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Painting of centaur with harp, in water, surrounded by mermaids and mermen.

In the Sea, 1883

Arnold Böcklin

Painted portrait dominated by loose, large brushstrokes of a woman, seen from the back, wearing a gauzy white off-the-shoulder dress and black choker, blond hair swept up, examining herself in a mirror at left. The background is a feathered swirl suggesting floral pattern in cool pale tones of gray, purple, pink, and blue.

Woman at Her Toilette, 1875–80

Berthe Morisot

Eight ink still life drawings of stacked bookcases.

Chaekgeori, late 19th -early 20th century

Painting of mother in blue, purple, and green-stripped dress washing child's feet.

The Child's Bath, 1893

Mary Cassatt

Portrait of a woman in white with a bonnet perched on an architectural feature painting something to her right, a spouting water fountain, greenery, and a an ornate, low white fence behind her. Beside her, a man leans back, eying the canvas.

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907

John Singer Sargent

A work made of acrylic paint.

Wall Drawing #821: A black square divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts, each with a different direction of alternating flat and glossy bands, 1997

Sol LeWitt

Deeply shadowed photograph of woman sitting hunched lit by single warm light.

Untitled #88, 1981

Cindy Sherman

A sparsely painted waterside scene in dark tones with minimal ghostly shapes suggesting ships, yellow glitches of paint for light reflections, and the orb of an orange moon overhead.

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water, 1872

James McNeill Whistler

A work made of pen and black ink on ivory laid paper.

Young Bull, c. 1496, erroneously inscribed in another hand 1508

Albrecht Dürer

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap, 1765/68

Joseph Wright of Derby

Portrait of a man wearing glasses, pink and white scarf, and blue visor.

Self-Portrait with a Visor, c. 1776

Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin

Gold knife with figure on handle, round turquoise inlays on crown.

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi), 1100–1470

Chimú

Color photograph of a cemetery, a large open grave in the foreground with a rumpled tarp and pile of gravel nearby. The grave is filled with water and marine life, including several starfish.

The Flooded Grave, 1998–2000

Jeff Wall

Black and white photograph of river seen through pine tree forest.

Big River, from the Rancherie, Mendocino, California, 1863

Carleton Watkins

Large rectangle of fabric, geometric shapes depicting ship and people, in red, blue and yellow.

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai), 19th century

Paminggir

Large painting of ancient arch ruins, statues, humans are small in comparison.

The Fountains, 1787/88

Hubert Robert

Carved ceremonial objects colored with orange and blue of a man, woman, snake, curved sticks, and cougar.

Ritual Cache, 1300–1400

Salado

Portrait of white man dressed in all black with medallion and sword.

Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret, 1823–26

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Cream-colored tunic with stylized birds, cats, and geometric border.

Feathered Tunic, 1470/1532

Chimú

Vividly colored painting of Virgin Mary with baby Jesus and baby John the Baptist.

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1515

Antonio da Correggio

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