Gallery

An elderly bearded man sitting in a rustic wooden interior gestures with one hand as five children listen intently.
Grandfather Telling a StoryAlbert Anker, 1884
A young woman in a blue-and-yellow turban turns toward the viewer against a dark background, wearing a large, bright earring.
Girl with a Pearl EarringJohannes Vermeer, c. 1665
A maid holding a child's hand stands in a sunlit brick courtyard; another woman is visible in a passage through an arch on the left.
The Courtyard of a House in DelftPieter de Hooch, 1658
Rembrandt’s 1632 group portrait: Dr Nicolaes Tulp demonstrates the muscles of a dead man’s forearm to seven men gathered around the body.
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes TulpRembrandt van Rijn, 1632
Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas: the Infanta Margarita and her attendants gather in a palace room while the painter stands beside a large canvas; the king and queen appear in a mirror at the back.
Las MeninasDiego Velázquez, 1656
John Everett Millais’s Ophelia: a young woman floats on her back in a river, her open hands surrounded by flowers and dense green plants.
OpheliaJohn Everett Millais, 1851–1852
A man seen from behind stands on a rocky outcrop, facing a vast landscape of mountains partly hidden by fog.
Wanderer above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich, 1817
Claude Monet’s hazy sunrise over the port of Le Havre: a small orange sun hangs above misty blue-gray water, with two dark rowboats in the foreground and ships and chimneys behind them.
Impression, SunriseClaude Monet, 1872
The open triptych shows Eden on the left, a crowded scene of nude figures and animals in the center, and a dark, densely populated Hell on the right.
The Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch, 1490–1510
A broad riverside park filled with formally posed figures enjoying a Sunday afternoon. A fashionable couple stands in the right foreground, while a small girl in white faces the viewer near the center.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat, 1884–1886
A woman representing Liberty raises the French tricolour and leads armed people over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen.
Liberty Leading the PeopleEugène Delacroix, 1830
Full-length double portrait of a richly dressed man and woman standing in a furnished room. A convex mirror hangs on the rear wall; a small dog stands between the figures.
The Arnolfini PortraitJan van Eyck, 1434
Sandro Botticelli’s painting of Venus standing on a large scallop shell as wind gods blow her toward shore, where a woman waits with a cloak.
The Birth of VenusSandro Botticelli, c. 1484–1486
Rembrandt’s large group portrait of an Amsterdam civic militia company, with Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch at the centre, surrounded by armed figures in dramatic light and shadow.
The Night WatchRembrandt van Rijn, 1642
Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night: a dark cypress rises before a quiet village beneath a blue, swirling sky, bright stars, and a crescent moon.
The Starry NightVincent van Gogh, 1889
A man in a white shirt faces a row of soldiers aiming rifles at him; other figures lie beside him, lit by a lantern in the dark.
The Third of May 1808Francisco de Goya, 1814
An older waterseller hands a glass to a boy beside large water jars; a third figure stands in shadow behind them.
The Waterseller of SevilleDiego Velázquez, 1618–1622
Johannes Vermeer’s View of Delft: the city’s gates and church towers rise above a calm harbour, with small figures and boats in the foreground under a broad, cloud-filled sky.
View of DelftJohannes Vermeer, 1660–1661
A broad, horizontal painting of water lilies and shifting reflections, with no visible horizon or shore to fix the viewer’s position.
Water LiliesClaude Monet, 1916
Three hunters and their dogs trudge downhill through snow toward a valley where villagers skate and play on frozen water.
Hunters in the SnowPieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565
Rembrandt’s painting shows the elderly priest Zechariah in a richly decorated robe inside the temple. A light enters from the upper right, marking the arrival of the angel Gabriel.
The Vision of Zechariah in the TempleRembrandt van Rijn, 1633