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Painting of mixed flowers spilling from an ornate gilded tazza on a table against a dark background.

Flowers in a gilded tazza

Jan Brueghel the Younger, 1678

Oil portrait of a young woman with a red hair ribbon, dark dress and white collar, against a dark background.

Female portrait

Eugene de Blaas, 1863

Painting of a seated woman in a white cap and dark dress doing needlework beside a small table in a dim room.

Vrouw, zittend met naaiwerk

Nicolaas van der Waay, 1860

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man with grey curly hair in a rust-red cloak against a dark background.

Head of Old Man

François-Xavier Fabre, 1784

Painting of a rocky gorge with rushing white water, dark stone ledges, grey cliffs and evergreen trees under a cloudy sky.

Gorge and Sea

George Bellows, 1911

Half-length portrait of a young man with long light hair in a black doublet and white collar against dark drapery.

Portrait of an unknown man

Ferdinand Bol, 1650

Painted saint in dark plate armor with halo, holding a sword and red-cross banner in an arched niche.

Griffoni Polyptych: St George

Ercole de' Roberti, 1470

Man reclining and reciting to two veiled women in a striped columned interior with a garden view.

Venantius Fortunatus reading his poems to Radegonda VI and the abbess in the monastery of Poitier

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1850

Oil painting of a sacristan in a white surplice holding silver vessels and a red cloth in a dim church interior.

The sacristan

Theo Van Doormael, 1950

Painting of tall pine trunks standing in deep snow, with warm light breaking through the dark canopy toward distant hills.

Skogsinteriør

Lars Jorde, 1904

Painting of the dead Christ on a white shroud mourned by women and men, with a winged angel holding a wreath above.

The lamentation over the dead Christ

Francesco Salviati, 1520

Painting of the Madonna and Child with a crowned saint, a boy with a staff and lamb, and two angels holding a wreath.

Die Mystische Hochzeit der Hl. Katharina von Alessandrien

Francesco Brizio, 1610

Oval portrait of an older woman with powdered hair, lace veil, silver satin gown and a blue order ribbon.

Portrait of Countess Charlotte Louise Scheel, née Scheel von Plessen (1720-1801)

Jens Juel, 1781

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark fur hat and fur-collared coat against a grey background.

Portrait of Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov, Russian art historian and music critic

Ilya Repin, 1900

Painting of a haloed friar in black cowl at a desk with an open book, crucifix, inkwell and quill.

Portrait of friar, possibly Antonio Michele Ghislieri, as st. Thomas

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, 1543

Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli

Antonio Maria Crespi Castoldi, 1650

Salome holds a silver platter with the severed head of Saint John the Baptist, lifted by the hair, against a dark background.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Solari, 1507

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black academic gown holding a black cap against a grey background.

Arthur Temple Lyttelton (1852-1903), MA, First Master (1882-1893)

Charles Wellington Furse, 1893

Seated man in black cloak and lace collar beside a marble bust, books, and sheet music, in a library setting.

Portrait de Charles Perrault

Charles Le Brun, 1670

Painting of a sleeping woman in a dark bedchamber, with a winged figure, a nude man and shadowy creatures around her.

The Dream of Belinda

Henry Fuseli, 1780

Painting of elegant figures in a dim park, with a white dog in front and a parasol raised at left.

Scène de parc, femmes, enfants et chiens

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

Oil portrait of a man leaning on a table beside a classical bust, with a dog beneath the table and a red chair.

Ivan Vitali

Karl Bryullov, 1836

Seated elderly man with white beard in black fur-trimmed robe against red drapery, painted portrait.

Portrait of Jacob Trip (c.1576-1661)

Nicolaes Maes, 1665

Woman in a red bodice spinning thread at a wheel in a dim interior, with a red-draped table and metal vessels.

De spinster

Nicolaes Maes, 1650

Painting of a man and woman seated at a table with bread, a pitcher and a glass, in a dim interior.

Man and woman at meal

Gabriel Metsu, 1650

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat with a white lace collar, one gloved hand resting on a table.

Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Bailiff of Muiden, Historian and Poet

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder, 1640

Candlelit interior with students gathered around a teacher at a lectern, a lantern glowing on the floor.

De avondschool

Michiel Versteegh, 1786

Portrait of a woman in black dress with white ruff collar, lace cap and slashed white sleeves, dated 1599.

Hortensia del Prado (d 1627)

Geldorp Gortzius, 1599

Bust-length portrait of a bearded man in a white ruff, gilded armour and orange sash against a dark background.

Portret van Maurits (1567-1625), prins van Oranje

Jacob Lyon, 1612

Painting of roosters, hens, chicks, a dove, a hoopoe and peacocks in a park with a pond and classical building.

Vogels in een park

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1686