Art for the Library

This dramatic 19th-century oil painting depicts the educational awakening of the young Michel de Montaigne through music.

An elegant 19th-century genre scene depicting an artist and her tutor engaged in a drawing lesson within a refined interior.

A masterfully executed architectural study showcasing the grand classical perspective of the Greenwich colonnade.

A dramatic 19th-century narrative painting depicting the legendary awakening of Rip Van Winkle in a moody forest setting.

A dignified double portrait capturing a shared moment of domesticity and intellectual pursuit in the early 19th century.

An evocative nineteenth-century interior scene capturing a quiet moment of domestic storytelling.

A detailed mid-19th-century Orientalist painting capturing a bustling courtyard scene in Asia Minor.

An elegant and grounded equestrian study of a dark horse set against a vast, atmospheric sky.

A lyrical scene of medieval legend, combining an idyllic landscape with a mystical encounter under the watchful gaze of celestial beings.