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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. 1600 · Mughal India

A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape

Khem Karan (Indian) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

c. 1668 · Netherlands

A Musical Company

Jacob Ochtervelt (Dutch, 1634–1682) · oil on canvas

c. 1881 · France, 19th century

A Night Class

Jehan-Georges Vibert (French, 1840–1902) · oil on wood panel

c. 1760–70 · Mughal India, Lucknow

A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s); Ahmad al-Husaini · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1595; borders added probably 1800s · India, Mughal, 16th century

A pair of Brahminy ducks

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera on paper, mounted with later pink and blue borders

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

A Pair of Peafowl

Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480) · hanging scroll, ink on silk

c. 1710–20 · Mughal India

A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto)

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

c. 1590 · India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century

A prince riding a composite elephant

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

c. 1590 · India, Mughal court, 16th century

A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1710 · Mughal India

A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)

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

c. 1730–1740 · India, Mughal, 18th century

A princess reclining on a terrace with attendants

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

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

A Prunus in the Moonlight

Wang Mian (Chinese, 1287–1359) · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

c. 1620 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

A Royal Picnic on a Terrace

Muhammad Ali (Persian, active 1590–1620) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1700–1720 · Mughal India, Deccan

A Ruler Presents a Document to Visiting Nobles

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

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

A Serpent Protects Vasudeva Taking His Infant Son Krishna to Safety

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

early 1600s · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

A Solitary Crane in the Bamboo Grove

Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640) · album leaf, ink and color on silk

c.179(?) · England, 18th century

A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight

Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British, 1759–1817) · oil on canvas

c. 1540 · Sultanate India

A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)

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

c. 1717–22 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722)

A Vignette of Life on the Frontier

Jiao Bingzhen (Chinese, active c. 1670–1726); Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688–1766) · Folding fan; ink and color on paper

1826 · France, 19th century

A Woman from the Arctic

Léon Cogniet (French, 1794–1880) · oil on fabric

c. 1610 · Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)

A woman mistakes a cow for the Angel of Death, from a Lights of Canopus (Anwar-i Suhaili) of Kashifi (Iranian, d. 1504)

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera on paper

1912 · America

A Woman's Work

John Sloan (American, 1871–1951) · oil on canvas

c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

A woman with two children, having abandoned her home, goes into the forest where she encounters a leopard, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night

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

c. 1629 or 1632 · Netherlands

A Young Man with a Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669); Studio · oil on wood