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Portrait of a red-haired man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, seated against a dark background.

Major John Biddle

Thomas Sully, 1818

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly red hair, dark cap and slight smile against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Antonello da Messina, ca. 1470

Painting of two figures on a rocky ledge amid demons, burning ruins and a river in a fiery underworld landscape.

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld

Jan Brueghel the Younger, 1630s

Misty woodland scene with birch trees over a pond, and a small seated figure in a yellow headscarf on the bank.

Ville-d'Avray

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1870

Painting of a shaded garden with a stone bench among tall trees and hollyhocks beside a dirt path.

George Sand's Garden at Nohant

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1842-43

Painting of a dense bouquet of tulips, roses and poppies in an urn, with grapes and a peach on a stone ledge.

A Vase of Flowers

Margareta Haverman, 1716

Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821-1912)

Franz von Lenbach, 1902

Woman in a satin gown reads a letter as an attendant styles her hair, with a spaniel and red rug beside her.

The Love Letter

Jacob Ochtervelt, early 1670s

Black-and-white painting of a Roman triumphal procession with a woman and child in white robes among warriors and crowds.

Thusnelda at the Triumphal Entry of Germanicus into Rome

Karl von Piloty, ca. 1875

Painting of an elderly woman in a headscarf and fur-trimmed robe cutting her fingernail with a small blade.

Old Woman Cutting Her Nails

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1655-60

Oil portrait of a woman in a black veil, gold headband and pearl necklace, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Susanna Lunden (Susanna Fourment, 1599-1628)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1625-27

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black doublet with a gold chain, hand on sword, dark landscape behind.

Portrait of a Man

Lambert Sustris

Painting of a young woman with a faint smile, wearing a blue shawl, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665-67

Crowd of 19th-century viewers gathered before a large painting of a coronation ceremony in a gallery setting.

The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1810

Hanging scroll of three figures on a wooden platform with a pole, calligraphy at upper left, and a rooster vignette at right.

Setsubun Festival at Sensōji

Suzuki Kiitsu, 1857

Painting of a woman in a white headdress and striped sleeves holding two tablets against a dark background.

Woman Holding Two Tablets (the Cumaean Sibyl?)

Bonifazio Veronese

Still life with white chrysanthemums, pears, grapes, and peaches arranged on a wooden table against a dark background.

Flowers and Fruit on a Table

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1865

Painting of a walled town under a turbulent dark sky with cathedral spires and rolling hills beyond.

Castilian Landscape

Ignacio Zuloaga, 1909

Seated portrait of an elderly woman in black dress and white lace cap in a wicker armchair against a dark background.

Emily E. Blanchard Shepherd

Adelaide Cole Chase, 1910

Black-and-white portrait of a woman in a dotted turban, lace collar and embroidered sheer shawl against a dark background.

Mrs. James Ellis (Martha Bridgham)

Ethan Allen Greenwood

Oil portrait of a young girl in a pink dress with lace cuffs, holding a dark cat on her shoulder against a shadowy background

Girl with Cat

William Morris Hunt, 1856

Two young women in riding attire with a horse and small dog in a wooded landscape, painted in 1901.

The Thomas Sisters (Margaret Thomas Gardiner and Helen Thomas Warren)

George de Forest Brush, 1901

Elderly bearded hermit in brown robe praying over an open book, with a skull, candle and crucifix in a dim vaulted room.

A Hermit Praying

Gerrit Dou, 1670

Loose oil sketch of a crowd in period dress on a stone staircase, with halberd guards and a seated figure at a table.

Presenting the Fowler to the Fowler Brotherhood (Sketch)

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, 1876

Oil portrait of an elderly man with long white hair and beard, gazing downward, wearing a brown coat against a dark backgroun

Study of the Head of an Old Man

Wacław Koniuszko

Dark painted interior with a glowing birdcage hanging among wooden beams and a pale basin below.

Birdcage

Olga Boznańska, 1890

Loose painted landscape of a dusky park with dark trees and a small figure in yellow walking a path.

Planty Park in Spring

Jan Stanisławski, 1903

Oil painting of a dinner party with musicians, a harp, fruit and bread on a table, and figures in lace collars.

Company at the table

Dirck Barendsz, 1600

Painting of a girl in a pink dress pushing a toy pram along a garden path beside columns, with a seated woman at right.

In the garden

Leopold von Kalckreuth, 1901

Dim interior painting of a family by candlelight: a seated man, a woman holding a baby, and an older woman with a candle.

Family scene indoors by candlelight

Willem Thans, 1850