Romantic Paintings (page 2)

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From a little above a dirt road, we look past a grove of trees to a broad plain and a lake at the foot of towering, hazy mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Lake Lucerne, 1858 National Gallery of Art

We look across a rocky, grass-covered promontory at a crumbling, round brick tower overlooking topaz-blue water in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower, 1838 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a red horse standing on a patch of tan ground, tethered by a rope to a tall brown post. The horse's reddish-brown coat is rich and glossy, with white highlights. It faces the left, with its ears pricked up.

Eugène Delacroix A Horse Hitched to a Post, c. 1820 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seaside view with a low horizon. A sandy beach is on the left, with ships and sailboats sailing on the water in the distance on the right.

John Constable Yarmouth Jetty, 1822 National Gallery of Art

We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with four men aboard in this horizontal painting. Dark, iron-gray and tawny-brown clouds approaching from the right fill the top two-thirds of the composition.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Junction of the Thames and the Medway, 1807 National Gallery of Art

A young woman reclines and reads a book near a stream that winds through a wooded landscape in this horizontal painting. Painted with rich pine green, trees tower along the riverbanks and fill most of the painting.

Camille Corot Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Cottages, John Constable, 1809–10, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape with Cottages, 1809–10 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of General José Manuel Romero, Francisco de Goya, c. 1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Portrait of General José Manuel Romero, c. 1810 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Don Juan Antonio Cuervo, Francisco de Goya, 1819, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Portrait of Don Juan Antonio Cuervo, 1819 Cleveland Museum of Art

Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow, John Constable, c. 1821, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

John Constable Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow, c. 1821 Cleveland Museum of Art

Stoke-by-Nayland, John Constable, ca. 1810–11, oil on canvas

John Constable Stoke-by-Nayland, ca. 1810–11 The Met

Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers, Francisco de Goya, 1804, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers, 1804 The Met

Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775–about 1850), Francisco de Goya, 1804, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775–about 1850), 1804 The Met

Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect, Francisco de Goya, 1820, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect, 1820 The Met

José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito, ca. 1810 The Met

Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1805, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea, ca. 1805 The Met

This horizontal painting is filled with gray and white clouds against a blue sky. Wisps of white clouds are interspersed among banks of darker gray clouds against a pale blue sky in the top half of the painting.

John Constable Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset, 1821-1822 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a vast landscape with a horizon line in the lower third of the painting. A range of dark brown and purple mountains or hills stretches across the width of the image.

Thomas Cole Study for "Catskill Creek", c. 1844/1845 National Gallery of Art

Two minuscule people stand in the center of an expansive, rugged landscape dusted with snow in this horizontal painting.

Caspar David Friedrich Northern Landscape, Spring, c. 1825 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a rural scene with a wide, cloudy blue sky over a riverbank. On the right there are tall, dark green trees that stretch up to the top of the painting.

Camille Corot River View, 1868/1872 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a woman and a child standing in a wooded area. The woman holds a closed parasol in one hand and reaches down towards the child with the other.

Camille Corot Madame Stumpf and Her Daughter, 1872 National Gallery of Art

A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats and a town along the water’s edge in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rotterdam Ferry-Boat, 1833 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned woman sits at a table leaning over an open book in a brightly lit room in this loosely painted, horizontal scene.

Camille Corot Woman Reading in the Studio, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal landscape painting shows a cluster of tan and rust-brown buildings set on a tiny island at the center of a wide brownish-gray river.

Camille Corot The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome, 1825/1828 National Gallery of Art

Ovid among the Scythians, Eugène Delacroix, 1862, oil on paper, laid down on wood

Eugène Delacroix Ovid among the Scythians, 1862 The Met

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

We look across a grassy expanse leading to a lake, with several women, tiny in scale, dancing under a grove of trees to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot Dance under the Trees at the Edge of the Lake, 1865/1870 National Gallery of Art

Winter Scene, Francisco de Goya, c. 1786, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Winter Scene, c. 1786 Art Institute of Chicago

A person rides a horse away from us on a narrow dirt path curving through a forest dominated by golden yellow trees in this vertical landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Forest of Coubron, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Bullfight in a Divided Ring, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Bullfight in a Divided Ring, ca. 1810 The Met

We look through a tropical forest lining a hazy, wide, placid river in this horizontal landscape painting. Densely packed trees, bushes, and plants create shadowed, thickly forested banks along both sides of the river.

Frederic Edwin Church El Rio de Luz (The River of Light), 1877 National Gallery of Art

From a grassy riverbank, we look across the placid surface of a river lined along the far bank with trees and farm animals in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Constable The White Horse, 1818-1819 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man standing upright, his body slightly turned to the right.

Francisco de Goya Charles IV of Spain as Huntsman, c. 1799/1800 National Gallery of Art

This drawing shows the faint outline of a domed building. The representation is minimalistic, with few details of the building shown besides the dome and vertical lines that might suggest columns.

Thomas Cole Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design, c. 1838 National Gallery of Art

A butter-yellow sky fills the top two-thirds of this square landscape painting while in the bottom third, a brown structure is surrounded by golden yellow and pine-green forms like clouds.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Evening of the Deluge, c. 1843 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a young boy sitting in a relaxed position, with his right arm leaning on a black surface. He has pale skin, wide eyes, and a small, slightly downturned mouth.

Camille Corot Italian Peasant Boy, 1825/1827 National Gallery of Art

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

Eugène Delacroix Hamlet and His Mother, 1849 The Met

The Natchez, Eugène Delacroix, 1823–24 and 1835, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix The Natchez, 1823–24 and 1835 The Met

Shown from the shins up, a woman with medium-toned skin plays a mandolin in this loosely painted vertical composition. The woman’s body faces us but her head tips to our left and she looks down in that direction with dark eyes.

Camille Corot Gypsy Woman with Mandolin, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

A young, pale-skinned woman sits with her back to us as she looks at a painting on an easel in a studio in this vertical painting.

Camille Corot Corot's Studio: Woman Seated Before an Easel, a Mandolin in her Hand, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

Set in a valley carpeted in sage green, about a dozen armed men, on foot and horseback, close to us, line up and face off against an attack advancing from the back left in this vertical painting.

Eugène Delacroix Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains, 1863 National Gallery of Art

Near a verdant riverbank against soaring, hazy cliffs, a nude, chubby baby sits in a golden boat on a bed of pink and white flowers in this horizontal painting.

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842 National Gallery of Art

A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us in front of a landscape with forests and mountains in this vertical portrait painting. The girl looks at us with wide, gray eyes under delicately arched eyebrows.

Francisco de Goya María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón, 1783 National Gallery of Art

Alfred Dedreux (1810–1860) as a Child, Théodore Géricault, ca. 1819–20, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Alfred Dedreux (1810–1860) as a Child, ca. 1819–20 The Met

Horsewoman, Théodore Géricault, 1820 or later, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Horsewoman, 1820 or later The Met

This painting depicts a pastoral scene with grassy marshland dotted with several yellow haystacks. A river winds through the flat green landscape, and on the right side a shallow boat sits next to the edge of the water.

Martin Johnson Heade View of Marshfield, c. 1866/1876 National Gallery of Art

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