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Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty craggy mountains, a cliff pavilion, pines, a stone bridge, and calligraphy with red s

Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace

Lu Guang, ca. 1369

Painting of a haloed saint in gold brocade holding a model ship, a palm frond and a book, before a hilly landscape.

Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon

Painting of a river with a rowing boat, figures on the bank under trees, and a distant tower under a cloudy sky.

River with a Distant Tower

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865

Painting of a nude woman with red hair holding a flowering branch with white blossoms against dark green leaves.

Nude with Flowering Branch

Gustave Courbet, 1863

Gilded altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned between four saints and angels under golden arches.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Taddeo Gaddi, ca. 1340, updated ca. 1480

Portrait of an older man in red military coat with gold epaulettes and white ruffled cravat against a dark background.

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724-1800)

Thomas Gainsborough

Venetian canal scene with the Rialto Bridge, gondolas, and arcaded buildings under a pale cloudy sky.

The Grand Canal above the Rialto

Francesco Guardi, late 1760s

Woman in a dark robe leans against a classical column beside an urn and scattered leaves in a dusky garden.

Lachrymae

Lord Leighton Frederic, 1894-95

Painting of a young woman with a halo holding a green palm frond, wearing a green gown with a gold bodice and pearls.

Saint Justina of Padua

Bartolomeo Montagna, 1490s

Winter scene of figures skating and playing on a frozen river at sunset, with a town of snowy houses and a church spire behin

Sports on a Frozen River

Aert van der Neer, ca. 1660

Horizontal painting of nude and draped figures in a rural landscape with a thatched hut, trees, and a pond.

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1883-89

Painting of cattle herded along a country road past a thatched cottage, under a large cloudy sky with trees.

A Country Road

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1648

Half-length portrait of a man in black costume and white collar before red damask drapery and silver candlesticks.

Portrait of a Man

Spanish Painter, 1670

Portrait of a seated woman in a white dress with a collie beside her, against a dark blue interior.

Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862-1919)

Anders Zorn, 1897

Painting of a stormy sea at sunset with a small boat near rocky cliffs, sunlight breaking through clouds above a silhouetted

Sunset after a Storm on the Coast of Sicily

Andreas Achenbach, 1853

Painting of a kneeling emaciated woman receiving communion from a monk, with angels and cherubs in a landscape with lake and

The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1680

Painted lunette of a bearded God the Father with outstretched arms, golden halo and rays, in a gilded arched frame.

God the Father

Ambrogio Bevilacqua

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a white floral turban, green shawl and red vest, holding an ornate dagger.

Portrait of a "Mamelouk"

Horace Vernet, 1810

Christ in a blue robe with a crown of thorns carries a heavy wooden cross past a walled city under a blue sky.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jan Gossaert, ca. 1520-25

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel with a lily approaches a kneeling Virgin in a columned interior.

The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1490

Hanging scroll of a grey rock, yellow hibiscus, blue-green leaves, pink blossoms and a grasshopper on pale silk.

Rock and Autumn Flowers

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

Ink and colour landscape of misty mountains, pine trees, thatched houses, and a river with a small boat.

Landscape

Kawabata Gyokushō, ca. 1887-92

Painted hanging scroll of a Noh Okina mask with hexagon pattern, crane design and cords on a pale background.

Mask for the Noh Play Okina

Shibata Zeshin, dated 1879

Ink and wash painting of two bamboo shoots and leaves on pale paper, with a red seal and signature at lower left.

Bamboo Shoots

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1880s

Hanging scroll of ink-wash flowers and leaves rising from a textured vase, with a signature and red seals in the upper right.

Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket

Yosa Buson, 1760s

Still life painting of white and red hollyhocks in a copper bowl on a grey table against a dark background.

Hollyhocks in a Copper Bowl

Gustave Courbet, 1872

Corot painting of nude Venus seated in a meadow, cutting the wings of a small Cupid beside her under a pale sky.

Venus Clipping Cupid's Wings

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1870

Small sketch of Venice's Piazzetta with two columns, a winged lion statue, a bell tower, a domed church and sailboats.

The Piazzetta, Venice

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1828

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, both wearing green and white garments against a dark background.

Virgin and Child

Luis de Morales

Night seascape with a glowing full moon, a dark sailboat among luminous waves, and silhouetted mountains at left.

Silver Moon

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Painting of a tall pale birch tree leaning over a still river at dusk, with a small boat and dark trees beyond.

Landscape

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black coat with red book on a green table, beside a column and gold curtain.

Abbott Lawrence

Chester Harding, 1842