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26,995 matching works (Cleveland 12,844, The Met 14,151)
Portrait of Dora WheelerWilliam Merritt Chase, 1882–83Cleveland
PaintingShibata Zeshin, 19th centuryThe Met
The Biglin Brothers Turning the StakeThomas Eakins, 1873Cleveland
Calligraphy PaintingIsma'il Jalayir, ca. 1860The Met
The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)Albert Pinkham Ryder, c. 1896–1908Cleveland
Theorem painting1840–60The Met
Twilight in the WildernessFrederic Edwin Church, 1860Cleveland
Figure PaintingShen Zhenlin, mid-19th centuryThe Met
Adeline RavouxVincent van Gogh, 1890Cleveland
The Muse of PaintingJohn La Farge, 1870The Met
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a StormThomas Cole, 1838Cleveland
Buddhist Temple Paintingearly 19th centuryThe Met
The Red KerchiefClaude Monet, c. 1868–73Cleveland![[Painting of Ophelia?]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP-17301-280.jpg)
[Painting of Ophelia?]John Thomson, 1865The Met
Frieze of DancersEdgar Degas, c. 1895Cleveland
Painting of Alamgir MosqueUnknown, 19th centuryThe Met
Cupid and PsycheJacques-Louis David, 1817Cleveland
Scroll Painting of HorseRyūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th centuryThe Met
Peregrine Falcons (Duck Hawks)John James Audubon, c. 1827Cleveland
Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau)Gustave Courbet, 1863Cleveland
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835Cleveland
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