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L. E. Holden

This catalog gathers 77 public-domain works acquired through the L. E. Holden fund. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  1. Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch Pieter Cornelisz. van Slingelandt · 1668
  2. Portrait of a Woman Portrait of a Woman The Artist "V" · 1775
  3. Design for a Cartouche Design for a Cartouche Gilles Marie Oppenord · 1704
  4. Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto) Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto) Bartolommeo da Arezzo · 1554
  5. Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto) Study of a Flayed Torso (verso) Two Studies of a Flayed Man (recto) Study of a Flayed Torso (verso) Bartolommeo da Arezzo · 1554
  6. Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) A Kitchen Maid (verso) Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) A Kitchen Maid (verso) Alessandro Casolani · 1504
  7. Study of a Flayed Torso (verso) Study of a Flayed Torso (verso) Bartolommeo da Arezzo · 1554
  8. Saint Stephen in Ecstasy Saint Stephen in Ecstasy Edme Bouchardon · 1704
  9. The Meeting of Joachim and Anna The Meeting of Joachim and Anna Wolf Traut · 1504
  10. Two Trees (recto) Two Trees (recto) Johann Jacob Dorner · 1814
  11. Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front William Mulready · 1859
  12. Tree Studies (verso) Tree Studies (verso) Johann Jacob Dorner · 1814
  13. Arab Woman Arab Woman Eugène Fromentin · 1852
  14. Two Trees (recto) Tree Studies (verso) Two Trees (recto) Tree Studies (verso) Johann Jacob Dorner · 1804
  15. A Kitchen Maid (verso) A Kitchen Maid (verso) Alessandro Casolani · 1575
  16. The King of Thule The King of Thule Moritz von Schwind · 1804
  17. Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) Alessandro Casolani · 1604
  18. Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy Federico Barocci · 1588
  19. Landscape with the Village of Schenkenschanz, Gelderland Landscape with the Village of Schenkenschanz, Gelderland Herman Saftleven · 1604
  20. A Farmhouse Interior with a Boy at a Table A Farmhouse Interior with a Boy at a Table Alexandre Gabriel Decamps · 1846
  21. Bouquet Bouquet Adolphe Braun · 1855
  22. Alice Montgomery (1850-1917) Alice Montgomery (1850-1917) Enoch Long · 1850
  23. The Bull Ring, Ronda, Spain The Bull Ring, Ronda, Spain Paul Nash · 1934
  24. The Country Bridge (Staplylton Bridge, Bristol) The Country Bridge (Staplylton Bridge, Bristol) John Dillwyn Llewelyn · 1856
  25. Totems, Old Shipyard, Rye Totems, Old Shipyard, Rye Paul Nash · 1932
  26. The Fiancée of the King of Garbe The Fiancée of the King of Garbe Louis Hersent · 1800
  27. The Cobbler The Cobbler Louis Hersent · 1820
  28. A Praying Monk A Praying Monk Johann Friedrich Overbeck · 1826
  29. Young Woman Standing Young Woman Standing Horace Vernet · 1804
  30. The Four Times of Day: Morning The Four Times of Day: Morning William Hogarth · 1738
  31. Lot and His Daughters Lot and His Daughters Jan Georg van Vliet · 1631
  32. Blind Men from the Quinze Vingts, Walking Blind Men from the Quinze Vingts, Walking Jean Henri Marlet · 1824
  33. The Seed finding Good Earth The Seed finding Good Earth Philip Galle · 1574
  34. The Four Times of Day: Evening The Four Times of Day: Evening William Hogarth · 1738
  35. The Seed Falling among the Stones The Seed Falling among the Stones Philip Galle · 1574
  36. The Father's Leave-Taking The Father's Leave-Taking William Holman Hunt · 1879
  37. View of a Seaport View of a Seaport Horace Vernet · 1804
