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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. 1680 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Radha Awaiting Reconciliation with Krishna, from a Gita Govinda of Jayadeva

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1790–1800 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Radha's hair being dressed

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera with touches of color on paper

1893–1914 · Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rain Clearing over a Summer’s Mountain

Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

1848 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Rain-coming Pavilion by the Stone Bridge at Mt. Tiantai

Dai Xi (Chinese, 1801–1860) · handscroll; ink on paper

c. 1707 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Raja Dilip Singh of Guler on a dais

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1830–40 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Raja Gulab Singh (1792–1857) of Jammu and Kashmir

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

after 1782 · Northern India, Pahari kingdom of Kangra

Raja Sansar Chand attacking Kangra Fort

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton cloth

c. 1790–1800 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Raja with his beloved

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1765 · Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Chamba, Court of Raj Singh (reigned 1764–94)

Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1770 · Central India, Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Datia

Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

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

Rama and Sita enthroned (recto), from a Kalighat album

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

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

Rama and Sita enthroned with Lakshmana and Hanuman attending, from a Kalighat album

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

c. 1830 · Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823–1833)

Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in the forest

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

before 1330 · China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Ramblers over a Winding Stream

Luo Zhichuan (Chinese, active 1280s–1320s) · Album leaf; ink on silk

c. 1700 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Rana Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710) smoking a hookah

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1725 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

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

1744–45 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh

Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth, folio 18 (recto) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand

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

1873 · France, 19th century

Reading

Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895) · oil on canvas

1300s · Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Red Amida

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

1314–17 · Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Reeds and Geese

Yishan Yining [Issan Ichinei] (Chinese, 1247–1317) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

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

Reflections of Priest Foyen

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

1642–1707 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707) · Album leaf; ink and color on Song paper

1850 · France, 19th century

René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy

Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864) · oil on canvas, original frame

1879 · France, 19th century

Rest

William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905) · oil on fabric