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Painting of a man in beaded Chippewa-style costume with a feathered headdress, holding a rifle beside a tree.

White Man in Chippewa Costume

Two figures stand outside a hut at night, one holding a glowing lantern against a dark sky and water.

The Fisherman's Return

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a brother and sister in Breton costume with a windmill and farm buildings in the background.

Le frère et la soeur, Penmarc'h

Elizabeth Nourse, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated older woman in a black dress and lace collar, wearing glasses, against a brown interior wall.

Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, seated in a red upholstered chair.

John Adams

Gilbert Stuart, 1820

Oil portrait of a man in a voluminous white wig and gold-embroidered dark coat against a dark background.

Lord Lifford

Joshua Reynolds, 1720

Loose painted street scene of horse-drawn cabs with red and yellow wheels beside bare trees and buildings.

Cabs

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose painting of a pale church bell tower and spire above rooftops and trees under a gray-blue sky, with a street below.

St. Germain des Pres no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a seated woman in a green kimono with closed eyes, holding a folding fan against a pale background.

Somnolence

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a quill pen against a dark red backgrou

Portrait of Putnam Catlin

George Catlin, 1840

Profile of a Woman's Head

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Portrait of a woman leaning on a moonlit balcony at night, holding a black mask, wearing a pale gown and gold bracelet.

Lady Essex as Juliet

Thomas Lawrence, 1810

Painting of a city view with a dark church spire, rooftops, and a large red tree under a pale yellow sky.

St. Germain des Pres

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Two children in white dresses stand beside a potted white lily plant under a dark tree and cloudy sky.

The Davis Children (Eliza Cheever Davis and John Derby Davis)

Edward Savage, 1790

Painting of a Gothic cathedral facade with spires and a rose window, seen above a street lined with houses and townspeople.

Rouen Cathedral

David Roberts, 1790

Painting of St. Nicholas in a red cloak emerging from a fireplace with a toy sack, beside hanging stockings.

St. Nicholas

Robert Walter Weir, 1830

Painted self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a pipe, against a warm brown background.

Portrait du peintre par lui-meme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Portrait of a seated woman in black dress with gold necklace, beside a stone urn and a landscape of trees and river.

Mary Ellen Stonestreet Hoffar

James Alexander Simpson, 1840

Oil painting of an ornate interior with a seated woman in a patterned gown, carved archway, and sunlit window.

De Forest Interior

Walter Launt Palmer, 1870

Half-length oil portrait of a man with gray hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Major Ridge, Portrait of Cherokee Indian

Dark nocturnal seascape with a glowing white sail, distant red-clad figure on a boat, and a shadowy female figure in the fore

Passing Song

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, two angels, a dove above, and two kneeling mourners before rocky hills.

Crucifixion

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and black floral shawl against a warm brown background.

Mrs. John Cockey, III

Philip Tilyard, 1820

Oil portrait of a woman with red hair in a white lace-trimmed blouse and dark fur stole against a brown background.

Alice Barney in Whites and Browns

Pierre Troubetzkoy, 1890

Oil painting of a standing man in a white shirt and fur-trimmed embroidered vest beside a chair with draped textiles and a ha

Modern Greek

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil painting of a bearded man in fur hat and yellow robe holding spears in a snowy landscape near a wooden cabin.

Lithuanian Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white ruffled blouse and black trim, with a gold necklace, against a green background.

Mrs. Albert J. Myer (Catherine Walden)

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1870

Painting of Notre Dame's twin towers in yellow above a red bridge and dark river under a stormy sky.

Notre Dame

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1900

Painting of a young woman with dark hair in a pale blouse with pink trim, eyes lowered, hands resting on a green drape.

A Gentlewoman

J. Alden Weir, 1900

Portrait of a seated woman in pink silk gown and pearls holding a mandolin, against a dark curtain and pale sky.

Mary Hopkinson

Benjamin West, 1760

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled auburn hair in a white blouse and brown bodice, with red drapery behind her.

The Countess

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1830

Oil portrait of a young blonde girl in a green cloak and gold-embroidered gown against a dark red background.

