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Handscroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a thatched pavilion, riders on horseback and a rushing stream in muted ochre tones

A Diplomatic Mission to the Jin

Yang Bangji, ca. late 1150s

Ink landscape hanging scroll with pine-covered cliffs, drifting clouds, a thatched pavilion by the water, and a pale moon.

Landscape

Maejima Sōyū, 16th century

Soft-focus painting of a young girl in a white veil and dress against a dark background, hands clasped at her waist.

The First Communion

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1896

Painting of a young woman in a white blouse with a patterned headband, one hand raised to her head, against a dark backdrop.

The Muse: History

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1865

Nude woman with red hair reaches for a branch beside a forest stream with a small waterfall behind her.

The Young Bather

Gustave Courbet, 1866

Painting of a wooded landscape with an embracing couple, grazing sheep and goats, children, and a distant sea.

The Three Ages of Humans

Dosso Dossi, ca. 1515

Oil still life of white roses in a glass vase, a yellow pear and green grapes on a table against a dark background.

Still Life with Roses and Fruit

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1863

Portrait of a woman in a tall white headdress, pearl necklace and dark lace-trimmed shawl against a brown background.

Queen Charlotte

Thomas Gainsborough

Painting of a peasant woman in a headscarf cooking over a glowing fireplace with a hanging kettle, in a dim interior.

Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

Painting of the Calling of Saint Matthew: figures gather around a table of coins and a ledger while a robed man points toward

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, early 17th century

Painting of the wedding feast at Cana with seated guests at a draped table and a servant pouring water into stone jars.

The Marriage Feast at Cana

Juan de Flandes, ca. 1497

Woman in white cap making lace beside a toddler in a wooden high chair, in a Dutch-style interior with a red tablecloth.

The Lacemaker

Nicolaes Maes, ca. 1656

Painted gallery interior with columns, statues and framed views of Rome, with visitors seated and standing in the foreground.

Modern Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1757

Painting of a haloed youth teaching seated scholars with open books on a staircase, with two haloed figures watching in a Got

Christ among the Doctors

Spanish Painter

Group of women in silk drapery and jewelry gather by a forest stream, with a castle visible among trees behind them.

Florinda

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1853

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, bowed head and bare chest, surrounded by bearded onlookers in turbans and caps.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Il Sodoma, ca. 1540-49

Interior hall with wooden beamed ceiling and arched window, with figures in cloaks and 18th-century dress walking across the

The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765-68

Two-panel folding screen with dark autumn grasses, vines and insects on silver leaf, with a gold moon on the right.

Autumn Grasses in Moonlight

Shibata Zeshin, second half of the 19th century

Hanging scroll of seated Jizō Bodhisattva on a lotus throne with staff, halo, and clouds, in a patterned brocade mount.

Jizō Bosatsu

Hanabusa Itchō, 1667-98

Hanging scroll of a snowy winter scene with a pine tree over a shop front, figures, two cats and a paper umbrella.

In Front of a Shop

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1780

Three women in patterned kimonos share tea beside lacquer trays and a black teapot on a golden background.

Three Girls Having Tea

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 19th century

Ink landscape on silk with a tiered pavilion among pines, a figure crossing a bridge, and misty mountains.

Landscape with Man Crossing Bridge

Ink hanging scroll of Bodhidharma seated in a robe, with a stern expression, bald head and large earring.

Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Kanō Sanraku, 17th century

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with tall stalks and dark leaves on a brownish silk ground, framed in brocade.

Bamboo

Kaō, ca. 16th century

Album leaf with two red woven baskets of flowering grass, a farmer's hat on a pole, and birds flying over a silver ground.

Flower Baskets and Farmer's Hat

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1880s

Hanging scroll of a courtesan raising a blossoming branch, accompanied by a smaller attendant in a red kimono.

Courtesan and Attendant

Chobunsai Eishi, 18th-19th century

Six-panel gold screen with an ink painting of a twisted, aged pine tree with dark needle clusters.

Aged Pines

Suzuki Shōnen, late 19th century

Ink landscape of bare trees on a riverbank, a small boat with three figures on still water, and misty mountains behind.

Landscapes after Tang-dynasty poems

Sheng Maoye, mid-17th century

Ink painting of a bamboo branch with dark leaves and jointed stems, with calligraphy and red seals on the paper.

Bamboo and the Thousand-Character Classic

Zhan Jingfeng, 1599

Hanging scroll of a white heron in flight above its reflection on water, with reeds at right and a gold background.

Heron

Tosa Mitsuoki, 17th century