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Ink painting of a long-tailed bird with red feet perched on a snow-covered branch against a grey background.

Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch

Kano Tan'yu, 1661

Painting of a snarling lion's head with open jaws and bared fangs, framed by a thick brown mane against a grey background.

Lion

Giuseppe Baldrighi, 1750s

Open album spread of painted pink flowers in blue, red, magenta, peach and white with green leaves and buds.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Pinks)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Painting of a male lion standing watchfully on a sunlit rock overlooking a desert plain under a blue sky.

Lion on the Watch

Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1885

Two gold-ground folding screens showing lions near peonies and tigers beside bamboo and rocks.

Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

Yamaguchi Sekkei, 1668

Watercolor album page of a rose branch with two pink roses, buds, and serrated green leaves on pale paper.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Rose)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Painting of a chained monkey attacking a frightened gray cat beside a fire, with smoke rising and chestnuts scattered on the

The Monkey and the Cat

Abraham Hondius, probably 1670s

Ink wash hanging scroll of a seated robed figure on a rock beneath a gnarled tree, with a red seal at lower left.

The Bird's Nest Patriarch

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early to mid-1600s

Pink peony blooms, buds and green lobed leaves painted across an open album page.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Peony)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Painting of peacocks, pheasants and birds among peonies, plum blossoms and a large willow tree on a golden silk background.

Birds Gather under the Spring Willow

Yin Hong, late 1400s-early 1500

Ink painting of a grey elephant with a tiger lying beneath it and a small hare, with red seal marks on the page.

Elephant, Horse, and Hare

Open album page with a gray bird preening on a branch beside white blossoms and green leaves.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Preening Bird)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Two oval paintings on gold ground: a youth with a lyre on a sea horse, and a woman with a thyrsus on a panther.

Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1855

Ink drawing of a fluffy white cat in grass with a butterfly above, with calligraphy and red seals at the top.

Cat and Butterfly

Album leaf with bamboo, rocks, orchids, gold clouds, red bats and a red circular seal on a pale background.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Bats, rocks, flowers circular calligraphy)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Ink painting on silk of a twisted pine with two birds on a branch, bamboo and rocks below.

Birds on a Tree above a Cataract

Li Di, 1127-1279

Oval miniature of a smiling woman with flowers in her hair holding a small grey and black dog, wearing a blue drape.

Woman with a Dog

Rosalba Carriera, 1710-20

Album leaf with red bats, blue bamboo, orchids, a pine on rock, gold clouds, and a large red seal at center.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Bats, rocks, flowers oval calligraphy)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Monochrome ink painting of a small bird perched on a bare prunus branch above a rock, on brown silk.

Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch

Bian Wenjin, 1400s

Bearded man in blue robes reclines on rocks, looking up at two birds flying above, painted on a fan-shaped sheet.

Risshi by the Sea Watching Birds

Katsushika Hokusai, late 1700s-1849

Two sparrows with red caps face each other on a branch beside a white-blossomed tree and green grass.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Gossiping Sparrows)

Zhang Ruoai, 1700s

Gold-ground folding screen with a blossoming plum tree over rock, two pheasants, and bamboo at the right.

Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants (Birds Left)

Kano Naonobu, early 1600s

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a small bird with a long tail perched on a lotus bud atop a thin stem.

Bird on a Lotus Bud

Kano Tan'yu, 1600s

Six-panel screen of a winter plum tree with two pheasants on snowy rocks against a gold background.

Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants (Birds Right)

Kano Naonobu, early 1600s

Watercolor of horses fighting in a stable yard, with a grey and a white horse rearing while a figure with a pole stands behin

Fighting Horses

Théodore Géricault, c. 1820

Woodblock print of women in kimono watching a girl dance with shells while a woman plays a shamisen.

Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Woodblock print of a small bird perched on a cherry branch with pink blossoms and red buds against a pale background.

Small Bird (Swallow ?) on Cherry Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with pale face and skeleton-patterned robe over red garment, 1816.

Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka (Benimurasaki ai…

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1816

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a black dog beside a shoji screen and chrysanthemums.

Courtesan Holding a Dog (from the series Popular Presentations)

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783

Watercolor still life of a bee-eater, two goldfinches, peaches, plums, a pear and a fig on a grey ground.

Still Life with Birds and Fruit

Giovanna Garzoni, c. 1650