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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Etching of a ruined arched building beside a river, with a woman near a well and a distant tower on the right.

Landscape with a Woman at a Well, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Etching of the ruined Temple of Janus in Rome with arched openings, overgrown walls, grazing cattle and figures.

Tempio detto volgarm.te di Giano. A. Arco detto degl'Argentieri . . . (The so-called Temple of Janus. A. Arch of the…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1771

Hand-colored print of a snowy New York street with brick buildings, a horse-drawn sleigh, and pedestrians in winter clothing.

Interior of New York Provost Street and Chapel (no. 3)

Louise-Jules-Frédéric Villeneuve, 1840

Etching of the Arch of Galienus in Rome beside a church façade, with small figures among ruins and overgrown stonework.

[Tav. 29] Arco di Galieno 1. Facciata della Chiesa di S. Vito ([Pl. 29] Arch of Galienus 1. Façade of the Church of S…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Etching of the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius beside a city wall and tower, with figures walking on a dirt road under cloudy sky.

Piramide Sepolcrale di Cajo Cestio, presso Porta S. Paolo (Pyramid of Gaius Cestius)

Hand-colored lithograph of Pavilion Fountain at Saratoga, with a columned building, strolling figures, riders and a carriage.

Saratoga, Pavilion Fountain, Plate 28 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a cap supporting an older stooped man with a walking stick.

Orlando and Adam, illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Soft lithograph of bathers in a shadowy wooded landscape, with figures in pale highlights against dark foliage.

Baigneuses

Henri Fantin-Latour

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a rustic interior with a long table, several chairs, a window, and plank walls.

Interior Study

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved landscape with a large tree, a covered wagon on a road, a village church tower, and birds in the sky.

Wooded Region, from The Large Landscapes

the Elder Johannes van Doetecum, 1555

Etching of Notre Dame cathedral seen from the side, with a large rose window, spires, and dense trees in front.

Sketch of Notre Dame

Donald Shaw MaClaughlin, 1900

Hand-colored print of Jackson Square in New Orleans with a cathedral, carriages, pedestrians, and stacked barrels and bales.

View of Jackson Square, New Orleans

J. Durler, 1855

Etching of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome with a fountain, carriages and pedestrians in a piazza, by Piranesi.

Veduta del Palazzo Farnese (View of the Palazzo Farnese), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1773

Etching of a man swinging a long pole at a crouching figure while hunched people watch against a dark, hatched sky.

Disparate furioso (Furious Folly), also known as Hizonos dios y maravillamos nos (It Is Amazing and We Were Made by G…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Pencil and wash study of a man aiming a rifle from a punt while a poler stands at the stern in misty reeds.

Study for Rail Shooting from a Punt

Thomas Eakins, 1874

Dark night scene of a man in a tricorn hat gesturing to a hooded woman on a muddy road, with a lit carriage behind.

"My dear Constance, why will you deliberate thus?" study for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1885

Pen and ink drawing of mounted men with rifles and pack horses crossing a hillside toward distant mountains.

Lewis and Clark

Charles Marion Russell, 1918

Etching of St. Mark's Square in Venice viewed toward the canal, with the Doge's Palace, columns, ships and strolling figures.

Veduta della Piazza di S. Marco verso il Canale

Luca Carlevarijs

Pencil sketch of seated figures on a bench in front of a loosely drawn townscape with buildings and poles.

Figures on a bench, townscape behind

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored engraving of the Great Falls of the Potomac, with rushing water, rocky ledges, trees and small fishermen.

Great Falls of the Potomac

J. Cartwright, 1802

Engraving of a couple beneath a large oak with cattle, donkeys, a dog, and a watermill beside a river in the distance.

The Rural Lovers

François Vivarès, 1760

Pencil sketch sheet with four studies of a man in a wide-brimmed hat, one with arm raised.

Studies of a farmer

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph panoramic view of Honolulu valley and mountains, bordered by small vignettes of houses and a waterfall, 1854.

View of Honolulu, From the Catholic Church (No. 6)

Paul Emmert, 1854

Hand-colored print of a harbor with sailing ships and a steamboat, town buildings and church spires beyond, and wharf buildin

View of Newburyport, (from Salisbury)

Fitz Henry Lane, 1845

Etched landscape of rolling fields and trees with two figures in the foreground and rain falling from clouds at right.

Les Rammasseurs de Champignons

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal and white chalk study of hands on blue-grey paper, drawn as preparation for a painting.

Study of hands for "A Pavane" (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a classical scene with draped women, helmeted soldiers with spears, a seated figure, and columns.

Scene from the Last Act of Corneille's Rodogune(Derniere scene de Rodogune de Corneille)

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded 18th-century ale house with men drinking, smoking, and a waiter serving drinks.

An Ale House Room - "Tony sings the Three Pigeons," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1884

Etching of Doric temple ruins at Paestum with fallen stones and small figures among overgrown vegetation.

Vue des restes de la celle du Temple de Neptune (View of the Remains of the Cella of the Temple of Neptune), from Dif…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of a calm harbor with sailing boats, a wooden house and trees on the left, and figures on a sandy shore.

La Pointe de Guilben, Paimpol

Gustave Leheutre

Pencil sketch of a horse standing beside a wooden barn, with a stone wall, milk can and trough in a farmyard.

Sketch of a farmyard, with a horse

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of three women bent over gleaning grain in a field, with a cart, haystacks and workers in the distance.

Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners)

Jean-François Millet

Etching of ruined brick walls and arches in an open landscape, with small figures and grazing animals and distant hills under

Veduta degli avanzi del Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli (View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770

Etching of a vaulted ruin interior with broken arches, overgrown plants, and small figures beside a pool.

Interno del Tempio d.o di Canopo nella Villa Adriana (Interior of the Temple Said to Be of Canopus at Hadrian's Villa…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Pencil sketch of an industrial workshop with a riveted tank machine on wheels beneath timber roof beams.

Sketch of "Tank Department" [industrial interior]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a snowy winter field with bare trees and evergreens under a gray-purple sky, with distant buildings at left.

Untitled [Winter landscape - New Jersey]

Charles Warren Eaton, 1896

Etching of the Arch of Constantine and the ruined Colosseum in Rome, with small figures among rubble and trees.

Veduta dell'Arco di Constantino, e dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo (View of the Arch of Constantine, and the…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Sheet of pencil and ink studies with a shaded female figure, seated figures at a table, a cat, and small colored sketches.

Sheet of Studies for "Le Jardin Public"

Edouard Vuillard, 1893

Pen and ink drawing of an 18th-century woman with a cane and a man in breeches leaning toward her in a garden.

Illustration for "Sweet Nell - My Heart's Delight," from Old Songs

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Hand-colored engraving of the columned Bank of the United States on Third Street, Philadelphia, with horses, carts and pedest

Bank of the United States, in Third Street Philadelphia

William Russell Birch, 1800

Etching of a crowded river port in Rome with moored boats, masts, a large building and figures on the quay.

Veduta del Porto di Ripa Grande (View of the Port of Ripa Grande), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1753

Etching of a wedding procession of villagers walking along a dirt path beneath tall trees in a rural landscape.

Été de la Saint-Martin, la noce qui passe (Vendee) (Summer in Saint-Martin, the Past Nuptials [Vendee])

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1908

Black and white lithograph of a schoolmaster clapping before pupils in nightcaps and nightgowns seated on beds in a dormitory

LE DORTOIR D'UN PENSIONNAT BIEN TENU./ - Attention. . . au premier coup que je frapperai dans mes mains vous poserez…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Black-and-white etching of an imaginary city view with a domed church, tall column, river boats, carts and figures under a la

Imaginary View of Padua, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Hand-colored bird's eye view of Union Square with a central fountain, tree-lined paths, carriages, and church spires.

Union Square, Bird's Eye View

John Bornet, 1850

Engraved print of a village by a river with a church tower, a crowded boat, swans, and a rider on a footbridge.

Spring, from a series of the four seasons

Jan van de Velde II, 1617

Hand-colored print of a battle scene with cavalry, infantry, flags, smoke and palm trees in a mountain valley.

The Battle of Cerro Gordo

Charles W. Fleetwood, 1847

Engraved panoramic view of New York City's waterfront with ships and rowboats in the harbor and church steeples along the sho

The South Prospect of the City of New York in North America

William Burgis, 1761

Ink and wash drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat on a rearing horse beside a wooden fence.

Unidentified illustration [Man on horseback]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a three-masted American warship with full sails leading two other ships across blue sea.

U.S.S. Brig. "Somers" with convoy, moderate breeze, (port view)

Worden Wood, 1929

Etching of the round Temple of Cybele in a Roman piazza with carts, pedestrians, and dramatic clouds overhead.

Veduta del Tempio di Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Verità (View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocc…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1758

Four etched views of Venetian squares and waterfront buildings with crowds of figures and gondolas.

le Preson. V. (The Prison. V[enice]), la libreria V. (The Library. V[enice]), la Piera del Bando. V. (The Piera del B…

Canaletto, 1741

Pencil drawing of two large spreading trees over a fenced lawn, with a sapling, a white building and small figures behind.

The Trees & Lawn at College and Elm Streets, New Haven

R. Bakewell, 1856

Watercolor and pencil costume sketch of three jester figures in colorful motley with pointed hoods and bells.

Fools, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash sketch of a cottage with a steep roof, dormer window, wooden bench, and clouds on tan paper.

Sketch of exterior of a cottage

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a large gnarled tree with sprawling branches above tall grass and shrubs, with birds flying in a pale sky.

Gnarled Tree

Robert Swain Gifford

Engraved landscape with travelers, a horse cart, sheep, haystacks and a distant city under a cloudy sky.

View of Malines, from the Set of the Large Landscapes

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1638

Pen and ink sketch of a ragged peasant with hood and staff, with faint pencil figure studies to the right.

Peasant, sketch for an unidentified Shakespeare play

Edwin Austin Abbey

Three small woodcut panels on tan paper: a forest with a hooded face, a haloed nude figure, and a stylized female form.

Sheet of woodcuts from L'Epreuve

Maurice Denis, 1891

Hand-colored lithograph of a valley camp with white tents, horses, mules, men at work, and rolling hills behind.

Fourth of July Camp

Charles Gildemeister, 1851

Prison Ship Saratoga (off Dartmouth)

Peter S. Duval, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of the west side of the Capitol dome behind trees, with horses and a rider on a lawn.

Washington, Capitol (West side), Plate 35 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Lithograph of a woman sinking into a river, weighed down by wet clothing, reaching toward overhanging trees.

Death of Ophelia (Act. IV. Sc. VII), from Shakespeare's Hamlet

Eugène Delacroix, 1843

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a spoked wheel and seated driver, with loose shading in the background.

Sketch of a horse pulling a carriage

Edwin Austin Abbey