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Ramon Llull
Francesc Ribalta
A masterful 17th-century Spanish Baroque portrait of the philosopher Ramon Llull, featuring dramatic light and shadow.
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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Francesc Ribalta
A masterful 17th-century Spanish Baroque portrait of the philosopher Ramon Llull, featuring dramatic light and shadow.

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Michiel Sweerts
A masterful 17th-century scene of charity, featuring dramatic light and lifelike figures in a Roman street setting.

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Francisco de Zurbarán
A masterfully lit Spanish Baroque scene depicting a contemplative domestic moment between a young Christ and Mary.

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Leonaert Bramer
A masterful seventeenth-century Dutch scene of religious devotion, defined by its striking diagonal lighting and rich, dark tones.

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Gerard van Honthorst
A dramatic Caravaggesque masterpiece of candlelight and shadow, capturing the tense biblical moment of Peter's denial.

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Marinus van Reymerswaele
A striking and highly detailed 16th-century Netherlandish scene depicting two tax collectors at work.

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Unknown Artist
A meticulously detailed 17th-century Dutch depiction of the ambitious construction of the Tower of Babel.

Contains disturbing content
Traditional Still Lifes
Nicolaes van Verendael, Hendrick Andriessen
A dramatic 17th-century Dutch Vanitas still life contemplating mortality through a striking contrast of delicate blooms and a weathered skull.

Contains nudity
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Christoffel Pierson
A masterful 17th-century Dutch painting capturing the dramatic mythological moment of Circe's enchantment.

Contains nudity
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Caravaggio
A masterpiece of dramatic chiaroscuro depicting the profound biblical moment of Saint Thomas's doubt and discovery.

Contains disturbing content
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Antonio de Pereda
A magnificent 17th-century Spanish Baroque vanitas painting exploring themes of mortality and worldliness through rich symbolism.

Contains nudity
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Adam Elsheimer
A masterfully lit Baroque scene by Adam Elsheimer depicting the solemn and dramatic moment of testing the True Cross.
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