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Painting studies · 12

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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.

1788 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Elephant, Horse, and Hare

Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788) · album leaf, ink on paper

1200s · Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon)

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; color and cut gold (kirikane) on silk

c. 1500 · Western Tibet

Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on cotton

c. 1803–5 · America

Elizabeth Beltzhoover Mason

Gilbert Stuart (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1755–1828) · oil on canvas

mid- to late 1600s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua

Kusumi Morikage (Japanese, active c. 1620–1690) · One of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, slight color, and gold on paper

c. 1890 · Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

c. 1710–53 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Entertainment Scene

Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683–1753) · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

c. 1590–1595 · India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

European Costume Scene

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1900 · Sweden, 20th century

Evening Mood-Lidingö

Eugène Jansson (Swedish, 1862–1915) · oil on canvas

1880s · Scotland

Expulsion of Adam and Eve

John Faed (Scottish, 1820–1902) · oil on fabric

c. 1770 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Falcon

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1781 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783) · Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

mid- to late 1500s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Farming and Herding Buffalo in Summer

Kano Hideyori (Japanese, active mid- to late 1500s) · hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

c. 1810 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

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

Festival of Insects

Motsurin Jōtō (Japanese, d. 1492) · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

1615–99 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Festival Scenes

Artist not recorded · pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

c. 1907 · Netherlands

Field with Young Trees in the Foreground

Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944) · oil on paper laid on board

1908 · France, late 19th-early 20th Century

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

Henri Rousseau (French, 1844–1910) · oil on fabric

mid-1500s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Figure Mooring a Boat

Kannan (Japanese, active mid-1500s) · hanging scroll, ink on paper

c. 1400 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Fish

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk

mid- to late 1600s · China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Fish and Rocks

Bada Shanren (Chinese, 1626–1705) · Handscroll; ink on paper

1572 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Fisherman's Joy

Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508–c. 1578) · Handscroll; ink and light color on paper

1300s · China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Fishermen-Hermits in Stream and Mountain

Zhao Yong (Chinese, c. 1289-c. 1362) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Fishing in a Springtime Valley

Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk