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Top Artists

John James Audubon

John James Audubon

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Unidentified artist

Unidentified artist

John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Jan van der Heyden

Jan van der Heyden

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

10 artworks

Famous Paintings in the Harvard Art Museums

A man wearing a heavy brown coat and dark fur hat with a white bandage on his right ear clenches a wooden pipe between his lips as smoke rises.

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

A woman in a black dress sits in profile on a turquoise-blue settee with her left arm resting on its curved wooden back against a blue and grey background.

Madame Gautreau (Madame X)

John Singer Sargent

A silhouetted skyline of buildings and chimneys reflected in calm blue water beneath a pale blue sky with a pointed spire near center right.

Nocturne in Blue and Silver

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Two boys seated at a small table play cards, one facing forward in red sleeves and the other turned away in a yellow-brown doublet, with a tan hat on the ground.

The Card Players

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin

Vincent van Gogh

Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Chicks, oil on canvas by John James Audubon

Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Chicks

John James Audubon

Portrait of Margaret Gibbs Appleton by John Singleton Copley, oil on canvas

Margaret Gibbs Appleton (Mrs. Nathaniel Appleton) (1699-1771)

John Singleton Copley

A sunlit square in Amsterdam filled with townspeople, dogs, horse, gabled houses along the Damrak, and ship masts rising behind rooftops under a cloudy sky.

The Dam and Damrak, Amsterdam

Jan van der Heyden

A painting showing snow-capped mountains with a central peak, colorful slopes, dense green trees, and a clear blue sky.

Seven-Peaks, Guadarrama

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Angel by Abbott Handerson Thayer, oil on canvas, depicting a serene angelic figure in soft pastels

Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer