A somber monochrome watercolor of mayhem and dissent at sea. The depiction of a sinking raft, with one furled and one billowing sail, stretches from one side of the drawing to the other. Great, curved ...

A light-skinned, gray haired man faces the viewer, visible from the chest up. He has long gray hair that is tied back with a black ribbon. His eyes are blue, and his complexion is pink, especially ...

With her large body and frontal pose, the Virgin here functions as a throne for Christ, a visual expression of her status as the Mother of God and source of wisdom. While the symmetry and rigid ...

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing the skin from an elephant's head, trunk turned up and tusks protruding out, small dots surround the border. The other ...

The vessel has a shallow rim and symmetrical handles which are black and in red and black there are geometric floral and swirling designs on the neck and body of the vessel. In black on a red ground ...

An rectangular opaque watercolor painting depicting a standing woman who is dressed in a long white dress and veil behind her head. The woman stands in the center and is looking down at a bush with ...

A group of young men in their bathing suits are swimming in a body of water located in the foreground of the scene. On the right-hand side of the foreground, one man is pulling another out of the ...

A floral vase containing large round cluster of small rust-colored flowers, reminiscent of hydrangeas, with a few green leaves poking out on left and right, rests on the edge of a table. The vase is ...

Under a bower of twining flowered branches, a woman and a man sit naked, side by side in a garden, sharing a kiss. A long, pale orange serpent is coiled along the ground at their feet, its head rising ...

Trained by his father, Cornelis de Heem belonged to three generations of artists who specialized in paintings of assembled fruits, flowers, and luxury objects. Here, De Heem depicts fruits and nuts ...