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Painting of a dark cave opening framing calm water, jagged rock spires, a small boat and a glowing hazy sky.

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge

Thomas Cole, 1829

Full-length portrait of a woman in a sequined blue gown on a stone terrace with a small dog at her feet.

Miss Anne Mills Archbold

Frederick MacMonnies, 1900

Painting of two seated men with dogs outside a rustic cabin, a woman and children in the doorway, cabbage and buckets nearby.

A Dog Swap

Richard Norris Brooke, 1881

Painting of Niagara Falls with two cataracts, forested banks, storm clouds, and small figures on the foreground rocks.

A General View of the Falls of Niagara

Alvan Fisher, 1820

Painting of Adam and Eve with a red serpent and apple tree, a swan, and a winged figure with a sword in a colorful landscape.

(Adam and Eve)

Carl Newman, 1930

Painting of a hunter in a yellow coat with rifle and two dogs standing among fallen logs in a sunlit forest.

Hunter and Dogs

J. Alden Weir, 1912

Watercolor and pencil sketch of Siena cathedral's striped tower against blue sky, with a dome at lower left.

Cathedral Tower, Siena

Cass Gilbert, 1927

Two tattooed men with loincloths stand on a sandy beach holding a paddle and woven fan, with mountains behind them.

Marquesan Men

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a smiling woman in a doorway with arms crossed as a young man in green clothes leans on the wooden door.

Drawing on Door

Alois Binder, 1887

Watercolor of a French village with a shepherd leading sheep along a path toward stone houses and a church tower.

French Village

H. Anthony Dyer, 1901

Oil portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat, fringed buckskin jacket and red collar, with braided hair, against a warm backgr

Sitting Bull

Julian Scott, 1900

Painting of a riverside factory town with red smokestacks, yellow roofs, and blue water in bold angular shapes.

Evening Tones

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1911

Watercolor of a village of tiled-roof houses beside a green field, with two figures walking a winding path under a pale sky.

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a uniformed officer standing beside a seated woman in a yellow headscarf at a table in a rustic arched room.

Officer with Peasant

Abstract painting on dark ground with glowing yellow disc, radiating lines, and concentric circles in ochre and yellow.

Idle Governor

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1940

Calm lake under cumulus clouds with shadowed mountains, a village shoreline, and small boats on the water.

Lago Maggiore

William Stanley Haseltine, 1867

Two women in summer dresses read a book together on a grassy dune, with a dog resting nearby under a cloudy sky.

On the Dunes (Lady Shannon and Kitty)

James Jebusa Shannon, 1910

Painting of a young woman in a black cloak walking against strong wind on a dirt path under a cloudy sky.

The Girl I Left Behind Me

Eastman Johnson, 1870

Painting of Sierra Nevada peaks, a waterfall and elk by a lake under dramatic sunlit clouds.

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1868

Painting of a young woman in a white blouse arranging her dark hair against a dark green leafy background.

Girl Arranging Her Hair

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1910

Painting of a draped woman holding a glass sphere while a nude child reaches up beside a balustrade at dusk.

Illusions

Henry Brown Fuller, 1901

Painting of slender birch trees framing a blue lake and distant shoreline under a pale sky.

A Family of Birches

Willard Metcalf, 1907

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a black coat and white high-collared shirt against a brown background.

Portrait of John Woodruff Sims

John Woodruff Sims, 1810

Painting of two sailing boats on a calm sea at sunset, with a lighthouse and distant boats on the horizon under a pink sky.

Afternoon on Saco Bay, Coast of Maine

Willem Frederik de Haas, 1874

Interior genre scene: a man shelling corn, a woman by the hearth, and a gentleman reading a map of lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1852

Painting of a haloed bearded man in pink robe and green cloak gesturing, with robed figures and a hilly landscape behind.

Christ Addressing the People

Bonifazio di Pitati, 1400

Painting of a nude woman with long red hair seated at an ornate gold and cream dressing table with a mirror.

Nude Seated at Her Dressing Table

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1909

Painted portrait of a woman in a black dress and gold bead necklace seated beside a window with a red curtain.

Woman with Gold Necklace

Prior-Hamblen School, 1850

Painting of women in shawls and two girls standing before a sunlit arched doorway with decorated columns.

Femmes pres des Escaliers no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Seated woman in a flowered gown with upswept hair, resting arms on a wooden chair against a muted background.

A Flowered Gown

Thomas Anshutz, 1906

Oil painting of a reclining nude woman in white stockings on a draped cloth, with loose sketchy background strokes.

