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Wide panoramic painting of formal palace gardens with a central fountain, clipped topiary, and a long tree-lined avenue.

Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles

John Vanderlyn, 1818

Painting of the sailing ship Franklin flying the American flag among many boats in a New York harbor under cloudy sky.

The U. S. Ship Franklin, with a View of the Bay of New York

Thomas Thompson, 1820

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a dark jacket and white lace collar holding a small bird, in an open case.

Henry Larcom Abbot

Washington Blanchard, 1835

Painting of a winged woman in yellow drapery holding red cloth among clouds, with putti and flowers, in a gilded ceiling fram

Dawn

Gaspare Diziani, 1709

Painting of reclining nude Venus holding a laurel wreath, with winged Cupid beside her on a blue drape before red curtains.

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto, 1530

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, Christ Child, ox and donkey, angels above, shepherds and a hilltop town.

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480

Painting of a saint's burial: a bishop and haloed mourners beside a pink-shrouded body on a grey tomb, under a blue sky.

The Burial of Saint Martha

Sano di Pietro, 1460

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child in a stable, kneeling kings, a white horse, and a retinue.

The Adoration of the Magi

Sano di Pietro, 1470

Miniature portrait of a woman with a high bun and white lace collar, set in an open green velvet case.

Portrait of a Lady

John Robinson, 1822

Grisaille painting of allegorical figures before a seated judge on a stepped dais, with a nude woman in light at left.

The Calumny of Apelles

John Vanderlyn, 1849

Medieval painted panel of the Crucifixion with mourners at left, bystanders at right, and gilded haloes against a hilly lands

Panel with The Crucifixion from Retable

Domingo Ram, 1450

Painting of the Virgin, Joseph, and two kneeling shepherds adoring the infant Christ, with a landscape of city and mountains.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Crucifixion scene with Christ between two thieves, kneeling donors, saints, and angels under a blue sky.

The Crucifixion with Donors and Saints Peter and Margaret

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1525

Painting of a startled bearded man beside a skull, candle, occult books and glowing coals in a dark magic scene.

Self-Portrait with Magic Scene

Pieter van Laer, 1635

Painting of Christ gesturing to a crowd of men and armored soldiers around a woman in an orange dress, with a dark background

Christ and the Adulteress

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of Christ blessing children surrounded by mothers, infants and elders, with a German Bible inscription across the to

Christ Blessing the Children

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Grayscale painting of a Gothic church interior seen through an oval frame, with figures on a checkered floor.

Interior of a Gothic Church by Day

Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1635

Grisaille view of a Gothic church interior with tall pillars, checkered floor, hanging lamps, and small figures.

Interior of a Gothic Church at Night

Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1635

Gothic-style painting of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, with the Virgin, infant, priest and gilded halos in an arc

The presentation of Christ in the Temple

Giovanni di Paolo, 1440

Four gilded panels of standing female saints in robes, each holding a symbolic attribute against a gold background.

Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret

Giovanni di Paolo, 1470

Painting of a tree-lined Seine riverbank with figures on grass, a red-roofed building, and clouds in a blue sky.

The Seine in Bougival

Alfred Sisley, 1876

Abstract painting of a stylized eye within jagged purple and green clouds above wavy green and maroon bands, in a silver fram

Storm Clouds

Arthur Dove, 1935

Painting of a gray vase of flowers on a round black table flanked by two spindle-back chairs against a cream background.

Table and Two Chairs

Horace Pippin, 1946

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a feathered headdress holding a staff and plumes, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

America

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1747

Botticelli's Annunciation: an angel with a lily kneels in a colonnade while Mary kneels in a curtained room on the right.

The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli, 1485

Abstract landscape with orange hills, grey clouds, dark blue and brown rectangular forms, and a small red block below.

Landscape with Houses

Arthur Dove, 1930

Painting of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a city skyline, smoking chimneys, boats, and a tree-lined bank.

High Bridge, New York

Henry Ward Ranger, 1905

Painting of cavalry soldiers charging on horseback across golden plains, with raised rifles and dust clouds under a pale sky.

On the Southern Plains

Frederic Remington, 1907

Painting of green ocean waves breaking onto a sandy beach under a pale overcast sky.

New Jersey Beach

William Trost Richards, 1901

Painting of a bearded man on a rock gesturing toward light as winged angels in white and red robes surround him.

Moses Shown the Promised Land

Benjamin West, 1801