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Figures gather before an inscribed stone monument beneath bare trees, one woman in red pointing at the carved text.

Sarmatians at the Tomb of Ovid

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1653

Man in blue coat seated at a desk with a quill, woman in yellow dress standing behind his chair in a dark room.

David Garrick (1717-79) with his wife Eva-Maria Veigel,

William Hogarth, 1757

Portrait of a bearded man in a dark fur-trimmed coat beside a green table with classical marble busts and statues.

Andrea Odoni (1488-1545)

Lorenzo Lotto, 1527

Oval portrait of a man with long curly hair, white collar and dark coat against a grey-green background.

Portrait of Alexander Morus, Professor at Amsterdam

Arnoud van Halen, 1700

Nymph bathing by a pond as a satyr reaches toward her beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape.

A Bathing Nymph Taken by Surprise by a Satyr

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, c. 1630 - c. 1635

Painted harpsichord lid showing travellers, a horse, a ruined tower and a roadside cross under a cloudy sky.

Lid of a harpsichord

Unknown artist, c. 1625 - c. 1650

Painting of the Nativity with the Christ child in a manger, Mary seated, shepherds kneeling, and cherubs in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Pieter Codde, 1645

Oil portrait of a man in a black beret and fur-collared robe beside a ledger, coins and a small wall mirror.

Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1529

Elderly bearded man with halo kneeling in prayer before a crucifix, with a red curtain and lion in the shadows.

St. Jerome

Matthijs Naiveu, 1676

Group portrait of seven bearded men in black clothing and white ruff collars, one holding a fish and one a wine glass.

The Company of Captain Pieter Dircksz Hasselaer and Lieutenant Jan Gerritsz Hooft, Amsterdam

Unknown artist, c. 1595 - c. 1605

Oval oil portrait of an elderly man with powdered hair in a green coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Self-Portrait

Aert Schouman, 1787

Half-length oil portrait of a mustached man in a white collar, gold sash and chain, against a dark background.

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). Vice Admiral

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, before 1893

Woman peeling an apple on a doorstep, with an interior room and birds visible behind her in a painted domestic scene.

The apple peeler

Cornelis Bisschop

Seated woman in a black veil and dress with a gold cross, before a red chair and drapery, in a 1664 oil portrait.

Portrait of a Woman

Pieter Borselaer, 1664

Seated woman in a silk gown and blue velvet drape holding white blossoms, with a garden statue in an arched window behind her

Portrait of Louise Christina Trip

Jan Abel Wassenbergh, 1710

Painting of a bound, half-naked Christ seated while soldiers press a thorn crown onto his head, lit by dramatic candlelight.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1622

Group of seventeenth-century men hauling a fishing net by a river, with a Neptune fountain and a city skyline behind.

Allegory of the Revival of the Dutch Herring Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)

Willem Eversdijck, 1667

Oil painting of a thatched farmhouse and dark trees silhouetted against an orange and olive sunset sky.

'At sundown'

Arthur Hawksley, 1889

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with long light hair, white lace collar and gold embroidered doublet.

Portrait of Willem II (1626-50). Prince of Orange

Alexander Cooper, 1640

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, pearls and a blue dress, in a gold filigree frame.

Portrait of Elizabeth (1618-80), Countess Palatine. Daughter of Frederik V, King of Bohemia, called the 'Winter King

Alexander Cooper, 1640

Painting of a nude youth reclining on grass against a wooden rest, dark green foliage behind him, by Thomas Eakins.

Study for Boy Reclining in "Arcadia"

Thomas Eakins, 1880

Night street scene with a carriage, bare tree, and glowing lamps reflected on wet pavement, painted in loose textured brushwo

Wet Night, Gramercy Park (After Rain; Nocturne)

Ernest Lawson, 1900

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat, cream waistcoat and white cravat against a dark background.

James Monroe

James Herring, 1820

Oil portrait of a bald man in round spectacles and a black robe with white cravat against a dark brown background.

Joseph Story

Chester Harding, 1820

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white gown and sheer shawl, holding red roses and a fan, against a dark background.

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

Emile Alexay, 1920

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit standing before trees and a stone wall with a garden path.

Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Le Clear, 1861

Oval oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat against a dark background.

William Cullen Bryant

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Oil portrait of a man with long hair in a dark coat and white collar against a brown cloudy sky.

William Linn

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

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

Daniel Embury

Henry Inman, 1820

Portrait of a woman leaning on a moonlit balcony at night, holding a black mask, wearing a pale gown and gold bracelet.

Lady Essex as Juliet

Thomas Lawrence, 1810