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Painting studies · 50

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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.

after 1868 · France, 19th century

Woman Meditating

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875) · oil on fabric

c. 1800 · France

Woman Sleeping in a Landscape with a Letter

Bernard Gaillot (French, 1780–1847) · oil on canvas

c. 1765 · India, Lucknow, Mughal

Women bathing before an architectural panorama

Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1765 · India, Murshidabad or Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century

Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)

Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s) · Gum tempera and gold on paper

c. 1890 · France, 19th century

Women Meeting in the Shade

Ker Xavier Roussel (French, 1867–1944) · oil on canvas

c. 1680–1700; border added 1800s · India, Golconda, Deccan, 17th century

Women playing at cross-dressing

Artist not recorded · ink heightened with colors on paper

1867 · America

Women Working in a Field

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

c. 1700 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Women worshiping a Shiva linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol Raga, from a Ragamala

Artist not recorded · gum tempera and gold on paper

1660s · Netherlands

Wooded and Hilly Landscape

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682) · oil on canvas

c. 1880 · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota

Worship of Dvaraka Nathji at Kankroli

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

early 1700s · Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

Worship of Shiva and Devi

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

c. 1308–85 · China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Writing Books under the Pine Trees

Wang Meng (Chinese, c. 1308–1385) · Album leaf; ink and color on paper

1644 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Xu Jingyang Moving His Family

Cui Zizhong (Chinese, 1574–1644) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1598 · Mughal India

Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata

Bilal Habshi (probably Ethiopian, active late 1500s) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

1700s · China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Yang Guifei Leaving the Bath

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

c. 1890 · Eastern India, Kolkata, Kalighat

Yasoda with Krishna Churning Butter

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

1468 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan

Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509) · hanging scroll, ink on paper

c. 1873–1874 · France, 19th century

Young Woman with a Mandolin, Portrait of Louison Köhler

François Bonvin (French, 1817–1887) · oil on fabric

c. 1780 · France

Young Woman with a Turban

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825) · oil on canvas

c. 1764 · India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century

Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting

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

1542–43 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea

Qiu Ying (Chinese, 1494–1552) · handscroll; ink and light color on paper

1643 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation

Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585–after 1664) · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

1368–1644 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean

Zhao Qi (Chinese, active early 1500s) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1603–7 · Western Afghanistan, Herat (text); Mughal India (paintings)

Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)

Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s); Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520) · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper