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Painting studies · 16

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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. 1790–1800 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Hindola Raga

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

early 1520s · Italy

Holy Family with a Shepherd

Battista Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–1548) · oil on canvas

c. 1560 · Italy

Holy Family with the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Tommaso d’Antonio Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano (Italian, 1531–1571) · oil on panel

c. 1800 · India, Company school, Calcutta, early 19th Century

Hoopoe on a Citrus Tree Branch

Artist not recorded · color on paper

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

Horse Race at the Kamo Shrine

Artist not recorded · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper

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

Horse Race at the Kamo Shrine

Artist not recorded · One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper

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

Horse Stable

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

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

Hotei

Yamada Dōan I (Juntei) (Japanese, d. 1573); Tōkei Jakurin (Japanese, dates unknown) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

late 1600s–early 1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Hotei with Daoist Immortals

Kyūseki Tomonobu (Japanese, 1653–1721) · triptych of hanging scrolls: ink on paper

late 1600s-early 1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Hotei with Daoist Immortals: Immortal Riding Carp

Kyūseki Tomonobu (Japanese, 1653–1721) · triptych of hanging scrolls: ink on paper

c. 1596–1600 · Mughal India

Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Lal (Indian, active c. 1555–1600); Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605); Padarath (Indian, active late 1500s) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

1540 · Germany

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle

Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553) · oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite

c. 1600s–1700s · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Hunting on Horses

Artist not recorded · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1800s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Hunting Scene

Artist not recorded · eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk

c. 1558–60; borders added probably 1700s · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Hunting with falcons in a landscape (recto)

Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1558–60; borders added probably 1700s · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)

Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1712–19 · India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers)

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

c. 1425–50 · Republic of Venice, Kingdom of Candia, Candia (Heraklion, Crete, Greece) or Byzantine Empire, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)

Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa)

Angelos Akotantos (Cretan, died 1450) · tempera and gold on wood

1100s · Japan, Heian period (794–1185)

Iconographical Sketch (Zuzō) for the "Benevolent Kings Sutra Mandala"

Artist not recorded · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

1841 · France, 19th century

In the Forest

Célestin François Nanteuil (French, 1813–1873) · oil on fabric

before 1140 · China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

In the Palace

Zhou Wenju (Chinese, active 942–961) · Handscroll; ink and light color on silk

1889 · France, 19th century

In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) · oil on canvas

1361 · China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

Ink Flowers

Zhao Zhong (Chinese, second half of the 1300s) · Handscroll; ink on paper

late 1400s–early 1500s · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Ink Plum

Peng Xu (Chinese, active 1488–1521) · hanging scroll, ink on silk