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Hanging scroll of mandarin ducks beside pink hibiscus and chrysanthemums at a rock, with birds in blossoming branches above.

Mandarin ducks and cotton rose hibiscus

Lü Ji, late 15th century

Ink drawing of a multi-tiered pavilion with upturned roofs on a rocky hill with pine trees, with red seals.

The Pavilion of Prince Teng

Tang Di, dated 1352

Ink landscape hanging scroll of craggy mountains, waterfalls and twisted pines, with calligraphy at upper left.

The strange pines of Mount Tiantai

Dai Benxiao, 1687

Painting of a cow and several calves on a dirt path by a wooden fence, with green hills and mountains behind them.

Weaning the Calves

Rosa Bonheur, 1879

Soft-focus oil self-portrait of a man with dark hair and mustache, gazing forward against a warm brown background.

Self-Portrait

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1893

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child holding a bird, flanked by two haloed angels, with gold brocade and fruit above.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Vittore Crivelli, ca. 1481-82

Painting of nymphs and a wreathed figure in a wooded landscape with flying cherubs and a pink evening sky.

Bacchus and Nymphs in a Landscape

Abraham van Cuylenborch, probably 1640s

Loose oil portrait of a young woman with curled hair and a feathered headpiece, turned to the left against a brown ground.

Lady Hester King (died 1873)

John Hoppner, probably 1805

Painting of a red-cloaked charioteer driving horses through clouds beside a woman scattering flowers from a basket.

Apollo and Aurora

Gérard de Lairesse, 1671

Two women in satin gowns seated before a landscape and red drapery, one holding a small framed flower sketch.

Mary Capel (1630-1715), Later Duchess of Beaufort, and Her Sister Elizabeth (1633-1678), Countess of Carnarvon

Oil painting of a genteel interior: a seated man at a laid tea table, a woman in black being approached by a servant, and an

The Temptation

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Painting of a young woman in a brown vest looking into a mirror she holds, her reflection visible in the glass against a dark

The Sense of Sight

Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds

Painting of ragged townsfolk beside a bread cart with loaves, a seated woman, and boys before brick houses.

The Baker's Cart

Jean Michelin, 1656

Dim Gothic church interior with vaulted arches, an altar on the right, and a couple walking across a checkered floor.

Interior of a Gothic Church at Night

Pieter Neeffs the Younger, ca. 1660

Two women in colorful robes rock a sleeping infant in a wooden cradle beneath a carved wooden ceiling.

Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine

Théodore Chassériau, 1851

Gold-ground painting of the crucified Christ with angels above and four mourning figures standing below on rocky ground.

The Crucifixion

Ugolino di Nerio, ca. 1315-20

Handscroll with brush calligraphy and a circular ink vignette of a robed figure with a staff beside a tree and rocks.

Ten Oxherding Songs

Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, ca. 1634

Hanging scroll of robed figures by a misty river with a crane, pine trees and distant mountains, in ink and color.

Four Admirers

Kanō Tsunenobu, late 17th-early 18th century

Hanging scroll of seated warrior deity Guan Yu with red face and yellow robe, beside an attendant holding a tall halberd.

Guan Yu, Chinese God of War

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman spinning silk beside a child at a brazier, with three swallows flying above.

Woman Spinning Silk

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1790

Two saints on a gold ground under pointed arches: one in animal skin holding a staff and scroll, one writing in a book.

Saints John the Baptist and an Evangelist (Matthew?)

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1433-35

Hanging scroll of blue and white hydrangeas with green leaves and a bee against a pale background.

Hydrangeas

Ogata Kōrin, 18th century

Six-panel ink landscape screen with rocky peaks, pine trees, a lakeside village, boats, and flying birds.

Landscape of the Four Seasons

Unkoku Tōgan, late 16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a white eagle on a rock gazing up at a mountain lion climbing beside bamboo leaves.

White Eagle Eyeing a Mountain Lion

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Ink painting of a white egret and a dark crane standing in tall reeds with a pale orange sun behind them.

Cranes in Marsh

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Watercolor of a white rooster and hen with chicks beside ink-painted bamboo on a grey background.

Rooster and Hen with Chicks

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Two red birds in flight beside dark jutting rocks and curving gold grass on a grey silver background.

Birds and Jutting Rocks

Hanging scroll of three figures in colorful kimono and robes, with calligraphy and red seals on a gold silk ground.

Fuwa Banzaemon

Utagawa Toyokuni II, 19th century

Hanging scroll of an agitated monk in green robes before a fiery altar with billowing smoke and a wrathful deity.

The Fury of Monk Raigō

Kobayashi Kiyochika, ca. 1900

Painting of a nude sleeping infant reclining on a green pillow against a dark interior wall.

The Sleeping Christ Child

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1630