The oval paintings were among the first landscape paintings produced in Brazil and show various views of Guanabara Bay.

The 1632 oval painting, priced at $4.8 million, came from a private Swedish collection and is among the last 20 works by Rembrandt still in private hands.

She led him down to the far end of the room and pointed to a small oval painting of a child.

The interior includes four oval paintings by members of the Mazzuoli and Nasini family:

Ben picked up a small oval painting on the worktable, and held it out for Daja to examine.

In the Met is a little oval painting of her, wan and doe-eyed, the kind of devotional image you tend to pass by, eyes glazed.

Also noteworthy is the exhibition's one oval painting.

Angela Neville, a London dealer, ended up buying the oval painting for $1.9 million, above the high $1.6 million estimate.

The meticulously detailed oval painting is expected to realize £1-1.5m ($1.75-2.65m).

In this oval Cubist painting, a glass and a piece of fruit can be seen from within its ochre and brown brushwork.