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Painting of boulders and scrub on a hillside under a pale, clearing sky with a hazy distant plain.

Clearing Off

John Frederick Kensett, 1860

Oil painting of a sunset landscape with hills, a ruined castle tower in the distance, and a rocky path in shadowed woods.

Remembrances of a Scene near Auerbach

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with blonde curls, feathered black velvet hat, pearl necklace and coral-red dress against a d

Portrait of Rubens' Wife

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1600

Painting of villagers dancing and playing music in a rustic tavern interior beside a fireplace, with a barrel and jug in the

Festive Scene

Jan Miense Molenaer, 1650

Stormy sea with a battered sailing ship, wreckage in the surf, and figures on a rocky shore beneath dark clouds.

The Storm

Ludolf Backhuysen, 1700

Interior genre scene of a seated woman attended by a doctor and servant, with onlookers, a canopy bed, and a fruit table.

The Doctor's Visit

Jan Steen, 1600

Painting of a brick church with ivy and tall trees, a man walking with a cane, and a distant river view at dusk.

Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, New York

Robert Walter Weir, 1850

Oil painting of a child in white wiping a kneeling woman's face in a warm, richly furnished wooden interior room.

Bo Peep (The Peep)

Eastman Johnson, 1870

Dim painting of a seated man in a white shirt reading a small book beside a wooden door, lit by faint glow.

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Eastman Johnson, 1860

Painting of a shaded village street with carriages at a country store, a woman with a parasol, chickens, and a church steeple

The Country Store

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Elderly man seated alone at a tea table in a dim interior, facing a portrait of a woman above the fireplace.

The Widower

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870

Painting of a woman in a rocking chair beside a girl reading at a table in a warmly lit interior with a brick fireplace.

Sunday Morning

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1870

Painting of a stone windmill under a stormy sky with a rainbow, with a horse cart and two men near its door.

Old Hook Mill, Easthampton

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Painting of a bearded man with a lily staff holding hands with a child, with angels and a cross above in a dark sky.

San José y el Cristo Niño

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Painting of Jonah tossed in stormy waves beside a whale, under a glowing cloud with a radiant figure above.

Jonah

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Painting of a woman in green holding a nude toddler while a blonde girl in yellow kisses the toddler's cheek.

The Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1900

Painting of the Virgin in blue and pink holding the Christ Child atop a stone pillar, surrounded by clouds and angels.

La Virgen del pilar

José Campeche y Jordán, 1770

Painting of Black field workers harvesting cotton with baskets, under a sunny sky beside a cotton field.

Employment of Negroes in Agriculture

Earle Richardson, 1933

Painting of creamy white magnolia blossoms and buds among dark green and brown leaves against a grey background.

Magnolia Blossoms

Josephine Joy, 1933

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

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1920

Woman in white dress and straw hat seated on sunlit rocks overlooking turquoise sea with breaking waves.

The South Ledges, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1910

Painting of a yellow mission church with bell tower and cross, surrounded by eucalyptus trees and a robed figure on a path.

San Diego Mission

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a large Hereford bull grazing on a prairie with a small bird on its back and clouds overhead.

Ajax

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Full-length portrait of a young blond boy in a dark coat with lace collar, standing on a beach with sailboats in the distance

Portrait of Samuel Edmund Foote Rockwell, age 5

Sarah Wyman Whitman, 1870

Painting of Pompeii ruins with Corinthian columns and Mount Vesuvius rising behind a bay under a blue sky.

Vesuvius and Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Watercolor portrait of a young woman in a red cap and striped blouse, with curly hair, against a pale background.

Turkish Girl, Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1845

Painting of two brown-sailed boats in rough blue waves, with figures on a wooden deck in the foreground under a stormy sky.

An Incident on the English Channel

Two boys in overalls sit on a wooden chair before a fence; one wears a straw hat, the other a striped head wrap.

Brothers

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934