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Small portrait of a bearded man in embroidered brown doublet and white lace collar, set in a gilt frame.

Cosimo I Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574)

Alessandro Allori, 1560

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in gilded black armor, red sashes, white ruff, holding a sword and baton.

Portrait of Philip II of Habsburg (1527-1598)

Alonso Sánchez Coello, 1566

Sultan Suleiman in profile

Titian, 1530

Interior scene of an officer in a plumed hat talking with a woman in a white cap at a table, with draped cloth and a small do

Officer in a Cloth Shop

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1660

Painting of a bound, nude man being whipped by a muscular executioner in a dark stone chamber, with a second man looking on.

Flagellation

Jan Cossiers, 1650

Oil portrait of a woman in a white ruff and fur-trimmed dress, reading a small book beside a red curtain.

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Jordaens, 1640

Seated woman in black dress, white collar and pearl necklace before red drapery, with a landscape window at left.

Portrait of a Woman

Nicolaes Maes, 1676

Painting of a seated young woman reading a book beneath clouds and small angels in a golden sky.

The Annunciation

Aertgen van Leyden, 1525

Still life painting of a large halibut, eels and fish in a basket beside a hanging oilskin coat and boots.

Still Life with Fish

Edouard Chappel, 1888

Painting of Saint Francis standing above steps as a kneeling pope and cardinal gesture toward him, with donors in black prayi

Saint Francis Appearing before Pope Nicholas V, with Donors (La aparición de san Francisco al Papa Nicolás V, con don…

Antonio Montúfar, 1628

Portrait of a Lady

Benjamin West, 1750

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black gown with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a dark fan against a brown background

Portrait of a Young Woman

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1638

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

Portrait of Richard Barrington, Later Fourth Viscount Barrington

Gilbert Stuart, 1793

Three children in a wooded setting, a boy in red reaching into a tree while two girls in blue and yellow look on.

Spring

Francis Wheatley, 1793

Painting of a nude youth David holding a sling beside Goliath's severed head in a dark, rocky landscape.

David with the Head of Goliath

Andrea Vaccaro, 1635

Rembrandt's 1631 painting of an elderly man kneeling with an infant in a dim temple, lit by a spotlight amid onlookers.

Het loflied van Simeon, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631, Mauritshuis, The Hague

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Painting of a woman in a white veil and blue headscarf holding up a cloth against a dark background.

St. Veronica

Lorenzo Costa, 1508

Painting of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with a halo, executioners pulling ropes at his feet, and a plumed soldier watchin

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Biagio Manzoni, 1650

Oval grayscale portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache, dark coat and bow tie against a shadowed background.

James Topham Brady

Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and black bow tie against a brown background.

John F. Kensett

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1875

Dark nocturnal landscape with a large silhouetted tree over a waterfall and moonlit river beneath a glowing sky.

A Waterfall, Moonlight

Ralph Albert Blakelock, by 1886

Portrait of a seated young woman in white dress and bonnet beside a harpsichord holding sheet music, dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mather Brown, 1801

Seated woman in brown silk gown and white bonnet holding a closed book, against a dark background, by John Singleton Copley.

Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne

John Singleton Copley, 1766

Full-length portrait of a military officer in red coat gesturing toward a smoky battle with burning ships and soldiers.

General George Eliott

Mather Brown, 1790

Seated elderly woman in black dress, white ruff and cap, hands resting on wooden armchair against dark background.

Old Woman in an Armchair

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark doublet with white collar against green background.

Portrait of a Man

Corneille de Lyon, ca. 1540-50

Half-length portrait of a young man in a dark cap and fur-trimmed robe, holding a red rosary, against a green background.

Portrait of a Man with a Rosary

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1508

Painting of a stone hamlet at dusk with cattle drinking from a reflective river beneath dark trees.

The Hamlet of Optevoz

Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1852

Full-length portrait of a young man in black satin with lace collar and star badge, beside a greyhound, by Van Dyck.

James Stuart (1612-1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1633-35

Dead game birds and songbirds lie beside a tipped wicker basket and a rock ledge against a dark background.

A Basket and Birds