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Painting of a bearded Black Union soldier with a rifle on his shoulder standing beside a Provost Marshal Office door.

A Bit of War History: The Recruit

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1866

Six-panel screen of ink gibbons climbing bare trees above rocks, waves and a pale moon on gold paper.

Gibbons in a Landscape

Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1570

Four gold-leaf panels showing a gnarled plum tree in blossom above rocks, with an azalea at left.

Old Plum

Kanō Sansetsu, 1646

Two-panel screen with stylized green and gold waves curling into white foam against a gold leaf background.

Rough Waves

Ogata Kōrin, ca. 1704-9

Handscroll painting of a seated luohan under a twisted pine, with a standing monk in white robes gesturing nearby.

The Sixteen Luohans

Wu Bin, dated 1591

Handscroll of misty mountains, pines and waterfalls with a procession of figures and temple buildings below.

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai

Wang Hui, datable to 1698

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo leaning in the wind over a rock, with calligraphy and red seals on the mount above.

Bamboo in the Wind

Yi Jeong, early 17th century

Two hanging scroll landscapes with misty mountains, rock peaks, distant buildings and trees in muted brown ink tones.

Evening bell from mist-shrouded temple (left); Autumn moon over Lake Dongting (right)

An Gyeon, ca. 1450-1500

Courtly painting of a seated ruler under a canopy, with a decorated horse, armed guards, musicians and attendants.

Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion

Tara, 1845-46

Painting of a rider in yellow brocade on a rearing black horse, with a gold halo and an attendant walking beside.

Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion

Stipple Master, ca. 1712

Painted manuscript folio showing a seated Bodhisattva with a devotee and golden stupa, flanked by columns of black script.

The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra M…

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Tibetan thangka showing a Raktayamari mandala with a central wrathful deity, surrounded by concentric rings and seated figure

Mandala of Raktayamari

Mikyo Dorje, late 14th century

Thangka mandala with a central sun deity on a chariot, surrounded by lotus petals and rows of seated Buddhist figures in red

Mandala of the Sun God Surya

Kitaharasa, likely 1379

Young woman in peasant dress stands in an orchard with outstretched arm, faint haloed figures appearing beside a stone cottag

Joan of Arc

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ in a blue mantle before red drapery, with a town and mountains at left.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini, late 1480s

Venus reclines nude on a gilded couch with doves and cupids attending her beside a teal drapery and a pearl necklace.

The Toilette of Venus

François Boucher, 1751

Portrait of a young man in a dark velvet doublet and cap, one hand resting on a gilded book beside a red pedestal.

Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino, 1530s

Harvesters rest and eat beneath a tree in a golden wheat field, with a village, church and bay in the distance.

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Painting of a woman playing an organ in a garden, with a seated armored man and a winged red-robed figure beside her.

The Love Song

Edward Burne-Jones, 1868-77

Painting of a sunlit Venetian piazza with a tall bell tower, a domed basilica, arcades and strolling crowds.

Piazza San Marco

Canaletto, late 1720s

Painting of four young musicians with a lute, violin and sheet music, one winged figure, against a dark background.

The Musicians

Caravaggio, 1597

Three male figures in a rocky landscape with a skull, crown of thorns, inscribed tablets, and a hilltop town behind.

The Meditation on the Passion

Vittore Carpaccio, ca. 1490

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary crowned by two seated figures, with a dove above and musician angels on clouds below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci, after 1595

Four men in hats play cards at a pale table, one standing and smoking, with pipes on the wall and a gold curtain at right.

The Card Players

Paul Cézanne, 1890-92

Painting of a boy blowing a soap bubble through a pipe at a stone ledge, with a child peeking from the right.

Soap Bubbles

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1733-34

Half-length portrait of a bearded Carthusian monk in a white hooded habit against a glowing red background.

Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus, 1446

Painting of a seated woman in a red dress holding fruit, with a patterned yellow chair and floral curtain behind her.

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850-1922) in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne, 1888-90

Painting of tall sailing ships with red pennants in a bay, with women in classical dress gathering on the shore.

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1643

Painting of a kneeling woman in a dark cloak and a child in a rocky landscape, with a winged angel in the sky above.

Hagar in the Wilderness

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1835

Cézanne still life: scattered apples on a white cloth beside a pot of pink primroses against a teal wall.

