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Seated haloed figure in gold robe with two winged angels kneeling beside him on rocks under a blue sky.

In the Desert

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Painting of the Last Supper: Christ at center of a long table with twelve apostles in colorful robes and gold halos.

The Last Supper

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Painting of a haloed figure breaking bread at a table with two companions, a dove above, and a woman holding fruit.

Supper at Emmaus

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Oil painting of a Paris garden path with a statue on a pedestal, palm and autumn trees, and a distant tall building.

Garden of the Tuileries, Paris

Minerva J. Chapman, 1858

Painting of a calm forest lake framed by dark pines, with glowing clouds above and lily pads on the water.

A North Woods Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1867

Painting of women in flowing gowns dancing in a spring meadow beside a blossoming tree, with a flute player behind them.

Spring Dance

Arthur Frank Mathews, 1917

Painting of a shaded village road with horse carriages at a wooden store, a parasol-carrying woman, and a church steeple.

The Country Store

Edward Lamson Henry, 1885

Painting of a woman in a white dress with her hand on the mane of a lion in a sunlit grassy meadow.

Supremacy

Frederick Stuart Church, 1887

Painting of a young woman with a basket and a greyhound standing in a meadow of white wildflowers.

Young Girl and Dog

Edward Percy Moran, 1890

Painting of sheep grazing in a green meadow under a pink and blue evening sky with a pale moon and distant trees.

Evening after a Shower

Carleton Wiggins, 1848

Snowy winter landscape with a farmhouse with glowing windows, bare trees, and dark hills under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

George Gardner Symons, 1900

Snowy winter river with birch and evergreen trees on a sunlit bank and a farmhouse on the far slope.

Sunny Slopes

George Gardner Symons, 1863

Painting of a brown and white cow lying on straw inside a dim wooden barn, looking toward the viewer.

Monarch of the Farm

William Henry Howe, 1891

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark suit writing at a desk before a wall map and bookshelf.

Lloyd George

Douglas Volk, 1919

Painting of a woman in a black cloak on a Venetian walkway, with gondolas and a red-sailed boat on the canal behind her.

Along the Riva

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1880

A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1890

Painting of a river through green marshland with trees on the right and a cloudy sky above.

The River, Sound Beach, Connecticut

Edward Gay, 1837

Interior painting of a seated woman in a richly decorated room with arched doorway, chandelier, rug, and framed landscape.

De Forest Interior

Walter Launt Palmer, 1878

Painting of a woman in a red headscarf on a path beside a wheat field and large oak trees under a cloudy sky.

Brittany Landscape

Hugh Bolton Jones, 1877

Oil painting of a sandy beach with a beached, seaweed-covered boat, driftwood, grassy dunes and a cloudy sky.

Cape Cod, Beach

Herman Hartwich, 1894

Loose oil sketch of a sunlit white sand dune with scrub, pine trees, and grass under a blue sky.

Cape Cod, Sand Dune

Herman Hartwich, 1894

Painting of a leaning willow over a pond with ducks on a sunlit green meadow and distant houses.

Hackensack, New Jersey, Fisher's Pond

Herman Hartwich, 1894

Painting of women gleaning potatoes in a turned field, with a horse and cart and rolling hills under a hazy yellow sky.

Potato Gleaners

Herman Hartwich, 1875

Watercolor of a dirt road through a green field with wildflowers and dark trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape Sketch

De Lancey Gill, 1859

Watercolor of crumbling adobe walls of Pueblo Bonito ruin on a grassy plain with mesas under a pale sky.

Pueblo Bonito Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1888

Painting of two oxen pulling a cart of brush beside a standing man under a large tree at dusk.

A load of brush

Louis Paul Dessar, 1912

Still life of a champagne glass with grapes, plums, a peach, hazelnuts and a fly on a white marble ledge.

Still Life with Fruit and Champagne

Helen Searle, 1869

Painting of a classical landscape with a waterfall, stone aqueduct, tower on a cliff, and fishermen by a river.

Classical Landscape

John Ritto Penniman, 1822

Painting of a Chinese fishmonger holding a bamboo basket among fish, lobster and mussels, with hanging fish behind him.

The Chinese Fishmonger

Theodore Wores, 1881

Painting of three figures walking a sunlit woodland path under dense foliage, with a child in pale yellow at right.

The Woodland Way

William Baxter Closson, 1848

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a domed building in the distant background.

Abraham Lincoln

George H. Story, 1916

Painting of sheep grazing under a blossoming tree beside a stream, with farm buildings and a fence on the right.

Pastoral Landscape

Carl Weber, 1850

Loose brushwork painting of a Parisian-style boulevard with bare trees, tall buildings, pedestrians and a pale moon in dusk s

Boulevard St. Germain

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose impressionist painting of horse-drawn cabs with red and yellow wheels on a street beside bare trees and buildings.

Cabs

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Painting of a fishing boat with tall masts on calm water, a figure on the sandy shore, and warm hazy light.

Bateau de Peche

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Misty riverside view of a columned classical building behind bare trees and an arched bridge, painted in warm brown tones.

Chambre des Deputes in a Mist

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Muted painting of a columned classical building behind bare trees, with small figures walking on a snowy path under a dim sky

Chambre des Deputes no. 1

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose brown-toned painting of a columned building, bare trees and poles beneath a pale sky.

Chambre des Deputes no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Muted painting of a columned neoclassical building behind bare trees, a street lamp, and pedestrians on a damp, reflective sq

Chambre des Deputes no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose painting of a tall church tower and spire in muted browns, with small figures and a carriage in a square under a pale s

Church of St. Germain des Pres

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of a city square with an obelisk, classical buildings, a street lamp, and small walking figures under an orange

La Concorde

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose oil sketch of a harbor with blue water, moored boats with masts, and three figures on a sandy shore.

Cote aux Environs de Cherbourg

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose oil painting of a church tower with spire on a city street, with warm brick buildings and a lone pedestrian under a gre

Eglise de Ville

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Painting of a sunlit church tower above rooftops, with small figures in a town square under a warm hazy sky.

Eglise Saint Merry

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Women and girls in shawls stand in a sunlit courtyard before an ornate arched doorway with tiled columns.

Femmes pres des Escaliers no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Figure in a brown cloak beside sunlit stone steps and whitewashed buildings, with a long blue shadow across the courtyard.

Femmes pres des Escaliers no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Painted portrait of an elderly man in a wide red hat and red cape against a brown background.

Homme au Chapeau Rouge

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of two sailboats on calm water with a small building and low shoreline in the distance.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 1

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose painting of moored fishing boats with masts on a calm water inlet under a hazy tan sky.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 2

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Dusky painting of a Paris-style stone bridge over a river, with carriages, pedestrians and tall buildings under a grey sky.

L' Heure Bleu a Paris

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose painting of pedestrians walking past bare trees and a stone building with an iron fence in winter light.

L' Odeon du Luxembourg

Frank Edwin Scott, 1911

Hazy sepia painting of a city street with pedestrians, lamp posts, carriages, and a classical columned building at right.

La Madeleine at Dawn

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painted city square with classical columns, a street lamp, bare trees, and small pedestrians under a warm sky.

La Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy sepia street scene with pedestrians, bare trees, a columned building and a carriage under an overcast sky.

La Madeleine no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose painted street scene of pedestrians and bare trees before a columned classical building under a hazy sky.

La Madeleine no. IV

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose oil sketch of a muted coastal scene with golden clouds, low buildings on the left shore, and dark rocks in the foregrou

Marine

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy beige painting of a Gothic cathedral with twin towers and a spire, with small figures walking in a pale square.

Notre Dame in Winter

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Painting of Notre Dame cathedral across an open square with a bare tree, street lamp, and three small pedestrians in muted to

Notre Dame no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of Notre Dame cathedral with bare trees and small pedestrians crossing a pale open plaza.

Notre Dame no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose brushwork painting of a Gothic cathedral portal with small pedestrians and a cart crossing a pale square.

Notre Dame no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of a sunlit city square with classical colonnades, columns, and small pedestrians in pale tones.

Place de la Concorde no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of a wide plaza with an obelisk, colonnaded buildings and small pedestrians under a pale sky.

Place de la Concorde no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of a sunlit city square with an obelisk, colonnaded buildings, a carriage and small walking figures.

