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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Print of a reclining nude woman seen from behind while a horned devil holding a letter peers from the shadows.

La messagère du diable (The Devil's Messenger)

Félicien Rops, 1880

Lithograph of a tiered parliament chamber with caricatured deputies seated in rows, ministerial benches labeled at front.

The Legislative Belly. View of the ministerial benches in the Improstituted House of 1834., pl. 18 from the journal l…

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Lithograph of a top-hatted man and a bonneted woman walking arm in arm, with another woman carrying a parasol beside them.

On oublie trop aujourd'hui que les jeunes personnes doivent etre meres de famille un jour...

Etching of Joseph carrying the infant Jesus with an angel, Mary and a donkey on a rocky path beneath trees.

Joseph Carrying Jesus in his Arms, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of a figure thrown backward from a rearing horse, with a crouching wolf-like creature at left under a dark sky.

El caballo raptor (The Horse-Abductor), also known as La mujer y el potro, que los dome otro (A Woman and a Horse, Le…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of the Arch of Titus in Rome with a large tree, figures in the street, and surrounding old buildings.

Veduta dell' Arco di Tito (View of the Arch of Titus), from Vedute di Roma

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Woodblock print of samurai attacking in a snowy courtyard at night, with lanterns, pine trees and drawn swords.

Goal Attained: Night Attack III in Act XI from the series The Loyal League of Forty Seven Rōnin

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1843

Engraving of three ancient Doric temples at Paestum seen from the east, with figures, sheep and hills in the landscape.

Veduta laterale de' tre tempii dalla parte d'oriente (Side View of the Three Temples from the East), from Antichità d…

Filippo Morghen, 1765

Etching of a vast vaulted prison with railed walkways, a hanging chain, and prisoners on a projecting platform at left.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Pen and ink sketch of robed figures in medieval dress gathered beneath trees in an open outdoor scene.

People in medieval dress, outside - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of the cream-hulled warship U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago with orange funnels and American flag on choppy seas.

U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago

Etching of the interior of the Pantheon portico showing tall Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling and small figures on the fl

Veduta interna del Pronao del Panteon (Interior View of the Pronaos of the Pantheon), from Vedute di Roma (Views of R…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Pen and ink sketch of tweed-clad men, a boy with a pipe, a penny-farthing cyclist, and a man in a long coat with a cane.

"The Ubiquitous Amy" - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sepia print of a decorated horse held by a turbaned man with a long lance, with mounted figures in the distance.

Mamelouck and Cheval Arabe

Etching of wind-bent apple trees beside a dirt path in an open field, with a small figure and distant treeline.

Pommiers à Auvers (Apple Trees in Auvers)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1877

Pencil sketch of stone steps and a weathered structure on rocky ground, with a building faintly drawn at upper left.

Sketch for "The Vicar," from The Quiet Life (book published by Harper in 1890 and 1899, previously published in Harpe…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Etching of a rural dirt road with bare trees, a small cottage, a lone walker, and a distant village on a hill.

Dernières feuilles (Vendée) (Last Leaves [Vendee])

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1915

Black and white lithograph of nude bathers in an outdoor landscape with trees, rocks, and clouds, by Paul Cézanne.

The Bathers

Paul Cézanne, 1896

Pencil sketch of two women and a man in rustic costume with hats, standing close together on pale paper.

Study of two women and a man in rustic costume, possibly for "Harvest Home" in "Old Songs"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored print of sailing ships and a small boat on rough water, with a distant shoreline town and hills under cloudy ski

View of the New York Quarantine, Staten Island

William James Bennett, 1833

Hand-colored print of a crowded iron-and-glass exhibition hall with balconies, national flags, and sculptures.

An Interior View of the Crystal Palace

Charles Parsons, 1853

Pencil sketch of a large boulder, smaller rocks, and tall weeds, with handwritten color notes on lichen and moss below.

Sketches of rocks, weeds

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a ruined Doric temple interior with fluted columns, grazing cattle, and figures among the stones.

Autre vue de l'interieure du Pronaos, qui a déjà été décrit, et dessiné, dans la planche précédente. (Another View of…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Hand-colored print of four sailors on a dirt road, one waving a hat, with a cottage and tower in the background.

Sailors on Shore: In Sight of Port - 1

Pencil and watercolor study of a figure in red cap and striped hose beside a stone arch overlooking the sea.

Study for "Wandering Minstrel"(?) (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of the Holy Family boarding a rowboat on a river beneath trees, with an angel and light rays above.

The Holy Family Enters a Boat, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of the Villa Medici in Rome with a formal garden, obelisk, fountain, and strolling figures under a cloudy sky.

The Villa Medici

Francesco Piranesi, 1795

Etching of two robed men resting on a dry slope beside a rifle, with distant riders and figures in the landscape.

Arabes d'Oran (Arabs of Oran)

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Pencil and ink sketch of a branch with pink blossoms arching across a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of a flowering tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a moored sailing boat with tall mast beside a riverbank, a small building and figures on shore.

La Barque amarée (The Moored Boat)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1862

Hand-coloured print of a tall waterfall pouring down an orange cliff into an alpine valley with a church and figures.

