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Cleveland Museum of Art

128 works

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)

Kanō Naonobu, early 1600s

Ink painting of a round owl with large eyes perched on a thorny branch, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Owl

Tsuda Bensaku, 1630s

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)

Kanō Naonobu, early 1600s

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks on blue waves beneath blue flowers and gourds, with calligraphy at upper left.

Mandarin Ducks and Flowering Plants

Utagawa Hiroshige, early or mid-1830s

Pale falcon perching on a willow branch above pink and white camellias and a stream, against a black background.

Falcon on a Willow

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a woman with a yellow parasol beneath a snowy willow by a stream, with a red fence behind her.

The Heron Maiden Standing Beneath a Willow Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, 1868-1912

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda beside a garden with a lattice screen and tea set.

The Shika Teahouse

Utagawa Toyokuni, early 1790s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono and a young attendant walking past rice paddies and a tree.

Omu the Parrot (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman in a pale kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a willow tree, with grass at her feet.

Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden (from the series Ichimura Theater)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

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 two ducks flying past reeds under a pale full moon in a grey-blue night sky.

Tokyo Views: Ducks

Tsuchiya Kōitsu, 1940

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

Drawing of Leda reclining nude with a swan pressing its neck against her in a dark cave setting.

Leda and the Swan

Adolphe Yvon, c. 1846-83

Sepia watercolor sketch of a snarling black cat facing a parrot with spread wings swooping in from the upper right.

The Parrot and the Cat (Sketch for "Good-Night" by Eleanor Gates)

Arthur Rackham, c. 1905

Pencil drawing of a man with swan wings and neck seated on a stone ledge beside a knife, with a building behind.

The Swan and the Cook

Stephen Gooden, 1929

Etching of a swan and a duck on rippling water, with a faint figure sketched at the left edge.

Swan and Duck, with portraits of Julie (Swan and duck, with portraits of Julie, or Swan and duck, essay)

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Red chalk print of a seated young woman in a tall headdress holding a bird, with a birdcage and foliage beside her.

Young Girl Holding a Bird

Gilles Demarteau, mid-1700s

Lithograph of a pensive woman with a large dark bird with spread wings behind her head, in black and grey tones.

And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurls Itself against the Topmost Point of Her Hair

Odilon Redon, 1888

Engraving of nude Leda embraced by a swan, with a castle and trees in the background.

Leda and the Swan

Sebald Beham, 1548

Woodcut of a swan with raised neck and a cygnet on dark water, with tan reflections and ripples.

The Square Book of Animals: The Beautiful Swan

William Nicholson, 1899

Etching of a nude woman holding billowing cloth on a rock by the sea, with a distant town on the horizon.

The Swan

Anders Zorn, 1915

Engraving of two men in hats lying in tall grass beside a wooden fence, watching for birds in a rural field.

The Bird Catchers

Winslow Homer, 1867

Engraving of a startled cook holding a swan on a riverbank, with a village and church tower behind him.

The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine: The Swan and the Cook

Stephen Gooden, 1929

Engraving of an angel in a radiant sun above birds of prey and a chaotic battle of armored men and horses.

The Apocalypse: The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Prey

Jean Duvet, 1546-56

Volpini Suite: Design for a Plate: Leda and the Swan (Projet d'Assiette: Léda et le Cygne)

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Etching of a busy wharf with warehouses, moored boats, tall sailing ships, and a boy seated on timber in the foreground.

Eagle Wharf

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Lithograph of Assyrian relief showing huntsmen with a gazelle, hare and birds among stylized trees, Plate 32, 1853.

Monuments of Ninevah: Plate 32, Huntsmen with Gazelle, Hare and Birds (Khorsabad)

Austen Henry Layard, 1853

Etching of an owl beside an open book in a central frame, surrounded by city scenes, a lantern, a ship, and a moonlit witch.

The Owl

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1883

Drawing of a bird seller at a market stall with a man, a seated woman, hanging birds, and putti in a relief frieze below.

The Bird Seller

Willem van Mieris, c. 1700-1710