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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

A work made of oil on canvas.

Irises, 1914–17

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

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 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

A work made of pigment and gold on cotton.

Double-Sided Painted Banner (Paubha) with God Shiva, 16th-17th century

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