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Oil sketch of the dead Christ on a white cloth, with mourning figures in dark shadowed setting.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin : Le Christ descendu de la Croix

Alexandre-Charles Guillemot, 1819

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark dress with white lace collar, pearl necklace and jeweled earrings, dark background.

Portrait of Volkera van Beresteyn (1624-1653), wife of Salomon van Schoonhoven (1617-1653)

Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger, 1646

Oil still life of a flower bouquet with tulips and roses in a dark urn, with grapes and a feather on a ledge.

Flowers in a vase and a bunch of grapes

Georges Frédéric Ziesel

Half-length portrait of a bald man in dark clerical dress with a gold chain and red cross medal, holding a folded paper.

Portrait of Antoni Kruszewski, prelate

Józef Simmler, 1850

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark dress with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a fan before dark green foliage.

Portrait of Mina Fajans (1841-1933)

Leopold Horovitz, 1877

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white headscarf and red neck cloth against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helena Jaworska née Rapacka

Wojciech Gerson, 1883

Man with curly hair in a white shirt plays a lute beside a table with a red cloth, decanter and books, in a dim interior.

The Musician

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1859

Painting of a crucifixion in a dark rocky grotto with a kneeling woman, hooded figures and an altar below.

Chapelle du Calvaire de l'église Saint-Roch

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 1765

Painting of a seated woman in gold dress reaching for two spaniels as a poultry seller holds up a rooster in a stone window.

A Poultry Seller

Willem van Mieris, 1707

Half-length portrait of a woman in black with a white collar and cap, holding a dark cloth with a small figure.

Portrait of a woman holding embroidery (?)

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1660

Portrait of an older bearded man in black embroidered doublet, white ruff and gold chain against a red background.

Richard Wingfield (c. 1524-1591)

Robert Peake the Elder, 1587

Painting of an elegant hunting party resting by a fountain, with a woman in red, a hunter, servants and a dead hare.

Elegant hunting company resting

Michiel Sweerts, 1651

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a dark navy suit and white waistcoat against a brown background.

Portrait of Frits Thaulow

Carolus-Duran, 1890

Portrait of a bearded man in polished steel armor with red trim, holding a sword, against a dark background.

Johann Friedrich, Elector of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1578

Devotional painting of a kneeling family with children holding rosaries, coats of arms, and a German inscription above.

Epitaph der Familie Funk von Memmingen, 1513

Bernhard Strigel, 1513

Oil portrait of a young peasant woman in a red headscarf and white blouse, arms resting on a wooden rail before green leaves.

Peasant girl from Tver

Alexey Venetsianov, 1840

Painting of two women embracing, one kissing the other's cheek, in an interior with a landscape view through a window.

Lovers

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, 1902

Oil portrait of a woman in an ornate pink ribbon headdress, lace bodice and fur wrap, against a dark background.

Portrait of Maria Sofia of the Palatinate

Antonio Oliveira de Louredo, 1690

Oval painting of a smiling man in a red velvet beret with a feather plume and a striped scarf against a dark background.

“Self-Portrait” with a Plumed Beret

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1668

Full-length portrait of a man in a crimson and gold oriental robe, fur mantle, feathered turban, and walking stick, in a dim

Portrait of Rembrandt in Oriental Dress

Isaac de Jouderville, 1631

Oil portrait of a young man in brown coat and green sash, powdered wig, against a dark background.

Portrait of Frederick Howard, Fifth Earl of Carlisle (1748-1825)

George Romney, 1780

Painting of the Virgin in red robes holding the smiling nude infant Christ against a dark background.

La Vierge et l'Enfant

Jacques Blanchard

Half-length oil portrait of a woman with curly hair, pearls, and a dark green dress with white lace, in a gilded frame.

Portrait of an unknown woman

Justus van Egmont, 1650

Painting of a woman in a head covering sewing pale cloth in her lap, seated in a dim room with loose brushwork.

Handwerkende vrouw

Painting of a girl in a cream dress holding a goat kid in a dim barn, with an adult goat and a window behind her.

Meisje met geitje

Carel Frederik Bendorp I, 1860

Painting of a rider on a white horse leaping toward a fiery chasm before a crowd in a classical Roman forum.

The leap of Marcus Curtius

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1850

Full-length portrait of a woman in black gown holding a scepter, with crown and orb beside her, classical architecture behind

Bildnis von Königin Christina von Schweden

Wolfgang Heimbach, 1661

Dark oil study of an elderly woman in a patterned headscarf, face lit from the left, gazing downward.

Study of an old woman

Gerke Henkes, 1859

Chilly woman

Emilio Gola, 1880

Oil portrait of a young man in a powdered white wig and blue coat with gold buttons, against a dark background.

Portrait of a man, probably Hans Willem van Aylva (1722-1751)

Bernard Accama, 1738