Reclining Nude

Julius LeBlanc Stewart, 1909

Painting of sunlit jagged mountain peaks above clouds and dark pine trees under a teal sky.

Switzerland--Near Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of a deep rocky gorge with a robed shepherd and sheep on a ledge at lower right, under a pale hazy sky.

The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painted wooden panel of Saint Anthony in a brown habit holding the Christ Child, both with halos, on a worn gold ground.

St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, 1825

Oil portrait of a man in feathered headdress, red beaded sash and dark coat, with a river landscape behind him.

Portrait of Ossahinta, Chief of the Onondaga Nation

Sanford Thayer, 1840

Two nude women stand by a stone pool beneath tall dark cypress trees, with a peacock and distant mountains in the background.

After the Bath

Charles Walter Stetson, 1910

Painting of a crumbling round tower on a plain with ruins, a seated figure, a goat, and mountains under a hazy sky.

Torre di Schiavi

Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss, 1865

Painting of a surreal mountain landscape with a soaring eagle, red peaks, pale rock spires, a lake, and two reclining figures

Nirwana

Max Reyher, 1920

Painting of a woman with chin on hand and an older bearded man beside a fruit bowl before blue drapery.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis with Still Life

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Studio interior with two children before a blank landscape canvas and a painter working at an easel on the right.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1865

Painting of a city waterfront at sunset with masted ships, billowing clouds, brick buildings and small figures on the street.

Cumulus Clouds, East River

Robert Henri, 1900

Elderly bearded man with a skull and quill, gazing up at a winged angel in a dark, dramatic landscape.

St. Jerome

William Merritt Chase, 1872

Seated woman in green dress, white lace bonnet and shawl, beside a round table and a river landscape painting.

Mrs. Richard Alsop

Ralph Earl, 1792

Half-length portrait of a young woman in a white satin gown with blue sleeves and a blossom in her hair, c. 1760.

Polly Ouldfield of Winyah

Jeremiah Theus, 1760

Painted landscape with a stone castle on a hill, two deer, a kneeling archer, and a winding river under a pale sky.

Landscape with Castles and Deer

M. A. Hall, 1875

Painted portrait of a man in a cream suit seated on a wooden chair, holding an orange cat, beside a bright window.

Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)

Cecilia Beaux, 1898

Oil painting of a laurel-crowned young man with paper, a winged cupid, and a draped woman with a staff in a landscape.

Musa Regina

Henry O. Walker, 1900

Painting of a glowing butte and red cliffs beneath a dramatic orange sunset sky, with trees and a rocky river in the foregrou

Sunset Cloud, Green River, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1917

Loose oil painting of a weathered cabin with a donkey and figures in a field, dark trees behind.

Cabin in Alabama

Anne Goldthwaite, 1920

Painting of a sunlit Paris-style street with a church facade, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage in warm golden tones.

Saint Roche, Rue Saint Honore

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a woman in white seated on sunlit rocks above sparkling blue sea with surf and a distant sailboat.

The South Ledges, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1913

Oval half-length portrait of a young man in a dark coat with brass buttons and white cravat, against a red background.

Portrait of Sea Captain John Murphy

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Painting of a woman's head with elongated face and large eyes against a green flowering hillside and blue sky.

Head of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Hand-colored portrait of Yoholo-Micco, a Creek chief, wearing a patterned white coat, striped sash, and striped headwrap.

Portrait of Yoholo-Micco (c.1790-c.1844)

Charles Bird King, 1836

Two horseback riders under a tree at a gate while a woman in a dark shawl holds it open, in sunlight.

Callers

Walter Ufer, 1926

Painting of white-sailed boats moored at a wharf with dock posts, rigging, and waterfront buildings under a blue sky.

Wharf Scene, Gloucester

Bertha E. Perrie, 1920

Painting of a sunlit upland pasture with boulders, grazing cattle, and trees under a pale blue sky.

Upland Pasture

J. Alden Weir, 1905

Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Painting of a seated woman with braids weaving a circular plaque beside a painted pot and finished plaques on a rug.

Hopi Woman Weaving Plaques

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of a sunlit Tuscan farmhouse with a tower, olive trees, a dirt road and rolling hills under a warm sky.

A Tuscan Farm

Edward Bruce, 1926

Three men in a birch bark canoe paddle beside a swimming moose, with a dark wooded cliff behind them.

The Moose Chase

George de Forest Brush, 1888

Painted river landscape with boats, rocky mountains, a windmill on a hill, a castle, and a village under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1600

Portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet, ruffled white collar and dark green dress, hands folded in her lap.

