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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

Grisaille painting of a hooded friar in a doorway and a nobleman with a sword on a stone street.

The Duke and Friar Thomas, from Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene iii

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Dark studio interior with a seated woman by a fireplace, a glowing amber lantern, potted plants, and a steaming kettle.

A Corner of the 72nd Street Studio

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1896

Full-length painting of a young girl in a striped blue and white dress and dark hat, beside a red cabinet and blue flowers.

Lady Jean

George Bellows, 1924

Painting of a bowing man in black beside an armored knight, with a white draped body and red curtains on a checkered floor.

King Henry VI, Part II: “Come hither, gracious sovereign, view this body.” (Act III, Scene ii)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Painting of Saint Paul with a sword and red book against a red background, with a banner reading PAVLVS.

Saint Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Painting of a seated woman in a dark velvet dress and lace collar, in a tufted armchair beside a glowing curtain.

Katherine Rosen

George Bellows, 1921

Brown-toned painted study of a man's head tilted upward, with loose brushwork and a torn, taped paper support.

Study of a head

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curls, white empire-style dress, and blue cameo necklace against a dark background.

Portrait of Alexandrine Émilie Brongniart

François Gérard, 1795

Painting of an open plain with grazing horses, dark tents, and a rider in white robes in the foreground under a hazy sky.

Arabian Encampment

Eugène Fromentin, 1847

Painting of a standing angel in a pale blue robe with red wings against a gold leaf background.

Figure study: an Angel

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of Saint Cecilia with halo playing a bowed viol, seated before a stone balustrade and green landscape.

Saint Cecilia

Marco Palmezzano, 1530

Tempera painting of the dead Christ held by a grieving woman and a companion, with two mourning angels against a gold backgro

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Taddeo Gaddi, 1335

Loose oil study of four men in eighteenth-century dress, one in a red cravat, against a brown background.

Figure Study, for The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harri…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Gold-ground panel of Saint John the Baptist in red and blue robes holding a cross staff, within a carved Gothic frame.

Saint John the Baptist

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child, flanked by musician angels, in a gilded frame.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Antonio Vivarini, 1462

Oil study of a woman in a white feathered headdress and gold band with a white fur collar, loosely painted.

Woman with osprey headdress and white fur collar

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of a nude woman with curled hair holding a dagger beside a green drape, identified as Lucretia, 1550.

Lucretia

Michele Tosini, 1550

Adam and Eve in a landscape, Eve reaching for fruit on a tree entwined by a serpent, Adam seated and pointing.

The Temptation of Adam and Eve

Mariotto Albertinelli, 1509

Oil study of a kneeling nun in a pale draped robe, arms raised, against a dark brown background.

Figure Study of a Nun, for The Infancy of Galahad, in The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, Book Delivery Room…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Painting of a woman in a pink gown seated by a marble fountain with pigeons in a classical courtyard with columns.

Innocent Amusements

John William Godward, 1891

Painting of an old bearded man with a knife at a kneeling nude youth on an altar as a winged angel descends.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Mariotto Albertinelli, 1509

Dim painting of an armored figure raising a dagger in a stone archway, with a crouching hooded figure and fallen armor below.

The Squire of Low Degree (one of 15 paintings, intended as a series, some unfinished)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897

Oil portrait of a young boy with dark curly hair in a red coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Jabez Huntington, Jr. (Nephew of the artist) (1767-1848), B.A. 1784

John Trumbull, 1777

The Holy Family in a dark forest: Mary holds the infant Christ, who reaches for a cherry branch offered by Joseph.

The Holy Family

Cornelis van Haarlem, 1590

Muted blue study of an arched Italian loggia with columns, a balustrade, and rooftops visible beyond the opening.

View of Italian Loggia-study

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Major Roger Alden (1754-1836)

John Trumbull, 1778

Portrait of a seated man in a red coat beside a desk with a quill, inkwell, drawing and classical columns behind him.

William Buckland (1734-1774)

Charles Willson Peale, 1774

Oil sketch of a stone staircase leading to a colonnade with arches, columns, and a sunlit building beyond.

Arles, view through archway

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Portrait of a woman in a white cap and red bodice beside a spaniel against a dark green curtain.

Sarah Trumbull with a Spaniel

John Trumbull, 1802

Portrait of a woman in a green silk wrap and white satin gown, holding a fan beside a lute and apples.

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah McClenachan) (1763-1823)

Charles Willson Peale, 1782