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Painting of a weeping penitent woman with long hair holding a skull, beside a wooden cross on a dark background.

Penitent Magdalene

Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosa, 1650

Portrait of a young girl in an embroidered silver gown, lace ruff and plumed headdress, resting her hand on a red velvet chai

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia

Alonso Sánchez Coello, 1577

Portrait of a woman in a black dress, white lace bonnet and collar, holding a leather book before a red drapery.

Patience Gifford Johnson (1787-1846)

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Arthur Bowen Davies

Oil portrait of a clergyman in a white wig, black robe and white bands, wearing a gold chain and medallion.

John Thomas, Bishop of Winchester (1696-1781)

Thomas Parkinson, 1781

Full-length seated portrait of a young woman in a jewelled crown and gold robes, holding a sceptre before a canopied throne.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

George Hayter, 1838

Painting of a kneeling family before a gilded tomb effigy, a crowned boy in front, a crucifix and battle scene at left.

The Memorial of Lord Darnley

Livinus de Vogelaare, 1567

Painting of the Holy Family with the Virgin in red, an infant Christ beside a lamb, and cherubs in a stormy sky.

The Holy Family

Dosso Dossi, 1527

Painting of a long-eared owl with yellow eyes perched on a branch against a dark background.

A Long-Eared Owl

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1836

Dark painting of a bound, nearly nude bearded man being worked on by an executioner beside a tree, with soldiers behind.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Jusepe de Ribera, 1630

Evenus III, King of Scotland (12-5 B.C.)

Jacob de Wet II, 1684

Dark oil painting of a mounted soldier in a red cloak riding up a steep hillside under a golden evening sky.

Soldiers on the March

Jacques Courtois, 1650

Oil painting of the risen Christ in a red cloak with a banner, as a kneeling long-haired woman bows before him among onlooker

Christ and the Penitent Sinners

Gerard Seghers, c. 1640 - c. 1651

Standing portrait of a man in black with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a cane before a tree and cloudy landscape.

Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1647

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a brown fur cloak and white fur collar, against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Paulus Moreelse, c. 1623

Oil still life of a flower bouquet with tulips, irises, roses and hollyhocks spilling over a stone ledge on a dark background

Still Life with Flowers

Jacob van Walscapelle, 1670 - 1727

Oval oil portrait of a young man with long curly hair, lace collar and black doublet, resting one hand on a ledge.

Portrait of a Young Man

Gerbrand Ban, 1650

Group portrait of seven men in black hats and white collars seated and standing around a red-draped table with a quill and in

Six Regents and the Beadle of the Nieuwezijds Institute for the Outdoor Relief of the Poor, Amsterdam, 1657

Ferdinand Bol, 1657

Oil portrait of a seated man in black with a white scarf, beside a table of feathers, a globe, a telescope and coins.

Posthumous Portrait of Aucke Stellingwerff, Admiral of Friesland, Killed in 1665 at Lowestoft by a Cannonball

Lodewijk van der Helst, 1670

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat with gold chain and medal, with warships in a stormy sea behind him.

Portrait of Mattheus van den Broucke (1620-1685). Councillor of the Indies

Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1670 - 1678

Half-length oil portrait of a man with a white collar and gold-embroidered sash against a dark background.

Portrait of Gaspard de Coligny III (1584-1646), Count of Châtillon sur Loing

Unknown artist, c. 1609 - c. 1633

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in dark suit and bow tie, gold watch chain, coat of arms at upper right.

Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807-91). Adjudant des konings, luitenant-generaal

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1874

Painting of roosters, hens, chicks, a hoopoe, a pigeon and peafowl in a park with a pond and distant building.

Birds in a Park

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1686

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak seated beside a red-draped table.

Self Portrait (?)

Govert Dircksz. Camphuysen, 1660 - 1672

Dark still life of dead birds, hanging songbirds, a red powder flask and a game bag on a draped table.

Still Life with Birds and Implements of the Hunt

William Gouw Ferguson, 1684

Half-length portrait of a man in a black wide-brimmed hat and dark doublet with a white collar, against a brown background.

Portrait of a Man, possibly Jan de Hooghe (1608-1682)

Paulus Hennekyn, 1658

Oil portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and satin gown, resting her arm on a ledge before a dark landscape.

Portrait of Maria Schaep, Wife of Hendrick Bicker

Michiel van Musscher, 1682

Portrait of a bearded man in dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes, leaning on rocks before a stormy sea and sky.

Samuel Francis Du Pont

Daniel Huntington, 1867

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white lace jabot, in a gilt and black frame.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit seated beside a phonograph, with cylinders, tools and laboratory glassware on a green-dr

Thomas Alva Edison

Abraham Archibald Anderson, 1890