Apotheosis of St. Thomas Aquinas — Francisco de Zurbaran

He Yearned for a Life of Quiet Study — Robert Crumb

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A Monk — Filipp Malyavin

The Hermit — Gerrit Dou

Reading Man (Self-Portrait) — Forrest Bess

Violin Player — Gerrit Dou

St. Anthony with a Donor — Mabuse

The Painter in his Workshop — Gerrit Dou

Portrait of Emile Zola — Edouard Manet

Sunday Reading at a Country School — Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky

Cuore (Portrait of Edmundo d’Amicis) — Eduardo Arroyo

Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers (Detail) — Paul Delaroche

Robinson Crusoe and His Man Friday — John Charles Dollman

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Gottfried Keller — Valerio Adami

A Hermit Praying — Gerrit Dou

Man Sitting on a Log — Karoly Ferenczy

Harry Graf Kessler — Edvard Munch