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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Painting of a rider crossing a stone bridge above a waterfall, framed by rocky cliffs and dense green trees.

The Great Bridge

Gustave Courbet, 1864

Lunette painting of a winged man with a staff and a woman in pink drapery pointing into a hazy golden sky with foliage.

Rape of Proserpine

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Loose oil sketch of rough surf breaking on a sandy beach, with a dark headland and lighthouse under a grey sky.

Grand Plage de Biarritz

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880

Unfinished sketch of the Holy Family with Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child in warm brown tones.

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1547

Autumn landscape with a sunlit rocky cliff behind golden and rust-colored trees, a wooden fence, and a cloudy sky.

East Rock

John Ferguson Weir, 1906

Loose oil sketch of rough green sea waves breaking on rocks, with a white lighthouse on a headland under a grey sky.

Biarritz Seascape

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880

Painted panel showing Christ praying on a hill, an angel with a chalice, and three sleeping disciples before a distant city.

Agony in the Garden

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Dark night painting of a lit ferryboat crossing a river beneath stars, with city buildings and lights on the shores.

Ferryboat at Night

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Dim still life of a brass lantern, blue and white vase, copper bowl and lilac sprig on a wooden ledge.

Still Life in the Studio

J. Alden Weir, 1878

Painted panel of Christ carrying the cross past a soldier and mourning women, with three crosses on a distant hill.

Way to Calvary

Francesco Botticini, 1475

Predella panel with two scenes: a winged angel above figures by water, and a crowd gathered before a rocky mountain and town.

Predella: Two Scenes from the Legend of Saint Michael

Fra Angelico, 1418

Painting of a wooded path under a rose-tinted sunset sky, with a small figure, distant river and hills.

Landscape

Painting of the risen Christ in a tomb with a cross banner, two soldiers beside him, and a hilly landscape behind.

The Resurrection

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Collage-like street scene with bold black lettering reading AMERICA, carts, signs and pasted paper in ochre, red and green.

New York Street Scene

Joaquín Torres-García, 1920

Painted family portrait of a man, a child, and a woman in blue, with books and red drapery behind them.

Portrait of George Eliot and Family

Jonathan Budington, 1798

Panel painting of Christ and a kneeling woman in red in a walled garden, with mountains behind, by Francesco Botticini.

Noli Me Tangere

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Horizontal gilded panel of elegant courtly figures in a landscape with Cupid, a fountain, a tent, and a chariot.

The Realms of Love

Paolo Schiavo, 1425

Painting of Venus with cupids, a bearded smith, and armour in a cave setting, with dramatic clouds in the background.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, also known as "Thetis receives the Arms of Achilles"

Anthony van Dyck

Virgin and child with a kneeling saint in green, an older man in orange, angels above, and a river landscape at right.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Paolo Veronese, 1547

Lunette painting of a classical female figure holding a palm frond and laurel wreath within a green wreath on gold ground.

Victory

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Painting of ruined Roman aqueduct arches on a grassy plain at sunset, with a shepherd and sheep in the foreground.

View of the Roman Campagna

Benjamin Champney, 1846

Painting of a black cow grazing in a sunny meadow beside two dark tree trunks, in loose yellow and green brushwork.

Black Cow in a Meadow

Georges Seurat, 1881

Painting of a wide heath under dark clouds, with a dirt road, grassy mounds, autumn trees and small distant figures.

A Road across Hampstead Heath

John Constable, 1822

Abstract painting of a glowing yellow sun within concentric arcs of purple, green and blue above dark hills.

Sunrise III

Arthur Dove, 1936

Loose brushwork painting of two stonebreakers working among pale stones and green grass in sunlight.

Two Stonebreaker

Georges Seurat, 1881

Oil study of weathered boulders covered in moss and lichen, set against a misty green hillside.

Study of a Rock

Asher Brown Durand

Painting of a white boat propped on timbers on a sandy shore, with weathered sheds, a steel bridge and towers behind.

Hauled Up

Small dabs of colour show a fisherman standing in a flat boat on a sunlit river with trees and a distant barge.

A Fisherman

Georges Seurat, 1884

Painting of a lake with trees, two women on a rock, a swimmer, a rowboat, and a hilltop town under a blue sky.

Lake Nemi

George Inness, 1857

Narrow medieval panel with two scenes: an arcaded interior with robed figures, and a crowd of knights and horses before tents

The Story of Rinaldo da Montalbano, or the Four Sons of Aymon

Florentine School, first quarter 15th century, 1415

Three gold-ground panels: an angel with a branch at left, a small red fragment at centre, and the Virgin Mary reading in blue

The Annunciation

Fra Angelico, 1423

Lunette painting of a woman in pink robes and green drapery beside autumn trees and fallen leaves in a pale landscape.

Autumn

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Painting of pollarded willow trees beside a stream with a grassy bank under a muted blue-grey sky.

At Calcot

John Singer Sargent, 1885

Panel painting with two scenes: a haloed angel over the sea beside a woman and child, and a crowd beneath a mountain with a b

Saint Michael Archangel Makes the Sea Withdraw to Leave a Passage for a Woman who Gave Birth on a Pilgrimage to Tumba…

Fra Angelico, 1413

Oil painting of a cavalry battle with sabres raised, an American flag, a British flag, and fallen soldiers and horses.

