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Oil painting of a turbaned man with attendants on a balcony, nude bathers in the foreground, and a checkered floor.

Bathing in an Oriental Harbour

Pieter Isaacsz, 1584-1625

Painting of a dirt road through an oak forest with gnarled trees and a cloudy sky.

Road through an Oak Forest

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646-1647

Painting of the Madonna in red and blue robes holding the nude Christ Child, with a mountain landscape behind them.

Madonna and Child

Girolamo di Bernardino da Udine, 1506-1512

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a black cap and white collar, arms folded, against a warm brown background.

Pastor Jens Bindesbøll

Constantin Hansen, 1830

Young man at a drawing board in an interior, with a violin and framed prints on the wall behind him.

Portrait of the Copperplate Engraver Carl Edvard Sonne

Ditlev Blunck, 1824-1827

Hooded monk kneeling in prayer in a cave, tempted by an old woman with a goblet and grotesque demonic creatures.

The Temptations of Saint Anthony

David Teniers, 1647-1649

Soldiers on horseback and on foot plunder and burn a stone building under a smoky dusk sky, with fleeing figures in front.

Soldiers Looting and Burning a Convent

Willem Schellinks, 1642-1678

Painting of a hurdy-gurdy player and a seated drinker outside a country inn, with children, a dog and tavern patrons.

Country Inn with Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Cornelis Dusart, 1681

Painting of two nude captive youths led before a laurel-crowned woman in white robes, with an armed crowd and columns.

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia

Benjamin West, 1766

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in patterned blue doublet, holding a spear, with helmet and shield, in a forest setting

Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1594

Seated woman in a green gown with pale skirt, hands clasped, beside a leafy branch and blue sky, with a feather at lower righ

Blue and gold

William Loudan, 1909

Portrait of a young woman in black velvet with white ruff, gold headdress and chain belt, holding a small pink flower.

Portrait of a Young Woman with a Pink

Barthel Bruyn the Younger, 1660

Painting of a crowded medieval town square where a man reads a proclamation to onlookers in period costume.

The Edict[s] of Charles V

Jan August Hendrik Leys, 1861

Painting of a frosted meadow at dusk with a red sunset behind dark trees and a small figure on the left.

Hoarfrost

Théodore Rousseau, 1845

Oil portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and white shirt front against a brown background.

Portrait of Carl Andreas Fougstad

Knud Bergslien, 1860

Painted portrait of an older man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a sash, and a sword belt.

Jens Johan Hjort

Knud Bergslien, 1870

Painting of a nude bearded man seated in a vaulted stone prison cell beside a staff and iron chain.

Saint John the Baptist in prison

Victor Meirelles, 1852

Painting of a sunlit hill with buildings and a windmill beneath a dark stormy sky.

Mills at Montmartre

Woman in jeweled feathered headdress holds a severed head while an attendant looks on, against a dark background.

Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist

Ottavio Mario Leoni

Elderly bearded man with clasped hands and upturned gaze, lit by a candle beside books and keys in a dark room.

Saint Peter in prayer

Matthias Stom, 1633

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair, blue coat and white cravat against a dark olive background.

Portrait of Nicolas Demimuid

Oil portrait of a man with tousled hair in a dark green cloak and white cravat, resting his hand on a wooden chair.

Self-portrait of Jan Damel (1780? -1840), copy

Portrait of an older woman in a lace bonnet with white ribbons and a red shawl, against a dark background.

Portrait of Teresa Kicka

Józef Simmler, 1841

Oil portrait of a bald man with a thick mustache, wearing a black suit and bow tie against a dark background.

Portrait of Michał Rola Woszczyński

Mikołaj Strzegocki, 1875

Painting of a satyr and nymph tending a sleeping infant on rocks in a dark forest, with a child and a goat nearby.

Satyr's family (bringing up of Zeus)

Hans Thoma, 1886

Seated young man in a black suit with clasped hands, painted against a muted greenish background.

Portrait of a young man in black

Olga Boznańska, 1900

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black lace-trimmed dress against a muted brown background, painted in soft tones.

Portrait of Wanda Kułakowska

Józef Pankiewicz, 1906

Three women in dark clothing pray in a dim interior, one with a rosary and one reading from a prayer book.

Under Salmesangen [detail]

Eilif Peterssen, 1878

Painting of a rushing waterfall gorge with large trees, grazing cattle, figures on a path, and ruined buildings on cliffs.

Paysage, vue des Cascatelles de Tivoli

Simon Denis, 1795

Full-length portrait of a woman in a pale blue dress and violet skirt holding a fan against a dark background.

Harmony in Blue and Violet: Miss Finch

James McNeill Whistler, 1885