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Saint Augustine and Saint Monica
Gioacchino Assereto
A powerful Baroque study of faith and contemplation, featuring dramatic lighting and expressive characterization.
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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Gioacchino Assereto
A powerful Baroque study of faith and contemplation, featuring dramatic lighting and expressive characterization.

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Adriaen van Gaesbeeck
An exquisite 17th-century Dutch interior capturing a young scholar amidst his books and globes.

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Battistello Caracciolo
A powerful Baroque scene featuring dramatic chiaroscuro and emotional depth.

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Joos van Craesbeeck
An atmospheric 17th-century interior scene depicting a group of figures engrossed in a game of cards.

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Jan van der Venne
An evocative 17th-century scene of quiet industry and scholarship within a sun-dappled workshop.

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Jusepe de Ribera
A dramatic and contemplative seventeenth-century portrait of the Greek philosopher Aristotle by Jusepe de Ribera.

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Salomon Koninck
This dramatic 17th-century scene captures King Solomon in a moment of spiritual conflict, rendered with the masterful light and shadow of the Dutch Golden Age.

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Otto Marseus van Schrieck
A dramatic 17th-century forest floor scene featuring a snake, lizard, and various insects in a moody, atmospheric setting.

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Jan Davidsz. de Heem
An atmospheric Dutch Golden Age still life depicting the tactile beauty of parchment and aged volumes.

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Jan Lievens
A masterfully lit Dutch Golden Age still life featuring a scholarly arrangement of antique books and objects.

Contains disturbing content
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Jan Steen
An intriguing Dutch Golden Age scene exploring the themes of time and mortality through a scholar's quiet study.

Contains disturbing content
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Joannes de Cordua
This dramatic 17th-century vanitas painting uses stark lighting to emphasize symbolic objects of mortality and art.
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