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Painting of a young woman with upturned gaze holding a white banner and an arrow, wearing blue and gold drapery.

Saint Ursula

Bernardo Cavallino, 1650

Painting of elegantly dressed couples dancing on a garden terrace beside an urn and statue, with seated onlookers.

Rustic Dance

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1700

Half-length portrait of a man in a curled periwig, brown coat with gold trim, and red drape against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Joseph Vivien, 1650

Oil painting of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove descending in light, and angels above a river.

Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1700

Oval half-length portrait of a woman with dark curled hair in a blue dress with a white collar against a dark background.

Mrs. Price

Mrs. Price, 1700

Oil portrait of a woman in a white ruff collar and lace cap, wearing a dark dress against a black background.

Portrait of a Lady

Paulus Moreelse, 1630

Crowded baroque banquet under classical arches, with reclining women, servants, armed men on a staircase, and smoke rising.

The Banquet of Cleopatra

Sebastiano Mazzoni, 1660

Painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a tall brick bell tower, a stone arched bridge and palaces under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Canaletto, 1700

Oil portrait of a man with long brown hair, white cravat and gray satin cloak against a dark background.

Edward Laurence, Esq.

Gerard Van Soest, 1630

Half-length portrait of a woman in a pink dress with powdered hair, resting her arm on a red velvet cushion.

Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Boucher

Mrs. Elizabeth Boucher, 1700

Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicholaes Berchem, 1620

Oil portrait of a young girl with a pearl headband and gold necklace, hands folded, against a dark background.

Young Girl

Gerrit Willemsz Horst, 1610

Painting of the Nativity with the infant Christ in a manger, Mary and Joseph, shepherd, ox, donkey, and an arched stone inter

The Nativity

Juan González, 1660

Oil portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearls, in a silver silk gown with blue and gold drapery against a dark backgrou

Madame Tulp

Cornelius Johnson, 1660

Half-length portrait of a young woman with curled hair, pearls and a gold dress, set in a dark carved frame.

Viscountess Frances Hatton

Mary Beale, 1630

Oval painting of a woman holding a mirror as a man leans in and points toward it, in warm brown tones.

The Magic Mirror

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1680

Painting of a woman in a yellow gown surrounded by men in a colonnaded hall while a kneeling figure writes on the floor.

Woman Taken in Adultery

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1700

Oil portrait of a woman with pinned brown hair, pearl ornaments, a red flower, and a dark collar against a dark background.

Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo

Flemish Anthony van Dyck, 1620

Painting of a man in a blue coat pointing across a river to settlers, a woman, children and a sailing ship on a hillside.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

F. Luis Mora, 1700

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Painting of villagers dancing and playing music in a rustic tavern interior beside a fireplace, with a barrel and jug in the

Festive Scene

Jan Miense Molenaer, 1650

Stormy sea with a battered sailing ship, wreckage in the surf, and figures on a rocky shore beneath dark clouds.

The Storm

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1700

Portrait of a woman in a black gown with a white lace ruff, beaded headdress, and gold chain, with a coat of arms at upper le

Judith Langley

Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn, 1630

Portrait of Jahangir

Oil portrait of a seated man in black with a white collar, holding brown gloves beside a red chair and drape.

Dutch Gentleman

Flemish Nicolaes Maes, 1610

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a blue background.

Captain Robert Lillibridge

William Verstille, 1700