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A Gust of Wind (1887) by John Singer Sargent

Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle (1872) by Arnold Böcklin

— by Mary L. Macomber

Mary Magdalene in Meditation (1623) by Jusepe de Ribera

Alfred Bastien - "Twilight on the River" (1931)

Self-Portrait as Pierrot, 1911 by Zinaida Serebriakova (Russian, 1884--1967)

Ivan Aivazovsky - "View on lagoon of Venice" (1841)

The Garden In The Rue Cortot At Montmartre (1876) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The subject of this astonishingly vital portrait was a wealthy Boston merchant. He chose to be painted wearing a loose but elegant banyan, or lounge robe - a popular gentleman’s fashion at the time - and a turban instead of a formal wig. Most striking about the portrait is its convincing sense of reality, which Copley achieved through various means. He meticulously painted every fold of cloth and bit of pattern in Sherburne’s damask gown as well as every fleshy wrinkle on his face and hands. Likewise, by lighting the picture strongly from the left, Copley created a tangibly solid figure.

By the Deathbed (1893) by Edvard Munch

Wild Roses (1890) by Vincent van Gogh

La Somnambule (1897) by Édouard Rosset-Granger

By the River (1885) by John Singer Sargent

Last Snow (1870) by Konstantin Korovin

The Winding Road (1906) by Willard Metcalf

Path through the High Grass (1876) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

St. George and a Dragon (1610) by Peter Paul Rubens