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125,534 works

Hanging scroll of pilgrims with an ox cart, horse and dog in procession, with calligraphy beside the figures.

Pilgrims Travelling to Ise

Chōgō, 18th century

Three bear cubs play among fallen pine logs in a misty morning forest with tall pine trees.

A Morning in a Pine Forest

Konstantin Savitsky, 1889

Ink painting of two melons, one pale and one striped, with curling vines and leaves on a gray silk ground.

Melons

Yamada Dōan, late 16th century

Painting of a barefoot girl seated on a grassy hill holding a sleeping baby in a red cap, with a rural landscape behind.

The Elder Sister

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned blue kimono with calligraphy above her, in gold brocade mounting.

Standing Courtesan

Baiōken Eishun, probably 1720s

Nude Venus stands on a scallop shell at sea, surrounded by cherubs, nymphs and tritons in a pale, cloudy sky.

The Birth of Venus

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1879

Oil portrait of a young boy with short brown hair and a blue jacket against a dark green background.

Erik Edelfelt lapsena

Albert Edelfelt, 1898

Handscroll of courtesans in colorful kimono walking past cherry blossoms, with a man holding a parasol and a seated woman ind

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring”

Chobunsai Eishi, early 19th century

Two girls rest on grass under leafy trees, one holding a handful of nuts while the other looks at her.

The Nut Gatherers

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1882

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a black dress beside a blue vase of red and yellow tulips.

Portrait of Mme Weissgerber de Stragewicz, later Mme R. Berenger

Albert Edelfelt, 1887

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with white snow highlights against grey wash, with a pale rock below.

Bamboo and Rock in Snow

Kuwayama Gyokushū, late 18th century

Nude woman with a white drape lifts a calla lily beside water at dawn, by Bouguereau, 1881.

Dawn

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1881

Ink painting of a robed poet riding a donkey beneath a column of calligraphy, on a hanging scroll with a patterned silk mount

The Chinese Poet Pan Lang on a Donkey

Kano Kōya, 17th century

Painting of a bearded man in a dark suit examining a glass flask at a cluttered laboratory table with bottles and a microscop

Louis Pasteur

Albert Edelfelt, 1885

Album leaf of a seated bearded man in a patterned white robe and black cap, with calligraphy on the facing page.

Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Sumiyoshi Gukei, 1674-92

Watercolor of a village shop: a shopkeeper in a dark coat faces two customers leaning on a wooden counter beside brass scales

The Village Shop

Eero Järnefelt, 1905

Dark painting of a white-shrouded figure carried by a man in a yellow sash, watched by a crowd of onlookers in shadow.

The Hanged Monk

Francisco Goya, c. 1810

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a river, stone bridge, pavilion, and calligraphy inscription above.

Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff"

Kanō Hōgai, 19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls: a red sun over a wooded headland with a sailboat, and Mount Fuji with pines on a misty shore.

Shichirigahama and Enoshima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848-54

Oil study of a standing female nude with one arm raised, draped in white cloth, against a dark brown background.

Female Nude, Study

Albert Edelfelt, 1874

Painting of a slender apple tree with fruit in a garden of flowers, green lawn and golden trees under a blue sky.

Apple Tree

Eero Järnefelt, 1883

Ink landscape hanging scroll with buildings, trees, a pagoda in the distance, and calligraphy at left.

Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji

Okada Hankō, 1833

Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ on a throne, surrounded by praying angels, with two kneeling angels swinging golden cen

The Queen of the Angels or The Virgin with Angels

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1900

Fan-shaped painting of white cherry blossoms on a branch with brown leaves, beside an ink rock, mounted on a hanging scroll.

Cherry Blossoms

Sakai Hōitsu, 18th century

Nude woman with bowed head and clasped hands kneeling by water in a dark forest, painted in the style of Bouguereau.

Biblis

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1884

Painting of a bare tree in a snowy winter landscape with wooden houses, a footbridge, and a red shed under a pale blue sky.

Sallow ; The Weeping Willow

Vilho Lampi, 1934

Ink drawing of a reclining woman and a seated man in a cap, each beside columns of Japanese calligraphy.

The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Sakai Hōitsu, 1824

Painting of a nude auburn-haired woman seated on wet sand, looking back over her shoulder before a large breaking wave.

The Wave

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1896

Hanging scroll of townspeople and travelers sheltering under a covered porch, with a bullock, umbrella and flower vase.

Taking Shelter from the Rain

Teisai Hokuba, early to mid-19th century

Back view of a nude woman leaping upward with raised arms against a purple sky, with faint figures and a star behind her.

L'Etoile Perdue

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1884

Hanging scroll of a robed man with a child on his shoulders beside a tree, with a second child reaching forward on pale paper

Puppeteer

Teisai Hokuba, 19th century

Large painting of mounted officers waving sabers and hats on a hill while cavalry charges past a farmhouse and oxen cart.

Independence or Death

Pedro Américo, 1888