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A Lady with Three Suitors by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Lady with Three Suitors

Unrecorded maker

c. 1500 · Drawing, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk

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Court Lady with High Chignon by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Court Lady with High Chignon

Unrecorded maker

c. 700–750 · Sculpture, earthenware with polychromy

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Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau) by Gustave Courbet, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau)

Gustave Courbet (d. 1877)

1863 · Painting, oil on fabric

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Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough by John Linnell, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough

John Linnell (d. 1882)

c. 1821 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor on ivory heightened with gum arabic

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A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

Unrecorded maker

c. 1730 · Painting, Gum tempera, silver, and gold on paper

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Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche by Giuseppe Cades, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche

Giuseppe Cades (d. 1799)

1785 · Drawing, Red chalk over graphite (portrait), pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite (surround), circular framing line in graphite

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Lady watching a swallow by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lady watching a swallow

Unrecorded maker

1736–95 · Print, Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper, printed with black and blue outlines, hand colored

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The Right Honorable Lady Mary Radcliffe (1732-98), Wife of Francis Eyre, Esq. by Francis Cotes, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Right Honorable Lady Mary Radcliffe (1732-98), Wife of Francis Eyre, Esq.

Francis Cotes (d. 1770)

1755 · Drawing, pastel on laid paper lined with canvas

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Lady with water basin by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lady with water basin

Unrecorded maker

1736–95 · Print, Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper, printed with black and blue outlines, hand colored

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Parasol Handle by Michael Evlampievich Perchin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Parasol Handle

Michael Evlampievich Perchin (d. 1903)

c. 1886–1903 · Metalwork, Gold, enamel, diamonds, and platinum filigree

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Portrait of a Woman by Gerard ter Borch, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

Gerard ter Borch (d. 1681)

c. 1665 · Painting, oil on canvas

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