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Dark vaulted prison interior with shackled prisoners, guards, and officials at a desk under a barred window.

Brutal Interrogation

Alessandro Magnasco, 1727

Portrait of a seated woman in a white bonnet, chin resting on her hand at a red table against a dark background.

Mrs Humphrey Devereux

John Singleton Copley, 1771

Oil painting of Christ with two followers on a road, one in red robes with a staff, in a dim architectural setting.

Christ and Two Followers on the Road to Emmaus

Alonso Cano, 1635

Dark nativity scene with Mary and infant Christ, shepherds, animals, and cherubs gathered in a stable under the night sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Ignazio Stern, 1700

Painting of a dark forest clearing at dusk with bare trees, scattered rocks, and a pale pink sky over distant hills.

Clairière en forêt, Fontainebleau

Henri Harpignies, 1866

Oil painting of a haloed priest in white surplice holding a crucifix and palm fronds beside an open book on a table.

St. John Nepomucene

Szymon Czechowicz

Oil portrait of a balding older man in glasses holding a letter at a desk, with a sailing ship visible through a window.

Portrait of the artist’s father, Levy Lesser

Aleksander Lesser, 1850

Painting of an elderly man with white hair and beard, head bowed, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Portrait of an old man

Kazimierz Mirecki, 1880

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a white pleated ruff against a dark background, dated 1600.

Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (1547-1615)

Juan de Jáuregui, 1600

Oil portrait of a woman in black bodice and white lace cap holding a fan and a pink carnation, dark background.

Portrait of Else Jensdatter Plade

Peder Joensen, 1687

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and dark coat with white collar, dated 1541 in gold inscription.

Portrait of a Man

Master of the, 1541

Interior of a rustic farmhouse where a fiddler plays while children dance and a woman holds a baby by the fire.

Sunday Evening in a Farmhouse in Dalecarlia

Amalia Lindegren, 1860

Interior of a convent schoolroom with nuns and girls at work, an open doorway showing a sunlit mountain landscape.

L’École des sœurs

François Marius Granet, 1833

Portrait of an older bearded man in black with a white collar, holding a tool beside a pale sculpture against a dark backgrou

Juan Martínez Montañés

Diego Velázquez, 1635

Seated woman in a feathered hat holds a young girl with a kitten, with a dog, doll and rose bush beside them in a dark garden

Une femme assise tenant une jeune fille sur ses genoux

Marguerite Gérard, 1799

Four bearded men in black with white ruffs and broad hats sit at a table with a ledger, quill and inkwell.

The Regents of the French Protestant Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1631

Jacob Lyon, 1631

Painting of a woman in a white apron working at an easel in a dim studio filled with sculpture and objects.

Sophie Unternährer at her easel

François Bonvin, 1848

Oil portrait of a young man with brown hair in a dark jacket, yellow waistcoat and white cravat, in a wooden frame.

Portret van kleinzoon Wed. A. van Strij

Johannes Rutten

Painting of Christ in a red robe with outstretched arms addressing seated apostles around a table with bread and a chalice.

The Last Supper

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1840

Oil portrait of a woman with upswept dark hair, wearing a blue shawl, turquoise necklace and drop earrings against a dark bac

Portrait of Lady Byng, née Marie Evelyn Moreton

Philip de László, 1917

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

Self Portrait

Thomas Lawrence, 1787

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black embroidered gown, white pleated ruff and lace cap, against a dark background.

Portrait of an unknown woman

Jan van Bijlert, 1627

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark brown habit against a dark background.

Old man in a brown habit

Marcello Bacciarelli, 1780

Painting of a woman asleep in a wildflower meadow with blue butterflies and dark hills behind her.

Alina

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1880

Dark vanitas still life with a skull, sunflower, tulips, roses, oranges, a pocket watch and a Hebrew tablet on marble.

Vanitas Still Life with a Sunflower

Maria van Oosterwijck, 1675

Painting of the Holy Family in a dark interior, with a glowing infant lifted by a kneeling woman and angels above.

La Sainte Famille ou la Nativité

Joseph-Benoît Suvée, 1785

Oil self-portrait of an elderly bald man in black holding a brush, with a painted head on an easel beside him.

Self-portrait

Fra Galgario, 1732

Seated man in blue uniform with sash and medals, beside a map, inkstand and quills, with a plumed hat on the floor.

Manuel de Godoy

Antonio Carnicero, 1807

Oil portrait of a young woman with light hair, pearl necklace and green gown with gold embroidery against a dark background.

Portrait d'Agatha van Hartigsvelt (Verelst)

Pieter Hermansz Verelst

Arthur Georg Freiherr von Ramberg

Franz von Lenbach, 1862