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Painting of a dancing nymph and a seated flute-playing shepherd beside a ruin, set among dark trees.

A Nymph Dancing to a Shepherd's Flute-Playing

Adriaen van der Werff, 1718

Painting of a woman drawing at a ledge, a young man holding a sculpted head, and a nude Venus statue in a niche.

Een tekenares en een jongen bij een beeld van Venus

Pieter van der Werff, 1715

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white ruff collar, with a coat of arms in the upper left.

Jacob Bas Claesz (1536-89). Burgemeester van Amsterdam

Adriaen Thomasz. Key, 1586

Dim barn interior with a sleeping child by a chair, a cow in a stall, chickens on the floor, and a magpie on a shelf.

Well-guarded Child

August Allebé, 1867

Two children look at a picture book together at a wooden table in a dim interior.

Kinderen met een prentenboek

Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, 1880

Oil portrait of a man in gold-decorated steel armor and a long wig, holding a baton, with a red drapery and landscape behind

Godard van Reede (1644-1703), heer van Amerongen. Luitenant-generaal

Adriaen van der Werff, 1690

Oval oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat with a lace jabot, against a dim background.

Jacob Dane (ca 1638-99), gekozen in 1689

Pieter van der Werff, 1700

Oval portrait of a man with curled hair, white cravat and buttoned coat, in a gilded laurel-leaf frame.

Portret van Gijsbert Tijssens, toneelschrijver te Amsterdam

Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1732

Painting of a wounded man on a canopied bed comforted by a woman, with a kneeling page, attendants and a dog in a richly furn

Prins Willem I, na de mislukte moordaanslag door Jean Jauregui in 1582, verpleegd door Charlotte de Bourbon

Nicolaas Pieneman, 1840

Portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff, holding a human skull in his right hand.

Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull

Frans Hals, 1616

Painting of the dead Christ lying on a white cloth, mourned by three grieving women with haloes in a dark setting.

Lamentation of Christ

Annibale Carracci, 1606

The Model

Christian Krohg

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace-collared dark velvet dress, in an ornate frame.

Kristina Fredrika Sparrsköld, 1777-1828, gift med professor Nils Henrik Sjöborg

Per Lindhberg, 1838

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black gown, white ruff collar and lace cap, with coral bracelets, against a dark background

Portrait of a Lady

Cornelis de Vos, 1600

Still life painting of a hanging veal joint, pike, fish, cabbages, carrots, grapes and apples on a table, with a cat.

Still Life with a Joint of Veal, Greens and Fish

Christian von Thum

Painting of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers in a vaulted hall lit by a hanging lamp.

The Scourging of Christ

Aert Mijtens, 1598

Painting of a militia company marching under an archway, with a central captain in black and red sash and a drummer at right.

The Company of Captain Banning Cocq

Gerrit Lundens, 1642

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man with mustache and blue eyes in a black jacket against a pale grey background.

Self-portrait

Anselm Feuerbach, 1873

Painting of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin and Christ Child, kneeling king, richly dressed attendants and a stabl

The Adoration of the Kings

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1595

Full-length portrait of a woman in blue silk with a white greyhound, walking in a park with a stone column behind her.

Catherine II during a walk in the Tsarskosyelsky Park [ with the Chesmensky Column in the background ]

Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1794

Painting of a seated nude woman with a lyre and purple drapery on a rocky ledge beside a dark cliff and sea.

Elégie

Philippe Parrot, 1868

Oil portrait of a young girl with auburn hair in a dark dress holding white daisies against a green background.

Portrait of a Girl with a Bunch of Flowers

Hans Heyerdahl, 1882

Portrait of a woman in a dark dress with lace cuffs, holding a white feather, against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Woman

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, 1648

Seated woman with white headscarf and red feathered fan beside a monkey in a feathered cap, in a dark wooded landscape.

L'indiscret

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1713

Painting of nude Bacchus with grape wreath and wine goblet beside a satyr holding grapes, with goats in a forest.

Bacchus and a Satyr

Cornelis van Haarlem, 1608

Painting of a woman in white dress resting by a window at night, with patterned curtains and a round mirror.

Night (no. 2)

William Orpen, 1907

Still life of a hanging bouquet with roses, tulips, anemones and a blue ribbon against a dark background.

A Hanging Bouquet of Flowers

Abraham Mignon, 1665

Painting of two women seated together, one in a red hat and blue coat, the other in a green dress, against a dark background.

Nanna og hendes moder

Viggo Johansen, 1897

Painting of a nude sleeping child resting its head on a skull beside an hourglass, against a dark background.

Boy sleeping on a Skull

Pieter Moninckx, 1621

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with a grey beard in a dark jacket and bow tie, against a muted background.

Bagermester B

Poul Simon Christiansen, 1889