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125,545 works

Painting of a tropical plain with grazing cattle, palms, a harbor with ships, and a town under a cloudy sky.

View of Santiago de Cuba

Henri Cleenewerck, 1864

Unfinished 18th-century portrait of a young woman with powdered hair, pink silk dress and lace collar against a brown backgro

Princess Sofia Albertina of Sweden (1753-18299. Uncompleted

Lorens Pasch the Younger, 1768

Full-length portrait of a man in a black suit holding a scroll, beside a stone lion, with a burning city behind him.

James A. Van Dyke

Thomas Hicks, 1852

Full-length portrait of a man in a blue coat and sash with a white powdered wig, beside an ermine cloak and plumed hat.

Portrait of Gustav III of Sweden (1746-1792)

Lorens Pasch the Younger, 1777

Oil portrait of a young woman with a flower crown, holding a shepherd's crook, wearing a gold shawl against a dark background

Shepherdess

Paulus Moreelse, 1633

Painting of a smiling boy in overalls and worn boots sitting on a shoeshine box beside brushes, against a pale paneled wall.

Lazy Bones

John George Brown, 1890

Two tigers drink from a dark pool among red water lilies and reeds, one looking toward the viewer.

Tigers Drinking

John Macallan Swan

Full-length portrait of a woman in black gown with ermine trim, pearls and lace veil beside a gilded chair and crown.

The Dowager Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden

Lorens Pasch the Younger, 1775

Seated elderly woman in black dress and hat with floral trim, pearl necklace and clasped hands, against a dark background.

Bertha Davis

Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1929

Oil painting of a veiled woman in white satin receiving a cup from a bearded elder while mourners watch in dim light.

Artemisia

Gerard van Honthorst, 1635

Seated man in a dark suit in a leather armchair before bookshelves, painted portrait by Hubert Vos, 1905.

Judge William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914)

Hubert Vos, 1905

Hanging scroll of misty rock cliffs, pine trees and distant peaks above a bamboo grove in brown ink on silk.

Plum Ridge and Distant Peaks (Meiling yaocen 梅嶺遙岑)

Oil study of a wild landscape with a sunlit mountain, stormy clouds, gnarled trees, a lake and small figures.

Study for The Course of Empire-The Savage State

Thomas Cole, 1834

Half-length painting of Christ with eyes closed, crown of thorns and gold halo, hand on chest, against a gold background.

Christ in the Tomb

Antonio Vivarini

John Armstrong, Class of 1776 (didn't graduate)

Shoki the demon-queller in armor strides beside a courtesan and a lion-dog while three oni demons flee to the right.

Shoki Fighting for a Courtesan

Kaigetsudō Ando, 1704

Ink landscape scroll with a cliff, tall trees, and a robed scholar with a staff walking beside them.

Scholar in Mountain Pass, Tang style (?)

Misty pink and violet painting of the Houses of Parliament towers above the Thames with seagulls flying over the water.

The Houses of Parliament, Seagulls

Claude Monet, 1903

Watercolor study of a village with white houses, a brick bell tower, and arched walls before distant hills.

Study of a VIllage

Giovanni Battista Camuccini

Hanging scroll of a mountain landscape with pines, a stone bridge, two riders and a walking figure, with calligraphy at upper

Two Figures under Pine, Ming style

Ink painting of orchids with arching leaves and calligraphy inscription with red seals on a grey ground.

Orchids

Zheng Xie, 1754

Oil self-portrait of a smiling man in a black top hat, green coat, red collar and white cravat, in an oval frame.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1796

Oil portrait of a man in a grey wig, blue sash and star insignia, with a red mantle against a dark background.

Portrait of Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoi, President of Collegium of Commerce

Johann Gottfried Tannauer, 1711

Painting of the Holy Family: Mary in blue and green, the nude Christ Child with a gold book, bearded Joseph, and a curly-hair

Holy Family

Domenico Beccafumi

Painting of a woman playing a lute beside a seated man under a tree, with a dusky landscape behind them.

The Duet

Carel de Moor, 1710

Painting of a palace veranda with a hanging curtain, a seated woman in patterned robes, a cherry tree and gold clouds.

Chapter “Writing Practice” from the Tale of Genji (chapter 53 Tenarai 手習い)

Tosa Mitsuyoshi

Portrait of a young girl in an orange gown holding flowers, seated before a red drape, with a garden view and silver urn.

Ursula Christina Reiniera (1719-1747), Countess of Reede. First wife of Jan Maximiliaan, Baron van Tuyll

Marcus Lodovicus Antonius Clifford, 1735

Ink painting of plum blossoms on a branch beside narcissus leaves, with calligraphy and red seals on pale paper.

Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖)

Half-length portrait of a man with grey hair, white collar and dark coat against a dark brown background.

Aaron Burr Sr. (1716-1757), President (1748-57)

Edward L. Mooney

Woman in a cream dress peers around a psyché mirror in a cluttered studio filled with paintings, canvases and a green parrot.

The Psyché (My Studio)

Alfred Stevens, 1871

Painting of a rocky quarry with ochre cliffs, green trees and a tall pine under a blue sky, by Paul Cézanne.

Bibémus Quarry

Paul Cézanne, 1895

Painting of tall trees arching over a dark river with a misty cliff visible in the distant forest light.

Yosemite Valley, California

Albert Bierstadt