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Muted painting of a tall church tower and spire with small figures and a cart in an open square under a cloudy sky.

Church of St. Germain des Pres

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of bare trees on a curving path above rolling hills in bold yellow, orange, green and blue patches.

Valley Falls I

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with long brown hair, white cravat and gray satin cloak against a dark background.

Edward Laurence, Esq.

Gerard Van Soest, 1630

Portrait of a young woman in a gray dress and white lace cap, seated in a red chair against a brown background.

Rachel Bartholomew Davis

James Alexander Simpson, 1810

Small painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a brick church with bell tower, and figures on a stone quay under a cloudy

Canal in Venice

Francesco Guardi

Autumn landscape with a birch tree, a winding stream, two small walking figures, and a cloudy sky over distant hills.

November

Jervis McEntee, 1890

Loose painting of a dark house on a ridge with pale trees, blue mountains, turquoise sky and rust-colored shrubs.

House on the Ridge

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1920

Painted study of a neoclassical chamber with red drapery, gray columns, a vaulted ceiling, and a raised rostrum at left.

Study for The House of Representatives

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1820

Painting of a river landscape with a red-clad child in a boat guided by a winged figure, tall trees, and distant mountains.

The Voyage of Life--Youth

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

Painting of red, pink and white anemones in a tall blue vase on a wooden stool against a green-grey background.

Anemones

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Untitled (Head of a Child Looking Down)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Oil painting of a standing woman in a striped wrap, barefoot, with wooden houses and trees in the background at dusk.

Malagasy Woman

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a decorated tipi by a lake at dusk, with two figures, spears and a shield, under a glowing amber sky.

Night Scene of Indian Tipi

Benjamin Raborg, 1890

Painting of a dark mesa under a blue-gray sky with rain falling from clouds onto its top, sandy desert foreground.

Cloudburst at Black Mesa, New Mexico

Allen Tucker, 1920

Woman in pink dress arranging yellow tulips in a blue and white vase beside a tiled wall and wooden chair.

Arranging the Tulips

Gari Melchers, 1920

Loose painting of a haloed woman holding a child beside a draped figure, in warm reds and browns.

The Holy Family

Robert Loftin Newman, 1910

Painting of pink zinnias in a yellow and pink vase on a table before a pale window, with bold black outlines.

Zinnias

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black doublet with a white lace collar, hand on his chest, against a dark backgrou

Portrait of a Man

Godfrey Kneller

Bust-length portrait of a man with wavy dark hair, white collar and bow tie, against a warm brown background.

Charles Sumner

William Page, 1870

Oil painting of a dirt village lane lined with a stone house, trees and flowering walls under a cloudy sky.

Maison de Millet

Frank Edwin Scott, 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

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and white cravat against a dark landscape with a pale sky.

Sir William Boothby

Joshua Reynolds

Oil portrait of an older officer in khaki uniform, peaked cap and medal ribbons against a dark background.

General Georges Leman, Commander of the Fortified Town of Liege

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1920

Oil painting of the sailing ship Great Western under full sail on rough sea at dusk, with an American flag.

Great Western

William Marsh, 1850

Cubist-style painting of a crowded interior with fragmented figures, raised arms, and angular planes in muted ochre and blue.

Cubist Analysis

John E. Thompson, 1910

Expressive painting of crimson trees with bent black branches over a green meadow, with a tower and blue-yellow sky behind.

Winds

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oval oil portrait of an older man with grey hair in a dark coat and white collar, against a loose pale background.

Joseph Henry

Christian Schussele, 1860

Men recoil in a dark cave as a woman gestures toward a glowing white-robed ghost, with lightning in the sky beyond.

Saul and the Witch of Endor

William Sidney Mount, 1820

Oil portrait of a seated Native American man in feathered headdress, holding a tomahawk and feathered fan.

Chetan-woa-kutoa-mang (The Hawk Who Hunts Walking)

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880