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Painting of Cain raising a club over the fallen Abel beside a smoking fire, with a tree and blue mountain landscape behind.

Cain Slaying Abel

Pier Francesco Mola, ca. 1650-52

Painting of a toddler in a white turban and green vest kneeling with a ball, pretzel, and marionette doll beside a red bench.

Portrait of a Boy

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1805

Painting of a woman with a skull leaning toward a man holding a palm frond, with a turbaned figure in shadow behind.

The Temptation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Johann Liss, ca. 1626

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown cloak holding a small white dog against a dark background.

An Old Man with a Dog

Giacomo Ceruti, 1740s

Painting of a young woman in a red turban leaning toward a chained, bearded old man in a dark interior with a shadowed figure

Roman Charity

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1622

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin in a jeweled crown holding the Christ Child, seated before painted Gothic architecture.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Bohemian Painter, ca. 1345-50

Oil study of a river bank with water reflections and tall wild plants, including broad leaves and a white flower.

Study of Water and Plants

Thomas Fearnley, 1837

Oil sketch of a deep valley with several waterfalls falling down steep brown cliffs under a partly cloudy sky.

Gudvangen

Thomas Fearnley, 1839

Elderly man mending a fishing net in a plain room while an older woman watches from behind, with a clock and ship picture on

The Net Mender (Garnbinderen)

Christian Krohg, 1879

Portrait of a woman in a white shawl and beaded necklaces, gazing upward against a cloudy blue sky.

Joanna de Silva

William Wood, 1792

Loose oil sketch of a robed figure rising in a pink sky while a young woman in drapery reaches toward a dark tree.

The Return of Persephone

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1890-91

Three-panel study with classical figures, winged putti and gilded background in a dark wood frame.

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1886

Oil study of a seated nude man with curly hair, twisting on a wooden stool beside a crate against a dark brown background.

Study of a Nude Man

Gustave Courbet, early 1840s

Painting of a river bending past village houses and poplar trees, with two figures on the path and a church tower beyond.

Picquigny

Frits Thaulow, 1899

Painted bust-length portrait study of a man with short curly hair and beard, gazing toward the viewer against a dark olive ba

Bust-Length Study of a Man

François-Auguste Biard, 1848

Painting of a bearded man in a hat and overcoat, pipe in mouth, seated before a pale window on a wooden panel.

A Man Seated and Asleep

Giuseppe Abbati, ca. 1865

Woman painter in blue dress holds palette beside flower bouquet, open book and pink rose on a stone ledge.

Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)

Rachel Ruysch, 1692

Still life painting of a flower vase, cut melon, peaches, and grapes on a stone ledge, with a fly on the melon.

Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes

marquise de Grollier Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, 1780

Elderly scientist in a dark coat works at a crowded laboratory bench among glass flasks, a microscope, and colored chemicals.

In the Laboratory

Henry Alexander, ca. 1885-87

Painting of children playing battledore and shuttlecock in a red-doored room, watched by a seated woman, with a harbor view t

The Children of Nathan Starr

Ambrose Andrews, 1835

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat and red collar, set in a border of faceted gems.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1780

Painting of snow-capped Canadian Rockies rising above a turquoise lake with fallen logs and pine trees in the foreground.

Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise)

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1889

Painting of Yosemite Valley with granite cliffs, a calm river, pine trees, canoes and grazing horses under cloudy sky.

Merced River, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1866

Painting of snow-capped mountains above a calm lake with wooded islands and birds in flight.

Mountain Scene

Albert Bierstadt, 1880-90

Painting of Nevada Falls in Yosemite with rushing white water, tall pines, and small figures on a log in the foreground.

Nevada Falls, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1872 or 1873

Painting of a sandy cove with turquoise sea, rocks, and windswept cypress trees on a grassy bluff under a cloudy sky.

Sea Cove

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1880-90

Painting of the Matterhorn lit pink by sunrise above clouds, with dark pine trees in the foreground and a misty valley below.

Sunrise on the Matterhorn

Albert Bierstadt, after 1875

Miniature enamel portrait of a young boy with curly blond hair and a white collar against a dark background.

Brock Livingston Delaplaine

William Russell Birch, 1817

Portrait of a woman in green dress as a shepherdess, with a white lamb, crook and straw hat, against a dark landscape.

Mary Sylvester

Joseph Blackburn, 1754

Portrait of a woman in a white satin gown and pink shawl resting her arm on a stone ledge before a wooded landscape.

Mrs. Samuel Cutts

Joseph Blackburn, ca. 1762-63