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Two youths in period dress play with a white and gray cat, one lifting it while the other reaches up toward it.

Youths playing with the cat

Abraham Bloemaert, 1620

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

Painting of pink roses and rose buds with green leaves and thorny stems on a dark background.

Pink roses. 20 x 14 cm

Johan Laurentz Jensen

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

Portrait of a young woman in a red coin-decorated cap, white robe and striped shawl against a dark background.

Young lady wearing a middle-eastern costume

Winged Cupid draws back red drapery beside a sleeping nude Psyche on a bed in a classical columned interior.

Cupid and Psyche by Francois-Edouard Picot, Louvre

François-Édouard Picot

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

Painting of a rose branch with a white rose, two red roses and buds against a black background.

Roses and Buds (Boston Public Library)

George Cochran Lambdin, 1878

Dim painting of a woman holding a large loaf while two children lean in to eat bread beside her.

Emile Friant - le pain

Émile Friant, 1894

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curled hair, bare shoulders and a sheer shawl against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady (said to be Eleanor, Countess of Harborough, 1772-1809)

Thomas Lawrence, 1769

Painting of a shaded park path lined with birch trunks, with bright sunlight striking the white bark and the ground.

Sunlight in the park

Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1898

Still life painting of red, white and yellow roses in a blue-banded cream jug beside two bowls on a table.

Kurt Schwitters Rosenstilleben mit zwei Schalen

Kurt Schwitters

Woman in black dress with red collar reads a letter beside white flowers in a richly furnished interior.

The letter

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1884

Bearded seated figure in grey robe and dark headdress on a fan-shaped sheet with red seal stamps.

The Chinese God of War (image 2 of 2)

Katsushika Hokusai

Stylized 1914 landscape with orange sunset, blue sea with red zigzag waves, dark hills, and two red-roofed houses.

1914 van Heemskerck Landschaft, Bild I, anagoria

Jacoba van Heemskerck, 1914

1918 poster showing a factory worker and a US soldier flanking pillars under a striped banner with an eagle emblem.

Soldier or mechanic image extracted

Unknown artist, 1919

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a rose-trimmed hat and red jacket, with pink roses, in a green garden setting.

En el jardín

Ernesto de la Cárcova

Painting of a brown cow reclining in a green meadow beside dark trees, with another cow grazing nearby.

Cows Reclining

Louis Wiesenberg

Painting of Christ bound and scourged, wearing a crown of thorns, with two executioners and a figure holding red drapery.

The Flagellation of Christ

Jacopo Tintoretto