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Young David holds up Goliath's severed head by the hair, with a sword on his shoulder, against a dark background.

David with the head of Goliath

Caravaggio, 1600

Painting of a seated crowned god, a woman in green resting her hand on a white cow, in a wooded rocky landscape with birds.

Io, transformed into a cow, is handed to Juno by Jupiter

David Teniers the Elder, 1638

Jan Steen interior scene of a messy household with a woman in yellow, a man with wine, children, a dog and a pig.

Beware of Luxury (“In Weelde Siet Toe”)

Jan Steen, 1663

Painting of a bowed, thorn-crowned man in a red cloak tormented by two men, with an armored soldier in shadow at left.

Crowning with Thorns of Christ

Caravaggio, 1602

Painting of a bearded minstrel with a harp revealed to a cheering crowd in a medieval town square with a church.

Der als Minnesänger verkleidete Herzog Friedrich IV. gibt sich auf der Flucht aus Konstanz seinen treuen Tirolern zu…

Franz Schams, 1851

Nude woman bathing in a garden pool while two elderly men watch from behind rose bushes and trees.

Susanna and the Elders

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1555

Painting of nobles walking through a forest path with a palace and fields visible in the distance, 1593.

The emperor walking in the woods near Neugebäude Palace

Lucas van Valckenborch, 1593

Painting of a boy and girl on a stone wall with sheep and goats resting in grass below a roadside shrine.

Boy and Girl with Sheep and Goats

Leopold Brunner, 1849

Painting of a rocky landscape with a large tree, distant mountains, and figures in a confrontation on a dirt path.

Bandits in Romagna

Costantino Rosa, 1838

Crowded tavern feast with revelers raising glasses, two crowned figures at the table, a dog, and silver vessels.

The Feast of the Bean King

Jacob Jordaens, 1640

Painting of a torch-lit vaulted hall where a kneeling woman bends over a fallen body beside standing soldiers.

Caesar Octavianus finds Cleopatra by the body of Antonius

Josef Platzer, 1802

Painting of three men in robes beside a rocky cave and bare trees, with a distant town and hills under a dusk sky.

Three Philosophers

Giorgione, 1508

Painting of a man embracing a woman by a well as shepherds, sheep and a woman drawing water fill a hilly landscape.

Jacob Encountering Rachel with her Father's Herds

Joseph von Führich, 1836

Oil painting of a busy market street shaded by a tree and canvas awnings, with merchants, a hookah, and a distant minaret and

Constantinople Market

Alois Schönn, 1868

Painting of two cloaked walkers on a shaded forest path with tall trees, a stone monument, and a distant hill.

Path up the Mariahilfberg near Gutenstein

Josef Feid, 1830

Allegorical painting of an armored man and a woman in a red dress with a cupid and a figure holding a laurel wreath.

Allegory (Mars, Venus, Victoria and Cupido)

Paris Bordone, 1560

Painting of a forest hunting scene with figures among dead birds, and a bright landscape with flying birds under a blue sky.

The four elements: Air

Johann Jakob Hartmann, 1694

Painting of an elderly bearded man in bed blessing a kneeling child, surrounded by onlookers in a dim interior.

Jacob blesses the sons of Joseph

Carl Peter Goebel, 1820

Painting of a castle on a hill in a mountain valley under dramatic storm clouds, with sheep grazing on a green meadow.

Schloss Cles im Nonntal in Südtirol

Thomas Ender, 1846

Painting of a kneeling blonde woman accusing an armored man over a bloodied corpse, with crowned onlookers in a stone hall.

Kriemhild an der Leiche Siegfrieds erklärt Hagen als dessen Mörder und schwört Rache

Carl Rahl, 1835

Soldiers in uniform drinking and talking in a vaulted canteen, with a stove, a dog and a barrel on the wooden floor.

Soldaten in der Kantine

Friedrich Friedländer, 1875

Painting of a stormy sea with a rock arch, a tower on the cliff, and a small boat tossed by waves under a dark sky.

Sea Storm at Arco di Miseno near Miliscola with a View Towards Nisida

Josef Rebell, 1819

Soldiers in fur hats lead a donkey with a goose and rooster across a plank over a ravine, with a runner behind.

