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Hanging scroll of two fishermen in a boat below a pale moon, with a pine on a cliff and bamboo along the shore.

Fisherman viewing the moon

Ye Guang, ca. 1600

Ink and color album leaf of a twisted pine with songbirds on branches, rocks and bare plum twigs in the foreground.

Paintings after old masters

Ink landscape handscroll with a pavilion, pine trees, a seated figure, a lattice fence and misty mountains.

The Studio of Prolonged Soughing

You Yin, dated 1851

Album leaf of a mountain landscape with a rider on horseback, farmers in a field, a porter with baskets, and pine trees.

Odes of the State of Bin: The Seventh Month

Fei Qinghu, late 18th-early 19th century

Two women in kimono, one seated at a writing table and one standing in blue with blossoms, with a child and a white lion dog.

Artisans, Beauties, and Annual Events

Toyohara Kunichika, 1874

Handscroll painting of misty hills, pine trees and white-walled villa buildings with tiled roofs beside rice fields.

Rear View of the Mountain Villa for Watching Clouds

Yu Zouyan, 1844-45

Painted album page showing a seated Buddha in a wooden pavilion, with monks in yellow robes praying and Burmese script below.

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon, 1880s

Hanging scroll of kimono-clad women in a misty bamboo grove, one holding a pink peony, rendered in soft greens and bright rob

Seven Beauties of the Bamboo Grove

Watanabe Seitei, early 20th century

Painting of blue-skinned Vishnu Venkateshvara in an ornate crown, flanked by two attendants in red and orange robes.

Vishnu Venkateshvara, Lord of Tirupati

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Painting of a red-faced deity with an ornate crown and jewelry holding a lotus, with a small attendant beside him.

Krishna Rajagopalaswamy, king of the cowherds

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Ink painting of two crabs on a sandy shore with grass, mounted in a dark lacquered screen frame.

Crabs and Peonies

Itō Jakuchū, mid-18th century, before 1766

Hanging scroll of a hawk on a rock above waves, with a red sun at upper right.

Hawk at Sunrise

Jeong Hong-Rae, second half 18th century-first half 19th century

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped gold panel showing several Chinese boys in robes playing among books and toys.

Chinese Boys at Play

Kano Motonobu, first half 16th century

Handscroll painting of a seated man embracing a reclining woman in green kimono on a gold background.

Handscroll of Ten Homoerotic (Nanshoku) Scenes

Miyagawa Chôshun, early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan whose robe is painted with scenes of demons and flames in a hell realm.

The Hell Courtesan

Utagawa Kunisada II, late 1850s

Hand-colored scene of workers picking tea leaves under a thatched shelter, with others sorting leaves into boxes and baskets.

Illustrations of Uji Tea Production

Saitō Motonari, 1803

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, the infant Christ holding a globe, against a green curtain.

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto, 1528

Nude woman as Diana the huntress with bow and quiver, beside a resting deer in a dark green forest.

Diana the Huntress

Giampietrino, 1526

Circular painting of kneeling Madonna in blue mantle adoring the Christ Child, with infant John the Baptist and an angel.

Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, 1490

Portrait of a young woman in black with a veil, clasped hands and a pendant, set before evergreen branches and a landscape.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, 1490

Panoramic painting of a snowy Andean peak over a waterfall, river and dense tropical forest with a cross on a path.

The Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Half-length painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, bare-shouldered, against a dark background.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Antonello da Messina, 1470

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly red hair, dark cap and white collar, smiling faintly against a dark background

Portrait of a Young Man

Antonello da Messina, 1470

Painting of an apostle with a golden halo holding a written scroll and raising one finger against a gold background.

An Apostle

Carlo Crivelli, 1470

Painting of a haloed saint healing a man's leg in a wooden workshop, with onlookers and a gold leaf background.

Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man

Antonio Vivarini, 1450

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king in red robes, with attendants and a gold vessel in a columned inte

The Adoration of the Magi

Justus van Gent, 1465

Painting of the Virgin Mary on clouds surrounded by angels, with kneeling saints and a bishop gazing up in a landscape.

The Virgin Adored by Saints

Scarsellino, 1609

Madonna and Child flanked by Saint Francis holding a cross and Saint Clare in a veil, against green and blue landscape.

Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Clare

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1510

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing bearded man draped in cloth, holding a tall staff.

Saint John the Baptist

Innocenzo da Imola, 1550

Two women in white dresses and lace veils lean on a balcony railing, with a man in a hat and a cloaked figure behind them.

Majas on Balcony

Portrait of a young boy in a red suit holding a string, with cats, a magpie, and a green birdcage beside him.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga

Francisco Goya, 1787

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, infant Christ, seated Saint Joseph, angels in an arched sky, and a river lands

The Nativity

Francesco di Giorgio, 1470

Painting of a goddess on a golden chariot pulled by winged griffins, surrounded by a crowd of women in a hilly landscape.

