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Abstract painting of colorful circles and arcs with a red Eiffel Tower and a biplane in the sky, by Robert Delaunay, 1914.

Homage to Blériot

Robert Delaunay, 1914

Portrait of a young woman with dark bangs in a black high-necked dress against a warm brown paneled wall.

Marie

Amedeo Modigliani, 1918

Abstract painting of a townscape with angular ochre and green facades, arches, and stepped rooftops by Paul Klee.

Façade Brown-Green

Paul Klee, 1919

Angular painting of a sleeping woman in red and ochre tones, with a night view of a church and cross through a window.

Sleeping woman

Gustave De Smet, 1919

Painting of a bound, bloodied figure in a red robe with a crown of thorns, flanked by two men in white and dark armor.

Ecce homo

Lovis Corinth, 1925

Oil portrait of a man in a wig holding a hunting gun, with a spaniel, dead game and a hound beside him.

Portrait d'un chasseur - Alexandre-François Desportes - KB 1090

Alexandre François Desportes, 1704

Half-length oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a dark dress with red trim and a gold necklace, against a brown backgro

Portrait of Luise Bachofen-Burckhardt

Ernst Stückelberg, 1865

Abstract watercolor by Paul Klee showing a blue disc with organic shapes above jagged green and olive rock forms on blue.

Im Lande Edelstein

Paul Klee, 1929

Painting of Venus seated with three cupids handling Mars's sword and helmet, with white doves flying above.

Venus and Cupids with the Arms of Mars

Charles André van Loo, 1743

Dark stormy landscape with a crowd of swirling figures in the foreground and ruined arches on the right.

Scène de sabbat

Eugène Delacroix, 1831

Abstract landscape with a stylized fir tree, an orange sun and overlapping colored rectangles on a textured ground.

Small Picture of Fir Trees

Paul Klee, 1922

Painting of centaurs fighting on rocky ground, one raising a boulder overhead under a cloudy blue sky.

Fight of the Centaurs

Arnold Böcklin, 1872

Half-length nude woman with pink flowers in her hair and an amber necklace, holding a pink flower before blue foliage.

Self-Portrait as a Half-Length Nude with Amber Necklace II

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906

Abstract painting of overlapping blue geometric shapes, arches and triangles outlined in dark lines on a blue border.

Blue Night

Paul Klee, 1937

Winter pond with bare trees, snow patches and a standing figure, painted in soft grey and green tones.

L'étang de Montfoucault, effet d'hiver

Camille Pissarro, 1874

Painting of Jesus raising Lazarus from a tomb, with startled onlookers and a dark rocky cave around them.

La Résurrection de Lazare

Eugène Delacroix, 1850

Narrow vertical abstract painting on textured canvas with pink and grey fields, a white bowl with red foot, and geometric sha

Vegetable-Analytic

Paul Klee, 1932

Oval painting of a calm bay with an old stone fortification, a tall tower, sailing and rowing boats, and figures on the shore

Bay with Old Fortification

Jan van Goyen, 1650

Painting of sunlit alpine peaks with rose and ochre rock faces, snow patches, and a green meadow under a pale blue sky.

Die Dents Blanches bei Champéry in der Morgensonne

Ferdinand Hodler, 1916

Rembrandt painting of a kneeling youth presenting a severed head before a gold-robed king and soldiers, with a mounted rider

David with Goliath's head before Saul (1 Samuel 17:57-58)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1627

Painting of a wooded island with dancing robed figures, bathing nudes and swans on a dark lake under a cloudy sky.

The island of life

Arnold Böcklin, 1888

Abstract watercolor of colored rectangular blocks with dots, signed Klee, titled Motif from Hamammet, 1914.

Motif from Hamammet

Paul Klee, 1914

Painting of a bearded king in red robes gesturing to a kneeling armored knight holding a golden cup against gold background.

David et Abisaï, scène extraite de David et les trois preux, retable du Miroir du salut

Konrad Witz, 1435

Abstract painting of irregular rectangles in pink, orange, green, blue and grey divided by black lines.

Composition in Dissonances

Theo van Doesburg, 1919

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a black hat, black costume and white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Gérard ter Borch, 1661

Abstract landscape of horizontal colour bands with slender green poplar trees, an orange block and small dark birds.

Landscape with Poplars

Paul Klee, 1929

Painting of a bearded man in a red cloak wading a river carrying a child, with rocky cliffs and a village behind.

Saint Christopher

Konrad Witz, 1435

Geometric abstract painting of black grid lines with white, grey, yellow, and blue rectangles.

Composition en demi-valeurs

Theo van Doesburg, 1928

Abstract painting of faceted pastel rock shapes beside a blue sea band under layered grey horizontal stripes.

Promontorio Ph

Paul Klee, 1933

Painting of an overgrown garden with a pale statue among roses, tall grasses, a stone urn and a curved stone basin.

Venus Abandoned

Arnold Böcklin, 1860

Painting of cowherds driving cattle, sheep and a mule through a shallow stream beneath a rocky cave arch at sunset.

Cowherds in a Cave

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1654

Painting of Christ and the Virgin Mary praying with hands joined against a gold background, in an arched panel.

