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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