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Candlelit painting of a bearded man in a turban having his hands washed by a servant pouring water from a silver ewer.

Pilate washing his hands in innocence

Matthias Stom, 1600

Painting of a river valley with cliffs, trees, and pack horses on a path beside still water under a cloudy sky.

The borders of the river Cousin, near Avallon

Charles-François Daubigny, 1848

Monks kneel and pray around a deathbed in a dim wooden room while a standing monk raises a crucifix beside a candle.

Death of St Bruno

Eustache Le Sueur, 1645

Two lemmings, one cream and one reddish-brown, face each other on grass under a stormy sky with white flowers.

Hudson's Bay Lemming

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1846

Black-and-white portrait of an older woman in a large dark bonnet and cloak, against a cloudy sky background.

Mrs. William Thomas

John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1813

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and green cravat against a brown background, by Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1877.

Joseph W. Drexel

Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1877

Oil portrait of an older woman in a black dress and frilled white bonnet, with a red curtain and landscape window behind her.

Catherine Brooks Hall

Shepard Alonzo Mount, ca. 1830

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark blue uniform with gold epaulettes and medal, holding a paper and hat.

Horatio Gates

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1793-94

Back view of a nude woman seated on rocks, dipping her foot into water, with red drapery and dark trees behind her.

Musidora

Thomas Sully, 1813-35

Oval black-and-white portrait of a woman with curled hair, bonnet and lace shawl, hand resting on her chest.

Sarah Annis Sully (Mrs. Thomas Sully)

Thomas Sully, 1832

Woman in blue dress playing a lute while a cavalier in gold-trimmed doublet listens across a patterned table with sheet music

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier

Gérard ter Borch, ca. 1658

Young couple on a balcony, a man in red leaning toward a woman in white, with a spinning wheel and sleeping cat nearby.

The Proposal

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872

Two children tease a striped cat with a crayfish held over a table, the girl in pink smiling beside the boy in brown.

Two Children Teasing a Cat

Annibale Carracci

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white shirt, one hand resting at his chest, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Oil portrait of a red-bearded man in a black plumed hat and dark doublet against a green background.

Portrait of a Man with a Black-Plumed Hat

Corneille de Lyon, ca. 1535-40

Half-length portrait of an older bearded man in a black beret and fur collar against a blue background, dated 1533.

Friedrich III (1463-1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop, 1533

Full-length portrait of a young man in a green coat and red drape, hand on hip, with a tree and sky behind him.

Charles Beauclerk (1670-1726), Duke of St. Albans

Godfrey Kneller, ca. 1690-95

Portrait of a young man in dark cap and gown holding an open book, with a Gothic church and townscape behind him.

Young Man Holding a Book

Master of the View of Saint Gudula, ca. 1480

Portrait of an older man in a powdered wig, green coat with gold embroidered lapels, and white cravat, against a dark backgro

Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle (1726-1816)

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and blue-grey cloak, holding a red book against green.

Portrait of a Man

Andrea del Sarto, 1528-29

Painting of fishermen hauling nets on a rocky shore beside a grotto arch, with a sailing ship and hazy evening sky.

Harbor Scene with a Grotto and Fishermen Hauling in Nets

Joseph Vernet, 1770

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, white cravat and dark coat with brass buttons against a brown background.

William Fraser of Reelig (1784-1835)

Henry Raeburn, 1801

Hanging scroll of a snow-dusted plum tree with pale blossoms on branches against a dark silk background.

Plum in snow

Hanging scroll of two white cranes with black wing tips standing in snow beside reeds against a grey ground.

Two Cranes

Itō Jakuchū, 1795

Hanging scroll of irises in white, purple and pink with green leaves and a pale moth hovering above.

Irises and Moth

Suzuki Kiitsu, ca. 1850

Ink painting hanging scroll of an owl on a branch beside a pine tree and a large pale full moon.

Owl on a Pine Branch

Soga Nichokuan, early 17th century

Peasants gathered around a barrel in a dim rustic tavern interior, one pouring from a jug.

Peasants Gathered Round a Barrel

Adriaen van Ostade, 1655

Monochrome painting of a stormy sea wreck with survivors on a shore, ruined buildings and a tower in the distance.

Shipwreck

Alessandro Magnasco

Two women in white dresses sewing in a dim interior with a blue and white vase and fruit on a table.

New England Interior

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1906

Painting of a white water lily with a yellow center floating on dark water, with its reflection below.

Water Lily

John La Farge, 1879