  38. The Four Times of Day The Four Times of Day William Hogarth · 1738
  39. La Fortuna La Fortuna Simone Cantarini · 1640
  40. Art of the Lithograph: Dedication Sheet, Plate VII Art of the Lithograph: Dedication Sheet, Plate VII Alois Senefelder · 1819
  41. The Fair at Impruneta The Fair at Impruneta Jacques Callot · 1620
  42. Dominique Vivant-Denon Dominique Vivant-Denon Christophe Guerin · 1810
  43. Annette and Lubin Annette and Lubin Philibert-Louis Debucourt · 1789
  44. Solomon's Idolatry Solomon's Idolatry Lucas van Leyden · 1518
  45. The Water Carriers The Water Carriers Jean Henri Marlet · 1824
  46. Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah Hans Burgkmair I · 1519
  47. The Death of the Courier The Death of the Courier Bernard-Édouard Swebach · 1804
  48. The Four Times of Day: Night The Four Times of Day: Night William Hogarth · 1738
  49. Landscape with the conversion of saulus Landscape with the conversion of saulus Augustin Hirschvogel · 1545
  50. The Brothers Conducting the Children to St. Nicholas of the Fields The Brothers Conducting the Children to St. Nicholas of the Fields Jean Henri Marlet · 1824
  51. The Pawnshop The Pawnshop Jean Henri Marlet · 1824
  52. The Seed Falling by the Wayside The Seed Falling by the Wayside Philip Galle · 1574
  53. Chestnut Peddler Chestnut Peddler Carle Vernet · 1808
  54. Baths at Home Baths at Home Jean Henri Marlet · 1824
  55. Representation des Machines qui ont servi à eslever les deux grandes pierres qui couvrent le fronton de la principale entrée du Louvre Representation des Machines qui ont servi à eslever les deux grandes pierres qui couvrent le fronton de la principale entrée du Louvre Sébastien Leclerc · 1677
  56. Courtyard of a castle Courtyard of a castle Augustin Hirschvogel · 1546
  57. St. Philip Neri St. Philip Neri Johann Friedrich Overbeck · 1826
  58. Children with Candle Children with Candle Jean-Baptiste Isabey · 1818
  59. The Sacrifice of Polyxena The Sacrifice of Polyxena Gerard de Lairesse · 1667
  60. Maternal Care Maternal Care Carle Vernet · 1818
  61. The Seed Received among the Thorns The Seed Received among the Thorns Philip Galle · 1574
  62. The Public Writer The Public Writer Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot · 1825
  63. Great Tumbler! Great Tumbler! Alexandre Gabriel Decamps · 1830
  64. The Hermit The Hermit Louis Hersent · 1818
  65. First frontispiece for Fables and Fairy-Tales by Thierry-Faletans First frontispiece for Fables and Fairy-Tales by Thierry-Faletans Rodolphe Bresdin · 1868
  66. Art of the Lithograph: Psalter- Initial B, Plate VIII Art of the Lithograph: Psalter- Initial B, Plate VIII Alois Senefelder · 1818
  67. The Game of Blind Man's Bluff The Game of Blind Man's Bluff Charles-Nicolas Cochin · 1739
  68. Portrait of Janus Lutma the Elder Portrait of Janus Lutma the Elder Jan Lutma II · 1669
  69. The Farewells The Farewells Horace Vernet · 1804
  70. Cooking: The Cook Cooking: The Cook Édouard Vuillard · 1934
  71. Duguesclin Duguesclin Eugène Delacroix · 1829
  72. Postal Horses Postal Horses Horace Vernet · 1823
  73. Church of St. Nicholas, Rouen Church of St. Nicholas, Rouen Charles Louis Lesaint · 1823
  74. The Canon Ready to Fire The Canon Ready to Fire Hippolyte Lecomte · 1817
  75. The Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital Jean Henri Marlet · 1824
  76. Before the Bath Before the Bath Fabien Vieillard · 1895
  77. Parable of the Sower Parable of the Sower Philip Galle · 1574

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Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.