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Woman Meditating by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Meditating

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (d. 1875)

after 1868 · Painting, oil on fabric

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The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū Nenbutsu School

Unrecorded maker

early 1300s · Painting, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

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A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat by Rembrandt van Rijn, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1669)

c. 1655–60 · Painting, oil on canvas

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The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night

Unrecorded maker

c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Pollard Willow by Pierre Jean Boquet, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pollard Willow

Pierre Jean Boquet (d. 1817)

after 1804 · Painting, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

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A Vignette of Life on the Frontier by Jiao Bingzhen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Vignette of Life on the Frontier

Jiao Bingzhen (d. 1726)

c. 1717–22 · Painting, Folding fan; ink and color on paper

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Streams and Mountains without End by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Streams and Mountains without End

Unrecorded maker

1100–1150 · Painting, handscroll; ink and slight color on silk

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Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

Unrecorded maker

1650–80 · Painting, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Mirror Support: Siren by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mirror Support: Siren

Unrecorded maker

c. 475 BCE · Sculpture, bronze with silver inlays

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Portrait of a Young Man by Andrew Plimer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Young Man

Andrew Plimer (d. 1837)

c. 1805 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor on ivory in original gold frame

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Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur) by Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)

Jean-Antoine Watteau (d. 1721)

c. 1716 · Drawing, red chalk; red and black chalk (upper left figure)

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