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Cleveland Museum of Art

693 works

Embossed print of a young woman with piled hair resting her head on one hand while reading a book, with flowers behind her.

Young Woman Reading

Alexandre Charpentier, 1896

Woodblock print of a woman leaning over a man holding a fan, both in patterned kimono with elaborate hair ornaments.

Man and Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Pointillist print of tall cypress trees, sailboats on a bay, and women in white dresses on a sunlit shore.

The Promenade (Landscape with Cypresses)

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1897

Etching of a seated nude woman in a headscarf bending to tend her bare feet, with dark hatched shadows behind her.

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair writing with a brush on a scroll, beside a hand mirror cartouche.

Woman Writing

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Grey ink and wash drawing of a woman in a cap mending fabric in her lap beside a window.

The Mender

Camille Pissarro, c. 1881

Loose painted portrait of a woman in a pink dress and white feathered hat standing in a green-walled interior.

May Belfort

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Woman kneeling to hold a garment for a standing man beside a stacked box, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Seven Komachi Episodes: A Woman Holding an Outer Garment for a Man

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754-1806

Pen drawing of a reading saint beside a tree and a lion, with a hilltop town and winding road in the distance.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1530

Black chalk drawing of a reclining winged angel in draped cloth, with studies of hands on the reverse sheet.

A Flying Angel (recto); Studies of Hands Playing Instruments (verso)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1723-27

Woman of the Yoshiwara

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Charcoal study of a bearded man in a hat, hands in pockets, standing in side view on textured paper.

Study of a Man with Hands in His Pockets

Gustave Caillebotte, 1893

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a white gown standing by a fireplace with a sphinx support and candlestick.

Woman in Front of a Fireplace

Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1805-7

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle applying red lip color with a small brush.

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tōsei onna fūzoku…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801-2

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a gown among robed friars, beside a sheet of head sketches and two standing women.

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto) Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right)

John Brown, c. 1770-75

Pastel drawing of a woman holding a nude toddler while a blonde girl in an orange dress leans in against a green background.

After the Bath

Mary Cassatt, 1901

Three women in patterned kimono on a veranda with a black parasol and pink blossoms below, Japanese woodblock print.

Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a period gown and tall headdress standing among robed friars and hooded onlookers.

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto)

John Brown, c. 1770-75

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated nude figure leaning on a ledge, on blue-grey paper, by Prud'hon.

Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right (recto)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1810

Woodblock print of women on a veranda hanging laundry, with rooftops, a distant mountain, pine and bamboo below.

Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony

Kitagawa Utamaro, early 1790s

Pastel portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig gesturing beside an easel showing a reclining woman in a painting.

François Tronchin

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1757

Graphite sketch on tan paper showing four studies of a young woman's head in varied poses, including upturned and inverted vi

Four Studies of the Head of a Young Italian Woman

Edgar Degas, 1856

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a crane-patterned kimono beside a kneeling attendant, by Utamaro.

The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya (from the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro, early 1790s

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man with curly hair gazing upward to his left, wearing an open-necked shirt.

Head of a Bearded Man Gazing to His Left

William Mulready, 1859

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman examining her clothing, with separate studies of hands and draped sleeves around her.

Seated Woman Searching for Fleas

Adriaen van de Velde, c. 1671

Woodblock print of a woman with long loose hair touching her head, holding a blue fan with plant motifs.

Bust of Woman with Loose Hair Holding Fan

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806

Red chalk drawing of a seated man seen from behind, with a sketch of a hat at upper right, on tan paper.

Rear View of Seated Man

Carlo Vimercati, late 1600s?

Pen and ink drawing of an axe-wielding priest interrupting a sacrifice at an altar beneath a tree, with a crowd watching.

A Sacrifice Interrupted

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770s

Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda overlooking a pine-lined embankment and distant town at dusk.

Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Pen and ink drawing of a putto emerging from acanthus scrolls and grapes in a decorative frieze design.

Design for a Frieze with a Putto and Acanthus Leaves

Giulio Romano, c. 1520