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Painted head of a bearded man with closed eyes and curly dark hair, set within a round gilded frame.

Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger

Aelbert Bouts, ca. 1500

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, head bowed, flanked by bearded men in turbans and red hats.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Il Sodoma, 1540

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

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

Miniature portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet with a blue bow, red shawl, and blue book, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1795

Miniature oval portrait of an older bearded bald man in a teal collar, with Latin inscription, under glass in a brass frame.

Portrait of a Man

Continental Painter

Portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark garment with white collar against a green background.

Portrait of a Bearded Man in Black

Corneille de Lyon

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and decorations, in a gold frame.

Napoléon I (1769-1821)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1812

Nude Venus in a red plumed hat stands beside winged Cupid with a bow on a pedestal against a dark background.

Venus and Cupid

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1525-27

Oval-shaped portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and dark garment against a green background.

Portrait of a Man

Corneille de Lyon, ca. 1545

Circular gold-ground panel of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, who holds a small bird, in blue and red robes.

Madonna and Child

Sano di Pietro, 1450

Painting of the dead Christ held by the grieving Virgin, with mourning figures and a gold arched background.

Pietà

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and dark doublet holding gloves against a green background.

Portrait of a Man with Gloves

Corneille de Lyon, 1540-45

Illuminated initial D with gilded border showing haloed Saint Agatha, tongs, a soldier with an SPQR shield, and a seated judg

Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D

Sano di Pietro, 1470

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king with a golden gift, attendants in rich robes, a dog, and a castle

The Adoration of the Magi

Gerard David, ca. 1520

Oval black-and-white reproduction of a young woman in a jeweled headdress and pearl-trimmed white chemise, looking downward.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Corneille de Lyon

Medieval painting of a haloed figure fallen on the ground, surrounded by armored soldiers with spears under a fruit tree.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Spinello Aretino, 1391

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte (1778-1851), Daughter of Louis XVI

Jacques Joseph de Gault, 1795

Two ballet dancers in white tutus practice at a barre in a studio with a yellow wall and wooden floor.

Dancers Practicing at the Barre

Edgar Degas, 1877

Portrait of a woman in a pink dress with a feathered hat, flanked by a parrot, a black cat, a bird and butterflies.

Lady with Her Pets (Molly Wales Fobes)

Rufus Hathaway, 1790

Painting of elegant figures in a wooded glade, with cupids, a masked harlequin and a reclining man in a gold gown.

Surprised, or Infidelity Found Out

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Painting of four ballet dancers in green tutus adjusting their hair and costumes in a backstage area beside a pillar.

Dancers, Pink and Green

Edgar Degas, ca. 1890

Gold-ground religious panel of a kneeling saint in black reaching toward the Virgin and Christ Child, with haloed saints behi

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Candlelit interior with an old bearded man mending a quill beside children reading and holding a candle, in an arched panel.

An Evening School

Gerrit Dou, ca. 1655-57

Interior scene of a seated woman and two standing men around a green-draped table with wine and a pipe.

Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell)

Jan Ekels the Younger, probably 1791

Circular abstract painting of faceted blue, green and yellow shapes with tall dark tree-like forms and a figure.

Coney Island

Joseph Stella, 1914

Circular portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and black cap holding a letter, with a red book beside him.

Portrait of a Prelate

Lavinia Fontana, ca. 1580

Miniature portrait of a man in a blue mantle with gold fleur-de-lis and armor, framed by a diamond border with a crown.

Louis XV (1710-1774), King of France

Gothic gilded altarpiece with enthroned Madonna and Child at center, flanked by saints in arched niches.

Altar von San Domenico in Ascoli, Polyptychon, Gesamtansicht, Mitteltafel: Thronende Madonna, linke und rechte Tafeln…

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Annunciation panel: an angel with green wings kneels left before Mary seated in blue beside a lily and open book.

The Annunciation

South Netherlandish Painter