Paintings Above the Fireplace: Famous Works in the Right Shape and Size, page 17

Portrait of Genio C. Scott, Eastman Johnson, 1859, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Portrait of Genio C. Scott, 1859 Cleveland Museum of Art

John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, Henry Raeburn, c. 1790/1795, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, c. 1790/1795 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shins up, two elegantly dressed women and two young boys, all with light skin, sit together on a bench in front of a stone balustrade with a forest landscape beyond in this horizontal portrait painting.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien, 1787 National Gallery of Art

Several people sit, stand, or stroll along a dirt road that winds from the lower left corner of this horizontal landscape painting into the distance, past trees and cottages under a vivid blue sky.

Meindert Hobbema A View on a High Road, 1665 National Gallery of Art

Dozens of men, women, and a few children gather in groups amid a grassy landscape with a mountain in the distance in this horizontal painting. All of the people have pale or ruddy skin and wear flowing cloaks over long tunics or gowns.

Jacopo Tintoretto The Worship of the Golden Calf, c. 1594 National Gallery of Art

Harvest Time, George Inness, 1864, oil on canvas

George Inness Harvest Time, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Cottage in the Woods, Meindert Hobbema, c. 1662, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema A Cottage in the Woods, c. 1662 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Funding Bill, Eastman Johnson, 1881, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson The Funding Bill, 1881 The Met

Idle Hours, Julian Alden Weir, 1888, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Idle Hours, 1888 The Met

Thomas (1740–1825) and Martha Neate (1741–after 1795) with His Tutor, Thomas Needham, Joshua Reynolds, 1748, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds Thomas (1740–1825) and Martha Neate (1741–after 1795) with His Tutor, Thomas Needham, 1748 The Met

The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair, Joshua Reynolds, 1761–66, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair, 1761–66 The Met

This painting shows four individuals - three women and one child - in an indoor setting. One woman is seated on a chair on the left, wearing a purple and blue dress under a black coat, with white gloves and a gray hat.

William Glackens Family Group, 1910/1911 National Gallery of Art

The Hatch Family, Eastman Johnson, 1870–71, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson The Hatch Family, 1870–71 The Met

Lamentation over the Body of Christ, Gerard David, c. 1500, oil on panel

Gerard David Lamentation over the Body of Christ, c. 1500 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of several light-skinned people gathered around a table in front of a gilded mirror, playing instruments. At left, seated next to a woman in an off-the-shoulder gown, a man in a plumed hat plays a lute.

Jan Steen The Family Concert, 1666 Art Institute of Chicago

Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, c. 1815, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart, c. 1815 Cleveland Museum of Art

Storm Clouds, John Henry Twachtman, 1880, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Storm Clouds, 1880 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wood Chopper, George Inness, 1849, oil on canvas

George Inness The Wood Chopper, 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

An October Day in the White Mountains, John Frederick Kensett, 1854, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett An October Day in the White Mountains, 1854 Cleveland Museum of Art

Trees on a Rocky Hillside, Asher Brown Durand, c. 1849, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaving the Oasis, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1880s, oil on wood panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Leaving the Oasis, 1880s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Windmill, Jules Dupré, late 1850s, oil on fabric

Jules Dupré The Windmill, late 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers, Charles-François Daubigny, 1873, oil on wood panel

Charles-François Daubigny The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

British Manufactory; A Sketch, Benjamin West, 1791, oil on paper mounted on wood

Benjamin West British Manufactory; A Sketch, 1791 Cleveland Museum of Art

Corn Husking at Nantucket, Eastman Johnson, ca. 1875, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Corn Husking at Nantucket, ca. 1875 The Met

The New Bonnet, Eastman Johnson, 1876, oil on academy board

Eastman Johnson The New Bonnet, 1876 The Met

Cider Making, William Sidney Mount, 1840–41, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Cider Making, 1840–41 The Met

The Factory Village, Julian Alden Weir, 1897, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Factory Village, 1897 The Met

The Weeders, Jules Breton, 1868, oil on canvas

Jules Breton The Weeders, 1868 The Met

Interior with a Young Couple, Pieter de Hooch, probably ca. 1662–65, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Interior with a Young Couple, probably ca. 1662–65 The Met

Paying the Hostess, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670 The Met

A dilapidated cottage nestles among leafy trees next to a winding dirt road in this square landscape painting. The dirt road runs from the bottom center of the painting into the distance.

