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Landscapes by American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). Various collections. Mostly with trees, one with just water.

"Morning." Undated.
“Morning.” Undated. Image courtesy Peabody Institute. In the public domain due to age. via http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2009/dwight-william-tryon-and-his-early-spring/
"After Sunset looking East." 1915. Painting.
“After Sunset looking East.” 1915. Painting. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:After_sunset_looking_east_dwight_william_tryon.jpeg
"Apple Blossoms." ca. 1895.
“Apple Blossoms.” ca. 1895. Painting. Signed D W Tryon 1805″ on the bottom right. Uploaded by and collection of the Brooklyn Museum. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Apple_Blossoms_-_Dwight_William_Tryon_-_overall.jpg
"Before Sunrise, June 1905." 1905.
“Before Sunrise, June.” 1905. Oil on canvas. Image © 2019 Detroit Institute of Arts. Fair use license. via https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/sunrise-june-63762
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Family portraits by American painter Eastman Johnson. Living from 1824 to 1906 he studied art in Düsseldorf, The Hague and Paris. One of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of the Brown family. Based on a Matthew Brady photograph. 1869.
Portrait of the Brown family. Based on a Matthew Brady photograph. 1869. Collection of the de Young Museum, San Francisco. Cc0 license 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portraits_(The_Brown_Family)_by_Eastman_Johnson,_1869,_oil_on_canvas,_based_on_a_Mathew_Brady_photograph_-_De_Young_Museum_-_DSC00950.JPG
Christmas Time: The Blodgett Family. 1864.
Christmas Time: The Blodgett Family. 1864. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11258
Alfrederick Hatch Family. 1870-1871.
Alfrederick Hatch Family. 1870-1871. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11263

Children painted by French artist Edmond Louyot who lived from 1861 to 1920. A member of the circle of the Düsseldorf School of Painting.

Dutch girl with chickens and turkey. Undated. Oil on canvas. Attributed to Louyot. Signed “Laudon (partly overwritten; originally signed “Louyot”). Image © 2021 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/579992/
“The Little Beggar.” Undated. Signed on the lower right. In the public domain due to age. via https://iamachild.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/edmond-louyot-1861-1920-french/
“Pierrot And Pierrette.” Undated. In the public domain due to age. via https://iamachild.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/edmond-louyot-1861-1920-french/
“Children feeding ducks.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Signed on the lower right. Image source.kollerauktionen.ch. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmond_Louyot_(1861-1920)_-_Children_feeding_ducks.jpg

Make your garden look ancient even if your house is brand new. Follies taken from “Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture,” which came out in 1816 and was written by H. Repton with the help of his son J. Adey Repton, F.A.S. Collections of the University of Wisconsin.

“This architectural entrance or door forms the Boundary between the dressed-pleasure Ground of the Menagerie at Woburn Abbey.” Page 273. Image © Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Artwork itself in the public domain. via https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ARNROAEXKQQ7R38Y/pages/A7D3GFASQV47YE8R
“At Woburn Abbey at the back of it, is this Pavilion, constructed with branches and cones of Fir trees.” Page 273. Image © Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Artwork itself in the public domain. via https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ARNROAEXKQQ7R38Y/pages/A7D3GFASQV47YE8R

Art Nouveau iris, taken form Maurice Pillard’s “Etude de la plante: son application aux industries d’art: pochoir, papier peint, etoffes, céramique, marqueterie, tapis, ferronnerie, reliure, dentelles, broderies, vitrail, mosaïque, bijouterie, bronze, orfévrerie” which was printed in Paris in 1903 by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts.

“Iris Germanique, plan de la fleur.” Page 39/image 44. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n44/mode/1up
“Iris Germanique.” Figure 37, page 44. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n44/mode/1up
“Iris Germanique. Couronnement de grille en fer forgé.” Figure 39. Page 46. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125005959479/page/n46/mode/1up

Ladies in red velvet dresses. Different artists and countries and different times.

Louisa Anne Beresford (nee Stuart), Marchioness of Waterford. 1859-1860. British. Oil on canvas. Francis Grant, painter (1803-1878). Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Cc0 License. via https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06604/Louisa-Anne-Beresford?
“Kniende Stifterin” (detail). 1450-1460. Early Netherlandish. Tempera and oil on panel. Petrus Christus, painter (1410/1420-1475/1476). Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petrus_Christus_004_detail.jpg
Portrait of Marguerite Stern. 1889. French. Charles-Auguste-Emile Durand known as Carolus-Duran, artist (1837-1917). Collections of the Musee du Petit Palais, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.artrenewal.org/artists/carolus-duran/7598

Screens that scream Art Déco. Covers up the cinders in the fireplace you forgot about, too. Designed by Paul Fehér who was born in Hungary but worked in Paris and then in the United States.

