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Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees and small pavilions with a calligraphy inscription at upper left.

清王原祁為瞻亭畫七發妙劑圖軸

Wang Yuanqi, 1710

Ink line drawing on silk of seated officials, attendants with trays, potted plants and kneeling figures beside calligraphy.

北宋李公麟孝經圖卷

Li Gonglin, 1085

Grayscale image of a Madonna and Child with two saints, one reading a book and one holding a jar, with gold halos.

Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen

Matteo di Giovanni, 1450

Arched panel painting of the Madonna and Child flanked by two saints against a gold background.

Madonna and child with Saints Francis and Catherine of Siena

Matteo di Giovanni, 1479

Oil portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat holding a palette and brushes beside an easel.

Portrait of Jean-Marc Nattier

Louis Tocqué, 1740

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man with grey hair in a brown cloak, set in an ornate silver filigree frame.

Henry Carey (1596-1661), Second Earl of Monmouth

Samuel Cooper, 1649

Oil portrait of two men in a studio, one standing with brush and palette beside an easel, the other seated in a grey suit and

In the Studio (Gari Melchers and Hugo Reisinger)

Gari Melchers, 1912

Painting of a stone arched bridge over a still river, with trees and their reflections in the water.

The Bridge at Grez

Robert Vonnoh, 1907

Painting of a standing young woman in white with an older woman behind her and a seamstress sewing at a table.

The Trousseau

Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1910

Grayscale view of a castle tower and ruined walls beyond trees and a rocky shore under a cloudy sky.

Richmond Castle, Yorkshire

Philip Wilson Steer, 1903

Pencil sketchbook spread of a lake with mountains, a bell-tower village house, trees and a wooden drying rack.

Cloud Study; Lake [Maggiore?] and Village (verso, from sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Pencil sketch of a lake shoreline with steep mountains, a village at the water's edge, and distant peaks.

Lake Maggiore, May 11, 1869 (recto, from Sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Six-panel folding screen of ink mountains, pagodas and temple buildings above water with small boats on gold ground.

金山西湖図屏風

Kanō Sanraku, 1630

Ink scroll painting of a mountain village with a dense crowd of horses below craggy peaks and pine trees.

After Ike Taiga’s “Horse Market in a Mountain Village”

Watanabe Kazan, 1800

Seated poet in a blue gold-patterned robe with calligraphic poem columns beside him on a pale ground.

The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Iwasa Matabē, 1600

Seated monk in patterned brown robe holding prayer beads, gazing upward, with calligraphic poem beside him in a silk-mounted

Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Iwasa Matabē, 1620

Hanging scroll of a seated nobleman on a veranda with armored warriors, a horse, a pine tree and a veiled woman above.

“Taira no Koremori’s Farewell,” from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

Iwasa Matabē, 1640

Hanging scroll of two quail beside white and red chrysanthemums and blue gentian flowers on an ochre ground.

Quail and Autumn Flowers

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1667

Three hanging scrolls showing seated court figures in robes beside ink landscapes, including a man with a writing box.

Portraits of Three Famous Poets: Hitomaro (M) ・Ise (R) ・Komachi (L)

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1691

Painting of a seated woman in a blue dress reading a book in a red armchair beside a palette on a table.

Woman Reading

Susan Macdowell Eakins, 1879

Circular ceramic plate with blue field, white winged birds, and a central turquoise peacock medallion within spiral borders.

Plate

William De Morgan, 1890

Miniature portrait of a young girl in a white nightgown holding a doll, standing on a patterned rug in a blue-walled room.

Clara B. Fuller

Lucia Fairchild Fuller, 1898

Ink and color painting of a seated white-robed arhat under a twisted pine, with a standing monk gesturing beside green rocks.

明吳彬十六羅漢圖卷

Wu Bin, 1591

Fan-shaped landscape painting of green cliffs, red maple trees, a small pavilion among pines, and rocky terrain on gold paper

Green Cliff with Red Maples

Wu Bin, 1603

Pointillist watercolor of a stone bridge with arches, leafy trees above, and small figures walking along the path.

Le Pont Neuf

Hippolyte Petitjean, 1912

Painting of a grieving mother holding a limp infant, with a servant, a frightened woman, a child, and soldiers in a classical

The Massacre of the Innocents

François Joseph Navez, 1824

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and black garment, turned left against a blue-green background.

Ulrich Fugger the Younger (1490-1525)

Hans Maler zu Schwaz, 1525

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a brown fur hat and black fur-trimmed coat against a teal background, with inscripti

Sebastian Andorfer (1469-1537)

Hans Maler zu Schwaz, 1517

Fan-shaped painting of a pink peony and green leaves on gold ground, with black calligraphy and red seals.

清趙之謙芍藥扇面

Zhao Zhiqian, 1862

Pair of hanging scrolls with bold black seal script calligraphy couplet and red seal stamps on pale paper.

清趙之謙篆書五言對聯

Zhao Zhiqian, 1867

Painting of women resting in an ornate harem interior with cushions, a lute player, a pool, and patterned tiles.

Harem Scene

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1884

Hanging scroll of a monkey offering a qin to a seated scholar among misty mountains and pine trees, 1833.

Monkey Offering a Qin to Scholar 異類酬徳図 (Irui hōtoku zu)

Tanomura Chikuden, 1833

Hanging scroll of orchids and ink bamboo leaves in a tall vase, with a calligraphic inscription above.

