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Painting of a snowy forest interior at dusk, with tree trunks and a warm red glow between the dark trees.

Wooded Landscape in Snow

Ludvig Munthe, 1870

Dim painted landscape with a dark rounded hill under a streaked twilight sky, distant trees and pale horizon light.

Illustration for Holger Drachmann's "Elverkongen" in "Troldtøj", Copenhagen 1889-1890

August Jerndorff, 1890

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man with a fur collar and brown waistcoat against a dark background.

The Artist's Father, Lars Bergslien

Knud Bergslien, 1870

Painting of a winter forest with bare trees, snow, and two deer beside a stream, lit by low golden sunlight.

Winter in Germany

Ludvig Munthe, 1869

Dim bedroom scene: a dark figure bends over a reclining person on a bed beside a glowing window.

And deeper the Witch bent down over the white neck...

August Jerndorff, 1889

Still life painting of a flower bouquet in a red urn vase with seashells, a book and fallen petals on a table.

Still Life with Flowers

Knud Bergslien, 1847

Painting of fishermen working on a snowy Norwegian shore with beached boats, huts, and a low sun over the sea.

Fishing Village on the Norwegian Coast

Ludvig Munthe, 1878

Muted river landscape with tall reeds, a fallen log, and two birds skimming calm water under a pale sky.

The tall reeds with the swaying, soft plumes, and the rushes [...], and the crooked alder trunks and the bushes along…

August Jerndorff, 1890

Oil portrait of a woman with tall powdered hair in a floral gown, blue wrap, and green drape, c. 1753.

Portrait of Elisabeth Geelmuyden Gyldenkrantz

Mathias Blumenthal, 1753

Painting of red-roofed wooden houses on a rocky hillside overlooking a calm sea with distant islands.

View of Nevlunghavn

Gerhard Munthe, 1880

Loose brown and blue painting of large wagon wheels under a pale moon, with expressive brushwork.

Wohnvognen

August Jerndorff, 1890

Painting of a riverside town with red roofs, a fortress on a hill, sailboats on water, and stacked timber in the foreground.

View of Halden

Mathias Blumenthal, 1747

Painting of a weathered wooden farmhouse with a grey horse grazing in a grassy garden beside a leafy tree.

At the Farm, Ulvin

Gerhard Munthe, 1889

Oil sketch of a snowy winter road past a thatched cottage, shrubs, a church steeple and a distant windmill under grey sky.

The house lay on the outermost edge of the town, in summer quite hidden by the overgrown garden

August Jerndorff, 1890

Winter landscape with sleighs and horses on a frozen lake, spruce trees and felled logs at right, under an overcast sky.

Norwegian winter landscape

Mathias Blumenthal, 1746

Painting of a green summer field with trees, two small figures, grey clouds and distant blue hills under an overcast sky.

Fields at Hedmark in Summer

Gerhard Munthe, 1875

Painting of a young boy in a brown vest holding a pot of tulips against a dark background, lit from the left.

Mesteren for Hyrdenes tilbedelse - Boy with a Pot of Flowers, Antagelig ca. 1640, NG.M.01345

Jusepe de Ribera, 1640

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a white wig, red coat and cream waistcoat against a dark brown background.

Chancellor Christopher Hammer

Peder Aadnes, 1770

Painting of a rushing river in a rocky gorge below a steep dark mountain slope, with sunlit green banks.

The River Driva

Gerhard Munthe, 1895

Oil portrait of a young person with dark hair, wearing a blue jacket over a red vest, against a brown background.

Studiehode

Sofie Ribbing, 1860

Half-length portrait of an older woman in a gray lace bonnet, gray dress and red shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of Ingeborg Turine Wang, b. Rogstad

Peder Aadnes, 1791

Oil painting of bare trees over melting snow, with red roofs, dark hills and a grey sky in early spring.

Early Spring

Gerhard Munthe, 1922

Painting of a dramatic male figure in blue tunic and red breeches lunging forward with a raised fist beside a fur-draped couc

Richard III

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1787

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and red coat with lace cravat, with an inscription and coat of arms at top.

Andreas Olaus Hammer, Portrait of Andreas Olaus Hammer

Peder Aadnes, 1761

Painting of a young apple tree in a sunlit meadow, with a farmhouse at left and a lone figure near trees at right.

The Apple Tree

Gerhard Munthe, 1887

Painting of two armored warriors with swords and a banner under a starry sky, framed by red scrollwork, dated 1926.

Saga

Gerhard Munthe, 1926

Painting of trolls and folk-costumed women in a decorated interior, with a striped cat and a frieze of rams below.

The spirited off into the Mountain

Gerhard Munthe, 1928

Oil sketch of tall trees on a grassy heath beneath a pale sun glowing through a hazy, reddish sky.

Trees on Hampstead Heath

John Constable, 1821

Woman in white headdress leans on a chair beside a bed, watching a sleeping baby in a wicker cradle on a tiled floor.

A Sabine Woman Rocking Her Child

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1877

Painting of a grieving seated woman with hands on her chest beside a child's body and pink roses, against a patterned wall.

