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A work made of oil on canvas.

Cotton Pickers, 1945

Thomas Hart Benton

Black-and-white photograph of a fan made of finely carved pieces, featuring nude figures and cherubs among foliage.

Fan, 1775/1800

Benjamin West

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

A work made of color lithograph on cream wove paper.

Barnet by Tram, 1922

Charles Paine

A work made of stoneware (jasperware).

Paint Box, 1785–90

Wedgwood Manufactory

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

The First Part of the Return from Parnassus, 1961

Cy Twombly

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

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

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

Painting of a back view of various people assembled at water's edge watching boats sail across blue water.

Yacht Race, c. 1896–97

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: This one paints..., 1852

Paul Gavarni

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

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Bathers, 1884

William Adolphe Bouguereau

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

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

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Races at Longchamp, 1866

Édouard Manet

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