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Painting of Venus seated nude on clouds beside Adonis, who holds arrows and embraces her, with white doves in a blue sky.

Vénus et Adonis

Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne Belle, 1772

Oval painting of a dike landscape with a brick house, wooden jetty, horse cart, rowing boat and figures under an overcast sky

Paysage avec charrette sur une digue

Jan van Goyen, 1646

Painted interior of a long ornate gallery with gilded tables, glass display cases, and a richly decorated ceiling.

Intérieur de la galerie d'Apollon au Louvre

Victor Duval, 1874

Painting of cupids among a lush garland of roses, sunflowers and flowers, with a parrot and a sleeping putto.

Cupids and Garlands of Flowers with a Parrot

Carlo Maratta, 1694

Dark painting of figures tending a dead body by candlelight, with a bearded man in red holding a cloth and mourning women.

The Deposition

Jacopo Bassano, 1570

Gold-ground panel of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, with Mary, Simeon holding the infant, and attendant figures und

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

Guido of Siena, 1270

Oil painting of a wedding feast in an arched hall, with seated guests, servants, musicians, a dog and a cat.

Les Noces de Cana

Leandro Bassano

Loose oil sketch of a reclining king on a bed amid nude women, warriors, a gold-harnessed horse, and gold objects.

La Mort de Sardanapale, esquisse

Eugène Delacroix, 1826

Oil painting of a seated woman in orange robes carving a name into a tree, with sheep grazing in a wooded landscape.

Herminie grave sur un arbre le nom de Tancrède

Pier Francesco Mola, 1660

Painting of Venus reclining nude on red cushion, Adonis in golden armour with spear, and cupids in a wooded landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Francesco Albani, 1630

Painting of a vaulted gallery with framed artworks, sculptures, skylights and visitors sketching and strolling.

Projet d'aménagement de la Grande Galerie du Louvre, vers 1796

Hubert Robert, 1796

Harbor scene with masted ships, quayside figures in period dress, and a walled town with a tower under a cloudy sky.

Dieppe Harbor

Joseph Vernet, 1753

Painting of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, shepherds kneeling, an ox, and angels in clouds above.

Adoration of the Shepherds (1688)

Luca Giordano, 1688

Painting of a seated Virgin in pink and blue with an infant, an older bearded man resting at left, under trees and hills.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini, 1625

Painting of a sunlit town square with brick gabled houses, trees, a church with twin spires, and small figures.

Xanthen, square with the church of St. Victor in the background

Adriaen van de Velde, 1675

Painting of Pan teaching music, with a satyr piping, putti, reclining figures, a classical statue and a dancing nymph in a la

La Leçon de musique de Pan

Giulio Carpioni, 1660

Two armored knights on horseback clash in a stormy countryside, one on a white horse with a sword, one on a brown horse with

Confrontation of knights in the countryside

Eugène Delacroix, 1830

Oil painting of a rider on a white horse gesturing to a woman holding a tambourine, with soldiers and onlookers nearby.

La Fille de Jephté

Giuseppe Bazzani

Painting of a young woman tracing a shadow on a wall beside a seated young man, a dog, and classical columns.

The Origin of Painting

Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1786

Painting of a chained, bearded prisoner reaching toward light in a dark stone dungeon beside a sleeping man.

The Prisoner of Chillon

Eugène Delacroix, 1834

Still life painting of grapes, pomegranate, apples, melon, chestnuts and medlars on a ledge, with a small bird among the frui

Nature morte aux nèfles

Luca Forte, 1650

Oil painting of fishermen working on a river with a boat, nets and hanging fish under a stormy sky, with a distant village.

Fishing

Annibale Carracci, 1585

Oil painting of two mounted riders, a groom in green, dogs and shepherds with sheep in a hazy landscape.

The Departure for the Horse Ride

Aelbert Cuyp, 1665

Arched painting of the dead Christ held by the Virgin Mary, surrounded by haloed mourners in red and green robes.

Roverella-Altar für St. Giorgio in Ferrara, Lünettenbekrönung, Szene: Pietà und Heilige

Cosimo Tura, 1474

Two boys in black clothing sit beside a carved four-poster bed with green curtains, one holding an open book, with a small do

Édouard V, roi mineur d’Angleterre, et Richard, duc d’York, son frère puiné, dit Les Enfants d’Édouard

Paul Delaroche, 1830

Double étude d'une tête de vieillard, par Jacob Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens, 1618

Devotional painting of the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints and a kneeling donor against a blue sky.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entourés de saint Jean-Baptiste, sainte Marie- Madeleine ?, saint Georges, saint Pierre et un d…

Giovanni Bellini, 1490

Painting of a wooded lane with a herder driving cattle along a sunlit path beneath autumn trees and a cloudy sky.

L'Automne

Jules Dupré, 1800

Painting of Perseus flying to rescue chained Andromeda from a sea monster, with nymphs, Cupid and onlookers on a stormy shore

Persée délivrant Andromède

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1727

Oil painting of a weathered wooden bridge over a shallow river under a cloudy sky, with low hills in the distance.

Le pont de bois

Eugène Isabey, 1825