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Loose oil painting of a weathered cabin with a donkey and figures in a field, dark trees behind.

Cabin in Alabama

Anne Goldthwaite, 1920

Painting of a sunlit Paris-style street with a church facade, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage in warm golden tones.

Saint Roche, Rue Saint Honore

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a woman in white seated on sunlit rocks above sparkling blue sea with surf and a distant sailboat.

The South Ledges, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1913

Oval half-length portrait of a young man in a dark coat with brass buttons and white cravat, against a red background.

Portrait of Sea Captain John Murphy

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Painting of a woman's head with elongated face and large eyes against a green flowering hillside and blue sky.

Head of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Hand-colored portrait of Yoholo-Micco, a Creek chief, wearing a patterned white coat, striped sash, and striped headwrap.

Portrait of Yoholo-Micco (c.1790-c.1844)

Charles Bird King, 1836

Two horseback riders under a tree at a gate while a woman in a dark shawl holds it open, in sunlight.

Callers

Walter Ufer, 1926

Painting of white-sailed boats moored at a wharf with dock posts, rigging, and waterfront buildings under a blue sky.

Wharf Scene, Gloucester

Bertha E. Perrie, 1920

Painting of a sunlit upland pasture with boulders, grazing cattle, and trees under a pale blue sky.

Upland Pasture

J. Alden Weir, 1905

Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Painting of a seated woman with braids weaving a circular plaque beside a painted pot and finished plaques on a rug.

Hopi Woman Weaving Plaques

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of a sunlit Tuscan farmhouse with a tower, olive trees, a dirt road and rolling hills under a warm sky.

A Tuscan Farm

Edward Bruce, 1926

Three men in a birch bark canoe paddle beside a swimming moose, with a dark wooded cliff behind them.

The Moose Chase

George de Forest Brush, 1888

Painted river landscape with boats, rocky mountains, a windmill on a hill, a castle, and a village under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1600

Portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet, ruffled white collar and dark green dress, hands folded in her lap.

Lady of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1829

Watercolor of a stone tower and arched bridge over a river, with red roofs and a cloudy blue sky.

Bridge at Moret, France

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Painting of a woman in a straw hat and white dress seated among pink peonies and white flowers in a garden.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Helene

Carl Newman, 1890

Painting of a half-nude bearded man on straw, gesturing as three figures including a woman in red speak with him.

Job and His Comforters

Two seated women in white dresses, one writing on a tablet, with a stormy landscape behind them.

The Misses Mary and Hannah Murray

John Trumbull, 1806

Two fife and drum soldiers in tricorn hats march in snow, with troops and a flag behind them beside bare trees.

The Continentals

Frank Blackwell Mayer, 1870

Full-length painting of a man in red fez and traditional dress holding a rifle, with mountains and river behind him.

Albanian Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat with two people and pink clouds overhead.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866

Painting of a river flanked by colorful angular houses, a tree, and factory chimneys under a blue sky.

Evening Tones

Oscar Bluemner, 1910

Night seascape with a glowing full moon, a sailboat at right, and two slender trees on rocks at left.

The Lovers' Boat

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1881

Oil portrait of a man with wavy dark hair in a black coat, holding a rolled document, against a grey background.

Gentleman of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1829

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing with large autumn oak trees and two small figures in the grass.

October

Robert C. Minor, 1830

Watercolor of red sandstone cliffs and spires above green trees and a winding stream under a pale sky.

Hudson River Landscape, no. 1

Maria Rother Wickey, 1926

Oval portrait of a woman in a blue dress with white lace trim against a dark background, painted in 1742.

Mrs. Gustavus Brown

Gustavus Hesselius, 1742

Painting of a medieval procession of knights, banners and carts moving toward a hilltop castle under a cloudy sky.

The Departure of the Crusaders

Victor Nehlig, 1860

Painting of a woman in a shawl seated on a bed, lit by an oil lamp in a dark room.

Mary, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1914