Paintings for the Living Room: Famous Works That Fit Above a Sofa (page 20)

The room where a painting earns its place: big enough to anchor the sofa wall and interesting enough to look at every day.

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A woman with dark hair pulled up in a bun, wearing a long, muted lilac-purple silk dress, stands singing in front of woman playing a piano and a man playing a cello in a dimly lit room in this vertical painting.

Thomas Eakins Singing a Pathetic Song, 1881 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman standing in front of a wooden dresser with a mirror, her back to us. We can see her face reflected in the mirror. She is gazing at her reflection with both of her hands lifted towards her slightly tilted face.

Eastman Johnson The Toilet, 1873 National Gallery of Art

A Lane through the Trees, Camille Corot, ca. 1870–73, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Lane through the Trees, ca. 1870–73 The Met

Curiosity, Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1660–62, oil on canvas

Gerard ter Borch Curiosity, ca. 1660–62 The Met

Rushing Water, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Rushing Water, ca. 1901–7 The Met

Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue, Piet Mondrian, 1927, oil on canvas

Piet Mondrian Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue, 1927 Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman with a Rake, Jean-François Millet, probably 1856–57, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Woman with a Rake, probably 1856–57 The Met

A Man Leaning on a Parapet, Georges Seurat, ca. 1881, oil on wood

Georges Seurat A Man Leaning on a Parapet, ca. 1881 The Met

Study of a Tree, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1864, oil on paper mounted on board

Albert Bierstadt Study of a Tree, ca. 1864 The Met

This painting shows a woman standing, her left arm raised to her chest. She has dark hair in an updo and adorned with a white accessory, and wears a dress in shades of blue, white, and tan. She has a black necklace around her neck.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman Standing by a Tree, 1866 National Gallery of Art

The Beach at Deauville, Eugène Boudin, 1864, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin The Beach at Deauville, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Four elegantly dressed men and women, plus a brown and white dog, gather around a rug-covered table in a shadowy room in this vertical painting. The people all have pale skin and are lit from our left.

Pieter de Hooch The Greeting, c. 1675 National Gallery of Art

A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1665–75, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman, ca. 1665–75 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635 or earlier, oil on wood

Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of a Woman, 1635 or earlier Cleveland Museum of Art

Copy after Delacroix's "Bark of Dante", Édouard Manet, ca. 1859, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Copy after Delacroix's "Bark of Dante", ca. 1859 The Met

Autumn, a Wood Path, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1876, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Autumn, a Wood Path, 1876 Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Woman with a Lute, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662–63, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer Young Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63 The Met

Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting, Edgar Degas, c. 1878–80, oil on wood panel

Edgar Degas Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting, c. 1878–80 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Boy in a Red-Lined Cloak, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Boy in a Red-Lined Cloak, 1780s Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1667–70, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, ca. 1667–70 The Met

Study of Beeches, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Study of Beeches, 1872 The Met

A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1656–57, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656–57 The Met

The Chess Players, Thomas Eakins, 1876, oil on wood

Thomas Eakins The Chess Players, 1876 The Met

Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River", Thomas Eakins, 1876–77, oil on canvas mounted on board

Thomas Eakins Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River", 1876–77 Art Institute of Chicago

Isabella of Bourbon, Wife of Philip IV of Spain, Diego Velázquez, c. 1632, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Isabella of Bourbon, Wife of Philip IV of Spain, c. 1632 Art Institute of Chicago

The Studio, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Studio, 1867 The Met

Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1532, oil on wood

Hans Holbein the Younger Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, c. 1532 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of three light-skinned girls in a woodland setting. A dog in the foreground faces a girl with a puppy in her lap.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Three Little Girls, c. 1870 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, Corneille de Lyon, c. 1540, oil on wood

Corneille de Lyon Portrait of a Woman, c. 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

Retreat from the Storm, Jean-François Millet, ca. 1846, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Retreat from the Storm, ca. 1846 The Met

Hamlet and His Mother, Eugène Delacroix, 1849, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Hamlet and His Mother, 1849 The Met

The Visit, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657, oil on wood

Pieter de Hooch The Visit, ca. 1657 The Met

A Young Man with a Chain, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632, oil on wood

Rembrandt van Rijn A Young Man with a Chain, c. 1629 or 1632 Cleveland Museum of Art

Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family, Eastman Johnson, 1864, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family, 1864 The Met

In the Woods, George Inness, 1866, oil on board

George Inness In the Woods, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, Eugène Delacroix, 1849–50, oil on paperboard

Eugène Delacroix Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, 1849–50 Art Institute of Chicago

Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1848, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto, 1848 The Met

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653 The Met

Soap Bubbles, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1733–34, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733–34 The Met

From low on a hillside, we look up at a light-skinned woman and boy standing in tall grass against a sunny blue sky in this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down into a lime-green and white rowboat carrying a woman holding a baby and a man in this nearly square painting. The man wears midnight-blue shoes, pants, jacket, and soft, floppy cap.

Mary Cassatt The Boating Party, 1893/1894 National Gallery of Art

A woman and two children, all with pale skin and flushed cheeks, sit together in a landscape in this round painting. The woman takes up most of the composition as she sits with her right leg, to our left, tucked under her body.

Raphael The Alba Madonna, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art