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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.

1915 · England, 20th century

Interior

Gwen John (British, 1876–1939) · oil on canvas

c. 1680 · Netherlands

Interior of a Church

Emanuel de Witte (Dutch, c. 1617–1692) · oil on canvas

c. 1725–35 · Italy, 18th century

Interior of a Synagogue

Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667–1749) · oil on canvas

1747 · Italy, 18th century

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691–1765) · oil on canvas

1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Irises

Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755) · One of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and color on gilded paper

1600–1605 · Mughal India

Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Haidar Kashmiri (Indian, active late 1500s-early 1600s) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1630 · France

Italian Landscape

Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) · oil on canvas

1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Ivy Lane

Fukae Roshū (Japanese, 1699–1757) · six-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper

c. 1820 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur

Jai Singh III of Jaipur (r. 1818–1835) Riding

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

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

Jailer Receiving the Mahant of Tarakeshwar in Prison

Artist not recorded · Black ink, gum tempera, and tin paint, with graphite underdrawing on paper

c. 1600 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

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

c. 1660–65 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Jodhpur

Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur (reigned 1635–1678)

Artist not recorded · Gum temper and gold on paper

c. 1890 · Eastern India, Bengal, Kalighat

Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album

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

c. 1758 · America

Jeremiah Belknap

Joseph Badger (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1708–1765) · oil on canvas

c. 1660 · India, Mughal, 17th century

Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl

Artist not recorded · ink drawing with slight accents of color

c. 1410 · Flanders

John the Baptist

Robert Campin (Netherlandish, 1375/79–1444) · oil on oak panel

c. 1510 · Italy

John the Baptist being carried to Zacharias

Francesco Granacci (Italian, 1469–1543) · tempera and oil with gold on wood

c. 1840 · India, Company School, Lucknow or Patna, 19th century

Juggler

Artist not recorded · ink and gouache on paper

early 1300s · Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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

c. 1740 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Kali attacking Nisumbha

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1810 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Kali on Shiva, from a Tantric Devi Series

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1475–1500 · Western India, Gujarat

Kalpa-sutra manuscript with 24 illuminations

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

c. 1720 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, folio 19 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala of Alam

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1830 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Kamsa deploys Akrura and Keshi to Braj, from a Bhagavata Purana

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