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Painting of bruised red apples heaped on an orange cloth against a dark background, in loose, thick brushstrokes.

Apples

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and frilled cuffs, seated with hands folded, labelled William Prowting

William Prowting. Mezzotint by C. Townley, 1797, after L. Abbott

Lemuel Francis Abbott

Seated nude bearded man with head bowed beside a lyre and scroll, draped in blue cloth against a dark background.

(Cahors) Orphée - Henri Martin - Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin

Reclining woman in blue and white dress on a couch, with an older woman and a man in shadow behind a table with a pitcher.

Die Kurtisane

Jozef Israels, Naakt aan een bron

Portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, white blouse slipping off one shoulder, against a dark background.

Porträt eines jungen Mädchens

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1770

Winged figures carry the limp nude body of a man through dark clouds in a dramatic Fuseli painting.

Sleep and Death carrying away Sarpedon of Lycia

Henry Fuseli, 1803

Full-length portrait of a woman in a red velvet gown with lace, holding a fan, beside a fur wrap and green drapery.

Portrait of Vera Zubov

Konstantin Makovsky, 1877

Half-length portrait of a young man in a powdered wig, grey coat with blue lining and gold buttons, against a dark background

John Gainsborough (1711-1772)

Thomas Gainsborough, 1731

Painting of a nude woman holding a sword beside a reclining figure, set against dark and red background.

Judith und Holofernes

Franz von Stuck, 1927

Half-length portrait of a young man in a black beret and black coat with white lace collar, against green.

Portrait of a 19 Man aged 19 in black clothes

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532

Painting of red gladioli in a dark glass vase on a table against a dark red background, with one yellow flower.

Vase with Red Gladioli

Vincent van Gogh

Stylized 1914 landscape with dark hills, blue water with zigzag edges, a glowing orange sunset, and two houses with red roofs

Landschaft, Bild I

Jacoba van Heemskerck, 1914

Oil self-portrait of a young man with dark hair, white collar and red tie, gazing at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas, ca. 1855-56

Watercolor of a smiling woman in Dalecarlian folk dress with striped skirt and red scarf, against a dark background.

Dalecarlian girl from Rättvik

Anders Zorn, 1883

Painting of a turbaned woman in a blue mantle resting her hand on an open book with Latin text, with a quill and inkwell besi

Guercino - Salerno, 287

Candlelit nativity: Mary lifts a cloth over the infant Christ in a manger as shepherds and a sheep gather around.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerard van Honthorst, 1622

Two smiling women in traditional dress read a handwritten letter together beside a wooden table and chair.

Franz von Defregger Der Liebesbrief 1884

Franz von Defregger, 1884

Color woodcut of abstracted boats, green trees and blue waves in flat geometric shapes on a black background.

Boat and Trees

Jacoba van Heemskerck, 1914

Painted bouquet of pink roses, yellow carnations and white blossoms on black, with a blue ribbon and insects.

Blumenbouquet mit Insekten

Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1721

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red velvet coat and blue ribbon, against a dark background with sky.

Portrait of a Man

Nicolas de Largillière

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair in a red dress with pearl necklace against a dark background.

Diana Cecil, Mrs Turner

Peter Lely, 1599

Red devils in flames beside a quotation about the Lusitania, on a black Barron Collier patriotic series poster from 1918.

Chums

Barron Collier, 1918

Oil painting of a woman in a pink dress seen from behind, hands on hips, against a dark background.

Damenbildnis

Wilhelm Thöny, 1911

Painting of a woman in a lace shawl offering a glass to a bullfighter in a red cape and embroidered vest.

Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter

Mary Cassatt, 1873

Painting of a bouquet of yellow roses and red tulips in a blue glass vase against a dark background.

Fleurs dans un vase

Francis Picabia

Painted portrait of a young woman in a red headscarf holding prayer beads at a table beside a folding fan.

Emile Bernard Irène 1926

Émile Bernard, 1926

Painting of a robed figure in red and blue raising a hand as bearded men gather around, one holding out a coin.

The Tribute Money

John Singleton Copley

Pastel drawing of Christ with a glowing crown of red thorns against a dark background, by Odilon Redon.

Redon, Christ with Red Thorns, c. 1895 - 1900

Odilon Redon, 1895

Painting of yellow daisies in a glazed ochre vase with a dark background and draped brown cloth below.

Yellow Daisies in a Brown Bowl

Martin Johnson Heade