Art for the Study

A commanding mid-19th-century portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform.

A refined Dutch Golden Age scene depicting the intellectual exchange between an artist and his patron in a studio setting.

An expressive 1918 oil portrait of a British officer by Ambrose McEvoy, capturing a dignified presence with impressionistic brushwork.

An evocative Dutch Golden Age portrait featuring a central figure surrounded by a rich array of scholarly and maritime artifacts.

An evocative mid-19th-century portrait of a scholar immersed in his collection of historical treasures.

A dignified 19th-century portrait of the prominent American activist Lucretia Coffin Mott.

A masterful depiction of scholarly devotion, captured with dramatic lighting and exquisite painterly detail.

A sophisticated turn-of-the-century interior scene capturing a quiet moment of scholarly reflection.

A luminous 19th-century watercolor capturing the grand architectural scale of the Temple of Edfu from beneath a shadowed portico.

A distinguished Enlightenment-era portrait of the novelist Tobias Smollett in his study.