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Studies 1009–1032 of 1200
c. 1590–95 · Spain
The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen
El Greco (Spanish, 1541–1614) · oil on canvas
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1680 · Spain
The Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682) · oil on canvas
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The king of Bahilistan offers his daughter to the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Ghulam 'Ali (Indian, active 1550s-1590s) · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
1654 · France
The Kiss of Peace and Justice
Laurent de La Hyre (French, 1606–1656) · oil on canvas
1212 · China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
The Knickknack Peddler
Li Song (Chinese, active c. 1190–c. 1230) · Album leaf; ink and color on silk
late 1200s–early 1300s · China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui
Yan Hui (Chinese, active 1270–1310) · handscroll; ink and slight color on silk
1889 · Netherlands
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) · oil on fabric
1891 · France, 19th century
The Large Tree
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) · oil on canvas
c. 1855 · England, 19th century, Victorian
The Life of Buckingham
Augustus Leopold Egg (British, 1816-c. 1863) · oil on board
c. 1560 · India, Mughal court, 16th century
The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1450 · Western India, Gujarat
The Lion's Cave with Sthulabhadra and His Sisters, Folio 60 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Artist not recorded · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
1872 · France, 19th century
The Lock at Pontoise
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903) · oil on fabric
1780–90 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
The lovelorn heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari
Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper
1872 · France, 19th century
The Lovers
James Tissot (French, 1836–1902) · oil on canvas
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1525–40 · Northern India
The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and ink on paper
1511 · Germany, Strassburg, 16th century
The Mass of Saint Gregory
Hans Baldung (German, 1484/85–1545) · oil and tempera on wood
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
c. 1560 · Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Artist not recorded · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
1726 · France
The Miracles of Saint James the Greater
Noël Nicolas Coypel (French, 1690–1734) · oil on canvas