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798 works

Painting of Notre Dame cathedral across a wet quay, with two nuns walking, a seated man with a dog, and carriages.

Notre Dame de Paris

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1890

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and Joseph kneeling before the Christ child, shepherds, an angel, an ox and a donkey.

The Nativity

Pietro Perugino, 1500-05

Painting of a black and white cow standing in a grassy field in front of a line of trees.

Study of a Cow

Émile van Marcke, c. 1875-90

Venetian painting of the Flight into Egypt with a mother and child on a donkey, a leading figure, sheep, and a river landscap

The Flight into Egypt

Unknown artist, c. 1545

Classical landscape with draped figures in the foreground and a colossal figure carved into a mountain beside a river valley.

Mount Athos Carved as a Monument to Alexander the Great

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1796

Painting of a chariot race in a Roman circus with galloping horses, dust clouds, and a crowded stand of spectators.

Chariot Race

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1876

Anonymous 17th-century battle painting of armored horsemen and soldiers fighting with spears on a rocky slope under cloudy sk

David Slaying Goliath

Unknown artist, 1600-50

Painting of Adam and Eve in paradise with animals, an angel and cherubs in the sky above a landscape.

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Francesco Solimena, c. 1700

Angel drives Adam and Eve from a dark stormy paradise while a serpent coils on the ground below.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Benjamin West, 1791, retouched 1803

Painting of two women carrying wicker baskets walking down a tree-lined Parisian street with a dog and a figure in black.

Two Washerwomen Crossing a Small Park in Paris

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1890

Painting of a stormy alpine valley with avalanche and rushing snow, dark cliffs, and tiny figures in the foreground.

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836-37

Two donkeys in a rustic courtyard by a barn, with a boy in a cap standing at right and chickens near a barrel.

Spain

Francisco Domingo Marqués, 1878

Painting of a woman in a headscarf feeding chickens while a child clings to her skirt beside a straw pile.

Woman Feeding Chickens

Jean-François Millet, 1846-48

Painting of a riverside market on the Seine with apple crates, stalls, figures, barges, and a cathedral spire behind.

The Apple Market

Stanislas Lépine, c. 1880

Painting of a dusk crowd in white headdresses and dark clothing with glowing lights, two silhouetted women on a hilltop under

Pardon in Brittany

Gaston La Touche, 1896

Peasants carry a newborn calf on straw past a cow and a stone farmhouse, with children watching from the doorway.

Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields

Jean-François Millet, 1864

Painting of an 18th-century festival crowd in elegant dress, with garlands, a jumping dog, and spectators on a wooden platfor

Festival in Piazza Navona

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1729

Painting of mounted cavalry riding down a muddy road past a saluting civilian beside a wooden bridge.

My Former Regiment

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, 1881

Dutch sailing ships and whaling boats in icy Arctic waters, with men battling polar bears on an ice floe in the foreground.

The Dutch Whaling Fleet

Abraham Storck, c. 1695

Soldiers in a muddy trench carry a wounded man past a dugout under a cloudy sky, with a dog in the foreground.

In the Trench

Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour, c. 1875

Painting of riders and figures crossing a stone arched bridge over a stream, with trees and a cottage under a soft evening sk

Landscape with Figures Crossing a Bridge

John Rathbone, 1790-1800

Saint George on a white horse spears a dragon while a kneeling princess watches, with a castle and spectators behind.

Saint George and the Dragon

Bernat Martorell, 1434-35

Tibetan thangka of a seated monk with disciples, snowy mountains, clouds, and animals in a lower register.

Milarepa on Mount Kailash

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Painting of an allegorical female figure with a tricolor flag above soldiers and fallen men in a smoky battlefield.

The Defense of Paris

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1870-71

Painting of a sleeping youth reclining as a crescent-crowned woman leans toward him, with cherubs and a dog nearby.

Diana and Endymion

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Painting of a town street with houses, villagers and a rider, a church spire and a hilltop castle in the distance under a blu

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1760

Painting of an equestrienne riding a grey horse in a circus ring as a ringmaster with a whip looks on.

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887-88

Painting of nude Venus in a shell chariot drawn by doves, with Cupid, above smiths working at a glowing forge.

Venus and Cupid at the Forge of Vulcan

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on a pedestal, with halos, a white dove, and a cloudy sky behind them.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1516

Painting of Saint John the Baptist behind prison bars speaking to two disciples, with a chained dog and Gothic buildings.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60