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Oil portrait of a young man in a gold velvet cloak and lace collar, gesturing outward against a dark background.

Portrait of John Viscount Garlies, Later 7th Earl of Galloway, as Master of Garlies

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1758

Painting of a fair-haired woman in a dark hat holding a flower bouquet, set against a dusky landscape with trees.

Flora

Frans van Mieris the Younger, 1720

Painting of Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child across a fantastical landscape with a severed head and demons.

Saint Christopher and the Christ Child

Jan Mandijn, 1550

Painting of a nude figure with a staff leading dark cows past a tree, with a sleeping figure and green hills behind.

Study for 'Mercury Leading the Cows of Argus to Water'

Jean-François Millet, 1846

Painting of nude women bathing in a grotto stream as a hunter with stag antlers and a red cloak approaches with dogs.

Diana and Actaeon

Giuseppe Cesari, 1603

Painting of three nude women with gold necklaces, the central one wearing a red feathered hat, against a black background.

The Three Graces

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531

Oil portrait of a man in a white fur-trimmed robe, red sash and gold medal, seated beside books in a gilded interior.

Le comte Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy (1795-1856) en Grand maître de l'Université

Paul Delaroche, 1846

Portrait of Louis XIV in a long dark wig, lace collar, blue sash and gilded armor against a gray background.

Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715)

Charles Le Brun, 1662

Painting of a woman in white and red drapery running toward a stormy sea beside a lyre on rocks.

Sappho rushing to the sea

Jean-Joseph Taillasson

Oil portrait of a seated woman in white satin holding a child in a blue sash, with an inkwell and quill on a table.

Lady Williams and Child

Ralph Earl, 1783

Half-length portrait of an older man in powdered wig, dark velvet coat and lace jabot against a brown background.

George Washington

Adolph-Ulrich Wertmüller, 1795

Christiana Stille Keen

Matthew Pratt, ca. 1769

Painting of Judith in a red hat with white plumes, holding a sword beside the severed head of Holofernes on a dark background

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1530

Portrait of a seated woman in pink and white satin with lace, holding sheet music, with feathers in her powdered hair.

Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières

François-Hubert Drouais, 1761

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin in a dark green mantle holding the red-clad Christ Child, who touches her chin.

Madonna and Child

Unknown artist

Nativity scene with the Virgin, Joseph, kneeling angels and the Christ Child in a manger beneath a timber-roofed stable.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jan Joest of Kalkar

Seated elderly man with white hair writing in a notebook, with a sunlit snowy mountain behind him.

Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)

Julius Schrader, 1859

Oil portrait of a man with short dark hair, pale collar and dark jacket against a dark background.

Head of a Man

Spanish Painter

Half-length portrait of a man in a black velvet cloak, green embroidered vest, blue sash and lace jabot against a grey backgr

Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac (1743-1815)

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1787

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a cross, banner and lamb beside him, against a dramatic sunset sky.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Mattia Preti, ca. 1650

Hanging scroll showing two women in a Japanese interior, one standing in a blue patterned robe and one seated reading beside

Two Beauties after the Bath

Torii Kiyonaga, 18th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one holding a blue parasol, the other seated in a checkered robe with a blue flower.

Two Beauties

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1801-4

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono carrying a child, with a second child beside her and a pine tree behind.

Mother and Children at the New Year

Utagawa Toyoharu, 18th century

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 peonies, chrysanthemums and narcissus beside a rock, with red berries and green grasses.

Flowers and Grasses of Autumn

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1843, 8th month

Hanging scroll of misty rocky mountains with bare trees and small travelers on a winding path below.

Travellers in Cold Mountains

Hine Taizan, 1859

Ink painting of a gray gibbon hanging from a branch beside tall bamboo stalks with dark leaves, on a hanging scroll.

Gibbon and Bamboo

Sesson Shūkei, 16th century

Painting of three winged angels with red curly hair flying near a dark tree trunk against a teal sky.

Three Angels

Bernardo Strozzi, 1631

Seated woman in black dress and shawl, hands clasped, gazing downward before a dark leafy background.

A Widow

Thomas Couture, 1840

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black slashed doublet and black cap with a white feather, against grey-green.

Sir William Butts

Formerly attributed to John Bettes the Elder, 1540