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Portrait of a young woman in white headdress and green dress, holding a rosary beside an open book on a red table.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 1550

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in dark clothing holding a small statuette against a dark background.

Portrait of a Sculptor

Palma il Giovane, 1605

Half-length portrait of a young man in a wide black hat and fur-trimmed cloak, holding pale gloves, against a dark background

Portrait of a young Man

Bernard van Orley, 1520

Oil portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, mustache, and wire-rimmed glasses, wearing a dark high-necked top.

The Painter Heinrich Schwemminger

Joseph Hasslwander

Oil portrait of a young boy with a soft smile, wearing a dark hat, white collar and dark cloak against a shadowed background.

Portrait of a boy

Christian Seybold, 1745

Self-portrait of a painter holding a palette and brushes, with a second face in an oval beside him and a wooden box of bottle

Self-Portrait

Jan Kupecký, 1709

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff and a red cross sash, beside a stone column.

Don Inigo López de Mendoza y Zuniga

Frans Pourbus the Elder

Grisaille scene of kneeling figures before a glowing apparition in a columned hall, with a battle outside on the right.

Saint Luke Appearing at the Curch of Our Lady in Tripoli

Maerten de Vos, 1576

Seated bishop in black robes and biretta holding a book, against a red chair, in a 17th-century oil portrait.

Portrait of Jan Malderus (1563-1633), Bishop of Antwerp

Anthony van Dyck, 1632

Dim tavern interior with a man playing lute beside a woman in white cap playing flute, a jug on a table, and a figure in the

Duet

David Teniers the Younger

Full-length painting of a bearded man in a large white hat and tan vest against a dark background, by Adriaen Brouwer.

A Porter

Adriaen Brouwer, 1630

Painting of a bouquet of pale pink peonies with green leaves and small violet sprigs against a dark background.

Peonies

Margaretha Roosenboom

Portrait of a young girl in a dark dress with lace collar and cuffs, holding a small bouquet of violets against a dark backgr

Girl holding a bouquet of violets

Eugène Siberdt, 1866

Dark painting of a pale nude warrior with a spear confronting winged figures, with a serpent and bones at the feet.

Satan and Death with Sin Intervening

John Henry Fuseli, 1799

Painting of plague victims lying in a classical city square with an obelisk and arcades, a bearded man in blue gesturing amon

Plague in an Ancient City

Michiel Sweerts, 1650

Loose painted sketch of a lone robed figure gesturing before a seated council in a dark hall with a globe on a table.

Sketch for a Picture--Columbus before the Council of Salamanca (B) (Christopher Columbus before the Spanish Council)

William Merritt Chase, 1876

Still life painting of oysters on a pewter plate, lemons, a bird on a basket, and bottles in an arched niche.

Still Life with Bottles and Oysters

Nicola van Houbraken, 1700

Painting of a pale winged figure with a raised spear beside a shadowy monster, with serpents and bones on dark ground.

Satan and Death with Sin Intervening

Henry Fuseli, 1799

Oil portrait of a bearded man with white beard and dark coat against a warm brown background, dated 1859.

Portrait

James Henry Beard, 1859

Nude woman chained to a rock with blue drapery, a rider on a winged horse in the clouds above, and a sea monster below.

Andromeda Chained to the Rock

Frans Wouters, 1638

Oil portrait of a man in a plumed black hat, red velvet cloak and gold chain, resting on a parapet with a handkerchief.

Self-Portrait, Behind a Parapet

Ferdinand Bol, 1648

Painting of Pluto on horseback abducting Proserpina, with cupids overhead and women with flowers near a classical statue.

L'Enlèvement de Proserpine

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1757

Painting of a grinning man in a black hat and brown coat, pointing at the viewer while leaning on a cane.

Self-Portrait in a Mocking Pose

Joseph Ducreux, 1793

Oil painting of a young woman in blue and yellow reading a letter beside a small open jewelry box and red curtain.

La Liseuse

Jean Raoux, 1750

Lone figure in a red cloak rests on a grassy hillside above a river, with dense forest and a rocky cliff behind.

La solitude

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1850

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in black clothing with a white lace collar, one hand on his chest, against a brown back

Portrait of a 45 year old man

Cornelis de Vos, 1632

Women in black mantles and white veils visit in an interior, while a mother nurses an infant beside a curtained bed.

Dames de Malte se faisant visite

Antoine de Favray, 1751

Half-length portrait of a woman in silver gown and blue wrap, with dark tree and cloudy sky behind her.

Portrait of a Lady

Gerrit Duyckinck, ca. 1710

Monochrome painting of a woman with a flower wreath holding a lyre, beside a nude child holding a torch.

Erato

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Half-length portrait of a man with powdered gray hair in a dark military coat with star epaulettes and a white cravat.

George Washington

Charles Peale Polk, ca. 1790