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Half-length portrait of a woman with dark bangs in a brown dress, set against a blue-grey background with plants.

Bildnis Clara Bruckmann-Böcklin

Arnold Böcklin, 1876

Holy Family with young John the Baptist in a mountain landscape, set in an ornate gilded frame.

De H. Familie met Johannes de Doper als kind in een berglandschap

Herri met de Bles, 1525

Cubist still life with a bottle labeled Fraises, a glass, and a newspaper in muted browns, greys and cream.

The Pot of Strawberry Jam

Juan Gris, 1917

Abstract painting on yellow ground with a large black disc at top, red and grey shapes, and dripping paint below.

Schwarz, noch am Ort

Paul Klee, 1940

Oil still life of a grey vase holding red, pink and orange flowers against a dark background.

A Bunch of Dark Flowers

Gustave De Smet, 1919

Dark still life with a wine glass, fish on a pewter plate, bread, walnuts, onions, grapes and a red draped cloth.

Still life with a roemer, fish, bread, walnuts, onions and grapes on a dark cloth

Willem van Aelst, 1679

Nativity scene with Mary kneeling, Joseph in red holding a candle, angels around the manger, and a river landscape beyond a w

The Nativity

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1520

Older man playing bagpipe beside smiling older woman in white headdress holding sheet music, rural landscape behind.

A Couple Making Music

Jan Matsys, 1565

Cubist still life by Juan Gris showing a guitar, newspaper, and glass in blue, black, and brown geometric planes.

Guitar, Book and Newspaper

Juan Gris, 1920

Painting of Saint Ursula kneeling in red velvet among a crowd of richly dressed young women, with a sword and arrow on the gr

Saint Ursula and the Virgins

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1550

Christ seated on a globe with clasped hands, interceding before God the Father amid cherubs holding Passion instruments.

Christ Interceding with God the Father

Ambrosius Holbein, 1515

Carol singers and musicians gather before a snowy wooden house at dusk, a man lifting a glowing star lantern.

A Christmas Carol in Lucerne

Hans Bachmann, 1887

Painting of a green siren-like figure with red ornaments beside a pale shell under a swirling red and blue sky.

Siren

Odilon Redon, 1900

Painting of the Virgin Mary with long auburn hair holding a nude infant Jesus who holds bread, dark background.

Madonna and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529

Muted abstract painting with a central red disc surrounded by small letters, line drawings and fantastical shapes.

Ad marginem

Paul Klee, 1930

Bildnis Anna Elisabeth Burckhardt-Brenner

Arnold Böcklin, 1868

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared dark robe and gold chains against a turquoise background, dated 1533.

Portrait of Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533

Abstract painting of interlocking brown, pink and blue rectangular blocks resembling a brick wall, with a pink border.

Hutment

Paul Klee, 1932

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a green dress and pink headscarf against a dark background, by Arnold Böcklin.

Bildnis Wilhelmine Wiggenhauser

Arnold Böcklin, 1849

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 work of stacked rectangular blocks in pink, grey, ochre and black suggesting a layered townscape with a yellow accen

Ascent of a Little Town

Paul Klee, 1930

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

Abstract pastel painting on coarse burlap with a large black star at center and a small figure and crosses below.

Under a Black Star

Paul Klee, 1918

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

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

La Résurrection de Lazare

Eugène Delacroix, 1850

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

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

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

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

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

Motif from Hamammet

Paul Klee, 1914

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 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

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

Landscape with Poplars

Paul Klee, 1929

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Nereid

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Painting of a young woman in a white blouse and red sash resting an arm on a water jug in a soft landscape.

Italian woman at the fountain

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865

Oil portrait of a woman with two young children against a dark background, the boy at left and the girl at right.

Portrait of the painters' wife and their two oldest children

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1528

Loose painting of a woman kneeling in prayer inside a shadowy Gothic cathedral with tall columns and arches.

Marguerite à l'église

Eugène Delacroix, 1850

Painting of a weeping nude woman holding a dagger, with a Latin inscription below and a small scene in a roundel at upper rig

Lucretia

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1517

Painting of the Nativity with Mary in teal, Joseph in red holding a candle, angels, the infant Christ, and an ox and donkey.

The Nativity (Basel)

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Painting of a seated crowned ruler in blue facing a kneeling man in red who gestures to his wounded chest, on gold ground.

Antipater before Julius Caesar

Konrad Witz, 1435

Painting of a riderless chestnut horse leaping over a jockey lying injured on a grassy hillside under a cloudy sky.

