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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 woman spinning by a fireplace while a boy tends firewood and a man sits in a plain wooden room.

Spinning By Firelight - The Boyhood of George Washington Gray

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1894

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

Painting of children playing in shallow surf with a crowd and parasols on the beach behind them.

Beach Scene (or Sunday on the Beach)

Edward Henry Potthast, 1915

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

Still life painting of a wicker basket of peaches with leaves, grapes, grape leaves and a silver knife on a table.

Nature morte au panier de pêches Still Life with a Basket of Peaches

Raphaelle Peale, 1816

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

Dark painting of Hell with tormented figures, demons, and flames among rocky cliffs and a glowing opening.

Torments of Hell

Carl Ludwig Beutler, 1669

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chess Players

George Benjamin 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

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

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