Square and intricate gold frame with a round reserve in which a crowned and winged figure looks to the left.

CHARLOTTE MAJOR WYLIE
(London 1828 – 1909 Aberystwith, Wales)

The Veiled King Death

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, Texas

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Interior scene at night. Man seating by window.

EDVARD MUNCH
(Løten 1863 – 1944 Oslo)

Night in Saint-Cloud

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

A man in a colorful suit struts left to right as figures look on behind him.

GIOVANNI DOMENICO FERRETTI


(Florence, 1692 – 1768)

The Disguises of Harlequin (I Travestimenti di Artecchino) Set of 4

Private Collection

The body of a dead king is revealed to his opponent

GIOVANNI ANTONIO PELLEGRINI
(Venice, 1675 – 1741)

 

Alexander Before the Body of Darius

Musées de Soissons
Soissons, France

The Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Christ child

BARBARA LONGHI


(Ravenna, 1552 – ca. 1638)

Madonna and Child

Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Canada

Two philosophically opposed men at a table.

JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME

(French, 1824 – 1904)

A Collaboration (Molière and Corneille)

Denver Art Museum
Denver, Colorado

Three people on the way to the market.

JUSTUS SUTTERMANS

(Antwerp 1597 – 1681 Florence)

Domenica delle Cascine, la Cecca di Pratolino, and Pietro Moro

Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis, Missouri


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A woman in a white toga looking to her left. A diadem with a plume and a gemstone adorn her hair.

Circle of

GOVAERT FLINCK

(Dutch, 1615 – 1660)

Allegory of Africa

Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, Maryland

A noblewoman in a brocade and silk dress rests her right elbow on a table with a red cloth.

LAVINIA FONTANA


(Bologna 1552 – 1614 Rome)

Portrait of a Lady of the Gonzaga or Sanvitale Family

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia

A black silhouette of a man holding a trumpet by his side against a white background.

AUGUSTIN EDOUART

(Dunkerque 1789 – 1861 Calaid)

Portrait of Joseph H. G. Anderson

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A man in a red robe and a gold medallion on his chest.

THE MASTER OF THE PRADO REDEMPTION


(Flemish, ca. 1460)

Christ Blessing

Private Collection

A round artwork in a gilded frame. Mary kneels and prays over Jesus and John.

LORENZO DI CREDI
(Florence ca. 1456 – 1536)

The Virgin Adoring the Christ Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist     

The Smith College Museum of Art
Northampton, Massachusetts

a man in a rocky landscape kneeling before an altar

PAOLO UCCELLO


(Florence, ca. 1397–1475)

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Private Collection

an enconchado frame around an artwork that shows men around a table ready to circumcise

MEXICAN, ca. 1700

The Circumcision of Christ

The Currier Museum of Art
Manchester, New Hampshire

A man and a woman are depicted side by side in round reserves in gilded square frames.

LAVINIA FONTANA


(Bologna 1552–1614 Rome)

Paired Portraits of a Married Couple

The Smith College Museum of Art
Northampton, Massachusetts

An ancient stone carving of a cloaked woman.

PALMYRENE LOCULUS

RELIEF OF A WOMAN

,

200-220 AD

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Malibu, California

Two men of pre-Colombian origins hold a flower from which a nun emerges.

PERUVIAN, CUZCO SCHOOL, 18th-century

An Allegory of Saint Rose of Lima

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, Maryland

Men in helmets lead a female in cuffs. She is dressed in white.

MATTIA PRETI


(Taverna

1613–1699 Valletta)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

The Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis, Missouri

A woman with an infant in her lap.

ELISABETTA SIRANI
(Bologna, 1638

–

1665)

Portrait of Anna Maria Ranuzzi as Charity

Private Collection

A young woman holds a lock of hair in her left hand, and a pair of scissors in her right.

ELISABETTA SIRANI
(Bologna, 1638

–

1665)

Delilah

Private Collection

The Egyptian queen dropping a peal in a vessel.

GINEVRA CANTOFOLI
(Bologna, 1618–1672)

Cleopatra

Private Collection

Two figures hold down a white-haired young woman.

MIGUEL CABRERA


(Mexican, 1695

–

1768)

From Spaniard and Morisca, Albino Girl

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, California

A nude man raises his left arm to ward off a figure on the right.

GIUSEPPE MARIA MAZZA


(Bologna, 1653

–

1741)

Noli Me Tangere

The Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, New Jersey

The holy family surrounded by putti.

IPPOLITO SCARSELLA, called SCARSELLINO


(Ferrara, ca. 1550

–

1620)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Houston, Texas

Two friars on the shore gesture to the aquatic animals.

ALONSO CANO


(Granada,

1601–1667)

Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fishes

The Detroit Institute of Art
Detroit, Michigan

Woman poses in a dark background. Red curtain on left. Viceregal coat of arms right.

PERUVIAN, LIMA SCHOOL, 18th-Century

Portrait of Doña Andrea Roman de Aulestia y Cedreros y Gomez-Boguete y Monte Alegre

The San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, Texas

Bust of a beaded man without a mustache. Receding hairline.

GEORGE TINWORTH
(English, 1843–1913)

Portrait of a Man, possibly a member of the Doulton Family

The Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, Connecticut

A bearded man with a halo and colorful robes holds a sword in his hands and looks to his left.

JACOPO PONTORMO


(Pontorme 1494

–

1566 Florence)

Saint Paul

Private Collection

A marble statue of a man seated on a stump. Lamb at his feet.

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO SUSINI


(Florence, 1585–after 1653)

The Young Saint John the Baptist

The National Gallery of Art
Washington DC

Holy family on way to safety

PERUVIAN, CUZCO SCHOOL, 18th-Century

The Flight into Egypt

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library
New York, New York

PERUVIAN, CUZCO SCHOOL, 18th-Century

The Presentation in the Temple

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library
New York, New York

A woman in eastern dress and turbanned looks to her right as she drops a pearl into a vessel.

ELISABETTA SIRANI
(Bologna, 1638

–

1665)

Cleopatra

The Flint Institute of Art
Flint, Michigan

Pyramidal composition. The Virgin and infant christ in the center.

GIOVANNI MARIA BUTTERI
(Florence, ca. 1540

–

1606)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Jude, Simon Zelotes, and the Young John the Baptist

The Norton Museum of Art
West Palm Beach, Florida

Man in plain tunic with an unstable gesture.

SALVATOR ROSA


(Naples

1615

–

1673 Rome)

Portrait Study of Edward Altham

The National Trust, Kingston Lacy House
Dorset, England

Clear and stormy sky above mountains and a copse.

GUSTAVE DORÉ


(Strasbourg 1832

–

1883 Paris)

Landscape in Scotland

The Walters Art Gallery
Baltimore, Maryland