Figure Studies
Apostles at the Last Supper (Study for Notre-Dame de Lorette)
Alphonse Périn
A dramatic study of faith and composition, featuring apostles in profile against a rich, saturated red background.
Dramatic Bold
High-presence works with contrast, confidence, and stronger visual punch.
Stronger contrast, deeper color, and confident composition give these works their statement-making energy.
Dark Academia
Jan Hus at Constance
Karl Friedrich Lessing
A powerful 19th-century history painting depicting the reformer Jan Hus before the Council of Constance.
Contains nudity
Dark Academia
Allegory of Coinage
Romeyn de Hooghe
An intricate late 17th-century Dutch allegory celebrating the industry and wealth of the coinage process.
Contains nudity
Figure Studies
Wrestlers
Thomas Eakins
A powerful anatomical study of two wrestlers locked in a match by American realist Thomas Eakins.