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A work made of oil on canvas.

Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, c. 1630

Spanish

Blue and gray abstract painting with lines of yellow, white, and red crossing vertically.

The Beginning, 1946

Barnett Newman

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1690

Aert de Gelder

A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon, c. 1630

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

A work made of oil on wood.

Tableau Vert, 1952

Ellsworth Kelly

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Fisherman's Family, 1887

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills, c. 1861

Sanford Robinson Gifford

A colorful wedding scene with a dark-skinned bride in red and a groom in black at center, their backs to the viewer. A minister cloaked in black stands between them, a dense wall of flowers or perhaps a floral pattern behind him. The group is flanked by two figures and panels of geometric stained glass.

The Wedding, 1948

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of oil on canvas.

By the Sea, Dieppe, 1896

Albert André

A work made of oil on canvas.

Old Virginia Home, 1864

David Gilmour Blythe

A work made of oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas.

Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1505

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

In a stark desert landscape, an older man sits in the foreground, illuminated, with a newspaper. Arranged evenly across the land behind him, smaller than perspective would indicate, are a faded child holding a hula hoop, a man holding a melting piano, a standing woman, and a figure near the horizon.

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano, 1936

Salvador Dalí

A work made of oil on canvas.

Thistles, 1883–89

John Singer Sargent

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Continence of Scipio, c. 1706

Sebastiano Ricci

A work made of oil on canvas mounted on board.

Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River", 1876–77

Thomas Eakins

A work made of oil on canvas.

Pond in the Woods, 1862

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Abstract painting with dominant red, yellow, and blue tones. Densely commingled forms, many outlined in black or brown strokes, fill the canvas.

The Key, 1946

Jackson Pollock

A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of a Man, c. 1575

Flemish

Soft pale tones depict a close up of African mandz head.

Albino, 1986

Marlene Dumas

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of a Court Lady, c. 1565

Follower of Antonis Mor

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