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Jan Hus at Constance
Karl Friedrich Lessing
A powerful 19th-century history painting depicting the reformer Jan Hus before the Council of Constance.
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Scholarly, moody, and old-world works with gravity.
Moody palettes, old-world formality, and scholarly subjects give this style its literary charm and quiet intensity.
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Study of a Coat Belonging to the 11th Earl of Westmorland
Joseph Edgar Boehm
A striking mid-19th-century academic study of a scarlet military coat, captured with bold color and painterly texture.
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The Egyptian Widow
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
A poignant and highly detailed scene of mourning set within the architectural grandeur of ancient Egypt.