The Permanent Collection: Masterpieces wall to wall.

Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy

The Lady of Shalott

Interior of a Picture Gallery with the Collection of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga

Indolence (La Paresseuse Italienne)

The Building of the Trojan Horse

Self-Portrait

Nympheas, Water Lilies

Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach

Europe after the Rain

The Feast of Herod

Boy with a Hat

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European Art
The European Art collection is a rich and diverse collection featuring approximately 900 paintings, 500 sculptures, 800 drawings, and 3,000 British and Continental prints. Paintings on display represent periods ranging from late medieval through the mid-twentieth century. The collection includes a small number of Early Italian masters, most notably Fra Angelico. The Italian Renaissance is represented by major works of Piero di Cosimo and Sebastiano del Piombo and of Northern painting by Bernard van Orley and Lucas Cranach. Especially impressive are Baroque paintings, including masterworks by Caravaggio, Strozzi, Ribera, Zurbarán, Hals, van Dyck, and Claude Lorrain. The 18th century section features major works by Panini, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Boucher, Viegee LeBrun,and Turner.

Nineteenth century artists, particularly those working in France, are amply featured and include significant works by Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, Monet, Manet, van Gogh, Theodore Rousseau, Courbet, Boudin, and Sisley. More...

The museum has a small but distinguished collection of twentieth century painting, anchored by the works of two trailblazing Spaniards, Picasso and Dalí. The museum's holdings of Surrealist works — by Miró, de Chirico, Magritte, and Ernst — are one of its primary strengths.

Permanent gallery space is also dedicated to works from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as medieval Europe.
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