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  • George Sand's Garden at Nohant

    George Sand's Garden at Nohant

    Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)

    Date: ca. 1840s
    Accession Number: 22.27.4

  • Mrs. John Murray

    Mrs. John Murray

    John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York)

    Date: ca. 1806
    Accession Number: 22.76.2

  • Peasant costume fragment

    Peasant costume fragment

    Date: 18th–19th century
    Accession Number: 09.50.208

  • Still Life

    Still Life

    Georges Braque (French, Argenteuil 1882–1963 Paris)

    Date: 1929
    Accession Number: 67.187.57

  • The Old Elm

    The Old Elm

    John Kane (America, West Calder, Scotland 1860–1934 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)

    Date: ca. 1927–28
    Accession Number: 67.187.166

  • Untitled

    Untitled

    Clyfford Still (American, 1904–1980)

    Date: 1977
    Accession Number: 1986.441.10

  • Emma Alexander Sheafer (1891–1973)

    Emma Alexander Sheafer (1891–1973)

    Hoëy(?) (active 1925)

    Date: 1925
    Accession Number: 1974.356.37

  • The Triumph of Bacchus

    The Triumph of Bacchus

    Piat Joseph Sauvage (Flemish, Tournai 1743–1818 Tournai)

    Date: early 1780s
    Accession Number: 07.225.272

  • Portrait of the Artist

    Portrait of the Artist

    John Vanderlyn (American, Kingston, New York 1775–1852 Kingston, New York)

    Date: 1800
    Accession Number: 18.118

  • The Good Samaritan

    The Good Samaritan

    Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, Paris 1803–1860 Fontainebleau)

    Accession Number: 29.160.36

  • Medicine Show

    Medicine Show

    Jack Levine (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1915–2010 New York)

    Date: 1955–56
    Accession Number: 56.233

  • Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)

    Date: 1906
    Accession Number: 1999.363.59

  • Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)

    Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)

    Sir Henry Raeburn (British, Stockbridge, Scotland 1756–1823 Edinburgh, Scotland)

    Date: ca. 1794
    Accession Number: 1980.305

  • Shepherd

    Shepherd

    Date: second half 18th century
    Accession Number: 64.164.99 ab

  • A Brook in a Clearing

    A Brook in a Clearing

    Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)

    Date: 1862
    Accession Number: 22.16.15

  • Gift Wrapped Doll #23

    Gift Wrapped Doll #23

    James Rosenquist (American, born Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1933)

    Date: 1993
    Accession Number: 1993.340.2

  • Sampler

    Sampler

    Date: 1828
    Accession Number: 57.122.339

  • Sampler

    Sampler

    Date: late 18th century
    Accession Number: 57.122.370

  • Sleeping shepherd

    Sleeping shepherd

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 1986.27

  • Christ Among the Doctors

    Christ Among the Doctors

    Workshop of Geri Lapi

    Date: 14th century
    Accession Number: 61.31

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  • George Sand's Garden at Nohant
    George Sand's Garden at Nohant

    Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)

    Date: ca. 1840s
    Accession Number: 22.27.4

  • Mrs. John Murray
    Mrs. John Murray

    John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York)

    Date: ca. 1806
    Accession Number: 22.76.2

  • Peasant costume fragment
    Peasant costume fragment

    Date: 18th–19th century
    Accession Number: 09.50.208

  • Still Life
    Still Life

    Georges Braque (French, Argenteuil 1882–1963 Paris)

    Date: 1929
    Accession Number: 67.187.57

  • The Old Elm
    The Old Elm

    John Kane (America, West Calder, Scotland 1860–1934 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)

    Date: ca. 1927–28
    Accession Number: 67.187.166

  • Untitled
    Untitled

    Clyfford Still (American, 1904–1980)

    Date: 1977
    Accession Number: 1986.441.10

  • Emma Alexander Sheafer (1891–1973)
    Emma Alexander Sheafer (1891–1973)

    Hoëy(?) (active 1925)

    Date: 1925
    Accession Number: 1974.356.37

  • The Triumph of Bacchus
    The Triumph of Bacchus

    Piat Joseph Sauvage (Flemish, Tournai 1743–1818 Tournai)

    Date: early 1780s
    Accession Number: 07.225.272

  • Portrait of the Artist
    Portrait of the Artist

    John Vanderlyn (American, Kingston, New York 1775–1852 Kingston, New York)

    Date: 1800
    Accession Number: 18.118

  • The Good Samaritan
    The Good Samaritan

    Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, Paris 1803–1860 Fontainebleau)

    Accession Number: 29.160.36

  • Medicine Show
    Medicine Show

    Jack Levine (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1915–2010 New York)

    Date: 1955–56
    Accession Number: 56.233

  • Self-Portrait
    Self-Portrait

    Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)

    Date: 1906
    Accession Number: 1999.363.59

  • Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)
    Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)

    Sir Henry Raeburn (British, Stockbridge, Scotland 1756–1823 Edinburgh, Scotland)

    Date: ca. 1794
    Accession Number: 1980.305

  • Shepherd
    Shepherd

    Date: second half 18th century
    Accession Number: 64.164.99 ab

  • A Brook in a Clearing
    A Brook in a Clearing

    Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)

    Date: 1862
    Accession Number: 22.16.15

  • Gift Wrapped Doll #23
    Gift Wrapped Doll #23

    James Rosenquist (American, born Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1933)

    Date: 1993
    Accession Number: 1993.340.2

  • Sampler
    Sampler

    Date: 1828
    Accession Number: 57.122.339

  • Sampler
    Sampler

    Date: late 18th century
    Accession Number: 57.122.370

  • Sleeping shepherd
    Sleeping shepherd

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 1986.27

  • Christ Among the Doctors
    Christ Among the Doctors

    Workshop of Geri Lapi

    Date: 14th century
    Accession Number: 61.31

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