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Still life painting of a stoneware jug, wine glass, lemon, pewter plate, bread roll, walnuts and a small blue bird.

Still Life

Georg Flegel, probably ca. 1625-30

Abstract drawing of a small bird and scratchy black line forms over a soft red wash, by Paul Klee, 1925.

Bird Landscape

Paul Klee, 1925

Hanging scroll of a dark bird on a rock beside pink and yellow flowers, with blue-green leaves and calligraphy at upper left.

Flower and Bird

Zhang Xiong, dated 1878

Two-panel folding screen with six small painted paper leaves showing flowers, a bird, pine and plum branches on grey ground.

Folding Screen for Tea Ceremony with Six Bird-and-Flower Paintings

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Watercolor and ink drawing of an angular geometric bird falling past a dark arrow over green hills and an orange sky.

Falling Bird

Paul Klee, 1919

Hanging scroll of a flying titmouse beside a branch of red pomegranate flowers and green leaves on tan silk.

Titmouse with Pomegranate Flowers

Kano Yukinobu, mid-16th century

Decorative panel of two spotted panthers eating grapes beneath a vine, with red and green parrots perched above on a gold gro

Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes

Alexandre François Desportes, ca. 1719-20

Paul Klee's 1926 painting of a small bird walking below stepped mountains, a staircase and a teal sprig in muted blue and rus

Bird Wandering Off

Paul Klee, 1926

White dog barking beside dead game: a hanging fox, jay, dead pigeon and woodpecker against a stone wall in a forest.

Dog Guarding Dead Game

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753

Still life of a dead heron and game birds beside hunting gear, with a stone urn of flowers and a lake landscape behind.

Gamepiece with a Dead Heron

Jan Weenix, 1695

Grayscale image of a smiling peasant man in a hat holding a bird at a table with a jug, village houses behind him.

A Peasant with a Bird

Adriaen Brouwer, 1626

Ink and color sketch of a striped tiger beside a rock, with a small fox at the right edge, on a handscroll.

Sketches of Birds and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century, before 1870

Ink wash hanging scroll of white herons with dark reeds in misty grey, signed with red seals at lower right.

White Herons

Maruyama Ōkyo, 1769

Ink painting on silk of several birds perched on branches, with soft grey washes and loose brushwork.

Birds in a lotus pond

Bada Shanren, 1690

Portrait of a seated woman in pink dress with feathered hat, holding a fan, with a parrot, black cat and butterflies.

Molly Wales Fobes

Rufus Hathaway, 1790

Painting of Niagara Falls framed by trees, with a beaver, deer and snake in the foreground and verses printed in the border.

The Falls of Niagara

Edward Hicks, ca. 1825

Hanging scroll of a white heron bending over water beside dark reeds, painted in soft ink on a pale ground.

White Heron (Shirosagi zu)

Tawaraya Sotatsu, 1600

Full-length portrait of two children, a boy in a dark suit and a girl in white, with a red cardinal and strawberries.

Edward and Sarah Rutter

Joshua Johnson, ca. 1805

Two finches on bamboo branches beside a rock, painted on golden silk with red seal stamps around the edges.

Finches and bamboo

Emperor Huizong ), early 12th century

Still life of a dead heron, game birds, flowers and hunting gear before a carved urn and a lake landscape.

Gamepiece with a Dead Heron ("Falconer's Bag")

Jan Weenix, 1695

Reclining nude woman with curly hair reaches toward a parrot in a dark interior with patterned curtains.

Woman with a Parrot

Gustave Courbet, 1866

Full-length portrait of a boy in red with a lace collar, holding a string to a magpie, with cats and a birdcage beside him.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784-1792)

Francisco Goya, 1787-88

Nude Leda stands beside a swan in a wooded landscape as cherubs hatch from broken eggs around her.

Leda and the Swan

Francesco Bacchiacca, 1550

Full-length painting of a young woman in a pink dress beside a grey parrot on a wooden perch stand.

Young Lady in 1866

Édouard Manet, 1866

Oil portrait of a man, a woman in black satin, and a small child beside a garden fountain with a parrot and roses.

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614-1673), and Their Son Frans (1633-1678)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635

Hanging scroll of two birds on a flowering branch with pink roses and white blossoms against a tan silk background.

Flowers and Birds

Shen Quan, 1750

Oil portrait of a woman in a red dress with beaded necklaces, braided hair, and shell earrings against a dark background.

Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight

Henry Inman, 1832-33

Family group with a man pointing over a valley, a seated woman in red, several children and a dog on a forest path.

Family Group in a Landscape

Jacques d' Arthois, ca. 1645

Hanging scroll of two long-tailed birds on a blossoming plum branch with red camellias against a gold background.

Birds on a PlumTree

Kishi Ganku, 1767

Nude woman beside a swan with infants hatching from eggs in a wooded landscape with a distant building.

Leda and the Swan