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Painting of a male wood duck with green head and white neck stripe floating among lily pads on dark water.

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Impressionist painting of a spring hillside with budding trees, a rocky slope, a farmer in a field, and the sea beyond.

The Budding Oak

Willard L. Metcalf, 1910

Painted portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark suit and tie, head bowed, against a brown background.

Portrait de Jeune Homme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Circular painting of a radiant apotheosis with a seated figure in military dress, allegorical women, angels, rainbows and a w

Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building

Constantino Brumidi, 1850

Painting of rolling green hills with red earth foreground, small figures on a path, and a heavy grey sky.

Mountain Forms #2

Victor Higgins, 1920

Muted painting of a columned neoclassical building beyond bare trees, a street lamp, and small figures in a hazy winter scene

Chambre des Deputes no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Two riders on brown horses at a white gate, where a woman in a dark shawl holds it open beneath a tree.

Callers

Walter Ufer, 1920

Lady in White (No. 2)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Loose brown and ochre painting of a columned building, bare trees, utility poles and an open dusty plaza under a pale sky.

Chambre des Deputes no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a woman in a mauve dress leaning toward a young girl in white as they look at an open book together.

An Interlude

William Sergeant Kendall, 1900

Pale winter landscape of a snowy slope curving toward faint bare trees and fence posts under a misty lavender sky.

Round Hill Road

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a dusky city square with a colonnade, tall obelisk, street lamp, and small figures walking under a warm cloudy sk

Place de la Concorde no. IV-A

Frank Edwin Scott, 1910

Still life painting of fruit including pineapple, grapes and peaches heaped in a blue compote on a wooden pedestal.

Still Life

Elizabeth W. Capron, 1830

Painting of crashing white surf against a dark rocky headland under a stormy sky, Maine coast seascape, 1900.

Maine Coast

Paul Dougherty, 1900

Hazy painting of a columned building, street lamp, bare trees and small pedestrians on a city street.

La Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a tree-lined park path with pale trunks, dappled light on fallen leaves, and a bright opening ahead.

Allee dans le Parc

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a woman in a red and black velvet gown raising a wine glass, with pearls and a carafe of wine beside her.

Portrait of a Lady

Flemish Cornelis De Vos, 1580

Loose painting of three figures, two women and a child in yellow, walking a shaded woodland path beneath dense green foliage.

The Woodland Way

William Baxter Closson, 1920

Blonde Studio Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Birch-Clad Hills

Birch-Clad Hills

Ben Foster, 1900

Painting of a hazy city street with pedestrians, a bare tree, classical columns and a carriage in warm ochre tones.

La Madeleine no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair turning her head sideways, wearing a blue garment against a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Two nude women sit on rocks beside a sunlit stream, one leaning on the other, painted in soft Impressionist brushwork.

The Bathers

Robert Reid, 1920

Painting of the Seine in Paris with moored barges, a walking figure on the quay, and a domed building under a pale sky.

The Seine at Paris (L'Institute)

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

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

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

Muted painting of a Parisian quay with a church and tall buildings, a street lamp, pedestrians and a handcart.

Quai de la Seine, Eglise St. Gervais

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

Muted painting of a city street with a stone archway, bare tree, pedestrians and a horse cart under a grey sky.

Porte St. Martin no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920