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124,756 works

Ink painting of Bodhidharma with a fierce expression, bushy beard and dark hood, with calligraphy in the upper corner.

Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Taikan Monju, 1836

Painting of a curly-haired boy in a fur-trimmed red cap playing a wooden flute against a dark background.

Boy with a Flute

Simon Vouet, 1650

Portrait of a boy in a red suit standing beside a white lamb on a rock, with a landscape and cloudy sky behind.

Boy in a Red Suit

Joshua Reynolds, 1765

Painting of a woman in a black dress and hat bending over a bronze bowl of red flowers on a small wooden table.

Bronze Bowl

John White Alexander, 1895

Painting of a crowded Roman forum with columned temples, a seated figure on a platform, and a man raising his arm.

Brutus Listening to the Ambassadors from the Tarquins (?)

Louis Lafitte, 1790

Painting of a two-masted brig with white sails in rough green seas near a rocky shore under a stormy sky.

Brig Off the Maine Coast

Fitz Henry Lane, 1851

Hanging scroll with two ink butterflies and a column of Japanese cursive poem, framed in patterned silk brocade.

Butterflies and Poem

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, 1869

Ink painting of a bald monk in robes holding up a shrimp, crouched by reeds and a gourd on a misty background.

Buddhist Patriarch Kensu with Shrimp

Kaihō School, 1800

Painting of a sunlit California valley with oak trees, golden hills, a creek, and snowy mountains under cumulus clouds.

California Landscape

William Wendt, 1920

Painting of an orange poppy field with oak trees and blue mountains under a turquoise sky.

California Poppy Field

Granville Redmond, 1926

Seated cardinal in red silk robes and biretta beside a draped desk, with an arcade and garden view behind him.

Cardinal Roberto Ubaldini, (1581-1635), Papal Legate to Bologna

Guido Reni, 1627

Hanging scroll of red camellia blossoms and green leaves dusted with snow on a pale ground, with calligraphy at upper left.

Camellias in Snow

Nakamura Hōchū, 1790

Painting of pumpkins on a grassy slope beside a calm river, with a large tree and rolling fields under a pale sky.

Carmel Valley Pumpkins

Evelyn McCormick, 1907

Hanging scroll of a black and white cat grooming beside yellow spring flowers against a misty grey background.

Cat Amidst Spring Flowers

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1775

Still life painting of red cherries in a metal pail and a wicker basket with leaves on a wooden table.

Cherries in Bucket (Still Life with Cherries and Pail)

Levi Wells Prentice, 1890

Six-panel screen of a misty landscape with mountains, pines, willows, a village by water, and small boats.

Chinese Landscape in Summer

Sugai Baikan, 1838

Ink wash painting of a cat's head and paw in grey tones, with whiskers, a circle outline, and calligraphic marks on paper.

Cat

Painting of the crucified Christ on a dark background, flanked by four silver candlesticks, with a blue inscription cartouche

Christ of Ixmiquilpan or “Señor de Santa Teresa” (Cristo de Ixmiquilpan o “Señor de Santa Teresa”)

José de Páez, 1750

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, rope around his neck, red robe, and gilded halo against a dark background.

Christ with the Crown of Thorns

Master of Osma, 1500

Soft grey tonal study of a child's head turned left, dark hair framing the face, frilled collar, signed Renoir in lower right

Claude Renoir, tournée à gauche

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1904

Painting of purple and orange chrysanthemums on a branch with green leaves, with red seal stamps in the lower right corner.

Chrysanthemums

Ma Yuanyu, 1690

Painting of a smiling boy leaning on a chair back against a dark background, by Robert Henri, 1907.

Cory (Cori Looking Over the Back of a Chair)

Robert Henri, 1907

Ink painting hanging scroll of chrysanthemums beside dark rocks, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Chrysanthemums amid Rocks

Winter cityscape of snow-covered rooftops and chimneys under a pale hazy sky, with a dark red brick building at right.

Copenhagen: Roofs Under the Snow

Peter-Severin Krøyer, 1900

Ink sketch of a round lidded pot beside vertical Japanese calligraphy, framed by green silk and gold brocade borders.

Cloth Fuller

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Winter landscape with thatched cottages, a bare willow, and figures skating on a frozen river toward a distant church tower.

Cottages and Frozen River

Esaias van de Velde, 1629

Painting of a woman with a cotton basket on her head beside a pipe-smoking man in a cotton field near a cabin.

Cotton Pickers

William Aiken Walker, 1880

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in patterned robes holding a floral fan, with calligraphy and red seal beside her.

Courtesan

Tsukioka Sessai, 1900

Six-panel gold screen with red-crowned cranes in white, black and grey standing and preening on a gold background.

Cranes

Maruyama Ōkyo, 1772

Painting of pink crabapple blossoms on curving gray branches with red-tinged leaves, with red seals at right, on tan silk.

Crabapple Blossoms

Ma Yuanyu, 1690