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Oval portrait of a bearded man in a red turban with a white feather and fur-trimmed robe, against a dark background.

“Self-Portrait” in Fanciful Dress

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1667

Dim studio interior with two women in dark dresses beside an easel, painted in loose brown brushwork.

In the Studio

George Hendrik Breitner, 1883

Still life painting of fish, bread, lemons and kitchen utensils on a table, with hanging fish against a dark background.

Banquet Still life with Fish

Alexander Adriaenssen, 1650

Bust-length oil portrait of a woman in a white gown, gold sash and jeweled headband against a dark background.

Portrait de Pauline Bonaparte

Robert Lefèvre, 1806

Oil portrait of a woman with curled hair in a white dress and blue shawl, gazing upward against a dark background.

Delphine Gay

Louis Hersent, 1824

Painted portrait of an older officer with white mustache, gold epaulettes, medals and a blue sash against a dark background.

Portrait of Dmitry B. Bronevsky (1795-1867), Lieutenant General, Director of the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo ne…

Pavel Ivanovich Porohovnikov, 1879

Oil painting of a haloed man kneeling in prayer while a winged angel looks down and a golden chalice glows above.

Kristus na Olivete

Toni von Stadler, 1840

Portrait of a seated man in a long wig and satin cloak, resting his hand on a hare in a forest setting.

Portrait of Barthout van Slingelandt

Godfried Schalcken, 1682

Still life oil painting of flowers in a glass vase with plums, peaches, grapes and an eggplant on a dark table.

Still Life of Fruit and Flowers

Abraham Brueghel, 1670

Full-length painted portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat holding a red book beside a blue draped table and carve

Dr Lewis Edwards

Jerry Barrett, 1877

Two boys in 18th-century dress; one seated plays a hammered dulcimer while the other, in a tricorn hat, looks on.

Two Boys, One of Them Playing the Dulcimer

Johann Conrad Seekatz, 1758

Oil portrait of an older man in a white wig, dark gold-trimmed coat and blue sash with an order medal.

Anne Emmanuel de Croÿ (1718-1784), maréchal de France en 1783

Théophile Auguste Vauchelet, 1835

Painting of a friar in black habit raising one finger toward a hanging bell, holding a scroll, dark background.

San Vicente Ferrer

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1645

Woman in white dress sits by a stream in a forest, weaving oak leaves into a wreath beside a wicker basket.

The wreath maker

Georg Friedrich Kersting, 1815

Painting of a white-robed monk writing with a quill in an open book beside a red draped table, against a dark background.

Fray Pedro Machado

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1630

Full-length painting of a man in a green military uniform with a red sash, leaning on a table with a map beside a gilded chai

Portrait de Napoléon Ier

Robert Lefèvre, 1809

Painting of students drawing a seated male nude model in a studio with a large arched window and easels.

The Interior of David’s Studio at the Collège des Quatre-Nations, Paris

Mathieu Cochereau, 1814

Full-length portrait of a woman in white embroidered gown and red velvet mantle, beside flowers and a classical column.

Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814)

Robert Lefèvre, 1805

Oil painting of a young woman with a fishing net and basket by a calm sea, looking to the left.

Daughter of Fisherman

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872

Group of officers in black with white ruffs and red sashes dining at a long table beneath a hanging banner.

Banquet of the officers of the St George Civic Guard

Frans Hals, 1616

Night landscape with a yellow moon behind dark trees, reflected in a winding stream under dark clouds.

April Moon. 'La lune rousse'

Charles-François Daubigny, 1875

Portrait of a young woman in a blue gown holding sheet music, with a vase of flowers beside her, 1777.

Portrait of a young musician

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1777

Woman in yellow jacket with fur trim writing with a quill at a blue-covered table in a dim interior.

A lady writing

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Painting of a sleeping man on a rock visited by a winged figure, a veiled woman in clouds, and a lyre player in a forest.

Vision Beethovens

Rudolf Hausleithner, 1882

Painting of a seated nun in black veil and white habit, eyes lowered, holding a small red book against a dark background.

La Religieuse (A Nun)

Henriette Browne, 1859

Painter in white shirt seated at easel, brush to a portrait of a dark-haired woman, dark studio background.

O pintor Silva Porto, estudo (1880) - António Ramalho Júnior (Casa-Museu Anastácio Gonçalves)

Ramalho Júnior, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in wire-rimmed glasses, dark jacket and white collar, against a red-brown background.

Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. Oil painting by W. Swainson

Man in a wide hat and robe steps through a glowing Gothic archway, holding a bundle, in a dark watercolor scene.

Los Entering the Grave

William Blake, 1804

Painting of a sleeping woman in a dark dress seated in a dim room beside a window showing a night city view.

Home Dreams

Charles West Cope, 1869

Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat seated before a red chair against a dark background.

William C. Leffingwell (1765-1834), B. A. 1786, M. A. 1789

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1825