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A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
Defendente Ferrari
Eve Tempted by the Serpent
1520 – 1525
Museum Purchase
1967/1.38
A drawing of a boat resting against a wooden shed and garden.<br /><br />
Eva Caston 2017
Warren Lombard (American (North American))
Capt. Frank Pierce's Skiff
1917
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred H. White
1940.331
A young woman in a black dress and white shawl holds a croquet mallet behind her back. She stands in the midground of the composition in a sunlit patch of grass strewn with three croquet In the foreground, three croquet balls mirror the wickets, and a white dog sits beneath a tree amongst a watering can and many small flower pots. Two more young women kneel and lounge in the grass in the background next to a small round pond with a fountain; an arcade of columns can be seen beyond the water.<br />
Signed and dated, in the plate, l.l.: "J.J. Tissot / 1878"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Le Croquet
1878
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2014/2.223
At the center of this print is an image that shows a nude woman lying on her stomach and propped up on her elbows. She is surrounded by various foliage; leaves, grasses, and flowers. The print is numbered, titled, signed and dated in pencil below the plate margin "7/20 Garden II April Foster c 1985".
April Foster (American (North American))
Garden II
1985
Gift of Claire Spitler
1986/2.64.2
A woman in an elaborate striped dress stands in an outdoor landscape, shading her eyes with her right hand and looking directly out at the viewer. She holds a white umbrella that dramatically frames her head (capped by a white hat) against the dark sky in the upper background of the composition. A contrasting white area of ground beneath the black sky leads into the foreground, where the woman stands at the edge of a pond surrounded by reeds and a large stalked plant.  <br />
Signed in the image, lower left, in the plate: "J.J. Tissot / 1875"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Matinee de printemps
1875
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Aldrich
2005/2.33
Six figures, women and girls, sit or stand in front of a balustrade. On the left side is an urn holding a plant; the upper portion of a young tree projects above the balustrade at center; in the distance on the right appears the upper portion of a building with a mansard roof
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Terrace, Luxembourg
1894
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.448
Text: War Gardens Victorious - Every War Garden a Peace Plant - National War Garden Commission - Charles Lathrop Pack, President. Washington, D.C.
Maginel Wright Enright Barney
War Gardens Victorious - Every War Garden a Peace Plant - National War Garden Commission
1914 – 1924
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
1954/2.35.33
In the lower left corner, two women are seen seated out of doors conversing in a park-like setting. In the middle distance is a large sculpture on a raised pedestal. Grouped around the sculpture are other small gatherings of people in conversation. Behind the figures and sculpture is the loose indication of trees.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens
1893
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.438
This print shows two rock-like forms, one below the other. On the bottom right of the top form there is an outline of two people with their arms around each other facing a yellow sun, a fish and some plants,  and perhaps a tree. 
Corita (American (North American))
In the Beginning
1947 – 1958
Gift of Mr. Thomas J. Larkin
1958/2.41
This photograph shows a pond which is lined with grass and trees. A church with a tall steeple is in the background, at the waters edge.
Francis Bedford (British (modern))
Stratford on Avon, The Church from the Memorial Garden
1850 – 1894
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Cardone through the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.125
First impression of first state. Paper size: h 71 1/2cm x w 55 2/5cm. Plate size: lh 53 2/5cm &amp; rh 53 3/5cm x w 41 2/5cm. Image size: h 52 7/10cm x tw 40 3/5cm &amp; bw 40 4/5cm.
Jacques Villon (French (culture or style))
Le Banc de Pierre au Jardin
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
2008/2.419
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