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Among potted flowers and lush foliage, a tiny child in a white dress plays with a hoop. A woman peers at the child from an ivy-covered building at right.

The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873

Claude Monet

Watercolor, boat debris and dark skinned man lie on beach, dark sky in background.

After the Hurricane, Bahamas, 1899

Winslow Homer

Black bowl with a narrow red base and embossed elements in red, including a floral border at top and bottom and Chinese characters in the middle.

Lacquer Tea Bowl 乾隆禦制雕漆盞, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

A work made of silk, silver gilt strips, and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning and supplementary brocading wefts.

Fragment, 1650/1700

A work made of oil on canvas.

Pardon in Brittany, 1896

Gaston La Touche

A work made of oil on canvas.

Houses of Parliament, London, 1900–1

Claude Monet

Long, thin piece of fabric featuring a border design in reddish brown of an undulating vine with curled tendrils and three-petaled blossoms.

Fragment (Border), Greco–Roman period (30 B.C.–641 A.D.), 4th/5th century

Coptic

A work made of oil on canvas.

Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1901

Claude Monet

Earthenware bottle with a long neck and domed cover topped with a circular element. The vessel decorated with flowers and birds in blue and white.

Bottle, c. 1678-85

Grieksche A Factory

A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great, 297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace

Ancient Greek

Cream-colored weaving featuring a floral motif in reddish brown, one main flower in the middle with others surrounding it.

Panel, 1450/1500

Textile fragment, light brown background with darker patterning of wide vine-line forms with leaves and flourishes, outlined in red thread.

Fragment, 1450/1500

Textile with a cream-colored floral motif on red fabric, vines arranged in repeating diamond shapes, a large flourish or blossom within each one.

Panel, 16th century

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

Orange, yellow, and white flowers in a brown vase on a round table, with a blue-green floral tablecloth and mottled, brownish background. Each perceived main color is made up of strokes of bright, vibrant colors—reds, blues, pinks, and purples—lending dimension to the scene.

Chrysanthemums, 1881–82

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Outdoors, distinct groupings of adult men and women, some with halos, gather near a building. The front-facing wall of the building is not depicted, allowing for a view inside, where a woman sits in bed with two women nearby and two other women dress a baby. A bearded man sits near the bed.

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist, 1490/95

Bartolomeo di Giovanni

Half-disrobed woman viewed from behind washes in a basin in front of a vanity mirror. The rug and pitcher to her left both have a graphic floral motif.

Woman Bathing, 1890–91

Mary Cassatt

A work made of ink on tracing paper.

Ryerson and Burnham Library Remodeling, Chicago, Illinois, Section Perspective, 1965

C. F. Murphy Associates

A work made of silver.

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Julius Caesar, 42 BCE, issued by L. Mussidius Longus

Ancient Roman

Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

The Annunciation, 1490–95

Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins)