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Yale University Art Gallery

3,066 works

Painting of a seated man in a grey coat holding an open book, with one hand resting on a wooden chair back.

Wilbur Sherman (1776-1856)

Ammi Phillips, 1815

Portrait of a seated woman in a dark gown and white cap, holding a book, with a painted river landscape behind her.

Mrs. Richard Kent (Hannah Gookin) (1691-1758)

Joseph Badger, 1746

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a pink dress and white bonnet holding a basket of flowers.

Little Girl Holding Flowers (attributed to Joseph Badger)

Joseph Badger, 1750

Ink painting on paper of a pine tree, plum blossoms and bamboo, with calligraphy inscription and red seals above.

The Friends of the Cold Season

Ink painting of two gnarled pine trees beside a dark rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at the left edge.

Two Pine

Tang Yifen, 1840

Oval portrait miniature of a man with powdered white hair, brown coat and white cravat against a pink background.

Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809)

Robert Field, 1804

Portrait of a powdered-wig officer in dark blue coat and cream waistcoat with medals, sword in hand, beside a river landscape

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1786

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) (attributed to Ralph Eleaser Whieside Earl)

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1840

Ink painting of a scholar reading in a small pavilion beside a pine tree, rocks, bamboo and a stream.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Ink landscape scroll with steep mountains, pine and willow trees, a small pavilion by water, and calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan (1301-1374)

Ink fan painting of willows and a pavilion beside a misty lake with distant hills, with calligraphy at upper right.

Drifting by Willows on a Lake in Spring

Ink landscape with a pavilion, pine and bamboo by water, a figure on a rock, and seal-script calligraphy above.

Zhong Kui in his studio

He Shaoji, 1871

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe writing in a book beside a skull, cross, and inkpot in a cave.

Saint Jerome

Painting of a cavalry battle with mounted soldiers, raised sabers, an American flag, and red-coated British troops in smoke.

Battle of Cowpen

Frederick Kemmelmeyer, 1809

Painting of a woman in a pink and gold gown playing a lute, with an attendant holding an open book behind her.

Woman Playing a Lute

Jean Daret, 1638

Portrait of a woman in a red dress and white lace collar, holding a small bottle, with a large dark hat.

Sylvia Church Weston Sampson

Rufus Hathaway, 1793

Painting of men lifting a pale woman from a boat into dark sea under a stormy sky, with a woman in blue watching.

The Death of Sappho

Pierre-Auguste Vafflard, 1819

Dark still life with scattered fruit, a tipped basket, glass goblets, stacked wooden boxes and a perched bird.

Still Life with Fruit and a Bird

Blas de Ledesma, 1602

Still life of walnuts, figs, dates and dried fruit spilling from paper cones onto a dark table, painted in muted tones.

Still Life with Dried Fruit

Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, 1631

Oil painting of a snowy winter farm with a yellow farmhouse, barn, cattle, bare trees, and a walking figure.

Winter Landscape

George Henry Durrie, 1859

Ink painting on silk of a tall, twisted old pine tree growing from rocks, with spreading needle-covered branches.

Old Pine, after Li Cheng

Huang Ding, 1716

Painting of onlookers at a railing watching warships and a sailboat on a river at dusk, with a tall street lamp at left.

The Fleet

Glenn O. Coleman, 1913

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white bands, holding a blue book before a bookshelf and celestial diagram.

Ezra Stiles (1727 -1795), B.A. 1746, M.A. 1749

Samuel King, 1771

Portrait of a bearded man in a red robe and tall black hat, pointing at a book, with handwritten inscription above.

Rabbi Raphael Haijm Isaac Karigal (1733-1777)

Samuel King, 1782

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet, pearl necklace and lace-trimmed dress, against a grey background.

Elizabeth Hubbard Stiles (1731 - 1795)

Samuel King, 1771

Hanging scroll of white plum blossoms on a gnarled branch arching over a pale rock, with gray ink-wash sky and calligraphy.

Ink Plum in the Style of Wang Mian

Takaku Aigai, 1836

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a pavilion, pine trees, and a figure climbing stairs.

Snow Landscape

Mochizuki Gyokusen, 1879

Octagonal painting of female figures and a cupid among clouds, with gilded zodiac signs along the border.

Diana and Her Attendants among the Constellations

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1894

Painting of white, pink, yellow and red roses with green leaves against a dark background.

Rose

George Cochran Lambdin, 1872

Boys in paper hats with drums and brooms march past wooden machinery in a dim workshop interior.

Independence Day

John Edmund Califano, 1900

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in spectacles, black coat and bow tie, against a brown background.

