Art: The International Language

Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) · 1778

Game of BackgammonDavid Teniers (Flemish, 1610–1690) · 1640

Interior of a School CoraniqueSi Azouaou Mammeri (Algerian, 1890–1954) · 1910

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) · 1778

Triptych with the Adoration of the Magiالفنان · 1419

Seated Officialالفنان · 1700

Landscape after Guo ZhongshuBada Shanren (Chinese, 1626–1705) · 1675

Frieze of DancersEdgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) · 1890

George Washington at PrincetonCharles Willson Peale (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1741–1827) · 1774

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851) · 1835

Royal women shooting from a pavilionالفنان · 1805

Leisure Enough to SpareYao Tingmei (Chinese, active mid-1300s) · 1360

Portrait of a Coupleالفنان · 1580

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair)Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) · 1778

The Poet Lin Bu Wandering in the MoonlightDu Jin (Chinese, 1446-c. 1519) · 1460

Panel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of FlorenceGiovanni Francesco Toscani (Italian, c. 1380–1430) · 1418

Interior of a SynagogueAlessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667–1749) · 1725

The Triumph of the ChurchPeter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640) · 1628

Bathers Playing with a CrabPierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) · 1892

Travelers in Hilly CountrysideAelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691) · 1645

Stag at Sharkey'sGeorge Bellows (American, 1882–1925) · 1909