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890

Reclining nude woman with curly hair reaches toward a parrot in a dark interior with patterned curtains.

Woman with a Parrot

Gustave Courbet, 1866

Portrait of a woman in a white blouse and red bodice with a headdress, holding a red flower against a brown background.

Sibylle

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1870

Painting of three nude women before an armored knight and a bearded man beneath an oak, with Cupid overhead and a castle land

The Judgment of Paris

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528

Painting of crowded third-class railway carriage with a mother nursing an infant and an older woman holding a basket.

The Third-Class Carriage

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Painting of a woman in blue robes nursing an infant in a forest landscape, with travelers and a castle in the distance.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David, ca. 1512-15

Painting of Socrates in a stone prison cell, raising a finger as a young man holds a cup while mourning companions gather.

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David, 1787

Painting of a large bouquet of mixed flowers in a bowl beside a seated woman in a lace bonnet resting her chin on her hand.

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas, 1865

Painting of Saint Anne in a white veil behind Mary in a pink dress, who looks down at the sleeping Christ Child against green

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519

Painting of a seated man writing at a red-draped table beside a standing woman in white, with laboratory instruments nearby.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758-1836)

Jacques-Louis David, 1788

Portrait of a man in black cloak and lace collar, leaning on a chair beside a table with a globe and compass.

Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1622

Diptych: left panel shows the Crucifixion with mourners and soldiers; right panel shows the Last Judgment with Christ enthron

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck, ca. 1436-38

Oil portrait of a woman with pearl-studded powdered hair and a ruffled gown, holding a small white dog with a blue ribbon.

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716-1806) with a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769

Painting of three children in a dark wooded landscape under a stormy sky, a girl holding a toddler who points right.

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Nativity painting with the Virgin resting, the Christ Child in a manger, crowned Magi, angels and animals on gold ground.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320

Circular painting of a winged figure atop a sphere, with armored horsemen and animals in a rocky landscape below.

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, ca. 1449

Painting of blue irises with green leaves in a white pitcher on a green table against a pale background.

Irises

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Full-length portrait of a boy in red with a lace collar, holding a string to a magpie, with cats and a birdcage beside him.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784-1792)

Francisco Goya, 1787-88

Seated cardinal in red robes and spectacles in a room with gilded damask, by El Greco.

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609)

El Greco, ca. 1600

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man in a yellow straw hat and blue jacket, with short expressive brushstrokes.

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)

Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Painting of a dejected young woman beside spilled eggs in a rustic room, with an older woman, a young man, and a child.

Broken Eggs

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

Painting of a stormy sky over the hilltop city of Toledo, with a stone bridge, river, and cathedral spire.

View of Toledo

El Greco, ca. 1599-1600

Van Gogh painting of a golden wheat field with tall cypress trees, blue hills, and a swirling sky.

Wheat Field with Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Painting of a nude man seized by armored soldiers as a woman cuts his hair, with startled onlookers and a stormy sky.

Samson Captured by the Philistines

Painting of a woman in red lace-collared dress at a feast table with roasted birds, surrounded by laughing men in dark hats.

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

Frans Hals, ca. 1616-17

Portrait of a young man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat, hands folded on a green table beside a book, blue background.

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532

Triptych with the Crucifixion in the center and saints in landscape settings on the side panels, gold frames.

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1520

Young girl in a white tiered dress with rose garland stands before a lilac background with flowers and birds.

Mäda Primavesi (1903-2000)

Gustav Klimt, 1912-13

Painting of an elderly fortune-teller reading the open palm of a young man in a gold-brown vest, with onlookers behind.

The Fortune-Teller

Georges de La Tour, probably 1630s

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown and fur-trimmed cloak, with grey curls, against a stormy landscape sky.

Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Virgin and Child with a reading infant beside a pomegranate, in an arched loggia overlooking a walled town.

Madonna and Child

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1483-84

Seated woman in white blouse and red skirt holds a skull beside candles and a gilded mirror in a dark interior.

The Penitent Magdalen

Georges de La Tour, ca. 1640

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Filippo Lippi, ca. 1440

Reclining nude Venus on blue cloth with Cupid holding a laurel wreath over an incense burner, red curtain behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto, 1520s

Seated man in black hat and white headscarf playing guitar on green bench, with jug and onions at right.

The Spanish Singer

Édouard Manet, 1860