Auf der Requisition

Josef Anton Strassgschwandtner, 1856

Oil landscape with billowing clouds, sunlit trees beside a small stream, and hills under a blue sky.

Aus der Untersteiermark

Josef Brunner, 1885

Painting of a young man in red robe addressing a group of men in a wheat field, with sheep and sheaves of grain.

Josef erzählt seine Träume

Francis Hayman, 1845

Interior with a seated woman, a serving maid with a pail, and a child by a hearth on a checkered floor.

Woman and Child with Serving Maid

Pieter de Hooch, 1663

Painting of a warship and small boat near a palm-lined tropical beach with figures and distant mountains under hazy sky.

Kriegsschiff vor den Südseeinseln

Josef Püttner, 1854

Oil painting of a sunlit stone monastery on a hill, with a domed chapel, olive trees and figures in the foreground.

Kloster in Bethlehem

Bernhard Fiedler, 1882

Painting of a low-tide harbor with beached fishing boats, figures on the pebbled shore, and cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Der Hafen von Dieppe

Maria von Parmentier, 1878

Painting of a calm river harbor with sailing boats, a thatched cottage, figures on a wooden quay, and a distant windmill.

Scheldeufer

Ludwig Hermann, 1852

Painting of a sheep flock grazing on an open plain with a shepherd, under a cloud-filled sky.

Schafherde in der Puszta

Gustav Ranzoni, 1872

Painting of a bearded man reclining in a palm landscape, hands clasped and gazing upward toward a glowing sky, with a red clo

John in the Desert

Heinrich Füger, 1814

Painting of a forest pond with large oak trees, deer drinking at the water, and a dramatic cloudy sky.

Waldlandschaft

Josef Feid, 1841

Painting of a sunlit forest path with large oak trees, a pond in the foreground, two walkers with a dog, and a distant town.

Wood near Mödling

Joseph Altenkopf, 1850

Painting of a crowded village fair with timber houses, a river bridge, rocky cliffs and a castle under a blue sky.

Ideal landscape with fair

Joseph Orient, 1697

Painting of a forest with tall conifers and deciduous trees, rocky ground in front, and high sunlit mountains behind.

Forest Landscape in the High Mountains

Travelers in turbans cross a rushing river on a raft with swimming horses, rocky cliffs and a fortress behind them.

Überfahrt über den Tigris

Ágoston Schoefft

Panoramic painting of armored soldiers with pikes on a rocky slope, a fallen warrior on a ledge, and a river and city beyond.

The Suicide of Saul

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1562

Painting of card players at a table with coins, glasses, and bottles, with onlookers in period dress in a dim room.

Card Player (Ace is Trump)

Johann Georg Platzer, 1723

Painting of an armored rider on a horse leading a procession through a Gothic street, with spearmen and onlookers.

Der Einzug Kaiser Maximilians I. in Gent

Anton Petter, 1822

Painting of a woman playing lute and a laurel-crowned man with a sketchbook beside a stone pedestal in a garden.

Allegorie auf Musik und Malerei

Ludwig Mayer, 1873

Two women greet with clasped hands before a medieval town with arcades, towers and figures in the street.

The visitation

Marx Reichlich, 1502

Young man playing a flute on a rock beside a reclining older man, with a white cow and grazing herd in a wooded landscape.

Mercury playing the flute for Argus

David Teniers the Elder, 1638

Painting of a stormy coast with rocks, sailing boats on the sea, and a rider with pack animals on a hilltop path.

Küstenlandschaft mit Saumtieren

Johann Christian Brand, 1771

Painting of a bellowing red deer stag with large antlers in a grassy clearing at the edge of a dark forest.

Rutting stag

Franz Xaver von Pausinger, 1850

Painting of a bloody battle on a fortress rampart, with musketeers, turbaned archers, fallen soldiers, and billowing banners.

Sturm der Türken auf die Löwelbastei

Leander Russ, 1837

Night painting of a paddle steamer on a misty lagoon, with torch-lit mooring posts and sailors in a rowboat in the foreground

Nachtfahrt in der Lagune

Josef Püttner, 1857

Landscape painting with tall trees, a stone urn pedestal, figures on a dirt path, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Landschaft mit Postament

Christian Hilfgott Brand, 1753

Painting of a flat moorland with water channels, stacked peat, distant workers, and a flock of birds under a cloudy sky.

