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Dusky landscape with dark trees, a glowing pond with lily pads, a heron by a boat, and a pale sunset horizon.

Waterside landscape

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Evening scene of horse-drawn carriages and lantern-lit figures on a muddy road before a church with an onion dome.

Wedding in the evening

Antoni Piotrowski, 1882

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with a white beard in a dark suit, set against a dark oval vignette.

Portrait of Stanisław Kierbedź

Konrad Krzyżanowski, 1907

Oil painting of a fruit and flower garland framing two children in a dark niche, with grapes, peaches, plums and a rose.

Cartouche with children portraits in a garland

Erasmus Quellinus II, 1657

Moonlit harbor at night with a tall sailing ship, a rowing boat on rippling water, and a city shoreline with masted ships.

Odessa in Moon light

Ivan Aivazovsky, 1846

Framed painting of two dark ferrets facing each other against a reddish-brown background.

Étude de furets

Pieter Boel, 1670

Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and black cloak seated in a gilded armchair.

Old French Countrywoman

Jenny Nyström, 1885

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat with a classical bust and books beside him.

Self-Portrait

Benjamin West, 1818

Portrait of an elderly woman in a black dress and flowered bonnet, seated in a pink armchair against a green background.

Bildnis der Mutter des Künstlers

Portrait of a young man in gilded armour with a white ruff and red sash, holding a baton against a dark background.

Don Juan of Austria armed

Alonso Sánchez Coello, 1567

Painting of a woman with flowers in her hair and a small snake at her breast against a dark background.

Dying Cleopatra

Ivan Argunov, 1750

Oil portrait of a smiling woman in a cream lace bonnet with pink bow and dark dress, set in an oval frame.

Portrait of Catherine Schindlerin

Joshua Reynolds, 1750

Seated woman in black dress and white collar with clasped hands beside a draped table and a landscape with a boat.

Portrait of an unknown woman

Pieter van Anraedt, 1664

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel points toward a kneeling Virgin Mary in a tiled interior with a lily vase and dove.

The Annunciation (backside: The Presentation)

Pieter Pourbus, 1552

Night street procession in Cairo with torches, a canopy, veiled women, musicians and robed men beside latticed balconies.

Noce arabe au Caire

Théodore Frère, 1865

Painting of an elderly man in a dark cap and shawl, with a lined face and somber expression, against a dark background.

Study of an old man

Gerke Henkes, 1859

Oil portrait of a man in a grey wig and black coat with white cravat, against a dark background, with a coat of arms in the u

Portrait of Arnoldus van Leeuwen (1697-1775)

Pierre Frédéric de la Croix, 1750

Painting of a fluffy white dog lying on a striped red and grey cloth against a dark brown background.

Liggend hondje, toegeschreven aan Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, 1850-1870

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, 1850

Two women in dark clothing rest by a rock on a moonlit shore, with a lit candle and a distant chapel beside the sea.

Το Τάμα

Nikolaos Gyzis, 1874

Painting of a boy writing in a notebook while his little sister watches closely beside him at a desk.

Writing boy with little sister II

Albert Anker, 1875

Painting of Christ on the cross with a crown of thorns, a skull at the base, and a dark sky over a distant city.

Christ on the cross

Willem Jacob Herreyns, 1827

Full-length portrait of a young boy in gold satin clothes holding a walking stick beside a tree, with a landscape behind him.

Thomas Lister (The brown boy)

Joshua Reynolds, 1764

Bowerman’s Nose

William Widgery, 1870

Painting of the angel Gabriel pointing to a dove above the Virgin Mary, who reads a book in a red robe.

The Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1725

Painting of well-dressed men in top hats gathered in an industrial hall beside large machinery and balconies.

The Men of Industry

P.S. Krøyer, 1903

Oil portrait of a man with white hair and a white cravat in a brown coat against a dark background.

Self-portrait

Charles Willson Peale, 1791

Oil portrait of an older man in white ceremonial robes with orders, beside two young boys at a writing table.

Portrait of count G.G. Kushelev with children Aleksandr and Grigorii

Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1804

Oil portrait of a smiling woman with powdered upswept hair, white shawl and dark dress against a green background.

Portrait of Maria Alexeevna Lvova (Djakova) (1755-1807)

Dmitry Levitzky, 1781

Painting of white-robed monks in a dusk funeral procession, one holding a crucifix, others carrying candles beside a draped b

Funeral of a Trappist monk

Constantin Meunier

Half-length portrait of a woman with dark ringlets, white fur wrap and white dress against a red background.

Bildnis der Caroline Prinzessin zu Oettingen-Wallerstein

Joseph Karl Stieler, 1842