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Painting of Venetian lagoon with gondolas and sailing boats before the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's campanile under a cloudy

Venice from the Bacino di San Marco

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765-75

Painting of a bustling Venetian square with a domed basilica, tall bell tower, arcades and strolling figures under blue sky.

Piazza San Marco

Francesco Guardi, late 1760s

Painting of the domed Santa Maria della Salute church across a Venetian canal, with gondolas and a sailing boat in the foregr

Santa Maria della Salute

Francesco Guardi, mid- to late 1760s

Venetian canal scene with the Rialto Bridge, gondolas, and arcaded buildings under a pale cloudy sky.

The Grand Canal above the Rialto

Francesco Guardi, late 1760s

Painting of Venice's Dogana and domed Santa Maria della Salute across the lagoon, with gondolas and figures on the water.

Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute

Francesco Guardi

Painting of the Rialto Bridge over a busy Venetian canal with gondolas, sailboats, and palazzo facades.

Venice: The Rialto

Francesco Guardi

Gold-ground panel of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, both with gilded haloes, in a pointed arch frame.

Madonna and Child

Guariento di Arpo

Painting of an angel with a crucifix gesturing to a young man in white robes, with musical angels above.

The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga

Guercino, ca. 1650

Round miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat in brown coat, set in a gilded frame.

Alexandre Théodore Victor (1760-1829), Comte de Lameth

Jean Urbain Guérin, ca. 1789-90

Dirck Hals's 1628 painting of a richly dressed company feasting at a table in an interior with a checkered floor.

A Banquet

Dirck Hals, 1628

Laughing young man raising a wine glass beside a young woman in a tavern interior, with a fireplace and hanging game behind t

Young Man and Woman in an Inn

Frans Hals, 1623

Oil portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff collar, hand on chest, set within an oval frame.

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

Frans Hals, 1625

Oval portrait of an older woman in a black gold-embroidered dress, white ruff and cap, one hand on her chest.

Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626)

Frans Hals, 1626

Oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in black with a white ruff collar, hand resting on a dark cord, by Frans Hals.

Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660)

Frans Hals, 1626

Painted portrait of a smiling man in a black hat, white lace collar and grey doublet, hand on hip, against brown background.

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Frans Hals, ca. 1636-38

Oil portrait of a man in black costume with white collar and lace cuffs, holding a black hat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Frans Hals, early 1650s

Seated woman in black dress with white lace collar, hands clasped over pink skirt, column and city spires behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

Frans Hals, ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century

Octagonal painting of a laughing young man with a clay pipe, with two smiling companions behind him.

The Smoker

Frans Hals, ca. 1623-25

Painting of a singing young man in a black hat holding a lute, with an orange and glass on a table at lower left.

Boy with a Lute

Frans Hals, ca. 1625

Half-length portrait of a man in a black hat and dark coat with white collar, against a brown background.

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666)

Frans Hals, probably 1650s

Painting of a laughing woman in a white bonnet and ruffled collar, with a dark bird perched on her shoulder.

Barbara Claes (died 1663, called “Malle Babbe”)

Night landscape with a full moon rising behind a windswept tree, reflected in a still pond beneath dark hills.

Moonrise

Henri Harpignies, 1885

Half-length portrait of an elderly man in a black fur hat and dark cloak, with a painted inscription below.

Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456-1535), the Artist's Father

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Oval portrait of a man with dark hair, grey mustache and goatee, wearing a dark garment and white collar.

Portrait of a Man

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1647

Woman in blue dress playing a lute beside a viola da gamba, sheet music and red cushion, with a dusky landscape behind.

The Musician

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1662

Painting of the Calling of Saint Matthew: figures gather around a table of coins and a ledger while a robed man points toward

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, early 17th century

Young Woman Praying

Jean-Jacques Henner

Painting of a brick mansion with a domed roof behind a formal garden of clipped hedges, obelisks, and strolling figures under

The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden (View from the South)

Jan van der Heyden, ca. 1668-70

Painting of a formal garden with clipped hedges, a domed ivy pavilion, a brick mansion, and strolling figures under a cloudy

The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden (View from the East)

Jan van der Heyden, ca. 1668-70

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly hair, lace collar and black doublet on blue background, 1588.

Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux (1566-1601), Second Earl of Essex

Nicholas Hilliard, 1588

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white lace ruff and black gown, set in a gold frame studded with diamonds.

Portrait of a Woman

Nicholas Hilliard, 1597

Painting of a shaded dirt road under large trees leading into a village with cottages and a church spire under clouds.

