Romanticism
Sublime landscapes, storms and feeling, from about 1780 to 1850.
Section 1, north wall

Elijah BoardmanRalph Earl, 1789Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
MusidoraThomas Sully, 1813–35Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Fur Traders Descending the MissouriGeorge Caleb Bingham, 1845Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

George WashingtonCharles Peale Polk, ca. 1790Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Peaceable KingdomEdward Hicks, ca. 1830–32Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Farmhouse in the Bavarian AlpsJohann Georg von Dillis, c. 1825Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"Asher Brown Durand, 1850Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

The Falls of NiagaraEdward Hicks, ca. 1825Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Mother and SonThomas Sully, 1840Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
George WashingtonGilbert Stuart, begun 1795Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Mrs. Mayer and DaughterAmmi Phillips, 1835–40Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Profile of a Man with SidewhiskersUnrecorded German maker, c. 1850Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington 
Fruit on a TrayUnrecorded American maker, c. 1840Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington 
Luman ReedAsher Brown Durand, 1835Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

Basket of FruitUnrecorded American maker, c. 1830Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington 
The Knapp ChildrenSamuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1833–34Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art