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Painting of women gathered on a riverbank around an infant, with classical buildings, palms and an obelisk behind them.

The Finding of Moses

Nicolas Poussin, 1651

Painting of red and green apples heaped in a bowl beside a pewter jug, with loose apples on a brown table.

Still Life with Apples and a Pomegranate

Gustave Courbet, 1871

Oil painting of a shipwreck with figures crowded on a boat in churning waves under a glowing yellow sky.

Disaster at Sea

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835

Painting of Cephalus and Aurora with a winged white horse, a sleeping man, a cupid, and a dawn landscape.

Cephalus and Aurora

Nicolas Poussin, 1630

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's foot in a basin, with apostles in a dim interior and a checkered floor.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1575

Turner landscape of a river valley with a crowd of elegant figures under tall trees on a hilltop, boats on the water.

England: Richmond Hill, on the Prince Regent's Birthday

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1819

Still life of a white two-handled cup of water on a silver plate with a pink rose beside it on a dark table.

Cup of Water and a Rose on a Silver Plate

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1630

Painting of Christ in blue robe with halo reaching toward a kneeling woman, surrounded by a crowd beneath classical columns.

The Conversion of Mary Magdalene

Paolo Veronese, 1548

Painting of fishing boats with brown sails on rough sea under golden clouds, with seagulls over wet sand in the foreground.

Fishing upon the Blythe-Sand, Tide Setting In

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1809

Pointillist painting of a canal with a moored sailboat, row of red-roofed houses, flagpole, and pale sand under a hazy sky.

Der Kanal von Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe

Georges Seurat, 1890

Painting of Europa seated on a white bull with attendant women and a cupid, set in a wooded coastal landscape.

The abduction of Europa

Paolo Veronese, 1570

Turner painting of the Thames under a hazy sky, with a stone arched bridge in the distance and a dark smoke plume on the left

The Thames above Waterloo Bridge

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1830

Painted panel of a bishop handing stones to young men beside a brick wall, with two shielded men walking toward mountains at

A Legend of Saints Justus and Clement of Volterra

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1479

Painting of a crowded regatta on the Venice Grand Canal, with gondolas, decorated boats and palazzi lined with spectators.

Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Painting of a river reach at dusk with dark trees, sailing masts and a cloud-filled sky reflected in the water.

Walton Reach

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1805

Pferd im Gewitter

Théodore Géricault, 1820

Painting of a festive regatta on a broad canal lined with palaces, with gondolas, decorated boats and crowds of spectators.

A Regatta on the Grand Canal

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1740

Hazy Venetian lagoon with gondolas, a domed church and a customs house tower in warm pale light.

The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1842

Painting of a rocky landscape with two seated men, a rider on a white horse, a tall tree, a distant town and blue water.

Il Tramonto (The Sunset)

Giorgione, 1506

Painting of fashionable visitors in an ornate circular rotunda with a central pavilion, chandeliers and a musicians' gallery.

London: Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1754

Loose oil sketch of a misty gorge with a waterfall, tall trees and distant towers under a pale sky.

Tivoli, the Cascatelle

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1827

Ophelia among the Flowers

Odilon Redon, 1905

Crowded Venetian square with canvas awnings, a classical church facade, figures in red robes, and paintings for sale.

Venice: The Feast Day of Saint Roch

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Hazy pale blue and cream painting of Venice with a faint dome, a building at left, and a misty sky.

Venice with the Salute

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Oil sketch of a sunlit rocky cliff face with cracks, dry grass on top, green shrubs and a blue sky above.

A Cliff Face

Arnold Böcklin, 1850

Painting of a busy Venetian canal with gondolas, domed church and palace facades under a pale sky.

Venice: The Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1740

Painting of fishermen selling fish on a sandy shore at dawn, with sailing boats and a ship on misty water.

Sun Rising through Vapour, Fishermen Cleaning and Selling Fish

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1807

Classical landscape with tall trees, a lake, grazing cattle, and figures gathered in the foreground under a pale sky.

The Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca

Claude Lorrain, 1648

Loose painting of a woman tending a reclining child on a sandy beach with a parasol, strollers and sailboats beyond.

Beach Scene

Edgar Degas, 1876

Painting of a nude youth playing pan pipes on a rock beside a seated bearded man in a wooded landscape.

Marsyas and Olympus

Annibale Carracci, 1550

Classical landscape with a domed temple, harbor ships, and robed figures on a colonnaded terrace beside the sea.

Aeneas in Delos

Claude Lorrain, 1671

Painting of a pale garden wall beside a dirt road, with trees and a farmhouse under an overcast sky.

Charles-François Daubigny - The Garden Wall

Charles-François Daubigny, 1860

Painting of the Adoration of the Kings: Madonna and Child in a ruined stable, kneeling kings, attendants, horses, and rocky h

The Adoration of the Kings

Filippino Lippi

Painting of a seaport at sunset with sailing ships, classical buildings, figures on the quay, and small rowing boats on the w

A Seaport

Painted riverside landscape with ducks on still water, a small moored boat, dense trees and a cloudy sky.

