The collector’s art library

Painting studies · 25

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.

1867 · France, 19th century

On a Terrace

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891) · oil on wood panel

1871 · China, Changsu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

On Happiness, Calligraphy in Seal Script Style (zhuanshu)

Yang Yisun (Chinese, 1813–1881) · Set of six hanging scrolls; ink on paper

1100s–1200s · China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

One Hundred Children at Play

Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101–1125); Wang Juzhen (Chinese) · Album leaf; ink and color on silk

1840s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Operating on Guan Yu's Arm

Katsushika Ōi (Japanese, c. 1800-after 1857) · hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

c. 1750 · India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

Opium Smokers Served Fruit and Bread

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1777 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Orchid Pavilion Gathering

Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781) · hanging scroll; ink on silk

1897–98 · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), Korean Empire period (1897–1910)

Orchids and Rocks

Yi Ha-eung (Korean, 1820–1898) · Eight-panel folding screen; ink on silk

1800s · Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Ōtsu-e Nirvana of the Buddha (Ōtsu-e Butsu Nehanzu)

Hakuen (Japanese, active 1850–1870) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

c. 1680 · Spain

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Bartolomé Pérez (Spanish, 1634–1693) · oil on copper

c. 1897–1905 · France, late 19th Century-early 20th Century

Outskirts of Paris

Henri Rousseau (French, 1844–1910) · oil on fabric

c. 1740–50 · India, Mughal, 18th century

Oval portrait of a woman in a Chaghtai hat

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1558–60 · India, Mughal court, 16th century

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

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

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

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

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

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

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

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

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

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

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

c. 1595 · India, Mughal school, 16th century

Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)

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

c. 1595 · India, Mughal school, 16th century

Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])

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

late 1800s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Painting of One Hundred Themes

Artist not recorded · Ten-panel folding screen affixed with album leaves (obverse), calligraphy (reverse), ink and color on silk

late 1800s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Painting of One Hundred Themes (obverse)

Artist not recorded · Ten-panel folding screen affixed with album leaves (obverse), calligraphy (reverse), ink and color on silk

1598–1652 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Paintings after Ancient Masters

Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652) · Double album with twenty-two leaves; ink or ink and color on silk

1598–1652 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum

Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652) · Album leaf; ink and color on silk

1598–1652 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Tao Yuanming

Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652) · Album leaf; ink and color on silk

1458 · Italy, Florence

Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot

Fra Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406–1469) · tempera on wood panel

1644–1911 · China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Palace Ladies

Qiu Ying (Chinese, 1494–1552) · handscroll; ink and color on silk