of a sleeping nude youth in a dark forest as a pale luminous female figure approaches through mist and foliage.

Girodet Sleep of Endymion

Anne-Louis Girodet

Dark interior with a bearded philosopher seated at a desk by a bright window, pondering an open book beside a spiral staircas

Philosopher with an open book

Salomon Koninck, 1645

Oil painting of a young man with auburn hair and red cap holding a thistle sprig against a dark background.

Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle

Albrecht Dürer, 1493

Oil portrait of a man in a gray periwig, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Half-length portrait of an older balding man in a dark red fur-collared robe, hands pressed together in prayer.

Man in Prayer

Rogier van der Weyden, ca. 1440

Still life with a silver tureen, dead hare, game bird, fruit, and a cat watching from the lower left.

The Silver Tureen

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1728-30

Reclining nude woman with curly hair reaches toward a parrot in a dark interior with patterned curtains.

Woman with a Parrot

Gustave Courbet, 1866

Painting of two hunting dogs beside a dead hare in a dim autumn forest clearing.

Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare

Gustave Courbet, 1857

Painting of a woman in red cradling a sleeping man under an apple tree as armed men watch from the foliage behind.

Samson and Delilah

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528-30

Oil portrait of a young woman in a red dress with white collar, pearl necklace and bracelet, against a dark background.

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Figures make music outdoors beside a dog, with a seated woman reading sheet music and a man in a yellow doublet.

A Musical Party

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, early 1650s

Dark pastoral landscape with tall trees, a rider on a white horse, sheep and figures, under a cloudy sky with mountains.

Landscape with a Battle between Two Rams

Jan Miel, ca. 1640

Interior genre scene: a woman sits with her hand to her head as a man in a tall hat watches, a sleeping dog nearby.

The Lovesick Maiden

Jan Steen, ca. 1660

Hanging scroll of a shaven monk with a red box and staff beside a green-faced attendant holding a censer, on a dark ground.

Portrait of Xuanzang (Genjō) with Attendant

Kasuga Motomitsu, 14th century

Painting of the Virgin gazing at the sleeping nude Christ Child on a white bed, with a dark curtain and landscape behind.

Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child

Lavinia Fontana, 1605

Half-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with white cravat against a red background.

Colonel James Swan

Gilbert Stuart, 1795

Oil self portrait of a man with slicked-back hair in a dark jacket, holding a paintbrush, beside framed paintings.

Self Portrait

Kanji Nakamura, 1926

Still life painting of fruit cake, dark wine bottle, glass, apple, peeled orange and books on a red tablecloth.

A Lunch

William Harnett, 1876

Dark painting of geese and ducks, a kitten, and hanging dead birds beside a terracotta basin in a dim pantry.

In a Pantry

Painting of a woman with curly hair embracing a white swan against a dark background, with red and blue drapery.

Leda and the Swan

Jan Wincenty Kopff, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated grey-haired man in a dark suit beside a violin on a table, against a dark background.

Portrait of Karol Lipiński

Alojzy Reichan, 1856

Oil painting of a dark-haired man in a dark jacket and white collar, gazing toward the viewer against a shadowy background.

Self-Portrait

Andrzej Grabowski

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark jacket and black bow tie against a dark background.

Portrait of Jan Zawiejski

Aleksander Kotsis, 1873

Oil portrait of a seated older man with moustache in a dark jacket with gold trim, holding a sword, on a red chair.

Portrait of Kazimierz Grocholski

Wilhelm Leopolski, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with grey hair in a dark suit against a dark reddish background.

Portrait of Władysław Łuszczkiewicz

Alfred Izydor Römer

Self-portrait of a bald bearded man in white shirt and green apron holding a paintbrush against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Jacek Malczewski, 1908

Seated woman reading a letter at a red-draped table while a standing man in a green jacket holds a tray behind her.

Woman reading a book

Gérard ter Borch