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Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white bands, holding a blue book before a bookshelf and celestial diagram.

Ezra Stiles (1727 -1795), B.A. 1746, M.A. 1749

Samuel King, 1771

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

Painting of a helmeted soldier in armor and red cloak listening to a bandaged man beside a stone ledge with a servant and you

Tale of the Soldier

Karel Dujardin, 1650

Painting of white, pink, yellow and red roses with green leaves against a dark background.

Rose

George Cochran Lambdin, 1872

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

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

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

Torments of Hell

Carl Ludwig Beutler, 1669

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

Composition V

Patrick Henry Bruce, 1916

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seated woman in green dress and lace bonnet beside a white dog, fruit basket and garden window, painted 1788.

Elizabeth Davis Beardsley (1749-1790)

The Beardsley Limner, 1788

Painting of nude figures dancing and bending on a green island under a rainbow, with a fruit tree and water.

The Island of Peace

Heinrich Vogeler, 1918

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

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

Portrait of an elderly clergyman in black seated at a table, writing with a quill beside stacked books and a red curtain.

Reverend Ammi Ruhamah Robbins (1740-1813), B.A. 1760, M.A. 1763

Reuben Moulthrop, 1812

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

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

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

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

Landscape with wintry trees

Portrait of the Young Queen Victoria

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1843

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

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

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

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

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 processional cross with painted crucifixion, Virgin and Saint John at the arms, and an angel above.

Double-Sided Processional Cross

Elemosina di Forte, 1305

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 Luks, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in black dress and white head cloth seated in a red wing chair holding a book.

Anna Susan Dummer Powell (1684-1764)

John Singleton Copley, 1764

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 the Crucifixion with Mary and John beside the cross, a skull at the base, and a distant landscape with a city and

The Crucifixion

The Master of the Risen Magdalen, 1500

Oval portrait of a man in a velvet cap and fur-trimmed robe holding a red book against a green background.

Ezra Stiles (1727-1795), B.A.1746, M.A.1749

Nathaniel Smibert, 1756

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

Painting of a seated woman with auburn hair holding a white drape, barefoot in a green outdoor setting.

The Bather

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1900

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

Abstract geometric painting of grey, white and black rectangles, a semicircle and a small red dome in vertical composition.

Composition I

Ragnhild Keyser, 1926

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