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Panel painting of a dark tree with orange fruit and green leaves against a gold ground, with flowering plants below.

Panel for a Screen: Children Playing with a Rabbit

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1870

Two women in dark dresses read a small book together in a forest, with a waterfall and pond in the background.

Hermia and Helena

Washington Allston, 1810

Painting of two children, an older girl and a younger child with curly hair, close together against a dark background.

Brother and Sister (Mary and Gerald Thayer)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Painting of several women in a colorful landscape by a blue river, one standing in a red skirt and others kneeling or reclini

(Women in Landscape with Blue Border)

Carl Newman, 1930

Painting of a seated young man working at a bench in a dim workshop, with a standing figure behind him in shadow.

Study for the Young Sabot Maker

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a gilded casket from a kneeling king, with soldiers and a landscape behind.

Adoration of the Kings

Flemish Bernard van Orley, 1400

Hazy painting of a columned building, street lamp, bare trees and small pedestrians on a city street.

La Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat with a red sash, beside a table of documents and a red chair.

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes, holding a sword, before a sunset sky.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1830

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat, green waistcoat and white cravat against a dark background, by George Healy.

William C. Preston

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

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

Peasants and Cattle

Nicholaes Berchem, 1620

Painting of a crowded beach with striped umbrellas, a turreted seaside house, willow trees, and people in summer clothing.

Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point

William Glackens, 1910

Painting of Niagara's Horseshoe Fall with a rainbow, small figures on a rocky ledge, and dark storm clouds overhead.

The Great Horseshoe Fall, Niagara

Alvan Fisher, 1820

Painting of a woman in a white dress with a white parasol, carrying foliage among orange lilies in a garden.

The White Parasol

Robert Reid, 1900

Sunlit ochre villa with a square tower, red roofs, palm tree and trees in front, under a pale blue sky.

Villa Malta, Rome

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1870

Still life of split watermelon, cantaloupe, and morning glory vines with a dark glass on a table.

Melons and Morning Glories

Raphaelle Peale, 1810

Folk painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in blue habit holding the Christ Child and a white lily before red curtains.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Eighteenth-Century Novice, 1770

Woman in a veil holds an oil lamp while seated on a bed in a dark, moonlit interior.

Mary

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Loose oil painting of turquoise sea framed by dark cliffs and a grassy headland under a pale, cloudy sky.

Cornish Headlands

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Portrait of a man with long dark hair, red face paint, feathered ornament, beaded necklace and fringed decorated shirt agains

H'co-a-h'co-a-h'cotes-min, No Horns on His Head, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mounted hunters chasing a buffalo herd across green hills, with fallen buffalo and rocky bluffs in the distance.

Buffalo Chase, Mouth of the Yellowstone

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of the snowy Cotopaxi volcano emitting smoke above a plain, with a white hacienda and figures in the foreground.

Cotopaxi

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil painting of a sailing ship and schooners near icebergs in calm water under a warm, cloudy sky.

Looking out of Battle Harbor

William Bradford, 1870

Muted blue-gray night landscape with a large gnarled oak, a pale full moon, and two cloaked figures walking across a plain.

Abraham's Oak

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Painting of a feathered Indigenous man beside a man in a top hat and dark coat holding a parasol and fan.

Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a young girl in a white cap, brown bodice with red lacing, and red bow against a dark background.

Young Moravian Girl

John Valentine Haidt, 1750

Seated woman in white bonnet and patterned gold gown beside a window with river landscape, painted 1790.

Mrs. Joseph Wright

Ralph Earl, 1790

Group portrait of a family in a garden with trees, a stone wall, and a distant river landscape with a windmill.

The Wiley Family

William Williams, 1770

Painting of a seated nude woman with long auburn hair beneath flowering branches, with a pale drape over her lap.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1870

Oil painting of a waterfall spilling into a pool among rocky cliffs and trees, with three small figures on the shore.

Mountain Pool

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of a steep rocky hillside with a mine road, a small white building, and a rowboat on a calm green lake.

The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of a valley with a rainbow over wooded hills, grazing cattle, two walking figures and a large tree in the foreground

Landscape with Rainbow

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of a ruined brick tower on a plain with broken stones, a goat, a seated figure, and distant mountains at dusk.