Painting - Kristian Zahrtmann, 1899

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1899

Painting - Kristian Zahrtmann, 1878

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1878

Woman in dark period dress and feathered hat stands in a stone vault beside a candle, as a man in red waits nearby.

Painting - Kristian Zahrtmann, 1893

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1893

Loose oil study of a seated man in a white robe with arms outstretched, against an ochre and grey background, dated 1894.

Painting - Kristian Zahrtmann, 1894

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1894

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white lace gown with jeweled earrings and a fur wrap, against a green palm-framed backgr

Portrait of Maria Numsen

Peder Als, 1752

Oil portrait of a young woman in a blue-green gown with one breast exposed, against a dark background, circa 1756.

Woman with naked Breast

Peder Als, 1756

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red coat and blue sash with a silver star order, against a dark background.

Count Eggert Christopher Knuth

Peder Als, 1770

Oil portrait of a young blonde girl with curly hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue dress with a white lace collar.

Painting - Constantin Hansen, 1853

Constantin Hansen, 1853

Shepherd boy with staff and dog beside ruined Doric temple columns under a clear blue sky.

Shepherd boy in the temple, Paestum

Constantin Hansen, 1854

Dim interior with a string quartet playing before an audience, candles glowing in the background, loose painterly brushwork.

The Neruda Quartet, showing some of the spectators to the left. Study

P.S. Krøyer, 1886

Candlelit room with a string quartet playing before a seated audience under a chandelier, by Krøyer, 1886.

Music in the studio

P.S. Krøyer, 1886

Painting of men seated at an outdoor breakfast table under trees while a woman in a shawl serves them.

Breakfast in Sora

P.S. Krøyer, 1880

Grey-toned painting of a man in a dark coat by a ledge, with seated women in period dress and a ballroom crowd behind.

Illustration for the poem "Drømmesyn" by Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grisaille painting of pale irises below two draped figures, one reaching upward toward a misty sky.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot "... when you hover here in the moon's glow...

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Dim interior with a woman in white reaching toward a window, a ghostly figure beside her, and a man in a doorway.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot "For just now, when the Shadow was to become visible to its beloved

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grisaille painting of an elderly woman with two children before a thatched cottage doorway, flowering shrubs at left.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome sketch of a ruined castle on a rocky coast above the sea, with small houses and clouds at dusk.

Ruin by the coast. Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, Den engelske lods

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grayscale painting of two sailors on a deck, one pointing toward the horizon, with a masted ship and choppy water below.

There! From where? There you point?

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome painting of a bouquet of white daisy-like flowers with dark centres and leaves on a pale background.

Prestekrager

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome painting of a winged woman playing a harp beside stormy waves, with seagulls flying in the sky.

To my Viv!

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome painting of a fjord with snowy mountains, a church by the shore, a wooden house and flowering shrubs in front

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot, Hardanger

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome painting of two women embracing at a staircase railing, with masted boats in a harbor behind them.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot, Farewell

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome painting of poppies and buds at lower left with a butterfly flying in the upper right.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot, Flowers and Butterfly

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grayscale study of a barefoot boy looking up at an elderly bearded man in a bed beside a lit window.

Boy and grandfather

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome sketch of a misty shoreline with reeds, bare trees, a crab, a shell and a thistle in the foreground.

Illustration for the poem "Appearance of England" in Henrik Wergeland, Den engelske lods

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey monochrome painting of a lighthouse amid stormy waves and foaming surf breaking over rocks.

Illustration for "The Pilot and His Boy" in Henrik Wergeland, Den engelske lods, Copenhagen, 1894. Lighthouse

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey-toned illustration of figures in period dress under a striped canopy with garlands, one standing woman turning toward a

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot "... hun ønsker, han skal vinde, op ifra sit Sæde staaer...

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grey-toned painting of white apple blossoms and dark leaves on a branch, with a handwritten note at the bottom.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot "Apple Blossoms

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Pastel drawing of a weaving mill interior with a woman in an apron working at a loom, others at machines behind her.

Interior from Hjula weaving Mill

Wilhelm Peters, 1886

Grayscale painting of a ship's bow with a man at the rail while mermaids rise from the waves beside the anchor chain.

Illustration for Henrik Wergeland, The English Pilot, Dream Vision

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Grisaille oil sketch of a rough gray sea under an overcast sky, with white foam on breaking waves.

Agterspeilet

Wilhelm Peters, 1894

Painting of a Salvation Army band playing in a cobbled village street, watched by townspeople, children and a man at a window

The Salvation Army marching in a Fishing Village

Wilhelm Peters, 1895

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a brown hat and dark coat against a dark background, with loose textured brushwork.

Charles Faure

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, 1874

Loose painted study of a chef in white apron beside a wicker basket, with a cat on the floor and hanging meats in a dim kitch

Detail study for 'La Rottisserie des deux Paons'

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, 1840

Peasants outside a village tavern with bowling, a large tree, and dancing figures on a green under a cloudy sky.

