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18th century portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this self portrait in 1790. Vigée Le Brun aimed to show her prestige as the portraitist of the king of France by painting herself in an elegant black dress.

This portrait of Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, the wife of the comte de la Châtre, was painted by French portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun in 1789. Bontemps is wearing a simple, classic white muslin dress, popularized…

A Portrait of a 17th century Spanish King. It shows him standing alone with only a desk next to him.

Monet shared this piece at the first Impressionist Exhibition. It was the target artist Louis Leroy's criticism, in which he complained that the painting was not a complete piece of art. Leroy degraded the painting to a simple sketch, an "impression"…

A self portrait of Claude Monet wearing a beret

Monet and Renoir brought their easels to La Grenouillère, a boating and bathing resort on the Seine river in the summer of 1869. Together, the two captured the leisurely activities of the Parisian people on their canvas.

Monet painted this piece while spending the summer with his family at Sainte-Andresse, a seaside resort near his hometown of Le Havre. The painting captures the leisurely activities of his family while enjoying a beautiful day together, taking in…

The Denial of Saint Peter depicts Saint Peter being accused of following Jesus Christ. It is representative of Caravaggio's style near the end of his life through his dramatic use of contrast between light and dark.

Permoser's Bust of Marsyas