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Seated woman in black gown and white ruff beside a young boy in red embroidered doublet, with classical columns behind.

A Genoese Noblewoman and Her Son

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1626

Night painting of many nude boys on and around a wooden dock, some diving and swimming in dark water.

Forty-two Kids

George Bellows, 1907

Woman in gold dress feeding a grey parrot at a birdcage in an arched window niche, with a servant behind her.

A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page

Caspar Netscher, 1666

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat with gold buttons, with a steamboat on a river visible through a window.

Portrait of a Man (Possibly Peter Vogelsang Sr.)

Unknown artist, probably 1829

Seated woman in dark dress before a background of white and yellow chrysanthemums, painted in loose brushwork.

Mademoiselle Malot

Edgar Degas, c. 1877

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat, yellow vest and white cravat, resting his hand on a red chair.

Biel Le Doyt

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1827

Painting of a crowded masked ball with men in top hats, masked women in black cloaks, and a harlequin figure at left.

Masked Ball at the Opera

Édouard Manet, 1873

Painting of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt: a woman riding a donkey with an infant, led by a bearded man with a staff.

The Flight into Egypt

Jan de Beer, 1519

Painting of a classical colonnade banquet with a kneeling woman washing a man's feet, onlookers, a dog and a parrot.

Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1761

Oil portrait of a bearded man with gray hair and blue eyes, in a dark jacket and green tie, against a muted background.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Brinsley Le Fanu, 1916

Full-length portrait of a man in tartan Highland dress holding a musket, with a studded targe shield on the wall behind.

Colonel Alastair Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry (1771 - 1828)

Henry Raeburn, 1812

Painting of a crowded ornate hall with a chandelier, men in dark suits, and officials seated at green tables under a painted

Séance du club de la Délivrance, salle Valentino, le 15 novembre 1870

Jules Didier, 1871

Oil painting of the Hôtel de Cluny in Paris with a wooden fence covered in posters and pedestrians in the street.

L'Hôtel de Cluny en 1856

E. Godefroy, 1856

Painting of a Paris street outside a royal lottery office, with an elderly man checking a ticket among townspeople.

Bureau de la loterie royale sous la Restauration

Ecole française, 1820

Painting of a classical palace and stone bridge with an equestrian statue, framed by a dark archway with fishermen and cattle

Caprice architectural : un palais inspiré du Louvre et le Pont-Neuf s'encadrant dans l'arche d'un pont

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, 1775

Painting of a street battle with a tricolour flag, a man raising a sword, soldiers firing from a balcony, and bodies on the g

Combat de la rue de Rohan, le 29 juillet 1830

Hippolyte Lecomte, 1831

Full-length portrait of Napoleon Ier in green military uniform beside a map-covered table and gilded chair.

Portrait de Napoléon Ier (1769-1821), en uniforme de colonel des chasseurs de la Garde

Robert Lefèvre, 1809

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark cloak, with a sculpted relief of armored warriors behind him.

Portrait de Pierre Le Pautre (1660-1744), sculpteur

Jean Legros, 1729

Painting of an older woman in white with a red shawl and a young girl holding flowers, seated before dark foliage.

Portrait de Madame Bauquin Du Boulay et de sa nièce Mademoiselle Bauquin de La Souche

Gérard, François, baron, 1815

Painting of a nude woman seated on a daybed while a servant in a red striped dress attends her in an elegant interior.

Le Bain

Nicolas-René Jollain, 1780

Sepia interior: a man writes at a desk as a woman leans on his shoulder beside a lit oil lamp.

"Aimons toujours, aimons encore"

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1886

Oil sketch of a bearded man in a plumed, jewelled turban looking upward, with a fur-trimmed collar.

Ambassadeur du Mogol

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Painted portrait of an elderly man with long white hair in a gold-embroidered coat against a dark arched background.

Thomas Corneille

Esquisse de détail pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Etienne Marcel protège le Dauphin

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1889

Oval oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress with puffed sleeves and tan gloves, against a floral backdrop.

Portrait de Madame Abel Hermant

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1888

Portrait d'Henri Harpignies

Léon Bonnat, 1889

Oil portrait of a seated woman with white hair, dark cloak and pearls, beside a vase of white flowers.

Portrait de Madame Soyer

François Flameng, 1909

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a cap and dark jacket, holding a pipe, seated at a table against a reddish background.

Portrait du colonel La Villette

Maxime Maufra, 1911

Dim interior seen through a doorway, with a woman in a white headscarf seated beside a glowing hearth fire.

Intérieur flamand

Emile Renard, 1912

Oval portrait of a balding older man in a black coat, red cloak and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait de l'abbé Athanase Auger (1734-1792), philologue et littérateur

François Bonneville, 1792