Old World Portraits
Self-Portrait, Yawning
Joseph Ducreux
This 1783 self-portrait by Joseph Ducreux captures a candid, humorous moment of human exhaustion with masterful theatricality.
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.
Figure Studies
Le Tombeau de Maître André
Claude Gillot
This lively early 18th-century theatrical painting by Claude Gillot captures a scene from the Commedia dell'arte set against a classical cityscape.
Contains nudity
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The Wedding of Thetis and Peleus
Jan Brueghel the Elder, Hendrick van Balen the Elder
A magnificent mythological banquet by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen, celebrating a divine wedding in a lush, detailed woodland glade.
Contains nudity
Figure Studies
Bacchanalia
Francesco Zuccarelli
A lively and celebratory scene of mythological revelry set against a beautifully rendered 18th-century landscape.
Contains mature content
Figure Studies
Satyr and Nymph
Gerard van Honthorst
A playful and luminous Baroque scene depicting an encounter between a satyr and a nymph.