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Painting of three light-skinned girls in a woodland setting. A dog in the foreground faces a girl with a puppy in her lap.

Three Little Girls, c. 1870

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Painting depicting the god Hercules confronting the Hydra, a mythical creature. Amidst towering, rocky cliffs, Hercules stands on the left of the painting, dressed in clothing that exposes his figure. He looks to the right, where the seven-headed hydra rears up, bearing its teeth. A nude figure of a woman is on the ground in front of the Hydra, and an orange sun peeks from behind red clouds in the background.

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, 1875–76

Gustave Moreau

Abstract painting, black background covered with flicks and smudges of white and other colors.

Greyed Rainbow, 1953

Jackson Pollock

A work made of oil on canvas.

Poppy Field (Giverny), 1890–91

Claude Monet

Apples and grapes rest in a shallow wicker basket on a table covered with a light-colored cloth. Additional fruit is scattered on the table.

Apples and Grapes, 1880

Claude Monet

Five stick-like figures in black and white with orange highlights float against a colorful background, four stars in the left corner.

Painting (Figures with Stars), 1933

Joan Miró

A work made of oil on canvas.

Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, 1886

Claude Monet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?), 1747

François Boucher

Large marine landscape of boats on rough waves, storm clouds.

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, 1837–38

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Painting of a light-skinned woman dressed in a gauzy white gown with black trim playing an upright paino.

Woman at the Piano, 1875/76

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Cubist painting of distorted gray Paris buildings, red Eiffel Tower.

Champs de Mars: The Red Tower, 1911/23

Robert Delaunay

Portrait of man wearing voluminous black cloak, feathered hat, and gold medallion.

Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1631

Rembrandt van Rijn

A work made of oil on canvas.

Pardon in Brittany, 1896

Gaston La Touche

A work made of oil on canvas.

Cotton Pickers, 1945

Thomas Hart Benton

A work made of oil on canvas.

Water Lily Pond, 1917–19

Claude Monet

Heavy daubs of pigment form a crowded scene of roughly defined, finely dressed individuals in a brightly color park along a riverbank.

Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884", 1884

Georges Seurat

Painting of woman in a striped dress seated on the bank of a river, beneath a full, leafy tree, a boat at the shore and a village visible across the river.

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868

Claude Monet

Large abstract painting of canvas sparsely filled with multicolored scribbles and shapes.

The First Part of the Return from Parnassus, 1961

Cy Twombly

A work made of oil on canvas.

Irises, 1914–17

Claude Monet

A white severed calf's head is suspended from a hook in its nose at right, painted with blue undertones and pink and yellow highlights. At left is a severed ox tongue and mouth rendered in soft white, pinks, and reds, all against a blue-gray background.

Calf's Head and Ox Tongue, c. 1882

Gustave Caillebotte

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