Natalie at Ten

Carolus-Duran, 1880

Half-length portrait of a woman with curly hair, black lace veil and red brocade dress against a dark background.

Mrs. Thomas B. Bryan

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a red dress with clasped hands against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Portrait of a man in a red headscarf and black feather, wearing silver gorgets, beaded necklaces and a decorated sash.

Os-ce-o-lá, The Black Drink, a Warrior of Great Distinction

George Catlin, 1830

Woman standing in a dim room speaking to a man leaning on a sunlit window sill with green trees outside.

One Day in June

William Thomas Smedley, 1880

Painting of a young woman in a bonnet and shawl with a greyhound, standing in a meadow of white wildflowers.

Young Girl and Dog

Percy Moran, 1890

Painting of a sunlit courtyard with a horseback rider, a turbaned man reading a paper, merchants in a carved shop window, and

Hindu Merchants

Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880

Half-length portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat holding a rolled paper against a dark background.

Gentleman of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Half-length portrait of a woman in a lace cap, dark green dress, and lace collar, hands folded in her lap.

Lady of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Painting of a young woman in a pink skirt beside a brown and white cow among flowering shrubs in sunlight.

La Vachère

Theodore Robinson, 1880

Painting of a single white magnolia blossom with green leaves against a dark background.

Magnolia

Charles Walter Stetson, 1890

Painting of two blue jays with spread wings over bright snow, with bare branches in front and a leafless wooded edge behind.

Blue Jays in Winter, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

The Victorian Chair

Childe Hassam, 1900

Painting of a blue vase of white calla lilies, anemones and delphiniums on a sill, with a hillside village view beyond.

Bouquet in Window

Paul Rohland, 1933

Painting of a young woman in a dark cloak walking against strong wind on a dirt road under a stormy sky.

The Girl I Left Behind Me

Eastman Johnson, 1861

Oil painting of a Confederate soldier raising a white flag in a forest clearing, with a seated woman and a standing man besid

Surrender of a Confederate Soldier

Julian Scott, 1861

Painting of mouflon sheep in a wire-fenced pen beside a log shelter, with eucalyptus trees overhead.

Moufflon--Bobtailed Sheep

Josephine Joy, 1933

Abstract painting in black and olive with glowing yellow arcs, circles, and a bright orb near the center.

Idle Governor

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1933

Standing officer in dark uniform beside a large cannon and draped American flag, painted in 1861.

The First Gun at Fort Sumter (Major Robert Anderson)

Alban Jasper Conant, 1861

Painting of a harbor with a suspension bridge, converging cables, dark blue water and a stormy sky in angular modernist style

Metropolitan Port

Joseph Stella, 1933

Painting of peacocks on a railing, in a tree, and displaying on a lawn beneath a weeping willow with a green bench.

Trysting at Evening

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a green aloe rosette with four tall orange and yellow flower spikes against a windswept desert landscape and blue

Aloes

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of white herons nesting in a bare tree with wooden platforms beside a small pool and rocky shore.

Waterbirds Nesting

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a brown mare and a golden foal nuzzling on a rose-colored hillside with blue hills and clouds behind.

Filly and Colt

Frank Stamato, 1933

Painting of a snowy field with four leafy trees, small farm buildings, a figure pulling a sled, and evergreens in the foregro

May Snow

Torvald Arnst Hoyer, 1933

Painting of a mother holding an infant before a industrial city with smokestacks, with two women at lower right.

Industry

Arthur Durston, 1933

Oil portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white floral lace collar, black bow and red shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of three figures in a wood-paneled room: a striped-costumed man leaning toward a kneeling man in yellow, a woman in

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Dr. Caius, Simple and Dame Quickly

Robert Walter Weir, 1830

Oil portrait of a young girl with long hair in a white dress, holding a small white cross against her chest.

Portrait of Hiram Powers' Daughter

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Painting of a young girl with auburn hair and a blue ribbon seated on a bench beside a blue cushion and a vase of pink flower

May Flowers

Louise Cox, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with braided hair holding a red parrot beside a birdcage, against a brown background.