Entrance to a Village

Meyndert Hobbema, ca. 1665

Painting of a dirt road through a wooded landscape with a large tree, two walking figures, a dog, and a cottage under cumulus

Woodland Road

Meyndert Hobbema, ca. 1670

Painting of a formal 18th-century wedding in an ornate interior, with a clergyman, bride, groom and elegantly dressed attenda

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox

William Hogarth, 1729

Half-length portrait of a young man in a red hat and black and pink clothing, with a carved frieze behind him.

Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1517

Portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and robe, hands clasped on a red table beside letters, before a green curtain.

Derick Berck of Cologne

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1536

Portrait miniature of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and black cap, set in a jeweled blue enamel gold frame.

William Roper (1493/94-1578)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535-36

Round miniature portrait of a woman in black veil and red headdress holding a book, set in a gold enamel frame with rubies.

Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505-1544)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535-36

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and fur collar against blue, in a gold pendant frame.

Thomas Wriothesley (1505-1550), First Earl of Southampton

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1535

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black gown and gold headdress holding a book beside a classical column.

Lady Guildford (Mary Wotton, 1499-1558)

Hans Holbein the Younger

Half-length portrait of a woman in a dark red gown and pearl-trimmed black headdress against a blue background.

Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509)

Hans Holbein the Younger, early 1540s

Miniature portrait of a bearded man in a dark hat on blue ground, set in a gold and enamel pendant with pearls.

Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Arnold Franz

Hans Holbein the Younger

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black gown with red sleeve ribbons, gold headdress and jewellery, hands clasped.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1540-45

Circular portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark doublet against a teal background, with date inscription.

Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535

Portrait of a woman in a black hood and white coif with a gold medallion, against a dark background.

Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558)

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1540

Edward VI (1537-1553), When Duke of Cornwall

Hans Holbein the Younger

Painting of a displayed peacock, a white crane, a monkey and squirrel beside a pile of fruit on a garden terrace.

Peacocks

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1683

Painting of the young Christ seated among bearded scholars in a columned hall as Mary and Joseph enter from the left.

Christ among the Doctors

Abraham Hondius, 1668

Woman carrying a silver pitcher across a checkered floor in a sunlit interior, with a seated man, dog and mirror.

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1667-70

Interior scene of a man in a red coat and feathered hat with a woman in a white headscarf beside a cart, straw, and a dog.

Paying the Hostess

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670

Dark Dutch interior with a woman pouring wine, a seated couple at a table, and a framed portrait on the wall.

The Visit

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657

Woman in red jacket holding a wine glass beside two men smoking under a leafy garden arbor.

A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657-58

Loose oil portrait of a young woman with curled hair and a feathered headpiece, turned to the left against a brown ground.

Lady Hester King (died 1873)

John Hoppner, probably 1805

Oil portrait of a man with powdered hair in a red military coat with gold epaulettes against a dark background.

Major Thomas Pechell (1753-1826)

John Hoppner, 1799

Portrait of a seated woman with two children in white dresses before red drapery and a green background.

Mrs. John Garden (Ann Garden, 1769-1842) and Her Children, John (1796-1854) and Ann Margaret (born 1793)

John Hoppner, 1796 or 1797

Oil portrait of a woman in a white cap and draped white shawl against a dark background, by John Hoppner, 1793.

Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808)

John Hoppner, 1793

Woman with a pitcher carries a smiling child on her back beside a stream, with a donkey and trees in a cloudy landscape.

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775/76-1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796-1843)

Portrait of a woman in a white headscarf and white dress with a dark shawl, turned three-quarters against a dark background.

Mrs. Thomas Pechell (Charlotte Clavering, died 1841)

John Hoppner, 1799

Full-length portrait of a woman in a dark gown standing beside a stone urn in a shadowy garden with red foliage.

Mrs. Whaley (died 1798, Isle of Man)

George Chinnery

Oil portrait of a woman in white dress and blue sash, wearing a plumed hat, turned to the right against green background.

Portrait of a Woman; (reverse, now covered by relining canvas) Study of a Child's Head

John Hoppner, 1790s

Painting of a shirtless man in a boxing stance with raised fists, cream breeches, and a stormy landscape behind him.

Richard Humphreys, the Boxer

Three children in white dresses and a blue jacket stand outdoors before trees and a cloudy sky in a 1796 painting.

The Sackville Children

John Hoppner, 1796

Elegantly dressed musicians play lute and violin at a table on a palace terrace, with a formal garden behind them.

A Musical Gathering at the Court of the Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria

Peter Jacob Horemans, 1730

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly brown hair in a green cloak and lace collar, set in a gilt frame.

Endymion Porter (1587-1649)

John Hoskins, ca. 1630