Screen designed by Fehér for the Rose Ironworks, Cleveland, Ohio. Art Deco. 1920s. Collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Design © Estate of the designer. Image source: Saiko. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_feh%C3%A9r_per_rose_iron_works_inc.,_parafuoco,_1930,_01.jpg
“Muse with Violin ” screen. 1929. French/American. Designed by  Fehér for Rose Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio. Collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Design © Estate of the designer and Rose Iron Works. Fair use license. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/timevanson/38704109505

Cabinet vases. Art glass from around 1900 made by Tiffany Studios of New York City.

Decorated Cabinet Vase Decorated cabinet vase in favrile glass. ca. 1898-1900. American. Maker’s marks: engraved “L.C.T./Q40” on the base. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/design/decorated-cabinet-vase
Favrile and millifiore art glass cabinet vase, with overall purple iridescence with silver vines, green ivy and interspersed millifiore. ca. 1902. American. Maker’s marks: Inscribed “L.C.T.” to the base. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/vases/tiffany-favrile-millifiore-glass-cabinet-vase-circa-1902/id-f_20371202/
Favrile glass cabinet vase. Early 20th c. American. Maker’s marks: marked “L.C.T, H. 1518”. Imaged by and image © Heritage Auctions, HA.com. Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/glass/tiffany-studios-favrile-glass-cabinet-vase-early-20th-centurymarks-lct-h-15182-x-4-inches-51-x-102-cm-/a/8006-79291.s

Interiors of places somewhere out there with a few people here and there. Very peaceful looking and painted by German artist Franz Stegmann who lived from 1831 to 1892.

“Im Chor des Münsters zu Aachen.” 1890. German. Oil on wood. Signed and dated on the back. Title on the back. Image source Düsseldorf Auktionshaus. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Stegmann_Im_Chor_des_Doms_zu_Aachen_1890.jpg 
“Badende Frauen in einer Grotte an der Mittelmeerküste.” 19th c. German. Oil on canvas. Image source: Artnet. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frauen_in_Mittelmeergrotte_Franz_Stegmann.jpg
View of the Choir Stalls in the Lambertuskirche in Dusseldorf. 19th c. German. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/amber-tree/31557265380/

Still lifes with lobsters, all of them cooked and bright red. Different artists and countries along with different times.

Still life with lobster. 1826-1827. French. Oil on canvas. Eugène Delacroix, painter (1798-1863). Collections of the Louvre Museum, Paris. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-Still-Life_with_Lobster-_WGA6170.jpg
Still life with a lobster. 17th c. Dutch. Willem Claesz. Heda, artist (1593/1594-ca. 1680/1682). Image © National Gallery, London. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/willem-claesz-heda-still-life-with-a-lobster
“A lobster with grapes and a peach in a Wan-li ‘kraak’ porselein bowl, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a façon-de-Venise wine glass, a melon, a knife, and a pewter platter with a partly peeled lemon on a partly draped table ledge with a curtain.” 17th c. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Abraham van Beyeren, painter (1620/1621-1690). Signed with the initials “A B F” on the lower right. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4038651

Places in Denmark that probably look a bit different now. Constantin Hansen, painter. Living from 1804 to 1880, Constantin Hansen was the son of an artist. Studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen.

“Kværkeby Church near Ringsted.” 1834. Danish. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “C. H. 1834.” Image © 1986-2021 Invaluable, LLC. and  Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/constantin-hansen-kvaerkeby-church-near-ringsted-410-c-94283b9605#
“Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen,” 1958. Danish.  Oil on paper, laid down on canvas. Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/439381
Farmstead with townscape beyond. 1872. Danish. Oil on canvas. Signed with monogram and dated 1872 on the lower right. Image  © Bonhams 2001-2021. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19013/lot/5/

Landscapes with some people, some of these more populated than others. Flemish. Pieter Bout, painter (between 1640 and 1658 – between 1689 and 1719). Bout was also a draughtman and etcher and is known for his landscapes.

A landscape with a barge being towed along a canal. 1683. Flemish. Oil on panel. Signed and dated “P. Bout/1683; on the lower right. Image source Sotheby’s. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bout_-_A_Landscape_with_a_Barge_Being_Towed_along_a_Canal.jpg
Ice skating. 1678. Flemish. Oil on panel. Collections of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bout-los_patinadores.jpg
Bauernfest mit reicher firugrenstaffage. Undated. Flemish. Oil on panel. Image © HAMPEL Fine Art Auctions Munich. Fair use license. via https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Pieter-Bout-1658-1719-zug.html?a=81&s=196&id=81838&q=1439&kid=1439&qa=