Equestrian & Animals
Trompe l'Oeil with Falconer's Bag and Equipment
Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts
This masterful 17th-century trompe l'oeil depicts hunting equipment with such precision it appears to hang directly on the wall.
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.
Dark Academia
Three Clerical Scholars
Thomas Rowlandson
A witty late-18th-century watercolor study of three academic figures in full regalia.
Dark Academia
Ruins of the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam
Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten
An evocative 17th-century architectural study of the burned remains of Amsterdam’s Old Town Hall.
Old World Portraits
Portrait of Nikolai Mikhailovich Plyusnin
Leonard Turzhansky
An expressive 1914 oil portrait by Leonard Turzhansky capturing a characterful sitter with a direct, soulful gaze.
Moody Landscapes
View of Rhenen
Jan van Goyen
A luminous 17th-century Dutch landscape capturing a serene river town beneath a dramatic, atmospheric sky.
Figure Studies
Bugler of the Light Infantry
Alphonse de Neuville
A characterful 19th-century portrait of a soldier in uniform, capturing a quiet moment of repose.