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Yale University Art Gallery

127 works

Gilded gothic panel with an angel above and six haloed saints in tiers against a gold background.

Six Saints (James the Greater, John the Baptist, Bernard of Clairvaux, Philip, Anthony Abbot, and Dorothy); Annunciat…

Spinello Aretino, 1400

Gothic panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, horses, and gold leaf background.

The Adoration of the Magi

Cenni di Francesco, 1380

Narrow gilded panel with a row of religious scenes: robed men, a grey horse, and a haloed figure tending a sleeping man on a

Scenes from the Legend of Saints Cosmas and Damian

Mariotto di Nardo, 1404

Long panel painting of a medieval tournament with mounted knights, banners, spectators on a balcony, and a crowd below.

A Tournament in Piazza Santa Croce

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1462

Painting of ballet dancers in blue tutus resting and rehearsing in a studio with a column and mirror.

The Ballet Rehearsal

Edgar Degas, 1891

Painting of the Virgin's deathbed with robed apostles holding books around her in an arcaded Renaissance interior.

The Death of the Virgin

Master of Sant’Anastasio, 1480

Horizontal panel with gilded figures showing a forest hunt, a colonnaded court gathering, and city construction.

Aeneas at Carthage

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1460

Titian's painting of the Circumcision of Christ showing bearded men around a table with an infant, a veiled woman, and a blue

The Circumcision of Christ

Titian, 1506

Gold-ground religious panel with Virgin and Child at center flanked by four haloed saints with name labels.

Virgin and Child with Saints James, John the Baptist, Peter, and Francis

Lippo di Benivieni, 1290

Painting of a courtly procession of gold-robed figures meeting at an arched palace, with a walled city and horsemen at left.

The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1460

Painted panel showing Christ praying on a hill, an angel with a chalice, and three sleeping disciples before a distant city.

Agony in the Garden

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Narrow painted panel of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling figures, riders and hills.

The Adoration of the Magi with Kneeling Confraternity Members

Sano di Pietro, 1450

Half-lunette panel of the Annunciation: an angel kneels before the Virgin in a marble-floored interior under a sky with God a

The Annunciation

Neroccio di Bartolomeo de’ Landi, 1492

Painted panel of Christ carrying the cross past a soldier and mourning women, with three crosses on a distant hill.

Way to Calvary

Francesco Botticini, 1475

Vertical ink scroll of a craggy rock with dark dot texture, a small red plant at lower left, and calligraphy with red seals.

Chrysanthemums

Wu Changshuo, 1896

Hanging scroll of two egrets among pink lotus flowers and leaves, with a kingfisher and rock, in ink and color.

Egrets by Lotus

Okuhara Seiko, 1881

Painting of the risen Christ in a tomb with a cross banner, two soldiers beside him, and a hilly landscape behind.

The Resurrection

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Hanging scroll painting of pink peonies and white narcissus beside a rock, with dark ink leaves and branches.

Peonies and Narcissus

Horizontal gilded panel of elegant courtly figures in a landscape with Cupid, a fountain, a tent, and a chariot.

The Realms of Love

Paolo Schiavo, 1425

Panel painting of Christ and a kneeling woman in red in a walled garden, with mountains behind, by Francesco Botticini.

Noli Me Tangere

Francesco Botticini, 1480

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

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

Pomegranate Flowers

Three gold-ground panels: an angel with a branch at left, a small red fragment at centre, and the Virgin Mary reading in blue

The Annunciation

Fra Angelico, 1423

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

Orchids

Narrow medieval panel with two scenes: an arcaded interior with robed figures, and a crowd of knights and horses before tents

The Story of Rinaldo da Montalbano, or the Four Sons of Aymon

Florentine School, first quarter 15th century, 1415

Panel painting with two scenes: a haloed angel over the sea beside a woman and child, and a crowd beneath a mountain with a b

Saint Michael Archangel Makes the Sea Withdraw to Leave a Passage for a Woman who Gave Birth on a Pilgrimage to Tumba…

Fra Angelico, 1413

Narrow predella panel with gold-ground painted saints, a crucifixion scene, and geometric red and blue medallions between fig

Predella: Saint Francis, the Mourning Virgin Mary, Christ on the Cross, the Mourning Saint John the Evangelist, and S…

Luca di Tommè, 1350

Hanging scroll of red bamboo, green leaves and a pink flower on beige silk, with calligraphy at upper left.

