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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

Engraved portrait of an older man in a wide fur hat holding a carnation, with a rope necklace and cross, against a dark backg

L'homme a l'oeillet

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard

Black and white lithograph of a man in a top hat walking arm in arm with a woman in a feathered bonnet and cape.

Il y a des hommes qui s'arrangent de n'etre pour une femme que la raison d'un chapeau

Hand-lettered title page in black and red blackletter script with a small comic mask drawing, reading The Comedies of William

Title page to The Comedies by William Shakespeare

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a horse-drawn coach on a city street, with a woman's portrait medallion, cherubs and a cellist beside it.

La diligence de Beaucaire (The Diligence of Beaucaire), illustration for Daudet's Lettres de mon moulin (Letters from…

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Lithograph of a standing man in embroidered Spanish-style costume with fringed cloak, sash and dagger, looking upward.

Le Majo

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Black and white lithograph of two men in top hats and frock coats beside a metal railing, one holding a cane.

Deux soupcons

Monochrome lithograph of two men in caps beside a stone wall, one leaning on it and one holding a tool.

La madame du pavillon qui met ses bas! - P'us qu'ca d'quilles

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pastel study of a female figure with raised arm and billowing drapery against a blue background, on grey paper.

Study for figure of 4 pm in "The Hours" ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1904

Etching of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor, with a fisherman on rocks at the lower right.

Le port de Genes

Adolphe Appian, 1876

Black chalk and white heightening sketch of a nude female figure with outstretched arms and drapery on gray paper.

Allegory of France (La France sous les traits d'une nymph), study for France Enlightening the World and Protecting Ag…

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1863

Lithograph of a startled dandy in a long coat held by an older man, with a young woman in a bonnet in a doorway behind.

Le Pere De La Lorette

Etched title page with reeds, dragonflies and frogs on lily pads framing the title Voyage en bateau by Daubigny.

Voyage en bateau (Journey by boat)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Aaron Burr

Enoch Gridley, 1804

Pen and ink sketch of a seated figure in a flat cap and jacket, legs crossed, looking toward the viewer.

Rosalind in boys clothing

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Lithograph of a woman in a long dress reading a letter beside a dark doorway, with a glass pitcher on the floor.

A Monsieur Monsieur Charme. (presse.) Vieux!...

Pencil sketch of women in an interior, one seated at a table, one playing a harp, with two small standing figure studies belo

Study for An Old Song(?) or The Two Sisters(?) (watercolors)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen drawing of a couple embracing before a balustrade, with a nude statue holding a bow and cypress trees behind.

Lorenzo and Jessica: "The moon shines bright. In such a night as this" - Act V, Scene I, The Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Woodcut of four men in top hats carrying a coffin down a dark narrow staircase, captioned Le Mauvais Pas.

Le mauvais pas (The False Step)

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1893

General Baron de Steuben, #2 from a set of 12 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1781

Lithograph of two men fleeing down night steps, one with a sword and feathered hat, beside a dark architectural background.

Mephistopheles and Faust Fleeing After the Duel, from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf and long skirt beside a doorway frame.

Study of a seated woman

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and ink sketch of a reclining nude figure with raised arm, and a loose boat-like study below, on cream paper.

Studies of a woman holding a violin

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved oval portrait of Philip V in a curled wig and dark robes, with inscribed frame and royal coat of arms below.

Philip V

Pierre Drevet, 1702

Grey lithograph of two women in period dresses on a garden terrace, one reading a letter while the other holds a parasol.

The Paris Courier

Expressionist woodcut portrait of a man in a hat, with intense eyes, framed by dense black-and-cream gouged lines and swirlin

David Müller

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a long yellow and blue dress, hands at her waist.

Sketch of a woman (dressed in yellow) - costume study for a play?

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen sketch of three figures in a rustic setting with cows in the header and handwritten verse below.

Sketch for a verse: "A Bucolick or Discovre of Neatherds"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink drawing of a woman leaning on a curtain beside a seated musician playing a portable organ by a fireplace.

Portia: "By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world," from Act I, Scene ii, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Etching of a man leaning against a barrel in a timber shed between two ladders, with a doorway opening onto the river.

The Lime-Burner, from the Thames Set (A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Ink sketch of two standing male figures holding spears and a stylized angular head with heavy eyes.

Sheet of sketches [Two figures and stylized head]

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Charcoal and white chalk study of a robed figure with bowed head and hands clasped at the chest, on brown paper.

Figure study for the Infancy of Galahad(?), from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of an elderly scholar in a dark study gazing at a glowing circular diagram of letters before a Gothic window.

