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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

Oil painting of a seated woman in a green gown on a red throne facing a man in black, with an attendant holding a parchment.

Christopher Columbus before Queen Isabella

Jean-Paul Laurens

Diego Velázquez's The Education of the Virgin: a woman in a gold mantle teaches a girl in red to read, beside an older bearde

The Education of the Virgin

Diego Velázquez, 1617

Painting of a rower in a red single scull wearing a red headscarf and white shirt, on a calm river with a distant shoreline.

John Biglin in a Single Scull

Thomas Eakins, 1874

Painting of a kneeling woman in white taking the veil before a bishop in a gothic church with clergy and congregation.

Taking the Veil

Robert Walter Weir, 1863

Painted panel of the Virgin and Child with gold halos, blue mantle, and a dark background of fruit-bearing branches, in a Got

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Gentile da Fabriano, 1419

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a tweed jacket with a pink collar, looking to the side against a dark background.

The Veteran (Portrait of George Reynolds)

Hanging scroll of ink branches with red pomegranate flowers and green leaves on a pale background, with inscription and seals

Pomegranate Flowers

Portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and ruff, holding a small red book against a brown background.

An Old Lady

Frans Hals, 1628

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with white mustache in a white coat, holding a small instrument, against a dark backgroun

Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew) (1818-1892)

Thomas Eakins, 1889

Ink painting of orchids with arching leaves beside a rock, with calligraphy inscription and red seals on the left.

Orchids

Gilded gothic panel showing the Virgin Annunciate in a blue mantle, holding an open Latin book under a pinnacle frame.

Virgin Annunciate

Bartolo di Fredi, 1380

Seated woman in white lace dress holding a pink fan, lit against a dark red interior with carved wooden furniture.

Kathrin

Thomas Eakins, 1872

Seated man in blue coat and red waistcoat beside a standing servant in a turban, with ships in a harbor behind.

Elihu Yale with his Servant

Painted panel of the grieving Virgin with bowed head and clasped hands, dark blue mantle, gold halo and gold background.

Mourning Virgin, Fragment of a Crucifix

Pietro Nelli, 1360

Painted portrait of an older bearded man in a dark buttoned coat, turned to the left against a brown background.

General E. Burd Grubb (1841-1914)

Thomas Eakins, 1898

Half-length portrait of a man in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes, buff waistcoat and white cravat, against a dark b

George Washington (1732-1799), LL.D. 1781

Charles Willson Peale, 1788

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a fur-collared coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Colonel John Trumbull (1756-1843)

Gilbert Stuart, 1818

Dim interior oil sketch of a woman seated at a spinning wheel, lit softly against dark brown background.

Sketches for “Home-Spun”, (recto and verso)

Thomas Eakins, 1881

Loose oil study of a classical colonnade with Corinthian columns receding toward blue sky openings in muted browns and grays.

Architectural Study

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Seated woman in gold gown and white lace cap holding a fan, with an open window showing a church steeple behind her.

Mary Sylvester Welles Davenport (1754-1847)

Ralph Earl, 1794

Seated woman in a white dress, head bowed, hands clasped, on a wooden chair in a dim interior by Thomas Eakins.

Retrospection

Thomas Eakins, 1880

Faded painting of a robed angel with red wings against a gold leaf background, with a small gold ornament at left.

Figure Study of an Angel

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Gold-ground panel of Saint John the Evangelist in blue tunic and red mantle, holding a book and quill under a Gothic arch.

Saint John the Evangelist

Lippo Memmi, 1330

Oval painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue holding the infant Christ on a red cushion against a dark background.

Virgin and Child, known as the Madonna del Libro

Abstract painting of curved arcs, vertical bars and a staircase in muted teal and gray tones.

Landscape in the Park

Fritz Stuckenberg, 1920

Painted panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two haloed female saints against a gold background.

Virgin and Child with Saints Margaret and Catherine of Siena

Guidoccio Cozzarelli, 1490

Angel in Adoration

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1510

Panel painting of Saint Flora in a black veil and white wimple against a gold background, with angels in the frame corners.

Saint Flora, One of Two Panels from an Altarpiece

Master of Saints Flora and Lucilla, 1310

Double portrait of a man in a dark coat and a woman with a white ruffled collar against a brown background.

Reverend Hiram Bingham and Sybil Moseley Bingham (1789-1869; 1792-1848)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1819

Hanging scroll painting of a white cockatoo perched on an ornate golden stand with lotus motifs and red seals.

