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Lunette painting of a classical female figure holding a palm frond and laurel wreath within a green wreath on gold ground.

Victory

Elihu Vedder, 1893

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

Painting of ruined Roman aqueduct arches on a grassy plain at sunset, with a shepherd and sheep in the foreground.

View of the Roman Campagna

Benjamin Champney, 1846

Painting of the Pietà with grieving figures around the dead Christ before a cross and a wide landscape with village and mount

Pietà

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, 1520

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

Hanging scroll of two figures under a pine tree beside a garden rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at left.

Landscape with Two Figures Standing Under a Pine and Beside a Garden Rock

Painting of a wide heath under dark clouds, with a dirt road, grassy mounds, autumn trees and small distant figures.

A Road across Hampstead Heath

John Constable, 1822

Oil portrait of a seated man in a fur-trimmed robe writing with a quill at a green desk, against a draped curtain.

Francesco Guicciardini

Giuliano Bugiardini, 1538

Painted panel of two gilded-haloed saints under gothic arches, a veiled woman with roses and a friar holding a blue book.

Saints Elizabeth of Hungary and Anthony of Padua

Lippo d' Andrea, 1400

Abstract painting of a glowing yellow sun within concentric arcs of purple, green and blue above dark hills.

Sunrise III

Arthur Garfield Dove, 1936

Oil portrait of a man in a red coat and grey wig holding a folded paper, against a brown background.

Edward Winslow (1699-1753)

John Smibert, 1730

Oil portrait of two men in 18th-century dress, one seated and one standing, with a harbour and ships behind them.

Elihu Yale and his Cousin (Son? Nephew?) David (1649-1721)

James Worsdale, 1718

Painting of a woman in a black and brown gown holding a rabbit, with a landscape of trees and hills behind her.

Portrait of a Lady with a Rabbit

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, 1508

Oil portrait of a man with long dark hair in a black gown and white clerical bands, set in an oval frame.

Reverend Joseph Sewall (1688-1769)

John Smibert, 1735

Oil painting of a seated woman in a green gown on a red throne facing a man in black, with an attendant holding a parchment.

Christopher Columbus before Queen Isabella

Jean-Paul Laurens

Diego Velázquez's The Education of the Virgin: a woman in a gold mantle teaches a girl in red to read, beside an older bearde

The Education of the Virgin

Diego Velázquez, 1617

Painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a patterned shawl with a black collar and cameo brooch, on pink background.

Portrait of Katherine S. Dreier

Anne Goldthwaite, 1915

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint enthroned with a sword, flanked by winged angels, two of whom play a harp and a viol.

Saint Lucy Enthroned

Giovanni di Bartolomeo Cristiani, 1375

Painting of a kneeling woman in white taking the veil before a bishop in a gothic church with clergy and congregation.

Taking the Veil

Robert Walter Weir, 1863

Oil portrait of a young woman in a red dress and flower wreath beside antlers, against a dark woodland background.

A young woman in Arcadian costume

Reyer van Blommendael, 1650

Painted panel of the Virgin and Child with gold halos, blue mantle, and a dark background of fruit-bearing branches, in a Got

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Gentile da Fabriano, 1419

Hanging scroll of ink branches with red pomegranate flowers and green leaves on a pale background, with inscription and seals

Pomegranate Flowers

Oil portrait of a man with curled wig, lace cravat and reddish cloak against a dark background.

Samuel Pepy

John Riley, 1650

Round painted panel of a blindfolded nude youth bound by women in colorful dresses, with a horseman and birds in the backgrou

Desco da Parto with Love Bound by Maidens

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1497

Portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and ruff, holding a small red book against a brown background.

An Old Lady

Frans Hals, 1628

Oil portrait of a woman in a white satin gown and lace cap holding a book, set before a dark wooded landscape.

Elizabeth Moffatt Sherburne (1729/30-1762/3)

John Greenwood, 1750

Oil study of weathered boulders covered in moss and lichen, set against a misty green hillside.

Study of a Rock

Asher Brown Durand

Ink painting of orchids with arching leaves beside a rock, with calligraphy inscription and red seals on the left.

Orchids

Portrait of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet with a young child in white dress beside her, against a plain background.

Mrs. Wilbur (Sarah “Sally” Stearns) Sherman (1789-1845) and daughter Sarah (1814-1872)

Ammi Phillips, 1815

Gilded gothic panel showing the Virgin Annunciate in a blue mantle, holding an open Latin book under a pinnacle frame.

Virgin Annunciate

Bartolo di Fredi, 1380