Public domain art in sepia

Artworks whose dominant colour is sepia, measured from the image itself rather than from a curator's tag. Every work here is free to download and reuse.

Works in Public domain art in sepia

Mending clothes in the early morning sun

Formerly attributed to Zhenhui (11th centuryy?)

Woman holding a child

Formerly attributed to Zhang Xuan (active early-mid-8th century)

Hollyhocks

Formerly attributed to Xu Xi (active mid-10th century)

Landscape: two figures

Ding Guanpeng (active 1726-after 1770)

Laozi delivering a copy of the Daodejing

Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

Travelers in snowy mountains 雪山行旅圖

Follower of Liang Kai 梁楷 (late 12th-early 13th century)

Low Tide

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

The eighteen scholars of the Tang dynasty

Formerly attributed to Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))

A broad view of mountains and water

Traditionally attributed to Sheng Mou 盛懋 (ca. 1310-1360)

Conversing beside the Hao River

Copy after Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

Birds and pines

Formerly attributed to Wu Zhen 吳鎮 (1280-1354)

Willow, Geese, and Kingfisher

Formerly attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)

Landscape: mountain gorge, mist, a brook, and buildings

Zhang Hong (1577-after 1668)

Young woman reading a book of poems

Traditionally attributed to Sheng Shiyan (13th century)

A dragon and clouds

Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong (active 1235-after 1262)

Boy on a water buffalo

Qin Shunyou (ca. 1666-ca. 1750)

Landscape: clam-gatherers on the shore

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

The Shanglin Park: imperial hunt

Formerly attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

Landscape: houses and a brook in a mountain gorge

Formerly attributed to Zhang Hong (1577-after 1668)

Flowing water, wind in the pines

Traditionally attributed to Juran (傳)巨然 (active 960-986)

Autumn river in the rain and clouds

Formerly attributed to Xu Daoning (ca. 1000-after 1066)

Scholar and attendants

Formerly attributed to Lu Tanwei (active 460s-early 500s)

Hawk on a leafless branch

Formerly attributed to Li You (11th or 12th century)

Admonishing in chains

Traditionally attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674)

Rabbits and grasses

Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

River valley with houses and temples

Formerly attributed to Dong Yuan (傳)董源 (died 962)

Sam Weller's Landlord in the Fleet

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Playing the zither under pine trees

Formerly attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

Dragons in clouds

Zhou Xun (1649-1729)

Winter trees and snowy peaks

Formerly attributed to Jiang Shen (ca. 1090-1138)

Stopping the Zither to Watch the Waterfall

Formerly attributed to Li Sihui (mid 7th-early 8th century)

Travelers among mountains and streams

Traditionally attributed to Dong Yuan (傳)董源 (died 962)

Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men (part 1)

Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

Palace in the mountains

Traditionally attributed to Zhao Boju (ca. 1120s-ca.1162)

Promenading ladies

Formerly attributed to Zhou Fang (傳)周昉 (ca. 730-ca. 800)

Scenes from the life of the Ming Huang Emperor and Yang Guifei (one of a pair with F1901.21)

Kano Mitsunobu (ca. 1565-1608)

Three horsemen riding under willows

Formerly attributed to Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254-1322)

Presenting tribute animals

Formerly attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674)

Landscape with Daoist immortals in the mountains

Copy after Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

Flowers, butterflies and other insects

Formerly attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)

Pheasants and snow-covered plum blossoms

Formerly attributed to Ge Shouchang (active late 11th century)

Scholar Approaching Secluded Pavilion

Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

Rocks, trees, brook, and hawks

Formerly attributed to Li Di (active late 12th-early 13th century)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig

Formerly attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674)

Autumn mountains, clearing mist

Formerly attributed to Xu Daoning (ca. 1000-after 1066)

Landscape in blue and green

Formerly attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

Vaisravana, Guardian King of the North

Traditionally attributed to Yuchi Yiseng (mid-7th–early 8th century)

Napping under water reeds

Formerly attributed to Gong Kai 龔開 (1222-1307)

Portrait of a woman in white: Lu Meiniang 廬媚娘像

Formerly attributed to He Chong (傳)何充 (active ca. 1078-1085)

Two gibbons in a tree

Yi Yuanji (active mid- to late 11th century)

Horse and groom under a willow

Formerly attributed to Li Yu, Last ruler of Southern Tang (937-978 (reigned 961-975))

Birds in Wintry Trees

Formerly attributed to Li Di (active late 12th-early 13th century)

Portrait of Bodhidharma 達摩圖像

Traditionally attributed to Wuzhun Shifan (傳) 無準師範 (1178-1249)

River landscape in mist 山水圖

Formerly attributed to Yan Ciping (傳)閻次平 (active ca. 1164-after 1181)

Boating on a snowy river

Formerly attributed to Wang Shen (ca. 1046-after 1100)

White-robed Guanyin

Wu Bin (ca. 1591-1626)

Geese at dawn on a misty river

Formerly attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)

An amusement resort at the seashore

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

River landscape: mountains, pine-trees, and buildings

Formerly attributed to Zhao Boju (ca. 1120s-ca.1162)

Bamboo, frog, and insects

Traditionally attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)