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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Ink and wash drawing of two men in period dress, one gesturing, beside a broken pot on the ground.

Cartoon of two men and broken pot

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor mourning picture of two obelisk memorials with urns under a weeping willow, with inscribed plaques and a landscape

Mourning Picture

Mary Eliza Stafford, 1821

Watercolor of whitewashed village buildings above a harbor with boats, terraced green hills rising behind them.

White Amalfi

John Ireland Howe Downes

Grey wash landscape in a circle showing a river between wooded hills, grazing cows, and a tree under cloudy sky.

Landscape with river - rondel format

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1868

Watercolor landscape of a wide prairie with eroded bluffs, a winding river, distant riders, and blue mountains under a pale s

Big Hole Prairie from the North

John Mix Stanley, 1854

Red chalk sketch of a reclining nude woman with one arm raised behind her head, signed John Sloan.

Model Resting

Charcoal study of a bald bearded man in a buttoned coat leaning over a ledge, hand raised to his head.

Figure studies for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Watercolor of a seated street vendor in a blue turban holding up an ear of corn beside a bucket of corn.

The Hot Corn Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a rider spurring a rearing horse toward a mountain lion in a tree, with a hound dog nearby.

Spurring His Horse in Pursuit

Frederic Remington, 1878

Ink and wash sketch of a man knocked off a sailboat by its boom, with a crouching sailor below and choppy sea.

Man being knocked overboard by boom of sailboat (recto); Unidentified illustraiton of boy shining man's shoe (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose ink and watercolor sketch of costumed dancers in colorful hats and dresses, signed J. Torres-García and dated 1921.

Artists' Ball: Costumed Dancers

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Watercolor of a young woman in a blue dress and bonnet carrying strawberry baskets beside a green street lamp.

The Strawberry Girl

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Charcoal and white chalk figure study on brown paper, a man with both arms raised, with a second arm sketch at upper right.

Figure study for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Two Views of a Wolf's Head

John Singer Sargent, 1850

Watercolor of a man driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with straw bales, with spoked wheels and a shadowed ground.

The Old Straw Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil study of a robed figure raising an arm toward a banner, with a crowd and horsemen sketched below.

Study for "Crusaders Sighting Jerusalem" (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a standing draped female figure within an architectural setting on cream paper.

Study for "Joan of Arc" - left side of two sheets

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879

The Quaker

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose watercolor of a green hillside with clusters of yellow wildflowers on dark shrubs beneath a dark sky band.

Landscape with wildflowers

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

Pompeo Batoni, 1748

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a portrait bust wearing a ruff collar, curled hair and a chain necklace.

Portrait of a Lady

Palma il Giovane, 1610

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat seated at a bar table beside tankards, with a stool at right.

Sketch of a crippled man seated at table in bar

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mounted knight reaching toward a seated helmeted figure near rocks, with a fallen figure by a

Scene from Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata

Francesco Allegrini

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude youth twisting his torso, one arm extended, on a pale orange sheet.

Study of a Youth

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1575

Pencil sketch of an industrial interior with iron rods, furnace openings, a workbench and a wooden plank floor.

Sketch of Continental Iron Works(?) [industrial interior]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a tin ware peddler in a top hat carrying a bucket and a back load of metal pots and pitchers.

The Ware Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a harbour with a sailing boat, rowing boat, stone tower and figures on the quay.

Harbour Scene

Abraham Rademaker

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a flowing robe, one arm raised, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888.

Portia: "It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven," from Act IV, Scene I, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Abstract watercolor of overlapping yellow, pink, black and teal triangles and shapes, with teal wavy stripes at lower right.

Abstraction Based on Sails, X

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Ink sketch of a cyclist leaning forward, with fragmented forms and motion lines suggesting speed, on tan paper.

Study I for Dynamism of a Cyclist

Umberto Boccioni, 1913