Pastoral Scenes
School Time
Winslow Homer
This 1874 painting by Winslow Homer captures a nostalgic moment of childhood education in a rural American landscape.
Art for the Study
Dark, intelligent pieces that hold up beside books, wood, and brass.
Scholarly subjects, darker tones, and classic character feel at home among books, wood, and brass.
Pastoral Scenes
The Baptism of the Moorish Chamberlain
Mattheus Molanus
An intricate 17th-century Dutch landscape alive with woodland paths, a quaint village, and a central biblical narrative.
Moody Landscapes
Landscape with Open Gate
Pieter de Molijn
An atmospheric 17th-century Dutch landscape featuring a weathered gate and a dramatic, gnarled tree.
oil paint
Pierrepont House, Nottingham
Unknown Artist
An elegant 18th-century view of a grand English estate and its intricate formal gardens.
Pastoral Scenes
Figures before a Village Inn
Cornelis Saftleven
A spirited 17th-century Dutch genre scene depicting common life outside a village tavern.