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Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ on a gilded throne, with fruit and a golden halo.

The Virgin and Child

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Portrait of a woman in a feathered black hat, white ruff and red gown against a dark background, dated 1573.

Lady Kytson

George Gower, 1573

Interior scene with three women, a seated man in a brown coat, a servant with a tray, and a framed portrait on the wall.

Familie

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Painting of Saint Peter with papal tiara, holding keys and a crucifix staff, in gold and red robes against a gilded backgroun

Saint Peter

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Seated young woman in a silk dress pours tea from a brass pot at a small blue table in a warm, sunlit room.

Dutch Girl at Breakfast

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1756

Painting of the Baptism of Christ: two nude men in a river, an angel and cherubs above, and a wooded landscape with onlookers

The Baptism of Christ

Adam Elsheimer, 1599

Woman in striped gray dress seen from behind, reflected in a gilded full-length mirror beside a red sofa.

The Full-length Mirror

Eva Gonzalès, 1869

Painting of a barred prison window with a view of blue sky and streaked clouds, straw on the stone sill below.

A View of the Sky from a Prison Window

Carl Gustav Carus, 1823

Painting of a winged angel above a youth in white robes, with turbaned onlookers, a fire, and a marble statue.

Saint Lawrence prepared for Martyrdom

Adam Elsheimer, 1600

Half-length portrait of a man with wavy hair in black satin, white lace collar and cuffs, resting his hand on a ledge.

Portrait of a Man in Black holding a Glove

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1641

Painting of a young girl beside a wicker cradle with a sleeping baby, a red draped table and open book in a dark room.

A Little Girl rocking a Cradle

Nicolaes Maes, 1655

Oil portrait of a woman with braided brown hair, hand on chin, in white blouse and red shawl against blue.

Mrs Mrs Robert Hollond, philanthropist, nee Ellen Julia Teed (1822 - 1884) by Ary Scheffer

Ary Scheffer, 1851

Half-length portrait of a woman in black satin, white lace collar and cap, holding a folding fan against a dark background.

Portrait of a lady in black satin with a fan

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1644

Gold-ground panel of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary on a throne, with kneeling angels, one playing a harp.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Lorenzo Monaco, 1407

Two seated figures in white and brown robes gaze upward toward a blue sky above a calm sea.

Saints Augustine and Monica

Ary Scheffer, 1854

Seated woman in blue silk gown and black shawl holding a straw hat, leaning against a large tree beside a rocky landscape.

Mrs. Oswald

Johann Zoffany, 1763

Painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, Saint Joseph, God the Father, a dove and cherubs in clouds.

The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost

Giambattista Pittoni, 1740

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving gifts from kneeling kings beneath a bright star and angels.

The Adoration of the Kings

Carlo Dolci, 1649

Panel painting showing a haloed saint giving a cloak to a knight on a road, and a winged angel above a sleeping man beneath a

Saint Francis meets a Knight Poorer than Himself and Saint Francis's Vision of the Founding of the Franciscan Order

Painting of a man in a feathered hat singing while playing a lute against a dark grey background.

A Man playing a Lute

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1624

Still life painting of a bouquet of tulips, irises and roses in a pewter jug, with shells, a grasshopper and insects on a led

Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects

Balthasar van der Ast, 1630

A Sparrowhawk

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1510

Portrait of a woman with pearls in her hair, holding an open book beside an inkwell and quill on a table.

Portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman

Jan Lievens, 1649

Painting of the grieving Virgin in white veil seated beside a standing young man in green cloak against a red background.

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1540

Painting of Saint Veronica holding a white veil with Christ's face, both haloed in gold against a gold background.

Saint Veronica with the Sudarium

Master of Saint Veronica, 1420

Oil portrait of a long-haired man in a gold robe and white shirt, leaning on a ledge before a dark landscape and cloudy sky.

Self-portrait

Jan Lievens, 1650

Kneeling elderly donor in white robe with hands clasped, touched by a woman in red gown holding a gold jar against a blue sky

The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1540

Half-length portrait of a young man in a black cap and robe holding a folded letter, with a rocky landscape behind him.

Bartolomeo Bianchini

Francesco Francia, 1493

Painting of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary on a throne, with four kneeling angels and a gold background.

Coronation of the Virgin

Agnolo Gaddi, 1380

Interior of a tall Gothic church with a preacher in a pulpit, a seated congregation, a dog, and stained glass windows.

The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, during a Sermon

Emanuel de Witte, 1658

Half-length portrait of a smiling man with reddish hair in a dark coat, holding a walking stick against a dark background.

Portrait of Wilhelm Bendz

Christen Købke, 1830

Portrait of a man in red with a black cap holding a pink carnation, set before a green hilly landscape and blue sky.

A Man with a Pink

Andrea Solari, 1495

Painting of Bacchus approaching sleeping Ariadne in a wooded landscape with satyrs, putti, a tiger and a flying cupid.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Sebastiano Ricci, 1713

Painting of a bearded man in a white shirt and cap, arms crossed, holding a cigar, with a basket of bread behind him.

Portrait of P. Ryder, Son of the Artist’s Cousin

Christen Købke, 1848

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a red cardinal's hat and red cassock with a white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Cardinal Marco Gallo

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1681

Painting of a crowned king extending a scepter to a kneeling woman before guards in a columned hall with red drapery.

Esther vor dem persischen König Ahasver

Sebastiano Ricci, 1733

Painting of a seated couple in a forest, a woman with panpipes and a bearded man, with a winged cupid reaching into trees.

A Pair of Lovers

Paris Bordone, 1535

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a ledge.

Portrait of Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823)

William Beechey, 1812

A Man in Profile

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1498

Oil portrait of a young woman in a crimson satin gown with pearls and gold chain, set before classical columns and a stair.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Paris Bordone, 1545

Painting of cattle and peasants at a ford beside a ruined ivy-covered aqueduct, with hills under an evening sky.

Peasants with Cattle by a Ruined Aqueduct.[1] Alternative title(s): Peasants with Four Oxen and a Goat at a Ford by a…

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1658

Woman in blue mantle holds a nude infant with roses in a dark wooded landscape, a sleeping man behind them.

Rest of the Flight into Egypt

Adriaen van der Werff

Crowned knight in gold armor on a white horse, with women scattering roses and a crucifix behind him.

The Two Crowns

Frank Bernard Dicksee, 1900

Two men in period dress in a room with a tapestry, a writing table, a globe and an unrolled document.

Constantijn Huygens and his Clerk

Thomas de Keyser, 1627

Christ appears to the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a pink canopy bed, with scrolls, onlookers and doves in an arched interior.

Christ appearing to the Virgin

Juan de Flandes, 1497

Oil portrait of a bearded man in red with fur trim, hands clasped in prayer, against a cloudy blue sky.

Praying Man with a Long Beard

Moretto da Brescia, 1545

Oil portrait of a man in a red robe with white collar, resting his hand on a gilded chair, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Justus Sustermans, 1649

Painting of the Virgin in prayer with clasped hands, white veil, blue mantle and red robe against a dark background.

The Virgin in Prayer

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1640

Painting of a winged angel in a rose wreath and golden tunic, hands clasped in prayer, standing on a stone ledge.

An Adoring Angel

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Winter scene with villagers on a frozen river, a wooden bridge, a white horse pulling a sledge, and a thatched cottage.

A Winter Scene

Isaac van Ostade, 1640

Virgin Mary in blue mantle embracing the Christ Child, with a green drape and a landscape with a tree through an arch.

The Virgin and Child Embracing

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1660

Elderly bearded man in red robe and hat reading a book in white gloves, labeled S HIERONOMVS, against a blue sky.

Saint Jerome

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Sailors work a deck pump in rough seas while a crewman climbs the rigging above torn sails.

All Hands to the Pumps

Henry Scott Tuke, 1888

Painting of grieving women in veils embracing in a dark forest, with a figure in red at the right edge.

Christ taking leave of his Mother

Wolf Huber, 1520

Full-length painting of Saint Joseph in a white turban and green robe, holding a flowering staff and a book.

Saint Joseph

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue and red robes holding a standing nude Christ Child against a green backdrop and landscape

The Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena in black and white habits, before a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena

Benvenuto Tisi, 1550

Woman in red fur-trimmed jacket feeding a grey parrot on a wooden perch in a dark interior.

A Woman in a Red Jacket feeding a Parrot

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1663

Half-length portrait of a young man with golden hair and dark cap, green background, mountain view at left.

Portrait of a Young Man

Marco Basaiti, 1495

Panel painting of a severed bearded head on a gold platter, surrounded by putti and angels against a gilded background.

The Head of Saint John the Baptist

Jan Mostaert, 1510

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and fur collar, resting his hand on a skull, with a coat of arms at upper left

Man with a skull

Michiel Coxie, 1530

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the standing infant Christ, with a young Saint John and a mountain landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1490

Impasto painting of a woman in a yellow gown beside seated figures in pale dresses against a dark teal background.

Subject Composition

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, 1870

Painting of a falling figure amid fiery clouds above nude figures and a waterfall in a rocky landscape.

the Fall of Phaeton