Charles-François Daubigny - River Scene with Ducks

Charles-François Daubigny, 1859

Painting of a knight raising a sword beside a woman in white, with a hooded figure and glowing faces in the dark background.

Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma

Henry Fuseli, 1783

Painting of the Venetian Grand Canal with gondolas, a pink church facade on the right, and domed buildings under a cloudy sky

Venice: The Grand Canal facing Santa Croce

Bernardo Bellotto, 1738

Dusky pond scene with tall alders, reflections on still water, ducks, and a muted cloudy sky.

Alders

Charles-François Daubigny, 1872

Crowded park scene under chestnut trees with well-dressed figures, children, dogs and parasols in dappled sunlight.

Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens

Adolph Menzel, 1867

Painting of a horseman, two peasants and cows resting on a riverbank, with sailing boats on the river under a cloudy sky.

Peasants with Four Cows by the River Merwede

Aelbert Cuyp, 1658

Calm river scene with a moored sailboat, green trees on both banks, water lilies, and a figure by the water under a cloudy sk

Charles-François Daubigny - View on the Oise

Charles-François Daubigny, 1873

Dim tavern interior with men drinking and smoking by a fireplace and a laughing couple seated on a platform at left.

Tavern Scene

Adriaen Brouwer, 1635

Painting of a horseman on a grey horse with herders and cattle in an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

A Landscape with Horseman, Herders and Cattle

Aelbert Cuyp, 1655

Painting of cattle grazing near a stream at sunset, with a large tree on a hillside and poplars on the right.

Landscape with Cattle by a Stream

Charles-François Daubigny, 1872

Painting of a harbour with a lighthouse, a sailing ship, elegant figures on rocks and washerwomen at the shore under clouds.

A Sea-shore

Joseph Vernet, 1776

Cows rest in a meadow beside a milkmaid, with a distant town, windmills and a church tower under a bright sky.

A Distant View of Dordrecht, with a Milkmaid and Four Cows, and Other Figures ('The Large Dort')

Aelbert Cuyp, 1650

Hazy river view of St Paul's dome over moored dark boats and wooden piles, with workers on the shore.

St Paul's from the Surrey Side

Charles-François Daubigny, 1870

Man in a black hat beside a lute and birdcage, with a view of a church tower, canal and houses in sunlight behind him.

A View of Delft

Carel Fabritius, 1652

Painting of the Roman Forum with ancient columns, oxcarts, a fountain, and people walking across a sunlit open square.

View of the Forum in Rome

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814

Painting of willow trees beside a river with two resting figures and a cloudy grey sky over a flat landscape.

Charles-François Daubigny - Willows

Charles-François Daubigny, 1872

Painting of dock workers in winter beside a large steamship, with horses, a tugboat and a city skyline behind.

Men of the Docks

George Bellows, 1912

Painting of a village with watermills among trees, a stream with wooden footbridges, and a large leaning oak under a cloudy s

Dorf mit den Wassermühlen

Meindert Hobbema, 1668

Stubbs painting of a carriage, a rider on a bay horse, a standing man with grey horses, and a dog under a large tree.

The Milbanke and Melbourne Families

George Stubbs, 1769

Loose oil sketch of a sandy beach with a beached boat, sailing vessels on grey water, and a figure on a dune.

La Ferté

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Painting of a canal lock with a drawbridge, a church tower, gabled houses, masted ships and a cloudy sky.

'The Haarlem Lock, Amsterdam

Meindert Hobbema, 1663

Double portrait of an elderly man in a black beret and fur-trimmed coat beside an elderly woman in a white headdress, against

Elderly Couple

Jan Gossaert, 1510

Painting of a tropical Brazilian landscape with palms, a white chapel, colonial houses, figures on a dirt road and distant hi

Landschap in Brazilië

Frans Post, 1656

Dim interior with a man tending a hearth amid flasks and pots, a child at a cluttered table, and a woman by a window.

An Alchemist

Adriaen van Ostade, 1661

Virgin Mary holds the infant Christ while an older man offers fruit beside her, in a wooded landscape with a waterfall.

The Rest on The Flight into Egypt

Pieter Lastman, 1620

Night scene of castaways warming by a bonfire on a rocky coast beside a stormy sea, with a wrecked ship in the surf.

Saint Paul on Malta

Adam Elsheimer, 1600

Painting of a crowded wedding feast with a servant in red pouring wine and a dog in the lower left corner.

The Marriage at Cana

Mattia Preti, 1655

Painting of a Dutch ship and small boats in choppy sea under a dramatic cloudy sky.

A Dutch Ship and Other Small Vessels in a Strong Breeze

Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1658

Painting of a winged dragon attacking two nude men in a rocky landscape, with a distant spear-bearing figure at left.

Two Followers of Cadmus devoured by a Dragon

Cornelis van Haarlem, 1588

Seated man in blue coat and white stockings leaning against a tree beside a spotted dog, with sea and ships behind.

Joseph Greenway

Jens Juel, 1788

Painting of a Dutch warship with gilded stern and flags leading a fleet through stormy seas, with a crowded rowing boat in th

The Eendracht and a Fleet of Dutch Men-of-war

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1670

Painting of skaters on a frozen canal at sunset, with windmills, a church tower and snowy banks.

Skating in Holland

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1890

Family portrait of a woman in red, a bearded man, a girl in blue on a table with cherries, and a toddler, with a lake view.

Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children

Lorenzo Lotto, 1547

Painting of a wooded landscape with an angel and a young man walking by a river under a cloudy sky.

A Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Jan Lievens, 1640

Painting of a sunlit Paris boulevard with tall trees, a horse-drawn carriage, pale buildings and a cloudy blue sky.

The Boulevard de Port-Royal, Paris

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1877

Painting of a violin-playing figure beside a waterfall, surrounded by lions, horses, deer, birds and an elephant in a forest.

Orpheus

Roelant Savery, 1628

Still life painting of a red lobster on a dish beside a silver-mounted drinking horn, glasses, and lemon peel.

Still Life with Drinking-Horn

Willem Kalf, 1653

Painting of a shepherd resting at a wood's edge with sheep and goats grazing by a pond under a cloudy sky.

The Edge of a Wood, with a Sleeping Shepherd, Sheep and Goats

Adriaen van de Velde, 1658

Painting of a brick church with a tall spire beside a tree-lined canal, with stepped gabled houses and swans on the water.

View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam

Jan van der Heyden, 1660

Red wooden drawbridge over a canal at dusk, with figures on the bridge, soldiers, a yellow house and pink sky.

The Northern Drawbridge to the Citadel in Copenhagen

Christen Købke, 1837

Painting of a bay horse, white cow, goat and sheep in a meadow beside a stone building and waterfall under clouds.

A Bay Horse, a Cow, a Goat and Three Sheep near a Building

Adriaen van de Velde, 1663

Workmen with axes build a large white wooden horse on scaffolding beside a city wall, while two onlookers gesture toward it.

Building of the Troyan Horse

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760

Painting of a woman holding wheat beside two men in a golden harvest field, with reapers, trees and mountains behind.

Ruth in Boaz's Field

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1828

Painting of a farm with a dead ivy-covered tree, cows, a milkmaid, farmer, sheep and chickens beside a thatched house.

A Farm with a Dead Tree

Adriaen van de Velde, 1658

Winter landscape with a brick farmhouse, bare willows, and figures playing golf on a frozen road under a pale sky.

A Winter Landscape.[1]

Esaias van de Velde, 1623

Painting of a rushing stream past a thatched cottage, with rocky cliffs, trees and clouds under a stormy sky.

A Saw-mill by a Torrent

Allart van Everdingen, 1670

Winter painting of people golfing and skating on a frozen field, with a tent, sledge, windmill and cloudy sky.

Golfers on the Ice near Haarlem

Adriaen van de Velde, 1668

Landscape with tall trees, a river and rocky cliffs, with nude figures gathered on a path and cattle grazing in the distance.

A Landscape with the Judgement of Paris

Group portrait of four men in black hats and dark coats seated at a table with books and papers, with a dog at lower left.

Group Portrait

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1657

Peasants with cattle, sheep and goats crossing a stream beneath large trees in a forest landscape.

Peasants with Cattle fording a Stream

Adriaen van de Velde, 1662

Painting of two wooden alpine chalets with shingled roofs on a green hillside, with layered mountains and a lake beyond.

Chalets at Rigi

Alexandre Calame, 1861

Painting of a carriage and mounted riders with grey horses on a forest road, with hunting dogs and a distant valley.

Philippe François d'Arenberg Meeting Troops

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1662

Painting of a white adult goat with curved horns and a kid on a forest path beside a large tree.

A Goat and a Kid

Adriaen van de Velde, 1655

Painting of a calm lake with a snowy mountain, a large tree on the right shore, and two people in a rowing boat.

The Lake of Thun

Alexandre Calame, 1854

Painting of butterflies, moths, beetles and wasps arranged around a hawthorn sprig with red berries and blue forget-me-not fl

Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not

Jan van Kessel the Elder, 1654

Painting of a wooded landscape with bathing nymphs by a stream and waterfall, a hunter with dogs in the distance.

Diana and Callisto

Paul Bril, 1620

Painting of four large spreading trees with dark branches in a meadow under a grey sky, by Alexandre Calame, 1850.

Four Large Trees - Alexandre Calame (National Gallery NG6711)

Alexandre Calame, 1850

Painting of butterflies, moths, beetles and insects arranged around thistle and blue borage flowers on a pale background.

Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Creeping Thistle and Borage

Jan van Kessel the Elder, 1654

Painting of a pale hilltop convent above rocky cliffs, boulders and a stone arch in the foreground, under a blue sky.

The Capuchin Convent at Amalfi

Carl Blechen, 1829

Painting of a hero in gold armour lifting a golden fleece in a tree beside a serpent, with a woman in white and soldiers near

The Capture of the Golden Fleece

Jean-François de Troy, 1742

Painting of a calm lake with reflections of clouds and trees, a wooded island at right, and distant blue hills.

Lake Keitele

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1905

Painting of nude women bathing in a grassy clearing beside overgrown classical ruins, with hills and a blue sky behind.

Women bathing in a Landscape

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1630