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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 elegantly dressed figures with parasols strolling beneath trees beside a lake in summer.

Summer, New England

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

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

Antonion 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

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of palm trees by a tidal creek, a grounded sailing ship on the shore, and figures under a cloudy sky.

Fort George Island, Florida

Thomas Moran, 1870

Painting of a colorful garden with a pergola, dark trees with orange canopies, and a curved path under a blue sky.

Décor Slav

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a rocky Maine coast with grassy ledges, a small white sailboat on calm water, and a pale sky.

Maine Coast

William E. Norton, 1870

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 y Jordán, 1770

Painting of a sunlit valley with a river, two small houses, and wooded hills fading into blue haze.

A Morning in Summer

Leonard Ochtman, 1920

Hazy painting of two sailboats on calm water with golden light on the sails and a distant shoreline with buildings.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 1

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

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 il Vecchio, 1590

Winter river with snowy banks, a leaning birch, dark pines, and a small farmhouse on the far shore.

Sunny Slopes

Gardner Symons, 1930

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 church tower and spire above a city square with pedestrians and a tram, in warm ochre tones.

St. Germain des Pres no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

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

White Man in Chippewa Costume

Painting of a sickroom: a woman lies on a cot while a mourning man in a dark suit stands bowed beside a stove.

Too Late

Charles Arthur Fries, 1890

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 sheep grazing in a green meadow under a pink evening sky with a glowing moon and distant trees.

Evening after a Shower

Carleton Wiggins, 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 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

Painted portrait of a mounted officer in blue uniform and red-banded kepi on a dark horse, with a rural landscape behind.

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1920

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 cattle standing in water beneath dark arching trees, with a glowing cloudy sky and green hill beyond.

Landscape with Trees and Cattle

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1890

Painting of a forest path leading toward a sunlit mountain slope with tall trees framing the view.

Smugglers' Notch, Stowe, Vermont

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1920

Painting of a river valley with a large tree in the foreground, a stone bridge, a distant town and a mountain under clouds.

Landscape in Italy

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Geometric study of a stylized woman and bird in bold black, red, blue and green, with floral patterned panels.

The Thundershower (study for painting)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, watermelon, pomegranate and pineapple in a wicker basket on a stone ledge.

Still Life with Fruit

Severin Roesen, 1850

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 a heavyset man with dark hair in a dark suit and black bow tie against a brown background.

Andrew John

Andrew John, 1880

Painting of an angel offering a golden chalice to a kneeling haloed figure under a night sky with a cross over a city.

Gethsemane

H. Siddons Mowbray, 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 choppy sea waves with white surf breaking on rocks, small sailboats and a hazy headland under a pink sky.

Surf Breaking, Cranberry Island

Allen Tucker, 1910

Sunlit riverside scene with a moored sailboat, tall masts, and a small figure standing on the sandy bank.

Bateau de Peche

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose painting of fishing boats with masts moored by a calm harbor under a pale, luminous sky.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 2

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

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

Small oil sketch of two hooded monks walking a dirt road past dark trees under a cloudy sky, with hills beyond.

Monks on the Appian Way

Elihu Vedder, 1860

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 L. 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

Painting of an autumn landscape with trees, a brown field, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Autumn at Arkville

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1830

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 two women in black shawls talking before an adobe wall, with a donkey and village on a hillside behind.

The Gossip

William Penhallow Henderson, 1920

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

Painting of Notre Dame cathedral's twin towers and spire in hazy tan tones, with a bare tree, street lamp, and three figures

Notre Dame no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

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

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil painting of fishing boats with sails tacking through rough waves toward a harbor town under stormy clouds.

Fishing Boats Beating up to Windward

Edward Moran, 1850

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

Lithuanian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Dark painting of a glowing amber dusk sky over hills, with small reddish female figures in a shadowed landscape.

Dance of the Wood Nymphs

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1840

Painting of a reclining nude woman with dark hair, rendered in loose brushwork against bright green, blue, and yellow fields.

Nude

Carl Newman, 1910

Painting of three nude women by a pond with water lilies, a dark treeline, and a yellow sunset sky.

Water Lilies

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Painting of a nude woman reclining on a couch in a red-draped Orientalist interior, with a seated turbaned man and a servant.

Oriental Princess after the Bath

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Impressionist painting of women and a child in white dresses on a garden terrace beside blooming flower beds and a cottage.

On the Terrace

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a colorful stylized garden with a curving path, bare trees, green lawn, and fields in red and yellow.

Décor Plat

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Small oil sketch of a trading post and wharf buildings on pilings over water, with two rowboats, in evening light.

Trading Post and Wharf Buildings, Sitka, Evening

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

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

Painting of two women carrying water buckets on a Venetian quay, with children, a balustrade, and a distant domed church.

Water Carriers, Venice

Frank Duveneck, 1880

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

Painting of a windmill and plowing farmer under a dramatic stormy sky with a large tree at left.

Windmill

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

Painting of a pilgrim in red walking toward two glowing angels beneath a radiant cross in a stormy sky over rocky terrain.

The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole, 1840

Dark, fiery landscape with a lone pilgrim among fallen stone blocks, facing a distant horizon and snow-capped mountain.

The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole, 1840

Painting of a stormy sea with breaking waves, dark cliffs, and an overturned reddish boat with a figure in the surf.

Lord Ullin's Daughter

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Painting of a storm-tossed ship with torn sails on dark waves, under a glowing sun behind swirling clouds.

Flying Dutchman

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Oil portrait of a young woman in a gold dress at a piano, with a boy in red velvet and a younger child holding a red book.

The Parmly Sisters

Thomas P. Rossiter, 1850

Painting of a winged white horse rising through golden clouds, watched by a kneeling figure and a draped woman on dark ground

Pegasus Departing

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 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

Painting of mountain laurel blossoms spilling from a blue vase onto a table against a muted olive background.

Mountain Laurel

Charles Ethan Porter, 1880

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 dirt road through coastal grass leading to a small house on dunes, with the sea and sails beyond.

Seconnet Point, Rhode Island

Worthington Whittredge, 1880