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Historical interior scene: a man in a canopied bed, a kneeling woman in black, and courtiers in period dress by a fireplace.

La duquesa de Alençon es presentada a su hermano, el rey de Francia Francisco I, por el emperador Carlos V

Manuel Arroyo y Lorenzo, 1887

Oil portrait of a bearded man in black embroidered doublet and white ruff, with red curtain and coat of arms behind him.

Portrait of a Man at the Age of 51

Cornelis de Vos, 1621

Dark night scene of a limp, pale body carried by figures, lit by a torch, with a mourning woman in red at right.

Christ Carried to the Tomb

Sisto Badalocchio, 1607

Still life painting of a fruit garland with peaches, grapes, corn and blue ribbon bows on a dark background.

Garland of fruit

Abraham Mignon, 1670

Circular painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with the infant John the Baptist and a scroll beside them.

Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Three musicians at a table in a dark room: a boy with a wine glass, a man playing lute, another playing violin, and a monkey.

Three Musicians

Diego Velázquez, 1618

Painting of a kneeling bearded old man in robes beneath an angel holding a skull and sword in a dark sky.

Berouwvolle David kiest uit drie plagen

Pieter de Grebber, 1635

Virgin Mary holding infant Christ while a kneeling man gazes up at them against a dark background.

Madonna and Child with an Adoring Figure

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1715

Man in a brown hat and red-sleeved coat smoking a long pipe at a table in a dim interior.

Man Smoking a Pipe

Gérard ter Borch, 1664

Painting of a bearded old man in a fur robe pointing at falling prints, with a girl, an owl, and a globe beside him.

The Conjuror

Nathaniel Hone the Elder, 1775

Oil portrait of a young child in a red polka-dot dress and white lace collar, seated in a chair holding a cane.

Samuel Warren Holland, Aged Two Years

Milton W. Hopkins

Oil painting of a reclining nude woman on a gold-draped bed, attended by an old woman as a bearded god rains gold above.

Danaë en de regen van goud

Hermannus Collenius, 1705

Painting of a bearded man in a dark cap reading an open book, with a gilded pilaster behind him.

Portrait of a man with a Book

Parmigianino, 1524

Painting of a dark infernal scene with a woman in a red gown leading nude souls over clouds, a hooded guide at left.

Dantes Hölle

Wilhelm Trübner, 1880

Painting of a shadowy forest with sunlit birch trunks and green foliage above a grassy clearing.

Forest Scene

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz

Oil still life of red poppies, pink peonies and blue morning glories in a classical urn with a cherub relief on a dark ground

Still life with flowers

Giovanni Paolo Castelli

Painting of St Anne holding the infant Virgin Mary while surrounded by kneeling nuns in black habits and white veils.

St Anne and the Infant St Mary

Leandro Bassano

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with gray hair in a dark coat and white collar against a dark background.

Portret van Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, vader van de kunstenaar

Carel Frederik Bendorp II, 1848

Oil portrait of a seated man with long hair and white collar, resting his arm on a patterned red rug against a dark backgroun

Portrait of Jacob de Witt (1589-1674)

Jan de Baen, 1665

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a blue coat and white cravat against a grey background.

Portrait of a Youth

Henry Edridge, c. 1800/21

Painting of mythological figures in a forest, with a crowned king, a violinist, nude women, cupids and satyrs.

Midas's Judgement

Hendrick van Balen the Elder, 1605

Painting of a reclining nude woman beside an old man drinking from a cup, with a burning city and wine cask at right.

Loth und seine Töchter

Hans Baldung Grien, 1535

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and dark garment against a green background.

Portrait of a Man

Corneille de la Haye named de Lyon, 1520

Still life painting of grapes, apricots and peaches with vine leaves, a grasshopper and butterflies on a dark background.

Still Life

Ottomar Elliger, 1667

Oil painting of five children in an interior with a harpsichord, music, a globe, and landscape paintings on the wall.

The Bateson Children

Strickland Lowry, 1762

Portrait of a woman with blue eyes, a sheer veil and gold coin headpiece against a dark background.

The Odalisque with Blue Eyes

Théodore Ralli, 1873

Painting of a seated young woman with a striped headdress, bare shoulders and a sheer veil, against dark foliage.

La fornarina

Oil portrait of an older man in a powdered wig and dark coat with a white cravat, hand on chest, against a brown background.

The Silk Manufacturer Anders Kjellstedt

Carl Frederik von Breda, 1797

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark jacket and black bow tie, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Simon Hayem

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1875

Portrait of a woman in red skirt and blue drape with pearls, beside laurel branches, a stormy sea and ships.

Elizabeth Claypole, née Cromwell

John Michael Wright, 1658