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Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair in a dark coat and white shirt against a warm brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1840

Painting of a woman's head with an elongated face and large eyes, set against a green hillside with yellow flowers and blue s

Head of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1929

Oval portrait of a clergyman in black gown and white bands with a powdered grey wig against a dark background.

Rev. Richard Brown

John Hesselius, 1760

Oval oil portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Henry Ulke, 1870

Painting of a seaport with a stone bridge, a sailing ship, red-roofed houses, and a leaning tree under a pale sky.

Ancient Seaport

Loose watercolor of a white church steeple rising above green and blue trees and shrubs under a pale sky.

Untitled - Anne Goldthwaite, 1907

Anne Goldthwaite, 1907

Portrait of a man in a blue coat and red gold-braided waistcoat leaning on a stone balustrade, holding a letter.

Lord Rothes

Lord Rothes, 1760

Watercolor of a stone medieval tower and fortified walls with a conical roof, grass and a narrow path in the foreground.

Carcassonne

Cass Gilbert, 1926

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled hair, white ruffled collar, black dress and red shawl, against a dark background.

Portrait of Rosalba Peale

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Damaged painting of a young woman in a red floral gown and green headdress before a hilly landscape.

Head of a Young Woman

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Painting of a seated woman in black dress, white lace cap and collar, holding a book, with red drapery behind her.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1819

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, against a red drapery background.

Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia

Rembrandt Peale, 1806

Painting of a tattooed man in a red loincloth standing by a rocky shore, with ocean waves and palm trees behind him.

Melanesian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Two tattooed men stand on a beach with a spear and paddle, the sea and mountains behind them.

Marquesan Men

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1893

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Dr. Gustavus Brown

Gustavus Hesselius, 1742

Full-length painting of a bearded man in a red fez and dark coat standing before a city with domes, minarets and pyramids.

Modern Egyptian

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a narrow industrial alley with an orange cylindrical tank, pipes, yellow factory walls and smokestacks under a gr

Industry

Preston Dickinson, 1923

Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light), a Distinguished Young Warrior

George Catlin, 1831

Painted portrait of a woman with long neck and pulled-back hair against a deep blue background, wearing a green garment.

Portrait of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Watercolor of receding brick arches over a cobbled path, with a stone sarcophagus at left and small figures at the far end.

Arches of Palace of Nero

Cass Gilbert, 1933

Painting of a young woman with upturned gaze holding a white banner and an arrow, wearing blue and gold drapery.

Saint Ursula

Bernardo Cavallino, 1650

George Washington

Edward Dalton Marchant, 1840

Night painting of a tall flame erupting from an oil well, with fire spreading across the ground and silhouetted figures in th

Burning Oil Well at Night, near Rouseville, Pennsylvania

James Hamilton, 1861

Watercolor of a Venice waterfront with a red bell tower, a golden sphere monument, and boats moored in the water.

Venice

Cass Gilbert, 1933

Painting of a mother with dark hair in a blue robe nursing an infant in white cloth against an olive background.

Mother and Child

Gari Melchers, 1920

Painting of a standing man in beaded regalia with feathered headdress, holding a rifle beside a large tree in a forest.

White Man in Chippewa Costume

George Loren Prince Sr

Painting of a large strong woman in red tights beside a small child, with French flags and iron weights on a stage.

Strong Woman and Child

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1925

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a peach floral dress holding a rose, standing before red drapery on a patterned carpe

Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1830

Woman in white dress and hat sits under trees with two children on grass, with a red blanket and basket nearby.

Springtime in France

Painting of an elderly man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill pen over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

Benjamin West, 1819