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Oil portrait of a young woman with upswept hair in a pink gown and green sash, resting on a ledge before a dark landscape.

Miss Kirkpatrick

George Romney, 1770

Portrait of a woman in a white dress with pearls, resting her hand on her cheek, with a red rose at her bodice.

Portrait of a Lady in White

Joshua Reynolds, 1760

Two women in dark cloaks stand on a balcony above a green Venetian canal with gondolas and a red sail.

Along the Riva

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1930

Oil portrait of a woman with large dark hair coils, red shawl and gold earring, glancing over her shoulder against an ochre b

Quanq

Quang, 1890

Painting of Venice with colorful sailboats and figures on a sandy shore, a domed church and bell tower across calm water.

A View of Venice

Thomas Moran, 1890

Painting of a nude red-haired woman seated at an ornate gilt dressing table, lifting her hair before a mirror.

Nude Seated at Her Dressing Table

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat holding folded papers, with red drapery and a column behind him

Joseph Ball

Christian Gullager, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated Native American man in feathered headdress and beaded necklace, holding a pipe, against a dark backg

Che-tan-ce-ta (Yellow Hawk)

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Oval oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black suit and bow tie, seated in a red chair against a gray background.

Berniah Willet

John Mix Stanley, 1850

Woman in a yellow gown leans on a draped table by a silver ewer, looking toward a sunlit window with red curtains.

At the Window

William Rimmer, 1870

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark formal jacket with a pink sash and medals, beside a green draped table.

Siamese Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil portrait of a Hopi woman with whorled hair buns, turquoise earring, dark shawl and red garment against a golden backgroun

Komah-qua-ee

Carl Moon, 1940

Dark, atmospheric portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view, face lit softly against a shadowed green-brown background.

Portrait of Albert Pinkham Ryder

Robert Loftin Newman, 1820

Painting of a seated woman in a beaded poncho and red skirt beside a tipi, set against a dark wooded background.

Spotted Tail's Wife

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Painted self-portrait of a man in a dark suit holding a yellow brush, set against bold green and yellow brushstrokes.

Self-Portrait

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Dimly lit portrait of a woman with a ruffled collar leaning on a ledge, hands resting in the dark background.

Sarah Leaning on a Bannister

William Page, 1840

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a yellow dress holding a pink rose, with a butterfly and a red drape behind her.

Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose and Butterfly

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1830

Full-length painting of a bearded man holding a spear beside a lake and mountains, wrapped in a fur cloak.

Australian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a peacock with fanned tail feathers camouflaged among dense green leaves and dappled woodland light.

Peacock in the Woods, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Full-length oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a red academic robe holding a paper against a dark brown background.

Andrew B. White

Stanley Middleton, 1910

Two women at a desert pool filling clay pots, one with a jar on her head, with an adobe village and mountains behind.

Santa Clara Women

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of a family in a rustic room; a young woman reads a letter while others listen, a child plays on the floor.

The Emigrant's Letter

Howard Helmick, 1860

Panel painting of a dark tree with orange fruit and green leaves against a gold ground, with flowering plants below.

Panel for a Screen: Children Playing with a Rabbit

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1870

Two women in dark dresses read a small book together in a forest, with a waterfall and pond in the background.

Hermia and Helena

Washington Allston, 1810

Painting of two children, an older girl and a younger child with curly hair, close together against a dark background.

Brother and Sister (Mary and Gerald Thayer)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Painting of a seated young man working at a bench in a dim workshop, with a standing figure behind him in shadow.

Study for the Young Sabot Maker

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a gilded casket from a kneeling king, with soldiers and a landscape behind.

Adoration of the Kings

Flemish Bernard van Orley, 1400

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat with a red sash, beside a table of documents and a red chair.

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes, holding a sword, before a sunset sky.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1830

Painting of a woman in a white dress with a white parasol, carrying foliage among orange lilies in a garden.

The White Parasol

Robert Reid, 1900