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Christ carries the cross with a crown of thorns while a kneeling woman prays and another woman in green watches beside him.

Christ carrying the Cross contemplated by Mary and the Christian Soul

Felipe Diricksen, 1630

Painting of a crowned, weeping bearded man with bare torso holding a golden chalice against a dark background.

Man of Sorrows with a Chalice (Christ as Redeemer)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1614

Painting of a man in a wide hat and white robe beside a kneeling woman at a tomb, with angels in a dark cave and a distant ci

The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638

Oil painting of an old bearded man with a cup beside a half-dressed young woman holding a gold vessel, in dark tones.

Lot and his Daughters

Godfried Schalcken, 1663

Baroque painting of a veiled sibyl pointing to a Virgin and Child in clouds, with a kneeling emperor and attendants below.

Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

Pietro da Cortona, 1660

Oval bust portrait of a bearded red-haired man in a red mantle and green garment with a jeweled brooch.

Fergus III, King of Scotland (773-6)

Jacob de Wet II, 1684

Painting of people fleeing a flood near classical columns, with children, a dog, and scattered belongings under a dark sky.

The Flood

Jacopo Bassano, 1570

Painting of Christ pointing at a kneeling veiled woman while bearded men in turbans and robes gather in a dim interior.

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1740

Bust portrait of a bearded man in polished steel armour against an oval background, labelled MACBETHVS.

Macbeth, King of Scotland (1043-60)

Jacob de Wet II, 1684

Seated man in a dark coat with a walking cane beside a writing desk, set against red drapery, by Thomas Lawrence.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Thomas Lawrence, 1820

Oil painting of a young woman with a flower crown, holding a shepherd's crook, wearing a golden satin garment against a dark

A Shepherdess

Paulus Moreelse, 1630

Painting of a man raised on a shield by a crowd of soldiers, with a spear, onlookers, and a distant castle under a cloudy sky

Brinno Raised upon the Shield

Otto van Veen, 1600 - 1613

Oil painting of robed men gathered in a hall, gesturing toward a speaker, with a landscape vignette of a hilltop army in the

The meeting of the Gauls at Reims

Otto van Veen, 1600 - 1613

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red cloak and white lace collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Adriaen Paets, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1703

Pieter van der Werff, 1703

Group portrait of black-clad men with white collars seated and standing around a dark table, with a woman in a white bonnet a

Portrait of the Regents of the Nieuwezijds Institute for the Outdoor Relief of the Poor, Amsterdam, c. 1650

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1650

Half-length oil portrait of a smiling woman with curly hair, pearl necklace, black velvet bodice and white sleeves.

Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673), the Artist’s Second Wife

Unknown artist, c. 1650

Half-length portrait of a red-bearded man in a black cap and dark cloak, with an inscription giving the date 1554.

Portrait of Willem van Lokhorst (1514-64)

Unknown artist, 1554

Seventeenth-century portrait of a man in a wide black hat and lace collar, holding white gloves over a red patterned rug.

Portrait of Philips Denijs (1604-66)

Huygh Pietersz Voskuyl, 1640

Portrait of a man in black and gold attire pointing toward a naval battle with ships on stormy water.

Aert van Nes (1626-1693), Vice Admiral

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1668

Painting of Christ revealing his side as an apostle touches the wound, surrounded by apostles in colourful robes against a da

The Incredulity of St Thomas

Wouter Pietersz II Crabeth, 1626

Portrait of a woman in black dress, white ruff and lace cap, holding a gold chain against a dark background.

Hortensia del Prado (d 1627)

Geldorp Gortzius, 1599

Seated man in black embroidered doublet, white lace collar and cuffs, in a carved green chair against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man, possibly Walterus Fourmenois (1596-1653)

Salomon Mesdach, 1620

Portrait of a bald man in a dark coat and white cravat holding an open book, with bookshelves and a red curtain behind him.

Reverend Justus Henry Christian Helmuth

John Eckstein, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit and white collar, standing before a stormy sky and red drape.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

Duncan Styles, 1860

Seated elderly man in dark suit holding a quill pen at a carved wooden desk, in an arched 1870 portrait.

Simon Cameron

John Dabour, 1870

Half-length portrait of a man with powdered grey hair in a dark military coat with yellow facings and gold epaulette.

Henry Lee

James Herring, 1820

Painting of a woman in a top hat on a chestnut horse and a man in a bowler hat on a dark horse on a wooded path.

Figures on Horseback

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of a seated woman in green robes flanked by two children before an ornate panel and hazy landscape.

Virgin Enthroned

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a small cross, against a golden ba

Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1860

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, oysters, strawberries and a champagne flute on a marble table against a dark backgrou

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Wine

n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1860