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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Dim still life of a brass lantern, blue and white vase, copper bowl and pink lilac sprig on a shelf.

Still Life in the Studio

J. Alden Weir, 1878

Painting of a crowded biblical wedding feast with a haloed figure in red in the foreground and stone jars on the floor.

The Marriage at Cana

Frans Francken the Younger

Oil painting of a shepherdess resting among sheep, goats and cattle beside classical ruins and a distant carriage.

Landscape with Shepherde

Jan Baptist Weenix, 1650

Vanitas still life with a skull, books, scrolls, a quill, and classical busts on a dark shelf above a green-draped table.

Vanitas Still Life

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1621

Ink painting of orchids on a fan-shaped tan sheet, with calligraphy and red seals at the lower left.

Orchids

Ma Shouzhen, 1604

Painting of a sandy beach with figures, a horse and cart, beached boats, a wooden pier, and sailboats under a cloudy sky.

Yarmouth Beach

Painting of a forest stream with a seated nude figure by a gnarled tree and sheep resting in the grass beyond.

Noon

John Linnell, 1839

Interior of a Gothic church with tall columns and a checkered floor, with figures in the foreground and worshippers near the

Church Interior

Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1650

Long panel painting of a medieval jousting tournament with knights on horseback, crowded stands, and heraldic banners.

Tournament in the square of Santa Croce, Florence

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1440

Two women in a dusky garden, one in a dark dress brushing the long auburn hair of the other, with a rose bush behind.

Rose to Rose

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1890

Painting of a Gothic church interior with a priest, worshippers, a beggar, and a dog on a checkered floor.

Interior of a Gothic Church

Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1635

Gilded panel painting of a stormy sea battle with sinking ships, armored men, sea monsters, and a chariot on a shore.

The Shipwreck of Aenea

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1450

Faded panel painting of a crowned woman in a procession with veiled women and an armored man with a staff, in a gilt frame.

Triumph of Love (?)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Painting of a kitchen with a hanging bird, cabbages, fish, a cat, and figures working by the hearth.

A Kitchen

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1653

Horizontal panel of a hunt, a colonnaded court with gilded figures, and city builders with a crane and ships, framed in gold.

Aeneas at Carthage

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1450

Painting of a haloed nun kneeling before a pope and cardinals, with blessed bread on a table in a blue-walled room.

Saint Clare of Assisi Blessing the Bread before Pope Innocent IV

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455

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

Painted panel of a gilded royal procession under arched loggias, with horsemen and a city in the background.

Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1440

Classical female figure with laurel wreath holding a scroll, framed by scrolling ribbons on a gold semicircular ground.

Poetry

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Still life with turnips, bread, a stoneware jug, wine glass, and a newspaper on a wooden table.

Munchener Bote

William Harnett, 1881

Painting of a devastated Dutch city with church towers, smoking ruins, scattered debris and figures in the foreground.

The Explosion of the Powder Magazine in Delft, 1654

Egbert van der Poel, 1654

Bounty

Elihu Vedder, 1893

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

Painting of visitors at a sculpture exhibition, with a bronze bust, classical statues, palms, and a woman reading in the fore

At the Sculpture Exhibition

Charles Courtney Curran, 1895

Lunette painting of a draped woman holding a gold casket and chain inside a laurel wreath, with ribbon scrollwork on gold.

Wealth

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Dark forest painting with trees framing a glowing golden light breaking through the canopy into a clearing.

Late Afternoon

Ralph Albert Blakelock

Landscape painting of a plank footbridge, tall trees, grazing cows and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

William Trost Richards, 1860

Semicircular panel showing a dancing woman in classical dress holding comic and tragic masks inside a laurel wreath, on gold

Drama

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Dark painted landscape of seated figures in a forest clearing under trees, with a glowing horizon at dusk.

Moonlit Landscape with Indian

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1880

Fan painting of a dark bird on a bean plant branch beneath a pale moon, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Harvest Moon and Raven Bean with Haiku

Semicircular painting of a classical female figure holding a trumpet and laurel wreath, framed by a laurel ring and gold scro

Fame

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Oil painting of an older man showing a microscope to two children at a candlelit table, with a woman standing nearby.

The Microscope

Robert Walter Weir, 1849

Fan-shaped painting of a spider spinning a web beside red blossoms, green leaves, and a bare branch, with calligraphy at left

Spider Spinning Its Web

Lunette painting of a dancing woman holding pan pipes and a tambourine within a laurel wreath on a gold ground.

Music

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Twilight seascape with a tall sailing ship at anchor, a rowboat, and a white lighthouse on a rocky point under a dusky sky.

Lighthouse at Camden, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1851

Painting of Venus with a cupid and muscular smiths at a forge, with putti handling armor under a stormy sky.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, also known as “Thetis receives the Arms of Achilles”

Theodoor van Thulden

Gilded lunette showing a dancing woman with grapes and a cup inside a laurel wreath, framed by pink and grey ribbons.

Frivolity

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Painting of a calm inlet at sunset with grazing cows, a sailboat, a tree, and a seated figure sketching in the foreground.

New England Inlet with Self-Portrait

Fitz Henry Lane, 1848

Fan-shaped ink and color landscape with craggy mountains, pine trees, and distant hills, with calligraphy and red seals.

Landscape in the Style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Yuanqi, 1712

Oil painting of a snowy river with a stone bridge, historic buildings, a tower and a horse-drawn carriage under a grey sky.

Paris in Winter

Pierre Dumont, 1912

Lunette painting of two draped women in pink with wheat and flower garland before blossoming branches.

Ceres and Proserpine Reunited

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Snowy riverbank with bare trees, moored boats along a dock, and a wooden house, painted in pale winter tones.

Harlem River Winter Scene

Ernest Lawson, 1910

Abstract painting of interlocking angular shapes in red, black, white, blue and green, by Patrick Henry Bruce, 1916.

Composition II

Patrick Henry Bruce, 1916

Reclining female muse with laurel wreath holding a brush beside an easel, palette and brush vase, in a pink robe.

Muse of Painting

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Ink painting of a boy in a conical hat riding a water buffalo beneath gnarled trees, with scattered leaves on the ground.

Herd Boy

Hishida Shunsō

Painting of green and yellow plums heaped in a white bowl on a white cloth, painted in loose, faceted brushstrokes.

Plums

Patrick Henry Bruce, 1912

Lunette painting of a woman holding pan pipes beside a column, with a reclining cherub and green foliage on a gold background

Muse of Music

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Ink painting of bamboo stalks and leaves on a folding screen, with calligraphy and a seal in the upper right corner.

Moonlight Bamboo

Ike no Taiga, 1758

Abstract painting of overlapping angular shapes in red, black, blue, green, yellow and white with textured brushwork.

Composition IV

Patrick Henry Bruce, 1916

Reclining woman in pink robes holds up a glowing light bulb beside leaves, with glass jars and wires on a table.

Muse of Electricity

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Old Scholar and Mind Landscape

Painting of worn old books with brown, orange and green bindings leaning on a shelf against a dark background.

Nine Book

John Frederick Peto, 1890

Seated woman with red hair and laurel wreath playing a golden lyre, in pink and red robes, against olive green in a half-roun

Muse of Lyric Poetry

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Gilded altarpiece panel: left, Crucifixion with kneeling Mary Magdalene; right, Christ crowning the Virgin Mary amid angels a

The Coronation of the Virgin

Jacopo di Cione, 1375

Dark Gothic church interior with a ceremony at a raised altar, columns, stained glass, and small figures in the foreground.

The Circumcision of Christ

François de Nomé, 1623

Seated classical woman in a laurel wreath, red drapery and scroll, against an olive background with laurel branches.

Muse of Tragedy

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Painting of a rural schoolroom with a teacher seated at a table and children reading near a stove and windows.

A Country School

Edward Lamson Henry, 1890

Gilded wooden cassone chest with painted panels of horsemen and a carriage, flanked by columns and a central coat-of-arms.

Cassone: The Story of Palaemon and Arcites from Boccaccio’s Teseida with a coat-of-arms (front); Putti bearing coat-o…

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1420

Reclining woman with a comic mask staff, wearing pink and white draped robes, with laurel branches on an olive background.

Muse of Comedy

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Painting of a stone house with green shutters, a horse carriage, pedestrians, and blooming shrubs on a city street.

The John Hancock House

Edward Lamson Henry, 1865

Gilded panel of figures in a garden around an octagonal fountain, with dark trees and birds against gold.

Garden of Love

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1430

Reclining woman in laurel wreath beside a celestial globe and drafting board, with a classical column behind her.

Muse of Astronomy

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1893

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a red lace-trimmed dress and coral necklace, arm resting on a chair back.

Portrait of Dorothea A. Dreier (1870-1923)

Walter Shirlaw, 1908

Dense crowd of costumed dancers, balloons and lanterns under a dark arched night sky in a painting by Jerome Myers.

Dance Fantasy

Jerome Myers, 1923