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Yale University Art Gallery

3,066 works

Oil portrait of a man in a dark hat and two women, one in a lace-trimmed blouse, against a dark background.

Venetian Nobleman and Two Women

Jacopo Palma il Vecchio, 1520

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

Kneeling saint in white veil and black habit beside putti, with a flying red-robed figure in light above a columned arcade.

The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena

Il Sodoma, 1530

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

Landscape

Painted panel of a bearded, bald haloed man with a downcast gaze, set against a richly punched gold halo.

Saint Joseph (?)

Fra Angelico, 1418

Hanging scroll of two egrets among pink lotus flowers and leaves, with a kingfisher and rock, in ink and color.

Egrets by Lotus

Okuhara Seiko, 1881

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

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

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

Hanging scroll painting of pink peonies and white narcissus beside a rock, with dark ink leaves and branches.

Peonies and Narcissus

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

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

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 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

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

Painting of a kneeling winged angel in a red robe holding a leafy branch against a teal background with gold border.

Annunciatory Angel

Bernardino Fungai, 1495

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

Panel painting of the Virgin kneeling in prayer while the Christ Child, with a gold halo, reaches up to touch her veil.

Virgin and Child

Neri di Bicci, 1460

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

Damaged painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who looks upward, against a blue sky with a red garment.

Virgin and Child

Giovanni Bellini, 1475

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 the Pietà with grieving figures around the dead Christ before a cross and a wide landscape with village and mount

Pietà

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, 1520

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and black cap against green, hands clasped, with a gold ring.

Portrait of a Hanseatic Merchant

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1538

Hanging scroll of two figures under a pine tree beside a garden rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at left.

Landscape with Two Figures Standing Under a Pine and Beside a Garden Rock

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

Small oval miniature of a young man in a red cap, set in gilt frame and velvet-lined wooden case.

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1538

Painted panel of two gilded-haloed saints under gothic arches, a veiled woman with roses and a friar holding a blue book.

Saints Elizabeth of Hungary and Anthony of Padua

Lippo d' Andrea, 1400

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

Sunrise III

Arthur Dove, 1936

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

Oil portrait of two men in 18th-century dress, one seated and one standing, with a harbour and ships behind them.

Elihu Yale and his Cousin (Son? Nephew?) David (1649-1721)

James Worsdale, 1718

Painting of a woman in a black and brown gown holding a rabbit, with a landscape of trees and hills behind her.

Portrait of a Lady with a Rabbit

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, 1508

Oil portrait of a man leaning on a ledge beside a seated woman in blue silk holding a spaniel, under trees.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Wentworth

Joshua Reynolds, 1763

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

Oil portrait of a seated woman in white with two young sons, one in a black feathered hat, against a red drapery and landscap

Portrait of Jane, Countess of Harrington, with her Sons, the Viscount Petersham and the Honorable Lincoln Stanhope

Joshua Reynolds, 1786

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint enthroned with a sword, flanked by winged angels, two of whom play a harp and a viol.

Saint Lucy Enthroned

Giovanni di Bartolomeo Cristiani, 1375

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

Oval oil portrait of a young man with dark hair in a brown garment and white collar, looking to the side.

Omai

Joshua Reynolds, 1774

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

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

Pomegranate Flowers

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

Round painted panel of a blindfolded nude youth bound by women in colorful dresses, with a horseman and birds in the backgrou

Desco da Parto with Love Bound by Maidens

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1497

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

Seated bather in white cloth bending forward on grass, with a blue garment and stick beside him against a dark background.

The Bather

Jean-François Millet, 1846

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

Study of a Rock

Asher Brown Durand

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

Orchids

Seated elderly man in black hat and white ruff collar, holding gloves, against a brown background.

Portrait of an Elderly Man, traditionally called Heer Bodolphe

Frans Hals, 1643

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 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

Oil portrait of a seated elderly woman in a dark dress, white collar and cap, holding a handkerchief in a carved chair.

Portrait of an Elderly Woman, traditionally called Mevrouw Bodolphe

Frans Hals, 1643

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

Hauled Up

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

Brown ink landscape painting of a tall rocky mountain with pines, bare trees, a stone bridge and a distant pagoda.

A Thousand Peaks After Snowfall

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

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

Cubist still life with a newspaper labeled LE JOURNAL, a yellow fruit dish, and a glass in geometric planes.

Newspaper and Fruit Dish

Juan Gris, 1916

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

Painting of a dusk sea view from a terrace, with pink clouds, street lamps, rooftops and a green pillar on the right.

Abend auf der Terrasse (Evening on the Terrace)

Max Beckmann, 1928

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

Crucifixion scene with three figures on crosses and an armored rider on a white horse in the foreground.

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1538

Ink painting of a sparrow perched on a branch beside a bare willow tree with small green buds, with red seal stamps.

Early Spring

Takeuchi Seihô, 1925

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