Salvator Rosa, Return of Astrea c. 1640-1645. Salvator Rosa was an Italian painter, poet, and printmaker known for his dark nature landscapes and paintings on religious, mythological, and occult themes. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous painters.

Odilon Redon, Figure 1876. Odilon Redon (born Bertrand Redon) was a French painter and printmaker  whose work is divided into two periods: black and color.  Redon is considered one of the founders of Symbolism and a precursor of such movements as Expressionism and Surrealism.

Eero Jarnefelt, French Wine Bar 1888. Erik "Eero" Nikolai Jarnefelt was a Finnish painter, graphic artist and art professor. He was known for his portraits and landscapes, his church paintings, and his book illustrations.

Theodore Ralli, Veiled Woman 1880. Theodore Jacques Ralli (Theodoros Ralli) was a Greek orientalist painter. Ralli made many trips to Greece, France, Palestine and Egypt, collecting materials for his works.

Edouard Manet, The Races at Longchamp 1866. Edouard Manet was a French painter, printmaker, and one of the founders of Impressionism. He participated in the Franco- Prussian War, after which he continued his career as a painter.

Karl Friedrich Lessing, The Return of the Crusader 1835. Karl Friedrich Lessing was a German Romantic painter born in Wroclaw who was the grandnephew of the famous poet, playwright and art critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Early in his career he painted dark, melancholic and romantic landscapes in the style of Caspar David Friedric h…

Anton Raphael Mengs, Diana as Personification of the Night c. 1765. Anton Raphael Mengs was a German Neoclassical painter, son of the Saxon court painter Ismael Mengs.

Francesco Parmigianino, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror 1523-1524. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (also known as Parmigianino) was an Italian painter and printmaker.

Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair 1852-1855. Rosa Bonheur was a French sculptor and painter, one of the greatest animalists of the 19th century. She studied under her father, who was a landscape and portrait painter.

John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily and Rose c. 1885. John Singer Sargent was an American painter born in Florence, a cousin of the famous botanist Charles Sargent. Sargent's oeuvre includes some 900 oil paintings and 2,000 watercolors,  and he also painted murals.

Antonietta Brandeis, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria 1889. Antonietta Brandeis was an Italian landscape painter of Czech origin.

John Collier, All Hallowe’en 1895. John Maler Collier was a British writer and painter who painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style. Sixteen of John Collier's paintings are now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, and two are in the Tate Gallery. Other paintings can be seen in homes and institutions open to …

Bruno Liljefors, Hunter with Dog 1891. Bruno Liljefors was a Swedish animal painter, the older brother of the composer Ruben Liljefors. All his life Liljefors was engaged in hunting, the theme of which occupies no small place in his paintings. In addition to hunting and animals he painted landscapes and portraits.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Lemminkainen's Mother 1897. Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter and illustrator. In 1918 Gallen-Kallela and his son took part in the fighting of the Finnish Civil War.

Joshua Reynolds, Recovery from Sickness, an Allegory c. 1768. Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English portrait painter. He was founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts and was knighted by George III in 1769.

Albert Edelfelt, Bishop Henry Killed by Lalli 1877.