Chute du Staubbach dans la vallee du Lauterbrunnen

Jean François Janinet

Pen and ink sketch of a forest clearing with tall tree trunks, dense foliage, and sparse grass in the foreground.

Forest scene

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored engraving of Yale College and the State House in New Haven, with tall trees, a columned building, and church spi

Yale College & State House (... Stokes 32)

James Archer, 1832

Pen and ink architectural elevation of a large house with portico and dome, with a plan below showing a spiral staircase.

Elevation and plan for interior of large house

John Trumbull, 1790

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing woman in a long gown beside a man in a hat, with a loose plant study at left.

Unidentified sketches- Studies of a man and woman

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a village with cottages among trees, a seated figure and geese in the foreground, and wooded hills behind.

Village de Villeneuve-sur-Bellot (Seine-et-Marne)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1915

Etching of a grand palazzo facade on a busy Roman street with columns, balconies and figures in the foreground.

Veduta, nella Via del Corso, del Palazzo dell'Accademia instituita da Luigi XIV, Re di Francia per i Nazionale France…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1752

Graphite sketch on blue-grey paper of a mounted knight with raised lance, beside a framed mural study with a kneeling figure.

Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a village road with a stone archway, beggars and dying figures on the ground, and a large tree at right.

Les grandes miseres de la guerre: No. 16 - Les mourants sur le bord des routes

Etching of birch trees in a landscape with a reclining faun at left and a small nymph figure at right.

Nymphs et Faunes

Ker Xavier Roussel

Charcoal study on blue-grey paper of two nude male figures holding torches with smoking flames, with sketched arches above.

Study of two flamebearers

Edwin Austin Abbey

Daumier lithograph of a boy receiving a wreathed math prize as a seated man dabs his eyes with a handkerchief.

Premier grand prix de mathématiques, Mr. Isidore Cabuchet, déjà neuf fois nommé! . . . . . / (Mr. Cabuchet ne peut pl…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees, a fallen log, and two men fishing with a child resting on the bank.

Repos au Bord de la Riviere

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal and pastel composition study on grid paper showing a red-clad figure and dark clustered figures, a mural design sket

Composition study for "Seven Deadly Sins" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of wind-bent trees over scrubby coastline with sea on horizon and two birds flying in a hatched sky.

Formentera

Francisque de St. Etienne

Engraved print of a crowded assembly room with men at tables, flags and drums on the wall, and draped curtains.

The Declaration of Independence

John Francis Eugene Prud'homme

Ink and wash drawing of a tangled heap of men and boys on the ground, one raising a hat, with a standing observer at right.

Pile of men: caricature of "rough-house" Early

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of the Ponte Sant'Angelo over the Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter's dome in the background, boats on the

Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant'Angelo (View of the Bridge and Castel Sant' Angelo), from Vedute di Roma (Views of R…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1754

Etching of a long rural farmhouse beside tall trees and poplars across a grassy meadow under a cloudy sky.

Le Chateau de Tachy

Jacques Pierre Victor Beurdeley, 1920

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing man, a seated figure, an arched opening and a large circular table.

Unidentified illustration- Interior with figures, bloth sides of page

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of the ruined Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli with columns, overgrown walls, figures and goats in the foreground.

Altra Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Another View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli), from Vedute di R…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Hand-colored print of a crowded harbor launch with a steam frigate, flagged rowboats, sailboats and smoke from a cannon.

Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First

John James Barralet, 1815

Pen and ink drawing of an interior with a woman by a table, a kneeling cloaked figure, and two men at an open door.

"Charles, Charles, how has thou deceived me?," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1884

Etching of a basilica interior with long rows of columns, a wooden ceiling, and small figures in period dress on the floor.

Spaccato interno della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura . . . (Cross-Section of the Interior of the Basilica of…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749

Etching of the Holy Family resting under a tree with a donkey, baskets and a distant coastal landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and ink interior scene of men in 18th-century dress in a tavern, with a standing man holding a cane and a woman at right.

"His house was known to all the vagrant train," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Etching of a large waterfall at Tivoli with rocky cliffs, a hilltop town, and small figures on the rocks below.

Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli (View of the Waterfall of Tivoli), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1765

Hand-colored print of Niagara Falls seen from the upper bank, with mist, a rainbow, trees, and grazing sheep in the foregroun

The Falls of Niagara. This View From the Upper Bank, English Side, is by Special Permission...

Charles Hunt Sr., 1833

Sketch of a female figure, seated - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded elderly man in glasses at a draped table, with a sleeping dog and curtains in a stone inter

Study for "The Man with Glasses Speaks"

Adriaen van de Venne, 1654

Etching of a vast imaginary prison with arches, stairs, heavy chains, and small figures among stone piers.

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Charcoal and white chalk figure study on orange paper showing a bent arm and muscular torso.

Figure study for mural at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed by John Singer…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of three dandies in top hats beside a wall of theater playbills, with a pig and a water spout on a city street.

The Soap-Locks or Bowery Boys

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Etching of the overgrown ruins of an octagonal domed temple with broken arches, small figures, and a cloudy sky.

Veduta del Tempio ottangolare di Minerva Medica (View of the Octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica [now considered to ha…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764