Francesco Botticini's "Madonna and Child" was painted c. 1475–80. It is rendered in tempera on a poplar panel. Cleveland, Ohio.

Tani Bunchō's "Gazing at a Waterfall" features ink and color on silk. It is a hanging scroll from 1790, created during the Edo period in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art holds this piece.

Wang Yuanqi's 'Landscape after Ni Zan' is a hanging scroll from 1707. It uses ink and light color on paper, typical of his approach to landscape painting. Cleveland Museum of Art.

Wu Bin's 'The Five Hundred Arhats' is a handscroll from the Ming dynasty, created between 1591 and 1626. It is ink and color on paper. The scroll is part of the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection.

George Romney painted 'Portrait of Jane Hoskyns' c. 1778–1780. Oil on canvas. It remains in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Bernardino Luini's "Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist" depicts the biblical story in oil on canvas. Created in the 1500s or later. Cleveland, Ohio.

Giacomo Ceruti's "A Woman with a Dog" dates from the 1740s. It measures 38 x 28 1/2 inches. The medium is oil on canvas. Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art through the Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund in 1930.

Zhou Lianggong's 'Poems from the Pavilion of True Meaning' dates from 1663 or later. It is an album of twenty-eight leaves, each featuring calligraphy in ink on paper. The album measures 13 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Godfried Schalcken's "Cephalus and Procris" was likely painted in the 1680s. Oil on canvas, it measures 25 1/2 x 31 3/8 inches. Now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Night-Shining White by Han Gan depicts a cavalry horse owned by Emperor Xuanzong. The horse is tethered to a post. Ink on paper, ca. 750. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Gerard David's "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt" depicts the Holy Family taking a break during their journey. Painted ca. 1512–15. Oil on wood, measuring 53.3 × 39.8 cm.

In 1787, Thomas Gainsborough painted "Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)." The oil on canvas measures 58 1/8 x 47 3/8 inches. It was bequeathed by Mary Stillman Harkness in 1950.

Petrus Christus painted 'Portrait of a Carthusian' in 1446. The sitter's identity remains unknown. The use of oil on oak creates a luminous effect. The work measures 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches overall. It is part of The Jules Bache Collection, 1949.

Jacques-Louis David painted Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) in 1788. Marie-Anne commissioned the portrait. New York, 1788.

Hans Memling's "The Annunciation" was originally painted on an oak panel. Transferred to canvas after 1928, it measures 76.5 by 54.6 cm. Now part of the Robert Lehman Collection, New York. Created between 1480 and 1489.

François Boucher's 'Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels' is an oil on canvas from 1765. It measures 16 1/8 x 13 5/8 inches, presented in an oval form. It resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise is a two-panel folding screen by Shibata Zeshin. Ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk. Cleveland, Ohio, late 1800s.

Cornelis Jonson painted 'Portrait of a Woman, possibly Elizabeth Boothby' in 1619. Oil on wood. The sitter is unidentified, and the attribution to Elizabeth Boothby is uncertain.

Wen Boren's 'Water Village' is a handscroll from 1570. Ink and light color on paper capture a serene water landscape. The work reflects Ming dynasty aesthetics.

Gaspard Dughet painted 'Rocky Landscape with Hunters' around c. 1635. Oil on canvas. French culture.

In 1869–70, Léon Bonnat painted 'An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child.' The work measures 73 1/2 by 41 1/2 inches. It depicts a woman carrying her child, both dressed in traditional attire.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's "The Glorification of the Barbaro Family" is an oil on canvas from around 1750. The canvas is an irregular oval, measuring 96 by 183 3/4 inches. New York, ca. 1750.

Anna Dorothea Therbusch painted 'A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight' in 1755. The scene shows a scientist illuminated by a single candle. The focus is on the play of light and shadow.

Basavana illustrated a feast hosted by Babur's half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni, May 1505. The work was completed circa 1589. Gum tempera and gold on paper.

Sesson Shūkei's 'Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang' is a handscroll from the 1500s. Ink on paper. Muromachi period, Japan.

Fra Filippo Lippi painted 'Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement' around ca. 1440. The woman wears a richly embroidered dress. The man is visible only from the shoulders up. Tempera on wood, measuring 25 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches.

Vincenzo Foppa's "Madonna and Child" is painted with tempera, oil, and gold on wood. Created around ca. 1480. The dimensions are 17 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches. Part of the Theodore M. Davis Collection since 1915.

Girolamo Romanino's 'The Flagellation; (reverse) The Madonna of Mercy' is painted on both sides. Created around ca. 1540. New York.

Pierre-Auguste Cot's 'Springtime' was painted in 1873. The scene depicts a young couple on a swing. The artist's use of light creates a soft, romantic atmosphere. Oil on canvas, 83 5/16 × 50 5/16 inches.

Vittore Carpaccio's 'The Meditation on the Passion' from ca. 1490. Oil and tempera on wood. The painted surface measures 26 3/16 x 33 1/4 inches. Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1911 through the John Stewart Kennedy Fund.