Miss Satterlee

Charles Bird King, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, tilted head, white lace blouse and green bodice against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edward Harrison May, 1860

Oil portrait of a young blond boy with bangs and a white collar against a dark background.

Charles Downing Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Son

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dim interior with a chair, flowers and lantern.

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Oval portrait of a young girl with dark hair in a white off-shoulder dress with blue ribbon bows against a dark background.

Mary Louisa Adams

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat, with a gold medal, beside books and a quill pen.

Portrait of General Giles

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with blonde curls, feathered black velvet hat, pearl necklace and coral-red dress against a d

Portrait of Rubens' Wife

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1600

Dim painting of a seated man in a white shirt reading a small book beside a wooden door, lit by faint glow.

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Eastman Johnson, 1860

Elderly man seated alone at a tea table in a dim interior, facing a portrait of a woman above the fireplace.

The Widower

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870

Painting of a woman in a rocking chair beside a girl reading at a table in a warmly lit interior with a brick fireplace.

Sunday Morning

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1870

Painting of a bearded man with a lily staff holding hands with a child, with angels and a cross above in a dark sky.

San José y el Cristo Niño

José Campeche, 1790

Painting of a woman in green holding a nude toddler while a blonde girl in yellow kisses the toddler's cheek.

The Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1900

Painting of the Virgin in blue and pink holding the Christ Child atop a stone pillar, surrounded by clouds and angels.

La Virgen del pilar

José Campeche, 1770

Painting of Black field workers harvesting cotton with baskets, under a sunny sky beside a cotton field.

Employment of Negroes in Agriculture

Earle Richardson, 1933

Full-length portrait of a young blond boy in a dark coat with lace collar, standing on a beach with sailboats in the distance

Portrait of Samuel Edmund Foote Rockwell, age 5

Sarah W. Whitman, 1870

Watercolor portrait of a young woman in a red cap and striped blouse, with curly hair, against a pale background.

Turkish Girl, Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1845

Painting of two brown-sailed boats in rough blue waves, with figures on a wooden deck in the foreground under a stormy sky.

An Incident on the English Channel

Two boys in overalls sit on a wooden chair before a fence; one wears a straw hat, the other a striped head wrap.

Brothers

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934

Loose painting of a narrow canyon with tan and ochre rock walls, pale blue sky above, and dark water below.

The Canyon

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Watercolor portrait of a veiled woman in white with blue and brown garment trim against a beige background.

Turkish Lady of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Watercolor of a stone church tower with crenellations and pinnacles above a churchyard, with rooftops and green hills behind.

Church Tower, Marldon

Cass Gilbert, 1924

Two girls arranging roses and garlands on a yellow-draped table beside a vase and basket, against a dark background.

Girls and Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, 1855

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, brown coat and white cravat, set in an oval against a dark background.

A Member of the Livingston Family

John Smibert, 1740

Two purple grackles perched on corn stalks, one brown and one iridescent blue-black, painted in watercolor on aged paper.

Purple Grackle

John James Audubon, 1785

Still life painting of a dark glass bottle beside a yellow-red apple on a green surface against a brown background.

Still Life--Apples and Bottle

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Painting of an elderly man in a white blanket before an adobe pueblo and blue-pink mountains, with figures in a sunlit plaza.

Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white beard and green robe against a dark brown background.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899

Oil painting of an elderly woman with gray hair and shell necklace before sunlit adobe pueblo buildings and a blue sky.

Old Man of Zuni, High Priest (Cacique)

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Painting of a woman and child at a stone fountain while a bearded man with a cane watches from a doorway.

At the Water Trough

J. Alden Weir, 1876

Painting of yellow, white and pink chrysanthemums in terracotta pots, with a butterfly and trailing vine against a pale backg

Autumn Sunshine

George Cochran Lambdin, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white lace cravat against a dark red background.

George Washington

William Winstanley, 1803

Black ink sketch of women in an arched interior, one nude figure raising her arms to arrange her long hair.

Girl Arranging Hair