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23,908 works

Oil landscape of a rocky cliff, open brown plain, winding stream and flat-topped mountains under a cloudy sky.

View of Saleve, near Geneva

Théodore Rousseau, 1834

Two nude infants with curly red-gold hair kiss on a green cushion under a red canopy, with a landscape behind them.

The Infants Jesus Christ and Saint John the Baptist Embracing

Joos van Cleve, 1520-25

Painting of a tall rocky cliff above a farmhouse and tree, with a lake and hills in the distance under a cloudy sky.

The Rock of Hautepierre

Gustave Courbet, c. 1869

Painting of a tall stone tower beside a river, with a small boat, old buildings and a cloudy sky.

Old Tower at Avignon

Samuel Colman, c. 1875

Painting of a winter river with ice floes, snowy banks, bare trees and farmhouses under a pale sky.

The Winter Sun

George Gardner Symons, c. 1909

Painting of wooden alpine buildings and a stone fountain before dark, snow-covered mountains with autumn trees.

An Alpine Scene

Gustave Courbet, 1874

Six-panel screen of a gnarled tree with red autumn maple leaves, hanging poem slips, rocks and grasses on gold ground.

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki, c. 1675

Panoramic landscape with a crowd near a walled town, a conical tent, mounted riders, and small hunters with dogs in the hills

Landscape with Tournament and Hunters

Jan van Scorel, 1519-20

Painting of Tahitian women in a village with palm trees, a thatched hut, chickens and ducks, in bright red and green tones.

No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?)

Paul Gauguin, 1896

Painting of washerwomen in white caps working at a pond's edge, with a thatched barn and fields beyond under a pale sky.

Washerwomen at the Edge of the Pond

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1880

Painting of two mounted warriors in ornate robes fighting on horseback, with a fallen figure and dusty hills behind.

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

Eugène Delacroix, 1826

Pair of six-panel folding screens with ink landscape of mountains, pines, pavilions, waterfall and boats on water.

Landscape of the Four Seasons

Sesson Shūkei, About 1560

Two standing religious figures in a landscape, one pointing toward the other who holds a staff, with Latin banners above.

Ecce Agnus Dei

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655

Panoramic landscape with a kneeling penitent in red, a lion, rocky cliffs, a winding river, and a distant city under clouds.

Landscape with the Penitent Saint Jerome

Belgian; Antwerp, 1530-40

Painting of a green-topped cliff, wooden fence and pebble beach at low tide under a pale sunrise sky.

Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Cliffs on the sea coast, seen at Petit Beach, rising sun)

Gustave Courbet, 1865

Painting of a sunlit cobbled village street with pedestrians, whitewashed houses, slate roofs and a cloudy blue sky.

Street in Moret

Alfred Sisley, c. 1890

Landscape with hunters, dogs and a rider in a wide green valley with a hilltop castle and a river.

Landscape with Hunters

Paul Bril, 1619

Seated woman in white gown with curly hair and red ribbon holds a small book beside a wooden chair, with blue sky behind.

Portrait of Constance Pipelet

Jean Baptiste François Désoria, 1797

Painting of a seated woman holding a rose as a man leans toward her on a grassy hillside.

The Lovers

William Powell Frith, 1855

Christ with a crown of thorns leans against a large cross, with a helmeted soldier and a man in green behind him.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515-17

Painting of a woman in a white headscarf leaning at a kitchen table among jugs, bowls, a mortar and a hanging basket.

Kitchen Scene

Diego Velázquez, 1618

Painting of a stormy sky over rolling green hills, dark trees, a winding stream, and a distant red-roofed house.

Hampstead, Stormy Sky

In the style of John Constable, 1814

Painting of a tropical shoreline with a large tree, fallen branches, a dog, a hut and a figure by a lagoon.

Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree)

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Misty dawn harbor with a stone tower, campfire, fishermen on rocks, a dog, and a sailing ship in calm water.

Morning

Joseph Vernet, 1760

Painting of a woman riding a white bull through water, with a piper, cattle, and companions on a wooded shore.

The Abduction of Europa

David Teniers the Younger, 1654-56

Painting of a herdsman with goats and a dog beneath trees, with a valley, village and jagged mountains in the distance.

Landscape with a Herdsman and Goats

Gaspard Dughet, c. 1635

Painting of a formal garden with green parterre beds, strolling figures, a brick palazzo, and sailboats on water beyond.

The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo

Francesco Guardi, Late 1770s

Painting of a young Cupid pinned on the floor by a man in red while a woman reaches toward him, with arrows and a dove nearby

Cupid Chastised

Bartolomeo Manfredi, 1605

Loose oil sketch of a hillside with trees, two cottages with red chimneys, and a pale path under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cottages

John Constable, 1809-10

Painting of a village with rooftops and trees beside a pale river under a cloudy sky, with flat meadows beyond.

La Touques near Deauville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1883