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Painting of a bearded man in red robe holding out his hand toward an elderly turbaned man holding a coin, with onlookers.

Tribute to Caesar

Bartolomeo Manfredi, 1610

Painting of a brown and white spaniel on a path, with a rider on a white horse and dogs in a landscape beneath clouds.

Een patrijshond

Paulus Potter, 1653

Night painting of Mount Vesuvius erupting, with orange lava flowing toward small figures and a moonlit bay beyond.

The Eruption of Vesuvius

Pierre-Jacques Volaire, 1771

Ink wash hanging scroll of a grey jellyfish with a round bell and long trailing tentacles on a pale background.

A Jellyfish Like the Moon

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1750

Painting of Venus on a sea chariot with nymphs, tritons, cherubs and billowing drapery over churning waves.

The Triumph of Venus

François Boucher, 1740

Miniature painting of Krishna playing flute in a garden as two women sit beneath a tree, with a lotus pond below.

Sakhi persuades Radha to meet Krishna, from a Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd) of Jayadeva

Purkhu, c. 1820-25

Fresco of a biblical scene with an elderly man gesturing near a seated woman, children, camels and cattle, in an ornate frame

Fresken zu biblischen Szenen im Bischofspalast von Udine, Szene: Rahel verbirgt die Idole

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1726

Fresco of a formal reception with nobles, a lady in a pale gown, classical columns and a distant waterfront city view.

Reception of Henry III at the Villa Contarini

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1745

Painting of the Holy Family in a boat on water, pushed by an angel, with cherubs and a donkey nearby.

The Flight to Egypt

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Seated allegorical woman holding a club on a cloud against gold leaf, in an ornate carved rococo frame.

Allegorische vrouwenfiguur met een knots (wellicht Kracht)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Reclining nude Venus with cherubs, doves and blue drapery beside a stream in a leafy grove, painted in soft rococo tones.

Venus Consoling Love

François Boucher, 1751

Illuminated manuscript leaf with the Presentation in the Temple and three roundels of religious scenes on gold-scrolled red b

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple with Roundels of the Casting of Lots, the Deposition, and Pietà…

Master of Adélaïde de Savoie, c. 1460-70

Sketch of God the Father sending the Virgin Mary on clouds to kneeling elderly figures, Tiepolo style, with angels and a glob

God the Father Sends the Virgin Mary to her Parents Joachim and AnnaAlternative title(s): The Vision of St Anne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757

Women garland a white bull with flowers in a wooded seaside landscape, with cupids playing nearby and ships on the water.

De roof van Europa

Nicolaas Verkolje, c. 1735 - c. 1740

Muted blue nocturne of a Thames-side city skyline at dusk, with a dark barge and a faint figure on the water.

Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1871

Painting of a village of red-tiled roofs on a hillside, seen through bare trees in warm reds, greens and yellows.

The red roofs

Camille Pissarro, 1877

Two Breton peasant women in white headdresses stand in a golden field before red-roofed farmhouses and green fields.

Paysannes bretonnes

Paul Gauguin, 1894

Gauguin painting of two seated nude figures in a tropical landscape, with a watching man in blue at left.

Barbarian Tales

Paul Gauguin, 1902

Paul Gauguin painting of a seated nude woman with flowers in her hair beside fruit, in a colorful Tahitian landscape.

Her Name Vairaumati

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Dark still life with a pewter jug, helmet, dead hare, playing cards and a white rose on a wooden floor.

Stilleven met krijgstuig

Jan Jansz. Buesem, 1625

Heart-shaped miniature portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet, with blue ribbon, against red draper

Portrait of James I Stuart (1566-1625)

Laurence Hilliard, 1600

Oval miniature portrait of a man with a lace collar and blue sash, in an ornate gold filigree frame.

Karel Stuart (1600-49), prins van Wales. De latere koning Karel I van Engeland

Peter Oliver, 1621

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man with a white lace collar and blue sash, set in a gold pendant frame.

Frederik V (1596-1632), keurvorst van de Palts, koning van Bohemen

Peter Oliver, 1615

George Villiers (1592-1628), hertog van Buckingham

Peter Oliver, 1612

Hanging scroll of two women beside a willow: one seated at a red table with a fan, one kneeling at a stream washing cloth.

Beneath the Willow

Tsukioka Sessai, after 1778

Oval miniature portrait of a man with a white ruff and black velvet garment, holding a small sculpted head.

François Duquesnoy (1594-1643). Beeldhouwer

Peter Oliver, 1625

Painting of a wooded landscape with gnarled trees, a dirt path, small figures, and a distant river under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape

Jacob van Geel, 1633

Painting of a peasant family preparing a meal in a dim kitchen with clay pots, a table, and a hearth fire.

Boerenmaaltijd

Jan Jansz. Buesem, 1625

Religious painting of a celestial and earthly trinity, with a child holding a veil showing Christ's crowned face.

Trinidad del cielo y trinidad de la tierra

Alonso López de Herrera, 1750

Dark still life with a gilt cup, red lobster on pewter, peaches in a basket, roses and glassware on white cloth.

Sumptuous still life

Petrus Willebeeck, 1645

Painting of a flat rural landscape with children playing a flute on a road and a seated woman beside a stone pillar.

Landschaft mit Bauern

Louis Le Nain, 1640

Peasant family gathered in a dim interior around a barrel table with bread, wine and a spinning wheel, painted in 1645.

Peasant Interior

Louis Le Nain, 1645