Orchid and Bamboo in a Vase 蘭竹同瓶図 (Ranchiku dōbin zu)

Tanomura Chikuden, 1823

Gold-ground devotional panel of the Man of Sorrows, Christ with crown of thorns and bleeding wounds, with a small haloed knee

The Man of Sorrows

Michele Giambono, 1430

Painting of a sunlit river with rocks, a stone bridge, trees and a red brick building on a wooded hillside.

The Bronx River

Ernest Lawson, 1910

Painting of a hillside village with red buildings, a winding river, a green boat, and white clouds over a turquoise sky.

Shadows, Spuyten Duyvil Hill

Ernest Lawson, 1910

Hanging scroll of a misty mountain landscape with a palace pavilion, boat on a river, and arched bridge.

Palace Landscape

Tani Bunchō, 1800

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain with a small hut where two figures prepare tea beside trees and rocks.

Brewing Tea in a Snow-Covered Hut

Tani Bunchō, 1791

Hanging scroll of many small painted and calligraphic panels with flowers, insects, figures and red seals by Tani Bunchō.

Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy for the Third Year of the Bunsei Era

Tani Bunchō, 1820

Hanging scroll portrait of an elderly bearded scholar in a white robe with green sash, with calligraphy above.

Portrait of Zhu Xi 朱熹像 (Shuki zō)

Tani Bunchō, 1796

Painted panel showing a gilded horseback procession past a church, and a courtly banquet under an arcaded loggia.

The Story of Esther

Marco del Buono, 1422

Painting of two women at a tea table in a room with a folding screen, one pouring tea in a white dress, one in a blue hat.

Tea Leaves

William McGregor Paxton, 1909

Hanging scroll with cursive black ink calligraphy of two poems on pale paper, green silk mounting, and a red seal at lower le

Two Poems from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems (Kokin wakashū)

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, rocky cliffs and autumn trees with a small house and waterfall, with calligraphy at upper

Autumn Landscape 秋景山水図 (Shūkei sansui zu)

Hanging scroll ink landscape with tall rocky peaks, a waterfall, trees, and calligraphy columns along the sides.

明陸治枚乘獨坐圖軸

Lu Zhi, 1495

Vertical Chinese hanging scroll of misty cliffs, a river valley, a small pavilion among bare trees, and calligraphy with red

明陸治種菊圖軸

Album leaf painting of two brown birds perched on a thorny branch beside pink roses and bamboo, with red seals and calligraph

清任頤冊頁

Ink painting of a sparrow with a red crown perched on a branch beside dark leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

清任頤動物花鳥冊頁八開

Ren Bonian, 1850

Fan painting of a boy riding a water buffalo through reeds in a stream, with rocks and calligraphy.

清任頤童子水牛扇面

Ren Bonian, 1890

Hanging scroll of a standing figure in a white kimono patterned with bamboo, with calligraphy at upper right, in a dark frame

立姿遊女図

Kaigetsudō Ando, 1750

Monochrome painting of a woman in a dark robe and hair ornament holding a folded letter in one hand.

Beauty with Letter

Kaigetsudō Ando, 1800

Painting of a young actor in a floral kimono with a family crest, holding a sword against a plain background.

Young Actor in Male Role

Kaigetsudō Ando, 1800

Ink painting of laughing monk Hotei with staff and large belly, with vertical calligraphy above and red seals.

布袋図拄杖擊破三千界。彌勒撫掌笑呵呵，明月清風無。」

Kanō Takanobu, 1616

Ink painting on hanging scroll of a sparrow perched beside a bamboo stalk with grey wash leaves.

Japanese Drawing

Kanō Yasunobu, 1850

Six-panel screen with ink monkeys on branches and rocks above waves, a pale moon, and a gold leaf background.

猿猴捉月図屏風

Sesson Shūkei, 1570

Ink painting of robed figures playing music and dancing beneath tall bamboo, with a wooden fence and rock at the scene's edge

竹林七聖図

Sesson Shūkei, 1550

Ink painting of a Daoist master riding a rock through the sky, with a dragon rising from misty clouds below.

Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang with a Dragon

Sesson Shūkei, 1555

Impressionist garden painting with white and pink flowers, a sloping green lawn, a slender tree, and a pale house at right.

Un Jardin, Maison Baptiste

Theodore Earl Butler, 1895

Painting of a blue vase with yellow, orange and white lilies on a table beside a paint tube, against blue drapery.

Vase of Flowers

Preston Dickinson, 1926

Mezzotint portrait of a man with powdered hair holding a sword, with a stringed instrument and sheet music behind him.

Monsieur de St. George

Mather Brown, 1788

Hanging scroll of two quail beside tall millet stalks with golden seed heads on a pale ivory background.

粟に鶉図

Kiyohara Yukinobu

Hanging scroll of three waxwings among white blossoms, bamboo and a rock beside a stream, on a pale golden ground.

小川に連雀桜竹図

Kiyohara Yukinobu

Round miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, black coat and white cravat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux, 1790

Half-length portrait of a woman in black veil and fur-trimmed sleeves holding a carnation over red brocade, in an arched fram

Jan (1438-1516), First Count of Egmond; Countess of Egmond (Magdalena van Werdenburg, 1464-1538)

Master of Alkmaar, 1510