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The reference works belong to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection and are not offered for sale here. Records and images use the museum’s CC0 open-access release; there is no museum partnership. Sources and methodology.

c. 1655–60 · Netherlands

A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) · oil on canvas

c. 1810 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

A Beauty

Fujimaro (Japanese, d. 1830) · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

early 1800s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

A Beauty

Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

early 1400s · Spain, Catalonia, early 15th century

A Bishop Saint with a Donor (Saint Louis of Toulouse?)

Artist not recorded · tempera with raised and gilded gesso on wood

1896 · France, 19th century

A Calling

William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905) · oil on fabric

1816 · America

A Calm Watering Place--Extensive and Boundless Scene with Cattle

Alvan Fisher (American, 1792–1863) · oil on panel

c. 1662 · Netherlands

A Cottage in the Woods

Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709) · oil on canvas

mid-1800s · South India, Tanjore, 19th century

A Couple (from the series Costumes and Professions)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1605–10 · Mughal India

A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword

Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645); Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, text on verso

1874 · France, 19th century

A Eunuch's Dream

Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ (French, 1842–1923) · oil on wood

c. 1885 · India, Punjab, probably Lahore, Company School, 19th century

A Family of Tartars

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1589; outer margins added c. mid-1900s · India, Mughal, 16th century

A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)

Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600); Madhav Khurd (Indian, active late 1500s) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1590 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

early 1600s · Mughal India

A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1623–25 · Flanders

A Genoese Lady with Her Child

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641) · oil on canvas

c. 1810 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Devgarh

A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

Chokha (Indian, active c. 1799–1824) · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1720 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

A group of women in ecstasy before Madhava, folio 4 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

1742 · France

A Hare and a Leg of Lamb

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) · oil on canvas

c. 1585; border added probably 1700s · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince

Manohar (Indian, active late 1500s) · ink on paper, laid down with borders of gold-decorated blue paper

c. 1700 · Mughal India

A House Burgled at Night

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1400–1425 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

A Hundred Birds and the Three Friends

Bian Wenjin (Chinese, about 1354–1428) · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1368–1644 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

A Hundred Sparrows in a Lofty Grove

Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480) · handscroll; ink on silk

c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

1870 · America

A Mountain Stream

Julie H. Beers (American, 1835–1913) · oil on canvas