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A combined use of light, color, texture and setting bring a feeling of intimacy to this 1665 Rembrandt work.

Italian artist Tiepolo uses the unusual technique of a painting-within-a-painting in this 1726 work. Notice the artwork hanging on the wall of the studio, which is one of Tiepolo’s own, entitled The Bronze Serpent .

An example of James Tissot’s control and mastery of space, this 1877 allegorical work is of model Kathleen Irene Newton. It was painted in London after the demise of the Commune of Paris in 1871.

Created as two paintings (1500), Andrea Mantegna here displays classic Renaissance elements: absence of emotion, knowledge of anatomy and determinism of line.

Philippe de Champaigne’s 1655 work portrays the Biblical tale of the Pharisees in this dramatic religious painting. The figure on the right is said to be a self-portrait and borrows stylistically from Raphael and Valentin.

Otto Dix’s artistic freedom is evident in this 1929 portrait of lawyer Hugo Simons. Seen with a halo of copper light, it illustrates the artist’s wish to portray his subjects’ souls in his works.

A great voyeur of the human landscape, Morrice is known for his departure from centuries of art tradition and for his philosophy of painting for painting’s sake, seen in this work.

Montréal’s best-known contemporary painter, Jean-Paul Riopelle, lets his spatula work its magic on this canvas (1954–5), creating a mosaic of elements, colors and tones. Riopelle’s signature is his chaotic style and some affinity to the brushwork of Cézanne.

Paul-Émile Borduas began as a church decorator before attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Montréal and finishing his studies in France. This 1957 painting won a posthumous Guggenheim award in 1960 as the best Canadian painting in a New York gallery, but the work has now returned to the artist’s home town.

Painted in 1921, this work, in the Michal & Renata Hornstein Pavilion, provides an evocative impression of winter by one of Québec’s most loved artists, Ozias Leduc. His ability to capture the light of dusk here confirms his legacy for perfectly representing the provincial landscape.