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van de Velde, Adriaen: River Landscape in the Late Afternoon
River Landscape in the Late Afternoon, oil on canvas by Adriaen van de Velde,...
In a private collection
Giorgione: The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds, oil on panel by Giorgione, 1505/10; in the...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.289
Claude Lorrain: Pastoral Landscape with a Mill
Pastoral Landscape with a Mill, oil on canvas by Claude Lorrain, 1634; in...
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, M.86.259
Ruisdael, Jacob van: Waterfall with Bentheim Castle Beyond, Travellers on a Footbridge Nearby
Waterfall with Bentheim Castle Beyond, Travellers on a Footbridge Nearby,...
In a private collection
Hobbema, Meindert: The Travelers
The Travelers, oil on canvas by Meindert Hobbema, c. 1662; in the...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Widener Collection; accession no. 1942.9.31)
Cuyp, Aelbert: Landscape with Herdsmen
Landscape with Herdsmen, oil on panel by Aelbert Cuyp, mid-1650s; in the...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Corcoran Collection, 2014.79.707)
Watteau, Antoine: Fêtes Vénitiennes
Fêtes Vénitiennes, oil on canvas by Antoine Watteau, 1718–19; in the National...
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh; photograph, Tom Scott
Cozens, John Robert: Lake Nemi, Looking Towards Genzano
Lake Nemi, Looking Towards Genzano, watercolour over pencil on paper by...
In a private collection
Constable, John: Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close
Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close, oil on canvas by John Constable,...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.108
J.M.W. Turner: The Lauerzersee with Schwyz and the Mythen, Switzerland
The Lauerzersee with Schwyz and the Mythen, Switzerland, pencil, pen, ink,...
In a private collection
Rousseau, Théodore: The Forest at Fontainebleau
The Forest at Fontainebleau, oil on canvas by Théodore Rousseau, c....
Giraudon-Art Resource/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Caspar David Friedrich: Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon
Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon, oil on canvas by Caspar David Friedrich,...
Courtesy of the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Cole, Thomas: A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning
A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning,...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 52.16
Bierstadt, Albert: A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie, oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt,...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, Healy Purchase Fund B, Frank L. Babbott Fund, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, Augustus Graham School of Design Fund, Museum Collection Fund, Special Subscription, and the John B. Woodward Memorial Fund; purchased with funds given by Daniel M. Kelly and Charles Simon; bequest of Mrs. William T. Brewster, gift of Mrs. W. Woodward Phelps in memory of her mother and father, Ella M. and John C. Southwick, gift of Seymour Barnard, bequest of Laura L. Barnes, gift of J.A.H. Bell, and bequest of Mark Finley, by exchange, 76.79
Heade, Martin Johnson: York Harbor, Coast of Maine
York Harbor, Coast of Maine, oil on canvas by Martin Johnson Heade, 1877;...
The Art Institute of Chicago; restricted gift of Mrs. Herbert A. Vance; Americana, Lacy Armour and Roger McCormick endowments; through prior gifts of Dr. and Mrs. R. Gordon Brown, Emily Crane Chadbourne, George F. Harding Collection, Brooks McCormick, and James S. Pennington, reference no. 1999.291 (CC0)
Pissarro, Camille: The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise
The Banks of the Oise near Pontoise, oil on canvas by Camille Pissarro,...
Photograph by Jenny O'Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, James E. Roberts Fund, 40.252
Cézanne, Paul: Mont Sainte-Victoire
Mont Sainte-Victoire, oil on canvas by Paul Cézanne, 1904; in the collection...
A.J. Wyatt--Philadelphia Museum of Art, George W. Elkins Collection,
Dalí, Salvador: The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory, oil on canvas, by Salvador Dalí, 1931; in the...
M.Flynn/Alamy
Marin, John: Maine Islands
Maine Islands, watercolour and charcoal by John Marin, 1922; in the Phillips...
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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