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Painting of an older scribe writing a letter beside a seated young man under a wooden canopy in a sunny courtyard.

Un écrivain public á Constantinople by Stanislaus von Chlebowski

Stanisław Chlebowski

Crowded historical scene of gentlemen and women gathered around a Premiums pedestal, with classical sculpture and a dome beyo

The Distribution of Premiums in the Society of Arts (painting 5 of 6 in the series 'The Progress of Human Knowledge a…

James Barry, 1741

Dancing figures in a wooded clearing with a peacock, a flute player and clouds with deities above, in a classical harvest sce

A Grecian Harvest Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus (painting 2 of 6 in the series 'The Prog…

James Barry, 1741

Painting of a bearded river god enthroned on water, with a winged Mercury flying above and nymphs and figures around him.

Commerce, or the Triumph of the Thames (painting 4 of 6 in the series 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture')

James Barry, 1741

Painting of Orpheus playing a lyre to a gathered crowd of nude and draped figures in a hilly landscape.

Orpheus (painting 1 of 6 in the series 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture')

James Barry, 1741

Oil sketch of costumed figures in a wooded rocky setting, with a pierrot in white at center facing a bearded man in a hat.

The Duel after the Masked Ball by Thomas Couture, c. 1857

Thomas Couture, 1857

Oil study of a bearded man with white hair wearing a jeweled gold crown and red sash, gazing upward.

Head of Charlemagne by Antoine-Jean Gros

Antoine-Jean Gros

Painting of Napoleon on a pale horse amid soldiers and dead bodies on a snowy battlefield, with smoke and a church behind.

Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros, Louvre

Antoine-Jean Gros

Dim interior with four men in dark suits seated and standing around a lit table lamp beneath a chandelier.

Study for “My friends”

La Magdeleine Jean-Jacques Henner

Jean-Jacques Henner

Half-length portrait of an officer in a red coat with silver epaulette, with a distant fort under a dusk sky.

Portrait of a Captain, possibly David Baird, half-length, before the fort at Srirangapatna (by Arthur William Devis)

Arthur William Devis

Oil portrait of a man with grey hair in a dark uniform with silver lace and gold trim, gazing to the left.

Portrait of James Cockburn of Langton (by Arthur William Devis)

Arthur William Devis

Half-length oil portrait of a man in a dark uniform with silver braid and gold collar, gazing upward against a dark backgroun

Portrait of James Cockburn of Langton (by A. W. Devis)

Arthur William Devis, 1791

Painting of a winding blue river through orange reed fields, with a red-roofed house and church spire on the far bank.

Marianne von Werefkin - Prerowstrom

Marianne von Werefkin

Colourful sketch of a man and woman in hats talking at a round table, with a purple hill and orange wall behind.

Marianne von Werefkin Paar im Gespräch

Marianne von Werefkin

Crowded street scene of Victorian figures in top hats and bonnets beside postal workers carrying letters and sacks of mail.

The General Post Office, One Minute to Six

George Elgar Hicks

Painting of a young woman with a mandolin seated on marble steps beside white flowers, columns, and a red carpet.

Conrad Kiesel - Mandolinenspielerin (The Mandolin Player)

Seated woman in a pink dress at a dressing table with a mirror, perfume bottles and flowers, in a warm red and gold room.

Toaleta French: La Toilette

Georges Croegaert, 1891

Elderly man in red cardinal's robes writing with a quill at an ornate desk, with a gilded clock and roses beside him.

The Letter by Georges Croegaert

Georges Croegaert

Painting of a dusky plain with shallow water pools, a dirt path, trees at right, and a flock of birds under a pink evening sk

La Plaine de la Crau, Effet de Crépuscule (Provence)

Painting of a summer meadow with walkers and cattle, a blue lake and distant mountains under large clouds.

Summer landscape on Lake Starnberg

Adolf Heinrich Lier, 1858

Watercolor of a cave entrance in a rocky hillside with a stone building, figures on a path, and a town on the hill.

Friedrich Perlberg Jerusalem Grotte des Jeremias

Friedrich Perlberg

Watercolor panorama of Vienna's skyline with cathedral spire, seen over a tree-lined park with carriages and riders.

Balthasar Wigand Wien vom Palais Schwarzenberg aus gesehen

Balthasar Wigand

Watercolor of a palace facade with a mounted procession and gilded carriage passing a crowd on a parade ground.

Balthasar Wigand Wiener Hofburg 1835

Balthasar Wigand, 1835

Painting of flowering thistles on a riverbank with trees, a hillside village, and smoke under a pastel sky.

Thistles on the Bank of the Seine (Flowering Thistles)

Robert Antoine Pinchon

Impressionist winter scene of a snowy riverbank with a smoking chimney, church spires and rooftops in pink-tinted mist.

Island of Lacroix in Winter

Robert Antoine Pinchon

Painting of a winding river and city of Rouen below colorful clouds, with people on a hillside path in the foreground.

Rouen, La Seine, vue depuis les hauteurs de Canteleu

Robert Antoine Pinchon

Painting of a smiling woman in a white gown and feathered hat holding a black mask, with yellow roses and a red floral backgr

Emile Eisman-Semenowsky Beauty unmasked

Emile Eisman-Semenowsky

Young Beauty by Emile Eisman-Semenowsky, 1887

Emile Eisman-Semenowsky, 1887

Painting of soldiers with a red battle flag advancing up a grassy hillside toward smoke, with mountains in the distance.

Attack on Little Round Top held by the 5th Corps commanded by General Sykes LCCN2004661432

Edwin Forbes, 1865