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Yale University Art Gallery

3,066 works

Abstract cityscape of the Brooklyn Bridge with diagonal cables, a central Gothic tower, and a glowing red radiant form below.

Brooklyn Bridge

Joseph Stella, 1919

Ink sketch of a robed Sakyamuni figure with halo, mounted on a gold fan shape over blue cloud-patterned brocade.

Sakyamuni Emerging from the Mountain

Impressionist landscape with a red-brick house, green shrubs and pale fields under a hazy lavender sky.

The Red House

Theodore Robinson, 1892

Abstract Futurist-style painting of a nighttime amusement park with radiating lights, spinning wheels, and fragmented colorfu

Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras

Joseph Stella, 1913

Ink wash painting of misty rocky mountains under a pale sky, with calligraphy and red seals at the right edge.

Cloudy Mountain

Misty ink landscape of cliffs, pine trees, a pale moon over a river, and a small sailboat near the reeds.

The Second Ode on the Red Cliff

Hashimoto Gahō

Abstract painting of a vertical tree in shattered green, blue and yellow geometric facets with white blossoms.

Spring (The Procession)

Joseph Stella, 1914

Painting of elegant 18th-century figures dancing and conversing in a wooded park with a stone urn and distant castle.

Courtly Scene in a Park

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1730

Oil painting of a helmeted warrior on a pile of armor, with a gilded chariot and horses before a burning city.

The Triumph of Mar

Antoine Caron, 1570

Painting of a white heron beside lilies, orchids, a hummingbird and green leaves against a blue sky and teal ground.

The White Heron

Joseph Stella, 1918

Painting of a haloed saint holding a staff and red book, wearing a pink robe and teal mantle against a gold ground.

Saint Jame

Niccolò di Tommaso, 1365

Oil portrait of a man with a brush and palette beside a woman in a veil, against a dark brown background.

Self-Portrait of the Artist Painting His Wife (Sarah Annis Sully)

Thomas Sully, 1810

Still life of opened oysters on a plate with lemon, dark bottle, wine glass and white striped tablecloth against dark backgro

Still Life with Oyster

François Bonvin, 1860

Damaged gold-ground panel showing a kneeling haloed woman in green and the Christ Child in a red mandorla below.

Saint Bridget’s Vision of the Nativity

Niccolò di Tommaso, 1375

Oil portrait of a young woman in a pink bonnet holding a woven basket against a pastel sky.

Elizabeth Cook (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Bache) as The Country Girl

Thomas Sully, 1839

Gabled panel painting of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child on a throne, with small saints in niches and a gold background.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Saint

Ugolino di Nerio, 1305

Gilded panel painting of Christ and the twelve apostles seated at a table for the Last Supper, with gold haloes.

The Last Supper

Niccolò di Tommaso, 1365

Loose oil sketch of an elderly man in a long coat standing in a columned doorway above a crowd.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), LL.D. 1786

Thomas Sully, 1823

Painting of a woman in white and blue playing a keyboard instrument while gazing upward, with red drapery behind her.

Saint Cecilia

Charles de La Fosse, 1700

Ink landscape of a misty lake with mountains, a sailing boat, a rocky island, village rooftops and a small wooden bridge.

Eight Views of the Xiao-Xiang Region (Shosho Hakkei)

Small oval oil portrait of a man with wavy dark hair and mustache, wearing a red coat and white collar, in a black frame.

Lester Wallach (1820-1888)

Thomas Sully, 1845

Dim still life of a brass lantern, blue and white vase, copper bowl and pink lilac sprig on a shelf.

Still Life in the Studio

J. Alden Weir, 1878

Painting of a crowded biblical wedding feast with a haloed figure in red in the foreground and stone jars on the floor.

The Marriage at Cana

Frans Francken the Younger

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, three angels above, and a town in the background.

The Nativity

Ambrosius Benson, 1525

Painting of a standing bearded nude man holding a staff, with a seated figure in a red cap at lower right, dark background.

Study of a Male Nude Leaning on a Staff

J. Alden Weir, 1876

Painting of a vaulted chapel with robed friars in choir stalls, a crucifix above the altar, and a shaft of light.

Interior of a Capuchin Convent

François Marius Granet, 1825

Oil painting of a shepherdess resting among sheep, goats and cattle beside classical ruins and a distant carriage.

Landscape with Shepherde

Jan Baptist Weenix, 1650

Vanitas still life with a skull, books, scrolls, a quill, and classical busts on a dark shelf above a green-draped table.

Vanitas Still Life

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1621

Painting of a young woman with a gold cup and silver vessels before a dark draped curtain.

