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A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat, with a gold medal, beside books and a quill pen.

Portrait of General Giles

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with blonde curls, feathered black velvet hat, pearl necklace and coral-red dress against a d

Portrait of Rubens' Wife

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1600

Dim painting of a seated man in a white shirt reading a small book beside a wooden door, lit by faint glow.

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Eastman Johnson, 1860

Elderly man seated alone at a tea table in a dim interior, facing a portrait of a woman above the fireplace.

The Widower

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870

Painting of a woman in a rocking chair beside a girl reading at a table in a warmly lit interior with a brick fireplace.

Sunday Morning

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1870

Painting of a bearded man with a lily staff holding hands with a child, with angels and a cross above in a dark sky.

San José y el Cristo Niño

José Campeche, 1790

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

The Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1900

Painting of the Virgin in blue and pink holding the Christ Child atop a stone pillar, surrounded by clouds and angels.

La Virgen del pilar

José Campeche, 1770

Painting of Black field workers harvesting cotton with baskets, under a sunny sky beside a cotton field.

Employment of Negroes in Agriculture

Earle Richardson, 1933

Full-length portrait of a young blond boy in a dark coat with lace collar, standing on a beach with sailboats in the distance

Portrait of Samuel Edmund Foote Rockwell, age 5

Sarah W. Whitman, 1870

Watercolor portrait of a young woman in a red cap and striped blouse, with curly hair, against a pale background.

Turkish Girl, Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1845

Painting of two brown-sailed boats in rough blue waves, with figures on a wooden deck in the foreground under a stormy sky.

An Incident on the English Channel

Two boys in overalls sit on a wooden chair before a fence; one wears a straw hat, the other a striped head wrap.

Brothers

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934

Loose painting of a narrow canyon with tan and ochre rock walls, pale blue sky above, and dark water below.

The Canyon

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Watercolor portrait of a veiled woman in white with blue and brown garment trim against a beige background.

Turkish Lady of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Watercolor of a stone church tower with crenellations and pinnacles above a churchyard, with rooftops and green hills behind.

Church Tower, Marldon

Cass Gilbert, 1924

Two girls arranging roses and garlands on a yellow-draped table beside a vase and basket, against a dark background.

Girls and Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, 1855

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, brown coat and white cravat, set in an oval against a dark background.

A Member of the Livingston Family

John Smibert, 1740

Two purple grackles perched on corn stalks, one brown and one iridescent blue-black, painted in watercolor on aged paper.

Purple Grackle

John James Audubon, 1785

Still life painting of a dark glass bottle beside a yellow-red apple on a green surface against a brown background.

Still Life--Apples and Bottle

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Painting of an elderly man in a white blanket before an adobe pueblo and blue-pink mountains, with figures in a sunlit plaza.

Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white beard and green robe against a dark brown background.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899

Oil painting of an elderly woman with gray hair and shell necklace before sunlit adobe pueblo buildings and a blue sky.

Old Man of Zuni, High Priest (Cacique)

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Painting of a woman and child at a stone fountain while a bearded man with a cane watches from a doorway.

At the Water Trough

J. Alden Weir, 1876

Painting of yellow, white and pink chrysanthemums in terracotta pots, with a butterfly and trailing vine against a pale backg

Autumn Sunshine

George Cochran Lambdin, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white lace cravat against a dark red background.

George Washington

William Winstanley, 1803

Black ink sketch of women in an arched interior, one nude figure raising her arms to arrange her long hair.

Girl Arranging Hair