In this print, Franz von Stuck provides the viewer with the meaning of his composition in the title: Sensuality. The voluptuous naked woman, with a thick snake curling around her body, glances coquettishly from under heavily lidded eyes.

This study reveals Edward Burne-Jones' original design for a character from the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Heavy panels of fabric fold over the full-length figure. In the upper corner, Burne-Jones sketches thin, straight lines to design the face and shoulders of the character.

Claude Monet returned to Paris in November 1871 after more than a year of wartime exile in England and Holland. He found a city ravaged by the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) and the violent suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871.

While Group of Dancers features Edgar Degas's signature subject of ballet dancers, it is also a curious experiment in medium and setting. Rather than drawing with pastels on paper, Degas worked on a wooden panel, a material more commonly used as a support for paint.

The Book of Genesis (22: 1-19) tells how God tested Abraham's devotion by ordering him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. In this deeply moving depiction, Antonio de Pereda presents Abraham, still unaware that God will intervene, gesturing heavenward while gazing tenderly at his son.