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Painting studies · 4

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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.

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

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 26

Artist not recorded · Album; ink on paper

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

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 3

Artist not recorded · Album; ink on paper

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

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 4

Artist not recorded · Album; ink on paper

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

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 41

Artist not recorded · Album; ink on paper

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

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 43

Artist not recorded · Album; ink on paper

early 1650s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 1

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694) · album cover

early 1650s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 2

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694) · album leaf, ink and color on silk

early 1650s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 4

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694) · album leaf, ink and color on silk

early 1650s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 5

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694) · album leaf, ink and color on silk

early 1650s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 6

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694) · album leaf, ink and color on silk

early 1650s · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 9

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694) · album leaf, ink and color on silk

1684 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Seasonal Landscapes

Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698) · Album of twelve leaves; ink or ink and light color on paper

1668 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf D (previous leaf 2)

Xiao Yuncong (Chinese, 1596–1673) · album leaf; ink and light color on paper

c. 1636 · Italy

Allegorical Figure

Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644) · oil on canvas

1850s · France, 19th century

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904) · oil on fabric

c. 1440s · Germany

Altarpiece with The Passion of Christ

Master of the Schlägl Altarpiece (German) · oil and gold on wood

possibly 1400s · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Amitābha Triad

Artist not recorded · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

c. 1640–60 · India, Deccan, 17th century

An African Lyre Player (recto)

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

c. 1450 · India, Sultanate period

An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and ink on paper

1660s or later · Netherlands

An Elderly Man in Prayer

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) · oil on canvas

1936 · France, 20th century

André Bénac

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

c. 1602–4 · Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)

Antelope and deer hunt

Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1838 · France, 19th century

Antiochus and Stratonice

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) · oil on linen

1798 · France, late 18th century

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832) · oil on canvas