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Painting of a woman in a yellow gown surrounded by men in a colonnaded hall while a kneeling figure writes on the floor.

Woman Taken in Adultery

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1700

Painting of a snowy forest with tall dark tree trunks and blue shadows across the snow under a teal sky.

Woods in Winter

John F. Carlson, 1910

Painting of two horses in a dim wooden stable, one lowering its head to a feeding trough, in warm brown tones.

The Stable

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1870

Woman and child riding a white horse across a sunlit sagebrush plain with mesas in the distance.

Apache Mother and Children on Horseback

Carl Moon, 1940

Night seascape with a glowing full moon over calm water, silhouetted fishermen and a boat on the shore below.

Night

John P. S. Neligh, 1930

Impressionist oil painting of seated people on a hilltop under trees, overlooking tents and a distant city with an obelisk.

View from Arlington Heights, with Chautaqua Tents and the Washington Monument in the Background

A. H. O. Rolle, 1920

Painting of large waves breaking over rocks under a grey stormy sky, with a distant headland on the horizon.

Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives

Frederick J. Waugh, 1900

Small painting of a tall brick lighthouse and gabled house on dunes, with sailboats on a sandy shore under a hazy sky.

Fire Island Lighthouse

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of a riverfront town with women and a baby carriage on rocky shore, boats on water, and a church spire behind.

The Other Shore

Robert Spencer, 1920

Oil landscape of a valley with wooded hills, farm buildings, crop rows and a winding dirt road under cloudy sky.

Landscape

n.d R. G. Wilson, 1900

Painting of a woman in a blue gown with four children in a wooded landscape, one arranging a bouquet of roses.

Mrs. Hawkins and Family

William Beechey, 1810

Oil portrait of three children on a stone terrace with a white rabbit, under a dramatic sky with a distant castle.

Portrait of the Downer Children

Peter Frederick Rothermel, 1850

Oil painting of three children by a wooden gate on a dirt path, with a stormy sky and a white farmhouse in the distance.

Children in a Storm

Thomas Le Clear, 1830

Winter hillside with bare trees, patches of snow and a partly frozen stream beneath a pale blue sky with clouds.

Snow in the Foothills

Willard L. Metcalf, 1920

Officer holding an American flag in a rowboat of sailors approaching the ship Niagara amid smoke and warships.

Perry Transferring His Flag to the Niagara

Daniel Huntington, 1910

Hazy beige painting of an open plaza with tall columns, a stone balustrade, a central statue and faint figures.

Place de la Concorde no. V

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

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

Summer, New England

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

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

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

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

Sunny Slopes

Gardner Symons, 1930

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

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 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 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