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Painting of a bishop writing in a study while a monk looks at a vision of two saints in a niche above books.

Saint Augustine's Vision of Saints Jerome and John the Baptist

Matteo di Giovanni, 1476

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with dark leaves and branches, beside a column of calligraphy and red seals.

Ink bamboo

Li Shan, dated 1749

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with four angels on the banks under a cloudy sky.

The Baptism of Christ

Pietro Perugino, 1500-05

Hanging scroll of two swallows on willow branches in ink with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Swallows

Ink painting of blossoming plum branches on a hanging scroll with Chinese calligraphy and red seals.

Blossoming plum

Jin Nong, dated 1759

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, haloed mourners left, and armored soldiers with spears right.

The Crucifixion

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1401-04

Ink painting of orchids on a handscroll with arching leaves, buds, and a column of calligraphy and red seals at left.

Orchids and bamboo

Zheng Xie, dated 1742

Two-panel gilded icon: enthroned Virgin and Child on the left, Crucifixion with mourners and angels on the right.

Diptych of the Virgin and Child Enthroned and the Crucifixion

Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, c. 1280

Ink drawing of two deer antlers on a skull base, with red seals and calligraphy on a handscroll.

Two Paintings of Deer Antlers

Qianlong Emperor, dated 1762 and 1767

Grayscale painted panel of a crowd of richly dressed figures, horsemen and tents before a classical building and hilltop cast

The Continence of Scipio

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni, c. 1455

Handscroll painting of sailing junks on a rippled river passing a shore of willow trees, hills, and village houses.

The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers

Xu Yang, dated 1770

Grey ink landscape on a fan leaf with a tall mountain, pine trees, village houses and mist in a valley.

Landscape

Wang Chen, dated 1788

Ink painting of a lantern-lit pavilion with figures, tiled roofs, bare trees, pine and bamboo.

Drinking in the Bamboo Garden on the Lantern Festival

Medieval panel painting of a nude crowned figure on stairs before a crowd of robed onlookers and a balcony window.

Christ Presented to the People

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Ink painting of bamboo branches on a fan-shaped leaf, with a column of brush calligraphy and red seals on the left.

Bamboo and poem

Zhu Lu, early 17th century

Bust portrait of a man with dark bowl-cut hair, hands clasped in prayer, against a deep blue background.

Portrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso)

Rogier van der Weyden, 1460-64

Ink drawing of the immortal Li Tieguai with a gourd and crutch, with calligraphy and red seals on a hanging scroll.

The Immortal Li Tieguai

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue mantle holding the nude infant Christ against a red cloth backdrop.

Virgin and Child

Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460

Fan-shaped painting of a pink peony with green leaves and buds beside a textured rock, with calligraphy and red seals.

Peony

Ren Xiong, 19th century

Hanging scroll landscape of a craggy mountain, winding river, trees, and a small boat with three figures.

Landscape

Wu Xizai, dated 1858

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in green robes speaks to Mary in blue and red, with a dove and open book.

The Annunciation

Jean Hey, 1490-95

Hanging scroll portrait of a standing man in a pale blue robe, with calligraphy inscription above and red seals.

Portrait of Zhao Zhiqian

Wang Yuan, dated 1871

Medieval panel painting of the Annunciation: the angel Gabriel in red and the Virgin Mary in blue in a Gothic interior.

The Annunciation

Johann Koerbecke, Completed by 1457

Triptych with the Virgin and Child surrounded by female saints in a garden, with standing saints on the side panels.

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints

Unknown artist, c. 1510

Painting of fishing boats and figures on a calm shore beneath a cloudy grey sky, with a wooden pier at left.

Fishing Boats in a Calm

Jan van de Cappelle, 1651

Ink and color painting on a fan of a robed scholar with a staff beside bare windblown trees, with red seals.

Scholar in the Wind

Ren Xun, ca. 1880

Painting of an elegant company in a paneled room with a viol, a laid table, and richly dressed figures in ruffled collars.

An Elegant Company

Pieter Codde, 1632

Folding fan painting of a brown bird on a rock beside pink blossoms and blue-green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch

Ren Xun, dated 1879

Painting of a man aiming a rifle at a bowing friar holding out shoes in a dim interior by Goya, c. 1806.

Friar Pedro Offers Shoes to El Maragato and Prepares to Push Aside His Gun

Francisco Goya, c. 1806

Ink painting of a lone man on a wooden bridge over a rocky stream, beside tall bare trees and distant hills.

Man on a Bridge

Ren Bonian, dated 1889