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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.

1842 · France, 19th century

Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875) · oil on fabric

late 1100s · China, Song dynasty (960–1279)

Lotus Sutra with a Frontispiece

Artist not recorded · handscroll; gold ink on indigo sutra paper

c. 1735 · Museum collection

Lovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature

Chitarman II (Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1630 · Mughal India

Lovers Embracing

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1590–95 · Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century

Lovers parting, page from a book of fables

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

1882 · France, 19th century

Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · oil on fabric

c. 1660–70 · Netherlands

Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682) · oil on canvas

1899 · France, 19th century

Luncheon (Annette and Her Grandmother)

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) · oil on board

c. 1588 · China, Jiaxing, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Lüshan Hui

Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606) · Album leaf; ink and color on silk

after September 1900, probably summer 1901 · France, late 19th-early 20th Century

Madame Case

Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906) · oil on fabric

1882 · France, 19th century

Madame Lerolle

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904) · oil on fabric

c. 1879–80 · France, 19th century

Madeleine Lerolle and Her Daughter Yvonne

Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934) · oil on fabric

c. 1630–40 · Central India, Malwa

Madhu Madhavi Ragini

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

c. 1350 · Italy, Siena

Madonna and Child

Lippo Memmi (Italian) · tempera and gold on poplar panel

c. 1400 · Italy, Florence, active in Spain, late 14th-early 15th century

Madonna and Child

Gherardo Starnina (Italian, c. 1360–before 1413) · oil and gilding on wood panel

c. 1350 · Italy

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Master of San Lucchese (Italian, c. 1335–1380) · tempera and gold on poplar panel

c. 1520s · Italy

Madonna and Child in a Niche

Antonio del Ceraiolo (Italian) · oil on wood

late 1370s · Italy

Madonna of Humility

Caterino Veneziano (Italian, active 1362–82) · tempera and gold on wood panel

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

Mahant of Tarakeshwar Rides on an Elephant

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

c. 1860 · Northwest India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

Maharaja Chattarsol of Kota Shooting Lions

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

c. 1820 · India, Kotah school, early 19th Century

Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers

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

1736 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Mewar, Udaipur, 18th century

Maharana Jagat Singh Attending the Raslila

Jai Ram (Indian, active 1710–40); Jiva (Indian, active mid-1700s) · Gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper

1747 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Mewar, Udaipur, Court of Jagat Singh (reigned 1734-51)

Maharana Jagat Singh II Hunting

Jugarsi, son of Jiva (Indian, active mid-1700s) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1835 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar (r. 1828–38) Holding a Falcon

Ghasi (Indian, active c. 1820–36) · gum tempera, pearls, silk, and gold on paper