Reverend Edward Elias Atwater (1816-1887), B.A. 1836, M.A. (Hon.) 1839

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a dark velvet dress and lace bonnet, with a green chair and classical objects beside her.

Mrs. Augustus Russell Street (Caroline Mary Leffingwell) (1790-1877)

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1845

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress, white lace bonnet and ruff, against a brown background.

Mrs. Timothy Dwight (Mary Woolsey)

Nathaniel Jocelyn

Hanging scroll of a steep misty mountain with trees and a small figure reading among stacked books on a platform.

Reading Books in a Cave: after Wu Zhen

Grey wash drawing of sailing boats and distant ships on calm water, with reeds and a figure in the foreground.

A Calm Sea

Pieter Coopse, 1661

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships in rough waves under an overcast sky, with a listing vessel in the foreground.

A Stormy Sea

Pieter Coopse, 1661

Album leaf painting of a green mountain landscape with willow trees, village houses, a pavilion, and a rider on an ox.

Leaf from Album of Landscape

Ink landscape scroll with misty mountains, a pine, bamboo, a pavilion with a seated figure, and calligraphy at upper right.

Landscape

Painted panel showing hermit saints in a rocky landscape near red-roofed buildings, with nude figures and robed monks.

Scenes from the Lives of the Hermits of the Thebaid

Giuliano Amidei, 1460

Painting of three winged archangels with halos, a young boy in blue, and a kneeling veiled donor in a shallow stage-like spac

Archangels Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael with Tobias and a Female Donor

Maestro di Serumido, 1520

Painting of the Virgin's death, with apostles gathered around a draped body on a striped bier in an arcaded hall.

The Dormition of the Virgin

Bernardino di Giovanni da Castelletto, 1460

Ink landscape scroll with misty rocky peaks above pine trees, a village with rooftops, and a stream in the foreground.

Evening Mist on Strange Peaks in the style of Guo Xi

Fang Shishu, 1746

Ink landscape of a steep mountain, pines, and a pavilion by water, with calligraphy above and red seals.

Landscape After Huang Gongwang with Calligraphy by Shi Zhili

Wang Chen, 1774

Painting of a thatched cottage, a horse and cart, and figures on a dirt road beneath hills and clouds.

Landscape

Ink painting of a seated elderly man in gray robes beside Japanese calligraphy, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Portrait of Matsuo Basho

Nakamura Hōchū

Hanging scroll with ink figures of Kanzan and Jittoku at lower right and vertical calligraphic poem above.

Kanzan and Jittoku with a Poem

Ink wash painting of bamboo with grey and dark leaves, a diagonal stalk, and calligraphy with a red seal at right.

Flowers and Fruits

Hanging scroll of a pale full moon over misty water with seven glowing fireflies in the dark lower half.

Seven Fireflies in the Moonlight

Shiokawa Bunrin

Ink scroll painting of misty mountains, a river, pine trees, a thatched house and calligraphy in the upper left.

Arashiyama in Spring

Hoashi Kyōu, 1880

Ink landscape of a thatched hut among pine trees and rocks, with bamboo, flying birds and a distant shore.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Hanging scroll of a cat seated on a rock gazing up at a butterfly, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Cat and Butterfly

Ink landscape of pines, a thatched pavilion with a seated reader, rocky cliffs and distant hills over water, with calligraphy

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Ink landscape of a tall craggy mountain above a rocky stream, pine trees, and a small stone bridge in the distance.

Album of Landscape

Ren Yu, 1878

Painting of a thatched cottage beside trees, with a reflecting pool, grazing cattle, and a distant windmill under a cloudy sk

Landscape with Cottage

Ink and color landscape of a thatched hut beside twisted pines, with a figure reading and misty mountains behind.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Portrait of Joseph Stella

Rafael Sala Marco, 1921

Abstract painting of interlocking curved and angular shapes in blue, red, orange, green, pink and white.

Abstraction

Jay Van Everen, 1920

Ink painting of birds among lotus flowers, leaves and a rock, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Birds by a Lotus Pond

Chen Jiayan, 1643

Ink painting on a fan-shaped gold paper showing chrysanthemums, a rock, and orchid leaves with calligraphy and a red seal.

Chrysanthemums and Rock

Chen Jiayan, 1663

Round panel of the Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and two angels before a distant landscape with a church.

Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Borghese Tondo, 1500

Ink painting of a gnarled plum branch with white blossoms beside a page of black calligraphy, with red seals.

Album of six leaves, Plum Blossoms and Flowers

Jin Junming, 1663

Dark painting of Hell with tormented figures, demons, and flames among rocky cliffs and a glowing opening.

Torments of Hell

Carl Ludwig Beutler, 1669

Ink landscape scroll with waterfall, mountains, pine trees, pavilions and a seated scholar on a rock.

