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c. 1740 · India, Mughal, 18th century

Shri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala Series

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1695 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1700 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" Ramayana

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

c. 1750–60 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur

Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction

Sahib Ram (Indian, active 1745–1803) · gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1660–66 · Netherlands

Silver Wine Jug, Ham, and Fruit

Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch, 1620/21–1690) · oil on canvas

c. 1720 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Sindhu Raga

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper

c. 1680–90 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Sindhu (Saindhava) Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

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

c. 1700–1725 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Sita asks Rama to fetch the golden deer, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

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

1750s · Italy, 18th century

Sketch for a Ceiling

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) · oil on canvas

c. 1744 · Italy, 18th century

Sketch for "The Assumption of the Virgin" (for St. James, Zbraslav, near Prague)?

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754) · oil on canvas

c. 1675–1677 · Italy

Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Italian, 1639–1709) · oil on canvas

c. 1809 · France, 19th century

Sketch for "The Revolt at Cairo"

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824) · oil on paper, mounted on paper and canvas

c. 1840 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji

Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891) · hanging scroll, ink on paper

c. 1771 · France

Sleep

Jean Bernard Restout (French, 1732–1797) · oil on canvas

1650–53 · Netherlands

Sleeping Peasants near Fields (Parable of the Weeds)

Simon de Vlieger (Dutch, 1601–1653) · oil on canvas

1690 · China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Snow Coloring the World White

Fa Ruozhen (Chinese, 1613–1696) · handscroll; ink on paper

mid-1770s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Snow Landscape

Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

1584 · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Snowscape with Figures

Kim Si (Korean, 1524–1593) · hanging scroll; ink on silk

first half 1600s · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Solitary Colors of the Autumn Woods

Wang Jianzhang (Chinese, active 1621–1662) · hanging scroll; ink and color on satin

c. 1801 · France, late 18th-early 19th century

Sophie Crouzet

Louis Hersent (French, 1777–1860) · oil on fabric

1907 · England, early 20th Century

Souvenir of an "International Ball" (Portrait of Miss Kathleen Bruce)

Charles Hasslewood Shannon (British, 1863–1937) · oil on canvas

c. 1720–36 · France

Spring

Jean-Baptiste Pater (French, 1695–1736) · oil on canvas

1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Spring and Autumn Farming

Kō Sūkoku (Japanese, 1730–1804) · Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, light color, gold, and silver on paper

1864 · France, 19th century

Spring Flowers

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