Cornelius Jonson Van Ceulen.
Detail from Portrait of a Lady, 17th Century.

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder.
Detail from Flower Still Life, 1614.

Annunciation Angels (Annunciation Madonnas)
detail

John Smart.
Detail from Portrait Miniature of a Lady,
18th Century.

Elisabetta Sirani.
Detail from Portia wounding her Thigh, 1664.

Jan Brueghel The Younger.
Detail from Merchants and Travelers in a Landscape,
17th Century.

Franz Christoph Janneck.
Detail from Esther before King Ahasuerus,
18th Century.

Jacob Huysmans.
Detail from Family Portrait,
17th Century.

Decker.
Detail from Portrait of a Young Woman in Traditional Greek Costume,
19th Century.

Peter Paul Rubens.
Detail from The Birth of the Milky Way, 1636-37.

Bernat Martorell (detail, 1434-35)

Martin van Meytens.
Detail from Wedding Supper, 1763.

“The Two Crowns” (1900) (detail)
by Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928).

Tobias Verhaecht and Sebastiaen Vrancx.
Detail from Two Riders On A Hill,
17th Century.

Konstantin Makovsky,
Charon carries dead souls across the River Styx, 1861

Annunciation Angels (Annunciation Madonnas)
detail

Clocking in at a giant 400 square feet, this tapestry, Triumph of Bacchus, teems with tiny details and hidden narratives.

Marco Ricci.
Detail from Landscape with Classical Ruins, 1730.

Franz Xaver Petter (Austrian, 1791-1866)

Wing of a Blue Roller,
Albrecht Durer. 1512.

1630-1633 Jacob Duck
A Merry Company

Jacopo Tintoretto.
Detail from The Origin of the Milky Way, 1575.

Thomas Ender.
Sunny Parkland with Deer, 1819.

George Willison.
Detail from Portrait of James Boswell, 1765.

ab. 1508 Hans Süss von Kulmbach
Portrait of a Young Man (reverse), Girl Making a Garland

La Dame à la Licorne, series
Medieval tapestry, Flanders
c. 1495-1505

1723 Jean Francois de Troy
The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fidèle

Paulus Theodorus van Brussel,
Flowers in a Vase (detail)

1525-1528 Hans Holbein the Younger
Darmstadt Madonna

1480 Unknown artist
Weissagung der Tiburtinischen Sibylle an Kaiser Augustus

1525-1530 Daniel Hopfer
The Soldier and his Wife

Gabriel Metsu
Man Writing a Letter
1662-65

The Penitent Magdalene
by Guido Reni, c. 1635 (detail)

ab. 1500 Israel van Meckenham
Angry Wife

Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu, Savoy
ca. 1475
BnF, Rothschild 2973

Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu, Savoy (detail)
ca. 1475
BnF, Rothschild 2973

Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu, Savoy (detail)
ca. 1475
BnF, Rothschild 2973

1494 Unknown Italian master
Virgin and Child Enthroned with the Doctors of the Church

Jacopo Tintoretto
. Detail from The Origin of the Milky Way, 16th Century.

Bacchiacca
Madonna and Child with Saint John. Detail. 1525

Herbert James Draper,
Ulysses and the Sirens (detailà, c.1909

Jan Beerblock
The Wards at Saint John’ Hospital (1778). Details.

Hieronymus Francken III.
Detail from Veroncia offering her veil to Christ,
17th Century.

René-Antoine Houasse.
Detail from The Birth of Minerva, 1688.

Bacchiacca c. 1525-1550
Sybil

Paolo Veronese c. 1570
Mars and Venus United by Love

 Lucas Cranach the Elder
Landscape Details

 Lucas Cranach the Elder
Landscape Details

 Lucas Cranach the Elder
Landscape Details

 Lucas Cranach the Elder
Landscape Details

 Lucas Cranach the Elder
Landscape Details

Annunciation Angels (Annunciation Madonnas)
detail

Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Detail from Saints Genevieve and Apollonia,
16th Century.

Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Detail from Saints Genevieve and Apollonia,
16th Century.

Peter Lely.
Detail from Portrait of Margaret Hughes, 1672.

Circle of Aelbert Cuyp

Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaardt.
Detail from Queen Anne, when Princess of Denmark, 1685.

Henry Anderton.
Detail from Portrait of a Lady, 1665.

Andrea Previtali.
Detail from The Virgin and Child with a Shoot of Olive, 1515.

Nicolas de Neufchâtel.
Detail from Portrait of a Young Lady, 1561.