Lady of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1829

Watercolor of a stone tower and arched bridge over a river, with red roofs and a cloudy blue sky.

Bridge at Moret, France

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Painting of a woman in a straw hat and white dress seated among pink peonies and white flowers in a garden.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Helene

Carl Newman, 1890

Painting of a half-nude bearded man on straw, gesturing as three figures including a woman in red speak with him.

Job and His Comforters

Two seated women in white dresses, one writing on a tablet, with a stormy landscape behind them.

The Misses Mary and Hannah Murray

John Trumbull, 1806

Two fife and drum soldiers in tricorn hats march in snow, with troops and a flag behind them beside bare trees.

The Continentals

Frank Blackwell Mayer, 1870

Full-length painting of a man in red fez and traditional dress holding a rifle, with mountains and river behind him.

Albanian Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat with two people and pink clouds overhead.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866

Painting of a river flanked by colorful angular houses, a tree, and factory chimneys under a blue sky.

Evening Tones

Oscar Bluemner, 1910

Night seascape with a glowing full moon, a sailboat at right, and two slender trees on rocks at left.

The Lovers' Boat

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1881

Oil portrait of a man with wavy dark hair in a black coat, holding a rolled document, against a grey background.

Gentleman of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1829

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing with large autumn oak trees and two small figures in the grass.

October

Robert C. Minor, 1830

Watercolor of red sandstone cliffs and spires above green trees and a winding stream under a pale sky.

Hudson River Landscape, no. 1

Maria Rother Wickey, 1926

Oval portrait of a woman in a blue dress with white lace trim against a dark background, painted in 1742.

Mrs. Gustavus Brown

Gustavus Hesselius, 1742

Painting of a medieval procession of knights, banners and carts moving toward a hilltop castle under a cloudy sky.

The Departure of the Crusaders

Victor Nehlig, 1860

Painting of a woman in a shawl seated on a bed, lit by an oil lamp in a dark room.

Mary, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1914

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black puff-sleeved dress resting on a red patterned cushion, with a framed picture on the

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman)

John Singer Sargent, 1893

Soft, hazy winter landscape with a brook winding through snowy fields and trees on a hilltop.

The Brook, Greenwich, Connecticut

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a Hereford bull grazing on a grassy plain with a bird on its back and cattle in the distance.

Ajax

John Steuart Curry, 1936

Watercolor of a fortified harbor at Corfu with stone walls, hillside buildings, and a moored sailing ship.

Castle at Corfu, Greece

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Ta-do-udo-sa (Prairie Chicken)

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Watercolor of the Pont du Gard aqueduct's tiered stone arches under a blue sky, with green hills and shrubs.

Pont du Gard, France

Cass Gilbert, 1926

Painting of a woman in green holding a nude toddler while a girl in yellow kisses the toddler's cheek.

The Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1902

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair and a white cravat wearing a dark coat against a tan background.

John Cockey, III

Philip Tilyard, 1820

Painting of a mounted hunter with a lance chasing a bison across open plains, other riders and herd in the distance.

Buffalo hunt on the Southwestern plains

John Mix Stanley, 1845

Watercolor of a cloister arcade with striped arches, carved capitals, and a sloping tiled roof beside a stone wall.

Cathedral Cloister at Le Puy

Cass Gilbert, 1929

Painting of the schooner yacht America under full white sails on choppy water, with an American flag and small red boat.

The Yacht America

Charles S. Raleigh, 1870

Half-length portrait of a man in a feathered beaded headband, red blanket and pink shirt, holding a decorated pipe.

No Heart (Nan-che-ning-ga)

Charles Bird King, 1837

Watercolor portrait of a young woman with dark bangs, face softly modeled against muted brown and violet washes.

Mary

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Painting of a dusty adobe town plaza with a whitewashed church, ox cart, carriages, and pedestrians under cloudy skies.

Old Mesilla Plaza

Léon Trousset, 1880

Painting of cream, pink and white roses and carnations among dark green leaves in a loosely brushed garden scene.

Garden in May

Maria Oakey Dewing, 1895

Oil portrait of a young man with dark swept-back hair, dark coat and white collar, against a dim brown background.

Portrait of the Artist, Age 23

William Edgar Marshall, 1860

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair in a dark coat and white shirt against a warm brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1840

Hazy river valley with misty mountains, a leaning pine on a rocky cliff, sailboats on the water, and two figures.

Along the Hudson

John Frederick Kensett, 1852