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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

Ink painting of a snowy winter landscape with mountains, a pagoda, small boats on misty water, and a thatched hut.

Winter Landscape

Oil portrait of a woman in a white satin gown and lace cap holding a book, set before a dark wooded landscape.

Elizabeth Moffatt Sherburne (1729/30-1762/3)

John Greenwood, 1750

Ink scroll of a woman leaning on a blossoming plum tree beside a rock, with calligraphy and red seals.

Lady Leaning on a Plum Tree

Gai Qi, 1820

Full-length portrait of a man in periwig and embroidered waistcoat leaning on red drapery, with a stormy seascape beside him.

Portrait of Gov. Elihu Yale (1648/49-1721)

Enoch Seeman, 1717

Renaissance panel painting of a seated woman in red with attendants, a friar on stairs, and an infant on a rug in a courtyard

The Birth of Saint Thomas Aquina

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1470

Portrait of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet with a young child in white dress beside her, against a plain background.

Mrs. Wilbur (Sarah “Sally” Stearns) Sherman (1789-1845) and daughter Sarah (1814-1872)

Ammi Phillips, 1815

Portrait of a seated woman in a dark gown and white cap, holding a book, with a painted river landscape behind her.

Mrs. Richard Kent (Hannah Gookin) (1691-1758)

Joseph Badger, 1746

Ink painting on paper of a pine tree, plum blossoms and bamboo, with calligraphy inscription and red seals above.

The Friends of the Cold Season

Seated elderly man in a brown coat and white cravat holding a walking stick, against a plain gray background.

Caleb Sherman (1736-1822)

Ammi Phillips, 1815

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a pink dress and white bonnet holding a basket of flowers.

Little Girl Holding Flowers (attributed to Joseph Badger)

Joseph Badger, 1750

Ink painting of two gnarled pine trees beside a dark rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at the left edge.

Two Pine

Tang Yifen, 1840

Painting of a seated man in a grey coat holding an open book, with one hand resting on a wooden chair back.

Wilbur Sherman (1776-1856)

Ammi Phillips, 1815

Oval portrait miniature of a man with powdered white hair, brown coat and white cravat against a pink background.

Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809)

Robert Field, 1804

Portrait of a powdered-wig officer in dark blue coat and cream waistcoat with medals, sword in hand, beside a river landscape

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1786

Ink landscape scroll with steep mountains, pine and willow trees, a small pavilion by water, and calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan (1301-1374)

Ink landscape with a pavilion, pine and bamboo by water, a figure on a rock, and seal-script calligraphy above.

Zhong Kui in his studio

He Shaoji, 1871

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) (attributed to Ralph Eleaser Whieside Earl)

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe writing in a book beside a skull, cross, and inkpot in a cave.

Saint Jerome

Painting of a woman in a pink and gold gown playing a lute, with an attendant holding an open book behind her.

Woman Playing a Lute

Jean Daret, 1638

Portrait of a woman in a red dress and white lace collar, holding a small bottle, with a large dark hat.

Sylvia Church Weston Sampson

Rufus Hathaway, 1793

Ink painting on silk of a tall, twisted old pine tree growing from rocks, with spreading needle-covered branches.

Old Pine, after Li Cheng

Huang Ding, 1716

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white bands, holding a blue book before a bookshelf and celestial diagram.

Ezra Stiles (1727 -1795), B.A. 1746, M.A. 1749

Samuel King, 1771

Hanging scroll of white plum blossoms on a gnarled branch arching over a pale rock, with gray ink-wash sky and calligraphy.

Ink Plum in the Style of Wang Mian

Takaku Aigai, 1836

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a pavilion, pine trees, and a figure climbing stairs.

Snow Landscape

Mochizuki Gyokusen, 1879

Portrait of a bearded man in a red robe and tall black hat, pointing at a book, with handwritten inscription above.

Rabbi Raphael Haijm Isaac Karigal (1733-1777)

Samuel King, 1782

Painting of white, pink, yellow and red roses with green leaves against a dark background.

Rose

George Cochran Lambdin, 1872

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in spectacles, black coat and bow tie, against a brown background.

Reverend Edward Elias Atwater (1816-1887), B.A. 1836, M.A. (Hon.) 1839

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet, pearl necklace and lace-trimmed dress, against a grey background.

Elizabeth Hubbard Stiles (1731 - 1795)

Samuel King, 1771

Hanging scroll of a steep misty mountain with trees and a small figure reading among stacked books on a platform.

Reading Books in a Cave: after Wu Zhen

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a dark velvet dress and lace bonnet, with a green chair and classical objects beside her.

Mrs. Augustus Russell Street (Caroline Mary Leffingwell) (1790-1877)

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1845