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Painting of an angel offering a golden chalice to a kneeling haloed figure under a night sky with a cross over a city.

Gethsemane

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a quill pen against a dark red backgrou

Portrait of Putnam Catlin

George Catlin, 1840

Profile of a Woman's Head

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Portrait of a woman leaning on a moonlit balcony at night, holding a black mask, wearing a pale gown and gold bracelet.

Lady Essex as Juliet

Thomas Lawrence, 1810

Painting of a city view with a dark church spire, rooftops, and a large red tree under a pale yellow sky.

St. Germain des Pres

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Two children in white dresses stand beside a potted white lily plant under a dark tree and cloudy sky.

The Davis Children (Eliza Cheever Davis and John Derby Davis)

Edward Savage, 1790

Painting of a Gothic cathedral facade with spires and a rose window, seen above a street lined with houses and townspeople.

Rouen Cathedral

David Roberts, 1790

Painting of choppy sea waves with white surf breaking on rocks, small sailboats and a hazy headland under a pink sky.

Surf Breaking, Cranberry Island

Allen Tucker, 1910

Sunlit riverside scene with a moored sailboat, tall masts, and a small figure standing on the sandy bank.

Bateau de Peche

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose painting of fishing boats with masts moored by a calm harbor under a pale, luminous sky.

Honfleur Fishing Boats no. 2

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of St. Nicholas in a red cloak emerging from a fireplace with a toy sack, beside hanging stockings.

St. Nicholas

Robert Walter Weir, 1830

Small oil sketch of two hooded monks walking a dirt road past dark trees under a cloudy sky, with hills beyond.

Monks on the Appian Way

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Painted self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a pipe, against a warm brown background.

Portrait du peintre par lui-meme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Portrait of a seated woman in black dress with gold necklace, beside a stone urn and a landscape of trees and river.

Mary Ellen Stonestreet Hoffar

James Alexander Simpson, 1840

Oil painting of an ornate interior with a seated woman in a patterned gown, carved archway, and sunlit window.

De Forest Interior

Walter L. Palmer, 1870

Half-length oil portrait of a man with gray hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Major Ridge, Portrait of Cherokee Indian

Painting of an autumn landscape with trees, a brown field, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Autumn at Arkville

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1830

Dark nocturnal seascape with a glowing white sail, distant red-clad figure on a boat, and a shadowy female figure in the fore

Passing Song

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Painting of two women in black shawls talking before an adobe wall, with a donkey and village on a hillside behind.

The Gossip

William Penhallow Henderson, 1920

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, two angels, a dove above, and two kneeling mourners before rocky hills.

Crucifixion

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and black floral shawl against a warm brown background.

Mrs. John Cockey, III

Philip Tilyard, 1820

Oil portrait of a woman with red hair in a white lace-trimmed blouse and dark fur stole against a brown background.

Alice Barney in Whites and Browns

Pierre Troubetzkoy, 1890

Painting of Notre Dame cathedral's twin towers and spire in hazy tan tones, with a bare tree, street lamp, and three figures

Notre Dame no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of a standing man in a white shirt and fur-trimmed embroidered vest beside a chair with draped textiles and a ha

Modern Greek

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil painting of fishing boats with sails tacking through rough waves toward a harbor town under stormy clouds.

Fishing Boats Beating up to Windward

Edward Moran, 1850

Oil painting of a bearded man in fur hat and yellow robe holding spears in a snowy landscape near a wooden cabin.

Lithuanian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Dark painting of a glowing amber dusk sky over hills, with small reddish female figures in a shadowed landscape.

Dance of the Wood Nymphs

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1840

Painting of a reclining nude woman with dark hair, rendered in loose brushwork against bright green, blue, and yellow fields.

Nude

Carl Newman, 1910

Painting of three nude women by a pond with water lilies, a dark treeline, and a yellow sunset sky.

Water Lilies

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Painting of a nude woman reclining on a couch in a red-draped Orientalist interior, with a seated turbaned man and a servant.

Oriental Princess after the Bath

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860