Plants for the May 5th Festival

Jiang Ding, 1763

Painting of a dusk sea view from a terrace, with pink clouds, street lamps, rooftops and a green pillar on the right.

Abend auf der Terrasse (Evening on the Terrace)

Max Beckmann, 1928

Panel painting of Christ with a hoe and a kneeling woman in red reaching toward him in a fenced garden with hills behind.

Noli me tangere

Florentine School, 1480

Tall gilded panel painting of Saint Peter with papal tiara, holding keys and a staff against a gold background.

Saint Peter

Vittore Crivelli, 1480

Painted procession of gilded chariots, oxen, and armored riders passing a walled city with towers.

Triumphal Entry into Rome of Titus and Vespasian

Paolo Uccello, 1430

Ink scroll painting of robed Guanyin beneath a gnarled pine, with calligraphy above and a red seal stamp.

Guanyin

Ink landscape of bare winter trees before distant grey mountains, with flying birds and calligraphic inscriptions on the uppe

Landscape with wintry trees

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

White Cockatoo

Itō Jakuchū, 1755

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 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

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

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 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

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 veiled woman and a red-cloaked man walking through a crowd of hooded figures holding poles and banners.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896

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

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

Reclining nude female figure with outstretched arm and flowing drapery, painted in loose ochre, blue, and yellow tones on a l

Figure study, for The Spirit of Light, Rotunda, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

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

Loosely painted study of a woman in white near a cart and seated figures on a green lawn under trees.

Study for “Harvest Home”

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Ink and colour painting of a bearded man in a red robe leading a grey saddled horse, with calligraphy and red seals.

The Three Horse

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, and small huts, with calligraphy and red seals at the top.

Reminiscence of Jian River

Dong Qichang, 1621

Painting of a lake at sunset with wooded hills, distant mountains, pine trees, rocks, and grazing sheep in the foreground.

Windermere

John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1863

Hanging scroll of a pale peony on a slender stem with blue-green leaves, a bare branch, and calligraphy at upper right.

Peony

Wen Zhengming, 1532

Ink painting of a wild chrysanthemum on a grassy mound, with cursive Chinese calligraphy and red seals above.

Wild Chrysanthemum

Fan-shaped painting of gnarled plum branches with white blossoms beside narcissus flowers and leaves, with red seals.

Plum Blossoms and Narcissus

Painting of marsh haystacks and grazing oxen under a sky with rain falling on the left and a creek in the foreground.

Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes

Martin Johnson Heade, 1865

Painting of a calm Hudson River with a rocky cliff, sailboats, and autumn trees along a sandy shore under a hazy sky.

Hook Mountain, Near Nyack, on the Hudson

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866

Painting of cranberry pickers working in a wide golden marsh beside barrels of red berries, with a wooded hill behind.

Canberry Picker

Eastman Johnson, 1878

Medieval painting of armored soldiers and horsemen fighting in front of a walled city with towers and tents.

King Brennus of Gaul captures the city of Rome; Marcus Furius Camillus expels King Brennus from Rome

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, 1450

Gold-ground panel painting of a standing female saint in red mantle and blue robe holding a blue jar.

Saints Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist

Paolo Veneziano, 1350

Long panel painting of a medieval jousting tournament with knights on horseback, crowded stands, and heraldic banners.

Tournament in the square of Santa Croce, Florence

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1440

Hanging scroll of playful brown demons playing music, climbing a ladder, and flying among clouds, with an umbrella at left.

Playful Demons

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Hanging scroll of white and red peonies with leaves and buds, a dark butterfly on the red flower, and white butterflies above

Peonies and Butterflie

Gilded panel painting of a stormy sea battle with sinking ships, armored men, sea monsters, and a chariot on a shore.

The Shipwreck of Aenea

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1450

Ink painting of a seated robed poet beside vertical calligraphy, mounted as a Japanese hanging scroll.

The Poet Hitomaro

Konoe Nobutada, 1607