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Painting of a street scene with a seated woman, a barefoot girl gazing up, a monkey, and weathered posters on a brick wall.

The Savoyard Boy in London

James Edward Freeman, 1860

Painting of a green glazed jar with carved lid on a black stand, beside a small gold figure on a red block.

Green Chinese Jar

Ruth Payne Burgess, 1920

Painting of a woman in a red and black velvet gown raising a wine glass, with pearls and a carafe of wine beside her.

Portrait of a Lady

Flemish Cornelis De Vos, 1580

Painted interior with a striped sofa, gilt chair, red console table, and a garden tapestry scene of elegant figures on the wa

Boudoir, Chateau de Chaalis

Walter Gay, 1910

Painting of a green summer valley with rolling hills, farm buildings among trees, and a pale cloudy sky.

Early Summer

Charlotte B. Coman, 1830

Painted portrait of a woman with long braids, beaded necklaces, fringed dress and red shawl against a green background.

Ru-ton-wee-me, Pigeon on the Wing

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a mounted rider with a raised lance chasing a bison across open plains at dusk.

Indian Hunting Buffalo

Edwin Willard Deming, 1940

Oil portrait of a Cree woman with long dark hair, red face paint, beaded jewelry and a fringed hide garment against a mountai

Tow-ée-ka-wet, a Cree Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a barefoot woman in a white dress with flowing golden hair, standing at water's edge beneath a flock of birds.

The Viking's Daughter

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1880

Painting of a stormy Mediterranean-style harbor with a white-sailed boat, a tall tower, and snowy mountains under clouds.

The Coast of Genoa

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1850

Dark painted portrait of a man with downcast eyes, a shadowed hat, and a lit face against a near-black background.

The Musketeer

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Portrait of a young blonde girl in a red dress seated beside a black hat, with autumn leaves and a hazy landscape behind her.

Polly

George de Forest Brush, 1910

Loose painting of three figures, two women and a child in yellow, walking a shaded woodland path beneath dense green foliage.

The Woodland Way

William Baxter Closson, 1920

Dim landscape with dark trees, a distant water view under clouds, and two women on a rocky rise at lower right.

Untitled (Landscape with Two Women Reclining on Rocks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Loose brushwork painting of farm buildings with red roofs beside trees and a hillside under a partly cloudy sky.

Rocky Farm, Newport

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Portrait of a man in a feathered orange headwrap, fur robe and beaded necklace, with an axe on his shoulder.

Ah-yaw-ne-tak-oár-ron, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a calm bay curving past sandy shores, driftwood, and a distant village under a pale overcast sky.

San Francisco Bay

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Full-length portrait of a standing man in fringed hide robe and feathered horned headdress, holding a decorated staff.

Peh-tó-pe-kiss, Eagle's Ribs, a Piegan Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a red-haired mother in a white blouse holding a sleeping baby against her shoulder, with the sea behind.

The Happy Mother

Seated man in fringed robe holding a painted pipe, red roach headdress and face paint, by George Catlin, 1830.

Te-ah'-ke-ra-lée-re-coo, The Cheyenne, a Republican Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Bust-length portrait of a man in a white jacket and dark neckerchief, painted against a pale background.

Waun-naw-con, The Dish (John W. Quinney), a Missionary Preacher

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dying bison bull in snow as mounted hunters with lances ride across a wintry plain.

Dying Buffalo Bull in a Snowdrift

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a seated woman with curly hair and flowers, wearing a black dress and lace, with a teal sofa behind her.

Matilda Davis Williams

Christian Gullager, 1790

Painting of a stream through rocky terrain with a leafless tree, figures, and a stormy sky over distant hills.

Small Landscape

Thomas Barker, 1840

Painting of a nude siren with a teal tail resting on rocks by the sea, wearing a red coral wreath in her hair.

The Siren

Louis Loeb, 1900

Painting of a group of men in feathered headdresses performing a snowshoe dance beside tall ceremonial poles on snow.

Snowshoe Dance at the First Snowfall

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a man with red face paint, beaded earrings, a fur robe, and a sword across his body.

Wée-sheet, Sturgeon's Head, a Fox Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Woman in red robe kneels by glowing infant in straw manger, looking up at star seen through cross-shaped stone window.

Christmas Morn

Will H. Low, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with white lace collar and cuffs, gilded red armchair, dark background.

Susan Pickering Bemis

Constantino Brumidi, 1850

Painting of Palazzo Barberini in Rome above rooftops, with a green lawn and trees in the foreground under a pale sky.

Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Carroll Beckwith, 1910