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Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
Section of an Illusionistically Painted Ceiling
1735 – 1817
Museum Purchase
1959/2.33

French (French (culture or style))
Battle of Tritons and Nereids
1667 – 1699
Museum Purchase
1959/2.39

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Scholars under the Juniper Tree
15th century
Gift of William Muschenheim
1983/2.140
Two abstract figures stand in the central portion of this image.  The figure on the left is much larger than the figure on the right.  The left figure looks toward the right, raising their arms into the air.  They wear a dress that has patterns of waving forms and squiggled lines.  The other figure bends one arm under their chin and has an outfit depicted with lines that curve to right. The background in mostly blank, except for a strip of patterned grey along the left side of the work. The figures stand on a band of black and grey ground.
Max Ernst (German (culture or style))
Dancers
1950
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/1.264
At some distance can be seen ships with tall masts and a distant shore.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Return to Tilbury, from the 'Jubilee' or the 'Naval Review' series
1887
Museum purchase made possible by the Alfred E. Pernt Memorial Fund in honor of Dr. of Technical Sciences Max H.J. Pernt and his wife Anna Pernt (née Mueller)
1987/1.361
The painting depicts three houses in a small village, surrounded by trees. There is a lake in the right-hand foreground of the painting. The artist signed his name with the seal of his pen name, Lao Pai (Pai the old man) on the upper left-hand corner.
Qi Baishi
Rural Village
1925 – 1935
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
1949/1.193

Chen Hengke (Ch'en Heng-k'o)
Old Tree
1920 – 1923
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
1949/1.198
This icon painting depicts the bodhisattva Monju seated cross-legged on lotus on top of a lion. The figure holds a vajra sword, and is dressed in flowing robes with golden jewelry. Two circular mandorlas surround the figure. 
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion
15th century
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.207
This hanging scroll depicts two carp among waves using light ink washes. It demonstrates the Kanō painters' interest in naturalistic depiction of flowers, birds and animals.
Kanō School
Two carp among waves
17th century
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.208

Wang Jian (Chinese (culture or style))
Landscape, Lakes and Mountains to the Farthest Distance
1661
Gift of Mr. Chung Mo-nan
1956/2.18
Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.
Ōhara Tonshū (Donshū)
Mountain Hut among Pines
1831 – 1844
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1985/2.27
This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.
Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)
Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe
1800 – 1832
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1985/2.7
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