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Set in a lively inn, this genre scene shares a couple's brief sublime moment with the viewer. While a young cavalier raises a glass into the corner of a frame, his companion clutches at his shoulder, pulling him back down to reality, or perhaps…

Matisse's first portrait of Germain Augustin Barthélémy Montargès.

First painting by Henri Matisse that demonstrates African influence.

Johannes Vermeer

This piece by Dutch Renaissance artist Johannes Vermeer depicts an everyday scene in which a young woman prepares for her day, and washes with a pitcher and basin. She looks out the stained glass window at left, while a map of the Dutch Republic…