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Painting studies · 20

Explore 1,200 paintings through museum context, material records and interactive scale studies. Notice what you respond to, then use those observations to describe the art you want in your own space.

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.

1861 · America

Landscape with Haywain

Worthington Whittredge (American, 1820–1910) · oil on canvas

late 1500s–early 1600s · Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Landscape with Motifs from the Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

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

c. 1540 · Flanders

Landscape with Saint John the Baptist

Herri met de Bles (Flemish, 1510–1572) · oil on wood

1200s · China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Landscape with Woodcutters Returning Home

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll, ink on silk

1690 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters

Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697) · album leaf: ink and color on paper

1705 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Layered Peaks and Splashing Waterfall: Portrait of Hua Yan as a Young Man

Hua Yan (Chinese, 1682–c. 1765); Wei Shijie (Chinese, 1667–after 1747) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

c. 1590–1600 · Museum collection

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Sanwalah (Indian, active c. 1580–1600) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

before 1880 · France, 19th century

Lazarillo de Tormes and His Blind Master

Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891) · oil on fabric

late 1700s · Eastern India, Odisha

Leaf from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)

Artist not recorded · Charcoal on palm leaf

c. 1650 · Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)

Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)

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

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

Leaping Carp

Liu Jie (Chinese, c. 1447–1520s) · hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

1880s · France, 19th century

Leaving the Oasis

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904) · oil on wood panel

1360 · China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

Leisure Enough to Spare

Yao Tingmei (Chinese, active mid-1300s) · handscroll; ink on paper

1851 · Germany, 19th century

Leo Lehmann

Rudolf Lehmann (German, 1819–1905) · oil on fabric

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

Li Tieguai

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

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

Li Tieguai; Liu Haichan

Artist not recorded · Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

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

Lily and Butterflies

Liu Shanshou (Chinese, active 1300s) · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

1750s · France

Lion

Giuseppe Baldrighi (Italian, 1723–1803) · oil on canvas

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

Listening to the Qin

Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1523) · hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

1150–after 1225 · China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Listening to the Qin (Zither)

Liu Songnian (Chinese, c. 1150-after 1225) · Album leaf; ink and slight color on silk

1657 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Listening to the Sound of Autumn in a Misty Grove

Zhang Feng (Chinese, active c. 1632–1662) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

1400s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Listening to the Wind in the Pines

Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

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

Literary Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion

Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795) · Six-panel folding screen; ink and slight color on paper

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

Liu Haichan

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