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Painting of a mounted turbaned rider with a raised sword beside a rearing white horse, above a fallen man by a rocky shore.

Combat of a Greek and a Turk

Horace Vernet, after 1835

Bearded man in blue robes reclines on rocks, looking up at two birds flying above, painted on a fan-shaped sheet.

Risshi by the Sea Watching Birds

Katsushika Hokusai

Portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat holding a book, with a red chair and garden background.

Frederic Betts

Henry Inman, 1830s

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white dress and teal sash beside a stone urn, against a dark cloudy sky.

Mary Ward Betts

Henry Inman, 1830s

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with curled hair and pearls in a dark dress, set in a gold enamel pendant frame.

Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia

Alexander Cooper, 1630s

Two companion portraits: a seated man in black holding a book, and a woman in white beside a stone urn.

Frederic Betts; Mary Ward Betts

Henry Inman, 1830s

Handscroll of shadow figures dancing on shoji screens along a veranda, with a woman in blue kimono, pines and a stream.

The Shadow Dancers

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1800s

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white pleated cravat against a brown background, c. 1810.

John Scoville

Ezra Ames, c. 1810

Portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet, lace collar and brown shawl, seated in a green chair against red drapery.

Sarah Eliot Scoville

Asher Brown Durand, 1830s

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a peach polka-dot dress with black trim, standing before a lake and castle landscape.

Minnie Willard

Archibald Willard, 1860s

Small painting of draped women walking toward the sea on a sandy shore, with figures seated at left under a warm sky.

The Music Party

Elihu Vedder, c. 1875

Painting of turbulent river rapids among rocks, with misty Niagara Falls in the distance and a wooded bluff at right.

View of Niagara Falls

John Frederick Kensett, c. 1851-1852

Loose painted beach scene with a seated woman in a red hat and bathers splashing in white surf; reverse study of figures in w

In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)

Edward Henry Potthast, c. 1910

Painting of a shepherdess knitting beside grazing sheep and lambs in a green, tree-shaded meadow.

Shepherdess with Sheep

Charles Émile Jacque, c. 1876

Sketch of a glowing figure above a night rooftop with cats, potted plants, and figures under a starry blue sky.

Sketch for "The Oriental Dream"

Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, before 1904

Hand-coloured print of a figure weighed on a balance scale against pots and objects, with women and a palace behind.

Krishna weighed against precious objects(?) (verso), from a Kalighat album

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy, c. 1890

Loose brushwork beach scene of bathers in surf, with a woman in yellow blouse and red hat seated on sand.

In the Surf (recto)

Edward Henry Potthast, c. 1910

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall misty cliff, pines, a small temple on rocks, and calligraphy at top left.

Lonely Temple and Towering Cliff

Kenkō Shōkei, c. 1480

Colorful print of a battle with warriors on horseback, elephants, banners, and fallen soldiers in the foreground.

Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy, c. 1890

Gold-ground folding screen with a blossoming plum tree over rock, two pheasants, and bamboo at the right.

Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants (Birds Left)

Kanō Naonobu, early 1600s

Gold-ground screen with a blossoming plum tree, pheasants on rocks, green bamboo and a stream at the bottom.

Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants

Kanō Naonobu, early 1600s

Six-panel screen of a winter plum tree with two pheasants on snowy rocks against a gold background.

Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants (Birds Right)

Kanō Naonobu, early 1600s

Two fishermen haul a net from a rowboat on a dark estuary under heavy clouds, with sailboats in the distance.

An Estuary Scene with Fisherman

Rafel Govertsz. Camphuysen, 1625-50

Painting of a ruined Gothic church seen through an ornate carved arch, with three small figures walking on a dirt path.

Ruined Church

Adrien Dauzats, c. 1840

Painting of a shabbily dressed standing man in snow before a wall covered with torn French wartime posters.

The Veteran

Marie-François-Firmin Girard, 1870

Painting of a French soldier in red trousers and dark tunic with rifle, a mounted rider and other troops in an open field.

Soldiers

Édouard Detaille, c. 1892

Painting of a weathered doorway with an iron grille, where a standing man in white and several seated and reclining figures r

Beggars by a Door

Mariano Fortuny, 1870

Seated man in brown coat and red boots in a cluttered study with a bronze panther, newspapers, and a statue.

Albert Wolff in His Study

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1881

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees by a river, pavilions, and a small bridge with figures.

Landscape

Ink drawing of robed Buddhist figures under a gnarled tree with a dog and rocks, in pale grey tones.

(Copy after) The Sixteen Luohans

Shitao, 19th-early 20th century

Five panels of classical muses and Apollo with lyre, laurel wreath, scrolls and swan in landscape settings.

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence; Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry; Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine A…

Charles Meynier, 1800

Painting of a mounted officer in dark uniform and red-plumed helmet on a dark horse in an open field.

Mounted Dragoon Officer

Édouard Detaille, 1876