Meindert Hobbema Hut among Trees, c. 1664 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with several buildings near a body of water. Closest to us, near the bottom right corner, a person in red leans over a wooden fence to cast a fishing rod into the water.

Meindert Hobbema Village near a Pool, c. 1670 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a group of people, mostly men, engaged in laborious activities outdoors. The people are minimally clothed, with small pieces of cloth wrapped around their waists.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Work, c. 1863 National Gallery of Art

More than a dozen light-skinned men, women, and children eat, drink, talk, and make music around a dancing couple under an arbor in this horizontal painting. Most of the people are dressed in muted tones of green, gray, and black.

Jan Steen The Dancing Couple, 1663 National Gallery of Art

Three light-skinned men, one with his head and knee bandaged, sit and stand around a rusty, free-standing stove in a room with wide plank floors in this horizontal painting.

William Sidney Mount The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, 1837 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a young girl sitting in a wooden chair, facing the right. She has pale skin, rosy cheeks, a slightly upturned nose, and long, brown hair put up behind her head. She is wearing a pale green dress and black shoes.

Eastman Johnson The Pets, 1856 National Gallery of Art

About a dozen women and men, all with pale or suntanned skin, work in a field harvesting grain in this horizontal painting. The women wear long skirts and aprons, and some wear cloths tied around their heads.

Jules Breton The Colza (Harvesting Rapeseed), 1860 National Gallery of Art

A man stands with one arm resting over the back of a chestnut-brown horse as two women approach the animal in this horizontal portrait painting set in a landscape. The people have pale skin, dark eyes, and ash-brown or gray hair.

George Stubbs Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances, 1769 National Gallery of Art

We look onto the side of a rowboat crowded with nine men trying to save a pale, nude young man who flails in the water in front of us as a shark approaches, mouth agape, from our right in this horizontal painting.

John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark, 1778 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts buildings under a clear blue sky. The horizon line is low, mostly obscured by the structures. The buildings have pointed brown roofs, and they are a pale yellow color.

Charles-François Daubigny The Farm, 1855 National Gallery of Art

Cows, horses, sheep, and pigs stand closely together in a band across the bottom edge of this horizontal painting. Rolling hills open onto grassy lawns, farms, and fields beyond.

Edward Hicks The Cornell Farm, 1848 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a light-skinned man and woman are seated side-by-side on grassy rise in a landscape in this horizontal portrait painting.

Charles Willson Peale Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming, 1788 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows two women in a room. At the center of the painting, a young woman is seated at a desk, her hand resting on the back of the chair, opening a small drawer.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Mother and Mary, 1922 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts three individuals in a room. An elderly man is seated on a wooden chair, reading a newspaper, with a child standing beside him. The man has balding gray hair, round spectacles, and is dressed in a black suit.

Eastman Johnson The Brown Family, 1869 National Gallery of Art

Eight pale-skinned men and thirteen brown-skinned, indigenous Lenape men, women, and a baby gather on a grassy field close to us in this horizontal painting. The white men are cleanshaven and have puffy gray, shoulder-length hair.

Edward Hicks Penn's Treaty with the Indians, c. 1840/1844 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows an adult woman and two children on a white lounge chair. The adult is sitting on the chair with her legs extended, supporting one of the children who is lying across her lap.

George Bellows My Family, 1916 National Gallery of Art

A woman leans forward to trace the shadow cast by a sleeping young man on a wall in a dimly lit room in this horizontal painting. Both people have smooth, pale skin, long, straight noses, thin lips, and brown hair.

Joseph Wright of Derby The Corinthian Maid, 1782-1784 National Gallery of Art

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