A Scholar in His Study (Faust)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Le Galoubet

Paul Gavarni, 1844

Black and white lithograph of two women in 19th-century dress, one standing with a flower, one seated on a trunk by a doorway

Ici c'est la Route au Fond de la Vallee....

Etching of a standing man in embroidered Spanish costume with a cape over his arm, signed ed. Manet, 1862.

Don Mariano Camprubi primer bailarin del teatro royal de Madrid (Don Mariano Camprubi first dancer of the Teatro Roya…

Édouard Manet, 1862

Watercolor study of a knight in a red cloak riding a dark horse through green grass, with sketched figures beside him.

Galahad Departs, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, co…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Daumier lithograph of a man and woman on a sofa while an older man peeks through a door at right.

Ma bonne amie, puis-je entrer!. . .as-tu fini de collaborer avec monsieur?(My dear, may I come in!. . . have you fini…

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Pastel portrait of a man in a dark suit and purple academic hood against a tan background, with handwritten name inscription.

Thomas W. Swan B.A., Sterling Prof. of Law 1922-

William Sergeant Kendall

Abstract watercolor and pencil composition with yellow, red, pink, and blue washes and dark brown ridges.

Forms

Fritz Stuckenberg, 1922

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a turban, head turned toward viewer, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Old Man with Turban, from the Raccolta di Teste (Collection of Heads)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Lithograph of a man looking into a round mirror while a boy reads a newspaper beside a curtain.

Papa, qu'est-ce que c'est donc que Mosieu Loyal?...

Watercolor of a man in a top hat and blue coat carrying two metal oil containers on a yoke across his shoulders.

The Oil Merchant

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Etching of an elderly bearded man looking downward, with dense crosshatched shading across his face and hair.

Old Man Looking Downwards, from the Raccolta di Teste (Collection of Heads)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1771

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded prophet figure holding a long unfurled scroll, with billowing drapery.

Prophet

called Salviati Francesco Rossi, 1550

Etched bookplate with a standing woman and children inside an oval floral wreath, inscribed Ex Libris Erna Liebaldt.

Bookplate: Ex Libris Erna Liebaldt

Heinrich Vogeler, 1922

Etching of a finely dressed woman with a peacock and a flying demon above her, labeled Superbia.

Les Peches Capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins): L'Orgueil (Pride)

Pencil drawing of a man leaning toward a seated woman under a tree, with a distant village and hills behind them.

Farmers in a landscape

Engraving of a bearded man in a turban holding a stag's head by the antlers, with rocky mountains behind him.

Naphthali, plate 10 from The Twelve Sons of David

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1589

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a long puffed-sleeve gown leaning in a doorway, with faint preliminary outlines visible.

Sketch of a Lady for the scene "Waiting for her Lover," from Old Songs (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1889)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Lithograph of two women in 1830s bonnets and gowns in a room with a folding screen; one gestures toward the other.

LA SELLETTE. Madame est sur la sellette parce qu'elle a un mari, ...

Paul Gavarni, 1837

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ child by a stone wall, with a castle and hills behind them.

The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

La Cloche

Lithograph of a sulking harlequin seated by a chair while a standing man in a plaid outfit looks on, 1839.

Oui, pleurniche, va! pleurniche!...

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Lithograph of a standing dancer in a short full ballet costume with ruffled sleeves and lace gloves, within a ruled border.

Costume de Mme Alexis, dans le ballet de Stradella. ...

Etching of a dim kitchen with a woman silhouetted by a window, pots on shelves, and plates on racks at right.

The Kitchen, from the French Set (Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature or Twelve Etchings from Nature)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Sketch of three figures - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched bookplate with a nude woman beside a rose-covered tree, reading Ex Libris Gustav Borgmann, with a town and spires behi

Bookplate: Ex Libris Gustav Borgmann

Heinrich Vogeler, 1912

Black and white lithograph of two men in period dress, one tossing a coin in a bedroom while the other watches it.

Voyons! j'aime Clara, si c'est face...

Watercolor costume sketch of a standing man in an orange cloak and blue crowned cap, beside a fabric swatch labeled Northumbe

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel sketch on blue paper of a bowed man in a black coat and red cloak, head lowered, hand raised to his face.

Figure study for "Measure for Measure" (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Figure study for "The Hours" - (3 am): sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a woman carrying branches and a man chopping wood beside a felled tree and stacked faggots.

Les faiseurs de fagots (Faggot-Makers)

Alphonse Legros, 1878

Sheet of studies

Edwin Austin Abbey

General Washington, #1 from a set of 12 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1781