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Hooded ferryman with staff among pale souls reaching toward him on the dark riverbank of the underworld.

Souls on the Banks of the Acheron

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 1898

Portrait of a young woman in white satin holding a paint box and pointing at a sketch on an easel, with blossoms in her hair.

Rhoda (née Delaval), Lady Astley

Arthur Pond, 1750

Portrait of a man in silk jacket and red cloak leaning on a column before a stormy landscape sky.

Thomas Day

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1797

Black and white portrait of a seated man in a white wig and ermine robe, with Westminster Abbey towers in the background.

Sir Francis Buller, 1st Bt

Mather Brown, 1831

Oval oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, white bow tie and purple sash against a dark background.

King George V

Lance Calkin, 1914

Henry Wickham Steed

Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1920

Oil self-portrait of a young man with light hair, raised hand and wooden easel beside him in a dim studio.

Self-portrait.[1] Alternative title(s): Porträt eines Malers

Theo van Doesburg, 1906

Oil portrait of a young man with powdered hair, wearing a green coat and frilled white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of John Greenwood [junior]

William Beechey, 1795

Portrait of a man in a black gold-trimmed coat with a chain, holding a baton, with sailing ships on the sea behind him.

Portrait of Gideon de Wildt

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1657

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black gown with white lace trim and a pink ribbon, against a dark red background.

Lydia Field Emmet

William Merritt Chase, 1892

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a white dress with blue sash, holding a doll, against a dark background with roses at

Mary Cabot Wheelwright

Frank Duveneck, 1882

Painting of Neptune with tritons and nereids beside a heap of lobsters, fish, shells and a sea turtle in a dark grotto.

The riches of the sea with Neptune, tritons and two nereids

Giuseppe Recco, 1684

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress and gold-speckled black shawl, hands clasped, against a muted background.

Spiritualist portrait of a woman (Medium)

Kazimierz Stabrowski, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey curls in a black coat, seated at a desk with papers, a quill and an inkwell.

Portrait of Fournier Pescay

Augustine Cochet de Saint-Omer, 1831

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap and robe, head bowed, against a dark olive background.

The Greek Priest

François-André Vincent, 1782

Two figures stand on a hill at dusk under a bare tree, looking toward a crescent moon above a misty forest.

Man and Woman contemplating the moon

Caspar David Friedrich, 1824

Painting of a supper scene: a red-robed figure gestures over a table with bread, roast fowl and fruit, with men and a servant

Supper at Emmaus

Caravaggio, 1601

Painting of a chained nude woman at left as a flying armoured hero in red swoops toward a sea monster in the waves.

Perseus and Andromeda

Titian, 1554

Virgin and Child with two angels holding a jeweled crown above Mary's head against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child

Antonello da Messina, 1460

Painting of a reclining nude woman on drapery in a wooded landscape with a hilltop town in the distance.

Resting Venus

Palma Vecchio, 1528

Sally

Joseph DeCamp, 1907

Half-length portrait of a curly-haired man in a blue coat with his hand on a geometric drawing and rolled paper.

Zelfportret

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1826

Painting of the horned god Pan holding panpipes, seated before a dusk landscape with a crescent moon.

Pan

Mikhail Vrubel, 1899

Seated bound man with halo beside a column, a winged angel pointing and a kneeling child in blue, whips on the floor.

Christ contemplated by the Christian Soul

Diego Velázquez, 1625

Oil portrait of a grey-moustached man in a black gown with red trim, leaning on a marble ledge beside a column.

Richard Watson Gilder

Cecilia Beaux, 1902

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a dark military uniform with a red sash, holding white gloves and a hat.

Portrait of the Infantry General Count von Blumenthal (unfinished)

Gustav Richter, 1883

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a fur collar and white ruff against a dark background, 1564.

August, Elector of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1564

Oil portrait of a man in a black fur cap and dark coat, holding a pipe in his mouth, against a brown background.

Dandy in Fur Cap with Pipe

László Mednyánszky, 1877

Portrait of a woman with a red forehead ornament and dark hair against a dark background, in muted earthy tones.

Hlava ženy

László Mednyánszky, 1890

Oil portrait of a man with long hair and lace collar in a red cloak, with a garden view behind him.

Portrait of a Man (Likeness of an Aristcrat)

Jan de Baen, 1679