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The Gallery

831 works, closely read.

A pale green wooden footbridge arches across a pond crowded with white and pink water lilies, framed by dense green foliage — Claude Monet, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies

Claude Monet · 1899

An armless marble statue of a half-nude goddess with drapery slipping from her hips, her head turned to the side — Alexandros of Antioch, Venus de Milo, c. 150–125 BC, Louvre

Venus de Milo

Alexandros of Antioch · c. 150–125 BC

Nude nymphs link hands and dance in a ring around a blazing bonfire in a dark wood while Pan crouches at the left playing a pipe — Joseph Tomanek, Nymphs Dancing to Pan's Flute

Nymphs Dancing to Pan's Flute

Joseph Tomanek

A skull-faced figure clutches its face on a railed road beneath a swirling blood-red sky over a dark blue fjord — Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

The Scream

Edvard Munch · 1893

A green-patinated bronze of a nude man seated on a rock, chin resting on his hand, on a stone pedestal in a garden — Auguste Rodin, The Thinker, monumental cast of 1904, Musée Rodin, Paris

The Thinker

Auguste Rodin · Modeled 1880–82; enlarged 1902–03; this cast 1904

A wild-eyed gray-haired giant crouches in darkness, biting into the headless, bloodied body he clutches in both hands — Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son, c. 1819–1823

Saturn Devouring His Son

Francisco Goya · c. 1819–1823

A reclining nude Adam stretches a limp hand toward the outstretched finger of God, who flies in a red cloak full of angels — Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1511–12

The Creation of Adam

Michelangelo · c. 1511–12

A pale young woman in a silver dress floats on her back in a green stream, palms up and lips parted, as flowers drift from her hand — John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851–52

Ophelia

John Everett Millais · 1851–52

A woman in a white dress holds a green parasol on a grassy rise against a blue, cloud-streaked sky while a small boy stands behind the hill — Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875

Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son

Claude Monet · 1875

A towering blue wave with claw-like foam curls over three long rowing boats, with snowcapped Mount Fuji small in the distance — Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1830–32

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32

A small princess in a silver dress stands among maids, dwarfs and a dog while a painter at a tall canvas looks out, the king and queen reflected in a mirror behind — Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez · 1656

A naked goddess with long red-gold hair stands on a scallop shell at sea while two winged winds blow her ashore and a woman waits with a flowered cloak — Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1484–1486

The Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli · c. 1484–1486

A dark naked winged figure crouches on a rock with his chin in his hand, his pale glowing eyes staring out of the shadows — Franz von Stuck, Lucifer, 1890

Lucifer

Franz von Stuck · 1890

A gray-white human skull and upper spine against a black background, a lit cigarette between its teeth — Vincent van Gogh, Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette, 1886

Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette

Vincent van Gogh · 1886

A three-panel painting moving from a calm green Eden through a crowded garden of naked figures and giant fruit to a dark, burning hell full of monsters — Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, c. 1490–1510

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch · c. 1490–1510

Dozens of ancient philosophers gather on marble steps beneath vast arched vaults, with Plato and Aristotle walking at the center — Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509–1511

The School of Athens

Raphael · 1509–1511

A bare-breasted woman in a red cap raises the French tricolor and a musket over a barricade of bodies as armed Parisians follow her through the smoke — Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830

Liberty Leading the People

Eugène Delacroix · 1830

A young woman in a blue and yellow turban glances over her shoulder with parted lips, a large pearl glowing at her ear — Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer · c. 1665

A man in a dark green coat stands with his back to us on a rocky summit, leaning on a cane and gazing over mountains half-hidden in a sea of fog — Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, c. 1817

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Caspar David Friedrich · c. 1817

A white-winged youth arches backward inside a breaking wave as a red-haired woman wrapped by a serpent clasps him from below — Carlos Schwabe, Spleen et Idéal, 1907

Spleen et Idéal

Carlos Schwabe · 1907

A hooded, black-winged Death holds a staff as a nude woman girdled with thorns leans on him above a dead winged angel and a brooding seated man on clouds — Roberto Ferri, The Angel, the Death, and the Devil, 2018

The Angel, the Death, and the Devil

Roberto Ferri · 2018

A captain in black and a lieutenant in gold lead a crowd of militiamen with muskets, pikes and a flag out of a dark archway into the light — Rembrandt, The Night Watch, 1642

The Night Watch

Rembrandt · 1642

A headless winged marble goddess in wind-swept drapery strides forward on the prow of a stone ship at the top of a grand staircase — Winged Victory of Samothrace, c. 200–190 BC

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Unknown · c. 200–190 BC

A weathered stone angel with horns, a leering face and an exposed ribcage stands before a church bell tower in a Roman square — prop statue from the film Angels & Demons, 2009

Angels and Demons – The Movie Prop

Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 2008

Desperate survivors heaped on a storm-tossed raft strain toward a man waving a cloth at a tiny ship on the horizon, the dead slipping into the sea — Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818–1819

The Raft of the Medusa

Théodore Géricault · 1818–1819

A swooning nun lies back on a marble cloud as a smiling angel aims a golden arrow at her heart beneath gilded bronze rays — Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647–1652

