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Full-length portrait of a woman in a green velvet gown with gold trim and pearls, beside a monkey and a classical column.

Konstanze von Habsburg, Archduchess of Central Austria, Later Queen of Poland

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1604

Painting of Saint Sebastian, bound and wounded, reclining nude as two hooded figures tend him against a dark, dusky landscape

Saint Sebastian, Martyr

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1865

Landscape with wooded hill, figures crossing a stream by a fallen tree, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Italian Landscape

Claude Lorrain, c. 1630

Oval painting of elegant figures strolling a tree-lined garden alley toward a pale pavilion, with two workmen with rakes in t

Spring

Jean-Baptiste Pater, c. 1720-36

Reclining woman in a pink gown with black bows, holding a fan and flowers, against a dark painted screen.

Souvenir of an "International Ball" (Portrait of Miss Kathleen Bruce)

Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1907

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair, green spectacles, black coat and white cravat against a brown wall.

Nathaniel Olds

Jeptha Homer Wade, 1837

Dark, loosely painted still life of a kettle on a table with glowing highlights on the metal against a shadowy background.

James Ensor - The Kettle

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black velvet-collared coat, hand on cheek, beside a desk with a quill and inkwell.

Franz Ittenbach Portrait Soist Franz Xaver 1850

Franz Ittenbach, 1850

Oil painting of a tavern interior with a man undergoing head surgery as a woman assists, and a man reading at a table.

A surgical operation on a man's head

David Teniers the Younger

Painting of a smiling woman in a fringed embroidered shawl and red skirt dancing barefoot against a dark background.

The Flamenco Dancer

Leopold Schmutzler

Painting of a white swan above and a black swan below, necks meeting at the split between dark and light backgrounds.

The Swan, No. 1

Hilma af Klint, 1915

Soldier in a dark feathered hat peering around a pale stone column against a dark night sky.

Carl Spitzweg - Das Auge des Gesetzes (Justitia) - 1857 (crop - soldier)

Carl Spitzweg, 1857

Portrait of a young woman in a white satin gown and blue shawl holding a bouquet of lilies beside a red curtain.

Sarah Sherburne Langdon

John Singleton Copley, 1767

Painting of a young girl in a red coral necklace plucking feathers from a duck in a dark wooden interior.

Young Girl Plucking a Duck

Barent Fabritius, 1645

Painting of a hilltop town above waterfalls cascading down wooded cliffs, with a hazy plain in the distance.

View of Tivoli in Italy

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm, 1844

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit drawing in a sketchbook against a golden background.

Eero Järnefelt

Gunnar Berndtson

Vanitas still life with a skull, flowers in a glass vase, shells, coins, books, and a moth on a stone ledge.

Vanitas Still Life

Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger, 1636

Painting of a tropical clearing with purple-trunked trees, a grazing brown horse and a dark pig beneath orange and green foli

Landscape with a Pig and a Horse (Hiva Oa)

Paul Gauguin, 1903

Dark painting of a man carrying an elderly figure with a woman and child past ruined columns and a burning city.

The Burning of Troy

Claes Jansz. van der Willigen

Seated woman in a black dress and hat holding a parasol, against a floral and patterned interior backdrop.

Lady in Black, Thérèse noire

Albert Edelfelt, 1886

Still life painting with cabbage, plums, roses, thistle blooms, a red beet and a butterfly against a dark background.

Still Life

Bartolomé Pérez, 1654

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket resting his head on his hand, seated before a grey wall and blue chair.

Portrait of the Artist Nikolay (Mykola) Murashko

Ilya Repin, 1882

Painted portrait of a smiling woman in a white headwrap and brown jacket against a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Michiel Sweerts, 1654

Still life of two crabs, oysters, a wine glass, walnut and grape leaves on a green draped table.

Still Life with Crabs

Theodoor Smits, 1660

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black cloak and white collar, beside an open ledger, red drapes and bookshelves behind.

Portrait of an unknown man

Gerard van Honthorst, 1655

Half-length painting of Christ in a crown of thorns, weeping, beside a stone column against a dark background.

Christ at the scourge column

Bartolomeo Montagna, 1495

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Johannes Vermeer, 1663

Painting of tall trees and a fallen pale trunk beside a dark lake with water lilies under a cloudy sky.

Oaks at a lake with Water Lilies

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1665

Christ stands at a table in a dark forest while winged angels serve him food and drink, with cherubs in the clouds above.

Christ in the Wilderness, Served by Angels

Ludovico Carracci, 1608

Still life of blue and white Chinese teabowls, a chased silver cup, a brown teapot and a spoon on a dark ledge.

Still-Life with Chinese Teabowls

Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, 1670