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Painting of a young boy with hands pressed together in prayer, gazing upward against a dark reddish background.

Prayer

Emanuel Herncisz

Night painting of a weir with rushing water, a full moon over trees, and a lit cottage beside a wooden footbridge.

The lock

Rudolf Quittner, 1908

Painting of a green valley with dark cypress trees, white houses and rolling hills under a cloudy sky, in dabbed brushwork.

Summer

Rudolf Junk, 1907

Dark night coastal scene with vertical streaks of pale northern lights above rocks and reflective water.

Northern Lights over Coastal Landscape

Peder Balke, 1870

Painting of tall rocky cliffs above shimmering blue sea with boulders in the foreground and seagulls in the sky.

Rocky Shore Cliffs

Hanna Rönnberg, 1926

Hanging scroll of a misty mountain landscape with a waterfall, pine trees, a small house, and a seated figure in ink.

Landscape with Waterfall

Woman in a pale habit carries a bread basket through a medieval hall past a waiting crowd of poor people.

Poor Relief

Albrecht De Vriendt, 1898

Oil seascape of a three-masted British man-of-war with a white ensign among small sailing craft under a cloudy sky.

A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Francis Holman, 1780

Painting of sailing boats and a rowboat on Venice's lagoon, with the Doge's Palace and bell tower in hazy light.

View of Venice with the Doge's Palace

Félix Ziem, 1850

Loose oil sketch of hazy trees, small figures and a pale domed building under a pinkish sky.

Tunis

Jan Ciągliński, 1911

Painting of cattle and sheep resting on a plain, with a hilly village and cypress trees under a cloudy sky.

Resting flock

Willem Romeyn, 1650

Loose oil painting of a thatched hut by the sea with palm trees, a seated figure, and laundry hanging in the dusk light.

Landscape

John Washington Love

Watercolor of a boy in pink jacket reading at a table in a room with blue striped curtains and potted flowers.

Son Viktor Odescalchi in Rusovce

Henriette Odescalchi, 1838

Painting of a laurel-crowned man bending to take the hand of a reclining woman, with a cupid and classical busts behind.

Gaius Maecenas (70 BC-8 BC) supports declining fine arts

Gérard de Lairesse, 1660

Painting of a bearded man reading a newspaper at a small table beneath a leafy wooden pergola in a garden.

Man reading in an arbor

Rudolf Junk, 1905

Watercolor of a man tossing a striped ball to a child in a red dress in a garden with flowers and trees.

Son Viktor with his teacher in Rusovce

Henriette Odescalchi, 1837

Ink drawing of the laughing deity Hotei seated inside a large sack, with a red seal at the right edge.

Hotei Within his Sack

Kōgan Gengei, 1800

Oval painted portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat with a gold cord, against a dark background.

Portrait of Bishop Ignacy Krasicki

Per Krafft the Elder

Painting of a standing man in a white turban and fur-trimmed blue cloak, gesturing in a tiled interior with figures behind.

Kisler Aga, Chief of the Black Eunuchs and First Keeper of the Serraglio

Francis Smith, 1763

Grey monochrome seascape of a distant fortress coastline under a cloud with diagonal shafts of light over calm water.

Vardøhus Fortress

Peder Balke, 1870

Still life painting of a glass demijohn, blue and white vase, red apples, and a fish on a plate, with dried grasses.

Still Life

William J. Forsyth, 1912

Oil painting of cattle, sheep and goats resting in a grassy landscape beneath a windswept tree and cloudy sky.

Landscape with cattle

Willem Romeyn, 1650

Painting of a young woman in a dark dress standing beside a seated elderly woman reading in a sunlit room.

Out into the World

Maria Wiik, 1889

Moonlit harbour view of a distant city with domes and spires, a sailboat and rowing boat in the foreground.

Dresden in Moonlight

Peder Balke, 1851

Oil painting of a black-hulled sailing ship moored at a quay beside a rocky cliff, with a city skyline across the water.

Sea Approach to Stockholm

Axel Lindman, 1885

Painting of men in hats gathered in a synagogue interior, a figure raising a scroll beside draped red curtains.

In the synagogue

Gerrit de Wet, 1500

Six-panel screen showing carp swimming among reeds against a pale misty background.

Carp

Riders in red coats and top hats gather with hounds on a hillside meet in a rolling English landscape.

The Berkeley Hunt, 1842: The Meet

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1842

Oil painting of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf, turned to the left, against a dark background with red accents.

Study Head (Old Woman)

Crowded 1860s waiting room with red walls, Gothic wood paneling, and travelers seated at tables with tea.

Second Class Waiting-Room

Carl d'Unker, 1865