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The art historian Karl Madsen, later Director of Statens Museum for Kunst

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1890

Still life painting of a woven basket of grapes, figs, pomegranate, peaches and apple with large dark leaves.

Basket of Fruit

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ca. 1620

Painting of the Virgin and Child crossing a stream with Joseph, cherubs with flowers above, and a palm tree.

The Flight into Egypt

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1664

Seated woman nursing an infant with children nearby, sleeping boy in blue, dim landscape and hills behind, oil painting.

Charity

Carlo Cignani, ca. 1680

Painting of Cain raising a club over the fallen Abel beside a smoking fire, with a tree and blue mountain landscape behind.

Cain Slaying Abel

Pier Francesco Mola, ca. 1650-52

Painting of a toddler in a white turban and green vest kneeling with a ball, pretzel, and marionette doll beside a red bench.

Portrait of a Boy

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1805

Painting of a woman with a skull leaning toward a man holding a palm frond, with a turbaned figure in shadow behind.

The Temptation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Johann Liss, ca. 1626

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown cloak holding a small white dog against a dark background.

An Old Man with a Dog

Giacomo Ceruti, 1740s

Painting of a young woman in a red turban leaning toward a chained, bearded old man in a dark interior with a shadowed figure

Roman Charity

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1622

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin in a jeweled crown holding the Christ Child, seated before painted Gothic architecture.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Bohemian Painter, ca. 1345-50

Oil study of a river bank with water reflections and tall wild plants, including broad leaves and a white flower.

Study of Water and Plants

Thomas Fearnley, 1837

Oil sketch of a deep valley with several waterfalls falling down steep brown cliffs under a partly cloudy sky.

Gudvangen

Thomas Fearnley, 1839

Painting of a woman working in a dim kitchen beside a plucked bird, copper pan, carrots and pewter jug, with a man at a windo

Kitchen Scene

Gerrit Dou, 1643-1647

Elderly man mending a fishing net in a plain room while an older woman watches from behind, with a clock and ship picture on

The Net Mender (Garnbinderen)

Christian Krohg, 1879

Portrait of a woman in a white shawl and beaded necklaces, gazing upward against a cloudy blue sky.

Joanna de Silva

William Wood, 1792

Loose oil sketch of a robed figure rising in a pink sky while a young woman in drapery reaches toward a dark tree.

The Return of Persephone

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1890-91

Three-panel study with classical figures, winged putti and gilded background in a dark wood frame.

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1886

Portrait of a woman in a large black feathered hat, pearl necklace and black dress with white lace collar, dark background.

Mathilde Theresia von Irgens-Bergh, née Holsten, the Wife of Mathias Friis von Irgens-Bergh

C.A. Jensen, 1824

Oil study of a seated nude man with curly hair, twisting on a wooden stool beside a crate against a dark brown background.

Study of a Nude Man

Gustave Courbet, early 1840s

Painting of a river bending past village houses and poplar trees, with two figures on the path and a church tower beyond.

Picquigny

Frits Thaulow, 1899

Painted bust-length portrait study of a man with short curly hair and beard, gazing toward the viewer against a dark olive ba

Bust-Length Study of a Man

François-Auguste Biard, 1848

Painting of a bearded man in a hat and overcoat, pipe in mouth, seated before a pale window on a wooden panel.

A Man Seated and Asleep

Giuseppe Abbati, ca. 1865

Woman painter in blue dress holds palette beside flower bouquet, open book and pink rose on a stone ledge.

Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)

Rachel Ruysch, 1692

Oil painting of a sailing ship's deck with green gun carriages, cannons, rigging, sails and sailors under a cloudy sky.

The Starboard Battery and the Deck of the Corvette "Najaden"

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1833

Still life painting of a flower vase, cut melon, peaches, and grapes on a stone ledge, with a fly on the melon.

Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes

marquise de Grollier Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, 1780

Painting of a shaded garden pergola with vines, a lion-mask fountain, and a view through an arch to distant hills.

A Pergola, Italy

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814-1816

Still life painting of a terracotta bowl heaped with wild strawberries on a stone plinth, with leaves and white flowers.

A Bowl of Strawberries on a Stone Plinth

Adriaen Coorte, 1696

Elderly scientist in a dark coat works at a crowded laboratory bench among glass flasks, a microscope, and colored chemicals.

In the Laboratory

Henry Alexander, ca. 1885-87

Seated woman in pink drapery extends her arm toward a distant sea and coastline under a cloudy sky.

Alcyone's Farewell to her Husband. From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Song XI

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1813

Painting of children playing battledore and shuttlecock in a red-doored room, watched by a seated woman, with a harbor view t

The Children of Nathan Starr

Ambrose Andrews, 1835