Art for the Library

This elegant 18th-century profile portrait captures the refined dignity of a French nobleman through masterful pastel technique.

A striking 18th-century pastel portrait of mathematician Leonhard Euler, featuring rich blue tones and a masterfully captured intelligent gaze.

An elegant Rococo pastel portrait capturing the dignified presence of the French Consul Le Blond.

A refined charcoal and watercolor portrait study capturing a sense of intellectual focus and character.

This 1820 oil sketch by Johan Christian Dahl captures a luminous Neapolitan vista framed by the rugged interior of a coastal grotto.

A compelling World War I industrial scene depicting the focused activity of soldiers assembling aircraft in a hangar.