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Painting of a haloed saint in a red robe holding a staff against an ornate gold background.

Saint Julian

Taddeo Gaddi, 1340s

Gold-ground panel of a kneeling nun reaching toward the Virgin and Christ Child, with haloed saints gathered behind them.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena

Giovanni di Paolo

Painting of a haloed saint in a black cloak exchanging a red heart with Christ appearing in gold above a rooftop.

Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ

Giovanni di Paolo

Interior hall with wooden beamed ceiling and arched window, with figures in cloaks and 18th-century dress walking across the

The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765-68

Oil painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, with putti picking fruit from a tree in a landscape.

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627

Oval painting of Aurora on a chariot with white horses, cherubs and winged figures in a cloudy sky.

The Chariot of Aurora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s

Oval grisaille painting of a seated female allegorical figure on a cloud, gazing upward against a golden background.

A Female Allegorical Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740-50

Gold-ground triptych with the Crucifixion at center, Virgin and Saint John below, and saints and Madonna with Child on wings.

The Crucifixion

Paolo Uccello, probably mid-1450s

Gilded frame with Virgin and Child, an elderly man and an angel, and a lunette of the Man of Sorrows between two angels.

The Man of Sorrows with Two Angels

Francesco di Giorgio, ca. 1470

Painting of a wide river valley with fields, a dirt road, tree clusters, a distant church tower, and cumulus clouds.

Valley of the River Loire

Oil study of a standing man in a red turban and gold and green robes holding a curved sword, with palm tree and hills.

Study for "Portrait of an Indian"

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1807

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and black coat with white collar, against an olive background.

Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)

Horace Vernet, probably 1822 or 1823

Woman in a black hat seated at a table beside a silver tea service, with a harbor view through the window behind her.

Tea

James Tissot, 1872

Canaletto painting of a busy Venetian canal with gondolas, a sailboat and palazzi under a pale blue sky.

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge

Canaletto, 1730s

Painting of a Venetian square with a baroque church facade, bell tower, pedestrians, and palazzi under blue sky.

Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice

Canaletto, 1730s

Canaletto view of the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas, palazzi and a tall brick bell tower under a pale sky.

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right

Canaletto, 1730s

Canaletto painting of a Venetian square with a tall bell tower, stone wells, and people in period dress.

Campo Sant'Angelo, Venice

Canaletto, 1730s

Painting of a lagoon lock, a tall column and a domed classical church, with figures on the shore and a distant city skyline.

A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon

Painting of Warwick Castle seen across a green lawn, with elegantly dressed figures in the foreground and a town at right.

Warwick Castle

Canaletto, 1748

Seated woman in white gown with a harp, lamp at left, and a veiled attendant in shadow beside a column.

Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

Théodore Chassériau, 1849

Painting of a woman at an open window beside a wounded man on a bed, with chain mail and armor hanging in a stone chamber.

Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe

Eugène Delacroix, 1823

Painting of a woman in a dark riding habit and green-ribboned hat on a piebald horse under a stormy sky.

Horsewoman

Théodore Géricault, 1820 or later

Painting of the island of San Michele in Venice with a domed church, bell tower, gondolas and sailboats on the lagoon.

The Island of San Michele, Venice

Francesco Guardi, 1770s

Painting of a man leaning on a parapet beside a tree, with pale buildings and sunlit pavement behind him.

A Man Leaning on a Parapet

Georges Seurat, ca. 1881

Painting of a seated woman in a gold striped gown and a standing man in grey reaching toward her in a gilded rococo room.

The Garter

Jean-François de Troy, 1724

Man in red coat kneels holding hand of seated woman in blue-embroidered silk gown beside a spaniel and gilded bed.

The Declaration of Love

Jean-François de Troy, ca. 1724

Tiepolo painting of the Holy Family with a donkey and a kneeling winged angel beside a rocky cliff and sea.

The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1767-70

Oil sketch of a woman in a yellow gown greeted by a man in a red cloak, with servants, a ruined wall and a dog.

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1745-47

Painting of a black gondola leaving a stone landing where masked figures in pink and black gather near a classical arch.

The Departure of the Gondola

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-1760s

Painting of a young girl in a green dress and white headscarf looking into a red-framed mirror at her reflection.

Julie Le Brun (1780-1819) Looking in a Mirror

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1787

Seated woman in silk gown holds a palm frond and looks up at a white dove in a dim prison interior.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison

Paolo Veronese, ca. 1585

Painting of fishermen by a river with women in long dresses, a parasol, a boat, and a billowing cloud over green trees.

The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1875

Painting of the Madonna with the Christ Child and infant Saint John holding a lamb, in a rocky landscape.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Santi di Tito, early 1570s

Painting of a woman in a teal shawl beside two scarlet ibises on a balcony, with a city skyline behind under a rose sky.

Young Woman with Ibis

Edgar Degas, 1857-58; reworked 1860-62

Painting of a couple embracing on a forest swing, a man in red and a woman in white, with irises and butterflies nearby.

