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Monet's Water Lilies (1906): green lily pads and pink blossoms float on a blue pond with soft reflections.

Water Lilies

Claude Monet, 1906

Oil painting of a monkey reaching toward fruit, grapes, peaches and melon on a ledge, with flowers and a garden behind.

Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1724

Painting of an elderly man in a dark feathered hat, gold chain and dark cloak against a shadowed brown background.

Old Man with a Gold Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Painting of a lush palm house interior with ornate columns, tropical plants, and women resting on a red carpet.

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam

Carl Blechen, 1834

Diamond-shaped abstract painting with black grid lines, yellow, blue and red triangles, and a black rectangle on white.

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray

Piet Mondrian, 1921

Painting of purple and pink irises among green leaves in a blurred, colorful garden setting.

Irises

Claude Monet, 1914-17

Tiepolo painting of a bearded magus with a shield beside a red-cloaked warrior, with armed men and a boat in a seaside landsc

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742-45

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a black plumed hat, black cloak and gold chain, against a dark brown background.

Old Man with a Gold Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Monet painting of a misty Seine branch with dark foliage at upper left fading into pale lilac and blue haze.

Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist)

Claude Monet, 1897

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with grey curls, white lace cap, blue ribbons, and a diamond-set frame.

Portrait of a Lady, said to be Mrs. Fitzherbert (1756-1837)

George Place, c. 1790

Oil portrait of a young girl in a pink dress and pearl necklace against a dark background, in a gilded frame.

La Madrilenita

Robert Henri, 1910

Painting of Étretat beach with chalk cliffs, moored boats on pink sand, red sails on turquoise sea, and pale clouds.

Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont

Claude Monet, 1885

Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)

Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, After 1537

Pastel-like street scene of pedestrians and carriages before a spired church on a grey overcast day in Paris.

Place de la Trinité, Paris

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1886

Impressionist painting of a hillside village with a church spire reflected in a river under a soft pink and violet sky.

Vétheuil

Claude Monet, 1901

Painting of a severed male head resting on a wooden block with white cloth, against a dark background.

Head of a Guillotined Man

Théodore Géricault, 1818-19

Circular miniature portrait of a man in gold-trimmed armor with a blue and red sash, beside a plumed helmet.

Portrait of Prince Potemkin

I Attributed to Johann Baptist Lampi, 18th century

Painted hide with rows of colorful mounted warriors, horses, lances and feathered headdresses on a tan background.

Painted Tipi Curtain: Victory Record of the Elkhorn Scraper Warrior Society

Artist unknown, c. 1870

Ethiopian painted triptych with Virgin and Child centre, angels, saints, and riders slaying a dragon on the side panels.

Triptych

Central Ethiopia, Late 17th century

Painting of a seated woman in a red armchair by a tiled fireplace, with a child playing on a rug in a red room.

The Red Room, Etretat

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1899

Painted tambourine showing a ringmaster at left and a horse with rider at right in loose blue, purple and red strokes.

At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1888

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman in a powdered wig and red coat, set in a brooch with a border of clear stones.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Horace Hone, 1770/1825

Vertical columns of ink calligraphy in running script on paper with a patterned silk border and red seal.

Calligraphy Accompanying Xugu's Painting

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1897

Painting of a rocky stream beside ruined stone buildings and ivy, with two seated figures and a bare tree under a cloudy sky.

Appenine Landscape

François Le Moyne, c. 1730

Oil painting of a wooded landscape with a group of figures near a stream and a small temple in the distance.

Birth of Bacchus

Károly Markó Sr, 1826 (?)

Vertical columns of black ink running-script calligraphy on pale paper with a red seal, framed in patterned silk brocade.

Calligraphy Acompanying Xugu's Painting for Liu Songfu

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1897

Painting of a seated man in a dark suit holding an open book, beside a classical vase and figurine on a mantel.

Portrait of Charles Lawrence Hutchinson

Julius Gari Melchers, c. 1902

Painting of a young woman writing at a desk beside a seated woman, while an elderly man in a dark chair gazes upward.

Milton Dictating to His Daughter

Henry Fuseli, 1794

Album leaf with vertical columns of black ink calligraphy and red seals, set within a patterned silk mount.

Album of Landscapes and Figures with Calligraphy by Chen Xiuyu

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1896

Framed painting of two sparrows on a golden silk ground with a calligraphic signature and red seal at upper right.

Two sparrows

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 18th century