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Painting of a young woman in white embracing a chained older man seated against a stone wall in a dark prison.

The Roman Daughter

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Full-length oil painting of a standing bare-chested man with a staff, bead necklace and loincloth, on a dry hillside with hut

Kaffir Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a woman in a white dress seated in a wooden chair on a sunlit porch beside a garden.

Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife)

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Oil portrait of an older Black woman in a white blouse with folded hands and a gold ring, painted lettering behind her.

Anna Washington Derry

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1920

Oil portrait of a man with red feathered headdress, silver nose ornament and earrings, wearing a teal ruffled shirt.

Kish-Kallo-Wa (Family Algonquian-Tribe Shawnee)

Henry Inman, 1830

Daughter in a Rocker

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of pedestrians on a misty city street beside a columned building and bare winter trees.

La Madeleine no. IV

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman with pinned brown hair, pearl ornaments, a red flower, and a dark collar against a dark background.

Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo

Flemish Anthony van Dyck, 1620

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 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

Antonio 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

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

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, 1770

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 Vecchio, 1590

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

White Man in Chippewa Costume

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 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 Gertrude 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

Oil portrait of a man in a voluminous white wig and gold-embroidered dark coat against a dark background.

Lord Lifford

Joshua Reynolds, 1720