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Dim studio with students gathered around a lamplit draped model on a platform, one man in red sketching.

Academy by Lamplight

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark coat, holding a top hat and cane, with a sea view at left.

Nestor Kukolnik (1809-1868)

Karl Bryullov, 1836

Two ragged beggars seated in a dark room, one holding a grey cat, with a ceramic jug on a table between them.

Two beggars

Giacomo Ceruti, 1735

Painting of a lit oil lamp in an arched niche beside a metal box and a clay pipe, against a dark background.

Still life of a Niche with Oil Lamp

Oil portrait of a young woman with pinned hair, white blouse and high dark collar, seated against a dark background.

Else Rautenberg

Käthe Kollwitz, 1889

Painting of a young woman carrying a smiling child on her back beside a large dog on a rocky ground.

Filles des champs

Amélie Léonie Fayolle, 1864

Seventeenth-century half-length portrait of a man in black with a white collar, holding gloves, against a grey wall.

Portret van Cornelis Jacobsz Groot

Caesar van Everdingen, 1656

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black fur-trimmed coat before a red curtain, with ruins and a landscape behind him.

Portrait of a Man

Paolo Veronese, 1555

Christ in a red robe gestures toward a veiled Mary against a dark, stormy background in El Greco's painting.

Christ bids farewell to Mary

Full-length portrait of an older man in gilded armour, dark cloak and blue sash, with a formal garden behind him.

Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-1679), Count of Nassau-Siegen, Founder of the Mauritshuis

Jan de Baen, 1668

Interior scene with a woman in a satin gown reading a letter, a seated man in red, and a seated woman beside a blue jug.

Music-making company

Caspar Netscher, 1665

Half-length portrait of a red-bearded man in black clothing with a white collar, hands clasped, against a grey-green backgrou

Portrait of a Man with a Red Beard

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1548

Interior genre scene of a family gathering with children, adults, fruit on a table, and a man smoking a pipe.

Feast of St Nicholas.

Richard Brakenburgh, 1685

Seated woman in white satin gown holding an orange, beside a carved lion armchair, with dark drapery and a street view.

Maria Stuart als weduwe van Willem II

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1652

Painting of a peasant family in a dim kitchen, with a violinist, a singing man, a woman cooking and children near a fireplace

Zingende boerenfamilie

Pieter Jacobsz Duyfhuysen, 1640

Portrait of a woman in a dark dress and white lace collar, holding a fan before a stone balustrade and wooded landscape.

Portret van Maria Rey (1630/31-1703), echtgenote van Roelof Meulenaer

Ferdinand Bol, 1650

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in dark suit and bow tie, with a coat of arms in the upper right.

Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807-91)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1874

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly reddish hair, black doublet, white lace collar and cuffs, dark background.

Portret van Joan Pietersz Reael (1625-59)

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, 1648

Oval painting of ships wrecked in a stormy sea beside a rocky cliff, with a crowded rowboat and a sea creature in the foregro

Schipbreuk op een rotsachtige kust

Adam Willaerts, 1614

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black lace dress with a large white ruff, against a dark background.

Portret van Caecilia van Beresteyn (1589-1661)

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1640

Dark workshop scene of a blacksmith at an anvil with glowing iron, an assistant at a fire, and armor on the floor.

De wapensmid

Gabriel Metsu, 1650

Painting of a bride and groom under a prayer shawl with guests and candlelight in a dim interior.

Jewish Wedding

Jozef Israëls, 1903

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark suit and cravat, with a small ribbon badge on his lapel.

Frederik Daniël Otto Obreen (1840-96). Hoofddirecteur van het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Thérèse Schwartze, 1906

Portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and medals against a dark background.

J D B Wilkens, luitenant-kolonel van de infanterie

Jurjen de Jong, 1837

Half-length oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding an open book, against brown.

Self-portrait op 43-jarige leeftijd

Ary Scheffer, 1838

Oval portrait of an older woman in a white cap and large pleated white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr. van Cleyburg (....-1641)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Painting of a waterfall cascading between dark rocky cliffs into a pool, framed by green trees under a cloudy sky.

The Cascade

Gustave Courbet

Half-length portrait of a young woman with curled hair, pearls and a gold gown against a dark background.

Hedvig Eleonora, 1636-1715, prinsessa av Holstein-Gottorp, drottning av Sverige

Jürgen Ovens, 1651

Oil portrait of a man and woman, she spinning yarn at a red wheel beside a classical column and trees.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris)

John Singleton Copley, 1773

Portrait of a bearded man in gilded red and silver armour holding a sword, with a red-plumed helmet, on black background.

Moritz, Elector of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1578