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Ink painting of the monk Hotei wading through a stream with a staff, on a hanging scroll with much empty space above.

Hotei Crossing a Stream

Fūgai Ekun, 1700

Landscape with a lake, hilltop town, and a kneeling woman before a ruined wall holding a painted Madonna niche.

Il Penseroso

Thomas Cole, 1845

Ink painting of the robed monk Hotei pointing upward, with calligraphy and a red seal at upper right, in brocade mount.

Hotei Pointing at the Moon

Fūgai Ekun, 1700

Painting of a raised colonial house with tiled roof, palm trees, figures carrying fruit baskets, and rolling hills beyond.

Imagined Landscape of Dutch Colonial Brazil

Frans Post, 1655

Painting of pink hydrangea blossoms and green leaves on a pale silk background, with red seal stamps at the lower left.

Hydrangea

Ma Yuanyu, 1690

Standing woman in black mantle and red skirt beside a basket of strawberries and avocados, with a landscape behind.

Indian Woman in Special Attire (India en traje de gala)

Vicente Albán, 1783

Woman in pale gown seated on a blue settee in a boudoir with gilded table, striped chair, and patterned rug.

In the Boudoir

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1914

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white blouse looking down at yellow marigolds, with a vine and pale wall behind her.

Indigenous Woman with Marigolds (Mujer indígena con cempasúchiles)

Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez, 1876

Hanging scroll of blue irises and grass with a small insect in flight against a misty pale background.

Iris and Insect

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1839

Painting of a Gothic church interior with tall columns, arched windows, and small groups of people in dark dress.

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Emanuel de Witte, 1659

Painting of purple irises with dotted petals and green leaves on a pale silk ground, with red seals at lower left.

Irises

Ma Yuanyu, 1690

Oil still life of pink and yellow onions with a glass vase, patterned plate and copper pitcher on a dark reflective table.

Just Onions (Onions; Still Life)

William Merritt Chase, 1912

Ink painting of the Zen figure Jittoku raising an arm, with calligraphy above him on a hanging scroll.

Jittoku

Sengai Gibon, 1900

Hanging scroll of seated Kannon bodhisattva before a full moon, above rocks and waves, with bamboo at upper right.

Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara)

Princess Rinkyuji Teruko, 1800

Ink painting of the Zen figure Jittoku in loose robes holding a broom, with calligraphy above and a patterned brocade border.

Jittoku

Iten Sōsei, 1600

Ink painting of a bamboo stalk with a rolled scroll tied to it and drooping leaves, with calligraphy at upper right.

Kanzan and Jittoku

Shunsō Shōju, 1900

Ink drawing of two comic figures, one with a broom, beside vertical Japanese calligraphy and a red seal on a hanging scroll.

Kanzan and Jittoku

Sengai Gibon, 1615

Kitchen interior with two men, a woman in a doorway, fruit, copper pots, vegetables, a barrel and a greyhound.

Kitchen Interior

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, 1643

Seated Buddhist bodhisattva on a lotus pedestal with halos, a vajra below, and calligraphic inscriptions on a scroll.

Kongōbu Bosatsu

Takuma Tametō, 1200

Ink painting of the Zen figure Kanzan smiling and holding a broom, with calligraphy above, on a gold brocade hanging scroll.

Kanzan

Iten Sōsei, 1600

Ink painting of a smiling robed figure holding a scroll, with calligraphy and a red seal, on a hanging scroll.

Kanzan

Sengai Gibon, 1900

Painting of a lakeside pastoral landscape at dusk with classical ruins, a rocky cliff, figures, and distant mountains.

L'Allegro

Thomas Cole, 1845

Painting of a large green wave breaking under a cloudy sky, with a small red-sailed boat on the horizon.

La Vague (The Wave)

Gustave Courbet, 1869

Hanging scroll of three women in robes gathered at a table playing Go, with a pale background.

Ladies Playing Go

Hanging scroll of a long-tailed blue bird on a blossoming plum branch beside a gnarled trunk and a winding stream.

Lan Caihe: Paragon of Filiel Piety; Chinese Blue Magpie with Flowering Plum; Sparrows, Willow, and Rose

Kiyohara Yukinobu, 1700

Hazy lake landscape with blue mountains, a lakeside town, pine trees, and small figures on a foreground slope.

Lake of Geneva from Montreux

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1810

Ink and color landscape of rocky cliffs, a waterfall, pine trees and a pavilion above a river with reeds.

Landscape

Shitao, 1694

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, rock cliffs, trees and a small pavilion beside a river valley, painted in ink.

Landscape

Fujimoto Tesseki, 1900

Painting of a forest clearing with large oak trees, a small pond, a stormy sky, and a figure walking at left.

Landscape

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1850

Six-panel gold-leaf screen with ink landscape of mountains, thatched village houses, pine trees and small travelers.

Landscape

Watanabe Shikō, 1800