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1647–1652

A café terrace glows yellow under a lit awning on a cobbled street at night, beneath a deep blue sky scattered with stars — Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night, 1888

Café Terrace at Night

Vincent van Gogh · September 1888

Five peasants with coarse faces share a dish of potatoes and pour coffee at a small table under a hanging oil lamp in a dark cottage — Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885

The Potato Eaters

Vincent van Gogh · April–May 1885

A dead man with a white head cloth slumps in a bathtub, one arm hanging to the floor with a quill, a letter in his other hand, before a dark empty wall — Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat, 1793

The Death of Marat

Jacques-Louis David · 1793

A pearl-white sculpture of a man and woman cut off at the chest, kissing with their arms wrapped around each other, raised on a clear acrylic stand — Yves Pirès, Le Baiser Nacré

Le Baiser Nacré (The Mother-of-Pearl Kiss)

Yves Pirès

A young woman in a billowing pink dress flies on a swing in a leafy garden, kicking off her slipper as a young man hidden in the roses gazes up at her — Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, c. 1767

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard · c. 1767

A skeleton dressed in silver armor, a crimson fringed skirt and a gold sunburst halo sits enthroned in a painted niche, a wax mask over its skull — Bejeweled Skeleton of Saint Deodatus, Rheinau, translated from Rome 1690

Bejeweled Skeleton of Saint Deodatus

Paul Koudounaris · Translated from Rome 1690

A man in a white shirt flings up his arms before a faceless French firing squad at night, lit by a lantern, as bodies lie in blood at his feet — Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814

The Third of May 1808

Francisco Goya · 1814

Black crows fly low over a wind-tossed golden wheat field under a dark, stormy blue sky, with three paths cutting through the wheat — Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, July 1890

Wheatfield with Crows

Vincent van Gogh · July 1890

The dark silhouette of a church and bell tower on an island stands against an orange and gold sunset reflected in still water — Claude Monet, San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk (Sunset in Venice), 1908–12

Sunset in Venice

Claude Monet · 1908–12

A seated young Virgin Mary in heavy marble drapery holds the limp body of the dead Christ across her lap — Michelangelo, Pietà, 1498–1499

Pietà

Michelangelo · 1498–1499

A polished marble nude man crouches with bowed head, his clawed hands gripping a rough, swirling mass of stone beneath him — Gaetano Cellini, Humanity Against Evil (L'umanità contro il male), 1908

Humanity Against Evil

Gaetano Cellini · 1906–08

A red-haired woman in sheer green drapery, crowned with wheat and poppies, looks back over her shoulder as she walks through a field holding a sheaf of wheat, a sickle hidden behind her back — attributed to František Bohumil Doubek, Allegory of Summer, c. 1905

Allegory of Summer

František Bohumil Doubek · c. 1905

Detail of a woman's hand wearing a pearl ring, resting in the lap of a white lace-trimmed dress and loosely holding a small silver revolver — Luise Max-Ehrler, The Telegram, 1894

The Telegram

Luise Max-Ehrler · 1894

A man in a gold robe patterned with black and white rectangles kisses a kneeling woman in a flowered gold robe at the edge of a meadow — Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1907–08

The Kiss

Gustav Klimt · 1907–08

A man in a broad black hat holds the hand of a woman in a full green gown in a bedroom with a convex mirror, a brass chandelier and a small dog — Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434

The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck · 1434

A young knight in silver armor walks through a flowering meadow surrounded by nude women wearing giant flower headdresses who reach toward him — Georges Rochegrosse, The Knight of the Flowers (Le Chevalier aux fleurs), 1894

The Knight of the Flowers

Georges Rochegrosse · 1894

A naked red-haired woman stands upright before a bed on which a naked man lies bleeding, painted in streaked strokes of green, blue and orange — Edvard Munch, The Death of Marat II, 1907

The Death of Marat

Edvard Munch · 1907

A bearded god lifts a struggling young woman, his fingers pressing into her marble thigh, as a three-headed dog snarls at his feet — Gian Lorenzo Bernini, The Rape of Proserpina, 1621–1622

The Rape of Proserpina

Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1621–1622

An army of skeletons overruns a burning landscape, killing a king, soldiers and lovers while ships sink in a smoky sea — Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Triumph of Death, c. 1562

The Triumph of Death

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · c. 1562

A muscular bearded man and two youths writhe in agony as giant serpents coil around and bite them — Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus, Laocoön and His Sons, Vatican Museums

Laocoön and His Sons

Agesander of Rhodes & Athenodoros of Rhodes & Polydorus of Rhodes · c. 200 BC – AD 70 (date debated); excavated 1506

In a stone prison cell, the bare-chested philosopher Socrates sits on a bed reaching for a cup of hemlock and pointing upward as his followers weep around him — Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David · 1787

A charcoal drawing of a skeleton dancing alone in a pool of light, arms flung wide, before a silent crowd of hooded figures — Paul Rumsey, from The Danse Macabre series

The Danse Macabre Series

Paul Rumsey

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