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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Painting of the risen Christ with a banner in a tomb, flanked by two sleeping and watching soldiers in a green landscape.

The Resurrection

Florentine School, 1480

Night scene of a busy Paris square with a lit apartment building, crowds, and a dark-coated woman in the foreground.

Place Pigalle at Night

Pierre Bonnard, 1905

Sunset pastoral landscape with trees, grazing cattle, a river, a stone bridge, a hilltop town, and two figures in the foregro

Pastoral Landscape

Claude Lorrain, 1648

Dim studio scene with a nude model standing near a draped sculpture and two seated men, painted in warm brown tones.

William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River, Study

Thomas Eakins, 1876

Abstract painting of a waterfall among colourful rock forms, with blue, white, green and orange shapes.

The Waterfall

Wassily Kandinsky, 1909

Six-panel folding screen with ink paintings of chickens, a rooster on rocks, and a stone lantern on gold ground.

Chicken

Itō Jakuchū, 1770

Two rowers in pink headbands sit in a red racing shell on a river beside a dark stone pier and wooded bank.

The Oarsmen (The Schreiber Brothers)

Thomas Eakins, 1874

Painting of three quail among grasses, dandelions and red leaves on a sandy bank, with bare branches above.

Everlasting Contentment

Classical interior with figures examining a gold figurine beside a marble fountain and statues, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

An Art Lover

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868

Two men in a rowboat among marsh reeds; one in red aims a rifle while the other stands holding a long pole.

Rail Shooting / Rail Shooting on the DelawareAlternative title(s): Will Schuster and Blackman Going Shooting

Thomas Eakins, 1876

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king before the Virgin and Christ Child, with attendants, oxen and a stable

Adoration of the Magi

Luca Signorelli, 1508

Painting of a garden alley under a vine-covered arch with cypress trees and two kneeling figures in pale robes.

Annunciation

Maurice Denis, 1907

Painting of a calm creek at sunset with a distant mountain, a rowboat, a horseback rider, and a cabin beneath trees.

North Mountain and Catskill Creek

Thomas Cole, 1838

Loose oil sketch of small figures digging on a wide gray tidal flat under a cloudy sky, with distant sea at the horizon.

Clam Digger

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Dark cave scene with demons, monsters and a bearded hermit reading beside a nude woman, with a burning city under a moonlit s

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1594

Painting of a woman kneeling beside a sleeping infant in a dark cave, with a stormy sea and a figure in waves behind.

Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos (?)

Henry Fuseli, 1785

Painting of a dirt country road through golden wheat fields, with trees and a rural building under a cloudy sky.

Landscape along a Country Road

Charles-François Daubigny, 1860

Painting of a canal lock and stone embankment in a town, with market stalls, figures, a sailing boat and distant mountains.

The Lock at Dolo

Bernardo Bellotto, 1745

Painting of a stag-headed figure in a pink cloak running with hounds through a wooded landscape with a distant city.

Actaeon Turned into a Stag

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Painting of rocky cliffs above a river with bathers, figures on a foreground rock, and windblown trees under a stormy sky.

Landscape with Bathers

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Two women in 19th-century dresses play croquet on a green lawn beneath shady trees.

A Game of Croquet

Winslow Homer, 1866

Renaissance painting of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, an ox, a donkey, angels and robed saints.

The Mystical Nativity

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1490

Night landscape with a campfire by rock cliffs and pines, a full moon behind clouds, and figures near the fire.

The Trappers' Camp

Albert Bierstadt, 1861

Woman in red dress crossing a plank bridge toward an old mill, with three women waiting by a stone wall beneath a pine tree.

Old Mill (The Morning Bell)

Winslow Homer, 1871

Panel painting of a hunting party with dogs, nude women at a pool on the right, and a distant walled city under a pale sky.

Diana and Actaeon

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Painted butterfly with red, yellow and green washes on pale paper, with a handwritten signature at the left edge.

Yellow Butterfly

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Two figures in fur coats with snowshoes stand on a snowy hill under a dark, heavy winter sky.

Below Zero

Winslow Homer, 1894

Painting of a veiled woman and a red-cloaked man walking through a crowd of hooded figures holding poles and banners.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896

Painting of three deer by a misty lake at sunset, framed by large trees with red and gold autumn leaves.

Indian Sunset: Deer by a Lake

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Painting of the Colosseum among Roman ruins with a soldier, figures at a fountain, a stone lion and a seated statue.

The Coliseum amongst Roman Ruin

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1730

Painting of a royal court with a seated king and queen in red, a woman in pink in the foreground, and torch-lit attendants.

The Play Scene in “Hamlet” (Act III, Scene 2)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897

Painting of a sunlit Yosemite valley with tall granite cliffs, a winding river, pine trees and a glowing hazy sky.

Valley of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1868

Painted capriccio of Roman Forum ruins with columns, an arch, sculptures, and small figures under a cloudy sky.

