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Oil painting of a young woman in blue and yellow reading a letter beside a small open jewelry box and red curtain.

La Liseuse

Jean Raoux, 1750

Woman in red headscarf leaning on a pitchfork beside smoldering grass in a hazy open field.

La Brûleuse d'herbes

Jean-François Millet, 1859

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in black clothing with a white lace collar, one hand on his chest, against a brown back

Portrait of a 45 year old man

Cornelis de Vos, 1632

Elegant company dines outdoors at a long table under trees, with servants, a carriage, a country house and dogs nearby.

A Hunting Meal

Jean-François de Troy, 1737

Panel painting of a kneeling donor with John the Baptist and a lamb, with a landscape showing a knight fighting a dragon.

The Donor with St John the Baptist

Hans Memling, 1490

Nude woman in red hat and jeweled necklace holding a veil, standing before dark trees with a castle and lake beyond.

Venus in a Landscape

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529

Portrait of a man with grey curly hair holding a painter's palette and brushes, wearing a grey coat with red collar.

Hubert Robert

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1788

Gold-ground panel of an angel in a pink robe holding an olive branch, with a gilded halo and speckled wings.

L'Ange de l'Annonciation Angel of the annunciation

Sano di Pietro, 1450

Oil portrait of a man with hands clasped in prayer, wearing a black fur-trimmed robe, gold chain and red collar, on green.

Portrait of John I, Duke of Cleves

Rogier van der Weyden, 1460

Young painter seated at an easel in a studio, with a fireplace, a hanging palette, and a portrait on the wall.

Jonge schilder in een atelier

Barent Fabritius, 1655

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black with a white ruff collar and cap, hands folded, against a dark background.

Portrait d'une jeune femme assise

Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1650

Oil painting of two men in period dress talking beside a seated woman in a gold gown, with a dog and red drapery.

François Ier, Charles Quint et la duchesse d'Étampes

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1827

Nude men fight with clubs in a rocky wooded clearing while women and infants watch; a castle sits on a hill behind.

The Fruits of Jealousy (The Close of the Silver Age)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1535

Seated man in red papal robes and white skullcap in a gilded chair, holding a document, against a dark background.

Portrait of Pope Pius VII

Jacques-Louis David, 1805

Half-length portrait of a young man in dark clothing beside a pale viol against a wall of dark and ochre blocks.

Portrait d'un joueur de viole

Paolo Zacchia the Elder

Gilded panel painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, who holds a scroll, against a gold background with haloes.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni di Pietro Falloppi, 1420

Nude woman pouring water from a terracotta jar into a pool, with foliage and irises beside her, against a dark rocky backgrou

The Spring

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1820

Painting of a man with a whip at a doorway among hunting dogs in a sunlit courtyard, with a hanging hare on a white wall.

Le valet de chiens

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1842

Half-length portrait of a woman with red feathers in her hair, pearl earrings and pendant, against a dark background.

Hendrickje Stoffels

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Painting of Saint John the Baptist, a curly-haired man smiling and pointing upward against a dark background.

Saint John the Baptist

Leonardo da Vinci, 1513

Painting of Saint John the Baptist preaching to a crowd of turbaned men and a soldier in a wooded landscape with a palm tree.

Saint Jean Baptiste prêchant dans le désert

Pier Francesco Mola, 1659

Painting of a young woman with an upturned gaze, seated near wooden crosses and cypress trees under a cloudy sky.

Orphan Girl at the Cemetery

Eugène Delacroix, 1824

Half-length portrait of a seated woman with folded hands and a faint smile, set before a hazy landscape with winding paths an

Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci, 1503

Painting of the Virgin Mary seated in a niche with an angel, dove, and saints and kneeling women on steps below.

Incarnation of Christ

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1515

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel offers a lily to the kneeling Virgin Mary beneath golden light and clouds.

Annunciation

Guido Reni, 1629

Painting of a seated nude woman seen from behind, wearing a red and white headscarf, beside a green velvet curtain and white

La Grande baigneuse

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1808

Half-length portrait of a woman with dark curled hair holding a pen, against a dark background.

Portrait of the Artist

Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, 1825

Painting of the dead Christ lying on the Virgin's lap with mourners, a wooden cross, skull, and landscape behind.

Lamentation Over The Dead Christ

Petrus Christus, 1435

Woman in white dress with red sash embraces a young girl in blue dress, both facing the viewer against a dark background.

Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun, Madame Vigée-Lebrun et sa fille

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789

Half-length self-portrait of a man with curly hair in a red cloak and white cravat, holding a palette and brushes.

Self-portrait

Jacques-Louis David, 1794

Two haloed women embrace before a building; an elderly man in a green robe watches from a doorway beside a landscape.

La Visitation

Juan Correa de Vivar, 1530

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king before the Virgin and Child, with attendants, angels and a city beyond

L'Adoration des Mages

Ulrich Apt the Elder, 1510

Painting of a winged nude figure rising upward toward light, with a serpent and red drapery on rocky ground below.

