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Painting of a skeletal Death figure in a white shroud among a violent crowd, with a fallen man and broken pottery in the fore

Death is Fierce and Quick

Joos van Craesbeeck, 1648

Nativity painting with kneeling Virgin in blue, Christ Child on ground, Joseph, ox and donkey, and a landscape beyond arches.

The Nativity

Bernard van Orley

Crowd of townspeople dragging a toppled bronze statue past brick buildings, with banners waving and a dog in the foreground.

The Shattered Statue of the Duke of Alva Being Dragged Through the Streets

Charles Verlat, 1888

Three cows on a dirt path beside windblown trees under a dark, stormy sky, with grazing cattle in the distant field.

Before the Thunderstorm

Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas

Painting of a calm pond beside willow trees, thatched cottages on the far bank, and seated figures on the grass.

Landscape near Saint-Germain-en-Laye

César de Cock, 1879

Two riders on horses walk through shallow tidal water toward a moored boat and figures on a cloudy beach.

Alongside the beach

Evert Pieters, 1903

Painting of a bearded violin maker in a dark coat carving a violin in a cluttered workshop with hanging instruments.

The violin maker

Willem Linnig, 1878

Two women in dark coats and hats walk along a city street with a horse cart and pedestrians behind them.

Women on the Rokin in Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner, 1895

Seated woman in red jacket and white collar holding a red parasol, painted in loose brushwork on a muted background.

The Lady with Red Parasol

James Ensor, 1880

Painting of an Amsterdam canal with gabled houses, bare trees, a moored barge and church towers under a grey sky.

Short Prinsengracht near the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner, 1875

Woman seated at a window looking over a sunlit Antwerp square with a church tower and row of old houses.

The Teniersplaats in Antwerp

Henri de Braekeleer, 1876

Painting of a flower garland with tulips and roses framing a grey Madonna and Child relief in a stone niche.

The Holy Family in a flower garland

Daniël Seghers, 1650

Painting of a mounted commander on a white horse in a battlefield with fallen soldiers and a carried wounded man.

The Victory of Alexander over King Porus

Charles-André Vanloo, 1738

Painting of Christ ascending into a teal sky while apostles and the Virgin Mary gaze upward in awe.

Ascension of Christ

Giacomo Cavedone, 1640

Painting of a bearded man in green and white robes holding a wooden cross beside a carved stone pedestal.

Allegory of Navigation with a Cross-Staff

Paolo Veronese, 1555

Painting of a busy Venetian square with a tall bell tower, arcaded buildings, a clock tower and strolling figures.

Piazza San Marco Looking South and West

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1763

Painting of a hillside mining town with a domed church, smokestack, horse carts, and mountains under a pale sky.

Mina Real del Monte, s. XIX - Eugenio Landesio

Eugenio Landesio pta, 2019

Painting of a crescent moon over a calm shore with fishing nets on wooden racks and distant sailboats at dusk.

Seaside moonlight

Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

Painting of three monkeys stealing fruit from a basket of grapes, peaches and melons beside porcelain dishes.

Three Monkeys Stealing Fruit

Frans Snyders, 1630

Girl in red hood with basket beside a sleeping animal in a dim barn, lit by arched windows.

Little Red Riding Hood

François Fleury-Richard, 1820

Oil portrait of a young woman in white headdress and dark gown reading a small book against a red background.

Young Woman in Orison Reading a Book of Hours

Ambrosius Benson, 1532

Rubens painting of gods gathered on Olympus with a bearded enthroned king above, chasing fleeing nude figures below.

The gathering of the gods on Olympus chasing the Vices, 1622-1625

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Painting of nude and clothed women escaping on horseback and on foot through woods, with soldiers fighting on a hill above.

Cloelia Passing the Tiber

Peter Paul Rubens, 1625

Painting of a winding river oxbow through farmland beneath a storm on the left and sunlit clouds on the right.

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm - The Oxbow

Thomas Cole, 1836

Painting of a winged nude youth holding a torch and reins among a lion, horse, eagle, doves, and cherubs in a stormy sky.

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

Benjamin West, 1809

Hanging scroll of a robed scholar walking beneath pine trees before blue-green mountains on a gold ground.

Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape

Chen Hongshou, 1633

Handscroll painting of a snowy landscape with bare trees, a rustic riverside house, a footbridge, and misty hills.

Snowy landscape with rustic riverside retreat

Liu Songnian, ca. late 12th century

Gilded religious panel of the Virgin Mary crowned by angels, surrounded by musician angels and kneeling apostles below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ambrogio Bergognone, ca. 1510

Painting of the crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John grieving beside Christ on the cross, skull below.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen, ca. 1624-25

Young man seated in a red upholstered chair by a desk, looking up at soap bubbles floating in a dim interior.

Soap Bubbles

Thomas Couture, ca. 1859