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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

Ink landscape scroll with misty mountains, a pine, bamboo, a pavilion with a seated figure, and calligraphy at upper right.

Landscape

Ink landscape scroll with misty rocky peaks above pine trees, a village with rooftops, and a stream in the foreground.

Evening Mist on Strange Peaks in the style of Guo Xi

Fang Shishu, 1746

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress, white lace bonnet and ruff, against a brown background.

Mrs. Timothy Dwight (Mary Woolsey)

Nathaniel Jocelyn

Ink landscape of a steep mountain, pines, and a pavilion by water, with calligraphy above and red seals.

Landscape After Huang Gongwang with Calligraphy by Shi Zhili

Wang Chen, 1774

Ink painting of a seated elderly man in gray robes beside Japanese calligraphy, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Portrait of Matsuo Basho

Nakamura Hōchū

Hanging scroll with ink figures of Kanzan and Jittoku at lower right and vertical calligraphic poem above.

Kanzan and Jittoku with a Poem

Hanging scroll of a pale full moon over misty water with seven glowing fireflies in the dark lower half.

Seven Fireflies in the Moonlight

Shiokawa Bunrin

Ink scroll painting of misty mountains, a river, pine trees, a thatched house and calligraphy in the upper left.

Arashiyama in Spring

Hoashi Kyōu, 1880

Hanging scroll of a cat seated on a rock gazing up at a butterfly, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Cat and Butterfly

Portrait of Joseph Stella

Rafael Sala Marco, 1921

Ink painting of birds among lotus flowers, leaves and a rock, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Birds by a Lotus Pond

Chen Jiayan, 1643

Ink landscape scroll with waterfall, mountains, pine trees, pavilions and a seated scholar on a rock.

Landscape in the style of Wen Zhengming

Ju Jie, 1568

Oil portrait of a man with white feathers in a patterned headwrap, red beaded sash, and dark coat, standing before a landscap

Captain Cold, or Ut-ha-wah (Onondaga, ca. 1770-1845)

William John Wilgus, 1838

Tall abstract painting of stepped geometric forms in red, blue and black, with spheres on rods against a grey sky.

Construction in Blue

Paul Gaulois, 1925

Ink and wash title page for Aesop's Fables with circular vignettes of fable scenes and bold lettering.

Title page for Aesop's Fables, No. 2 (recto); Sketches of Heads (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a man in a dark suit flanked by two women in feathered hats leaning toward him in a draped room.

L'Intrigue

Engraving of a seated couple in a landscape with a castle, pond, and conifers beyond, drapery in the foreground.

The Lovers

Master M. Z., 1500

Pencil sketch of a robed man with bowed head and clasped hands in prayer, drawn in loose hatched strokes on paper.

Robed figure, praying: study for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Theodore de Banville

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers with spears and a kneeling figure.

Christ Carrying the Cross, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Ink and watercolor costume study of a man in a top hat, tan coat, striped waistcoat and blue trousers.

Sketch of a man - costume study for La Tosca(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a stooped elderly man in a worn coat and cap, leaning on a cane before a stone pedestal.

Le Chevalier Desgrieux

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair and a white collar, inscribed with his name and office, 1668.

Jean-Baptist van Steenberghen, Conseiller du Roi au Conseil de Flandre (King's Counselor to the Council of Flanders)

Robert Nanteuil, 1668

Graphite sketch on tan paper of a bird's wing with layered feathers shaded in soft tones and a dark shadow at right.

Study of a wing, for "Infancy of Galahad" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a man and woman reclining on a sofa in a draped interior, with a walking cane on the floor.

The New Novel

Etched portrait of a bearded man with receding hair, head and shoulders, signed Desboutin in script below.

Portrait of J.J. Henner

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1878

Pencil sketch of a young man kneeling on his hands and knees with his head bowed, on an off-white sheet.

Study of a young man, on his hands and knees

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a scowling seated man in an armchair smoking a cigarette beside a decanter.

Les femmes?...un tas de serpents!

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Hand-colored lithograph of Vulcan in a red tunic throwing a net over two figures hidden among roses, with a classical temple

Les Filets de Vulcain. Ce vilain serrurier sachant que son epouse...from Histoire Ancienne

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Engraved oval portrait of Henry III, King of France and Poland, in ruff collar and jeweled cap, with French verse below.

Henry III, King of France and Poland