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    400 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Clouds"12 records

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The Death, Assumption, and Crowning of the Virgin by Master of the Mountain-like Clouds, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Death, Assumption, and Crowning of the Virgin

Master of the Mountain-like Clouds (d. 1490)

ca. 1470–85 · Metalcut with star, fleur-de-lis, and dot punches, traces of hand-coloring

Cleared · Public Domain

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Plate with Relief Dragon among Clouds by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate with Relief Dragon among Clouds

Unrecorded maker

1300s · Ceramic, porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze and molded decoration

Cleared · CC0

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Clouds by Thomas Cole, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clouds

Thomas Cole (d. 1848)

ca. 1838 · Oil on paper laid down on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Jar with Dragon and Clouds Design by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Jar with Dragon and Clouds Design

Unrecorded maker

late 1600s · Ceramic, porcelain with underglaze iron

Cleared · CC0

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Clouds by John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clouds

John Singer Sargent (d. 1925)

1897 · Watercolor on white wove paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge by Xie Shichen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge

Xie Shichen (d. 1567)

c. 1547–67 · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Storm Clouds

Ernest Haskell (d. 1925)

ca. 1919 · Etching

In copyright

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Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei by Ma Lin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei

Ma Lin (d. 1260)

c. 1256 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Thunder Clouds

Ernest Haskell (d. 1925)

1923 · Drypoint

In copyright

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Storm Clouds by John Henry Twachtman, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Storm Clouds

John Henry Twachtman (d. 1902)

1880 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Clouds and Water

Arthur Dove (d. 1946)

1930 · Oil on canvas, with selective varnish

In copyright

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Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei by Ma Lin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei

Ma Lin (d. 1260)

c. 1256 · Painting, Album leaf; ink on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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