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Six-panel gold screen with blue irises and green reeds beneath a dark zigzag bridge crossing the picture diagonally.

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin, after 1709

Hanging scroll of an elderly scholar teaching a young attendant beside banana plants, with a kneeling figure at a low table.

The Scholar Fu Sheng Transmitting the Book of Documents

Du Jin, 15th-mid-16th century

Ink and color painting on a fan leaf of a robed scholar reading a scroll while seated on a dark pitted rock.

Scholar on a rock

Ren Bonian, ca. 1880

Two-panel screen of fish swimming among green lotus leaves and a yellow flower in a misty pond.

Fish in a Lotus Pond

Ōhara Donshū, 1800s

Ink and color handscroll of a misty river village with bare trees, rocky banks, houses, and distant hills.

River Village in Autumn Dawn

Zhao Lingrang, 13th century

Ink landscape handscroll of misty grey mountains, clustered trees and a winding path, framed in yellow silk with red seals.

Cloudy Mountains

Mi Youren, before 1200

Miniature portrait of a woman in white dress and lace bonnet leaning on a balustrade beside roses, with trees behind.

Portrait of a Woman Near a Balustrade

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, 1804

Ink drawing on silk of seated officials on a platform with attendants, potted plants, and kneeling figures below.

The Classic of Filial Piety

Li Gonglin, ca. 1085

Ink painting of a white horse with bridle beside a striped post, surrounded by Chinese calligraphy and red seals.

Night-Shining White

Han Gan, ca. 750

Ink handscroll of wild geese flying over reeds by a water edge, with black calligraphy columns and red seals on the right.

Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"

Ma Hezhi, mid-12th century

Handscroll painting of a robed scholar in a lakeside pavilion beside bamboo, willow and white geese on the water.

Wang Xizhi watching geese

Qian Xuan, ca. 1295

Handscroll painting of a seated ruler in a pavilion, attendants, and grooms leading horses beneath trees.

Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State

Li Tang, mid-12th century

Ink painting of two swallows, one feeding chicks in a nest and one flying below, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Swallows

Yamaguchi Sekkei, late 1600s-early 1700s

Faint ink sketch of a robed monk seated on rocks beside a small pagoda in a misty landscape.

Meeting between Yaoshan and Li Ao

Zhiweng, before 1256

Gold-ground arched panel painting of a bearded saint in red robe and green mantle holding a scroll.

Saint James Major

Grifo di Tancredi, c. 1310

Gilded panel painting of Saint Paul holding a sword and book, with kneeling worshippers below.

Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers

Bernardo Daddi, 1333

Gilded Gothic panel with Saint Andrew holding a cross, Saint Benedict with a book, and the Archangel Gabriel above.

Saint Andrew and Saint Benedict with the Archangel Gabriel [left panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, shortly before 1387

Ink painting of a large sailing boat in calm water, with a tree-lined shore and small boats in the distance.

Shibaura Bay of Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Ink drawing on silk of demons playing drum and flute, a procession of small demons, and a woman riding a horse with an attend

The Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving His Sister Away in Marriage

Ink painting of fish swimming near grasses, bamboo leaves and a pale moon on a light paper ground.

Fish and Seaweed

Rinkyo, 1573-1615

Hanging scroll of mountains, red autumn trees, white clouds, a river and a small bridge in soft colours.

White Clouds and Red Trees

Blue bellflowers and pale blossoms spill from a woven basket, with brush calligraphy and a red seal beside it.

Bellflowers in Basket

Ogata Kenzan, 18th century

Red camellia blossoms and green leaves beside stylized blue waves and a rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at right.

Camellia by Water

Ogata Kenzan, dated 1741

Oval portrait miniature of a man in a white military coat with gold epaulettes and medals, in a gold and blue enamel frame.

Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French

Ferdinand Quaglia, 1805

Gilded altarpiece with the Madonna and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels, and a blessing Christ in the gabled top.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Twelve Angels, and with the Blessing Christ [middle panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, shortly before 1387

Gilded altarpiece panel with Saint Bernard reading, Saint Catherine with palm and book, and the Virgin in a quatrefoil above.

Saint Bernard and Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the Virgin of the Annunciation [right panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, shortly before 1387

Gilded Gothic altarpiece: Madonna and Child enthroned with angels, flanked by Saint Anthony Abbot at left and a saint at righ

Saint Anthony Abbot [left panel]

Puccio di Simone, 1354

Painting of the Madonna in blue, holding the Christ Child, with two angels and a gold patterned background.

The Madonna of Humility

Fra Angelico, c. 1430

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child before a red curtain, with two angels and a dove above.

The Madonna of Humility

Masaccio, c. 1423/1424

Gilded Gothic altarpiece with Madonna and Child, angels, and two saints in arched panels, painted by Puccio di Simone.

Saint Venantius [right panel]

Puccio di Simone, 1354

Triptych with the Nativity in the center and two prophets with scrolls on gold backgrounds, by Duccio.

The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel

Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311

Madonna and Child with angels and cherubim, gold-ground religious panel painting by Matteo di Giovanni.

Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim

Matteo di Giovanni, c. 1460/1465