Large Moorland Landscape

Eugen Jettel, 1879

Oil painting of a crowded 19th-century room where family members gather around a table while a document is read aloud.

The Opening of the Will

Josef Danhauser, 1839

Painting of pilgrims and uniformed men gathered at an arched church doorway, with kneeling women in the foreground and hills

Wallfahrer

Friedrich Treml, 1842

Painting of a crowned emperor on a throne receiving kneeling nobles and banners, surrounded by knights and clergy.

Friedrich Barbarossa enfeoffs Heinrich Jasomirgott and Heinrich the lion

Karl von Blaas, 1860

Crowded 19th-century painting of civilians and soldiers on a dusty road beside a villa, with horsemen and carriages.

Der Auszug der Römer aus Vicenza

Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 1850

Painting of a man in a fur cloak and a woman in blue on a stormy rocky shore, with hunting dogs and a wrecked boat.

Arindal und Daura

Johann Peter Krafft, 1820

Painting of a reclining Bacchus in a cart surrounded by satyrs, revelers, a goat, a donkey and playful children.

Triumph of Bacchus

Michaelina Wautier, 1643

Painting of nude women bathing by a rocky forest stream beneath tall trees and a steep cliff, with a footbridge in the distan

Wald mit Nymphen

Josef Feid, 1828

Interior scene of a lavish feast with a corpulent man drinking, musicians, and a ragged beggar at the right edge.

Banquet of a rich glutton

Josef Danhauser, 1836

Painted interior of a gilded ceremonial hall with rows of robed officials facing a dais beneath an ornate ceiling.

Doge Morosini Receives the Command Staff

Giuseppe Borsato, 1838

Painting of a mounted duke entering a medieval city gate with clergy, soldiers, banners and a cheering crowd.

Herzog Leopolds des Glorreichen Einzug in Wien nach dem Kreuzzug von 1219

Josef Matyáš Trenkwald, 1872

Painting of a gondola of elegantly dressed people with musicians, a lute and mandolin, before a Venetian bell tower and palac

Giovanni Bellini and Albrecht Dürer are Celebrated by Venetian Artists

Jacopo D'Andrea, 1856

Painting of a family and men drinking outside a whitewashed village inn beside a birch tree, with a dog and hens.

In Front of the Village Inn

Rubens painting of allegorical river gods and nude women with a tiger and crocodile, with putti playing on the shore.

The Four Continents

Peter Paul Rubens, 1615

Painting of the Magi on horseback and camel with retinue, a star overhead, a walled town and elephants in the distance.

Journey of the Magi with their Retinue

August von Wörndle, 1852

Interior view of St Mark's Basilica with golden mosaics, a central altar, and crowds of figures on the marble floor.

Das Innere von San Marco

Giuseppe Borsato, 1815

Interior of a church with a central baptismal font, mosaic-decorated arches, and small figures in period dress.

Das Innere des Baptisteriums von San Marco in Venedig

Giovanni Battista de Pian, 1837

Triptych in gilded frame showing St. Wolfgang preaching outdoors, teaching children indoors, and praying in a mountain forest

The Legend of St. Wolfgang

Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, 1907

Panoramic 1758 battle painting of troops, smoke and a burning village on rolling hills, with wounded soldiers in the foregrou

The surprise attack by the Austrians on the Prussians at Hochkirch in Saxony, 14 October 1758

Johann Christian Brand, 1758

Interior of a crowded 17th-century gallery with paintings covering the walls, courtiers, sculptures and two small dogs on a w

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels

David Teniers the Younger, 1650

Oil sketch of a Roman forum scene: a crowd around a fallen woman in yellow, a man with a raised dagger, and a figure on a ped

The Death of Virginia

Heinrich Füger, 1800

Painting of cows, a grazing white horse, and two resting figures beside a cart under stormy clouds in a meadow.

Cow shepherds resting in the meadow next to their cows

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1829

Painting of a rustic cottage, large tree, figures by a plank bridge over a stream, rocks and distant village under clouds.

