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Painting of three figures by the sea with a shepherd and goats on a rocky cliff, under a pale blue sky.

The Shepherd's Song

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891

Bearded man in a gold chain resting his hand on a bust, against a dark background, in a Rembrandt painting.

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653

Painting of soldiers seizing women amid a panicked crowd in a classical city square under a stormy sky.

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin, probably 1633-34

Painting of the Virgin Mary in pink and blue robes standing on a crescent moon, flanked by angels, with cherubs in clouds bel

The Immaculate Conception

Guido Reni, 1627

Painting of a young woman in a wicker chair by the sea, with cliffs and sailboats in the distance.

By the Seashore

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883

Full-length portrait of a young officer in a red coat leaning on a tree beside a brown horse.

Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759-1801)

Joshua Reynolds, 1782

Painting of the Holy Family with a kneeling woman kissing the Christ Child's hand, an elderly woman with fruit, and a bearded

The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria

Jusepe de Ribera, 1648

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in brocade robes speaks to the Virgin Mary beside a lily and open book in a red-canopi

The Annunciation

Hans Memling, ca. 1465-70

Oil portrait of a man, a woman in black satin, and a small child beside a garden fountain with a parrot and roses.

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614-1673), and Their Son Frans (1633-1678)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635

Painting of wheat fields under towering clouds, with a dirt road, small walking figures, trees and distant sailboats.

Wheat Fields

Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670

Pointillist painting of a circus sideshow with a trombone player on a platform, musicians, a boy in a ruffled collar, and a c

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat, 1887-88

Gold-ground painting of a bearded saint in a pink robe holding a red book, with a haloed nimbus and gilded frame.

Saint Andrew

Simone Martini, ca. 1326

Merry company feasting and making music on a leafy terrace, with a child and spaniel, a songbird cage and a boy on a ladder.

Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen, ca. 1670

Painting of a bare-chested man with long hair being offered a white cloth by a figure in red satin and a fur hat.

Clothing the Naked

Michiel Sweerts, ca. 1661

Tiepolo sketch of mythological gods, putti, horses and a chariot in clouds, framed by painted figures and ornament.

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752

Painting of Venus embracing Adonis, with a cupid, hunting dogs, and a rainbow over a dark forest landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Titian, 1550s

Painting of a top-hatted man with a cane beside a woman in a pale dress at a café table, loose brushwork, warm brown ground.

The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861-1934) at the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892

Turner's misty seascape of a sailing ship amid rough waves, with a dark whale and small boats in the foreground.

Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845

Half-length portrait of a bearded man with dark curly hair and a white lace collar against a dark grey background.

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608-1670)

Velázquez, 1650

Painting of a young woman with a faint smile, wearing a blue shawl, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665-67

Painting of Venus embracing Mars in armor beside a grey horse, with two cupids and classical ruins in a landscape.

Mars and Venus United by Love

Paolo Veronese, 1570s

Portrait of a seated woman in white dress and black hat holding a red book, on a green sofa against a gray background.

Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762-1848)

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789

Woman in blue skirt and white headcloth pours from a pitcher by a leaded window, with a brass basin on a red-covered table.

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662

Painting of a young girl with a halo kneeling in prayer beside a lily, roses, a basket of linen and pink drapery.

The Young Virgin

Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632-33

Oil portrait of a woman in a gold satin gown with lace collar, pearls and a pearl crown, against a dark background.

Queen Henrietta Maria

Anthony van Dyck, 1636

Two men in cloaks stand on a rocky slope under a gnarled tree, watching a crescent moon in a dusky evening sky.

Two Men Contemplating the Moon

Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825-30

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses on gold ground, mourning women below and armored soldiers on horseback at righ

The Crucifixion

Pietro Lorenzetti, 1340s

Painting of a woman being carried away on a grey horse by a turbaned rider, with a burning city and smoke behind.

The Abduction of Rebecca

Eugène Delacroix, 1846

Painting of a seated woman in black with two girls in blue dresses and a dog in a richly decorated interior.

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848-1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872-1945) an…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1878

Dark painting of a dense winter forest of bare trees under a rust-colored sunset sky, with rocks in a clearing.

The Forest in Winter at Sunset

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846-67