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Painting of a hero wrestling a charging bull in a classical city square with columns, a crowd, and a mounted rider.

Theseus Taming the Bull of Marathon

Charles André van Loo, 1730

Oil painting of an autumn river valley with a log cabin, two fishermen on rocks, and wooded mountains under a clear sky.

Autumn Morning on the Potomac

Sr William Louis Sonntag, 1860

Pale blue painting of a snow-capped mountain rising above calm water, with evergreen trees on a rocky shore at left.

View of Mt. Rainier

Grafton Tyler Brown, 1886

Painting of a robed orator gesturing from classical columns to a gathered crowd under a cloudy sky.

The Predication of Saint Paul

Joseph-Benoît Suvée, 1779

Ink painting on silk of a bamboo stalk with leaves rising from a rock beneath a pale full moon in misty grey sky.

Bamboo in Moonlight

Obaku Taihō, 1750

Painting of the child Jesus among winged angels playing violin, cello, mandolin, flute and drums, with open sheet music.

El niño Jesús con ángeles músicos

Juan Correa, 1750

Loose oil sketch of a martyrdom scene with a nude figure, a descending angel above, and onlookers below.

Scene from the Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1758

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and white collar, gesturing, with a dramatic cloudy landscape behind him.

Portrait of Daniël de Hertoghe (1641-1685)

Hendrick ten Oever, 1680

Painting of a moonlit Tangier street with white buildings, glowing stone steps, and a blue-green sky.

Moonlight, Walls of Tangiers

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1913

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress and pearl necklace, with a curtain and sunset landscape behind her.

Portrait of a woman, probably Cecilia Elisabeth Tamminga (1652-1718)

Hendrick ten Oever, 1680

The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli)

Edgar Degas, 1865

Hanging scroll of two deer on a misty rocky ridge with autumn grasses and a pale mountain behind them.

Deer in an Autumn Landscape

Mori Tessan, 1850

Painting of the Virgin Mary, infant Christ, infant St. John and St. Joseph beside a stone window ledge.

Holy Family with the Infant St. John

Antonio da Correggio, 1515

Painting of a young man in blue carrying a wooden cross past a bishop, soldiers and a kneeling figure under a stone arch.

Heraclius Carrying the Cross

Pierre Subleyras, 1728

Loose painted sketch of a horse-drawn chariot and figures in a landscape with a mountain and a sunlit sky.

Scene from Ancient History

Joseph Parrocel, 1680

Still life of cherries on a white plate, peaches on another plate, and a green jug on a draped cloth.

Still Life With Cherries And Peaches

Paul Cézanne, 1885

Oval painting of a sleeping man with sheep, angels climbing a light ladder toward a bearded figure in clouds.

Jacob's Ladder

Jacques Stella, 1650

Portrait of an older woman in a dark dress against a black background, painted by John Singer Sargent in 1879.

Mme. François Buloz (Christine Blaze)

John Singer Sargent, 1879

Ink landscape scroll with a waterfall, gnarled trees, rocky peaks and two robed figures on a rock at lower right.

Old Trees by a Cold Waterfall

Wen Zhengming, 1531

Painting of a brown eagle with spread wings and open beak, flying against a cloudy blue sky.

The Wounded Eagle

Rosa Bonheur, 1870

Oil portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair in a blue silk gown with lace ruffles against a dark background.

Portrait of Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

Jean Martial Frédou, 1760

Ink painting of the smiling monk Hotei wading across a stream with a staff, against a large empty background.

Hotei Crossing a Stream

Fūgai Ekun, 1650

Monochrome brown portrait of a woman with upswept hair and a swirling fur collar, painted in soft, blended strokes.

Portrait of a Woman (Madame Keyser (?))

Eugène Carrière, 1897

Painting of Saint Francis in gray habit appearing before a kneeling pope and clergy, with praying donors in dark clothing bel

Saint Francis of Assisi Appearing before Pope Nicholas V, with Donors (La aparición de San Francisco de Asís al Papa…

Antonio Montúfar, 1628

Painting of three nude women in a leafy landscape, one holding hands with another, draped in blue and white cloth.

The Three Graces

Louis-Michel van Loo, 1763

Two-panel screen painting of a striped tiger drinking from a rushing river among rocks and stylized waves, in ink on pale pap

Tiger Drinking from a Raging River

Kanō Sansetsu, 1640

Painting of tall sequoia trees in a misty forest with a fallen log in the foreground under a pale blue sky.

The Grizzly Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1872

Six-panel gold screen with red-crowned cranes standing and preening against a gold background.

Cranes (image 1 of 20)

Maruyama Ōkyo, 1772

Loose painted study of a crowd and soldiers struggling near a doorway, with a flag above and fallen figures at lower left.

Study for a Battle Scene

Hendrik Scheffer, 1830

Monochrome relief-like scene of five nude putti playing with a lion and branches among trees.

Putti Playing

Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, 1780

Elderly man in bed raising one arm while a kneeling young man in orange and blue clasps his hands; a woman watches from the r

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Nicolas-Guy Brenet, 1768

Painting of a pebbled beach with sailing boats on the sea, a lighthouse, a steep cliff, and a figure under a cloudy sky.

The Beach at Honfleur

Claude Monet, 1864