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Reclining bearded man with leaf crown gestures toward a crowned woman beside a fruit cornucopia, dark background.

Scaldis and Antverpia

Abraham Janssens I, 1609

Painting of a nude infant Christ with curly blond hair, holding a pear and resting on an orb showing a landscape.

Christ-child with orb and pear

Joos van Cleve, 1500

Still life painting of peaches, grapes, a glass goblet and butterflies on a red draped tablecloth against a dark background.

Still life of fruits and a wineglass on a tablecloth

Willem van Aelst, 1659

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a fur-trimmed dark robe, one hand on his chest, against a dark background.

Portrait of the Antwerp canon Antoon de Vries

Willem Jacob Herreyns, 1750

Dark painting of a worker in a cap walking forward beside a chain and wooden pithead structure, lit by small lamps.

The Pithead

Constantin Meunier, 1850

Dim tavern interior with men smoking clay pipes beside a fireplace, a stoneware jug in the foreground.

Smokers

David Teniers the Younger, 1650

Painted double portrait of a man in a black hat and a woman in a white headdress behind a table with cherries and bread.

The Painter and his Wife

Master of Frankfurt, 1496

Painting of travelers with animals on a path beside a tall ruined tower, trees and hills under a blue sky.

Landscape with Ruins and Travelers

Claes Pietersz Berchem, 1654

Painting of a crowded dim prison hall with a barred doorway, a seated man, a woman with an infant, and a soldier with a rifle

Calling Out the Last Victims of the Terror at Saint Lazare Prison on the 7-9 Thermidor 1794

Charles Louis Müller, 1850

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair in a dark double-breasted coat against a dim background.

Léon Riesener

Eugène Delacroix, 1835

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk gown and lace bonnet holding a cherry branch at a table.

Mrs. John Winthrop

John Singleton Copley, 1773

Portrait of a seated woman in pink dress with feathered hat, holding a fan, with a parrot, black cat and butterflies.

Molly Wales Fobes

Rufus Hathaway, 1790

Night scene of two figures beside a campfire and a stick lean-to shelter in a dark forest, with sparks rising.

Camp Fire

Winslow Homer, 1880

Seated woman in green dress holding open book, with feathered headpiece and rural landscape with church behind her.

Esther Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Portrait of a young girl in a pale blue lace-trimmed dress holding pink flowers, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

Lawrence Kilburn, 1764

Circular portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and black cap holding a letter, with a red book beside him.

Portrait of a Prelate

Lavinia Fontana, ca. 1580

Candlelit night scene of Holy Family with Saint Anne: an elderly woman reads, a bearded man watches, and a child reaches for

Holy Family with Saint Anne

French Painter, early 17th century

Oil portrait of a woman in a white dress with pearls holding an infant in a white bonnet against a dark background.

Infanta María Luisa (1782-1824) and Her Son Carlos Luis (1799-1883)

Interior scene of a man in a red coat and feathered hat with a woman in a white headscarf beside a cart, straw, and a dog.

Paying the Hostess

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670

Oil portrait of a young peasant woman in a white headcloth and dark bodice, gazing downward against a grey background.

Peasant Girl with a White Headcloth

Wilhelm Leibl, 1885

Still life painting of a brioche, white rose, peaches, grapes and plums on a white napkin over an ornate table.

The Brioche

Édouard Manet, 1870

Man smoking a clay pipe at a table beside a woman in a white headcloth holding a pewter jug, in a dim interior.

Tavern Scene

Portrait of a man in armor with a gray wig, resting beside a helmet, with a cavalry battle in the background.

Portrait of a General Officer

Hyacinthe Rigaud, ca. 1710

Painting of a kneeling haloed saint with a cord, white drapery, crucifix, flowers and hourglass in a dark interior.

Saint Dominic in Penitence

Filippo Tarchiani, ca. 1607

Ink painting of two smiling figures in dark and pale robes beside a tall brush-like form, with calligraphy above.

Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku)

Itō Jakuchū, late 18th century

Hanging scroll with bold vertical black ink calligraphy on pale paper and red seals beside the characters.

For a hundred years [I have been] a person with no attachments

Jiun Onkō, late 18th century

Painting of the dead Christ held by the grieving Virgin Mary, with two mourners beside them against a dark background.

The Lamentation

Luis de Morales, ca. 1560

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown cloak holding a small white dog against a dark background.

An Old Man with a Dog

Giacomo Ceruti, 1740s

Still life painting of white and red hollyhocks in a copper bowl on a grey table against a dark background.

Hollyhocks in a Copper Bowl

Gustave Courbet, 1872

Portrait of a man in gray wig and polished armor with leopard-fur mantle and red sash, against a dark cloudy sky.

François Armand de Gontaut, Duc de Biron

Nicolas de Largillière, 1714