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Painting studies · 15

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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. 1260s, mounted 2020 · Central Tibet

Green Tara

Aniko (Nepalese, active in Tibet mid- to late 1200s) · thangka; gum tempera, ink, and gold on sized cotton; mount: silk

1600 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Greeting the Spring

Wu Bin (Chinese, active c. 1591–1626) · handscroll; ink and light color on paper

c. 1600 · Mughal India

Grotesque Dancers Performing

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

c. 1750 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur

Gunakali Ragini

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1510 · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Haboku (Flung-ink) Landscape

Shūgetsu Tōkan (Japanese, 1440?–1529) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

1760 · America

Hannah Wentworth Atkinson

Joseph Blackburn (British, c. 1730–1787) · oil on canvas

c. 1745–76 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Hanshan and Shide

Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776) · hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

c. 1700–25 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

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

Hanuman with Rama and Lakshmana on his shoulders, from a Kalighat album

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

late 1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Happy Forest, from Water Margin

Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811); Amenomori Shōteki (Japanese, 1731–1786) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

c. 1846–1847 · America

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865) · oil on canvas

mid-1600s · Italy, possibly Genoa

Hare, Spoonbill, and Fish

Artist not recorded · oil on canvas

c. 1550–1650 · Spain or Northern Italy, mid 16th - mid 17th century

Head of Saint John the Baptist

Artist not recorded · oil on canvas

c. 1850 · France, 19th century

Heaven and Hell

Octave Tassaert (French, 1800–1874) · oil on fabric

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

Heavenly King Virudhaka

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; color on silk

c. 1890 · America

Hebe

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849–1921) · oil on canvas

1871–89 · Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Hell Courtesan

Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889) · Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk

1685 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Herbaceous Peony

Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633–1690) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1200s · China, Qixian, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape

Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s) · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

1200s · China, Qixian, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscapes

Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s) · Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk

c. 1661 · Netherlands

Herengracht, Amsterdam

Jan Wijnants (Dutch, 1635–1684) · oil on canvas

c. 1670 · Netherlands

Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711) · oil on canvas

c. 1710–20 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Heroine with attendant and a pair of deer

Artist not recorded · gum tempera on paper

late 1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Heron on a Willow Branch

Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795) · Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk