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Painting of a reclining man resting his head on a seated woman in an opulent interior with a leopard rug and a dog.

(Interior Scene with Sultan and Concubine)

Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822

Oil landscape of a clapboard house, horses and a wagon on a dirt road, with forested mountains under large clouds.

Tavern in New Boston, Vermont

James Hope, 1850

Painting of a gathering of riders and seated people in hats and bright clothing beside tipis on dry plains.

Jicarilla Apache Fiesta

Laverne Nelson Black, 1934

Painting of tall pine trees in a dim forest clearing with small figures in white dresses walking and sitting on a bench.

Georgia Pines

George Inness, 1890

Snowy winter landscape with bare trees, a frozen stream, and a hazy low sun over wooded hills.

Morning Haze

Leonard Ochtman, 1900

Painting of eroded hills and ravines under a pale sky, with blue mountains in the distance and a small figure in the foregrou

Volterra

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Painting of an elderly couple seated in a parlor with a green parrot, lace curtains, and an oval portrait on the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1924

Painting of a river scene with tree-lined quay, two walking figures, a stone bridge, a steamboat, and a yellow and blue sky.

On the Banks of the Seine

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a large ball game on a grassy field with many players, tipis, spectators and rolling hills under a blue sky.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Up

George Catlin, 1846

Soft-toned meadow painting with a woman holding a basket of white flowers, a seated figure, and a line of dancers in the dist

Spring

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Horsemen in hats gallop after a stag across grassland, with a volcano and pink sunset sky behind them.

Six Horsemen Chasing Deer

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of pale, wild-haired witches tumbling through a dark sky, lit by a diagonal shaft of light across storm clouds.

Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches

William Holbrook Beard, 1850

Painting of a winter forest with dark tree trunks and sunlit snow on the ground under a teal sky.

Woods in Winter

John F. Carlson, 1912

Painting of a studio interior with two children before a large canvas, a painter at an easel, portraits on walls, and a dog.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1860

Painting of a small sailboat on calm water near a rocky point, with hazy green hills and a blue overcast sky.

Pale Blue Landscape

Louis Eilshemius, 1902

Painting of a bearded man behind a bar counter with bottles, shelves of glassware, a mirror, a door and a cat.

M. Baudy Behind his Desk at the Hotel Baudy

John Leslie Breck, 1888

Woman seated on a rug shaping a clay pot in a sunlit adobe courtyard, with painted pottery and hanging red chilies nearby.

Hopi Woman Making Pottery

Carl Moon, 1940

Watercolor of a rocky hillside with blue and green trees and yellow shrubs under a pale sky.

Point Lobos Ernest Haskell

Painting of a colonial leader in a tricorn hat pointing across a river valley as settlers with children and a ship gather.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

Francis Luis Mora

Painting of a man in a cap behind a bar counter lined with bottles and glasses, with a mirror, shelves and a wooden door.

M. Baudy Behind his Desk at the Hotel Baudy

John Leslie Breck, 1880

Painting of white and pink roses in a dark blue ceramic vase against a soft brown-grey background.

Roses

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Three men in braided hair and beaded dress tend a small fire of sweet grass inside a tent, one holding an eagle feather.

Making Sweet Grass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony

Joseph Henry Sharp, 1920

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ at the center of a long table and twelve apostles around him against a blue backgroun

The Last Supper

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Oil painting of a farmhouse and barn among rolling hills and trees, with a winding dirt road in the foreground.

Landscape

Edward Bruce, 1934

Man in waistcoat smoking a clay pipe, feet on a porch railing, with sunlit trees and hills behind him.

Independence (Squire Jack Porter)

Francis Blackwell Mayer, 1858

Oil painting of a white-sailed schooner in a harbor with rowboats, a lighthouse, and grey overcast sky.

Harbor Scene

Robert Salmon, 1840

Watercolor of an ivy-covered stone castle with a gravel path crossing a sunlit lawn and tall green trees.

Compton Castle, Devonshire, England

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Loose painting of pale poplar trees, a small figure in blue, and a turquoise sky over a sandy open landscape.

Scene of Algiers

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of yellow sunflowers and pink roses in a blue-and-white vase on a round table with a patterned cloth.

Flowers

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oil painting of a turquoise sea bay framed by grassy cliffs and distant headlands under a pale sky.

Cornish Headlands

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1898

Dark stable scene with a glowing white horse, a red-clad figure bending toward chickens, and lantern light at left.

In the Stable

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Painting of a winding river valley with grazing cattle, a dirt road, rolling hills and trees in warm golden light.

Landscape

Thaddeus Welch, 1900

Painting of a studio interior with a white table, vase of flowers, easel, and chair in bold angular colors.

Interior

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing framed by trees, with grass, scattered rocks and a patch of blue sky.

Elf Ground

George Inness, 1860

Painting of a snowy hillside with a lit farmhouse, bare trees and dark evergreens under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

Gardner Symons, 1930

Painting of a child at the water's edge on a sandy beach with striped huts, a red-sailed boat, and pale buildings.

Low Tide (recto of 1929.6.79B)

John Noble, 1920

Impressionist painting of a wide river with boats, a distant city shoreline, and rocky cliffs under a pale sky.

Hudson River

Van Dearing Perrine, 1915

Dark mountain silhouette under a golden dusk sky with a crescent moon, clouds, and small lights in the valley below.

Sunset, Mount McIntyre

James Henry Moser, 1900

Painting of a snowy winter river tumbling over rocky rapids, with evergreen and bare trees along the banks.

The Rapids

W. Elmer Schofield, 1910

Painting of a winding path through a green meadow toward a distant village, with a cluster of trees on the right under a clou

The Path to the Village

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Dark landscape with a cliff and cross, a rider by a river, a large tree on the right, and distant hilltop buildings.

White Monk

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Painting of a seated woman beading a moccasin beside an adobe wall, with finished moccasins, a pottery jar, and hanging feath

A Moccasin Maker

Carl Moon, 1940

Oil landscape of a golden meadow, a cluster of autumn trees, and blue-grey mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape

Painting of a tall rock standing in rippling sea water beside dark cliffs, with sunlight glinting on the waves.

The Enchanted Pool

William Ritschel, 1920

Woman sorting corn kernels in a basin while a girl holds corn ears beside an adobe wall and clay pot.

Drying Corn

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of waves breaking on rocky coastline with people on the cliff and a sailboat on the horizon under blue sky.

Castle Rock, Nahant

William Stanley Haseltine, 1860

Sepia-toned painting of a city square with pedestrians, tall poles, stone buildings, and a classical colonnade at right.

La Madeleine at Dawn

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of rocky coastal headlands with turquoise sea waves breaking against cliffs under a pale sky.

Monhegan Headlands

William S. Robinson, 1910

Two horseback riders roping a longhorn bull in a landscape with mountains and a grazing herd.

Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody)

William Pollock, 1900

Painting of a reclining winged angel gazing upward on a stone pedestal against a black background.

Untitled (Angel)

Annie Cauley, 1870

Classical landscape with a river, dancing figures, a lyre player, a ruined temple, and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Apollo and the Seasons (Classical Landscape)

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1770

Loose impressionist painting of a wild coastal landscape with dunes, scrub and a pale stretch of water under a pink and grey

Wild Coast, Newport

Homer Dodge Martin, 1880

Still life painting of a glass of wine with grapes, peach, plum, and hazelnuts on a white marble ledge.

Still Life with Fruit and Champagne

Helen Searle, 1860

Painting of a war-damaged street with soldiers, civilians, rubble, and a wounded man supported by companions.

Episode of the Siege of Lille, 1792

Georges Gaston Theodore Melingue, 1890

Painting of a calm lake with mountains under a golden sky, dark trees on the right shore, and ducks in the reeds.

Upper Ausable Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of oxen pulling a loaded cart through a golden harvest field beside a river under a pale, swirling sky.

Harvest

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1910

Painted mural study of a woman and child at a homestead and two men building a barbed wire fence on the prairie.

The Homestead and the Building of the Barbed Wire Fences (Mural Study for Interior Building, General Land Office, Was…

John Steuart Curry, 1940

Loose blue-toned painting of two robed figures on a rooftop beside a dark dome, with a pale horizon behind them.

Study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Painting of a dark sailboat on rough night sea under a glowing moon with streaked clouds.

Moonlight

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Painting of a hillside with tall trees, autumn foliage, and a pale low sun over a greenish sky.

Hillside Landscape

Edward S. Siebert, 1900

Hazy blue painting of a large arched building facade with two dark figures on horseback in the lower right corner.

Palace of Justice, Tangier

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Snowy frontier shooting match with rifle-armed men, onlookers, a woman in a yellow cloak, and evergreens against hills.

Scenes from the Pioneers by Cooper, Deerslayer at the Shooting Match

William Walcutt, 1850

Painting of a speaker in a red coat addressing a seated crowd of Native American men beneath large trees, 1860.

The Trial of Red Jacket

John Mix Stanley, 1860

Loose painted study of robed figures, one kneeling in the foreground, against a yellow wall.

Study, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900