Coastal Classics
A Shetland Fishing Boat in Stormy Weather North of the Orkney Islands
Anton Melbye
A dramatic 19th-century marine painting capturing a lone vessel navigating the stormy waters of the North Sea.
Early 19th Century
Romantic atmosphere, neoclassical structure, and early landscape painting with feeling.
Works from the early 1800s balance romantic feeling, classical structure, and a growing sense of atmosphere.
Moody Landscapes
The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in Eruption
Johan Christian Dahl
A dramatic and moody 19th-century oil study capturing the raw power of Mount Vesuvius erupting over the Bay of Naples.
Moody Landscapes
Gorge in the Sächsische Schweiz
Johan Christian Dahl
A dramatic 19th-century landscape capturing the sublime scale and moody atmosphere of the German wilderness.
Old World Portraits
Frédéric Chopin
Eugène Delacroix
A powerful and atmospheric portrait of the legendary composer Frédéric Chopin, captured with the expressive brushwork of Eugène Delacroix.
Contains nudity
Figure Studies
The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus
Antoine Wiertz
A monumental and dramatic scene depicting the high-stakes battle for Patroclus's body from Homer's Iliad.