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Seated man in a red blanket holding a feathered lance, wearing beaded moccasins and a red feather in his hair.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

E. Irving Couse, 1909

Painting of a waterfall plunging into a canyon with a river below, framed by rock cliffs and pine forest under a cloudy sky.

View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Grafton Tyler Brown, 1890

Painting of a ruined stone temple with carved reliefs, large trees, palms, figures on grass, and distant mountains under clou

Javanese Temple in Ruins

Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of ruined Roman columns and a fresco wall before a cone-shaped volcano and a distant bay under a blue sky.

Vesuvius and Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of a seated elderly man in a dark coat in a flowery field, with a white house, billowing clouds and a child at right

Old Black Joe

Horace Pippin, 1940

Painting of three nude women and a clothed woman under a tree in a pastoral field, with a man and dog in the distance at suns

Ekloga

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Painting of a sunlit canyon with a waterfall and turquoise river winding between golden cliffs and evergreen trees.

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1893

Pale witches tumble through a dark night sky, lit by a diagonal shaft of lightning against swirling clouds.

Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches

William Holbrook Beard, 1890

Painting of a woman cradling a child in a doorway beside a standing man and a donkey, with a glowing angel behind, in green t

Departure into Egypt (At the Inn)

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Painting of white surf crashing against dark rocks under a heavy, overcast sky along a rugged coastline.

Maine Coast

Paul Dougherty, 1909

Painting of autumn trees along a rushing river with rocky rapids and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

On the St. Annes, Canada East

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Woman in a blue gown looks into a hand mirror beside a folding screen with a white crane and flowering landscape.

The Mirror

Robert Lewis Reid, 1910

Painting of San Juan Nepomuceno holding a crucifix, with a palm frond, five stars, a book, and a blue-draped table.

San Juan Nepomuceno

José Campeche, 1798

Oil self-portrait of an older man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

Benjamin West, 1810

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

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

The Thundershower

Henry Lyman Saÿen, 1917

Autumn woodland painting with a large sunlit tree in the foreground and two small figures among trees in the shade.

Connecticut Woods

Henry Ward Ranger, 1890

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

Painting of a bird of prey with spread wings perched on a tree stump above a dead blue bird, under a stormy sky.

Vulture and Its Prey

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1844

Painting of a red-roofed farmhouse and church spire among trees, with cattle at a stream under a stormy sky.

The Valley Farm

John Constable, 1820

Painting of a seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dimly lit interior room.

Portrait of a Lady

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Painting of a winged woman in white robes seated on a dark stone inscribed VAEA, against a dark background.

Stevenson Memorial

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Full-length portrait of an older man in gold-trimmed military dress uniform holding a sword, beside a lamp and book.

General Jose Antonio Paez

Juan Jorge Peoli, 1890

Painted portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered headdress, and fringed hide shirt with beaded decoration against a m

Sha-có-pay, The Six, Chief of the Plains Ojibwa

George Catlin, 1832

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in black formal dress with a quill, books, and a window view of a building.

Portrait of Freeman Cary

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1856

Painting of a kneeling bearded man raising his arm toward a winged angel floating above him in clouds.

(Moses Viewing the Promised Land)

Robert Walter Weir, 1860

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

Dark portrait of a bearded man's head turned to the side, lit warmly against a near-black background.

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1872

Painting of a rocky California coast with sunlit cliffs, a tide pool, and surf breaking around offshore rocks.

Evening Tide, California

William Ritschel, 1940

Watercolor of a white bell tower above red roof tiles, with green vines and a red window in a narrow alley under blue sky.

Bell Tower, Hotel San Dominico (Old Monastery, Taormina, Sicily)

Cass Gilbert, 1933