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A work made of oil on canvas.

Resting, c. 1887

Antonio Mancini

A work made of oil on canvas.

Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather, 1900

Claude Monet

A man sits on a brown horse at center wearing a soldier's uniform, red pants, and blue and gray jacket, with other soldiers in the background. The ground appears wet, the sky vast and gray. A weapon hangs from his side.

A Mounted Officer, 1877

Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille

Still-life painting, fish, open oysters, eel, lemon on tablecloth.

Fish (Still Life), 1864

Édouard Manet

Vivid, lush view of rolling waves in purple, white, blue, and green against a bright blue sky with a watercolor-like blending of blues and purples. Sea and sky nearly become one.

Seascape, 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Bathers, 1884

William Adolphe Bouguereau

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Races at Longchamp, 1866

Édouard Manet

Brightly colored painting of a medium-skinned nude woman sitting on pink sand with her feet in a multicolored body of water, flanked by two nude figures resting in the fetal position. Behind them is a deity sculpture and individuals carrying objects, dancing, and swimming.

Mahana no atua (Day of the God), 1894

Paul Gauguin

Bust painting of a long-faced, light-skinned Virgin Mary crying, her bloodshot eyes looking downward. Draped white fabric surrounds her face below a blue black robe. The background is painted gold with black flecks.

Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin), c. 1490

Workshop of Dieric Bouts

Horizontal oil painting in shades of pale purple, pink, and light blue of a bridge composed of multiple linked archways over water, engulfed in hazy fog. Various indistinct, colorful forms cross the bridge, and factory smokestacks rise in the distance.

Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect, 1903

Claude Monet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Houses of Parliament, London, 1900–1

Claude Monet

A work made of oil on panel.

A Witches' Sabbath, c. 1650

Cornelis Saftleven

A snowy landscape in cool tones featuring a prominent, snow-dusted haystack in reddish brown in front of a row of red-brown trees and low, blue mountains, all beheath a pink-gray strip of sky.

Stack of Wheat, 1890–91

Claude Monet

A diagonal line of leaping ballet dancers recedes from a starkly lit dancer partially visible at bottom left. All are broadly painted against a blue-green ground above them, pale pink below. They have obscured features and are highlighted in yellow and green. A conductor's hands emerge at bottom.

Ballet Dancers, 1885/86

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Two haystacks, dusted with snow, in a hazy, snow-covered field at sunset. The snow is highlighted in purple tones, the sky a yellow and orange gradient.

Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1890–91

Claude Monet

At seascape rendered in pastel tones. At right, boats line a pink shore underneath a tall cliff. At left, a single red sailboat floats in blue water.

Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont, 1885

Claude Monet

An older man at left in red raises his hat toward a central table chaotically overflowing with dead game, fruits, and vegetables. The wings of dead birds and limbs of animals are splayed out at dramatic angles; a deer at center is suspended by his back legs. Live birds and a cat animate the scene.

Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market, 1614

Frans Snyders

A close-up view of five hickory leaves in vivid yellow, a white daisy in the lower middle portion, on a white background.

Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy, 1928

Georgia O'Keeffe

A pensive faced woman sits, slightly hunched, holding a book.

Interrupted Reading, c. 1870

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

View of a village surrounded by hills, fields, and trees, shown from a vantage point above the scene. Subtly rolling hills recede into a bluish gray-ish sky punctuated by white clouds. Thick brushstrokes built up atop each other are visible throughout.

Auvers, Panoramic View, 1873-75

Paul Cezanne

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