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Painting of a dim cottage interior with a mother nursing an infant, an elderly woman, a child, and a kneeling figure scrubbin

Interior of a Cottage

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1790

Painting of a young boy with cropped hair in a grey jumper and black bow tie, holding a blue book, against a dark background.

Portret van Kobe

Seated churchman at a desk with books, a skull and an hourglass, with a red curtain and a town view behind him.

Fray Gonzalo de Illescas, obispo de Córdoba

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1639

Oil portrait of a man in black clothing with a red flower on his lapel, one hand on a red ledge, against a dark background.

Victor Hugo

Louis Boulanger, 1839

Oil still life of red and yellow apples among dry leaves on a brown table against a dark background.

Apples and leaves

Ilya Repin, 1879

Painting of a dark winter forest with tall trunks, bare branches, and bright snow on the ground under a pale sky.

Brooding Silence

John F. Carlson, 1909

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a palette and brushes against a dusky backgrou

Portrait of the artist

George Dawe, 1810

Oil portrait of a bearded young man in a brown robe with a red sleeve, resting his hand on a staff before laurel leaves.

Portrait of a Poet

Palma Vecchio, 1516

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat before red drapery.

Matthew Clarkson

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1823

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark blue embroidered coat, red waistcoat and lace cuffs against a black background.

Retrato de Carlo María Broschi, Farinelli

Jacopo Amigoni, 1750

Painting of a standing young woman in white robes surrounded by a helmeted Roman commander, kneeling old man and onlookers.

Magnanimity of Scipio Africanus

Pieter Jozef Verhaghen, 1775

Religious painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints and a kneeling man in black before green drapery.

La Sagrada Familia, San Ildefonso, San Juan Evangelista y el maestro Alonso de Villegas

Blas de Prado, 1589

Painting of worshippers praying beside an ornate wooden cenotaph hung with banners in a blue-tiled interior, by Jean-Léon Gér

The Sentinel at the Sultan’s Tomb

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1880

Judith beheads Holofernes by candlelight as a maidservant holds the light beside her, against red drapery.

Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes

Trophime Bigot, 1640

Painting of two hairy prehistoric hominids in a dark cave, one seated holding an infant, one standing behind with a hand on t

Pithecanthropus Alalus.1894

Gabriel von Max, 1894

Still life with cherries on a plate, asparagus in a pewter bucket, a basket of plums and peaches, and leeks on a blue cloth.

Still life of fruits and vegetables

Samuel Hoffmann, 1600

Still life painting of a blue and white ginger jar, gilded goblet, glass, lemon peel and orange on a stone ledge.

Still-Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar

Willem Kalf, 1669

Portrait of a bearded man in black cap and garment with lace cuffs, set before a landscape with trees and buildings.

A Member of the Fröschl Family

Hans Muelich, c. 1539/1540

Painting of dark red tulips in a square white vase on a table against a black background.

Rode tulpen in vaas

Floris Verster, 1912

Oil portrait of a young boy with a cigar and a basket of cabbage against a dark background.

The Cobbler’s Apprentice

Frank Duveneck, 1877

Oil portrait of a young blond child in a blue garment against a dark background, by Eugène Delacroix.

Marguerite-Juliette Pierret

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1827

Oil portrait of a woman in a black veil with a rose in her hair, wearing pearls, a jeweled brooch and a red dress.

Rosalia Hermann

Friedrich von Amerling, 1872

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black lace dress with jet necklace and cross, hand at chin, dark background.

Portrait de femme

Léon Bonnat, 1868

Oil portrait of a man with wavy dark hair, white collar and dark coat, one hand resting on a red chair against a dark backgro

Autoportrait

Johan Bernard Scheffer, 1808

Oval portrait of a bearded man framed by a dense garland of roses, tulips and other flowers on a dark background.

Cartouche with Flowers

Carstian Luyckx

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black lace dress and jet bead necklace with a cross, against a dark background.

Portrait of an unidentified woman

Léon Bonnat, 1868

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark suit holding a book, with a medal on his lapel and a carved chair.

Portrait of Diederik Carel van der Kemp (1795-1867)

Johannes Mock, 1857

Oil painting of a bust portrait of a bearded man on a plinth, framed by an oval garland of tulips, roses and lilies.

Portrait of LEOPOLD WILHELM OF AUSTRIA (1614-1662), in a flower garland with tulips, roses, snowballs, morning glory…

Pieter Thijs, 1650

Portrait of a man with grey hair holding a quill and an open musical manuscript, against a dark green background.

Beethoven with the manuscript of the Missa solemnis

Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820

Full-length portrait of a woman in a striped black gown with a feather fan beside a young boy in grey with lace collar.

Portrait of Madame Charlotte Butkens-Smit van Cruyninghen and her son Johannes-Amatus

Cornelis de Vos, 1630