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Painted panel of a haloed saint tossing gold coins through a window into a red-curtained bedchamber with attendant figures.

Saint Nicholas Providing Dowries

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1433-35

Watercolor of a winged angel pointing upward beside a bearded priest at an altar with smoke and a glowing candelabrum.

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

William Blake, 1799-1800

Reclining nude woman and seated young man carving into a tree in a forest, by Jacques Blanchard.

Angelica and Medoro

Jacques Blanchard, possibly early 1630s

Painting of a bishop with a crozier raising three youths in an arcade, with kneeling figures and a man pouring at a table at

Saint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1433-35

Painting of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, a crowded quay, townhouses and a cloudy sky at sunset.

The Outer Harbor of Brest

Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1773

Painting of a burning town and fantastical tower with a grotesque open-mouthed head and winged demons in the sky.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Herri met de Bles, ca. 1550-60

Painting of Israelites gathering at a rock as water flows out, with a woman raising a golden vessel and cattle nearby.

Moses Striking the Rock

Abraham Bloemaert, 1596

Dark night scene of a rocky island with cypress trees, stone tombs, and a small boat carrying two figures on still water.

Island of the Dead

Arnold Böcklin, 1880

Painting of three women gossiping in an elegant salon with gilded chairs, a round table, and a folding screen.

Gossip

Giovanni Boldini, 1873

Painting of a cow and several calves on a dirt path by a wooden fence, with green hills and mountains behind them.

Weaning the Calves

Rosa Bonheur, 1879

Painting of the Madonna and Child with a young John the Baptist and several saints against a dark sky.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Bonifazio Veronese

Bearded man in dark armor with a page in striped orange dress, another page beside a helmet, and troops in a landscape.

Portrait of a Man in Armor with Two Pages

A Limier Briquet Hound

Rosa Bonheur, ca. 1856

Painting of a farmyard with a woman milking a cow, cows resting, pigs, chickens, a thatched shed and a brick tower.

Barnyard Scene

Anthonie van Borssom, ca. 1650-55

Dark fiery infernal landscape with demons, flames, ruined buildings and small tormented figures beside a river.

Christ's Descent into Hell

Hieronymus Bosch

Painting of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary as saints kneel on stone steps around them, in red and dark blue robes.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Sandro Botticelli

Painting of ruined arches and towers beside a hillside, with cattle drinking at a stream and two figures in the foreground.

Imaginary Landscape with the Palatine Hill from Campo Vaccino

François Boucher, early 1730s

Painting of a beach with fashionable figures, a horse-drawn bathing cart entering the sea, a dog, and a distant sailboat.

On the Beach at Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1863

Classical landscape with a fountain, stone steps, rearing horse statue, robed figures among trees, and goats in the foregroun

A Classical Landscape

Sébastien Bourdon, probably 1660s

Diptych of the grieving Virgin praying and Christ crowned with thorns, both weeping, against gold backgrounds.

The Mourning Virgin; Christ Crowned with Thorns

Painting of a sunlit bay with red-roofed villas, wooded hills, rocky shore, and small sailboats on blue water.

Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1892

Painting of a seated king on a throne judging a dispute, with a raised sword, kneeling women, and armored guards in a dim hal

The Judgment of Solomon

Leonaert Bramer, 1640s

Painting of a preacher gesturing before a crowd near Roman ruins, with hills and a river under a stormy sky.

The Preaching of John the Baptist

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1634

Painting of a riverside village with pale houses, brown-sailed boats, and reflections in calm water under cloudy sky.

Village by a River

Eugène-Louis Boudin, probably 1867

Painting of an elderly woman spinning thread at a wheel while an old bearded man sits with a cane in a dim interior.

The Spinner

Quirijn van Brekelenkam, 1653

Women kneeling and bending to weed a green field at sunset, with a crescent moon and a standing figure on the left.

The Weeders

Jules Breton, 1868

Painting of dark rock stacks on a sandy beach with surf in the foreground and a grassy headland under a pale sky.

Kynance

John Brett, 1888

Painting of two figures on a rocky ledge amid demons, burning ruins and a river in a fiery underworld landscape.

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld

Jan Brueghel the Younger, 1630s

Painting of a nude woman reaching toward fruit as a serpent with a woman's head coils around a tree.

Adam; Eve

Giuliano Bugiardini, ca. 1520

Reclining nude woman on sea waves with flying cherubs above her, under a pale blue sky.

The Birth of Venus

Alexandre Cabanel, 1875