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A portrait of a young man with dark hair and beard painted on an irregular piece of wood. The background is gold as a wreath of ivy and necklace he wears. There are many areas where the paint has come off the surface.

Portrait of a Man Wearing an Ivy Wreath, Roman Period, early to mid–2nd century

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Death of Orpheus, c. 1870

Henri Leopold Lévy

A work made of tempera and oil (?) on panel.

Triptych of the Crucifixion with Saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George, c. 1400

Netherlandish

A work made of oil on canvas.

Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant), 1865

Gustave Courbet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Divided and Divided, 1941

Ivan Albright

A vividly colored self-portrait in oil paint by the artist Beauford Delaney. Delaney depicts himself using bold, thick strokes of paint. His skin tone is polychromatic and contrasted by a mustard yellow background. He wears a blue shirt with accents of red and bright red hat.

Self-Portrait, 1944

Beauford Delaney

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Lamplight Study: Herr Joachim, 1868

George Frederick Watts

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Woman with a Black Fichu, c. 1878

Édouard Manet

Painting of a woven basket filled with various fruits, including plums and apricots, on a table against a dark background, with asparagus and peapods on the table at front.

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus, 1630

Louise Moillon

A work made of oil on linen canvas.

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, 1880

Paul Gauguin

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mary Magdalene, 1540/50

Moretto da Brescia

A work made of oil on canvas.

Flesh (Smaller Than Tears Are the Little Blue Flowers), 1928

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on canvas.

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, c. 1760

Bernardo Bellotto

Painting of a small, dark room with grey doors, grey wainscoting, and white walls. A blue bed with four pilllows is against the back wall. A painting hangs on that wall.

The Past and the Present, c. 1945

Gertrude Abercrombie

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Mexican Major, 1889

Frederic Remington

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Woman, 1851

Jean Léon Gérôme

Two figures, one red, one yellow, lying under white sheets with limbs sticking out.

Couple in Bed, 1977

Philip Guston

A work made of oil on cardboard.

Flowers: Poppies and Daisies, c. 1867

Odilon Redon

A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of a Young Artist, c. 1500

German

Serene abstract work featuring overlapping shapes on a neutral background. Some shapes are outlined and filled in with dots of the same color. At top left, a circle radiating purple dots contains an almond-shaped eye. Near bottom right is a small bright-red circle with a tiny arrow beside it.

Sunset, 1930

Paul Klee

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