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Expressionist painting of a haloed crucified Christ above a landscape, with nude mourners grieving in the foreground and a sh

(Crucifixion)

Carl Newman, 1930

Half-length portrait of a man in a black coat and striped waistcoat with a gold pencil, against a taupe background.

Man with Gold Pencil

n.d Prior-Hamblen School, 1850

Painting of women tending pottery and cloth in a sunlit adobe village courtyard with ladders and clay ovens.

Santa Clara Village Scene

Carl Moon, 1940

Two elderly men in a studio beside a marble bust and an easel, with a tapestry and rugs in the background.

In the Studio

Arnoldo Tamburini, 1880

Painting of a seated half-nude woman in green drapery against a dark background, with curved gold strokes at upper right.

Half Draped Figure

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair and shawl against a red brushed background.

Tete de Femme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a seated woman with two children in a columned room, a toddler reaching toward a goldfish bowl on a table.

The Goldfish Bowl (Mrs. Richard Cary Morse and Family)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1830

Painting of a pensive young woman seated on a rock in a dark forest, head resting on her hand.

Evangeline

Christian Schussele, 1860

Painting of a young woman in white embracing a chained older man seated against a stone wall in a dark prison.

The Roman Daughter

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Full-length oil painting of a standing bare-chested man with a staff, bead necklace and loincloth, on a dry hillside with hut

Kaffir Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a woman in a white dress seated in a wooden chair on a sunlit porch beside a garden.

Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife)

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Oil portrait of an older Black woman in a white blouse with folded hands and a gold ring, painted lettering behind her.

Anna Washington Derry

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1920

Oil portrait of a man with red feathered headdress, silver nose ornament and earrings, wearing a teal ruffled shirt.

Kish-Kallo-Wa (Family Algonquian-Tribe Shawnee)

Henry Inman, 1830

Daughter in a Rocker

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of pedestrians on a misty city street beside a columned building and bare winter trees.

La Madeleine no. IV

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman with pinned brown hair, pearl ornaments, a red flower, and a dark collar against a dark background.

Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo

Flemish Anthony van Dyck, 1620

Seated woman in a red dress with gold bracelets, against a green background, in a painted portrait.

Portrait of a Lady

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1940

Watercolor of pink bergamot flowers and green leaves on thin stems against a cream background.

Bergamot (or Bee Baum)

Austa Densmore Sturdevant

Painting of a woman in a pale dress touching a tree trunk in a shaded forest beside a stream.

Mrs. Lloyd

Joshua Reynolds

Painting of a young woman in a green shawl and blue dress standing on a ladder beside a sunlit adobe pueblo wall.

Hopi Stairway

Carl Moon, 1940

Full-length oil portrait of a standing Japanese man with a katana, in a black haori and orange hakama, beside a dirt path and

Japanese Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a seated Samoan woman with a leaf headpiece, flower lei, shell necklace and woven fan on a mat.

Samoan Woman

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace bonnet, seated before a tree and a distant landscape.

Sarah Sommer Sims

Robert Street, 1830

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and dark coat against a brown background with a bare tree.

Portrait of Wyatt Eaton

J. Alden Weir, 1870

Painting of a woman in a blue dress holding a toddler in white on a wicker chair, with pink flowers in a garden.

Marjorie and Little Edmund

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1920

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue veil and pink dress nursing the infant Christ against a dark background.

Nuestra Señora de Belén

José Campeche, 1770

Painting of sheep grazing on a grassy hillside below a line of trees under a cloudy sky, with a pond in the foreground.

A Hillside Pasture

Robert C. Minor, 1900

Painting of nude figures dancing near trees and a pool in a golden, glowing woodland landscape.

Dancing Dryads

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1840

Oil portrait of a man with powdered hair, white cravat and brown coat, looking toward the viewer against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Joshua Reynolds

Painting of Christ with a halo, long brown hair and beard, red robe, and raised hand against a dark background.

Head of Christ

Palma Vecchio, 1590

Moonlit gorge with a glowing moon behind swirling clouds, dark cliffs, and a pale river winding through the rocks.

The Lorelei

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a cane, with red drapery behind him.

Benajah Johnson

n.d A. Patrick, 1830

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