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

Nocturne: Amsterdam in Winter

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Liu Hai with a three-legged toad

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

A rider lassoing a horse

Traditionally attributed to Zhao Yong 趙雍 (1291-1361)

Birds and plum-blossoms in the snow

Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)

Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

The tearful parting of Su Wu and Li Ling

Formerly attributed to Liu Guandao (active ca. 1270-1300)

Children playing in a garden 明 庭院嬰戯圖 冊頁

Formerly attributed to Zhou Wenju (傳)周文矩 (active mid-10th century)

Two boys playing with the puppet of a lion

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

The studious woodcutter Zhu Maichen

Follower of Jiang Song (active late 15th-early 16th century)

Visiting a friend by boat

Formerly attributed to Zhong Wenxiu (11th century)

Cranes and chrysanthemums

Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)

Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men (part 2)

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

Swimming geese

Lin Liang (ca. 1428-ca. 1495)

A courtesan under a cherry tree

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Literary gathering

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

Ocean sky, rising sun

Formerly attributed to Li Zhaodao 李昭道 (675-758)

Snow-laden pine and shrub

Signature of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

Visiting a friend after snowfall without a meeting

Formerly attributed to Guan Tong (early 10th century)

Layered peaks and winding dikes

Formerly attributed to Fan Kuan (傳)范寬 (ca. 960-ca. 1030)

Pine trees

Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

Two gentlemen contemplating a waterfall

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

Two men and a water-buffalo

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

Trestle roads in the mountains of Shu

Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)

Mountain landscape

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

Nine white egrets and a willow tree

Formerly attributed to Xu Chongsi (active 11th century)

Two travelers in the rain

Formerly attributed to Wu Wei (1459-1508)

Two geese feeding in a lotus pond

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

Fugen

Takuma Eiga 宅間栄賀 (fl. early 14th century)

Melon vines, flowers, and insects

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

Man and woman enjoying plum blossoms

Formerly attributed to Zhang Gui (active mid-12th century)

Listening to a Flute in a Lakeside Pavilion

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

The Chinese Emperor Minghuang and his concubine Yang Guifei, with attendants on a terrace

Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1543-1590)

Water buffalo and herdboy under willows 柳蔭牧牛圖

Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

Still life: vase with peonies, and bric-a-brac

Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))

Eight mynah birds with bamboo and orchids

Formerly attributed to Huang Quan (903-968)

A group of geese under snow-covered willow and blossoming trees

Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)

The Rock Bridge at Mount Tiantai 天台石橋圖

Zhou Jichang 周季常 (active late 12th century)

Clear and chilly morning

Yuan Jiang (ca. 1694-1743)

Arhat (<em>Nakula</em>), one of a set of sixteen

Ryozen (ca. 1328-ca. 1360)

An immortal gathering herbs and fungus

Formerly attributed to Meng Xian (active 11th century)

Bird, fruit, and flowers

Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)

Fruits, vegetables, flowers, and insects

Formerly attributed to Zhao Chang (ca. 960-after 1015)

Scholar arriving at a riverside pavilion

Follower of Shi Rui 石銳 (ca. 1426-1470)

Flowers and insects

Formerly attributed to Qiu Yuqing (early to mid-10th century)

Birds, plum blossoms, and bamboo in winter

Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)

Landscape with farm buildings and figures

Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)

Geese Descending on Sands

Lin Xue (active early 17th century)

Central Asians presenting tribute horses

Traditionally attributed to Han Gan (ca. 715-after 781)

Fishermen raising a net

Formerly attributed to Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

Bodhisattva crossing the sea

Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

The Chinese emperor Ming Huang and Yang Kuei-fei

Kano school

Water buffaloes and herd-boys crossing a stream

Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

Children at play at the New Year 明嬰戯圖軸

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

Retirement on the river, in the style of Li Tang

Li Yin 李寅 (active 1694-1710)

An afternoon visit near tall pines

Formerly attributed to Hong Zifan (11th century?)

Two hawks on a withered bough

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

An immortal and a deer looking at a dragon overhead

Tuan Shigen (mid 18th century)

An imperial hunt

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

Saluting the sunrise over the sea

Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)

Island, sun, and flying swallows

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