Provenance · Gift
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth
This catalog gathers 23 public-domain works given to the museum by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth. The works are held across 2 museums, led by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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清 王素 東山報捷圖 軸|Bringing the Message of Victory to Dongshan -
清 虛谷 蝶貓圖 軸|Cat and Butterfly -
清 沙馥 松鼠葡萄 扇面|Squirrel and Grapes -
清 吳熙載 山水 軸|Landscape -
清 任熊 牡丹 扇面|Peony -
清 吳榖祥 山水 扇面|Landscape -
清 吳大澂 山水 扇面|Fragrant Mountains -
清 趙之謙 芍藥 桃花 扇面|Peach Blossoms and Peony -
清 顧澐 冊頁|Clouds and Spring Trees at Dusk -
清 沙馥 桃李芳園圖 摺扇|The Peach and Plum Garden -
清 任薰 海棠小鳥 扇面|Bird on a Rock by a Flowering Branch -
清 張熊 蟾蜍 團扇|Flower and Toad -
清 吳熙載 蟬柳 扇面|Cicada -
清 任頤 動物花鳥 冊頁八開|Animals, Flowers and Birds -
清 改琦 插花圖 軸|Girl Arranging Flowers -
清 蘇仁山 李凝陽像 軸|The Immortal Li Tieguai -
清 任薰 高士臨風 扇面|Scholar in the Wind -
Painted Panel of Character "Tiger" -
Set of Four Painted Characters -
Painted Panel of Character "Recite" -
Painted Panel of Character "Whistle" -
Painted Panel of Character "Dragon" -
清 戴熙 仿古山水四屏 軸|Landscapes after old masters
On provenance & the public domain
A credit line — the small "Gift of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.
Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.