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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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