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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Landscape painting of a thatched farmhouse, grazing cattle, figures by a stream, and a sky full of clouds.

A Landscape with a Farm by a Stream

Adriaen van de Velde, 1661

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

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 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

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 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

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 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

A Man in Profile

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1498

Painting of Christ reaching toward a kneeling saint in a dim prison, with two angels bearing a ewer and cloth nearby.

Christ baptising Saint John Martyr

Paris Bordone, 1565

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 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

Painting of the seated Virgin and Child surrounded by richly robed men in an arcaded architectural setting with rocky hills.

The Adoration of the Kings

Bramantino, 1500

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

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

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

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

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