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Painting of two women in black feathered hats and fur-trimmed coats, one in a green floral bodice, in a muted interior.

The Green Bodice

J. Alden Weir, by 1898

Painting of a knight gesturing as a woman offers a jeweled ornament, with an old man in red and a horse in a stable setting.

The Damsel and Orlando

Benjamin West, ca. 1793

Painted self-portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a palette and brush against a dark background.

Self-portrait

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1815

Half-length portrait of an older military officer in a dark blue uniform with gold epaulettes against a dark smoky background

General Winfield Scott

Robert Walter Weir, ca. 1855

Painting of Hagar and an angel pointing upward while Ishmael sits slumped beside her beneath a stormy sky.

Hagar and Ishmael

Benjamin West, 1776, reworked 1803

Bearded man in red cap and black gown examines a coin beside a carved cabinet, book, and stone bust in an interior.

The Antiquary

Edwin White, 1855

Half-length portrait of an older man in powdered wig, dark velvet coat and lace jabot against a brown background.

George Washington

Adolph-Ulrich Wertmüller, 1795

Painting of a forest path with tall trees, a woodland stream, and warm evening light glowing through the canopy.

Evening in the Woods

Worthington Whittredge, 1876

Oil portrait of a man in a gray periwig, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Portrait of a seated man in dark jacket, white cravat and spectacles, against a soft grey background.

Thomas Macdonough

Joseph Wood, ca. 1818

Painted portrait of a woman in a dark dress, white fichu and ruffled cap against a dark background.

Mrs. Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Painting of a forest stream winding past birch trees and rocks beneath a cloudy sky.

An Old Clearing

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1881

Black and white reproduction of an oval portrait of a man with tousled hair, dark coat and white cravat.

Gentleman of the Hale Family

William Jennys, ca. 1807

Still life with grapes, a peach, raspberries, a wine glass, a glass decanter, and a spoon and knife on a white linen cloth.

Still Life with Fruit

Carducius Plantagenet Ream

Seated man in a dark coat and white cravat beside an open book and stacked volumes, in a painted portrait.

Gulian Verplanck

John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1811

Eros with bow and arrows leans toward a young woman holding a rose, beside a waterfall in a pastoral landscape.

The Temptation of Eros

Angelica Kauffmann, 1750-75

Portrait of a young child in white satin and red shawl, holding roses, with a dark curtain and landscape behind.

Elizabeth Greenleaf

John Singleton Copley, 1753-54

Oil painting of a woman in white drapery embracing winged Cupid, who raises a pink rose on a golden bow against a landscape.

The Victory of Eros

Angelica Kauffmann, 1750-75

Portrait of a young child in a plumed red turban and embroidered gown, seated beside a white lamb before a landscape.

John Greenleaf

John Singleton Copley, 1753-54

Oil portrait of a seated woman and a child on a wooden bench in a shaded woodland with a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Lady and Child

George W. Twibill Jr., 1833

Family portrait in a red-draped parlor with a seated woman, standing man, and two girls in pink dresses beside a bookcase.

The Family of John Q. Aymar

George W. Twibill Jr., ca. 1833

Calm lake beneath hazy mountains, with trees and rocks on the left shore and a small sailboat on the water.

Lake George

John William Casilear, 1857

Painting of a crowned Virgin in red holding a child, flanked by two angels in dark gowns and two kneeling infants.

Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken)

Spanish Painter, 18th century

Impressionist painting of a brick house beside a calm canal at evening, with moored boats and green trees.

Evening at the Lock, Napanoch, New York

Theodore Robinson, 1893

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, attendants and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, ca. 1470-90

Nude Venus in red hat stands by a tree as winged Cupid is stung by bees, with a Latin inscription and landscape behind.

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Mary of Burgundy

Master H.A. or A.H., 1528

Nude woman with gold jewelry reclines by a spring pool, with a castle and river town in the background and partridges at her

Nymph of the Spring

Lucas Cranach the Younger, ca. 1545-50

Ink painting of a thatched cottage with a shoji window and fence, a misty mountain behind, and smoke rising at right.

Cottage and Mountains

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Pen sketch in an oval border of a standing woman in an interior with a pillar, a window with seated figures, and a landscape.

Drawing for an Illustration from a Sat Sai of Bihari Lal Series: The Message of the Eyes (recto); Lady in Search of H…

Nainsukh, ca. 1785-90

Tavern scene of laughing card players gathered around a table with coins, a jug, and a glass of beer.

Ace of Hearts

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a laurel wreath resting on an open book, holding a quill, against a dark background.

A Poet from Antiquity

Domenico Fetti, 1620