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Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji
Even before the arrival of US ships demanding trade, Japan’s military government was experiencing economic challenges. This preparatory drawing is for a wooden plaque to…
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Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy
Handscrolls depicting eminent poets and their poems is a classic Japanese painting genre. This fragment is the end of a scroll, the beginning of which survives in the To…
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Raja Dilip Singh of Guler on a dais
Dilip Singh (reigned 1695–1741) holds a manuscript page with alternating lines of red and black ink, which may be a sacred text that announces his devotion to the Hindu …
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Irises
The subject of this painting comes from a 10th-century text. It tells of a young nobleman’s journey into the lonely countryside, far from the capital city of Heian-kyō (…
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View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons
In 1873, Boudin made his first visit to the important port city of Bordeaux as a guest of the resident art collector Arthur Bourges. Between 1874 and 1876, Boudin made p…
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An Elderly Man in Prayer
Toward the end of his life, Rembrandt explored religious themes from an intimate perspective, producing a number of works for a possible Apostle series. The personal rel…
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Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters
Lucrare intitulata „Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters”, din colectia Cleveland Museum of Art. Autor / atribuire: Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697). Datare: 1690…
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Landscape of the Four Seasons
Yi Sumun is believed to have been a Korean painter who migrated to Japan in 1424 at the age of 20. This pair of screens is the artist’s most important composition in thi…
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Spring Landscape
One of the acclaimed "Four Monks" (the other three being Zhu Da, Daoji, and Hongren), Kuncan was known for the rough and rustic style of his landscape paintings. This pa…
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Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon
As a younger child of King Philip V of Spain, Don Luis received important religious posts, including Archbishop of Toledo and Seville. However, his philandering led to l…
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The Angels Appearing to Abraham
After their initial meeting, Abraham graciously offered to feed the angels and wash their feet. Following the meal, they announce that his wife Sarah, long past child-be…
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Portraits of Two Lineage Masters of the Kagyu Order: Phagmo Drupa (1110–1170) and Tashipel (1142–1210)
High-level leaders of Buddhist monastic institutions were frequent portrait subjects of early thangka painting (devotional cloth scrolls) in Central Tibet. The lama (Tib…
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"Seventh Month" from the Odes of Bin
According to Confucian thought, the ruler looks after the well-being of his people which involves agricultural activities. Seventh Month from the ancient Odes of Bin in …
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Leaping Carp
With a fine ink line and graded wash, the life-like depiction of these swiftly moving carp is representative of the high quality of works by Liu Jie, a Ming dynasty cour…
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The Five Sages Terrace, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Views of Tiger Hill depicts a historic site a few miles northwest of Suzhou. The scenes simulate a visit from arriving by boat at the foot of the mountain to climbing to…
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The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
A Mongol conqueror riding a white horse gazes stonily at his defeated West Asian opponent in a scene that took place more than 300 years before this painting was made. B…
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Christ with Joseph of Arimathea
After the Crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea obtained permission to bury Christ’s body in Joseph’s own tomb. Aside from an amorphous, cloudy sky, Savoldo eliminated the ba…
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Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf C (previous leaf 6)
Throughout his lifetime, Xiao Yuncong visited Nanjing and Yangzhou, cities embedded in the fertile and water-rich Jiangnan region, as reflected in his paintings. Xiao pa…
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Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf F (previous leaf 5)
Throughout his lifetime, Xiao Yuncong visited Nanjing and Yangzhou, cities embedded in the fertile and water-rich Jiangnan region, as reflected in his paintings. Xiao pa…
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Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf B (previous leaf 1)
Throughout his lifetime, Xiao Yuncong visited Nanjing and Yangzhou, cities embedded in the fertile and water-rich Jiangnan region, as reflected in his paintings. Xiao pa…
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Bejeweled Buddha Preaching
Lucrare intitulata „Bejeweled Buddha Preaching”, din colectia Cleveland Museum of Art. Datare: 1648. Tehnica: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth. Fisa demonstrativa, nu…
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Still Life with Fish, Bread, and Kettle
During the 1760s, after painting portraits and portrait miniatures with his father, Meléndez began to specialize in still lifes. Active mainly in Madrid, he is regarded …
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Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Watanabe Shiko, an Edo period painter who combined Kano school style with Rimpa style, re-created the Xiao and the Xiang rivers on a pair of eight-panel screens. For thi…
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The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Views of Tiger Hill depicts a historic site a few miles northwest of Suzhou. The scenes simulate a visit from arriving by boat at the foot of the mountain to climbing to…