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Dim interior with a reclining woman in a striped armchair, a lamp on a round table, and a framed male portrait on the wall.

While Reading

Josef Mánes, 1850

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and white shirt against a dark brown background.

Portrait of Ernst Seeger

Wilhelm Leibl, 1899

Nativity scene with Mary, the infant Christ, kneeling shepherds, an ox, and angels descending in light above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Bassano the Younger, 1575

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in black armor with a red and yellow sash, holding a sword, beside a plumed helmet.

Portrait of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway

Hans Knieper, 1581

Painting of Christ standing among bearded men in a vaulted stone interior with arched lattice windows and columns.

The Incredulity of St Thomas

Bernardo Cavallino, 1640

Painting of an old alchemist tending a furnace beside his wife holding a book, with a servant and workshop tools behind.

The Alchemist and His Wife in the Workshop

David Ryckaert III, 1648

Painting of a winged angel in a pale robe kneeling on rocks, head resting on hand, gazing upward against a dark, red-lit sky.

L'Ange exilé

Marie Anne Rosalie Thévenin, 1861

Painting of an armored knight holding a half-clad young woman with a sword, with torchlit combat in a gothic hall behind them

Tanneguy Du Châtel sauvant le Dauphin (futur Charles VII)

Auguste Couder, 1828

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with white beard in a dark coat, resting one hand on a book.

Portrait of Mór Jókai

Leopold Horovitz, 1888

Painting of the Virgin Mary kneeling over the infant Christ in straw, with shepherds and a child adoring him.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Theodoor van Loon

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black hat and fur wrap, resting her cheek on her hand and gazing sideways.

L'attente trompée

Oil portrait of a seated gray-haired man in a dark suit writing at a desk beside a stack of books.

Alexander Nikolaevich Serov (1820-1871)

Johann Köler, 1870

Painting of a guardroom with a trumpeter in blue, a woman holding a child, soldiers, and a smoking man in dim light.

A Guardroom interior

Anthonie Palamedesz, 1673

Still life of forest floor with blackberries, mushrooms, butterflies, a grasshopper, a snail and lizards against a dark woodl

Forest floor still life with blackberries, reptiles and butterflies

Elias van den Broeck, 1689

Painting of a man with curly hair and moustache, gazing upward with one hand on his chest, in a brown cloak.

Tronie of a man with his hands on his chest

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1639

Oil painting of a young woman in white drapery holding a gold box, against a dark background, by Bouguereau.

Pandore

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1890

Painting of a young woman in a white ruffled muslin dress with dark hair in a bun against a dark curtain.

Symphony in White: Girl in Muslin Dress

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Painting of a fluted urn overflowing with roses, carnations, tulips and morning glories against a dark background.

Vase de fleurs

Simon Hardimé, 1750

Oil portrait of a man with curly brown hair and moustache, wearing steel armour and a lace collar against a dark background.

Antoine III, duc de Gramont, maréchal de France (1604-1678)

Sophie Rochard, 1835

Oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair in a dark suit and white collar against a muted background.

Portrait of Jean Angelo

Théodore Ralli, 1903

Portrait of a bearded man in black costume with gold chain, sword, and heraldic shield bearing the motto Sola Virtus.

Portrait of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1538-1578)

Hans Eworth, 1562

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man with a grey beard gazing upward against a dark background, white drapery on his should

Head of an Old Man

Interior scene: a messenger in a blue coat delivers a letter to a seated soldier beside a woman in a pink skirt.

The Messenger, known as 'The Unwelcome News'

Gérard ter Borch, 1653

Seven men in dark dress and white collars gather around a table in a room with framed paintings on the wall.

The governors of the guild of St. Luke, Haarlem, 1675

Dirck de Bray, 1675

Woman in a white blouse scouring a metal pot over a barrel, beside a brass lantern and pewter plates in a dim kitchen.

De ketelschuurster

Jan Steen, 1650

Half-length self-portrait of a man in red cloak holding a palette and framed painting of a woman and child.

Self-portrait met het portret van zijn vrouw Margaretha van Rees en hun dochtertje Maria

Adriaen van der Werff, 1699

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a dark slashed doublet, lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat beside a draped table.

Portrait of Peter Courten

Salomon Mesdach, 1617

Double portrait of a bearded man and a woman in black dress with gold chain, in an interior, by Maerten de Vos, 1570.

Portrait of Gillis Hooftman (1521-81), Shipowner, and his wife Margaretha van Nispen

Maerten de Vos, 1570

Seated woman in black silk with pearls and a white rose, beside a stone urn and garden, in a 1667 oil portrait.

Portret van Catharina van der Voort

Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel, 1667

Still life of two dead blue birds on a stone ledge with a gun stock, powder horn, leather strap and hunting bag.

Still life with hunting implements and birds

Hendrick ten Oever, 1670