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Grey monochrome painting of putti playing with a goat beside a tree, with a child in the foreground.

Children Playing with a Goat

Painting of a man and woman on horseback on a dirt road by a river, with bare trees and a cloudy sky.

A Man and a Woman on Horseback

Philips Wouwerman, ca. 1653-54

Painting of nude figures gathering fruit in lush trees, with cattle, sheep, cherubs and birds in a wooded landscape.

The Golden Age

Joachim Wtewael, 1605

Kitchen scene with a woman holding a plucked bird, a young man with eggs, hanging game and raw meat.

Kitchen Scene

Peter Wtewael, 1620s

Painting of peasants with water jugs at a waterfall and stone arch, framed by trees, with a village and hills in the distance

Landscape with Peasants at a Fountain

Francesco Zuccarelli

Painting of a stormy sea at sunset with a small boat near rocky cliffs, sunlight breaking through clouds above a silhouetted

Sunset after a Storm on the Coast of Sicily

Andreas Achenbach, 1853

Candlelit painting of an old bearded man gesturing beside a woman in a headscarf and a helmeted soldier in red.

The Denial of Saint Peter

Caravaggio, 1610

Still life painting of white, pink and red roses spilling from a dark bowl on a wooden table against a brown background.

Roses in a Bowl

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883

Painting of gnarled olive trees on ochre ground with violet shadows and a dotted, swirling sky.

Olive Trees

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Painting of three Tahitian women by a pool beneath flowering trees, two wearing red cloths and one partly nude at left.

Three Tahitian Women

Paul Gauguin, 1896

Seated woman in a pink ruffled dress on a gray sofa beside a potted plant with red flowers.

The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854-1935)

Berthe Morisot, ca. 1870

Painting of a reclining nude woman with a long braid, seen from behind, resting on a grassy hill overlooking the sea.

Reclining Nude

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883

Pointillist painting of a river framed by trees, with a steamboat and rowboats under a pale overcast sky.

Gray Weather, Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat, ca. 1886-88

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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