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American

12,325 works

Painting of a crowd of men in hats leaning over a wooden railing under a beamed ceiling, with a rules notice on the wall.

Nearing the Issue at the Cockpit

Horace Bonham, 1879

Oil portrait of an elderly man with curly grey hair in a dark coat against a red drapery backdrop.

Self-Portrait

Thomas Sully, 1850

Painting of a shipwreck on a stormy sea with two men on the shore and dancing women in red drapes beside wooded hills.

Telemachus and Calypso

Benjamin West, c. 1809

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and powdered wig, leaning on a blue drape beside a column with a landscape behind.

Simon Pease

Robert Feke, c. 1749

Four figures rest on a wooden quay with a cart and logs, while masted sailing ships fill the harbor behind them.

Negro Boys on the Quayside

David Norslup, c. 1865

Loose oil sketch of a woman in blue seated on a bench and a man in grey leaning toward a painting on a wall.

Charles Sheeler and Nina Allender

Morton Livingston Schamberg, c. 1906

Painting of women picking cotton in a green field with white bolls, a farmhouse and trees in the distance under a pale sky.

Picking Cotton

William Gilbert Gaul, c. 1890

Dusk landscape with cattle wading in a river, a horseback rider on a path, and a distant castle under a pink sky.

A Landscape after Sunset

Washington Allston, c. 1819

Circular painting of Cupid stung by a bee, comforted by a woman with a bracelet, with cherubs and landscape behind.

Cupid, Stung by a Bee, Is Cherished by his Mother

Benjamin West, 1774

Night landscape with a glowing moon over a calm lake, framed by dark silhouetted trees on the left.

Moonlight

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1886/1895

Painting of a winged angel above a sleeping veiled woman on a grassy bank, under a dark sky with a glowing horizon.

Mercy's Dream

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Oval-framed portrait of a smiling woman with curled hair, white ruffled collar, and gold chain with a child miniature.

Sarah Shippen Lea (Mrs. Thomas Lea)

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1798

Painting of a wooded mountain above a river, with a small cottage in a sunlit meadow under warm, glowing clouds.

Tourn Mountain, Head Quarters of Washington, Rockland Co., New York

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1851

Oil portrait of a seated man with white curled hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Thomas Jefferson

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1848/1879

Painting of rolling hills, patchwork fields and blue mountains under billowing clouds, with trees in the foreground.

The Umbrian Mountains

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1925

Painting of a seated nude woman holding a hand mirror, with loose brushwork and a dark interior background.

Seated Nude

Robert Henri, c. 1918

Painting of a woman in a white gown with red sleeves, flanked by courtiers, a lute player in red, and a man leaning on a colu

"Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896-1899; reworked 1900

Painting of sailing ships on choppy harbor water near a walled fort, with an American flag and seagulls under a pale sky.

Boston Harbor

Robert Salmon, 1843

Painting of a river curving through a wooded valley, with a tall evergreen and grazing cattle on a grassy bank at left.

View on the Genesee near Mount Morris

John Frederick Kensett, 1857

Full-length portrait of a man in black robe holding a small book, with a swan, Bible, and bookshelf in an interior.

Martin Luther

Frederick Kemmelmeyer, c. 1800

Painting of a mother nursing an infant in a sunlit autumn garden, seated in a red chair beside a table with an apple.

Maternity

Gari Melchers, c. 1913

Painting of a seated girl in a white dress beside a parrot, a cat, a goldfish bowl and a birdcage in a dim room.

The Pets

Eastman Johnson, 1856

Portrait of a seated woman in white dress and lace bonnet beside a table with pink roses, before green drapery.

Hannah Lemmon Corcoran (Mrs. Thomas Corcoran)

Charles Peale Polk, c. 1802/1810

Still life of a silver cake basket with cakes and cookies, a bottle labeled Old Cherry, two glasses, and a landscape view.

Still Life with Silver Cake Basket

John F. Francis, 1866

Painting of a mounted officer in blue uniform on a grey horse, pointing forward, with aides and trees behind him.

Washington before Yorktown

Rembrandt Peale, 1824, reworked 1825

Painting of a woman herding sheep down a path past trees, with cows grazing, white cliffs and sea under stormy clouds.

Hillside at Étretat

George Inness, 1876

Oval oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and a dark coat against a dark background.

William Cullen Bryant

Charles Loring Elliott, c. 1854

Oil portrait of a man with powdered white hair, dark coat and white lace jabot against a dark brown background.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800

Painting of a glowing harvest moon rising over a dusky field with a lone figure, farm buildings, and tall trees at twilight.

Harvest Moon

George Inness, 1891

Two women in white caps in a kitchen; a young woman reads a letter by a window while an older woman watches.

The Letter

Gari Melchers, 1882

Landscape painting of a domed hilltop palace above a lake, with umbrella pines, a stone shrine and small figures in the foreg

Castle Gondolfo, Lake Albano, Italy

Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1852

Painting of a nude figure in a yellow drape reaching toward a tree where a pale figure rises among the leaves against blue sk

Apollo and Daphne

John Singer Sargent, c. 1916/1919