Battle of Cowpens

Frederick Kemmelmeyer, 1809

Abstract painting of interlocking angular shapes in red, blue, green, yellow, and black with visible brushstrokes.

Composition V

Patrick Henry Bruce, 1916

Painted panel of haloed saints in arched architecture, with two heads appearing in blue clouds above a kneeling figure.

The Vision of Pope Innocent III; Saints Peter and Paul Appearing to Saint Dominic

Fra Angelico, 1452

Reclining woman with red hair holds a sickle and wheat beside a stone pedestal, with pink blossoms and a column behind her.

Muse of Agriculture

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Painting of a village street with white houses, green shutters, a tree, and small figures walking toward the distance.

Street Scene (Rue de village)

Maurice Utrillo, 1910

Loose brushwork harbor scene with moored sailboats, a quay, and a woman in white walking along the waterfront.

Un quai à Lorient

Berthe Morisot, 1869

Painting of a river gorge with falls, rocky cliffs, trees under a rose-colored evening sky, and a wooden footbridge.

Norwich Falls (or The Falls of the Yantic at Norwich)

John Trumbull, 1806

Painting of a whitewashed house on a hill with a herdsman driving cows and sheep along a path under large trees.

The Grave of William Penn

Edward Hicks, 1847

Loose impressionist painting of a young woman in blue adjusting a child's red coat in a pink-toned room beside a bust.

Jeune fille et enfant

Berthe Morisot, 1894

Harbor scene with rowing boats, a sailing boat with French flag, a fortification, ships and a waterfront town under an evenin

View of Charleston from the Harbor

Samuel Barnard, 1831

Narrow predella panel with gold-ground painted saints, a crucifixion scene, and geometric red and blue medallions between fig

Predella: Saint Francis, the Mourning Virgin Mary, Christ on the Cross, the Mourning Saint John the Evangelist, and S…

Luca di Tommè, 1350

Painting of a reclining woman in a white chemise on a red patterned cushion, with bold flowers behind her.

Girl in White Chemise

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1914

Expressive painting of two tilted pale stone slabs among red and brown shrubs under a blue sky with clouds.

Whale's Jaw, Dogtown Common, Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Marsden Hartley, 1934

Panel painting of Christ with a hoe and a kneeling woman in red reaching toward him in a fenced garden with hills behind.

Noli me tangere

Florentine School, 1480

Painting of a calm river with moored boats, willow trees, a figure on a gravel path, and houses under a grey sky.

The Seine at Bougival

Alfred Sisley, 1872

Abstract painting of overlapping geometric shapes, stripes, and a checkerboard cube in bold blue, red, yellow, and black.

Abstraction (also) Lady in Abstract

Jay Van Everen, 1921

Gilded altarpiece panel with the Virgin and Child seated between two saints under Gothic arches, worn with flaking paint.

Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and Paul

Marchigian School, 1415

Loose painting of a stormy sea breaking on rocks, with a standing man and a sprawled figure on a dark shore.

Shipwrecked on a Beach (The Tempest)

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Painting of reclining nudes, winged figures and a flying warrior in a classical setting with a statue and procession.

The Kingdom of Hypnos

Giulio Carpioni, 1660

Painting of Vertumnus and Pomona in a forest with gourds in the foreground and a stream beyond.

Landscape with Vertumnus and Pomona

Abraham Bloemaert, 1595

Night landscape with a dirt path, silhouetted trees, a glowing horizon, and a starry sky with two shooting stars.

Starry Night

Jean-François Millet, 1850

Gilded decorative ceiling panel with a central lyre-playing figure, reclining nudes, winged putti and zodiac roundels.

Abundance of The Days of the Week

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Reclining woman in white skirt on a burgundy velvet chaise, with a fan, oranges and a small dog on the floor.

Reclining Young Woman in Spanish Costume

Édouard Manet, 1862

Painting of a pale vase overflowing with orange and red nasturtium flowers and round green leaves on a warm background.

Nasturtium

Odilon Redon, 1905

Dark painting of men in hats seated around a table playing chess in a dim, reddish-lit interior.

Chess Players

George Luks, 1900

Painting of a laurel-crowned muse reclining beside books and a scroll, with a child holding a fern, against a gold background

Muse of Literature

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Painting of a red apple, a dark fruit, and green grapes with a stem on a soft pink-lavender background.

Still Life with Fruit

Odilon Redon, 1905

Family portrait of a seated man in a blue coat, a woman in a white veil, and a girl in orange beside a fruit basket.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Eunice Backus Trumbull, and Faith Trumbull (later Faith Trumbull Wadsworth) (1740-1809, LL.D.…

John Trumbull, 1777

Half-round painting of a nude winged goddess beside a wheel and bench, with a youth holding a Latin placard and a kneeling bo

Goddess of Fortune Stay with Us

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Painted procession of gilded chariots, oxen, and armored riders passing a walled city with towers.

Triumphal Entry into Rome of Titus and Vespasian

Paolo Uccello, 1430