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125,534 works

Painted folio of monkey figures gathered around a burning funeral pyre in a hilly landscape with caves and smoke.

The Monkey King Vali's Funeral Pyre: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series

Nainsukh, ca. 1780

Ink painting of Mount Fuji rising over misty sea, with pine trees and rocks on a shore at the lower right.

Landscape of Mt. Fuji from the sea

Evening landscape of forested hills and a lake, with a small figure on rocks in the foreground and a low sun on the left.

Landscape from Savo

Berndt Lindholm, 1868

Six-panel gold screen with peonies, chrysanthemums, irises and grasses over green rocks, with green clouds above.

Flowers and Grasses of the Four Seasons

Kano Mitsunobu, late 16th century

Oil painting of a large tree beside a waterfall and cliff, with travelers on horseback and distant ruins in a hazy landscape.

A Mountainous Landscape

Willem de Heusch, 1625

Ink painting on silk of two pheasants on a rock beside bamboo and thorny branches, with calligraphy at upper left.

Pheasants

Wang Yuan, 1300

Painting of a ruler on a decorated elephant leading a procession of horsemen and soldiers through green hills.

Maharaja Raj Singh in Procession with Members of His Court

Nihal Chand, ca. 1700

Watercolor of a seaside scene with a long pier, sailboats, and strolling figures on a sandy beach under a pale sky.

Southend Pier

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink painting of tall bamboo with drooping leaves beside a dark rock, with calligraphy and a red seal on the right.

Bamboo in Summer

Takahashi Sōhei, 1827

Oil painting of a man in a black hat and white 17th-century style costume holding a staff, against a dark background.

Self-Portrait in 17th Century Costume ; Self-Portrait in Dress of the 17th Century

Albert Edelfelt, 1889

Hanging scroll of a kingfisher in gray ink on a slender branch beside drooping reeds, with empty pale space above.

Kingfisher

Kanō Tsunenobu

Watercolor of a pale sunset over calm sea with sailboats and a distant shoreline, by James McNeill Whistler.

St. Ives: Sunset

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Ink and color painting of a woman in a blue robe reaching out beside an overturned wooden bucket spilling water.

A girl and an overturned water bucket

Ink landscape with misty mountains, pine trees and a pale river winding through the foreground.

Homeward boat on a clear river day

Ink and color painting of a branch with split pomegranates, a red blossom and dark green leaves on pale paper.

Pomegranates

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a seated man attended by a woman and a kneeling servant beside a red-cushioned low table, with a plum branc

A courtesan helping a man to dress

Kitao Shigemasa

Hanging scroll of three bearded men in a snowy winter landscape with a ram, bare tree, and small child.

The tearful parting of Su Wu and Li Ling

Oil painting of an elderly woman in a white bonnet working a spinning wheel in a dim room, with a basket and slippers on the

Old Woman at the Spinning Wheel

Edla Jansson-Blommér, 1846

Hazy nocturne of a canal at dusk with blurred golden lights reflected in water, in grey and brown tones.

Nocturne: Grey and Gold-Canal, Holland

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Miniature portrait of a woman with curly brown hair in a blue dress and white lace collar, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

tekijä ei tiedossa, 1840

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in red robes at a window, with plum blossoms below and calligraphy framing the painting.

Portrait of Li Xiangjun

Cui He, dated 1817

Round silk painting of children playing in a garden under a willow tree, with a red railing, rock, and wooden tub.

Children playing in a garden 明庭院嬰戯圖冊頁

Ink painting of a gnarled plum branch with pale blossoms beside a full moon, with vertical calligraphy at upper left.

Drenched in Moonlight

Tong Yu, 18th century

A Woman at the Élysée Montmartre (Femme à l’Élysée Montmartre)

Louis Anquetin, 1888

Watercolor of a standing woman in an amber dress holding a straw hat before a violet curtain.

Harmony in Violet and Amber

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Painting of geese wading in shallow water with grazing horses on a distant grassy bank under a dusky sky.

Les Oies

Theodor Philipsen, 1897

Six-panel gold screen showing robed figures in procession with a parasol, a pine tree, mountains, and a small pavilion.

Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang

Kanō Takanobu, ca. 1600

Ink painting on brown silk of two robed immortals above jagged mountains, a pavilion, and pine trees.

Daoist Immortals in the mountains

Ink landscape of misty mountains, pine trees and a village, with two figures in hats walking a path in the foreground.

Rainy Landscape

Kim Su-gyu, late 18th century

Painting of two boys in yellow robes playing beneath a tree and rocks, with flowering shrubs in the background.

Two boys playing with the puppet of a lion

Ink painting of a woodcutter carrying firewood bundles on a pole along a rocky path beside gnarled trees and misty mountains.

The studious woodcutter Zhu Maichen

Jiang Song, 1500

Ink painting of the laughing deity Hotei carrying a sack and staff, with a calligraphic inscription above.

Hotei

Kanō Takanobu, 1616