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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

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

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

Double portrait of a man in armour and a woman in a black dress with pearls, beside a red-draped table with a carnation.

The Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his Wife

Justus Sustermans, 1660

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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

Painting of Jason in a helmet bending toward Medea beside a pedestal, with cupids flying overhead in a dark forest.

Jason swearing eternal affection to Medea

Jean-François de Troy, 1742

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

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 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 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

Painting of a calm river with a large ferry and sailing boats under a sky of billowing clouds.

A River Scene with a Large Ferry

Jan van de Cappelle, 1665

Long horizontal panel of a triumphal procession with horsemen, dogs, a standing young hero, and a walled city in the distance

The Triumph of David

Francesco Pesellino, 1445

Painting of a sleeping nude woman on white drapery as a winged Cupid kneels beside her with a drawn bow, in a wooded landscap

Cupid and Psyche

Alphonse Legros, 1867

Painting of a tied bundle of white and green asparagus resting on a ledge against a dark background.

Still Life of Asparagus

Adriaen Coorte, 1703

Portrait of a bearded man in steel armor holding a sword, with a Renaissance city square visible behind him.

Portrait of an Unknown Man

Francesco Granacci, 1510

Painting of elegant figures dancing and socializing in a wooded garden with a statue and fountain.

The Dance

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1750

Portrait of a young man in a red cap with a white feather, black doublet and red cloak against green drapery.

Lodovico Martinengo

Bartolomeo Veneto, 1530

Painting of a winged angel in green robes playing a vielle inside a stone niche.

An Angel in green with a vielle, part of S. Francesco Altarpiece, Milan

Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, 1490

Two winged angels with halos flank a pointed arch against a gold background in a 1322 religious panel painting.

Two Angels

Ugolino di Nerio, 1322

Painting of a woman in blue leaning on a stone urn at a well, with a bearded man, a camel and a cloudy sky behind.

Rebecca at the Well

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1708

Portrait of a Lady (Tullymore portrait)

Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, 1500

Gold-ground painting of Christ carrying the cross past armored soldiers and mourning figures on a rocky path.

The Way to Calvary

Ugolino di Nerio, 1324

Painting of a reclining couple with a harp, attendants, a brazier and a large ark under a pink sky.

The Eve of the Deluge

William Bell Scott, 1865

Nude youth with back turned pressing hands to a golden door between columns, with roses and fallen petals on the step.

Love Locked Out

Anna Lea Merritt, 1890

Gold-ground panel of the Deposition: figures lower Christ's body from the cross while mourners in red and blue robes stand am

The Deposition

Ugolino di Nerio, 1324

Gold altarpiece panel with the Virgin and Child at center flanked by ten saints in arched niches.

The Virgin and Child with Ten Saints

Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365

Painting of a woman in a red robe and white veil reading an open illuminated book beside an ornate jar.

Mary Magdalene

Ambrosius Benson, 1520

Gold-background painting of Christ surrounded by armored soldiers and robed figures on a rocky hillside, with a man drawing a

The Betrayal of Christ

Ugolino di Nerio, 1325

Painting of a formal gallery opening with a royal couple on a dais, red walls hung with paintings, and a seated audience in d

The Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26 June 1926

John Lavery, 1926

Interior scene of a seated woman in blue trimming her nails while a maidservant carries a silver tray beside a red curtain.

A Young Lady trimming her Fingernails, attended by a Maidservant

Jacob Ochtervelt, 1670

Painting of the risen Christ in an open tomb holding a banner, with four sleeping soldiers below against a gold rocky backgro

The Resurrection

Ugolino di Nerio, 1324

Portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat, holding a letter, against a green background.

A Man, probably of the Strauss Family

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, 1534

Still life painting of oranges, walnuts, a melon, clay jars, a wooden barrel and boxes on a table, dated 1772.