Christ bidding farewell to the Virgin

Gerard David, 1490

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair and round wire glasses, wearing a dark coat and white collar, against a dark background

Portrait of Jakob Mähly

Arnold Böcklin, 1848

Painting of Christ carrying the cross past armored soldiers and a crowd toward a walled city, with a tree and women at right.

Christ bearing the cross

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1517

Painting of a boy in a black cap holding a white and black cat against a muted brown background.

Boy with Cat

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1903

Painting of a village street with colorful houses, a woman in a blue hat in the foreground, and figures walking on the road.

Street in Åsgårdstrand

Edvard Munch, 1901

Paul Klee's 1928 painting: rows of small colored drawn houses and towers on a white panel under a dark disc, yellow border.

A Page from the Book of Towns

Paul Klee, 1928

Armored rider on a white horse overlooks a stone bridge, a hilltop town and a procession under a dark stormy sky.

The March of the Goths

Arnold Böcklin, 1881

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and gold chain, with trees and rolling hills behind him.

Portrait of Jacob of Savoy

Hans Memling, 1470

Paul Klee watercolor and ink drawing in yellow and grey bands of stylized plants and geometric motifs, 1924.

ARA. “Cooling in a Garden of the Torrid Zone”

Paul Klee, 1924

Painting of a large chestnut tree beside a grassy path leading to white farmhouses on rolling hills under a pale sky.

Chestnut trees in Osny

Camille Pissarro, 1883

Painting of a pale nude figure with raised arms bound to a large red tree trunk, with flowers below and a blue sky.

Saint Sebastian (Basel)

Odilon Redon, 1910

Two standing men in medieval armor and red robes hold goblets against a gold patterned background, on a tiled floor.

Sibbechai et Benaïa, scène extraite de David et les trois preux, retable du Miroir du salut

Konrad Witz, 1435

Painting of a woman in a red and gold dress beside a child holding an arrow, in front of green drapery.

Venus and Cupid

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1526

Painting of a green mountain peak under swirling blue and white clouds, with mist around its lower slopes.

Der Niesen bei Regen von Heustrich aus

Ferdinand Hodler, 1910

Loose oil sketch of a seated nude woman with blonde hair, face turned upward, against dark drapery and red background.

Nereid

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Paul Klee's Senecio: a geometric, mask-like face with red eyes and blocky pink, yellow and white planes.

Senecio

Paul Klee, 1922

Group portrait of a family with a bearded man, women, young men and a child, with a marble bust and skull in the foreground.

The family of the engraver Matthäus Merian I (1593-1650)

Matthäus Merian the younger, 1642

Portrait du père Tanguy

Émile Bernard, 1887

Painting of a green-skinned winged figure with a scythe striding over a street where people lie fallen and flee.

The Plague

Arnold Böcklin, 1898

Abstract painting of thick black linework forming arches, faces and shapes, with flat red, yellow, green and purple accents o

Rich Harbor (A picture of a journey)

Paul Klee, 1938

Painting of women seated on a green bench under blue-trunked trees, with figures in orange, yellow and grey clothing.

The Market

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Fresco-style painting of King David with a crown and harp in an arched niche, with a winged cherub holding a scroll below.

King David

Arnold Böcklin, 1868

Abstract painting of colored blocks in blue, ochre, olive and black with two small stick figures at lower left.

With the two lost ones

Paul Klee, 1938

Painting of a turquoise lake with white clouds reflected in it, blue mountains on the horizon, and trees on a grassy shore.

Lake Geneva as seen from Chexbres

Ferdinand Hodler, 1905

Painting of the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and the Christ Child under a red canopy, with a dove above and cherubs in garlands.

Virgin with Child and Saint Anne

Hans Baldung Grien

Two young women in red bodices and leafy wreaths hold a tambourine and palm branch beside a sunlit bay with sailboats.

Dies palmarum, two Neapolitan girls returning from the festival

Léopold Robert, 1823

Painting of a young girl with dark bobbed hair in a grey pinafore dress, standing before a red chair against a grey backgroun

Girl Standing in Black Pinafore

Amedeo Modigliani, 1918

Oil portrait of a woman in a grey dress leaning against a tree at dusk, holding a handkerchief, with a distant landscape.

Portrait of Louisa Schmid

Arnold Böcklin, 1849

Pastel portrait of a man in a gray cap and blue striped coat against a dark background.

Portrait of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)

Jakob Emanuel Handmann, 1753

Painting of a brick castle with a stone gateway, figures on a lawn, large trees on the left and reeds by water.

Castle Nijenrode

Jan van der Heyden, 1665

Painted portrait of an elderly man in a fur cap and black robe, holding a coral rosary, with golden halo rays behind him.

Portrait of an old man (Pius Joachim)

Master of the Mornauer Portrait, 1475

Oil portrait of an older man in a black cap and fur-trimmed dark coat against a blue background.

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1530

Painting of a columned courtyard with arches, crowds on balconies, trumpeters above, and a small child in the foreground.

Samson destroying the Temple of Dagon

Salomon de Bray, 1659