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Oil painting of a man with curly hair and a white collar playing a lute against a dark background.

Hearing (possibly a portrait of Jan Philips van Thielen)

Gonzales Coques, 1650

Painting of noblemen in ruff collars and armor gathered in a paneled room, one raising a sword and others holding wine glasse

The Alliance of the Noblemen in 1566

Edouard De Bièfve

Painting of a group of bearded men in dark coats conversing around a table in a dim, crowded interior room.

A Session of the Art Society 'Als Ik Kan'

Henry Luyten, 1886

Interior of a 19th-century schoolroom with a stern master holding a boy while pupils scatter across the floor.

The Village Schoolhouse

Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder, 1854

Full-length 1913 portrait of an elderly man in dark ceremonial uniform with medals, holding a sword, beside a table.

Justin Peeters-Lacroix

Edouard de Jans, 1913

Full-length family portrait of a man, a woman and two children in dark 16th-century dress, with a painted garden panel behind

Portrait of a Family

Noord-Nederlands Anonieme Meester, 1559

Oil portrait of a man in grey wig and armour, gesturing toward a river valley with hills under a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Major General Paul Mascarene

John Smibert, 1729

Half-length portrait of a man in black with a gold chain, holding gloves beside a red table and green curtain.

Portrait of Johann Jakob Fugger

Christoph Amberger, 1541

Interior scene of a seated young mother by a window, with a servant rocking an infant's wicker cradle beside kitchen objects.

'The Young Mother'

Gerrit Dou, 1658

Horsemen and a dog gather beside a tree and ruined archway under a cloudy sky, preparing for a falconry hunt.

Le départ pour la chasse au faucon

Philips Wouwerman, 1625

Still life of fruit pyramid, oysters, lemon and glassware on a table, with two dogs looking up in the foreground.

Le Buffet

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1728

Grayscale oval portrait of an older man with curly hair, dark coat and cravat, against a dark background.

Caleb Gasper

Charles Loring Elliott, 1852

Painting of a bouquet of white, pink, and yellow roses with green leaves against a dark teal background.

Roses

George Cochran Lambdin, 1878

Family portrait of a woman in black, a man in a wide-brimmed hat, and a small child in white against a dark background.

The Van Moerkerken Family

Gérard ter Borch, ca. 1653-54

Painting of a barefoot woman in a white gown and a man holding a golden cloth against wind and lightning in a dark landscape.

The Storm

Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1880

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and dark robe against a turquoise background.

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, probably 1532

Dark woodland painting with gnarled trees, a small figure on a path, a reflective pool, and a patch of blue sky.

The Forest of Fontainebleau

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1874

Portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair in a blue silk gown with flower garlands, lace, and a fur muff, 1762.

Madame Sophie de France (1734-1782)

François-Hubert Drouais, 1762

Painting of a seated woman embracing a child in a dim classical interior, with a kneeling woman and a standing man in red.

Andromache and Astyanax

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ?1813-17; 1823-24?

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark beret, gazing downward against a dark background.

Study Head of an Old Man

Rembrandt van Rijn

Half-length portrait of a man in black costume and white collar before red damask drapery and silver candlesticks.

Portrait of a Man

Spanish Painter, 1670

Kitchen scene with a woman holding a plucked bird, a young man with eggs, hanging game and raw meat.

Kitchen Scene

Peter Wtewael, 1620s

Painting of the Virgin holding a book with the Christ Child and several saints gathered in a dark setting.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Ludovico Carracci, 1607

Painting of a kneeling monk reaching toward an older woman in a headscarf, beside a standing young woman and a skull in a dar

Brother Luce, the Hermit, with the Widow and her Daughter

Pierre Subleyras, 1745

Black-and-white reproduction of a painting of three children with a basket of apples beneath an apple branch and tree.

The Paterson Children

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair in a dark red dress and black fur stole against a dim background.

Mrs. Joseph Rotch (Anne Smith)

Thomas Sully, 1831

Painting of a curly-haired young man with a feathered wing, held by a bearded older man in a dark cloak.

Self-Portrait as Icarus with Daedalus

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Painting of a young woman holding a letter beside an elderly woman at a tea table in a dark interior.

The Letter

Michel Garnier, 1791

Still life with a hen, copper and brass vessels, and fruit against a dark background.

Still Life (Hen with Brass and Copper Vessels)

Seated woman in white robe and laurel wreath offers a golden dish at a flaming altar before a classical statue.

Offering of a Vestal

Franciszek Smuglewicz, 1785