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Painting of cattle and riders crossing a shallow ford under a large cloudy sky, with trees along the far bank.

Cows Crossing a Ford

Jules Dupré, 1836

Painting of an old man in a canopy bed reaching toward a kneeling armored youth, with a woman gesturing beside a red-draped t

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1642

Night seascape of a steamship with masts under moonlight and a comet, with small boats in rough sea water.

Grappling for the Lost Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866

Crucifixion scene with Christ, two thieves, mourners, kneeling donors, Saint Peter and Saint Margaret with a dragon.

The Crucifixion with Donors and Saints Peter and Margaret of Antioch

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, ca. 1525-30

Figures make music outdoors beside a dog, with a seated woman reading sheet music and a man in a yellow doublet.

A Musical Party

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, early 1650s

Black and white view of a crowded harbor with rowboats ferrying people past masted ships toward wooden docks and shore.

Landing at Newfoundland

Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866

Oval painting of a reclining nude woman with a cherub, satyr and red drape in a wooded setting, with fruit and flowers in fro

Allegory

Loose brushwork painting of a dim interior with a woman holding a baby, children, a kneeling man in red, and dogs.

Roman Interior

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760

Black and white painting of men working on cable across a crowded ship deck beneath masts, rigging and smokestacks.

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866

Painted cassone fragment: a seated woman in a gilded chariot pulled by winged beasts, surrounded by a crowd of women.

Goddess of Chaste Love

Francesco di Giorgio, 1468-75

Painting of a young man stealing a kiss from a woman in white as another woman in pink watches beside a draped table.

The Stolen Kiss

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760

Triptych altarpiece with a central crucifixion, kneeling donors, standing saints, and a river landscape against gold backgrou

The Pérussis Altarpiece

Nicolas Froment, 1480

Allegorical painting with a glowing cross, winged angels, a fallen devil, and robed figures before a city skyline.

The Restoration of the Catholic Religion in Strasbourg

Claude Guy Hallé, ca. 1681

Decorative furniture design with blue drapery, floral garlands, and a central grisaille medallion of harvest objects.

Cartoon for the Back of a Tapestry Settee

Painting of walled Jerusalem seen from a dry hillside, with robed figures, resting camels and striped tents in the foreground

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Charles-Théodore Frère, by 1880

Painting of riders on horses and figures wading across a shallow river below rocky mountains and a cloudy sky.

Arabs Crossing a Ford

Eugène Fromentin, 1873

Painting of a reclining nude nymph with a greyhound in an oval landscape, framed by Mannerist ornament with caryatids and put

The Nymph of Fontainebleau

Painting of a hag in a black cloak beside a sleeping nude woman, with a raised dagger and winged spirits in a dark sky.

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches

Henry Fuseli, 1796

Dead game birds and songbirds lie beside a tipped wicker basket and a rock ledge against a dark background.

A Basket and Birds

Gilded altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned between four saints and angels under golden arches.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Taddeo Gaddi, ca. 1340, updated ca. 1480

Monk in white habit with halo sits in bed pointing at revived birds on a platter, surrounded by monks and attendants in a roo

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving the Birds

Garofalo, ca. 1530

Painting of a dead hare with several small birds on the ground and two birds hanging against a dark background.

A Hare and Birds

Painting of stone farmhouses with red roofs beside tall poplars and leafy trees, with red fields and a cloudy sky beyond.

A Farm in Brittany

Paul Gauguin, ca. 1894

Painting of a haloed friar addressing a kneeling mother holding a child, watched by a crowd, with a harbor landscape at left.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child

Garofalo, ca. 1530

Black and white reproduction of a still life with a hare, partridges, grapes, peaches, and hanging game beside a column.

A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit

Four women rest on a wooden veranda beside a basket of fruit, with a bright yellow and green landscape behind them.

The Siesta

Paul Gauguin, ca. 1892-94

Painting of Esther swooning toward a seated king on marble steps, supported by attendants in a golden gown.

Esther before Ahasuerus

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620s

Painting of a Cairo cafe interior with men in turbans, a brazier, a dancer and seated musicians.

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1884 or earlier

Painted predella panel of a procession carrying a red-draped bier past clerics, a bishop, and mourners in Renaissance dress.

The Burial of Saint Zenobius

Davide Ghirlandaio, ca. 1479

Triptych of the Nativity: Mary kneels before the infant Christ with angels above, flanked by saints in arched niches.

The Nativity with Saints

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio