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Full-length portrait of a man in a white wig and black gown leaning on a book beside a draped table and armchair.

The Reverend Philip Cocks (1735-1797)

Johan Joseph Zoffany, late 1760s

Painting of a Gothic arched window in ruined stone walls framing blue sky, clouds, and distant hills with a small pine.

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin

Carl Gustav Carus, ca. 1828

Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Pastel portrait of a young woman with blue ribbon in her hair, wearing red drapery and a gold earring, glancing sideways.

Study of a Girl in Red

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Painting of Christ with long hair and beard, raising his hand in blessing against a blue background in a gilded arched frame.

Christ Blessing

Gerard David, ca. 1500-1505

Lone figure in a dark coat walks a stony path past a wall and bare tree under stormy grey clouds.

Wanderer in the Storm

Karl Julius von Leypold, 1835

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a white floral turban, green shawl and red vest, holding an ornate dagger.

Portrait of a "Mamelouk"

Horace Vernet, 1810

Night harbor scene with a full moon over moored sailing ships, rowboats, warehouses and a church spire.

Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight

Johan Christian Dahl, 1846

Two men in coats look toward a waterfall at sunset, framed by tall spruce trees and a distant lake.

Two Men before a Waterfall at Sunset

Johan Christian Dahl, 1823

Painting of a shaded forest edge with mossy rocks and leafy branches, opening onto a meadow and distant pale mountains.

At the Edge of the Forest

August Heinrich, ca. 1820

Painting of the dead Christ supported by grieving women, with an older man, cherubs, nails and a crown of thorns in the foreg

The Lamentation

Domenichino, 1603

Painting of a mountain lake landscape with a reclining figure, a dark horse, and robed people gathered near a tent.

Ovid among the Scythians

Eugène Delacroix, 1862

Painting of a double rainbow over a classical hillside city, with a shepherd piping beside seated women and grazing goats.

Heroic Landscape with Rainbow

Joseph Anton Koch, 1824

Christ in a blue robe with a crown of thorns carries a heavy wooden cross past a walled city under a blue sky.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jan Gossaert, ca. 1520-25

Painting of a beheading in a courtyard, with an executioner, a fallen figure, two women carrying a severed head on a platter,

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist

Bernard van Orley, ca. 1514-15

Family group in a period interior: a woman in a gold gown and feathered hat, a seated man, and a girl offering flowers.

The Saithwaite Family

Francis Wheatley, ca. 1785

Woman with a yellow parasol stands on a lawn by a pond, with red flowers and a brick house in the garden.

Spring Morning

James Tissot, ca. 1875

Painting of an elderly man with a bald head, dark cap with red edge, and wrinkled face, turned to the right.

Portrait of an Old Man

Hugo van der Goes, ca. 1470-75

Head of a Bishop

Gaetano Gandolfi, ca. 1770

Painting of a kneeling haloed saint with a cord, white drapery, crucifix, flowers and hourglass in a dark interior.

Saint Dominic in Penitence

Filippo Tarchiani, ca. 1607

Gold-ground painting of the crucified Christ with angels above and four mourning figures standing below on rocky ground.

The Crucifixion

Ugolino di Nerio, ca. 1315-20

Head of an Old Woman

Orazio Borgianni, after 1610

Renaissance painting of the Holy Family with the infant Saint John, Christ holding a cherry and a bird.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1524-26

Painting of a kneeling woman in a red cloak looking up at a winged angel in a yellow robe beside dark trees.

Hagar and the Angel

Francesco Maffei, ca. 1657

Oil painting of a woman in a white and blue turban and red robe, holding a green palm frond, gazing downward.

A Female Martyr Saint

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, ca. 1650

Angel Gabriel kneels on a cloud before the Virgin Mary in a pink dress, under a glowing dove and clouds.

The Annunciation

Peter Candid, ca. 1585

Painting of a man in white robes standing in a doorway between red Egyptian-style columns, with palms and cactus behind him.

An Egyptian in a Doorway

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1865

Painting of a chained tiger lying before a carpet hung on a tiled wall, with armed guards and brass minarets behind.

The Sultan's Tiger

Benjamin-Constant

Painting of a reclining woman on an ornate divan with a seated attendant, tiled wall and tiger skin rug.

Odalisque

Benjamin-Constant

Painting of a bearded man in turban and oriental robes reclining on cushions, holding a pipe, before green drapery.

Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume

British Painter

Painting of a Cairo bazaar with two minarets, a domed mosque, arched gateway, market awnings and figures in the street.

A Cairo Bazaar

Adrien Dauzats, 1839

Painting of the Great Pyramid at Giza with tiny robed figures climbing its stepped stones under a teal sky and crescent moon.

The Great Pyramid, Giza

Adrien Dauzats, 1830 or later

Caravan of camels and men resting at a stone well in a golden desert valley under a blue sky.

Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron

Charles de Coubertin, 1850

Oil painting of a seated bearded man in a white turban beside a saddled brown horse, leaning against a brick wall.

Seated Arab Man with Horse

Alfred Dedreux, possibly ca. 1850-58

Painting of a festive procession with riders, gunfire smoke and onlookers in a sunlit walled town street.

Wedding Procession

Victor Eeckhout

Oil painting of a bearded man in a red turban and fur-trimmed robe writing with a quill, looking upward.

The Arab Sage

Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56

Painted sketch of a crowd in robes before a red tent, with a couple in formal dress and colorful banners overhead.

Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1…

Isidore Pils, ca. 1862-67

Arab Warrior

Horace Vernet, ca. 1817-22

Oil study of grey storm clouds over rolling dark hills with a pale unpainted foreground.

Landscape Study with Clouds

Emile Loubon, ca. 1829-31

Painting of a domed church with brick apse and weathered buildings on the Via Sacra, with trees and a walking man in the fore

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, ca. 1814-15

Quiet interior with a paneled wall, multi-pane window, panelled door, and a patch of light on the wooden floor.

Moonlight, Strandgade 30

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900-1906

Painting of the dead Christ supported by two angels against a dark background, with a glowing halo and white loincloth.

Dead Christ Supported by Angels

Francesco Trevisani, ca. 1710

Painting of a mountain valley under stormy clouds, with dark spruce trees in the foreground and a glowing sunset behind dista

View over Hallingdal

Johan Christian Dahl, 1844

Full-length seated portrait of a man in blue velvet coat with orders, beside a gilt desk and armchair in a dim interior.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838), Prince de Bénévent

François Gérard, 1808

Painting of a bearded elderly man in an orange robe kneeling and gazing upward in tears beside golden keys.

The Tears of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1612-13

Painting of a red-robed cardinal leading a procession of men in black past a classical church under a blue sky.

A Cardinal's Procession

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1621

Still life painting of silver and gold vessels, shells, a sword hilt and red velvet cloth on a ledge before a landscape.

Still Life with Silver and Gold Plate, Shells, and a Sword

Meiffren Conte, fourth quarter 17th century

Painting of a kneeling figure reaching toward an angel in clouds, with sleeping figures in the dark foreground below.

The Agony in the Garden

Nicolas Poussin, 1626-27

Haloed monk in a dark habit holding a red book, with a robed figure and an angel above on a gold panel.

Saint Silvester Gozzolini

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Gilded panel showing a bald bearded monk holding a red book, with an angel and a bearded saint in arched niches above.

Saint Benedict

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Painting of a woman with a floral wreath led to a garlanded altar by armed warriors, with a golden urn in the foreground.

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Charles Le Brun, 1647

Painting of a woman in a fur-trimmed coat and feathered hat beside a balustrade with a black poodle on a yellow background.

Woman Standing Beside a Balustrade with a Poodle

Paul Ranson, ca. 1895

Painting of pansies in yellow, purple and white growing in two terracotta pots against a dark background.

Potted Pansies

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883

Oil portrait of a woman with curly black hair, velvet burgundy dress, pearls, and lace, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ca. 1670s

Painting of Saint Francis kneeling on rocks, clasping a wooden cross, with a skull and open book beside him under a stormy sk

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650

Painting of the Crucifixion with three figures on crosses, a ladder, kneeling soldiers, grieving women and a dog under a teal

The Crucifixion

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1625-30

Seated bearded man in white turban and red robe holding a writing tablet and stylus against a dark background.

William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress

Frederick Goodall, ca. 1852-53

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners in a landscape with a hilltop castle and a distant crucifixion.

The Lamentation

Ludovico Mazzolino, ca. 1514-16

Painting of an executioner with a sword beside a slumped figure, with a bearded God and angels in clouds above.

The Execution of Saint John the Baptist

Ubaldo Gandolfi, ca. 1770

Oval painting of a bound woman at a fiery altar, a priest raising a knife, a goddess above and cherubs around.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1789

Oil portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a white collar against a dark background, signed Carolus-Duran 1861.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

Carolus-Duran, 1861

Painting of a woman in a red dress gazing upward as a snake coils around her arm against a dark background.

The Death of Cleopatra

Guido Cagnacci, ca. 1645-55

Painting of dense chrysanthemums in white, yellow, orange and red blooms among tall green stems and leaves.

Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers

Gustave Caillebotte, 1893

Painting of a striped tiger resting on rocky ground with dark hills and a muted sky behind it.

Tiger in Repose

Antoine-Louis Barye, ca. 1850-65

Painting of a woman in a green veil and gold coins leaning on a carved wooden balcony with a rose and birdcage.

Woman at a Balcony

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1887-88

Painting of the dead Christ held by the grieving Virgin Mary, with two mourners beside them against a dark background.

The Lamentation

Luis de Morales, ca. 1560

Standing saint in grey friar's habit with gold halo, holding a crucifix and red book, with wounds on hands and feet.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Antoniazzo Romano, ca. 1480-81

Painting of a bowed man with bare shoulder and white cloth in his hands, lit against a dark background.

Bust of a Man (Saint Matthias?)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, ca. 1715-20

Painting of Christ seated at a well speaking with a woman holding a jug, with a column and distant town behind them.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Benedetto Luti, 1715-20

Still life painting of grape vines with clusters of grapes, peaches, figs, cherries, and three small birds on a dark backgrou

Grape Vines and Fruit, with Three Birds

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ca. 1615-18

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black biretta and white collar against a dark background.

Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)

Carlo Dolci, 1645 or 1646

Dark interior painting of a bearded man pointing at a man counting coins at a table, with onlookers in red and gold robes.

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, ca. 1625-30

Oil sketch of a bearded friar levitating a boy above steps while kneeling and standing onlookers gesture in awe.

A Miracle of Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663)

Placido Costanzi, 1750

Portrait of a seated clergyman in violet robes and lace, holding handwritten pages, against a dark background.

Monsignor Giuseppe Spina (1756-1828)

Angelica Kauffmann, 1798

Painting of a curly-haired woman in green velvet playing a lute against a dark background.

Woman Playing a Guitar

Simon Vouet, ca. 1618

Seated woman in a white embroidered gown, lace ruff and pearl necklaces, holding a blue fan against a dark background.

Ellen Maurice (1578-1626)

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1597

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark gown holding a red book against a dark background.

Carlo Rimbotti (1518-1591)

Francesco Salviati, 1548

Nativity scene with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, shepherds approaching, an ox and donkey, and a glowing star ove

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Girolamo da Carpi, ca. 1535-40

Portrait of an elderly man in a red velvet cape and cap with white fur trim against a dark background.

Pope Clement X (1590-1676)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ca. 1670-71

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ, grieving figures below, and angels above the cross.

The Crucifixion

Stefano da Verona, ca. 1400

Man in red coat looking into a gallery of classical sculpture through an open doorway.

The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen

Adam August Müller, 1830

Painting of a ruined classical tomb by a lagoon at sunset, with a rowing boat, sailing ship, and small figures.

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon

Canaletto, early 1740s

Oil portrait of a young woman with brown hair resting her hand against her mouth, against a muted background.

Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth

Edgar Degas, ca. 1875

Painted bedroom interior in red tones with canopy drapery, a dressing table with mirror and flowers, and a tufted bench.

A Bedroom in Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen

Johan Vilhelm Gertner, ca. 1845

Oil sketch of a brown stag lying on grass, head raised with open mouth, antlers in grey outline on a pale canvas.

Dying Stag

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1830

Painting of a woman in a golden gown holding a platter with a severed haloed head, a sword and candle nearby.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Gustave Moreau, ca. 1876

Night landscape of a moonlit manor house with a glowing window, framed by dark trees and a pale moon in cloudy sky.

Schloss Milkel in Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus, ca. 1833-35

Madonna and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist and a lamb under trees, with a blue hilly landscape behind.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Orsola Maddalena Caccia, ca. 1645

Painting of a reclining winged youth with laurel wreath, surrounded by musical instruments and books, with a blindfolded cupi

Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love

Michele Desubleo, 1665-75

Still life of tulips, lilies, irises and a peony in an ornate silver vase, with a butterfly and a peach on a table.

Flowers in a Grotesque Vase

Orsola Maddalena Caccia, ca. 1635

Painting of the Judgment of Paris: three nude goddesses before a seated youth, with a winged messenger, a child, a dog and sh

Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Turchi, ca. 1640

Painting of a shepherd boy in a red cap guiding sheep and a cow beside a tree, with a distant Roman landscape and herd.

Roman Landscape with a Shepherd and Sheep

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, late 1640s

Still life painting of a woven basket of grapes, figs, pomegranate, peaches and apple with large dark leaves.

Basket of Fruit

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ca. 1620

Painting of the Virgin and Child crossing a stream with Joseph, cherubs with flowers above, and a palm tree.

The Flight into Egypt

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1664

Seated woman nursing an infant with children nearby, sleeping boy in blue, dim landscape and hills behind, oil painting.

Charity

Carlo Cignani, ca. 1680