The Soul Breaking the Links Holding it to the Earth

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1821

Painting of a woman in pink robes gesturing from a platform to a crowd of helmeted soldiers, with a classical city plaza behi

The preaching of Cassandra

Dirck Metius, 1625

Madonna in red dress and blue mantle holds standing infant Christ before a dark curtain and a landscape with a hilltop town.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1504

Oil painting of a woman looking up at a winged angel on a cloud while a sleeping child lies nearby in a landscape.

Hagar and the Angel

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1705

Gilded religious panel of the Crucifixion with Mary, a kneeling figure in red, and a standing saint under a gothic arch.

La Crucifixion

Nicola di Ulisse da Siena, 1450

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, arms folded, against a pink desert landscape.

Portrait of Champollion (1790-1832)

Léon Cogniet, 1831

Interior scene of a seated young mother by a window, with a servant rocking an infant's wicker cradle beside kitchen objects.

'The Young Mother'

Gerrit Dou, 1658

Oil portrait of a woman in a silk gown beside a harpsichord, with a globe, books and roses in a rococo interior.

La marquise de Pompadour

François Boucher, 1750

Painting of two women in an interior with a tea service, a classical statue, a dog, and a red curtain.

Tea Party

Willem van Mieris, 1675

Gilded arched panel of the dead Christ with the Virgin, Saint John and two angels against a gold background.

Pietà with Saint John Evangelist and Two Angels

Limbourg brothers, 1400

Crowned armored king in orange mantle beside a page in a lace ruff, before a stormy sky and stone column.

Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page

Oil painting of a woman in a white gown being assisted by a servant in red inside a room with columns and a bed.

Desdemona Retiring to her Bed

Théodore Chassériau, 1849

Oil painting of women finding an infant in a basket by a river, with a parasol, tree and classical obelisk landscape.

The finding of Moses (Exodus 2:6)

Charles de La Fosse, 1701

Painting of a winged female allegory with a quill and book, a putto holding a ring, red drapery and laurel.

Allegory of Fame

Sebastiano Conca, 1730

Nativity scene in arched panel: kneeling Mary, Joseph, shepherds, ox and donkey at a manger, with angels above.

La Nativité

Lattanzio di Niccolo di Liberatore da Foligno, 1475

Rubens painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin with Christ Child, kneeling king in white and gold, camels and ox in a w

The adoration of the Magi

Peter Paul Rubens, 1624

Seated man in a red robe with fur trim and white collar, hand on a gilded ledge, before green drapery and a column.

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, president of Paris'Parliament

Philippe de Champaigne, 1653

Seated man in a dark hat and lace collar smoking a long pipe, with a dog at his feet and a candle on a table.

L'Odorat: homme fumant la pipe

Anthonie Palamedesz, 1625

Painting of the dead Christ supported by a mourning woman, with grieving figures and Passion instruments in the foreground.

Christ down from the Cross

Full-length portrait of a man in white ermine-trimmed coronation robes with a red mantle, holding a scepter beside a throne.

Napoleon in Coronation Robes

François Gérard, 1805

Painting of the Virgin gazing at a sleeping infant Jesus while angel musicians play a harp and flute nearby.

Sleeping baby Jesus with angel musicians

Carlo Maratta, 1697

Painting of a grinning man in a black hat and brown coat, pointing at the viewer while leaning on a cane.

Self-Portrait in a Mocking Pose

Joseph Ducreux, 1793

Painting of a woman in blue and red holding a sword and a severed head, raising one arm against a dark background.

Judith and Holopherne

Valentin de Boulogne, 1600

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ as Saint Catherine reaches toward him, with angels in clouds above.

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

Giuseppe Passeri, 1650

Oil portrait of a man in a white fur-trimmed robe, red sash and gold medal, seated beside books in a gilded interior.

Le comte Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy (1795-1856) en Grand maître de l'Université

Paul Delaroche, 1846

Painting of a busy seaport under a stormy sky, with ships, a walled city, and merchants unloading barrels on the quay.

View of a Seaport

Anton Mozart, 1600

Rembrandt's 1631 painting of an elderly man kneeling with an infant in a dim temple, lit by a spotlight amid onlookers.

Het loflied van Simeon, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631, Mauritshuis, The Hague

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Half-length portrait of a grey-haired man in a black cloak and white collar, holding a hat beside a column.

Portrait of a man holding a hat

Ferdinand Bol, 1662

Painting of a woman with a palm frond standing on a winged dragon, with a coiled serpent and open dragon jaws in a dark woode

Saint Margaret

Études de chevaux

Antoine Alphonse Montfort, 1822

Tête d'homme de profil. Etude pour l'Entrée du Christ à Jérusalem, à St Germain des Prés

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1842

Painting of Christ carrying a cross past soldiers and a kneeling woman, with three crosses on a hill in the background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Master of Delft, 1450

Painting of richly dressed nobles greeting robed clergy in a Gothic church, with a crowd watching from draped balconies.

François I and Charles V Visiting the Church of Saint Denis

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1812

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint kneeling at a post while men beat him, with spearmen and robed onlookers behind.

