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Painting of an ancient amphitheatre ruin in the foreground, with sheep grazing and a valley and mountains beyond.

The Amphitheatre of Tusculum and Albano Mountains, Rome

Worthington Whittredge, 1860

Painting of adobe houses among poplar trees, with snowy purple mountains behind and a dirt road in the foreground.

Valley Spring

Victor Higgins, 1940

Stylized 1917 painting of a reclining woman and a parrot among bold geometric shapes and floral patterns.

The Thundershower

Henry Lyman Saÿen, 1917

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, oysters, strawberries and a glass of champagne on a marble table.

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Wine

Everhart Kuhn, 1865

Two seated women in white Regency dresses, one holding an open book, before a landscape with a cloudy sky.

The Misses Mary and Hannah Murray

John Trumbull, 1800

Still life painting of a wicker basket overflowing with grapes, peaches and plums, with watermelon, pomegranate and strawberr

Still Life with Fruit

Severin Roesen, 1852

Oil painting of a tropical forest at sunset with a thatched house, a rider on a white horse, and distant mountains.

Forest and Native House

Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of an orange gourd with a pink flower and green leaves against a dark, streaked background.

Still Life

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Painting of a white mansion on a wooded rise with figures on a path, a church spire at left, and a cloudy sky.

Southeast View of

Thomas Birch, 1819

Painting of a river flowing through a valley between tall granite cliffs, with pine trees and a cloudy sky.

Gates of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1882

Painting of Paris rooftops with pink buildings, tall chimneys, blue shutters, green trees and a cloudy sky.

Rooftops, Paris

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a seated man in green robes watching two women and a winged cupid before a red curtain and cloudy sky.

Helen Brought to Paris

Benjamin West, 1776

Painting of waves breaking on dark rocks at a seashore under an amber sky, with gulls and a distant buoy.

Rocky Seashore

Louis Eilshemius, 1902

Painting of a flock of white geese with spread wings flying diagonally against a dark green and black background.

Flock of Geese

Elizabeth Nourse, 1880

Dense tropical forest with tall trees and undergrowth, two small figures and a dog on a path below a cloudy sky.

Javanese Jungle

Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of a seated man with a dog beneath a rock ledge overlooking a river valley, sailboats, and distant mountains.

Scene on the Hudson (Rip Van Winkle)

James Hamilton, 1845

Painting of a woman grinding corn at a stone metate in an adobe room, with colorful corn cobs and a watermelon on the floor.

Hopi Woman Grinding Corn

Carl Moon, 1940

Evening meadow with a low orange sun, a woman carrying hay, grazing cows, and a haystack beside farm buildings.

Sundown

George Inness, 1884

Painting of a mountain valley with smokestacks and small buildings, boulders and pine trees in the foreground under a cloudy

Leadville, Colorado

Harriet A. Harris, 1880

Three cows graze and stand in a golden autumn pasture with scattered trees and rocks under a soft cloudy sky.

The Pasture Lot

Carleton Wiggins, 1900

Painting of a dark winter forest with tall trunks, bare branches, and bright snow on the ground under a pale sky.

Brooding Silence

John F. Carlson, 1909

Painting of a red barn with dark roof on a hillside farm under a cloudy sky, with a dirt road in the foreground.

Bluemont Farm

Edward Bruce, 1932

Painting of mounted riders in colorful blankets among tall tipis on open prairie, with a wagon and dog in the foreground.

Ceremonial at Black Lake

Laverne Nelson Black, 1930

Two women seated at a long table in a pale room, one reading a book and the other holding flowers beside a vase.

A Reading

Thomas Dewing, 1897

Painting of officers and civilians in a formal room, with two men shaking hands over a table beneath a chandelier.

The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814

Amédée Forestier, 1914

Abstract landscape painting with bold geometric shapes in red, orange, green and blue, showing stylized trees, a path and a h

Scheherazade

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painted scene of feathered dancers running around a drum while spectators watch from earth lodges under a cloudy sky.

The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin, 1832

Painting of large waves crashing with white foam against dark brown rocks under a pale overcast sky.

Heavy Sea

Paul Dougherty, 1918

Abstract landscape painting with angular houses, a garden path and hills in bold red, green, blue and yellow planes.

Abstract Landscape

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a stormy sea, a sailboat, a hilltop stone tower and snowy mountains under cumulus clouds.

The Coast of Genoa

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1854