Artemisia Prepares to Drink the Ashes of her Husband, Mausolus

Francesco Furini, 1630

Night painting of a city construction site with angular buildings, scaffolding beams and two glowing street lamps against dar

Construction: Night

George Ault, 1923

Ink painting of orchids on a fan-shaped tan sheet, with calligraphy and red seals at the lower left.

Orchids

Ma Shouzhen, 1604

Painting of a sandy beach with figures, a horse and cart, beached boats, a wooden pier, and sailboats under a cloudy sky.

Yarmouth Beach

Dark painted interior with two wrestlers grappling on the floor and a man in a suit leaning over a wooden partition.

The Wrestlers

George Luks, 1906

Painting of a forest stream with a seated nude figure by a gnarled tree and sheep resting in the grass beyond.

Noon

John Linnell, 1839

Painting of Moses raising a bronze serpent on a staff above a crowd of figures on a rocky hill under a stormy sky.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Pieter de Grebber, 1625

Interior of a Gothic church with tall columns and a checkered floor, with figures in the foreground and worshippers near the

Church Interior

Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1650

Painting of a Gothic church interior with a priest, worshippers, a beggar, and a dog on a checkered floor.

Interior of a Gothic Church

Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1635

Painting of the grieving Virgin Mary with bowed head and clasped hands, in blue robes against a gold background with a halo.

Mourning Virgin

Barnaba da Modena, 1370

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the seated Virgin in an arched, columned interior with gold haloes

The Annunciation

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1455

Long panel painting of a medieval jousting tournament with knights on horseback, crowded stands, and heraldic banners.

Tournament in the square of Santa Croce, Florence

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1440

Gilded panel painting of a stormy sea battle with sinking ships, armored men, sea monsters, and a chariot on a shore.

The Shipwreck of Aenea

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1450

Horizontal panel of a hunt, a colonnaded court with gilded figures, and city builders with a crane and ships, framed in gold.

Aeneas at Carthage

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1450

Painted panel of a gilded royal procession under arched loggias, with horsemen and a city in the background.

Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1440

Two women in a dusky garden, one in a dark dress brushing the long auburn hair of the other, with a rose bush behind.

Rose to Rose

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1890

Ink landscape scroll with mountains, pine trees, a wooden bridge, small pavilions, and calligraphy in the upper left.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, 1638

Painting of cattle drinking at a stream beneath tall trees, with a hazy mountain valley and cloudy sky behind.

Landscape with Cattle

William Hart, 1879

Faded panel painting of a crowned woman in a procession with veiled women and an armored man with a staff, in a gilt frame.

Triumph of Love (?)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Painting of a haloed nun kneeling before a pope and cardinals, with blessed bread on a table in a blue-walled room.

Saint Clare of Assisi Blessing the Bread before Pope Innocent IV

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455

Gilded arched panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints, one in grey and one in red robes.

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Bartholomew

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Painting of a kitchen with a hanging bird, cabbages, fish, a cat, and figures working by the hearth.

A Kitchen

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1653

Painting of children playing in shallow surf with a crowd and parasols on the beach behind them.

Beach Scene (or Sunday on the Beach)

Edward Henry Potthast, 1915

Stylized landscape with dark tropical trees, a white factory with a tall smokestack, gray mountains and an orange-yellow sky.

Landscape with Contrasting Tree Forms, II

Viking Eggeling

Painting of a dark tree, pink bare trunks, pale village buildings with a tower, and green hills under a red sky.

Landscape with Factory by Lake, II

Viking Eggeling

Hanging scroll of playful brown demons playing music, climbing a ladder, and flying among clouds, with an umbrella at left.

Playful Demons

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Painting of Bacchus pointing toward distant ships while Ariadne reclines in gold brocade under a stormy sky.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jacob van Loo, 1650

Classical female figure with laurel wreath holding a scroll, framed by scrolling ribbons on a gold semicircular ground.

Poetry

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Bounty

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Lunette painting of a draped woman holding a gold casket and chain inside a laurel wreath, with ribbon scrollwork on gold.

Wealth

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Semicircular panel showing a dancing woman in classical dress holding comic and tragic masks inside a laurel wreath, on gold

Drama

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Semicircular painting of a classical female figure holding a trumpet and laurel wreath, framed by a laurel ring and gold scro

Fame

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Lunette painting of a dancing woman holding pan pipes and a tambourine within a laurel wreath on a gold ground.

Music

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Gilded lunette showing a dancing woman with grapes and a cup inside a laurel wreath, framed by pink and grey ribbons.

Frivolity

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel on a cloud gestures toward a kneeling Virgin beneath a glowing dove and cherubs.

The Annunciation

Corrado Giaquinto, 1753

Painting of classical gods and goddesses assembled among clouds beneath a golden arc, with an eagle beside a central bearded

The Assembly of the God

Jacopo Zucchi, 1575