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25 works of art you must see.

Click on an image to vote for your favorites. Then visit the Museum to see the work of art in its entirety and others like it.
Robert Henri
Portrait of Mrs. Robert Henri
Artist Unknown
Pair of Zuijin
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
María at La Granja
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Young Shepherdess
El Greco
The Penitent Saint Peter
Artist Unknown
Guanyin Bodhisattva
Rufino Tamayo
The Somnambulist
Artist Unknown
Ivory Pendant Necklace
Giorgione
Portrait of a Man
Robert Delaunay
Female Nude Reading
Artist Unknown
Hayagriva
Zhang Daqian
Lotus
Thomas Eakins
Portrait of James Carroll Beckwith
Diego Rivera
The Hands of Dr. Moore
Arnold Newman
Jean Arp
Louise Nevelson
Night Presence II
Frank Stella
Flin Flon VIII
Alexander Calder
Spinal Column
Alfred R. Mitchell
La Jolla Cove
Georgia O'Keeffe
The White Flower
Eastman Johnson
Woman Reading
Asher Brown Durand
In the Catskills
Francisco de Goya
The Marqués de Sofraga
Ruknuddin
Radha comes to Krishna
Juan Sánchez Cotán
Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber

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