Luis Egidio Meléndez - Still-Life with Oranges and Walnuts, 1772

Luis Egidio Meléndez, 1772

Gold-ground panel of the bearded prophet Isaiah in a red robe, haloed, holding an inscribed scroll.

Isaiah

Ugolino di Nerio, 1325

Full-length portrait of a young man in a blue embroidered coat pointing to a map beside a gilt armchair and armor.

Le Comte de Vaudreuil

François-Hubert Drouais, 1758

Painting of a steam train on railway tracks beside a grassy embankment, with a seated figure and orange-roofed buildings in t

The Western Railway at its Exit from Paris

Charles Angrand, 1886

Two winged angels in red, blue and lilac robes lean over a gilded gothic arch against a gold background.

Two Angels

Ugolino di Nerio, 1324

Muted painting of two men unloading horse-drawn carts in a brown field, with a windmill and buildings on a hill behind.

Men unloading Carts, Montmartre

Matthijs Maris, 1870

Autumn valley with a seated figure in red reading beside sheep, under a cloudy sky with a bare tree on the left.

Contemplation

John Linnell, 1864

Painting of a busy river with sailing boats, rowing boats, figures fishing on the bank, and a distant town under cloudy skies

A River View

Abraham Storck, 1690

Painting of a pope in gold vestments beside a nude saint pierced with arrows, against a gold background.

Saints Fabian and Sebastian

Giovanni di Paolo, 1475

Painting of Christ carrying the cross as the Virgin Mary swoons among women, with a mounted knight and coastal landscape behi

Christ carrying the Cross and the Virgin Mary swooning

Boccaccio Boccaccino, 1501

Painting of a red-robed cardinal writing a letter beside a bearded man in dark robes, with green drapery behind.

Cardinal Ippolito de\' Medici and Monsignor Mario Bracci

Girolamo da Carpi, 1532

Painting of Diana leaning over the sleeping Endymion in a dark forest, with cupids above and hunting dogs resting nearby.

Diana and Endymion

Pierre Subleyras, 1740

Interior of a Gothic church with vaulted arches, checkered floor, an organ at the back, and small figures with dogs.

Interior of the Cunerakerk, Rhenen

Bartholomeus van Bassen, 1638

Painting of a violinist and bagpiper at a tavern archway, with a child and a second piper behind them.

The Wandering Musicians

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1745

Painting of a devastated city with collapsed buildings, debris, church spires, and figures under a heavy grey sky.

A View of Delft after the Explosion of 1654

Egbert van der Poel, 1654

Oil painting of a sunlit rocky coast with a stone wall, calm sea, and a distant island under a blue sky.

Coast scene, possibly Capri

Thomas Fearnley, 1833

Gilded panel of a bearded elder in pink robe and blue tunic holding a star-filled globe and golden keys, gothic frame.

Christ of the Apocalypse: Central Pinnacle Panel

Giovanni da Milano, 1362

Painting of a young man playing a pipe beside an old bearded man, with a white cow in the dim landscape at left.

Mercury Piping to Argus

Johann Carl Loth, 1655

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit holding a cane, against a richly patterned red and gold backdrop.

The Marquis del Grillo

Antonio Mancini, 1889

Dark vanitas still life with a skull, flute, books, sword, oil lamp, and shells on a table under a shaft of light.

Vanitas Still-Life

Harmen Steenwijck, 1640

Painting of peasants tending cattle and goats beside ruined arches, with cypress trees and a stormy sky.

Peasants with Cattle by a Ruin

Abraham Begeyn, 1665

Gilded panel of the Virgin Mary seated among musical angels, with God above and a kneeling figure below by a tomb.

Matteo di Giovanni - The Assumption of the Virgin - 1474

Matteo di Giovanni, 1474

Painting of nuns and schoolgirls walking along a gravel path in a park with a stone building behind the trees.

Nuns and Schoolgirls in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris

Stanislas Lépine, 1871

Oil portrait of a grey-haired cardinal in red robes and white collar against a dark background.

Cardinal de Retz

Jacob Ferdinand Voet, 1676

Painting of Saints Catherine and Bartholomew standing before a gold background, with a wheel and a knife as attributes.

Saints Catherine and Bartholomew

Allegretto Nuzi, 1350

Painting of the Seine with a stone bridge, Notre-Dame towers in the distance, figures and a horse on the quay.

The Pont de la Tournelle, Paris

Stanislas Lépine, 1862

Oil portrait of a seated cardinal in red cape and skullcap beside a bookshelf and gilt chair, by Jacob Ferdinand Voet.

Cardinal Carlo Cerri

Jacob Ferdinand Voet, 1669

Painting of the Presentation in the Temple: Mary offers the infant Christ to a priest at an altar before a gold background an

The Presentation in the Temple

Master of the Life of the Virgin, 1460

Painted portrait of a young man with shoulder-length hair in a black robe and red sleeve, hands resting on a ledge.

Portrait of a Young Man

Titian, 1515

Painted half-length portrait of a young man with dark hair in a black coat, framed by orange curtains and a landscape window.

Portrait of a Man

Raffaellino del Garbo, 1500

Virgin Mary guides the infant Christ reading a book while an older bearded man holding a quill looks on.

The Holy Family with the Virgin teaching the Child to Read

Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1613

Portrait of a bearded man in a gold brocade robe and chain, leaning on a parapet with a hilltop town behind him.

Francesco Albani (?)

Giovanni Cariani, 1517

Painting of a bearded man with a staff and a youth carrying wood on a hillside, with a river valley and mountains behind.

Abraham and Isaac

Ferdinand Olivier, 1817

Painting of Moses raising a brazen serpent while bitten, writhing people surround him under a stormy sky.

The Brazen Serpent

Peter Paul Rubens, 1635

Crucifixion scene with Christ centered on the cross, two thieves beside him, grieving women and armored soldiers below.

Crucifixion

Master of the Aachen Altar, 1490

Gilded Gothic altarpiece showing the Crucifixion with mourners, soldiers, saints in side niches, and medallions below.

Crucifixion

Jacopo di Cione, 1369

Nude woman with dark hair reading an open book on a wooden folding chair, with a blue floral kimono draped behind her.

The Reading Girl

Theodore Roussel, 1886

Seated man in a black robe and white collar beside books and a staff, in a red chair against a dark background.

Suitbertus Purmerent (1587-1650)

Willem van der Vliet, 1631

Gilded panel of crowded haloed saints under Gothic arches, including bishops, apostles and women, with books and a palm.

Adoring Saints: Right Main Tier Panel

Jacopo di Cione, 1370

Painting of a crowded Paris street where two performers duel on a wooden stage beneath tall trees and townhouses.

A Street Show in Paris

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Seated man in grey coat and red waistcoat beside a marble fireplace, surrounded by framed paintings and porcelain.

The Baron de Besenval in his Salon de Compagnie

Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1791

Gold-ground panel with rows of haloed saints under gothic arches, some holding books, palms and a church model.

Polyptych San Pier Maggiore

Jacopo di Cione, 1370

Painting of a wet city street before a columned church, with a young girl carrying a flower basket and a horse-drawn carriage

St Martin-in-the-Fields

William Logsdail, 1888

Painting of the Crucifixion with angels, mourning figures in blue and red robes, soldiers, and a distant landscape with a tow

The Crucifixion

Master of, 1518

Gold-ground panel of the Nativity with Mary, Christ child, Joseph, angels, ox and donkey, and shepherds above.

The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Shepherds: Upper Tier Panel

Jacopo di Cione, 1370

Painting of an elderly woman in a white cap sewing at a chair, with a lemon, pewter tankard and wicker basket nearby.

An Old Woman seated sewing

Johannes van der Aeck, 1655

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child while young Saint John the Baptist embraces him against a cloudy sky.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Valerio Castello, 1650