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Still life painting of a wicker basket of peaches and grapes with vine leaves on a stone ledge, dark background.

Korb mit Pfirsichen und Trauben

Louise Moillon, 1631

Painting of a woman in red and silver dress playing a lute in a dark interior, with a patterned rug and sheet music nearby.

Lautenspielerin

Eglon van der Neer, 1677

Painting of several leopard skins with heads and paws arranged on a dark background, with a pale leg at upper left.

Leopardenfelle

Wilhelm Trübner, 1895

Still life painting of a dense bouquet of tulips, roses and peonies in a glass vase, with butterflies on a dark background.

Blumenstrauß

Cornelis de Heem

Painting of a cavalry battle with armored riders and rearing horses, a tree at left and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Schlacht

Johann Anton Eismann

Painting of a haloed female saint in yellow robes binding a nude devil with a cord, with a chain and pillar nearby.

St. Juliana of Nicomedia defeats the devil

Domenico Fetti, 1620

Painting of a wild boar head with open jaws and tusks beside hunting gear, with a landscape seen through a window.

Bird piece, with four different vultures

Johann Georg de Hamilton, 1718

Two naked infants play beside a wolf under a rowan tree while a bearded man reaches into the branches above.

Romulus und Remus

Joseph Binder, 1850

Painting of a young man in a dark costume, red plumed cap and metal gorget, holding a cane against a dark background.

Young man with a plumed cap and a gorget

Reynier van Gherwen, 1645

Painting of Christ bound at a stone column, wearing a white loincloth and halo, with red and blue cloth on the floor.

Christ at the Scourge Column

Pacecco De Rosa, 1650

Oil portrait of a woman with a jeweled headdress, fur wrap and embroidered blue sleeves against a dark background.

Portrait of Isabella d'Este

Titian, 1534

Allegorical painting of classical figures including Mercury with a caduceus, cherubs, musicians and a kneeling man in red.

Industry and commerce fostering the flourishing of the arts

Jacob Jordaens, 1663

Dim tavern interior with men drinking and playing cards around a table, a staircase and sunlit doorway at left.

Interior of the inn

Joos van Craesbeeck, 1635

Half-length portrait of a woman in a dark dress, pink bow and pale bonnet with daisies, against a dark background.

Madam Henri Leys-Van Haren

Jan August Hendrik Leys, 1866

Painting of a rooster leaping over a turkey with spread tail among straw, broken pottery and a red cloth in a dark barn.

Fighting Cocks

Piet van Engelen, 1902

Painting of an ornate interior with a checkered floor, and a woman in a dark dress standing in a bright doorway.

Interior

Felix Gogo, 1900

Two clergymen in dim light reading a large open book together, one wearing a red skullcap and the other a brown habit.

Clergymen

Joseph Bellemans

Woman with jeweled crown holds a sword and a severed head, with army tents and a crescent moon behind her.

Judith with Holofernes' head (Judith 8-16)

Jan Matsys, 1575

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ with an apple, while Saint Joseph leans over a basket behind them.

The Holy Family

Thomas Willeboirts, 1649

Woman with veil and halo weeping upward, holding a cloth with a bloodied face image against a dark background.

Saint Veronica with the Veil

Mattia Preti, 1652

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in black robe and beret holding a red book and a folded letter.

Portrait of Wilhelm Kannengiesser

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, 1550

Oil portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and black velvet coat, holding a drawing board and brush.

Portrait of Antoine Coypel

Gilles Allou, 1711

Oil portrait of a seated man in a long wig and dark coat, resting his hand on a gilt-tooled book with a quill pen.

Pierre Mosnier (1641-1704), peintre

Robert Tournières, 1702

Painting of a levitating friar in prayer, two angels in a kitchen with cherubs, copper pots, bowls and produce.

The Angels Kitchen

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1646

Painting of a seated woman in white robes with a veil, holding a scroll beside a lyre against a dark background.

Polyhymnia

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit and black cravat before an arched brown backdrop with red drapery.

A Gentleman of the Wilkes Family

Henry Inman, ca. 1838-40

Black and white portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a cane, with a landscape behind him.

Robert Dickey

John Wesley Jarvis, 1807-10

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with reddish-brown hair in a dark coat and plaid waistcoat, against a dark background

Henry Inman

Jacob Hart Lazarus, ca. 1837-40

Bust-length oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat before green drapery.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, begun 1795

Oil painting of a seated man in a striped turban and yellow robe holding a hookah in a dim stone interior.

A Bashi-Bazouk

Charles Bargue, 1875