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Painted study of two black-and-white cows, one lying down and one standing, on a brown ground.

Study of two Cows

Anders Askevold, 1900

Oil study of two cows seen from behind, one brown and white, the other cream, painted in loose brushwork on a muted ground.

Study of two Cows, seen from behind

Anders Askevold, 1900

Oil sketch of a river at dusk with grey clouds, warm light on the horizon, dark trees and a building on the bank.

The Elb in the Evening

Johan Christian Dahl, 1822

Painting of a woman sewing in a rustic farm interior, with an open doorway showing a sunlit green field outside.

Farm Interior, Skotta in Bærum

Harriet Backer, 1887

Painting of a lake under cloudy evening sky with rocky cliffs, a dead tree, a thatched cottage and small figures.

Nordic Landscape with a dead Tree

Johan Christian Dahl, 1814

Painting of musicians gathered beneath a ruined arch overgrown with ivy, with a statue and a cart in the background.

Concert in the Ruins

Alessandro Magnasco

Three riders on a wet beach at sunset, with pink sky and sea, painted in 1882 by Jean-Maxime Claude.

Three Riders at the Sea

Jean-Maxime Claude, 1882

Young woman in a white dress resting in a leafy landscape while a young man in blue peers over a hay cart.

Young Couple in a Landscape

Jean Baptiste Huet

Painting of a Roman square with a bell tower, terracotta rooftops, a warm ochre palazzo and cloudy sky over distant hills.

View from Piazza di Campidoglio, Roma

Gustaf Söderberg

Figures making music in a rustic tavern courtyard, with a man playing a viol and a woman reading sheet music at a table.

Music-Making Company

Gillis van Tilborgh, 1655

Painting of a city street where a woman offers a bowl to a mother and children near an archway and cathedral tower.

Charity Relieving Distress

Gainsborough Dupont, 1784

Painting of a maid in white cap and apron leaning over a wooden barrel beside copper pots in a dim kitchen.

The Scullery Maid

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1738

Painter seated on a rocky cliff sketching, overlooking a hazy forested valley and distant bay under a pale sky.

The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1864-1865

Painting of a woodland stream over rocks, with white water, a shadowed cliff face, and leafy trees overhead.

Woodland Stream

Paul Huet, c. 1840

Medieval painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, an ox and donkey, and a riding reti

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni di Paolo, c. 1450

Two 18th-century men examine a specimen through a magnifying glass in a dense forest clearing.

The Naturalists

Jehan-Georges Vibert, late 1870s

Oil landscape of a river valley with large trees in the foreground, rolling hills, and a soft cloudy sky.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1898

Full-length portrait of a young man in silver doublet, fur mantle, gold chain and feathered velvet cap, holding a sword.

Prince Hercule-François, Duc d'Alençon

Unknown artist, 1572

Painting of a boy in a cap crouching at a glowing iron stove in a plain room with a rocking chair.

The Early Scholar

Eastman Johnson, c. 1865

Three Iowa men in feathered headdresses and fringed dress stand on grassland, one holding a spear and another a pipe.

Three Iowa Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Mounted hunters with spears attack two grizzly bears on open grassland under a cloudy sky, painted in an oval frame.

K'nisteneux Indians Attacking Two Grizzly Bears

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a riverside encampment with red-toned figures near a thatched hut, a boat on the water, and dense green forest be

A Mura Encampment - Boat Sketch

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a grassy plain framed by drooping trees and vines, with thatched huts at right under a pale blue sky.

A Connibo Village

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Loose brushwork street scene of villagers and a woman with a basket beside a red-roofed building and boat masts.

Volendam Street Scene

Robert Henri, 1910

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child before a red curtain, with two angels and a dove above.

The Madonna of Humility

Masaccio, c. 1423/1424

Young woman in blue dress guides a child writing at a wooden desk with a quill pen.

The Little Schoolmistress

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, after 1740

Painting of a wooded landscape with a wooden footbridge, a small figure in red, and a path under a cloudy sky.

A Landscape

Oil portrait of a young woman with brown hair and a grey shawl falling off one shoulder against a dark background.

Nell

Alexander Ignatius Roche

Oil study of a sleeping infant's head with blond hair and closed eyes against a brown background.

Infant Son of the Artist

Allan Ramsay?, 1741

Full-length portrait of a bewigged man in ermine-trimmed royal robes holding a sceptre beside a jewelled crown.

George II, 1683 - 1760. Reigned 1727 - 1760

John Shackleton, 1755