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Nude woman raising a sword beside a severed bearded head on a dark background, oil painting.

Judith

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, c. 1540

Half-length portrait of a man with long hair and mustache, in a dark velvet cloak and white lace collar, before a tree and cl

Portrait of a Man

Johannes Mytens, c. 1665

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly hair, red collar and green coat, set in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Young Man

William Armfield Hobday, c. 1800

Still life painting of a white tablecloth with glassware, a teacup, silver sugar bowl, fruit, and pink rhododendron blossoms.

Still Life: Corner of a Table

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1873

Painting of a tropical shoreline with a large tree, fallen branches, a dog, a hut and a figure by a lagoon.

Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree)

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Portrait of an Officer

Attributed to Henry Kirchhoffer, c. 1810

Job

Spanish, possibly Seville; or Italian, possibly Naples, c. 1618-c. 1630

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, hand to his cheek, with books beside him.

Dr. Joseph Klapp

Thomas Sully, 1814

Painting of a nude woman startled by a brown bear as a hunter aims a rifle from rocks beside a lake at sunset.

Unpleasant Surprise (Mauvaise surprise)

Henri Rousseau, 1899

Group portrait of a family with a bearded man, women, young men and a child, with a marble bust and skull in the foreground.

The family of the engraver Matthäus Merian I (1593-1650)

Matthäus Merian the younger, 1642

Portrait of Pope Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini)

Cristofano dell' Altissimo, 1600

Painting of the dead Christ lying on a white shroud in a dark rocky tomb, with a crown of thorns and a copper basin.

The Dead Body of Christ

Johann Melchior Wyrsch, 1779

Painting of three standing stones on a grassy mound under a stormy sky, with a bare tree and white birds in the foreground.

The megalithic tomb

Arnold Böcklin, 1847

Still life painting of pink and white asters and other flowers in a brown jug on a plate, against a dark background.

Bouquet of Asters

Gustave Courbet, 1859

Dim barn interior with a standing brown cow, a reclining cow, a goat, rabbits and hay, lit from a doorway at right.

Cowshed

Johann Michael Neder, 1853

Painting of a hunter in a red coat with a dog on a forest path beneath tall trees.

Bos met jager en honden

Willem Hendriksz. Verboom, 1675

Half-length portrait of a young man in a black cap and cloak over red, with gloved hands and gold emblems on green.

Portret van Hans Höchstätter

Thoman Burgkmair, 1497

Herdsman on horseback with a grey bull drinking at a pond, cattle and wooded hills in a pastoral landscape.

De zilvergrijze stier

Constant Troyon, 1825

Painting of a thatched cottage beside a waterfall, with tall pines and dramatic storm clouds overhead.

Waterval

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1643

Oval portrait miniature of a young man with curly brown hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Young Man

Andrew Plimer, c. 1805

Painted portrait of a woman in black velvet and white headdress holding rosary beads, with a carved mask and heraldic shield.

Portrait of Machtelt Suijs

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1540-45

Seated man in green coat at a candlelit desk with a microscope and writing tools, dark interior background.

A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight

Anna Dorothea Therbusch, 1755

Painting of a crowded bistro with men drinking at a bar lined with bottles, waiters in black jackets behind the counter.

The Bistro

Félix Vallotton, c. 1895

Painting of a nude woman with arms raised, a sheer veil flowing behind her against dark trees at twilight.

Twilight

Wojciech Gerson

Painting of a barefoot man in a bowler hat seated by a glowing stove as a cat investigates a wicker basket.

Émile Friant Man and His Cat near the Stove 1889

Émile Friant, 1889

Oil portrait of a seated elderly man in a white wig, fur-trimmed dark robe and lace cuffs, against a dim background.

Sir Thomas Harrison (1701-1765), Chamberlain of London

Joshua Reynolds, 1758

Portrait of a man in blue naval uniform with a drawn sword, a cannon and rolled chart, with battleships firing behind him.

Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1724-1779), Admiral and Politician

Joshua Reynolds, 1770

Circular painting of a nude man carrying a woman and child from churning sea waters under a fiery, dark sky.

And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were in It

Frederic Leighton, 1891

Oil portrait of a woman in a black lace shawl, blue ribbon headband and blue choker against a dark background.

Louisa, Lady Bagot (c.1744-1820)

Joshua Reynolds, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling figure praying before a crucifix in an arched niche, with dark shadows framing the scene.

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Alfred Ost, 1929