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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.

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

Waterfowl and Reeds

Liang Kai (Chinese, mid-1100s–early 1200s) · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

c. 1860 · India, Punjab, probably Amritsar or Lahore, Company school, 19th century

Weaving and Spinning

Kehar Singh (Indian) · Gum tempera and ink on paper

1687 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Weizheng Riding on an Ox

Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732); Nanyuan Xingpai (Chinese, 1631–1692) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

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

Welcoming Descent of Amida (Amida Raigō)

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

1200s · Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Welcoming Descent of Jizō

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

mid-1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

West Lake

Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776) · Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

1929 · America

White Flower

Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986) · oil on canvas

c. 1868 · America

White Mare

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) · oil on panel

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

White-Robed Guanyin

Zhang Yuehu (Chinese, active 1200s) · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

late 1200s–early 1300s · China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

White-Robed Guanyin

Jueji Yongzhong (Chinese, active around 1300); Zhongfeng Mingben (Chinese, 1263–1323) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

late 1200s–early 1300s · China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

White-Robed Guanyin

Jueji Yongzhong (Chinese, active around 1300); Zhongfeng Mingben (Chinese, 1263–1323) · hanging scroll; ink and gold on silk

late 1500s-early 1600s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Wild Geese

Kano Sanraku (Japanese, 1559–1635) · pair of six-fold screens; ink on paper

1788 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbar, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841) · album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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

Willow and Magpie

Fachang Muqi (Chinese, 1220–1280) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

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

Willows

Artist not recorded · album leaf; ink and light color on silk

c. 1805 · America

Wilson Cary Nicholas

Gilbert Stuart (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1755–1828) · oil on canvas

1872 · America

Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen)

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906) · oil on board

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

Windy Landscape with Sailboat

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; ink on paper

1663 · Netherlands

Wineglass and a Bowl of Fruit

Willem Kalf (Dutch, 1619–1693) · oil on canvas

1878 · America

Winged Fortune

William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879) · oil on canvas

1500s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Winter Landscape

Yeoseol (Korean) · hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk

1913 · America, Ohio, Cleveland

Wisdom and Destiny

Henry Keller (American, born Germany, 1869–1949) · oil on canvas

c. 1889 · France, 19th - 20th century

Woman in Profile

Henri Jean Guillaume Martin (French, 1860–1943) · oil on canvas

1800s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Woman Looking at the Moon

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