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

St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, 1820

Two mourners beside a painted Egyptian sarcophagus with a gold face in a hieroglyph-decorated room.

Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1870

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and a boy in a blue jacket sharing an open book.

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Painting of a seated woman in green robes flanked by two children before an ornate panel and hazy landscape.

Virgin Enthroned

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Painting of a rocky coastline with breaking waves, sailboats on the distant sea, and a cloudy sky.

Castle Rock, Marblehead

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870

Painting of two seated men, dogs, and a family outside a rustic cabin doorway with a cabbage and fishing net nearby.

A Dog Swap

Richard Norris Brooke, 1880

Painted valley with wooded mountains, cattle grazing, and three figures resting on rocks in the foreground.

Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York

Asher Brown Durand, 1840

Painting of cows grazing in a green meadow under trees, with a woman on a path and distant snowy mountains.

Driving Home the Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a snowy village with a horse-drawn cart, two figures exchanging an item, a dog, and snow-covered cottages under d

Village Scene

George Overbury "Pop" Hart, 1930

Painting of a seated woman in blue skirt on a wooden chair beside a sunlit garden with flowers and a figure behind.

Woman Seated in a Garden

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Painting of three nude women by a river with tall trees, wooded hills, and a pale yellow sky.

Three Girls and River

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

Painting of dark trees above a meadow with two grazing cows, under a cloudy sky with hills and water in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees and two cows in meadow)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a wooded landscape with cows wading in a stream beside a wooden bridge, under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and white cravat beside a wooden pedestal with a small sculpture.

Gaetano Trentanova

Filippo Costaggini, 1890

Painting of Plains men in feathered headdresses gathered around a spread buffalo hide and upright staff on open grassland.

Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux

George Catlin, 1830

We-chúsh-ta-dóo-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player

George Catlin, 1830

Loose brushwork painting of a rocky hillside beside calm water with distant hills under a warm, hazy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rocks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a young girl with a pearl headband and gold necklace, hands folded, against a dark background.

Young Girl

Gerrit Willemsz Horst, 1610

Painting of several cows grazing in an open pasture with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of stacked lumber under a white tarp beside a white picket gate, with scattered boards on a paved road.

Dutton Lumber Yard

Thomas Weeks Barrett, 1940

Oil portrait of a standing naval officer in a dark cape and gold cuff braid, hands resting on a sword hilt, against a stormy

Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty

Cecilia Beaux, 1920

Impressionist painting of a seated young girl in a white bonnet and blue dress, bathed in warm sunlight outdoors.

Peasant Girl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Loose oil portrait of a young man with dark hair and white collar, painted in expressive strokes on a pale background.

Young Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair, white puffed-sleeve dress, and yellow fringed shawl against brown.

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Brown ink drawing of three seated allegorical women, Justice with scales at center, a warrior with sword and shield left, and

Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, "Institute of Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black hat and coat, smiling, with a mug and bottle on a table.

A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)

Clara Taggart MacChesney, 1900

Figures in feathered headdresses gather on sand near red boulders and a dune, one playing a drum, under a blue sky.

Sioux Worshiping at the Red Boulders

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a young boy with red face paint, feathered headdress, silver earrings and a pale fur robe, against a muted backgr

Aú-nah-kwet-to-hau-páy-o, One Sitting in the Clouds, a Boy

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a man guiding two red oxen pulling a log-laden cart in a sunlit forest clearing, with a boy carrying an axe.

Untitled (boy and man with oxen)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Still life painting of fruit including pineapple, grapes and peaches heaped in a blue compote on a wooden pedestal.

Still Life

Elizabeth W. Capron, 1830