Landschaft bei Gutenstein

Dominik Schufried

Painting of a stag hunt with riders, hounds and deer in a forest clearing, a river with swimming stags and a boat, and a dist

A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529

Painting of a cavalry charge with mounted soldiers in green and red uniforms, raised sabres, and fallen men and horses in a f

The Battle of Kolin 1757

Karl von Blaas, 1865

Painting of a choppy river with sailing boats, a crowded rowing boat, and a distant town with a church tower and windmills.

View of Dordrecht from the Oude Maas

Jan van Goyen, 1644

Oil painting of a laurel-crowned woman in gold and teal robes gesturing toward a dark sky with a distant city behind her.

Bekränzte Muse

Harbour scene with boats and figures on a quay, a smoking volcano rising behind white buildings under a pale sky.

Granatello Harbour near Portici with Mount Vesuvius in the Background

Josef Rebell, 1819

Four figures at a table with wine, fruit and a violin in a dim interior; a man plays for a seated woman.

Making avances after the meal

Johann Georg Platzer, 1723

Painting of a sailing ship foundering in stormy seas near a rocky headland under dark, heavy clouds.

Schiffbruch bei Kap Hoorn

Josef Püttner, 1854

Painting of mounted officers on a battlefield with fallen soldiers and a burning village church, set in a gold ornate arched

The raid near Hochkirch in 1758

Karl von Blaas, 1866

Winter ruins of a vaulted cloister with snow on the stone floor and a distant castle on a mountain.

Klosterruine im Winter

Carl Hasenpflug, 1851

Classical landscape with ruined temple columns, a river with a rowing boat, figures on stone steps, and a distant city under

Landscape with the Vocation of St Peter

Károly Markó, 1848

Painting of a reclining lyre player with a laurel wreath, two men in a dark wooded landscape, and cranes flying overhead.

The Cranes of Ibycus

Heinrich Schwemminger

Mourners in traditional dress pray at a flower-decked grave beside an ornate iron cross outside a church wall.

Am Friedhof (

Friedrich Treml, 1847

Three arched painted panels with reclining women, nude male figures and a bearded man, framed by ornamental decoration.

Raffael, Rembrandt, Rubens

Hans Makart, 1881

Sunset over a calm bay with framed trees, distant mountains, and small figures dancing and resting on a grassy slope.

Sonnenuntergang über den Campi Flegrei gegen die Inseln Procida und Ischia

Josef Rebell, 1819

Painting of a steam locomotive arriving in a vast glass-roofed station hall crowded with people in 19th-century dress.

Arrival of a train at Vienna northwest-station

Karl Karger, 1875

Oil painting of a black and white bull standing on straw in a barn beside wooden crates and a bucket.

Stier im Stall

Edmund Mahlknecht

Painting of a herdsman with cows and sheep on a hilltop under a stormy sky, with a distant village and tower.

Rolling landscape with cows and sheep

Johann Christian Brand, 1771

Painting of a bustling Vienna square with market vendors, a carriage, a church tower and tall townhouses under a pale sky.

View of Freyung Plaza in Vienna from South-East

Bernardo Bellotto, 1759

Women run barefoot toward the shore as a small boat struggles in breaking waves under a gray sky.

Sturm

Friedrich Klein-Chevalier, 1908

Painting of a forest edge with cattle on a wooden bridge, a stream, deer, and a distant castle under a cloudy sky.

Waldausgang

Johann Josef Schindler

Stormy landscape with a rocky outcrop, a rider on a white horse, cattle, a ruined tower and rushing water under clouds.

Landscape with ruin and rider in the moonlight

Johann Christian Brand, 1771

Painting of a quiet forest with tall trees, a rocky stream, and deer in a grassy clearing under a cloudy sky.

Der stille Waldwinkel

Oil painting of a bearded prisoner seated in a stone cell while a crowned knight in armour and an attendant look on.

Ludwig der Bayer verkündet Friedrich dem Schönen 1314 seine Freilassung und bietet ihm die Mitregentschaft an

Leopold Schulz, 1864

Interior of a 19th-century painting studio with students at easels, a seated artist with a dog, and a black stove.

Atelier with painting students

Josef Danhauser, 1828

Painting of a hilltop castle above a wooded gorge, with a wooden bridge over a rocky stream and terraced slopes.

Schloss Tirol bei Meran

Thomas Ender, 1843