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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.

1442 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Mt. Taibo in the Style of Wang Meng

Du Qiong (Chinese, 1396–1474) · handscroll; ink and light color on paper

c. 1590 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

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

early 1900s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Munja-Chaekgeori Screen (Character-Books Screen)

Artist not recorded · Eight-panel folding screen, ink on paper

500–550 · Central Mexico, Tlacuilapaxco apartment compound(?), Teotihuacán style, Classic Period

Mural Fragment with Elite Male and Maguey Cactus Leaves

Artist not recorded · fresco on wall fragment

1740s · France

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy

François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) · oil on canvas

c. 1300s · Nepal

Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master

Artist not recorded · gum tempera on sized cotton

late 1800s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise

Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891) · Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk

c. 1525–40 · Northern India

Nanda and the elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

c. 1610 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

Nanda Solves Vasudeva’s Dilemma, from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1837 · America, Ohio, Cleveland

Nathaniel Olds

Jeptha Homer Wade (American, 1811–1890) · oil on canvas

c. 1475–1500 · Western India, Gujarat

Nemi's Omniscience and First Teaching (below) and Nemi in the Realm of Liberation (above), Folio 51 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

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

1609 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

New Year's Day in a Village at Stone Lake

Li Shida (Chinese, c. 1549–c. 1621) · Album leaf; ink and light color on paper

c. 1923 · France, 20th century

Night Café

Louis Marcoussis (French, 1883–1941) · oil on canvas

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

Night Mooring at Maple Bridge

Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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

Nikfal, the fortune of the prince in the form of a woman, offers to accompany him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night

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

1690s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Nine Dragon Pool

Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697) · hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

1848 · England, 19th century

Noah: The Eve of the Deluge

John Linnell (British, 1792–1882) · oil on canvas

c. 1627 · Mughal India

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir

Bishandas (Indian) · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1625–27 · France

Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665) · oil on canvas

c. 1780 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811) · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1798 · France

Oedipus at Colonus

Fulchran Jean Harriet (French, 1778–1805) · oil on canvas

c. 1819 · America

"Old Pat," The Independent Beggar

Samuel Lovett Waldo (American, 1783–1861) · oil on wood

1551 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Old Trees by a Wintry Brook

Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559) · hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

c. 1923–24 · Russia (worked in France), 20th century

Old Woman

Chaïm Soutine (Russian, 1893–1943) · oil on canvas