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

MusidoraThomas Sully, 1813–35Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis"Asher Brown Durand, 1850Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Fur Traders Descending the MissouriGeorge Caleb Bingham, 1845Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

A Farmhouse in the Bavarian AlpsJohann Georg von Dillis, c. 1825Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Queen VictoriaThomas Sully, 1838Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Luman ReedAsher Brown Durand, 1835Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

Elijah BoardmanRalph Earl, 1789Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Mother and SonThomas Sully, 1840Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Anonymous WomanUnrecorded American maker, c. 1830Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Section 2, north wall

The American Star (George Washington)Frederick Kemmelmeyer, ca. 1803Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A French Restoration BedroomBouilhet, French, 1823Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
George WashingtonCharles Peale Polk, ca. 1790Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Captain John GellGilbert Stuart, 1785Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

Inside the ColosseumFranz Ludwig Catel, c. 1823Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
George WashingtonGilbert Stuart, begun 1795Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near PotsdamCarl Blechen, 1834Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago