Art for the Study

A masterfully lit scene of quiet industry, capturing a moment of domestic life in a 19th-century interior.

An evocative 19th-century portrayal of the young King François I preparing for a royal hunt.

A soul-stirring character study of an elderly craftsman rendered in a warm, earthen palette.

A masterfully rendered 17th-century Flemish still life featuring a rich assortment of citrus and pomegranates in a Wanli porcelain bowl.

A spirited 17th-century genre painting capturing a candid moment of everyday life with dramatic light and shadow.

A masterfully lit Dutch Golden Age scene capturing a quiet, intimate moment of domestic life.

An exquisite 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Gerrit Dou depicting a woman framed within a trompe-l'oeil stone niche.

An ingenious 17th-century trompe l'oeil still life featuring fruit on a 'peeling' canvas backdrop.

This 17th-century Dutch landscape captures a rustic thatched cottage nestled under ancient trees in atmospheric, earthy tones.

A magnificent 17th-century interior scene depicting a royal reception in a grand guild hall.

An intimate and characterful 18th-century portrait of the Scottish philosopher David Hume by Allan Ramsay.

A dignified and luminous oil portrait of the celebrated French animalier Rosa Bonheur in her studio.