Figure Studies
Jacob’s Dream
Jusepe de Ribera
A pinnacle of the Spanish Baroque, Jusepe de Ribera’s masterpiece captures the biblical patriarch Jacob in a moment of restful spiritual vision.
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.
Figure Studies
Feeding the Hungry
Michiel Sweerts
An atmospheric 17th-century street scene depicting an act of charity with dramatic chiaroscuro lighting.
Figure Studies
Study Heads of an Old Man
Jacob Jordaens
Two masterful character studies of an elderly man by Flemish Baroque painter Jacob Jordaens.
Figure Studies
Fiddler
Pekka Halonen
An intimate and atmospheric study of a violinist lost in his music, captured with dramatic lighting.
Figure Studies
The Spinster
Giacomo Ceruti
A poignant 18th-century genre painting by Giacomo Ceruti featuring a young woman at her work.
Figure Studies
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Josefa de Óbidos
An exquisite Baroque painting on copper capturing the tender symbolic union between Saint Catherine and the Christ Child.
Figure Studies
Consécration de la Vierge
Auguste Vinchon
A luminous 19th-century oil sketch capturing a solemn religious ceremony within an atmospheric classical interior.