Springtime

Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873

Painting of Vesuvius erupting with smoke and lava flows, small figures and horses in foreground, bay and town at sunset.

An Eruption of Vesuvius

Johan Christian Dahl, 1824

Painting of Salvator Mundi seated on clouds in blue and red robes, holding an orb and cross, surrounded by cherubs.

Salvator Mundi

Domenico Fetti, ca. 1622-23

Dark painting of mourners carrying the dead body of Christ at night, lit by a torch, with a kneeling woman in red at right.

The Burial of Christ

Annibale Carracci, 1595

Painting of a stormy beach with fishermen, beached boats, a sailing vessel, a horse cart on the dunes, and a distant windmill

A Beach with Fishing Boats

Jan van Goyen, probably 1653

Landscape painting of a flat dune terrain with a distant city, church tower, windmills, and travelers under a cloudy sky.

A View of The Hague from the Northwest

Jan van Goyen, 1647

Dark still life with oysters, a lemon, wine glasses and an ornate silver tazza on a draped table.

Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware

Willem Claesz. Heda, 1635

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and white ruff, holding a spiral seashell against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man with a Shell

Thomas de Keyser, ca. 1625-26

Oil portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and ruff holding a small balance scale against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman with a Balance

Thomas de Keyser, ca. 1625-26

Painting of brown-sailed fishing boats and rowing boats on a calm river under a cloudy sky, by Salomon van Ruysdael.

Fishing Boats on a River

Salomon van Ruysdael, early 1660s

Painting of a Seine quay with barges, a crane, horses, and a palace skyline under cloudy sky.

View from the Quai d'Orsay

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1854

Two panels: Saint John the Baptist with a lamb beside trees, and Saint Francis kneeling as a winged seraph appears above him.

Saint John the Baptist; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Gerard David, ca. 1485-90

Virgin Mary in blue and rose robes on clouds above kneeling saints and clergy adoring her in a dusky landscape.

The Virgin Adored by Saints

Scarsellino, ca. 1609

Portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, black lace dress and fur stole against a dark background.

Madame Jacques-Louis-Étienne Reizet (Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy, 1782-1850)

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1823

Painting of a man in a brown hat and red jacket holding a jug and glass, with a pipe on the table before him.

Man Holding a Jug

Michiel Sweerts, ca. 1660

Painting of the dead Christ on a white shroud, mourned by the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and two other figures.

The Lamentation

Ludovico Carracci, ca. 1582

Painting of the Virgin in red and green robes holding the nude Christ Child, with a landscape with trees behind them.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Granacci, ca. 1520

Triptych painting of the Crucifixion with grieving figures, a risen Christ and soldiers at a tomb, and a heavenly gathering.

The Crucifixion

Francesco Granacci, ca. 1510

Oil sketch of tall trees along a sunny path, with figures seated and a distant town with church spires beyond.

View near Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington, ca. 1825

Painting of travelers on a woodland path with horses, a covered wagon, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1607

Medieval painting of Christ tied to a column with a crown of thorns while two flagellants with rods stand beside him on gold

The Flagellation

Master of the Berswordt Altar, ca. 1400

Painting of attendants bathing an infant in a basin beside a red bed, with a peacock and colonnade at left.

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows

Bernard van Orley, ca. 1514-15

Oil sketch of a rider on a white horse fleeing past gesturing figures and fallen bodies under a stormy sky.

Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix

Théodore Chassériau, ca. 1838-40

Still life painting of a nautilus shell, a cowrie shell, and an open oval chip-wood box on a table against a dark background.

Still Life with Shells and a Chip-Wood Box

Sebastian Stoskopff, late 1620s

Pastel portrait of a young man in a black tricorn hat, black lace, and blue fur-trimmed cloak against grey.

Gustavus Hamilton (1710-1746), Second Viscount Boyne, in Masquerade Costume

Rosalba Carriera, 1730-31

Man playing guitar in a sunlit room, gazing through an open window at a distant hilly landscape with cypress trees.

Léon Pallière (1787-1820) in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome

Jean Alaux, 1817

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown leaning on a table beside red urns, with a green sofa and draped curtain.

Madame Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1761-1835)

François Gérard, ca. 1804

Painting of elegantly dressed people seated on a beach at sunset, with parasols, a bathing hut, and calm sea.

On the Beach, Sunset

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1865

Painting of Roman soldiers attacking fleeing civilians before a colonnaded temple, with bodies on the ground and a raised axe

The Sack of Jerusalem by the Romans

François Joseph Heim, 1824

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered grey wig and pale blue coat with silver braid, against a dark background.

Jean Charles Garnier d'Isle (1697-1755)

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, ca. 1750

Oil portrait of a woman in a white lace-trimmed gown leaning on a stone balustrade before trees and a distant dome.

Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 1816-1850)

Théodore Chassériau, 1841

Oil portrait of a young man with curly auburn hair, white cravat and dark coat against a grey background.

François Gérard (1770-1837), later Baron Gérard

Antoine-Jean Gros, ca. 1790

Pastel portrait of a man with powdered gray hair, lace jabot, pink coat and a rose boutonniere against a gray-green backgroun

Olivier Journu (1724-1783)

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1756

Painting of a woman carrying firewood with a child beside her, walking under a dark stormy sky.

Retreat from the Storm

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1846

Three boys in blue suits with red collars stand and sit outdoors beside a tree, a small dog, and a stone ledge.

The Children of Martin Anton Heckscher: Johann Gustav Wilhelm Moritz (1797-1865), Carl Martin Adolph (1796-1850), and…

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1803

Study of cumulus clouds in a blue sky with sunlit tops, grey shadows, pink evening light, and dark trees at the horizon.

Cloud Study (Early Evening)

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806

Painting of monks in a vaulted cloister arcade in Rome, with a crucifix on the wall and a fountain glimpsed through a far doo

Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome

François Marius Granet, 1808

Bearded friar in brown habit looks upward in a cave beside a crucifix, with a twilight landscape behind him.

Saint Francis

Federico Barocci, ca. 1600-1604

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue seated and praying amid kneeling apostles in colorful robes in a colonnaded hall.

The Dormition of the Virgin

Carlo Saraceni, ca. 1612

Gilded panel painting of Saint George in ornate armor with a red and white lance, standing over a dragon.

Saint George

Carlo Crivelli, 1472

Painting of a seated woman in a white cap and dark shawl peeling with a knife, in dim interior with loose brushwork.

The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

Painting of the Virgin Mary kneeling at a lectern as a winged angel with a lily approaches, with a dove and putti above.

The Annunciation

Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1644

Painting of a man in a red coat helping a seated woman in a garden with an urn, bust and a watching figure at a window.

The Servant Justified

Nicolas Lancret, ca. 1740

Painting of two women with a pink parasol, a man in a red coat gesturing to a bearded monk beside a stone archway.

Brother Philippe's Geese

Nicolas Lancret, ca. 1736

Oval portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and flower wreath, with a river valley and blue sky behind her.

Faustine Léo (1832-1865)

Henri Lehmann, 1842

Impressionist painting of haystacks in a sunlit meadow beside tall trees, with a small figure walking under a pale sky.

Haystacks, Morning, Eragny

Camille Pissarro, 1899

Painting of the Virgin holding a book with the Christ Child and several saints gathered in a dark setting.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Ludovico Carracci, 1607

Full-length painting of a young man in a black hat and majo costume holding an orange shawl and walking stick.

Young Man in the Costume of a Majo

Édouard Manet, 1863

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a cross, banner and lamb beside him, against a dramatic sunset sky.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Mattia Preti, ca. 1650

Painting of an elderly woman in a dark veil and white headcloth against a blue background, with an inscription at upper left.

Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467-1532)

Albrecht Dürer

Painting of a cobbled Berlin street with townhouses, a distant church spire, copper pots, dogs and workers.

Parochialstrasse in Berlin

Eduard Gaertner, 1831

Oil sketch of a reclining male nude sleeping on a draped cloth against a dark brown background.

Male Nude

Edgar Degas, 1856

Women and children relax on a sunlit lawn in a garden with flowerbeds, a parasol, and a brick wall behind them.

In Full Sunlight (En plein soleil)

James Tissot, ca. 1881

Painting of a dark stone and timber entrance half-covered by dense vines and shrubs under a pale blue sky.

An Overgrown Mineshaft

Carl Gustav Carus, ca. 1824

Dim vaulted stone passage with ivy-covered arches opening onto a sunlit landscape and pale sky beyond.

View in the Stables of the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli

François Marius Granet, ca. 1805-10

Oil painting of Doric temple columns framing a distant ruined temple, hills, and blue sky, with grass in the foreground.

Columns of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum

Constantin Hansen, 1838

Small painting of a hunter with rifle and dog walking along a reedy lake shore toward distant hills at dusk.

An Evening beside Lake Arresø

Johan Thomas Lundbye, ca. 1837

Moonlit harbor scene with a brick tower, soldier with rifle, men on pier, and sailing boats on calm water.

View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight

Martinus Rørbye, 1839

Oil sketch of rocky hills under a stormy sky with a rainbow, a tree at lower left, and water across the middle ground.

The Cemetery at Pronoia near Nauplia

Carl Rottmann, ca. 1841-47

Moonlit seascape of a mother and child on a rocky shore beside an anchor, with a sailboat on the water.

Mother and Child by the Sea

Johan Christian Dahl, 1830

Full-length painting of an armored knight in red plumed hat holding a banner, with a sword, before a landscape with a castle.

Saint Maurice

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop, ca. 1520-25

Sketch of saints ascending on clouds amid angels and putti in a bright sky, by Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, ca. 1772-73