Goddess of Chaste Love

Francesco di Giorgio, 1468

Painting of the Virgin in a red dress and blue cloak holding a nude infant, with a hazy landscape behind them.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 1525

Friar in a hooded habit preaching with raised arm from a wooden pulpit against a blue background with red border.

Saint Bernardino Preaching from a Pulpit

Francesco di Giorgio, 1470

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a praying robed figure flanked by two women within a circular arched frame.

Design for a Wall Monument

Francesco di Giorgio, 1490

Arched altarpiece of the Madonna and Child enthroned between angels and saints, with a bishop and a bearded elder beside a pi

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels

Francesco Botticini, 1466

Half-length portrait of a young man in a brown cap and dark garment, gazing upward against a black background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Jacometto Veneziano, 1480

Painting of four saints with halos before a hill town, angels above, and two kneeling donors in the foreground.

Saints Nicholas of Tolentino, Roch, Sebastian, and Bernardino of Siena, with Kneeling Donors

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1481

Grayscale view of soldiers and horses around a fallen rider beneath a shaft of light from the sky, in a hilly landscape.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1440

Grisaille painting of a kneeling crowned king before a seated haloed monk, with soldiers and monks around a church.

Totila before Saint Benedict

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1440

Painting of a bearded saint with a golden halo reading a red book with gold decoration against a gold background.

Saint (Mark?) Reading

Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1470

Interior scene with a woman in pink seated among standing men, a clergyman, a kneeling servant and a small dog.

Besuch bei einer Dame

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Painting of masked figures and a woman in a yellow gown meeting in a room with green curtains, by Pietro Longhi, 1746.

The Meeting

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Interior genre scene of a milliner's workshop with women working, a sleeping woman, a child sewing, and hanging linens.

The Milliner (hat maker)

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Painting of harvesters cutting wheat in golden fields, with a resting group under a tree and a village in the distance.

The Harvesters

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565

Painting of a mythological procession with nude and gowned women, winged putti, and attendants under a dark teal sky.

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche

Andrea Schiavone, 1550

Portrait of a red-haired man in a black doublet with white slashed sleeves, holding a handkerchief and sword, before red drap

Portrait of a Man

Francesco Salviati, 1530

Painting of a bearded man in armor with two pages, one in a striped orange doublet, before a distant army.

Portrait of a man in armor with two pages

Paris Bordone, 1520

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with grey beard, white ruff and fur-trimmed dark cloak, against a brown background.

Portrait of an Old Man

Painting of the Madonna in red and blue robes holding a nude infant, with trees and a distant landscape behind her.

Madonna and Child

Titian, 1508

Interior scene with a seated gentleman at a tea table, a servant, a bowing man, and two women beside a curtain.

Besuch bei einem Lord

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Seated musician in striped costume and ruffled collar playing a guitar in a shaded garden, by Watteau.

Mezzetin

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717

Oil painting of green waves crashing over dark rocks on a pebbled shore, with a mossy cliff at left and gulls in a pale sky.

Maine Seascape

Constantin Westchiloff, 1930

Painted stage interior with yellow patterned walls, a sofa with a reclining figure, white columns and a doorway beyond.

Interior for Nikolai Gogol's Play Marriage

Constantin Westchiloff, 1944

Painting of a sunlit ochre villa with green shutters and purple wisteria hanging over a wooden trellis under blue sky.

A House with Flowering Trees along the Amalfi Coast of Italy

Constantin Westchiloff, 1928

Painting of Pilate in a fur-trimmed robe washing his hands over a basin, with an attendant, armored soldier and crowd behind

Pilate Washing His Hands

Mattia Preti, 1663

Painting of a bearded man in animal skin raising one arm beside a cross and banner, with a lamb in the foreground.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Mattia Preti, 1650

Painting of the Madonna with a gold halo, red dress, lace collar and dark cloak against a gold background.

Head of the Madonna

Franciabigio, 1509

Painting of an angel beside a kneeling youth holding a fish, with a dog, hills, a city and river landscape behind.

Tobias and the Angel

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1479

Painting of a funeral procession with clergy carrying a red-draped bier past a tree and mourners in colorful robes.

The Burial of Saint Zenobius

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1479

Panel painting of the Marriage of the Virgin with a priest joining hands of Mary and Joseph, watched by onlookers.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1479

Virgin Mary in a red mantle holds the Christ Child in a hedged garden while five angels hold a crown above her.

Virgin and Child

Jan Provoost, 1495

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, red coral necklace and green dress against a black background.

Selvaggia Sassetti (born 1470)

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1487