A Capriccio of the Roman Forum

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1741

Oil study of a tiered stone fountain with a sculpted figure, surrounded by dark trees and a grassy park.

Study of a fountain

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of a sunlit valley with granite cliffs, a winding river, and riders on a trail among pine trees.

Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail

Albert Bierstadt, 1873

Men handle rope beside a wooden ship under construction, with a wagon, stormy sky, and sea behind them.

Builders of Ships / The Rope

George Bellows, 1916

Charcoal sketch of robed figures and a seated man beneath gothic arches in a loose, hatched interior composition.

Composition study for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Painting of a wooded landscape with two figures and a dog on a dirt path, with cottages and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with Figures on a Path

Meindert Hobbema

Painting of a white sailboat on choppy teal water beside a dark rocky headland, under billowing clouds.

A Fresh Breeze

George Bellows, 1913

Loose oil sketch of three pale floating female figures and a light beam above climbing figures on a dark rocky slope, by Edwi

Science Revealing the Treasues of the Earth, sketch, lunette shaped

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Painting of a lion attacking a rearing white horse on rocky ground under a dark, stormy sky with green hills.

A Lion Attacking a Horse

George Stubbs, 1770

Painting of veiled women carrying urns on a harbor quay, with mourners, Roman soldiers, a ship, and classical buildings behin

Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicu

Benjamin West, 1768

Reclining nude female figure with outstretched arm and flowing drapery, painted in loose ochre, blue, and yellow tones on a l

Figure study, for The Spirit of Light, Rotunda, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg

Edwin Austin Abbey

Painting of steamboats and sailing ships in a hazy harbor, with a green tugboat in front and a French flag at lower right.

Vedette in Hamburg

Albert Marquet, 1909

Painting of robed classical figures gathered near an overgrown tomb in a wooded landscape with a distant city and mountains.

Cicero Discovering the Tomb of Archimede

Benjamin West, 1804

Painting of two men in dark hats and coats walking past a wooden cottage where a woman and child stand in the doorway.

At the Cottage Door (17th Century New England Scene)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of nude figures clambering and reaching upward in a stormy rocky landscape, with a red-draped figure above.

The Deluge

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590

Painting of a reclining nude woman in a forest, with small figures around a fire by a pond under a cloudy sky.

Coronis and Apollo

Adam Elsheimer, 1607

Loose oil sketch of a woman in a white gown and dark cloak beside a hunched man in a dim interior.

Compositional study, for Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895

Painting of a standing gunman surrounded by dead cowboys and horses on an open plain, with mounted riders in the distance.

What an unbranded cow has cost

Frederic Remington, 1895

Muted brown portrait of a man with tousled hair, moustache, and dark jacket, gazing downward.

Portrait of Paul Gauguin

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Painting of a woman in white gown with red hair beside a reclining man, with courtly figures in red robes and a crowd behind.

The Play Scene in “Hamlet” composition study

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896

Soldiers roast meat over a campfire in a prairie camp with white tents, horses, and distant mountains.

Roasting the Christmas Beef in a Cavalry Camp

Frederic Remington, 1892

Family portrait of a man in blue coat, a woman in lace veil, and a girl in rust dress beside a fruit basket.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809) with Mrs. Trumbull (Eunice Backus) (1749-1826) and Faith Trumbull (1769-1846)

John Trumbull, 1777

Loose painted sketch of red-robed figures in a hall with a crowd of onlookers and a pale gowned figure in front.

Hamlet

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896

Painting of a football touchdown on a field, with a player diving across the grass and spectators in bowler hats behind a fen

Touchdown, Yale vs. Princeton, Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1890, Yale 32, Princeton 0

Frederic Remington, 1890

Painting of soldiers fighting around a cannon in smoke, with a mounted officer at center and fallen men on the ground.

The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777

John Trumbull, 1787

Loose oil study of a woman in a white gown seated before a throne and courtiers in a dim, red-toned interior.

The Play Scene in “Hamlet,” composition study

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897

Painting of exhausted soldiers and civilians retreating through snow past dead men and horses under a dark stormy sky.

The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812

Ary Scheffer, 1826

Family portrait of a seated woman holding a toddler, a man in a dark coat, and a boy in gold reaching out, with a landscape b

The Vernet Family

John Trumbull, 1806

Loosely painted study of a woman in white near a cart and seated figures on a green lawn under trees.

Study for “Harvest Home”

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of a forest pond with trees, cloudy sky, and two stags resting in the grass.

Forest Landscape with Stag

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1857

Painting of a woman on a deathbed in a white nightcap, arms raised toward green drapery against a dark background.

Sarah Trumbull (Sarah Hope Harvey) on Her Deathbed

John Trumbull, 1824

Two costumed figures holding hands on a garden path with pink tulips and blossoming trees beside a tall hedge.

May Day Morning

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890