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Oil portrait of a middle-aged man in a red cap and dark green coat, hands clasped in prayer, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Dieric Bouts, ca. 1470

Painting of a seated king on a throne judging a dispute, with a raised sword, kneeling women, and armored guards in a dim hal

The Judgment of Solomon

Leonaert Bramer, 1640s

Painting of a preacher gesturing before a crowd near Roman ruins, with hills and a river under a stormy sky.

The Preaching of John the Baptist

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1634

Painting of an elderly woman spinning thread at a wheel while an old bearded man sits with a cane in a dim interior.

The Spinner

Quirijn van Brekelenkam, 1653

Women kneeling and bending to weed a green field at sunset, with a crescent moon and a standing figure on the left.

The Weeders

Jules Breton, 1868

Painted Renaissance hall with a seated ruler on a throne, courtiers, an armored guard, and dogs on a tiled floor.

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh

Jörg Breu the Younger, ca. 1534-47

Man and woman conversing in a wood-beamed room with a wine glass, violin, leaded window and landscape painting.

Sentimental Conversation

Quirijn van Brekelenkam, early 1660s

Portrait of a young man in gilded steel armour with a white ruff, holding a baton, beside a helmet and sword.

Sir John Shurley of Isfield (1565-1632)

British Painter

Portrait of a man in engraved steel armor with red trim, one hand resting on a helmet, against a dark background.

Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574)

Half-length portrait of a woman in black dress and wide black hat with gold chain, against a green background.

Katharina Merian

Oil portrait of a woman in a grey embroidered gown with a large lace ruff, pearls, and a red curtain behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

British Painter, ca. 1600

Painting of men smoking and drinking in a dim tavern, one exhaling smoke from a pipe, with a landscape through a door.

The Smokers

Adriaen Brouwer, ca. 1636

Arched portrait of a young man with red hair in a black cap, dark gown, white collar, and patterned grey sleeves.

Portrait of a Man

Barthel Bruyn the Elder, 1533

Portrait of a woman in a white headdress and black gown with fur sleeves, holding gloves, beside a red coat of arms.

Portrait of a Woman of the Slosgin Family of Cologne

Barthel Bruyn the Younger, 1557

Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Emma (1765-1815), Lady Hamilton

Adam Buck, 1804

Half-length portrait of a woman in red headdress and green robe holding a red carnation, dated 1533.

Portrait of a Woman

Barthel Bruyn the Elder, 1533

Byzantine icon of the Presentation in the Temple with robed figures, gold background, and an arched canopy over an altar.

The Presentation in the Temple

Byzantine Painter

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white satin gown with fur trim, resting her hand on a green draped table.

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828-1887)

Alexandre Cabanel, 1876

Painting of a woman with eyes closed and head tilted back against golden drapery, wearing a dark dress and earring.

Herodias

Francesco Cairo, before 1635

Round miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red embroidered coat, and blue sash, in a gold pendant frame.

Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France

Antoine François Callet, 1787

Painting of a red-capped poet gesturing on a stone bench beside a woman in white, with young men in a garden setting.

Florentine Poet

Alexandre Cabanel, 1861

Portrait of a woman in a blue gown with gold chains, holding a fur muff, beside a small dog on a red table.

Portrait of a Woman

Bernardino Campi, late 1560s

Half-length portrait of an older balding man in a dark red fur-collared robe, hands pressed together in prayer.

Man in Prayer

Rogier van der Weyden, ca. 1440

Renaissance painting of a loggia with women attending a newborn infant, classical reliefs above, and a city view at left.

The Birth of the Virgin

Fra Carnevale, 1467

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black gown with lace collar, pearls and a fan, against an ochre background.

Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831-1908)

Carolus-Duran, 1890

Soft-focus painting of a young girl in a white veil and dress against a dark background, hands clasped at her waist.

The First Communion

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1896

Painting of a mounted cavalier gesturing to a shepherd with a flock of sheep on a road under a cloudy sky.

Cavalier and Shepherd

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova

Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph and shepherds at a thatched stable, a hound, and a pastoral landscape beyond.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Catena, probably after 1520

Painting of a dirt road beside a farmhouse, with a woman carrying a pail, a horse, a cart and poplar trees under a cloudy sky

The Route Nationale at Samer

Jean-Charles Cazin

Gold-ground panel of a crowned enthroned woman with two haloed saints in red and two kneeling donors in white.

Saint Catherine Disputing and Two Donors

Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni, possibly ca. 1380