The Flagellation of Saint George

Bernat Martorell, 1430

Christ with a cross banner appears on a cloud before the kneeling Virgin Mary against a gold background.

L'Apparition du Christ à la Vierge

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1490

Painting of women on a riverbank lifting an infant from a basket, with an Egyptian-style architectural backdrop and palm tree

Moses found by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:5-6)

Adriaen van der Werff, 1722

Gold-ground panel of Christ carrying the cross through a walled city, with soldiers, weeping women and haloed figures.

Orsini-Altar, Szene: Kreuztragung

Simone Martini, 1333

Rubens painting of a richly dressed woman arriving by gilded barge, with sea nymphs and tritons in the waves below.

The Disembarkation at Marseilles

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Saint Jerome kneels in prayer beside a lion in a rocky wooded landscape with a castle on a hill.

Saint Jérôme pénitent dans un paysage avec l'épisode du lion qu'il guérit

Simon Bening, 1550

Painting of Christ as Salvator Mundi holding a jeweled globe with a cross and a ship, against a gold background.

Christ as Salvator Mundi

Joos van Cleve, 1512

Gilded panel painting of a standing saint with a palm frond and sword, with two serpents at his feet.

Saint Julien de Rimini ?

Vittore Crivelli, 1492

Baroque painting of a seated woman with an infant, allegorical figures, a sky chariot, and red drapery under a tree.

The Birth of the Dauphin at Fountainebleau

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Painting of Christ bound to a column while tormentors in colorful clothing beat him in an arched tiled interior.

Flagellation of Christ

Master L. Cz, 1475

Dark painting of the dead Christ on a white slab, with angels holding a shroud and a woman in red washing at a basin.

De graflegging van Christus

Quentin Varin, 1575

Painting of a woman in a white dress and feathered hat seated with two children, one in a dark cap, beside a red chair.

Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673) with Clara-Johanna (1632-1689) and Frans Rubens (1614-1673)

Peter Paul Rubens, 1636

Oil painting of a man in a blue robe studying a celestial globe by a window, with an open book on a draped table.

The Astronomer

Johannes Vermeer, 1668

Oil painting of a woman with dark hair gazing upward, wrapped in a golden shawl over a red garment.

Étude de tête de femme

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1780

Panel painting of the Madonna and Child surrounded by six crowned female saints in a garden landscape with angels above.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Hans Memling, 1490

Painting of a young artist in a red cloak among Renaissance-dressed figures in an arched courtyard, beside a woman holding a

Raphael at the Vatican

Horace Vernet, 1832

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark military coat with red epaulettes, wind-blown hair, and a smoky battle backdrop.

Bonaparte au pont d'Arcole

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1796

Painting of a seated woman in silver silk gown gesturing to a standing man in a red coat with a cane, in an elegant interior.

Portrait du marquis de Marigny et de sa femme, née Marie-Françoise Constance Julie Filleul

Louis-Michel van Loo, 1769

Young shepherd with bare chest holds a lamb up beside his face, seated against a dark background with a wooden staff.

Saint Jean-Baptiste tenant un mouton

Bartolomeo Manfredi

Kneeling man in white robe looks up at a woman holding a scroll reading HIC TE MAIOR ES, classical courtyard behind.

Auguste et la Sibylle de Tibur

Jean Cousin, 1530

Seated woman in white gown receives a gold scepter from a young man in blue fleur-de-lis robe, watched by courtiers.

Saint Louis Handing Over the Regency to His Mother

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1773

Bust portrait of a young girl in a black dress with a pearl-edged white collar against a dark background.

Portrait de l'Infante Marguerite en buste (anciennement Marie-Anne d'Autriche)

Diego Velázquez, 1660

Painting of a stone staircase seen through a dark archway, rising toward a bright cloudy sky with trees and small figures.

À la villa Farnèse: l'escalier; dit aussi: villa Farnese-intérieur

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1775

Oil painting of two men in greatcoats and a woman in a white gown examining a print against a dark background.

Les amateurs d'estampes

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1800

Painting of an angel with blue wings holding an olive branch against a gold background.

Angel with an Olive Branch

Hans Memling, 1475

Standing friar in brown habit holding a red book and flame before a gold background, in a Gothic frame.

St. Anthony of Padua

Oil portrait of a young woman in white headdress and dark gown reading a small book against a red background.

Young Woman in Orison Reading a Book of Hours

Ambrosius Benson, 1532

Virgin in red and blue robes gazes upward, holding the nude infant Jesus on a white cloth against a dark background.

La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus

Giovanni Do, 1630

Painting of the Circumcision of Christ with the infant on an altar, a robed priest, the Virgin, Joseph, and attendants under

Circumcision of Christ

Painting of a woman in a pink gown and a man in a red coat talking on a bench in a park with a classical rotunda.

Conversation in a Park

Thomas Gainsborough, 1746

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and blue drape, with a veil and a small fire beside her.

Portrait de Mme Henriette en Vestale, dit autrefois à tort Portrait de Mme Dupin

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1750