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Handscroll painting of a robed scholar in a lakeside pavilion beside bamboo, willow and white geese on the water.

Wang Xizhi watching geese

Qian Xuan, ca. 1295

Ink drawing of a multi-storey pavilion with tiled roofs and pines beside misty mountains, with a calligraphy inscription and

The Yellow Pavilion

Xia Yong, ca. 1350

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, and a row of haloed angels above.

The Nativity

Zanobi Strozzi, ca. 1433-34

Family group with a man pointing over a valley, a seated woman in red, several children and a dog on a forest path.

Family Group in a Landscape

Jacques d' Arthois, ca. 1645

Nude woman beside a swan with infants hatching from eggs in a wooded landscape with a distant building.

Leda and the Swan

Francesco Bacchiacca

A Limier Briquet Hound

Rosa Bonheur, ca. 1856

Painting of a young girl seated outdoors in a dark wood, weaving a garland of small blue flowers.

Girl Weaving a Garland

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860-65

Painting of a forest clearing with tall trees, a dirt path, and a small pond under a partly cloudy sky.

A Vista through Trees: Fontainebleau

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1873

Half-length portrait of a man in a brown cloak and white shirt holding a yellow book against an olive background.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768)

Anton Raphael Mengs, ca. 1777

Painting of soldiers seizing women amid a panicked crowd in a classical city square under a stormy sky.

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin, probably 1633-34

Painting of a wooded meadow with a winding path, a small river, grazing cows, and a cloudy sky.

A River in a Meadow

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1840

Painting of a sunset over a rocky heath with a dark tree on the left and a glowing orange cloudy sky.

Sunset near Arbonne

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1860-65

Monochrome painting of a draped female allegorical statue on a marble pedestal beside a fluted column and relief panel.

Allegorical Figure Representing Metaphysics

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760

Winter landscape with ice skaters on a frozen canal, bare trees, crows, a tall castle tower and snowy cottages.

A Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and an Imaginary Castle

Christoffel van den Berghe, ca. 1615-20

Painting of travelers on a woodland path with horses, a covered wagon, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1607

Head of a Bishop

Gaetano Gandolfi, ca. 1770

Ink drawing of a boat, fire brazier, red flowers on a hill and a black bird on waves, with Japanese calligraphy above.

“Sixth Month” from Fujiwara no Teika’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months”

Ogata Kenzan, 1743

Hanging scroll of narcissus, reeds, a crab, frogs and fish beneath the water on a muted silk ground.

Flowers, fish, and crabs

Liu Jie, mid-16th century

Self-portrait of an older man in a black cap and robe holding spectacles beside a manuscript, with a leaded window behind him

Self-portrait

Simon Bening, 1558

Illuminated initial C showing Christ above, an angel blowing a trumpet, and figures rising from tombs below, on gold leaf.

Last Judgment in an Initial C

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406-7

Ink painting of birds perched on branches and among lotus leaves, rendered in loose gray and black brushwork on silk.

Birds in a lotus pond

Bada Shanren, ca. 1690

Handscroll landscape of rocky mountains, a waterfall, dense trees, and a small wooden bridge over a stream.

The Colors of Mount Taihang

Wang Hui, dated 1669

Ink painting of cabbage leaves and a grasshopper on a stalk, with calligraphy and red seals on grey paper.

Cabbage and Insects

Ink painting of Mount Fuji above mist, with pine trees on rocks and waves in the foreground and a small sailboat.

Mount Fuji

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Painting of a young bird beside white roses and buds, with a butterfly flying at upper left on grey silk.

Roses, Young Bird and a Butterfly

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Hanging scroll of butterflies above bamboo stalks, pink clover, and a patterned cushion on a pale silk ground.

Garden Scene

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Ink painting of the laughing monk Hotei carrying a sack over his shoulder, on a grey ground within a brocade mount.

Hotei, flanked by panels of birds

Kenkō Shōkei, late 15th century

Ink sketch of Krishna in a river beneath a coiled serpent, with a procession of robed musicians above.

Krishna Subdues the Serpent Kaliya in the Yamuna River: Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Nainsukh, ca. 1780

Hanging scroll with Heart Sutra calligraphy above an ink landscape of rocks and a blossoming tree.

Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō) and Landscape

Two hanging scrolls of ink cranes: one standing by a pine, the other beside a bamboo stalk on a misty shore.

Cranes

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1760