Paintings Above a Console: Famous Works in the Right Shape and Size, page 2

Impressionist painting of seated man, girl with brown, black hues.

Edgar Degas Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin), 1875–76 Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family on the Steps, Nicolas Poussin, 1648, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648 Cleveland Museum of Art

A square white tile, rotated 90 degrees, crossed by black lines intersecting at 90-degree angles. A few of the shapes thus formed—some partial squares, some rectangles—are colored in a single shade of yellow, blue, black, or red.

Piet Mondrian Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921 Art Institute of Chicago

Abstract painting in various bright colors—yellow, blue, red, green, orange, pink—with lines indicating building-like structures as well as canons in the lower right corner.

Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a performance inside a circus ring. A man wearing a suit holds a whip in his hand and looks towards a woman with red hair riding a gray horse and wearing a green dress.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando), 1887–88 Art Institute of Chicago

Painted portrait dominated by loose, large brushstrokes of a woman, seen from the back, wearing a gauzy white off-the-shoulder dress and black choker, blond hair swept up, examining herself in a mirror at left.

Berthe Morisot Woman at Her Toilette, 1875–80 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of woman, arms crossed on brown desk, staring at goldfish.

Henri Matisse Woman before an Aquarium, 1921–23 Art Institute of Chicago

The Repast of the Lion, Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907 The Met

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne, 1890–92, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The Card Players, 1890–92 The Met

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat, 1887–88, oil on canvas

Georges Seurat Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), 1887–88 The Met

Still life of sensuously detailed painting of four white magnolias lying on blue velvet cloth.

Martin Johnson Heade Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, 1885–95 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a crowd of well-dressed light-skinned people in an open, snowy field surrounded by large rolling hills.

George Bellows Love of Winter, 1914 Art Institute of Chicago

The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Francesco Guardi, Late 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Late 1770s Art Institute of Chicago

Small painting of woman in pink and black sitting on park bench.

William Merritt Chase A City Park, c. 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

In a beige room, a group of light-skinned men of various ages and a young boy clap as a figure in tattered clothing at center, his back to the viewer, dances and holds a tin cup in the air.

William Sidney Mount Bar-room Scene, 1835 Art Institute of Chicago

Dark moody painting of crumbling castle tower and walls amidst river and forest.

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond, 1650–55 Art Institute of Chicago

A heronǳ silhouette sits amongst the brush in a golden hued forest.

George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Winter landscape painting with rocky stream lined by orange leafed trees.

John Henry Twachtman Icebound, c. 1889 Art Institute of Chicago

Dozens of figures in a brown field filled with discarded corn silks form two rows and sit across from each other husking corn, a farm in the background.

Eastman Johnson Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket, 1876 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark green and the river a muddy brown.

Meindert Hobbema The Watermill with the Great Red Roof, c. 1665 Art Institute of Chicago

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1540, oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite

Lucas Cranach the Elder Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, George Caleb Bingham, 1845, oil on canvas

George Caleb Bingham Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845 The Met

At the Seaside, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase At the Seaside, ca. 1892 The Met

Lake George, John Frederick Kensett, 1869, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, 1869 The Met

Wheat Fields, Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Wheat Fields, ca. 1670 The Met

Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1663–65, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting, ca. 1663–65 The Met

Wrestlers in a Circus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909, oil on canvas

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Wrestlers in a Circus, 1909 Cleveland Museum of Art

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1779, oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming, 1779 The Met

Portrait of Dora Wheeler, William Merritt Chase, 1882–83, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Portrait of Dora Wheeler, 1882–83 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Shepherd's Song, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891, oil on canvas

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The Shepherd's Song, 1891 The Met

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), Hans Memling, ca. 1470, oil on oak

Hans Memling Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), ca. 1470 The Met

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Andrea Mantegna, shortly after 1450, tempera on canvas, transferred from wood

Andrea Mantegna The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 The Met

Broken Eggs, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Broken Eggs, 1756 The Met

Stag at Sharkey's, George Bellows, 1909, oil on canvas

George Bellows Stag at Sharkey's, 1909 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of a cabin set below a dark blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Behind it is a field of many small white dots. In front, a dark-skinned woman sits and a dark-skinned child plays among roaming chickens and dogs in a fenced-in yard.

Horace Pippin Cabin in the Cotton, c. 1931–37 Art Institute of Chicago

Still life painting of strawberries, nuts, lemon, and porcelain vessels.

Raphaelle Peale Still Life—Strawberries, Nuts, &c., 1822 Art Institute of Chicago

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey, India, c. 1705–1710, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

India A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey, c. 1705–1710 Art Institute of Chicago

Still life painting of dead waterfowl and vegetables in windowsill.

Juan Sánchez Cotán Still Life with Game Fowl, c. 1600–3 Art Institute of Chicago

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835 Cleveland Museum of Art

La Cervara, the Roman Campagna, Camille Corot, c. 1830–31, oil on fabric

Camille Corot La Cervara, the Roman Campagna, c. 1830–31 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, Thomas Eakins, 1873, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit, Jacob van Hulsdonck, c. 1615–20, oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gesso

Jacob van Hulsdonck Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit, c. 1615–20 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, Johann Zoffany, c. 1772, oil on canvas

Johann Zoffany The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, c. 1772 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), Luis Meléndez, ca. 1772, oil on canvas

Luis Meléndez The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), ca. 1772 The Met

The Penitence of Saint Jerome, Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515, oil on wood

Joachim Patinir The Penitence of Saint Jerome, ca. 1515 The Met

The Last Supper, Ugolino da Siena, ca. 1325, tempera and gold on wood

Ugolino da Siena The Last Supper, ca. 1325 The Met

Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890, oil on canvas

Charles Ethan Porter Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), ca. 1890 The Met

Fish Market, Joachim Beuckelaer, 1568, oil on Baltic oak

Joachim Beuckelaer Fish Market, 1568 The Met

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