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A pale-skinned child wearing a short-sleeved red dress and a white bonnet stands before a shadowy green forest under dark clouds in this vertical portrait painting. The child’s over-large head is out of scale with the rest of her body. She looks toward us with brown eyes in her wide, round-jawed face. She has a broad nose, and her pale lips are set in a line. Her lace bonnet lines her black hair like frothy seafoam and is tied with spring-green bows at the top and under her right ear, to our left. The low neckline of her crimson dress is lined with a wide white ruffle. Red fabric covers her hands, which are gathered in front of her waist. Gray clouds sweep over the hazy green forest in the background. A gnarled tree grows up the left side of the painting, framing the girl.
Edward Hicks, Portrait of a Child, c. 1840, oil on wood, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.14

Portrait of a Child

Edward Hicks · c. 1840 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1980.62.14

The Gansevoort Limner, Pieter Vanderlyn, Miss Van Alen, c. 1735, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1956.13.14

Miss Van Alen

The Gansevoort Limner, Pieter Vanderlyn · c. 1735 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1956.13.14

The image depicts a woman seated in a wooden chair, facing slightly to the right. She has light eyes, a straight nose, and a set expression. Her hair is dark brown, styled in soft curls under a white bonnet with red and white striped ribbons and lace trim. She wears a light green gown with a lace collar, two gold necklaces with a heart-shaped pendant, and holds a black object resembling an ear trumpet. The background is a dark brown with red undertones.
Asahel Powers, Possibly Mrs. William Sheldon, c. 1831, oil on wood, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1953.5.51

Possibly Mrs. William Sheldon

Asahel Powers · c. 1831 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1953.5.51

In the image, a man is seated in a wooden chair, facing forward. He has light skin, blue eyes, dark brown curly hair, and wears a high-collared coat over a striped cravat. There is a white cloth around his neck, and he holds a thin object in one hand while a hat rests on his lap. A wooden bookshelf with several books is in the background.
Asahel Powers, Possibly William Sheldon, c. 1831, oil on wood, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1953.5.50

Possibly William Sheldon

Asahel Powers · c. 1831 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1953.5.50

The image shows a child standing upright, facing forward. They have fair skin, rounded cheeks, short reddish-brown hair, and are wearing a white dress with lace details and a pink ribbon, white pants with lace trim, blue shoes, a red necklace and a heart-shaped pendant. They hold a light pink rose in their left hand and a small black drawstring purse with red accents in their right hand. The background is a gradient from dark green to light green, with a floral-patterned carpet in black, brown, and red on the floor.
Joseph Whiting Stock, Girl with Reticule and Rose, c. 1840, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.8

Girl with Reticule and Rose

Joseph Whiting Stock · c. 1840 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.8

The image shows a baby lying in a wicker cradle. The baby has a round face, light skin, large eyes, sparse light hair, and is wearing a blue dress. The baby is holding a small object in its left hand and is wearing red fabric on its feet. The cradle has a white pillow behind the baby's head and dark brown fabric underneath. The background has a dark area and a patterned floor with floral designs in shades of red and pink.
Joseph Whiting Stock, Baby in Wicker Basket, c. 1840, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.23

Baby in Wicker Basket

Joseph Whiting Stock · c. 1840 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.23

The image shows a seated infant facing forward. The child has a round face with blue eyes and light hair. They wear a white dress with lace and embroidery, painted floral designs in pink and green, and hold a round object tied with a blue ribbon on their lap. Blue shoes are placed next to their bare feet. The background is a plain brown color.
American 19th Century, Innocence, c. 1830, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.30

Innocence

American 19th Century · c. 1830 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.30

A smoking pipe, piccolo, books, sheet music, an oil-burning lamp, a white and blue pitcher, and a few matches are arranged on a wooden tabletop against a dark background in this vertical still life painting. The black piccolo has a white mouthpiece and is propped on some books at the center of the composition. The piccolo rests on the spine of a paper-bound book, which in turn leans on a volume bound in brown leather tooled with green, red, and gold bands. Under the book, a baby-blue page sits on some sheet music that drapes over the front of the table toward us. The blue cover bears the letters, “RICOLETT” and the sheet music below is labeled, “HELAS QUELLE DOULEUR CANTIQUE.” The edges of the paper are dogeared, tattered, and stained. The short smoking pipe has a rounded brown and ivory bowl, possibly carved from wood, and it rests upside-down on the sheet music. To our left and sitting on the brown book, a white pitcher with a tall neck and handle is painted with a landscape scene in blue on its rounded body over a flaring foot. Two more books are propped behind the brown volume so the dyed edges of the pages, one red and one green, face us. In front of those, one used and two unused matches sit on the tabletop. A white feather writing quill sits in a tapered, ivory-colored inkwell at the front right corner on a stained sage-green cloth that covers the right half of the table. Behind the inkwell and piccolo, two more books lean against a tall, silvery metal lamp, its wicks charred near the burners that extend off the reservoir. One book with a parchment-white cover has been placed upside down but the text “SHAKESPEARE” and “1605” are legible. The spine of a taller, pecan-brown book behind it reads “DANTE.” The background is mottled with shades of dark brown and terracotta red. The artist signed and dated this work with red paint in the lower left corner: “WMHARNETT 1888.”
William Michael Harnett, My Gems, 1888, oil on wood, Gift of the Avalon Foundation, 1957.5.1

My Gems

William Michael Harnett · 1888 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1957.5.1

An abstracted painting of a roughly oval-shaped jack-in-the-pulpit flower fills this vertical composition with cool, saturated blues, grays, and greens. A royal-blue elongated, rounded core at the bottom center is surrounded by a pale gray flame-like shape. Petals flare outward and up around the core to reach toward the sides and top of the canvas. A thin white line extends upward from the top center of the core to meet the pointed tip of the unfurling, innermost midnight-blue petal. Layers of green, reminiscent of leaves, curl outward around the top half of the flower. Pale blue in each of the four corners creates the impression of a background behind the flower, and fades to white at the top corners.
Georgia O'Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930, oil on canvas, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1987.58.3

Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV

Georgia O'Keeffe · 1930 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1987.58.3

The painting features a scene showing men in a boat landing on a shore. The horizon is low, with larger sailing ships seen in the distance on the right, floating on the dark green water. The central boat has around eight men in it, all with tan skin and dark hair, dressed in bright garments in shades of red, blue, and gold. Many of them wear plumed helmets and have jewelry or badges adorning them. The boat is heading towards land on the left, and one man stands at the front of the boat, holding a white flag. The land on the left is green, with tall palm trees and a rocky gray mountain. People with dark skin can be seen in on the land in the distance, some climbing the mountain and others standing beneath trees. The sky is a gradient from pinkish-orange near the horizon to light blue at the top of the painting, with a few faint gray clouds.
Edward Hicks, The Landing of Columbus, c. 1837, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.13

The Landing of Columbus

Edward Hicks · c. 1837 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.13