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Half-length portrait of a woman in a black gown with a white pearl-trimmed lace collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Cornelia Tedingh van Berckhout (1614-80)

Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, 1648

Half-length oil portrait of an older bearded man in a white ruff collar and fur-trimmed dark coat against a black background.

Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1634

Still life of a flower bouquet in a stone vase with a snarling cat beside a wooden mouse trap on a dark background.

The overturned bouquet

Abraham Mignon, 1660 - 1679

Dark still life of grapes, peaches, a fig, a gilded cup, glass beaker, butterfly and snail on a ledge.

Still Life with Fruit and a Beaker on a Cock's Foot

Abraham Mignon, 1660 - 1679

Abstract painting on dark ground with glowing yellow disc, radiating lines, and concentric circles in ochre and yellow.

Idle Governor

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1940

Oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair against a dark background, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Portrait of Martín Boneo

Antonio Ciseri, 1863

Painting of a small boat with figures entering a dark sea cave lit by bright blue light from its arched opening.

The Blue Grotto on Capri

Carl Friedrich Seiffert, 1860

Painting of a bearded man in black robes with a halo, holding white lilies and pointing to a pale cloth at his chest.

Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto, 1542

Dark banquet scene with candlelit table, a severed head, a winged creature, and a ghostly figure with a sword above a throne.

Les deux têtes

Auguste Leroux, 1898

Dim kitchen interior with a woman at a counter, a man sorting fish on the floor, copper pots, and hanging meat.

In the kitchen

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1643

Oil portrait of a man in dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, red sash and medals, before red drapery.

Willem II (1792-1849), koning der Nederlanden

Nicaise de Keyser, 1825

Half-length portrait of an elderly man in a black cap holding a rolled document against a dark background.

Portrait of an old man holding a rolled up document in his hand

Joos van Cleve, 1525

William McKinley

Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1901

Oil portrait of a man in a red coat, white cravat and long curled wig against a dark background.

Governor William Berkeley (grayscale)

Peter Lely, 1917

Seated man in a black robe and white collar beside books and a staff, in a red chair against a dark background.

Suitbertus Purmerent (1587-1650)

Willem van der Vliet, 1631

Oil portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and black cravat against a shadowed background.

George Dodd

John Neagle, 1852

Oil portrait of a man with a mustache and large white lace ruff collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Jan van Ravesteyn, 1630

Oil portrait of a bald man in embroidered dark coat with red and blue sash and medals, holding a document.

Antonio González y González

Ricardo María Navarrete Fos, 1850

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair and a black high-collared dress against a dark background, signed J. Henner.

Portrait de Madame Herzog

Jean-Jacques Henner, 1875

Half-length portrait of a man in a black garment and gold chain, holding a small object, against a dark blue background.

Portrait of Charles the Bold

Rogier van der Weyden, 1454

Painted branch of pink honeysuckle flowers, buds and green leaves on a black background, signed G.P.S. 1837.

Blütenzweig der Heckenkirsche

Georg Philipp Schmitt, 1837

Full-length portrait of an older officer in dark blue uniform with red trim, decorated with medals, beside a spiked helmet.

Bildnis des Generals der Infanterie Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz

Julius Grün, 1873

Tavern scene with a bagpiper, a woman in a white headcloth, and men at a table, with an egg on the floor.

The egg dance

Cornelis Saftleven, 1637

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

Willem Ferdinand Mogge Muilman (1778-1849). President van de Nederlandse Bank

Thomas Lawrence, 1800

Painting of a mustached man in a dark coat and white collar, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Pablo de Sarasate: Portrait of a Violinist

William Merritt Chase, 1875

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, standing on a bare dry tree with golden ornaments against a dark backg

Petrus Christus - The Virgin of the dry Tree - 1465

Petrus Christus, 1465

Painting of a dark forest path at night, with tree trunks lit by moonlight leading toward a pale clearing.

Wood by Moonlight

Adriaan Jozef Heymans

Painting of a drunken woman slumped by a wheelbarrow in a courtyard as onlookers laugh and a dog watches nearby.

Wine is a Mocker

Jan Steen, 1663

Half-length portrait of a young man in a brown tunic and dark cap against a dark background, gazing toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Man

Pietro Perugino, 1480

Painting of a seated young man in a dark suit and tie with clasped hands, set in a dark interior with a wooden floor.

Young man in dark suit 1926

Josef Scharl, 1926