Old World Portraits
Portrait of an East India Company Captain
Stephen Hewson
A distinguished late 18th-century maritime portrait of an East India Company captain set against an atmospheric coastal sky.
Art for the Gallery Wall
Statement-making works with contrast and presence for layered arrangements.
Contrast, presence, and variety help these works hold together in a layered arrangement.
Old World Portraits
Alexandre-François Marie, Viscount of Beauharnais
Georges Rouget
An elegant 19th-century portrait of a French military officer standing against a misty, atmospheric landscape.
Contains nudity
oil paint
Death of Sardanapalus
Eugène Delacroix
An iconic masterpiece of French Romanticism, Delacroix's sweeping epic depicts a scene of tragic opulence and dramatic intensity.
Contains disturbing content
Moody Landscapes
The Country of the Iguanodon
John Martin
This dramatic 19th-century watercolor by John Martin captures a visionary prehistoric landscape filled with dynamic primeval creatures.
Contains nudity
Figure Studies
Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor
James Ward
An intense and dramatic Romantic study capturing the raw physical struggle between man and serpent.