The injured jockey

Edgar Degas, 1896

Pastel abstract drawing of a stylized flower with pink rings and orange center on a stem, over a field of colored dots.

Aufblühend

Paul Klee, 1934

Oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair and fur collar against a grey background, inscribed FLORENZ 1875.

Bildnis des Kunsthistorikers Adolph Bayersdorfer

Arnold Böcklin, 1875

Painting of a nude woman embraced from behind by a skeletal figure of Death beside a tree trunk.

Death and the Woman

Hans Baldung Grien, 1518

Painting of Christ on the cross with mourning women, a figure in red robes, and an armored soldier beside a green landscape.

The Crucifixion

Matthias Grünewald, 1515

Seated young man with a lamb and flowers, beside a wooden staff and inscribed scroll, against a dark background.

Saint John the Baptist

Juan Bautista Maíno, 1608

Painting of a nude young woman embraced from behind by a skeletal figure of Death against a dark background.

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Hans Baldung Grien

Painting of the Virgin Mary crowned, holding the Christ Child, framed by cherubs and a Latin inscription on blue.

Virgin and Child

Ambrosius Holbein, 1514

Abstract painting by Paul Klee in red, black and brown with rectangular fields and a stick-like figure, titled Locksmith.

Locksmith

Paul Klee, 1940

Painting of a bearded man in a green cloak and white shirt holding a scroll, looking upward against a dark background.

St James the Greater

Painting of a red-haired girl in a red vest holding a white rat beside a table in a dim interior.

Red-Haired Girl with White Rat

Edvard Munch, 1886

Paul Klee's Villa R: geometric houses on a red hill beneath a yellow moon, with a large green letter R in the foreground.

Villa R

Paul Klee, 1919

Cubist painting of a violin, bow and sheet music on a table, built from angular planes of grey, black and ochre.

The Violin

Juan Gris, 1916

Portrait of a bearded man in black with a lace collar, in front of a wall of paintings and an arcade.

Portrait of a painter

Anthony van Dyck, 1650

Abstract watercolor of muted blue, green and gray rectangles with a small grid of windows, by Paul Klee, 1926.

erstes Haus einer Siedelung

Paul Klee, 1926

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man with green eyes in a dark jacket, against a striped blue and yellow background.

Self-Portrait with Japanese Print

Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Four-panel altarpiece: Adoration of the Magi above, and an angel and the Virgin Mary of the Annunciation below.

Die Anbetung der Könige; Verkündigung

Hans Baldung Grien

Abstract watercolor by Paul Klee with overlapping triangles, a red arrow and soft muted washes of blue, grey and pink.

Geläute

Paul Klee, 1928

Cubist still life of a green bottle, white bowl, and newspaper reading LE JOUR in angular ochre, red and black planes.

Bottle and Fruit Bowl (Bottle, Newspaper and Fruit Bowl)

Juan Gris, 1916

Oil painting of a grieving woman in a pale headscarf, hands clasped in prayer, tears on her cheeks, against a dark background

Mater dolorosa, Copy after Ribera

Théodore Géricault, 1811

Paul Klee's 1919 watercolor Burggarten, a mosaic of geometric planes suggesting towers, arches and a stylized garden in paste

Burggarten

Paul Klee, 1919

Oil portrait of a man with curly auburn hair and a full red beard, wearing black clothing and a white lace ruff.

Portrait of the Doctor of the Elector of Brandenburg, Leonard Thurneysser zum Thurn of Basel

Frans Floris, 1569

Portrait of Hans Herbst (Herbster)

Ambrosius Holbein, 1516

Paul Klee's 'With an umbrella' shows a stick figure with a red body beneath a yellow umbrella on a dark blue ground.

With an umbrella

Paul Klee, 1939

Painting of a laughing peasant in a bicorne hat holding a tankard at a tavern table.

Peasant with Bicorne and Tankard

Adriaen Brouwer, 1630

Half-length portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black robe holding a scroll against a pale background.

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1560

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white headdress and black dress with clasped hands, against an olive-green background.

Portrait of a Woman

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1508

Cubist still life of a guitar broken into angular grey, brown and orange planes against a dark background.

The Guitar (Still Life with Guitar)

Juan Gris, 1916

Oil painting of a man offering a jewelry box of pearls to a seated woman in an interior with a birdcage and flowers.

Couple with Matchmaker

Johann Georg Platzer