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Gold-ground altarpiece panel of the Presentation at the Temple with the Virgin, Christ Child, high priest and attendant figur

The Presentation at the Temple

Bartolo di Fredi, 1388

Allegorical ceiling-style painting of winged figures, a warrior and cherubs in the sky above soldiers gathered at stone steps

Allégorie de la vie militaire

Gregorio Guglielmi, 1760

Oil study of a nude man bending forward, one foot raised on a wooden block, against a dark brownish background.

Study of a man

Achille Etna Michallon, 1803

Full-length painting of a figure in white costume and wide hat standing before a landscape, with companions and a donkey near

Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718

Portrait of a woman in black dress with gold embroidered bodice, white lace collar and cap, beside a wooden chair.

Portrait of Catharina Both van der Eem (1589-1666)

Frans Hals, 1620

Medieval panel of the Madonna holding the Christ Child against a gold background, wearing a dark blue mantle and white veil.

Madonna and Child

Ugolino di Nerio, 1315

Gilded panel of Christ on a blue cross above a kneeling haloed saint in a rocky landscape, framed in gold.

Le Christ en croix adoré par saint François d'Assise

Giovanni di Tommasino Crivelli, 1400

Religious panel painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with two saints and two angels beneath a fruit garland.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Jean Évangéliste, sainte Brigitte de Suède et deux anges

Ansano di Michele Ciampanti, 1450

Landscape painting of river fishermen, an arched aqueduct, waterfall and tall trees under a cloudy sky, by Joseph Vernet.

Matin sur terre : la pêche en rivière

Joseph Vernet, 1766

Painting of a young boy in striped embroidered costume beside a large pale hound with a red crested collar.

Cardinal Granvelle's Dwarf

Antonis Mor, 1560

Smiling figure with feathered cap and blue gold-trimmed jacket tuning a lute against a dark background.

Femme acoordant son luth

Gerard van Honthorst, 1624

Two haloed saints in dark and white robes stand before a red patterned background, one holding a palm and book.

Saint Étienne et saint Ange le carme

Carlo Braccesco, 1400

Nude young man with red drapery and spears confronts a winged sphinx on rocks, with a skull at his feet and a city beyond.

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1808

Gilded panel of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two angels, with cherub heads above, dated 1501.

La Vierge et l'Enfant trônant entre deux anges

Vittore Crivelli, 1501

Painting of Madonna in blue mantle holding Christ Child with halo, before classical columns and a landscape view.

Madonna and Child

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1476

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, wearing a blue scarf and dark coat, against a brown background.

Alexandre Colin

Théodore Géricault, 1816

Painting of a rider in a bicorne hat on a dark horse crossing a snowy mountain pass, led by a guide with a pole.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Paul Delaroche, 1848

Interior genre scene of women in pink silk gowns, a bowing man in gold brocade, and a small dog on a patterned floor.

Presentation

Pietro Longhi, 1741

Painting of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with a halo, executioners pulling ropes at his feet, and a plumed soldier watchin

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Biagio Manzoni, 1650

Painting of a kneeling bearded friar in prayer, with an angel and cherubs above and a harbor town on the sea behind.

Saint Conrad Confalonieri

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1618

Painting of Venus embracing Adonis, with a Cupid and two hunting dogs in a dark wooded landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Luca Cambiaso, 1560

Painting of the Madonna and Child with saints John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene before a river landscape.

The Madonna and Child with Sts John the Baptist and Mary Magdalen

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1511

Painting of costumed commedia dell'arte actors, including Pierrot and a masked harlequin, in a wooded setting.

Les acteurs de la Comédie italienne

Nicolas Lancret, 1716

Painting of Judith in a jeweled turban holding a sword and the severed head of Holofernes, with an older woman behind her.

Judith tenant la tête d'Holopherne

Georges Lallemand, 1605

Oil portrait of a man in a grey coat and white cravat, holding gold scissors over paper against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Francisco Goya, 1806

Portrait of a bearded man in black armour beside red drapery, a plumed helmet on a red-draped table, marble floor.

Henry IV, King of France in Armour

Frans Pourbus the Younger, 1610

Painting of the Virgin and Child in clouds above St Luke in red robes and St Catherine with a book, with a landscape behind.

The Virgin Appears to Sts Luke and Catherine

Annibale Carracci, 1592

Virgin and Child flanked by two haloed saints on stone pedestals, with a Latin inscription along the lower edge.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Jean-Baptiste et saint Jean l'évangéliste

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480

Virgin and Child seated on a pedestal with a bearded bishop saint and an armored saint beside them, with a putto behind a cur

Virgin and Child between St Benedict and St Quentin

Sisto Badalocchio, 1618

Oil painting of the Madonna in a red robe and gold veil holding an oak sprig, with a nude infant on a blue drape.

Madonna and child

Simon Vouet, 1640