Painting - David Teniers the Younger, 1680

David Teniers the Younger, 1680

Small painting of Flemish fishermen and a dog on a sandy coast with a sailing boat, beached rowboat and dunes.

Flemish Coast

David Teniers the Younger, 1610

Painting of villagers dancing and drinking outside a thatched tavern, with a fiddler on a barrel under a cloudy sky.

A rustic party

David Teniers the Younger, 1660

Abstract painting of interlocking blue, teal, yellow and grey shapes with swirling black linear forms.

Fragment

Ragnhild Kaarbø, 1935

Abstract painting of a stylized face with one large eye, set among overlapping geometric shapes in green, orange, black and o

Composition with a Head

Ragnhild Kaarbø, 1925

Abstract geometric painting of overlapping rectangles and arch shapes in grey, green, ochre, red and blue.

Composition

Ragnhild Kaarbø, 1925

Painting of a pale reclining figure tended by robed women in blue, red and green, with hanging cloths behind them.

Pietà

Bjarne Ness, 1926

Painting of a rider in a yellow headdress on a brown horse, with an acrobat beside it against a muted sky.

Jugglers

Bjarne Ness, 1927

Painting of figures walking a dirt path under trees and a blue sky, with a woman in red and a man in green.

Sunday Afternoon

Bjarne Ness, 1927

Painted self-portrait of a man with short hair in a dark suit and tie, against a pale, loosely brushed background.

Self-Portrait

Bjarne Ness, 1927

Abstract painting of geometric shapes in red, black, yellow and teal with a large dark blue circle at the center.

Composition

Thorvald Hellesen, 1920

Abstract geometric painting with fan shapes, bands and arcs in red, orange, purple and grey with blue accents.

Balalaika

Thorvald Hellesen, 1916

Colorful painting of a rococo pavilion on an arched bridge, two figures at the rail, and a herdsman leading cattle among tree

Rococo

August Macke, 1912

Painting of a standing man in a dark suit with a green face against a vivid red, yellow and blue expressive background.

The Nurse

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Virgin nursing the infant Christ in a red mantle and blue dress, with a landscape of hills, village and travelers behind.

Madonna lactans

Gerard David, 1510

Painting of a standing man in a red cloak and white robe, arm raised, seen from behind against a brown background.

Standing Man, Academic Study

Johann Friedrich Matthai, 1795

Painting of classical Roman ruins with columns, fallen stones, two figures on a pedestal and a cloudy sky.

Painting - Francesco Gadi, 1750

Francesco Gadi, 1750

Bearded man in yellow and blue robes clasps hands and looks upward, holding keys, with an angel in the distance.

St. Peter Repentant

Bearded man in yellow robe and blue cloak clasps hands and looks upward, holding keys, dark background with olive branches.

Tears of St. Peter

Painting of two nude women in a sunlit interior, one standing and one seated, with a potted plant and fruit garland.

Female Nudes

Søren Onsager, 1908

Painting of a mail coach and galloping horses on a dusty road, with children watching and a thatched farmhouse under stormy s

The Mail Coach

Hermann Kauffmann the Elder, 1846

Oil study of a Norwegian mountain valley with boulders, pine trees, a brown slope and a snowy ridge under blue sky.

Norwegian Landscape

Hermann Kauffmann the Elder, 1843

Two riders on horseback gallop past an outdoor inn where men drink at tables, with an alpine village and mountains behind.

Mounted Peasants

Hermann Kauffmann the Elder, 1838

Dark interior painting of villagers gathered around a table, with a woman in a headscarf and a firelit background.

Painting - Hermann Kauffmann the Elder, 1838

Hermann Kauffmann the Elder, 1838

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ, with an older man in a red turban and fruit on a ledge.

Holy Family

Quinten Metsys, 1500

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel kneels before the Virgin Mary beside a red bed, with a dove of light above.

The Annunciation

Bernard van Orley, 1518

Painting of the Madonna nursing the Christ child, who holds a fig, beside a white ewer and dark green drapery.

Madonna and Child

Lucas van Leyden, 1528

Lucas Cranach the Elder's painting of St. Sebastian bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, against a dark background.

St. Sebastian

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1543

Virgin Mary with long hair holds the infant Christ, who reaches for an apple, before a landscape with a castle and river.

The Virgin and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1516

Painting of a dark mountain under swirling clouds, with a meadow, a winding stream and green trees in the foreground.

The Mist clears away

Kristen Holbø, 1909

Painting of a storm over a mountain ridge, with a windswept tree and grazing sheep on a heath in the foreground.

Storm in the Mountain

Kristen Holbø, 1899

Painting of a wooden farmhouse behind a fence, with tall trees, rolling hills and a pale mountain under a blue cloudy sky.

The Holbø Mountain Farm in Moonlight

Kristen Holbø, 1909

Painting of a rocky coastal landscape with a pale inlet, dark trees, a red-brown building, and a grey sky.

From the Island Skåtøy

Per Deberitz, 1924