Landscape in the style of Wen Zhengming

Ju Jie, 1568

Oil portrait of a man with white feathers in a patterned headwrap, red beaded sash, and dark coat, standing before a landscap

Captain Cold, or Ut-ha-wah (Onondaga, ca. 1770-1845)

William John Wilgus, 1838

Painting of figures playing a stick game on a frozen lake in winter, with bare trees, tents and distant hills.

Indians Playing Lacrosse on the Ice

Edmund C. Coates, 1859

Ink painting of a scholar reading under a pine tree beside a waterfall and thatched hut in misty mountains.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Ink landscape of a windswept pine beside thatched houses, a plank bridge, and misty hills, with calligraphy at upper left.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Ink painting of a figure reading beneath pine trees beside a thatched hut, with a misty mountain behind.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Page of black ink Chinese calligraphy in vertical columns with two red seals on pale paper.

Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)

Zhang Mingke, 1869

Tall abstract painting of stepped geometric forms in red, blue and black, with spheres on rods against a grey sky.

Construction in Blue

Paul Gaulois, 1925

Ink sketch of a seated man in period dress beside a writing table with an inkwell and quill, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Major John André, 1780

Ink and wash title page for Aesop's Fables with circular vignettes of fable scenes and bold lettering.

Title page for Aesop's Fables, No. 2 (recto); Sketches of Heads (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a man in a dark suit flanked by two women in feathered hats leaning toward him in a draped room.

L'Intrigue

Two brown ink prints on a mat: a bearded man in a headcloth looking up, and a seated bearded figure in a tall cap pointing.

A Russian Priest (1965.9.36), and Head of a man (1977.147.3)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1768

Charcoal sketch of a headless clothed woman's figure with draped fabric and sleeve on tan paper.

Sketch of a woman's headless figure, clothed

Edwin Austin Abbey

Theodore de Banville

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Engraving of a seated couple in a landscape with a castle, pond, and conifers beyond, drapery in the foreground.

The Lovers

Master M. Z., 1500

Pencil sketch of a robed man with bowed head and clasped hands in prayer, drawn in loose hatched strokes on paper.

Robed figure, praying: study for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a stooped elderly man in a worn coat and cap, leaning on a cane before a stone pedestal.

Le Chevalier Desgrieux

Paul Gavarni, 1852

American Ox

Constant Troyon, 1800

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers with spears and a kneeling figure.

Christ Carrying the Cross, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Lithograph of a man and woman reclining on a sofa in a draped interior, with a walking cane on the floor.

The New Novel

Ink and watercolor costume study of a man in a top hat, tan coat, striped waistcoat and blue trousers.

Sketch of a man - costume study for La Tosca(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of Dutch merchant ships in a harbor with ornate sterns, lion figurehead, and tall rigged masts under clouds.

Dutch West Indiaman, no. 2 of 12 in the series Navium Variae Figurae et Formae

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Lithograph of a scowling seated man in an armchair smoking a cigarette beside a decanter.

Les femmes?...un tas de serpents!

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pen and brown ink sketch of a steam tugboat pushing a barge on a river, with trees and a domed building on the shore.

Tugboat Pushing Barge on River

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1868

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair and a white collar, inscribed with his name and office, 1668.

Jean-Baptist van Steenberghen, Conseiller du Roi au Conseil de Flandre (King's Counselor to the Council of Flanders)

Robert Nanteuil, 1668

Lithograph of a seated woman with downcast eyes holding a stringed instrument beside a stone balustrade over water.

Serenade Venitienne

Paul Gavarni, 1854

Graphite sketch on tan paper of a bird's wing with layered feathers shaded in soft tones and a dark shadow at right.

Study of a wing, for "Infancy of Galahad" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched portrait of a bearded man with receding hair, head and shoulders, signed Desboutin in script below.

Portrait of J.J. Henner

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1878

Black and white lithograph of two women seen from behind, one seated at a desk with papers, the other leaning in beside her.

"L'amour platonique..." En v'la une pose!

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pencil sketch of a young man kneeling on his hands and knees with his head bowed, on an off-white sheet.

Study of a young man, on his hands and knees

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched view of Whitehall palace from the Thames, with a large classical hall above riverside buildings and small rowing boats

Whitehall from the River

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Lithograph of a heavyset seated man in a long coat beside a table with glass bottles, with a city skyline behind him.

Faut que la verite embete cranement l'homme!

Hand-colored lithograph of several sailing warships firing salutes in a harbor, with smoke, flags, and a fortified city wall

U.S. Frigate Constitution

Albert Newsam, 1838

Illustration for "Little Robert Reed"

Edwin Austin Abbey