Sacred Renaissance

Madonnas, holy families, and altarpiece devotion from the Italian and Northern schools, from Raphael's Alba Madonna to Memling's Annunciation.

Impressionist Daylight

Open-air light on water, bridges, and gardens, from Monet and Pissarro to Gauguin and Bonnard.

Wide American and English vistas, from Cole's Oxbow and Bierstadt's Lake Lucerne to Constable's Wivenhoe Park.

Painted deities and guardians of Japan, China, and beyond, including Fudō Myōō, Shakyamuni, and the bodhisattvas.

The Lamentation, Crucifixion, and Pietà, from Petrus Christus and Filippino Lippi to Manet and Perugino.

Solitary readers, dancers, and musicians, from Degas's dancing class and Fragonard's young reader to Corot and Cezanne.

Neoclassical likenesses of families and their children, from David and Copley to Gilbert Stuart and the Washingtons.

Brush landscapes and narrative scrolls of China and Japan, from Ike no Taiga and Sesson to Qian Xuan and the Tale of Genji.

Gods, lovers, and laden tables, from Titian's Venus and Veronese's Mars to Gérôme's Pygmalion and a Dutch banquet piece.

Courtly Indian painting from the Punjab Hills, by the Kota Master, Nainsukh, Chokha, and their workshops.

Old Master likenesses of princes and patricians, from Van Dyck and Gossaert to Philippe de Champaigne.

Everyday scenes of work and home, from Eakins's Chess Players and Mount's Cider Making to Eastman Johnson.