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A drawing of a richly dressed woman holding a prayer, also wearing a pompom-topped cap with a veil.

Helena Fourment

Peter Paul Rubens

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A white bust of Mette, Paul Gauguin’s Danish wife on a plinth

Portrait of Mette Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

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Footed dish with Diana and Actaeon changed into a Stag, Casteldurante, probably workshop of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi, about 1550-60

Footed dish with Diana and Actaeon changed into a Stag

Probably the workshop of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi

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This gothic ivory contrasts the tenderness of the Virgin Mary holding the Child with the anguish of the Crucifixion. When the diptych is opened, Mary appears to look directly at her son on the cross

Diptych with the Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion

Paris, 1325-50

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Incense burner of pierced and engraved brass inlaid with silver, with images of the planets within roundels, Mamluk, Syria, 13th century

Incense Burner

Syria (Mamluk Sultanate, 1250-1517), Around 1280-90

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A worn-looking front cover of a manuscript book. The words 'AVANT et après' are seen at the top, and '1903' at the bottom, with 'P Gauguin' in the centre. The text is surrounded by drawings and illustrations, including three masks and details of columns and crests, dotted around the page.

Avant et après (Before and after) 

Paul Gauguin

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A man lies in bed wrapped up tightly in white sheets, looking afraid, whilst a man stands over him lecturing him, holding a book and wearing all black with a black cap. An assistant stands behind this doctor, holding an overly large clyster.

Le Malade Imaginaire (The Hypochondriac)

Honoré Daumier

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This three-panel work, known as ‘The Seilern Triptych’, is one of the finest examples of Northern Renaissance painting. The central panel depicts Christ’s burial, shortly after his body is taken down from the cross (seen in the left wing, where the two thieves executed with him remain).

The Entombment

Attributed to Robert Campin

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A drawing of a nude woman, seemingly kneeling on a chair, although the chair is not visible. The background is completely dark with the figure contrasting in light colours. Both legs and arms fade into the edges of the paper, and there are no harsh lines.

Female Nude

Georges Seurat

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Triptych – The Apocalypse

The Myth of Prometheus

Oskar Kokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka reworked biblical and mythological stories in the triptych to express his fears for humanity following the Second World War....

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Tile with sunburst, a device of the Gonzaga family of Mantua

Tile with sunburst, a device of the Gonzaga family of Mantua

The workshop of Antonio dei Fedeli, Pesaro

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A half-bear, half-bull creature with its insides visible and three crows on its back, stands near a baby on fissured ground. To the left is a man hanging from a tree, with many pylons seen in the distance. Inside the creature are words reading 'serious' and reasonable' in the stomach, 'objective' in the heart, 'common sense' in the spine', 'important' in the lungs, 'prudent' in the anus, 'wise' and 'rational' in the bowel, and 'logical' in the windpipe.

Animal Spirit

Grayson Perry

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