Torre di Schiavi

Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss, 1860

Loose painting of a calm pond with green trees on the left, a distant town on the far shore, and a pale sky.

Dublin Pond, New Hampshire

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Oval wreath of mixed flowers, daisies and berries painted against a pale grey background with Greek inscription below.

Wreath of Flowers

John La Farge, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a cream suit seated in a chair, holding a sleeping orange cat, beside a window.

Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)

Cecilia Beaux, 1890

Portrait of a man with feathered headdress, red face paint, and beaded shirt holding a decorated pipe, against a pale sky.

Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Four men in red feathered headdresses and face paint, wearing beaded necklaces and fur robes, painted against a dark backgrou

Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees

Charles Bird King, 1820

Night scene of a pale horse drinking at a pool while mounted riders, one with a raised arm, stand in shadow behind it.

Fired On

Frederic Remington, 1900

Two women seated at a long table in a pale room, one reading an open book, the other holding a flower sprig, with a vase betw

A Reading

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Portrait of a Native American man with a red feather headdress, silver earrings, fur robe and claw necklace.

Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Trompe l'oeil painting of a torn landscape with a cottage and waterfall, bound with string and pasted with express shipping l

Torn in Transit

John Haberle, 1890

Painting of a steamboat with barges and rowboats on a calm river beneath mountains and dramatic storm clouds.

Storm King on the Hudson

Samuel Colman, 1860

Nude woman holding a glass sphere while a child reaches up to it on a terrace above a dusky mountain landscape.

Illusions

Henry Brown Fuller, 1900

Abstract landscape with a dark sun over yellow and orange layered sky, wavy blue and green hills, and brown earth below.

Sun

Arthur Dove, 1940

Painting of a mounted warrior with a black horse raising a feathered lance across a prairie landscape.

Ko-rak-koo-kiss, a Towoccono Warrior

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Painting of rolling green hills with red earth foreground, small figures on a path, and a heavy grey sky.

Mountain Forms #2

Victor Higgins, 1920

Painted portrait of a standing warrior holding a feathered war club, wearing a fur robe, red headdress and beaded jewelry.

Om-pah-tón-ga, Big Elk, a Famous Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of seated men in a circle around fires and cooking pots, with two large tipis and a feathered ceremonial pole behind

Sioux Dog Feast

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman in a dark green dress with a lace collar, holding a small red book, against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helen (Lena) Ten Broeck

Ammi Phillips, 1830

Painting of a red stagecoach on a dirt road beside a white cottage with poplar trees, hills and clouds behind.

Landscape with Stagecoach

Henry Boese, 1850

Portrait of a standing man in a red embroidered coat holding a hat, with a desk and ships visible through a window.

Don José Mas Ferrer

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Two riders on brown horses at a white gate, where a woman in a dark shawl holds it open beneath a tree.

Callers

Walter Ufer, 1920

Lady in White (No. 2)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in beaded bodice, layered necklaces, patterned shawl and red leggings, with a landsc

Wife of Kee-o-kúk

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged figure supporting a flower-crowned woman beside a water edge under a crescent moon.

The Cup of Death

Elihu Vedder, 1910

Painted portrait of a seated man in a blue fringed jacket, red zigzag sash and feathered headdress, against a muted backgroun

Há-tchoo-túc-knee, Snapping Turtle, a Half-breed

George Catlin, 1830

Two young men in feathered headdresses and red leggings, one playing a flute and one holding a painted staff, on grassland.

Two Young Men

George Catlin, 1830

Woman in grey dress holding a glass vase with a pink flower beside a sunlit window and a white pitcher.

June

John White Alexander, 1910

Painting of green and red aurora over icy hills and a two-masted ship on frozen water at night.

Aurora Borealis

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painting of a dark fishing boat tossed by rough blue waves, with small figures aboard and bright light on the horizon.

Fishermen at Sea

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Painting of two women in a misty green meadow beneath a band of trees, one seated in blue and one standing in a dark dress.

The Hermit Thrush

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of the Nativity: Mary and Joseph tend the infant Jesus on straw while three angels float in clouds above.

La Natividad

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Oil portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered black headband, bone necklace and a long pipe across his lap.

