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Oil painting of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove descending in light, and angels above a river.

Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1700

Painting of a studio interior with two children before a large canvas, a painter at an easel, portraits on walls, and a dog.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1860

Painting of a seated shirtless man with a red headband weaving a geometric textile on a loom beside a pottery jar.

Hopi Weaver

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of a man in a cap behind a bar counter lined with bottles and glasses, with a mirror, shelves and a wooden door.

M. Baudy Behind his Desk at the Hotel Baudy

John Leslie Breck, 1880

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ at the center of a long table and twelve apostles around him against a blue backgroun

The Last Supper

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Woman seated on a rug shaping a clay pot in a sunlit adobe courtyard, with painted pottery and hanging red chilies nearby.

Hopi Woman Making Pottery

Carl Moon, 1940

Oil painting of a white-sailed schooner in a harbor with rowboats, a lighthouse, and grey overcast sky.

Harbor Scene

Robert Salmon, 1840

Painting of yellow sunflowers and pink roses in a blue-and-white vase on a round table with a patterned cloth.

Flowers

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a standing Fijian man holding a spiked club on his shoulder, with mountains and thatched huts behind him.

Fijian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil painting of a Montreal street with a tram, storefronts with awnings, utility poles and pedestrians under a stormy sky.

Main Street, Montreal

Louis Wiesenberg, 1920

Painting of a winding river valley with grazing cattle, a dirt road, rolling hills and trees in warm golden light.

Landscape

Thaddeus Welch, 1900

Oval half-length portrait of a woman with dark curled hair in a blue dress with a white collar against a dark background.

Mrs. Price

Mrs. Price, 1700

Painting of a studio interior with a white table, vase of flowers, easel, and chair in bold angular colors.

Interior

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a snowy hillside with a lit farmhouse, bare trees and dark evergreens under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

Gardner Symons, 1930

Painting of a child at the water's edge on a sandy beach with striped huts, a red-sailed boat, and pale buildings.

Low Tide (recto of 1929.6.79B)

John Noble, 1920

Dark mountain silhouette under a golden dusk sky with a crescent moon, clouds, and small lights in the valley below.

Sunset, Mount McIntyre

James Henry Moser, 1900

Painting of a woman in a lilac kimono arranging violet flowers at a mirrored dressing table in a sunlit room.

The Violet Kimono

Robert Reid, 1910

Painting of a snowy winter river tumbling over rocky rapids, with evergreen and bare trees along the banks.

The Rapids

W. Elmer Schofield, 1910

Painting of a winding path through a green meadow toward a distant village, with a cluster of trees on the right under a clou

The Path to the Village

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Loose painting of a masted sailing ship in a harbor at dusk, with blue water, dark hull and buildings on the shore.

Porte de Cherbourg

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Vertical panel showing a seated woman in a pale gown among roses and foliage, in warm golden tones with fine surface cracks.

Panel for a Screen: Woman with a Deer

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1870

Oval portrait of a woman in a red dress and lace collar holding white feathers, with an inscribed border.

Pocahontas

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Dark landscape with a cliff and cross, a rider by a river, a large tree on the right, and distant hilltop buildings.

White Monk

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Painting of a seated woman beading a moccasin beside an adobe wall, with finished moccasins, a pottery jar, and hanging feath

A Moccasin Maker

Carl Moon, 1940

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a red chair.

Portrait of Mendes Cohen

Joseph Wood, 1810

Oil landscape of a golden meadow, a cluster of autumn trees, and blue-grey mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape

Painting of a tall rock standing in rippling sea water beside dark cliffs, with sunlight glinting on the waves.

The Enchanted Pool

William Ritschel, 1920

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark coat and gold waistcoat against a brown background.

Portrait of a Young Man

William Page, 1830

Oil painting of a standing shirtless man with a spear and round wooden shield on a sandy beach by the sea.

Nubian

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Night landscape with a glowing haloed moon over rolling hills, and small dark figures travelling along a path at lower left.

Flight into Egypt

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920