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Oval portrait of a woman in a sheer veil, lace collar and red gown, with a gold inscription dated 1614.

Catherine Killigrew, Lady Jermyn

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1614

Painting of a young woman with dark hair, eyes lowered, wearing a white blouse against a muted olive background.

Girl from California I

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1919

Pen sketch of a thatched house with bamboo, a seated woman seen through a window, facing page with calligraphy.

Famous Women

Gai Qi, dated 1799

Oval miniature portrait of an officer in a blue uniform with silver epaulettes and powdered grey hair, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of an Officer

Anton Ulrik Berndes, 1777

Two-panel screen of an ink landscape with misty mountains, lakeside houses, pine trees, and a small boat on the water.

“At leisure in a lakeside grove in autumn”

Hine Taizan, 1850

Panoramic ink landscape of jagged mountain peaks with small pavilions and handwritten inscription columns at upper right.

General View of Inner Geumgang

Sin Hak-gwon, mid-19th century

Hanging scroll of an agitated monk in green robes before a fiery altar with billowing smoke and a wrathful deity.

The Fury of Monk Raigō

Kobayashi Kiyochika, ca. 1900

Oil landscape of a lake seen from rocky hills, with a farm clearing, birch trees, and cumulus clouds over distant hills.

Finnish Landscape

Werner Holmberg, 1855

Six-panel gold screen showing a crowded outdoor kabuki performance with stages, pine trees, a bridge, and people in kimono.

Women’s Kabuki

Kanō Takanobu, mid- to late 1610s

Round painted self-portrait of a young man with brown hair, fur-trimmed dark coat and ruffled sleeve, set in a curved convex

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror

Parmigianino, 1523

Oil study of a young blonde girl in a blue collar and white pinafore, glancing sideways against a brown background.

Head of a Girl, Study for the Family Portrait of Baron Magnus von Born

Gunnar Berndtson, 1890

Ink painting of a sleeping striped cat curled in a ball, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal on the left.

Dreaming Cat

Hōzōbō Shinkai, mid-17th century

Painting of the Madonna and Child with an elderly man, young children and a female saint before classical ruins and mountains

Madonna of San Zaccaria (bad filename)

Parmigianino, 1534

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a red kimono holding a kitten, with a shamisen and lacquer box beside her.

Courtesan with a Kitten

Nishikawa Sukenobu, early 18th century

Young boy with halo kneeling beside a cross staff with scroll, wearing a red cloak and animal skin, pointing upward.

Saint John the Baptist as a Boy

Rosso Fiorentino, 1521

Hanging scroll of a standing robed figure in a dark cap holding a plum branch with white blossoms against a plain background.

Tenjin Traveling to China

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1787-88

Renaissance altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with saints and two putti reading a book at the base.

Spedalingo Altarpiece (filename wrong)

Rosso Fiorentino, 1521

Hanging scroll of a woman in a flowered green kimono leaning on a wooden railing beside a shoji screen.

Lady-in-Waiting at Edo Castle

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1854-60 (Ansei era)

Sunset over a calm bay with beached boats, figures on the shore, and a hillside town with a fortress on the right.

The Bay of Naples

Ivan Aivazovski, 1844

Painted landscape of a hilltop temple town above a rocky gorge with a waterfall, riders and sheep in the foreground.

Gezicht op Tivoli

Isaac de Moucheron, 1725

Hanging scroll: a red-robed figure with a torch at a staircase, a kneeling attendant by a fire, and dark-robed figures below.

Activities of the Twelve Months

Sakai Hōitsu, late 1790s

Painting of a formal garden with a reflecting pool, central fountain, classical statues, stone arches and cypress trees under

Waterpartij met beelden en gebouwen in een park

Isaac de Moucheron, 1700

Hanging scroll of pink lotus flowers and buds among green leaves, with small fish in the pond below.

Red lotus and fish

Medieval Latin Bible leaf with blue and gold illuminated initials, a robed figure holding a book, and two columns of text.

Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P: St. Paul with a Sword and a Book

William de Brailes, c. 1230-40

Loose painted portrait of a pale-faced woman in a dark top against a muted olive background, with a red spot at the mouth.

Self-Portrait with Red Spot

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1944

Hanging scroll of seated White-Robed Kannon in white robe with gold jewelry, before pine, waterfall and cliffs, with calligra

White-Robed Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, 1823

Hanging scroll showing a rooster, a carp streamer, a red-robed Shōki figure with a sword, and bamboo banners.

Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Shōki Banner

Kawanabe Kyōsai, before 1870

Painting of two pale pigs feeding in straw by a log cabin, with magpies around them and a forest behind.

Pigs and Magpies

Ferdinand von Wright, 1875

Ink and light color album leaf of a garden with a pavilion, pine tree, rock, figures and distant misty hills.

Garden scene

Wu Tao, 1867

Portrait of Counsellor H. Rosenberg

Erik Johan Löfgren, 1875

Six-panel gold screen showing a striped tiger reclining beside a waterfall and rocks, gazing toward the viewer.

Tiger, Tigress and Cub

Kishi Chikudō, 1892

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curled grey wig and white lace cravat, set in a gold frame.

Bengt Oxenstierna

Elias Brenner, 1667