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

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    265 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Letters by Courtesans"12 records

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Sealing with Scarab Impressions from Heqanakht's Letters by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sealing with Scarab Impressions from Heqanakht's Letters

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1956–1953 B.C · Mud, string

Cleared · Public Domain

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Courtesan Reading a Letter by Teisai Hokuba, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Teisai Hokuba (d. 1844)

early 1800s · Painting, two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Terracotta juglet with incised letters on base by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta juglet with incised letters on base

Unrecorded maker

100 · Stone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Courtesan by Ikeda Eisen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesan

Ikeda Eisen (d. 1848)

early to mid-1800s · Painting, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Courtesans by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtesans

Unrecorded maker

1640 · Two (separate) sliding panels with paintings; mineral pigments on cedar

Cleared · Public Domain

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Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers by Kitagawa Utamaro, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

Kitagawa Utamaro (d. 1806)

c. 1801–2 · Print, Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Courtesan Writing a Letter by Kaigetsudō Doshin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtesan Writing a Letter

Kaigetsudō Doshin (d. 1736)

ca. 1715 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Watchers and the Watched by Suzuki Harunobu, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Watchers and the Watched

Suzuki Harunobu (d. 1770)

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Courtesans in an Iris Garden by Katsukawa Shunchō, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtesans in an Iris Garden

Katsukawa Shunchō (d. 1795)

late 18th century · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons by Miyagawa Isshō, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons

Miyagawa Isshō (d. 1780)

second half of the 18th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Letters by Courtesans by Unidentified artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letters by Courtesans

Unidentified artist

late 18th or early 19th century · Thirty-seven letters mounted as a handscroll: ink on decorated papers

Cleared · Public Domain

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The letters of Sir Richard Westmacott by Sir Richard Westmacott, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The letters of Sir Richard Westmacott

Sir Richard Westmacott (d. 1856)

19th century · Collection of letters

Cleared · Public Domain

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