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Ink sketch of Krishna in a river beneath a coiled serpent, with a procession of robed musicians above.

Krishna Subdues the Serpent Kaliya in the Yamuna River: Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Nainsukh, ca. 1780

Ink painting of a weeping willow and pine beside misty grey mountains, with a large empty area of paper on the right.

River landscape

Oil portrait of a young man with a tilted head, wearing a multicolored tied shirt against a purple background.

Romany

Meri Genetz, 1920

Painting of a festive courtyard with an orange canopy, a central throne, white lions, and crowds of turbaned men among palms.

Celebration of the Birth of Krishna (Janamashtami)

Ragunath, ca. 1880-1900

Faceted white crackle-glazed sake bottle with loose blue-green painted pine trees and landscape marks on a dark background.

Sake bottle

Decoration attributed to Kano Tangen

Ink landscape scroll with misty mountains, a gnarled pine, wooden pavilions by water, and a distant bridge.

Landscape: mountains, stream and houses

Gakuō Zōkyū, 1500

Ink portrait on silk of a stern, bald, bearded monk in flowing robes, traditionally identified as Bodhidharma.

Portrait of Bodhidharma 達摩圖像

Traditionally attributed to Wuzhun Shifan

Ink painting of Fugen Bodhisattva seated with a scroll beside a white elephant under a gnarled tree.

Fugen

Takuma Eiga, 1300

Profile of Madonna, after El Greco (Profile of Mary Magdalen)

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1943

Hanging scroll painting of the Buddhist deity Fudo Myo'o with flaming halo, holding a sword and rope, standing on a pedestal.

Buddhist deity: Fudo Myo 'o

Full-length painting of a woman in a grey and pink kimono with a red sash, holding a fan before a floral folding screen.

The Princess from the Land of Porcelain (<em>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</em>)

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Painting of a stone pier struck by stormy waves and white surf, with rocks in the foreground under a pale sky.

Rosehearty pier myrskyssä

Alfred William Finch, 1910

Snowscape with Figures

Snowscape with Figures

Kim Si, 1584

Six-panel ink landscape screen with rocky peaks, pine trees, boats on water, and misty distant mountains.

Landscape

Sesshū Tōyō, 1500

Painted manuscript folio showing seated Bodhisattva Maitreya flanked by attendants, with black script columns on tan paper.

Bodhisattva Maitreya, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Two small children in a rustic interior by a stone stove, one hiding her face, while an older woman sits at a spinning wheel.

Small Sorrows

Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin, 1864

Painted manuscript folio of seated green Tara flanked by two attendants, with Sanskrit text in black columns on either side.

Green Tara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Ink landscape on a folding fan with mountains, pine trees, rocks, a river and a moon, plus a red seal at right.

Landscape: Mountains, river, buildings and moon

Sesson Shūkei, 1500

Painted manuscript leaf showing golden seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with attendants, flanked by columns of black Sanskrit scri

Bodhisattva Maitreya, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Gold leaf folding screen with poem cards, chrysanthemums, leafy branches and a brown striped curtain with a gold tassel.

Folding screens mounted with poems from the anthology, Shin kokinshu 新古今集和歌色紙貼付屏風（一双、画像：左隻のみ）

Hanging scroll of a man in a dark hat carrying a laughing child on his back beside a small dog, with bamboo at right.

Two Entertainers Strolling on the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Painting of a Finnish archipelago shore with women by the water, a red wooden house, a rowboat, and a golden field.

Suomalainen saaristomaisema

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1872

Painted folio showing seated White Tara with attendants and flames, flanked by two columns of black Sanskrit text.

White Tara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Two-panel screen with a bird on plum branch, a man painting a torii gate, a dragon in clouds, and scholars.

Various Scenes

Katsushika Hokusai, 1810

Mughal-style painting of a seated ruler under a canopy receiving two standing figures, with attendants and a green garden beh

The poet Sundar Das before Emperor Shah Jahan, folio from a <em>Sundar Shringar</em>

Green Tara bestows boons on ecstatic devotees in a painted manuscript folio, with Sanskrit text in black columns on each side

Green Tara Dispensing Boons to Ecstatic Devotees: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfe…

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Portrait of Thomas Hobbes

Portrait of Thomas Hobbes

Samuel Cooper, c. 1660

Painting of an army of crowned warriors on horseback advancing toward two deities seated on a mountain shrine.

Jarasandha’s army advances toward Krishna and Balarama, folio from a <em>Mahabharata</em>

Purkhu, 1820

Five-headed deity seated on a lotus holding weapons while a woman in red kneels in devotion before him on an orange backgroun

Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati

Painted manuscript folio showing Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in red and white robes among devotees, flanked by columns of bla

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Dispensing Boons: Folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Krishna plays a flute on a lotus pedestal under a flowering tree, flanked by three women bearing offerings against a red back

Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

the Master of the Court of Mankot, 1720

Painting of a crowned blue-skinned figure and a group of devotees pointing upward at a crescent moon on a hillside.

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” <em>Bhagavata Purana</em>

First generation after Nainsukh, 1770