Provenance · Acquisition fund
John L. Severance
This catalog gathers 943 public-domain works acquired through the John L. Severance fund. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Krishna Vanquishing the Crane-Demon Bakasura -
Hoopoe on a Citrus Tree Branch -
Maharana Jagat Singh II Hunting -
Krishna Stealing Curds -
Two Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah -
Portrait Study of Seigen -
On Happiness, Calligraphy in Seal Script Style (zhuanshu) -
A Couple -
Willow-and-Moon Kannon (Yōryū Kannon) -
Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute -
Plum Blossoms -
Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscapes -
Pair of Painted Doors -
Rock, Bamboo, and Orchids -
Autumn Landscape -
Lonely Temple and Towering Cliff -
The Four Accomplishments -
Taira no Kanemori of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals -
Swift Bull from the Ten Swift Bulls -
Landscape -
Howling Wolf in a Deep Mountain Valley -
Welcoming Descent of Amida (Amida Raigō) -
Monk Mending Clothes in the Morning Sun (Chōyō Hotetsuzu) -
Susuki Grass -
Scene from the Tale of the Wisteria Robe -
Cucumber and Eggplants -
Triptych with The Lamentation of Christ (center), St. Barbara (left wing), St. Catherine of Alexandria (right wing), The Annunciation (reverse wings) -
Guardian Kings: Dhrtarastra and Virupaksa -
Krishna and Satyabhama Storm the Citadel of Naraka, folio 97 from a Bhagavata Purana -
An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi -
Pan Lang (Han Rō) -
Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura, from the “Isarda Bhagavata Purana” -
Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano -
Su Shi (So Shoku) -
Fragment with a Head of Bodhisattva -
Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape -
The Virgin Crowned by Angels -
Winter and Summer Flowers -
Votive initiation card (tsakali) with preaching Buddha Shakyamuni -
The Story of Fukutomi -
Landscape -
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan -
Road to Shu -
White-Robed Kannon (Byakue Kannon) -
Su Shi (So Shoku) and Pan Lang (Han Rō) -
Funerary Portrait of a Woman -
Pipa (Loquats) -
![Mrs. Pearson [possibly Sarah Thompson Pearson]](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/pieter-christoffel-wonder--mrs-pearson-possibly-sarah-thompson-pearson--0006ffde77661f8c-w320.webp)
Mrs. Pearson [possibly Sarah Thompson Pearson] -
Sketch Copy of Natural Disasters, from the Seven Fortunes and Misfortunes -
Thin Forest and Distant Mountains -
Landscape after Guo Zhongshu -
Pure Tones among Hills and Waters -
Reminiscences of Qinhuai River -
Ink Flowers -
Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff -
Bamboo -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf E (previous leaf 3) -
The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Mr. Five Willows (Wuliu), Tao Yuanming -
Study for "The Apotheosis of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina, King and Queen of Naples" (for the Palazzo dei Regi Studi, Naples) -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and Brush -
Rocky Landscape with Hunters -
Mater Dolorosa (The Virgin Mary Mourning) -
Pine Wind from Myriad Villages -
Snails -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape -
The Poet Lin Bu Wandering in the Moonlight -
Snow Coloring the World White -
Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei -
Su Dongpo -
Still Life with Sweets -
Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei -
Squirrels on the Chestnut Tree -
Ink Plum -
Dragon amid Clouds -
Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo -
Bird Sleeping on a Plum Tree -
A Hare and a Leg of Lamb -
Leaping Carp -
Paintings after Ancient Masters:Travelers in an Autumn Landscape -
Waiting for the Moon in the Mid Autumn Festival -
Funerary Panel of a Man -
A Rooster and Turkey Fighting -
Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman -
Landscape Ink-Play -
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects -
Kingfisher Perched above a Stream -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Rock, Old Tree, and Bamboo -
Garden for Solitary Enjoyment -
Winter Landscape -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan -
Portraits of Two Lineage Masters of the Kagyu Order: Phagmo Drupa (1110–1170) and Tashipel (1142–1210) -
Scenes from the Tales of Ise -
Beauties at the Seashore -
The Hermit Xu You Resting by a Stream -
Banana Plants -
Swinging Gibbon -
Painted Door -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf B (previous leaf 1) -
Spring Mist over Jiangnan -
The Five Hundred Arhats -
Beggars and Street Characters -
Looking for a Monastery in the Misty Mountains -
Landscape after Ni Zan -
Welcoming Descent of Jizō -
Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 2 -
Birds in a Grove in a Mountainous Winter Landscape -
Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects -
Portrait of a Government Official -
Boating in Moonlight -
Vishnu Battles Madhu and Kaitabha, from a Markandeya Purana -
River Landscape -
Countess Széchenyi -
Ivy Lane -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf C (previous leaf 6) -
Fan-shaped Album Painting -
Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome) -
West Lake -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall -
River Village in a Rainstorm -
Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun -
Cho Jae-ho from Punhyang Cho Family -
Lu Tong and Servant -
Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf H (previous leaf 8) -
Plum Tree -
Crossing at Sano -
Fish and Rocks -
In the Palace -
Shakyamuni with two attendants -
Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum -
Listening to the Sound of Autumn in a Misty Grove -
Flowers and Birds -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Zhongqing in a Landscape -
Orchids and Rocks -
Genre Figures -
Peaches -
The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi -
View of Emmerich -
Boats at Anchor on West Lake at the City Gate -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf F (previous leaf 5) -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 1 -
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Laozi Riding an Ox -
Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote -
Windy Landscape with Sailboat -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Calligraphy -
Henry Francis Playter -
The Mountain of Five Cataracts -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Autumn Landscape -
Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei -
Waves -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes -
The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge; The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi -
Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois -
Paintings after Ancient Masters -
Leisure Enough to Spare -
Gazing at a Waterfall -
General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (Sketch for "The Battle of the Pyramids") -
Landscape of the Four Seasons -
Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea -
Charles Thompson -
The Holy Family -
![Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lohan [after Guanxiu]](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/chen-hongshou--paintings-after-ancient-masters-a-lohan-after-guanxiu--92196fae80c7e0a7-w320.webp)
Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lohan [after Guanxiu] -
Beggar (Kojiki) -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lady -
Landscape after Jing Hao and Guan Tong -
Elephant, Horse, and Hare -
Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei -
Scholar Playing a Qin -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum and Rock -
Portraits of the Qianlong Emperor and His Twelve Consorts -
Hunting near Hartenfels Castle -
Mount Hua -
Virgin and Child in a Landscape -
Poem-card from the Shinkokin wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times) with Design of Pine on a Beach -
The Saltmaker's Story -
Mt. Taibo in the Style of Wang Meng -
Standing Ksitigarbha -
Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley -
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7) -
The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise -
Literary Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion -
Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters -
Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms -
Scenes from the Tales of Ise -
Autumn Mist in the Countryside -
Sakyamuni Buddha -
Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa) -
Peonies -
Portrait of Basho -
Cat and Butterfly -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Narcissus and Bare Trees -
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Lotus and Rocks -
Portrait of An Qi -
The Fall of Simon Magus -
Lotus Sutra with a Frontispiece -
The Haven of the Peach-Blossom Spring
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On provenance & the public domain
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