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Panoramic painting of a wooden bridge over a river with boats, crowds in kimono, and a city of rooftops beyond.

Ryogoku Bridge

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1800

Handscroll painting of gibbons in pine trees by a stream, with two cranes flying in the upper right.

Landscape with gibbons and cranes

Green rock island rising from wavy water under a large red sun, with small swallows flying across the brown sky.

Island, sun, and flying swallows

Painting of a crowded city market street at dusk with vendors, women with baskets, and children on the sidewalk.

Street Scene

Jerome Myers, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a brown coat holding a folded letter, with leather-bound books beside him.

Elisha Tyson

Robert Street, 1820

Half-length portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat against a red background.

Albert Gallatin

Thomas Worthington Whittredge, 1850

Oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Abraham Lincoln

Charles Wesley Jarvis, 1860

Seated elderly man in dark coat and black cravat holding a red cane with brass fittings, against a dark red background.

John Quincy Adams

William Hudson Jr, 1840

Painting of a rocky forest gorge with a stream flowing over boulders, cliffs on the left, and a waterfall among trees.

The Flume, Opalescent River, Adirondacks

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1870

Painting of a seated nude woman with long auburn hair beneath flowering branches, with a pale drape over her lap.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1870

Muted landscape with slender trees, an open brown field and a pale hazy sky, painted in ochre and brown tones.

The Sprout Lot

John Francis Murphy, 1910

Misty landscape with an old mill building and bare trees in pale green and ochre washes.

My Old Mill, Holmescroft, near Rockville

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Painting of a sunlit city street with a church facade, a horse-drawn carriage, and pedestrians under a pale sky.

Saint Roche Church

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a striped lighthouse and a white mail boat battling choppy waves under a stormy, rust-colored sky.

Mail to Cape Lookout (mural study, Beaufort, North Carolina Post Office)

Simka Simkhovitch, 1930

Painting of an elderly couple seated in a dim parlor with a parrot, lace curtains, and a framed oval portrait on the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1920

Painting of a lion on a sandy desert ridge at sunset, with another lion behind it and reddish hills in the distance.

Lions in the Desert

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Painting of a seated young man working at a bench in a dim workshop, with a standing figure behind him in shadow.

Study for the Young Sabot Maker

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Loose oil landscape of dense trees with rust and green foliage beside water under a pale, cloudy sky.

Landscape (trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Oil sketch of a long wooden pier stretching into calm water beside a wooded shore under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with pier)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Two tattooed men with loincloths stand on a sandy beach holding a paddle and woven fan, with mountains behind them.

Marquesan Men

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue patterned dress, striped headwrap, and large round earrings, against a pale sky.

Hól-te-mál-te-téz-te-néek-ee, Sam Perryman

George Catlin, 1830

Two women seated on a rug in an adobe room, painting geometric designs on pottery vessels.

Hopi Pottery Painters

Carl Moon, 1940

Portrait of a man with red skin, blue face paint, feathered headdress, beaded necklaces, and a hand drum.

Tóh-to-wah-kón-da-pee, Blue Medicine, a Medicine Man of the Ting-ta-to-ah Band

George Catlin, 1830

Still life of hanging dead birds and carrots against a warm yellow wall, painted in dark brown tones.

Dead Wild Fowl

Elias Vonck, 1640

Oil painting of men gathered at a table in an interior, with a classical statue at left and kneeling figures in front.

Homage to Benjamin Franklin

Christian August Lorentzen, 1790-1799

Bearded man in red robe playing lyre beside a reclining nude youth in a garden with fruit trees and a serpent.

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1808

Nude young faun with horns and ivy wreath seated on a pelt, holding pipes, before a rocky cave and wooded landscape.

Young Pan in a Cave. Model Figure

Wilhelm Bendz, 1825

Painting of a haloed woman raising an object above a battlefield of soldiers and horses under a stormy, cloud-filled sky.

Judith with the Head of Holophernes

Luca Giordano, 1647-1705

Oil portrait of an older woman with dark hair bun, black collar, red brooch and pink shawl against a soft background.

Frederikke von Scholten, née Arendrup, the Artist's Mother-in-Law

Christian Mourier-Petersen, 1898-1902

Head of a White-Patched Cow, Profile Facing Left

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1834