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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

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