Old World Portraits
Jacques-Louis David
Unknown Artist
An elegant 19th-century portrait of a gentleman in a dark coat, characterized by masterful light and shadow.
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
Landscape with an Approaching Storm
Carl Julius von Leypold
A striking Romantic landscape capturing the atmospheric tension of an approaching storm over a quiet valley.
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.
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.