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Cleveland Museum of Art

6,365 works

Illuminated manuscript leaf of the Crucifixion with grieving women, mounted soldiers, and gilded angels in the border.

Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (Frontispiece for the Canon of the Mass)

Master of Otto van Moerdrecht, c. 1440-1450

Persian miniature: a prince sleeps under a canopy as attendants handle a slain monkey over a blood bowl, c. 1560.

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a…

Basawan, c. 1560

Oval portrait miniature of a young man in a blue coat, white frilled cravat and powdered hair, in a blue enamel frame.

Portrait of a Man

Richard Cosway, c. 1790

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

Oval portrait miniature of a man with grey curled hair, white cravat and grey coat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man

George Engleheart, 1795

Oval portrait miniature of a young man with curly brown hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Young Man

Andrew Plimer, c. 1805

Ink painting of banana plants with broad leaves and grass in soft gray washes on pale paper.

Banana Plants

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

Cat and Butterfly

Ink drawing of a bearded scholar in a flowing robe and cap, holding an object as smoke curls up beside him.

Su Dongpo

Painted Persian manuscript folio showing a warrior fighting a pale creature in a rocky cave, with calligraphic text on facing

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, abo…

Mir Musavvir, 1520-37

Sketch of a mounted officer in a plumed hat raising his arm on a chestnut horse, with soldiers and smoke behind.

General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids")

Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1835

Oval painting of travelers, a rider on horseback and dogs in a dim, arched stone tunnel opening to light.

The Grotto of Posillipo

Hubert Robert, c. 1769

Seated woman with long dark hair, pearls and satin gown beside a carved mirror and red box on a draped table.

Portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York

Nicholas Dixon, c. 1662

Oil painting of a kneeling woman before a standing commander in red drapery beside classical columns, with onlookers and sold

The Continence of Scipio

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, c. 1710

Painting of a seated woman with a halo holding a toddler, flanked by two boys, one holding a basket of fish, against a green

The Offering

Charles Webster Hawthorne, c. 1915

Painting of a nude winged female figure raising one arm against a teal sky with red and orange washes.

Winged Fortune

William Morris Hunt, 1878

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with curled powdered hair in white dress, framed by pearls and blue enamel.

Portrait of Mary Frances (Fanny) Swinburne

Richard Cosway, c. 1786

Folding screen of eight panels with ink orchids and rocks on ochre silk, with calligraphy and red seals.

Orchids and Rocks

Yi Ha-eung, 1897-98

Four figures in a dim interior sing and play mandolin, with a man in red reading sheet music and a wooden barrel nearby.

Singers

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1863-1868

Illuminated manuscript leaf showing a saint handing keys to a kneeling man, with a blue gold-decorated border and Latin text.

Leaf from a Commission: St. Mark Giving the Keys of Venice to Francesco de Priuli

Benedetto Bordone, c. 1523-1524

Hanging scroll of a scholar playing qin in a pavilion beneath a bare tree and full moon, with attendants nearby.

Listening to the Qin

Tang Yin, late 1400s-early 1500s

Two manuscript pages: left has Latin text, right has a painted Adoration of the Magi scene with decorated borders.

Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto); Text (verso)

Boucicaut Master, c. 1415

Miniature painting of a man offering a green parrot in a cage to a seated figure in a gilded courtly pavilion, with attendant

The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basavana, c. 1560

Closed leather-bound Book of Hours with embossed ornament, brass clasps, and a green ribbon bookmark on a grey background.

Book of Hours (Use of Paris)

The Bedford Master, c. 1420

Hanging scroll of white peonies and dark leaves beside a bare tree and tall reeds, in muted ink and pale colour.

Peonies

Tatebayashi Kagei, mid 1700s

Six-panel screen of a misty rural landscape with farmers, oxen, thatched houses, and ink-wash mountains under a golden sky.

Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua

Kusumi Morikage, mid- to late 1600s

Hanging scroll of mountains and waterfalls with two figures seated on a ledge and calligraphy at upper left.

Gazing at a Waterfall

Tani Bunchō, 1790

Arched painting of a falling robed man above a crowd of gesturing onlookers beside classical columns and winged demons.

The Fall of Simon Magus

Pompeo Batoni, c. 1745-50

Medieval illumination of an angel kneeling before the crowned Virgin at a lectern, with gold leaf and a decorative initial ab

Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation

Stefano da Verona, 1430-1438

Bearded man in turban on horseback among sheep, goats and a loaded donkey, with a caravan in the distance under a blue sky.

The Oath of Abraham’s Servant

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1650-59