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Painting studies · 8

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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.

c. 1845 · France, 19th century

Capri

Jean Achille Benouville (French, 1815–1891) · oil on fabric

1884 · America

Capri Lace Maker

George B. Butler (American, 1838–1907) · oil on canvas

c.1895 · America

Card Rack with a Jack of Hearts

John F. Peto (American, 1854–1907) · oil on canvas

c. 1825–81 · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)

Casually Created on a Spring Day

Murase Taiitsu (Japanese, 1803–1881) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

1788 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Cat and Butterfly

Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788) · album leaf, ink on paper

1769 · America

Catherine Greene

John Singleton Copley (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1738–1815) · oil on canvas

c. 1725–30 · Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Celebrations of Krishna's Birth, from a Bhagavata Purana

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1600s · Flanders

Ceres and Bacchus

Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611) · oil on canvas

c. 1590 · Netherlands, late 16th Century

Charity

Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566–1651) · oil on wood

1748 · America

Charles Apthorp

Robert Feke (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, c. 1707–c. 1752) · oil on canvas

1848 · France, 19th century

Châteauvieux-sur-Suran

Antoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier (French, 1812–1885) · oil on paper mounted on fabric

1508 · China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Children at Play

Xia Kui (Chinese, active c. 1405–1445) · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

c. 1650 · France

Children Dancing

Le Nain (French) · oil on canvas

late 1700s–early 1800s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Chinese Beauty

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820) · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

1500s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Chinese Landscape

Artist not recorded · One of a pair of six-fold screens; ink and slight color on paper

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

Chinese Literatus in an Autumn Landscape

Josui Sōen (Japanese, active c. 1489–1500) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

late 1500s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Chinese Literatus Traveling to a Mountain Temple

Kano Hidemasa (Japanese, active late 1500s) · hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

possibly mid- to late 1500s–1600s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Edo period (1615–1858)

Chinese Literatus Viewing a Valley

Artist not recorded · hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

1500s · Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain

Gakuō Zōkyū (Japanese, active about 1482–1514) · hanging scroll; ink on paper

1800s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Cho Hyun-myeong from Punhyang Cho Family

Artist not recorded · album painting, ink and color on silk

c. 1640 · Spain

Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664) · oil on canvas

mid 1700s · Italy, 18th century

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659–1734) · oil on canvas

c. 1600–1610 · Spain

Christ on the Cross

El Greco (Spanish, 1541–1614) · oil on canvas

c. 1525 · Italy

Christ with Joseph of Arimathea

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (Italian, c. 1480–after 1548) · oil on wood