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Six-panel folding screen of cranes in ink wash beneath a pine tree, with rocks and reeds in the foreground.

Cranes

Soga Shōhaku, 1765

Painting of a stone church with a tall tower reflected in a still pond, with cottages and trees under a pale evening sky.

Criqueboeuf Church, Normandy

Homer Dodge Martin, 1893

Painting of a crowd of stylized figures in top hats and dresses dancing in a room, with a seated musician on a yellow platfor

Dancing People: Candombe (Personas bailando: [Candombe])

Pedro Figari, 1920

Trompe l'oeil painting of a grayscale oval portrait of a man pinned to a white sheet on a wooden frame.

Daniel Webster (The Great Orator - Daniel Webster)

John Frederick Peto, 1904

Six-panel gold screen with robed figures, a donkey, a pale moon, pine tree and hills among gold clouds.

Daoist Immortals

Shibata Gitō, 1900

Panoramic painting of two terraced temple complexes with red halls and green roofs among misty mountains and pines.

Daoist Temples at Dragon Tiger Mountain (Longhu Shan)

Ink painting of a robed Daoist figure beside a dark rock, with black calligraphic signature and red seal on pale paper.

Daoist Immortal

Hanging scroll of Daruma with wide staring eyes, red hood and robe, and black ink calligraphy above.

Daruma

Ink painting of Daruma, a bearded bald monk with wide eyes and a dark robe, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Daruma

Hanging scroll ink painting of the Buddhist patriarch Daruma with a bearded face, wide eyes, and calligraphy beside him.

Daruma

Nanzan Koryō, 1822

Ink painting of the bearded monk Daruma with a stern expression and sweeping dark robe on pale paper.

Daruma

Fūgai Ekun, 1700

Ink painting of the bearded monk Daruma with bold brushwork and calligraphy inscription above, on a hanging scroll.

Daruma

Hakuin Ekaku, 1615

Hanging scroll with a black ink Daruma silhouette below and vertical Japanese calligraphy with red seals above.

Daruma Facing a Cave Wall while Meditating

Nakahara Nantenbō, 1912

Hanging scroll of Daruma in a red robe gazing upward, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Daruma in a Red Robe

Ink painting of a large gourd-shaped form beside vertical Japanese calligraphy, with red seals and a gold brocade border.

Daruma Facing a Cave Wall while Meditating

Tōrei Enji, 1800

Painting of a seated man studying an object on a rock while an elderly turbaned man gestures beside a crowd under a tree.

Democritus among the Abderitans

François-André Vincent, 1784

Hanging scroll of two deer on a rocky ledge beside grasses and a misty mountain ridge, in soft ink and muted color.

Deer in an Autumn Landscape

Mori Tetsuzan, 1900

Painting of nymphs bathing by a forest stream beneath a rocky cliff, with hunting dogs and a bow in the foreground.

Diana and Callisto

François Lemoyne, 1725

Painting of an armored warrior clasping hands with a crowned woman in red, with attendants watching in a dark interior.

Dido and Aeneas

Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, 1630

Painting of a spotted pointer dog pointing at two partridges beneath a grapevine in a woodland landscape.

Dog Pointing Partrideges in a Landscape

Alexandre François Desportes, 1719

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a dragon with open jaws emerging from swirling grey clouds.

Dragon

School of Kanō Sansetsu, 1700

Two women with musical instruments, sheet music and a red cloth on a table, one pointing upward, in a 1640 painting.

Divine Inspiration of Music

Nicolas Régnier, 1640

Ink painting of a dragon rising amid swirling waves and clouds across a six-panel folding screen.

Dragon Amid Waves and Clouds

Hanging scroll of a dragonfly, pink flowers and green leaves beside a rock and waterfall in misty ink wash.

Dragonfly and Pinks with Waterfall

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1839

Ink and color landscape handscroll with a waterfall, pine trees, rustic houses by a river, and misty mountains.

Dream Journey among Rivers and Mountains, Number 150

Cheng Zhengkui, 1662

Oil sketch of an open landscape with trees framing distant hills, a small lake, and figures with a horse in the foreground.

Landscape with Figures in the Foreground

George Beaumont, 7th Baronet, 1800

Hanging scroll of a riverside estate with pavilions, pine and willow trees, a bamboo grove, and a small wooden bridge.

Mansion by the River

Zhang Yin, 1810

Oil painting of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail on rough sea, red ensign flying, with smaller ships and coastline

The ship Sir Edward Paget

William John Huggins

Painting of a ruined round castle tower on a cliff, a bridge with two figures, a shepherd with sheep, and stormy clouds.

Conway Castle

George Beaumont, 7th Baronet, 1809

Two sailing ships with white sails and red ensigns on rough green seas, with a distant headland under a pale sky.

The ships 'Vigilant' and 'Harpooner' offshore

William John Huggins, 1832