White Cockatoo

Itō Jakuchū, 1755

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin in blue mantle seated on a throne, holding the Christ Child who touches her cheek.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Taddeo Gaddi, 1345

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark military coat with gold epaulettes, white sash and powdered hair against a dark backg

Colonel William Stephens Smith (1755-1816)

Gilbert Stuart, 1795

Ink painting of a lotus leaf on a long stem rising beside a dark rock, with a folded bud and grass blades.

Lotu

Itō Jakuchū, 1765

Brown wash figure study of a man's face looking upward, with torn seams across the paper.

Figure Study

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of a Native American man in fringed buckskin and feathered headdress standing on an open plain with a distant rider.

The Last of His Race (The Vanishing American)

Frederic Remington, 1908

Painting of the crucified Christ with a crown of thorns, a skull and bones at the base of the cross, and a dark landscape beh

The Crucifixion

Annibale Carracci, 1587

Oval oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark naval coat with gold cuff lace and a white cravat.

The Honorable Samuel Barrington (1729/1730-1800)

Gilbert Stuart, 1785

Seated elderly ecclesiastic in black robes with a feathered hat, holding a book and quill beside a crucifix and scroll.

Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Juan de Valdés Leal, 1680

Oil portrait of a woman with powdered hair, lace gown, red velvet cloak and dark trees behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1750

Hanging scroll of red bamboo, green leaves and a pink flower on beige silk, with calligraphy at upper left.

Plants for the May 5th Festival

Jiang Ding, 1763

Painted panel of the kneeling Virgin Annunciate in a gold gown and blue mantle, hands clasped, beside a lectern in an interio

Virgin Annunciate

Bernardino Fungai, 1495

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono and pink headscarf holding a staff, beside a flower basket.

Female Immortal

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two angels in a gilded arched frame, set against a background of flowers.

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino, 1455

Gilded panel of an enthroned God in a fiery ring of angels, with armored saints above and falling demons and dragons below.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Miguel Ximénez, 1490

Frontal painting of a standing nude man with long dark hair and beard against a dark background, by Lovis Corinth, 1886.

Männlicher Akt

Lovis Corinth, 1886

Tall gilded panel painting of Saint Peter with papal tiara, holding keys and a staff against a gold background.

Saint Peter

Vittore Crivelli, 1480

Half-length gold-ground panel painting of Saint Peter with halo, holding a red book and gesturing with one hand.

Saint Peter

Master of Città di Castello, 1310

Panel painting of a haloed rider on a brown horse sharing a red cloak with a barefoot beggar on a cobbled street.

Saint Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a Beggar

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1340

Oil portrait of a seated man in a red suit and white cravat in a green chair before a red drape.

Roger Sherman (1721-1793, M.A. [Hon.] 1768)

Ralph Earl, 1775

Full-length portrait of a man in black coat beside a table of minerals, with red drapery and a river valley behind him.

Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1825

Painting of a waterfall in a rocky gorge with snowy peaks and a small figure in red drapery beneath a rainbow.

Scene from Byron’s “Manfred”

Thomas Cole, 1833

Painted study of a seated knight in armor holding a sword, wearing a red cap with a blue feather, beside a stone wall.

Figure Study of a Knight

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Ink scroll painting of robed Guanyin beneath a gnarled pine, with calligraphy above and a red seal stamp.

Guanyin

Study of a rugged gorge with dark trees, pale cliffs and a misty sky, painted in browns and greys.

Study for a Scene from Lord Byron’s “Manfred”

Thomas Cole, 1833

Still life painting of purple pansies in a carved bowl beside white spirea blossoms and a dark vase on draped cloth.

Pansies and Spirea

Elihu Vedder, 1882

Ink landscape of bare winter trees before distant grey mountains, with flying birds and calligraphic inscriptions on the uppe

Landscape with wintry trees

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, bare trees, a winding path and a thatched hut beside a stream.

Spring Mountain, Passing Rain

Yosa Buson, 1775

Portrait of the Young Queen Victoria

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1843

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a burgundy dress and white lace cap beside a green chair and classical objects.

Caroline Mary Leffingwell Street (1790-1877)

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1845

Arched panel painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a cloud, with three angels around them.

Virgin and Child with Angels Seated on Cloud

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Painting of a bald saint in white robes holding a golden crozier against a dark background.

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jean Bellegambe, 1525

Abstract geometric painting with a shaded rhombus, arcs, a perspective grid and circles in gray, black, white and red.

Proun 99

El Lissitzky, 1923

Gilded Gothic triptych with Virgin and Child in center, crucifixion and saints on wings, gold backgrounds.

Saints with Angel Annunciate

Spinello Aretino, 1400

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two angels under a gilded arch on a red patterned ground.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Bartolommeo Bulgarini, 1355