Place de la Concorde no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Muted oil sketch of an open city square with columns, lamp posts, a central fountain and faint figures under pale sky.

Place de la Concorde no. V

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Hazy painting of a city square with a columned building, bare trees, pedestrians and carriages under a pale sky.

Place de la Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1910

Painting of a muted street with bare trees, walking figures, and a long building under an overcast sky.

Place de la Madeleine no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Painting of a church tower with a spire rising over city buildings and bare trees beneath a grey sky, in muted browns.

Place St. Germain des Pres

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose painting of a masted sailing ship in a dim harbor at dusk, with hazy buildings along the far shore.

Porte de Cherbourg

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Painting of the Porte Saint-Denis arch in Paris with pedestrians, bare trees and a street lamp under a pale sky.

Porte St. Denis

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Loose painting of a city street with an archway, pale buildings, market stalls and small figures under a blue sky.

Porte St. Martin et Enterrement

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Dark painting of a Paris-style street with a carriage, pedestrians, and bare trees under an overcast sky.

Porte St. Martin no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Muted painting of a city street with a stone gateway, a bare tree, pedestrians and a hand cart under an overcast sky.

Porte St. Martin no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1863

Oil painting of a standing officer in green uniform and a seated woman in yellow headscarf sewing at a table in a room.

Officer with Peasant

Watercolor panorama of a tent camp beside a river, with riders on horseback and figures in traditional dress in the foregroun

Camp of the Peace Commissioners at Medicine Lodge Creek

Hermann Stieffel, 1867

Watercolor of Miles City, Montana, showing a river, tree-lined town buildings, riders on horseback, and figures on the shore.

Miles City, Montana

Hermann Stieffel, 1879

Watercolor of a forest council where a speaker addresses seated commissioners, with mounted riders and onlookers among tall t

Sa-tan-ti Addressing the Peace Commissioners at Council Grove, Medicine Lodge Creek

Hermann Stieffel, 1867

Children sit on a hill under trees, looking over tents and a distant obelisk above a city in a hazy landscape.

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

A. H. O. Rolle, 1922

Painting of a garden path with flowering plants, a wooden barrel, and a dark doorway beside a sunlit whitewashed wall.

A Garden Path

Robert Henry Logan, 1896

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Brown ink sketch of an oasis with palm trees, a large tree, shrubs, and robed figures walking along a path.

Untitled (North African Oasis)

Thomas Handforth, 1920

Hand-colored botanical drawing of purple-leaved cineraria with magenta daisy-like flowers and green serrated leaves on beige

Purple-leaved Cineraria, A Native of the Canary Isles

Frances Jauncey Ketchum

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Ink and pink-tinted sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, arms raised and hands behind her head.

Seated Nude

Ink line drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised, signed Nadelman in the lower right corner.

Standing Female Nude

Elie Nadelman, 1900

Watercolor of a cottage fireplace with glowing embers and two andirons, framed by a dark chimney breast and pale mantel.

Untitled (Cottage Fireplace)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Study for Disciple Kneeling at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs and peaks, labeled as the Israelite encampment near Mt. Sinai.

Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a standing monk in a long hooded robe, head raised, hands clasped at the waist, on tan paper.

Untitled (Study of a Standing Monk)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Angular charcoal drawing of two female figures in a fragmented geometric interior setting.

Two Figures

Pencil sketch of a small wooden cabin with a chimney beside leafy trees and a dirt road in the foreground.

Early Home

Henry Farrer, 1900

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with closed eyes holding a mandolin on a rocky base.

Nude Figure with Mandolin

Laurent-Honoré Marqueste, 1920

Chalk drawing of a turbaned bearded man drinking from a cup, with grapevines and a poem text block above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Soul of the Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of Malta's stone fortifications, a cannon in the foreground, and boats in a harbor beyond the walls.

Fortifications at Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor study of allegorical harvest figures with a wreath, cornucopia of grapes, sheaves of grain and workers in a lunett

Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Drawing of a bearded man and two women under grapevines beside a carved wine jug tomb, with verse text in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Tomb

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street before a gateway with robed figures, a donkey, minarets and a palm tree behind the walls.

Entrance to Bazaar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg