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Yale University Art Gallery

3,066 works

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

Hanging scroll painting of a white cockatoo perched on an ornate golden stand with lotus motifs and red seals.

White Cockatoo

Itō Jakuchū, 1755

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

Six-panel folding screen with ink paintings of chickens, a rooster on rocks, and a stone lantern on gold ground.

Chicken

Itō Jakuchū, 1770

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

Ink painting of a lotus leaf on a long stem rising beside a dark rock, with a folded bud and grass blades.

Lotu

Itō Jakuchū, 1765

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

Painting of three quail among grasses, dandelions and red leaves on a sandy bank, with bare branches above.

Everlasting Contentment

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

Classical interior with figures examining a gold figurine beside a marble fountain and statues, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

An Art Lover

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868

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 Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king before the Virgin and Christ Child, with attendants, oxen and a stable

Adoration of the Magi

Luca Signorelli, 1508

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

Painting of the crucified Christ with a crown of thorns, a skull and bones at the base of the cross, and a dark landscape beh

The Crucifixion

Annibale Carracci, 1587

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

Oil portrait of a woman with powdered hair, lace gown, red velvet cloak and dark trees behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1750

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

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono and pink headscarf holding a staff, beside a flower basket.

Female Immortal

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

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

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, hands resting on a gilt book against a brown background.

Dr. Lemuel Hopkins (1750-1801), M.A. (Hon.) 1784

John Trumbull, 1793

Painting of a garden alley under a vine-covered arch with cypress trees and two kneeling figures in pale robes.

Annunciation

Maurice Denis, 1907

Oil study of a seated male nude with one arm raised, resting on a green drape against a dark background.

Male Nude Study

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1877

Gilded Gothic panel of the Virgin Annunciate in blue and red robes, haloed beneath an arch, with Ave Maria inscription.

Virgin Annunciate

called Sassetta Stefano di Giovanni, 1428

Frontal painting of a standing nude man with long dark hair and beard against a dark background, by Lovis Corinth, 1886.

Männlicher Akt

Lovis Corinth, 1886

Panel painting of a haloed rider on a brown horse sharing a red cloak with a barefoot beggar on a cobbled street.

Saint Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a Beggar

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1340

Painting of a calm creek at sunset with a distant mountain, a rowboat, a horseback rider, and a cabin beneath trees.

North Mountain and Catskill Creek

Thomas Cole, 1838

Loose oil sketch of small figures digging on a wide gray tidal flat under a cloudy sky, with distant sea at the horizon.

Clam Digger

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, bare trees, a winding path and a thatched hut beside a stream.

Spring Mountain, Passing Rain

Yosa Buson, 1775

Painting of a waterfall in a rocky gorge with snowy peaks and a small figure in red drapery beneath a rainbow.

Scene from Byron’s “Manfred”

Thomas Cole, 1833

Painting of a dirt country road through golden wheat fields, with trees and a rural building under a cloudy sky.

Landscape along a Country Road

Charles-François Daubigny, 1860

Dark cave scene with demons, monsters and a bearded hermit reading beside a nude woman, with a burning city under a moonlit s

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1594

Study of a rugged gorge with dark trees, pale cliffs and a misty sky, painted in browns and greys.

Study for a Scene from Lord Byron’s “Manfred”

Thomas Cole, 1833

Three pale pink roses with green leaves in a clear glass vase against a dark background.

Still Life with Rose

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1877

Painting of a woman kneeling beside a sleeping infant in a dark cave, with a stormy sea and a figure in waves behind.

Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos (?)

Henry Fuseli, 1785

Head

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1912

Painting of a canal lock and stone embankment in a town, with market stalls, figures, a sailing boat and distant mountains.

The Lock at Dolo

Bernardo Bellotto, 1745

Arched panel painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a cloud, with three angels around them.

Virgin and Child with Angels Seated on Cloud

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Gilded Gothic triptych with Virgin and Child in center, crucifixion and saints on wings, gold backgrounds.

Saints with Angel Annunciate

Spinello Aretino, 1400

Worn panel painting of the Virgin in blue mantle holding an open book, within a gilded gothic tracery frame.

Virgin Annunciate

Bartolo di Fredi, 1370

Painting of a stag-headed figure in a pink cloak running with hounds through a wooded landscape with a distant city.

Actaeon Turned into a Stag

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Painting of rocky cliffs above a river with bathers, figures on a foreground rock, and windblown trees under a stormy sky.

Landscape with Bathers

Salvator Rosa, 1660

Half-length portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat with gold buttons, against a dark background.

Portrait of Mr. William Chase, Sr.

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1760

Renaissance painting of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, an ox, a donkey, angels and robed saints.

The Mystical Nativity

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1490

Two women in 19th-century dresses play croquet on a green lawn beneath shady trees.

A Game of Croquet

Winslow Homer, 1866

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue silk dress, lace bonnet and pearl necklace against a dark background.

Portrait of Mrs. William Chase, Sr.

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1760

Landscape painting with hunting dogs attacking a fallen stag beside a winding river, with ruins on the hills behind.

The Death of Actaeon

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Woman in red dress crossing a plank bridge toward an old mill, with three women waiting by a stone wall beneath a pine tree.

Old Mill (The Morning Bell)

Winslow Homer, 1871

Painting of a kneeling saint in white veil and black habit, surrounded by winged putti and angels against a distant landscape

The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena

Il Sodoma, 1530

Panel painting of a hunting party with dogs, nude women at a pool on the right, and a distant walled city under a pale sky.

Diana and Actaeon

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Oval portrait of a young girl with auburn hair in a white blouse and green ribbon against a dark background.

Young Girl

Winslow Homer, 1874

Night landscape with a campfire by rock cliffs and pines, a full moon behind clouds, and figures near the fire.

The Trappers' Camp

Albert Bierstadt, 1861

Circular painting of the head of the dead Christ with closed eyes, crown of thorns, and long hair against a dark background.

Dead Christ

Quinten Metsys, 1530

Two figures in fur coats with snowshoes stand on a snowy hill under a dark, heavy winter sky.

Below Zero

Winslow Homer, 1894

Painted butterfly with red, yellow and green washes on pale paper, with a handwritten signature at the left edge.

Yellow Butterfly

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

A Bagpiper

Quinten Metsys, 1513