Háw-che-ke-súg-ga, He Who Kills the Osages, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Seated man in red blanket and feathered headdress holding a beaded shield, painted against a pale landscape.

Cler-mónt, First Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Woman with a hoe tending cabbages in a rural garden beside a fence and whitewashed buildings, painted in loose brushwork.

Novembre, Etaples

Walter Gay, 1880

Seated woman in a pale gown holding a necklace, beside a green vase in a muted green-toned interior.

The Necklace

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Painting of Corinthian column ruins by a bay, with a smoking volcano, sailboats, and two figures in the foreground.

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of a dim interior: an older woman in black with lace collar faces several Black women in headscarves beside a brick

A Visit from the Old Mistress

Winslow Homer, 1870

Wife of The Six

George Catlin, 1830

Meach-o-shín-gaw, Little White Bear, a Distinguished Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in black dress and white lace cap holding a book, with red drapery behind her, painted portrait.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1810

Oil painting of a snowy farmstead with a red house, barn, horse-drawn sleigh, figures and dogs under a dark winter sky.

Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

George Henry Durrie, 1850

Three women in long dresses stand on a dusky green lawn under a crescent moon, painted in soft tonal brushwork.

In the Garden

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Landscape painting of ruined classical columns in foreground overlooking a bay with sailboats and a mountain under a cloudy s

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Full-length painting of a standing man in feathered headdress holding a spear, with shield and tomahawk, before a lodge.

A-wun-ne-wa-be, Bird of Thunder

George Catlin, 1840

Trompe l'oeil still life of letters, envelopes, newspaper and a portrait photo pinned under a red cord lattice on wood.

Rack Picture for William Malcolm Bunn

John Frederick Peto, 1880

Painted rural homestead with poplars, a pond, laundry on a picket fence, and women working in a field under a cloudy sky.

Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature

Andrew W. Warren, 1850

Bearded saint in brown robe holding a crucifix, with a palm frond, book, and star halo against a cloudy sky.

San Juan Nepomuceno

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Painting of tall birch trees in a sunlit forest glen with a fallen log and mossy rocks on the floor.

Woodland Glen

Asher Brown Durand, 1850

Autumn lake scene with wooded hills, a steamboat and sailboat, and figures on a rocky ledge in the foreground.

Greenwood Lake

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870

Painting of a standing man in feathered headdress and fringed robe holding a decorated lance, with a green landscape behind.

Máh-to-tóh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief, in Full Dress

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a mauve dress leaning toward a young girl in white as they look at an open book together.

An Interlude

William Sergeant Kendall, 1900

Painting of granite cliffs above pine trees reflected in a calm river in a valley.

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Still life painting of white and pink roses in a glass vase on a ceramic dish, with fallen petals on a stone ledge.

Roses

John Ferguson Weir, 1890

Painting of rocky desert mountains, a stone hut, a lone cypress, and two robed men resting in the foreground.

The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1880

Oil self-portrait of a seated man in a striped sweater, with a carved mask and orange chair behind him.

Self-Portrait

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1930

Geometric painting of a red macaw and a white bird among bold blue, green, and black shapes with floral patterns.

The Thundershower

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Seated man in red blanket with feathered spear, beaded moccasins and feather headband against a pale ochre background.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

Eanger Irving Couse, 1900

Seated man in red fez and white fustanella costume beside a hookah, with a sword and a distant hilltop view.

Portrait of John B. Carmac, in Greek Evzone Costume

Walter Gould, 1850

Oil painting of a tall waterfall between forested cliffs, with a river in the foreground under a warm, cloudy sky.

Waterfall on Mont-Morency

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Painting of a seated woman with long dark hair, red face paint, and layered blue and white bead necklaces.

Kah-béck-a, The Twin, Wife of Bloody Hand

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a snow-capped volcano rising above dark slopes and rounded white clouds against a deep blue sky.

Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning-- Mexico

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Painting of two women in a sunlit interior, one seated playing a mandolin, the other standing in a rose dress by a window.

Music

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a figure with a basket fishing a rapid river among boulders and yellow shrubs, with pebbles in the foreground.

After Them

Walter Ufer, 1920

Painting of a river flowing through a valley between tall granite cliffs with pine trees and a hazy distant range.

Gates of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1880