15th century public domain art

Artworks created between 1401 and 1500, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.

Works in 15th century public domain art

The tearful parting of Su Wu and Li Ling

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

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)

The three stars

Formerly attributed to Gong Kai 龔開 (1222-1307)

Visitor to a mountain retreat

Style of Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

Two gentlemen contemplating a waterfall

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)

Eight mynah birds with bamboo and orchids

Formerly attributed to Huang Quan (903-968)

Birds, plum blossoms, and bamboo in winter

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

Landscape: mountains, stream, and pine-trees

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

Water buffaloes and herd-boys crossing a stream

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

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)

Summoning the sage at Wei River

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

Gazing at a Waterfall by a Pine Bluff

Follower of Zhang Lu (1464-1538)

The five ancients

Formerly attributed to Li Congxun (active early 12th century)

Ducks, torrent, and overhanging rocks

Style of Lü Ji (ca. 1420-ca. 1505)

Landscape: mountains, a river, and buildings

Formerly attributed to Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

Damaged fragment of screen

Attributed to Kano Masanobu (1434-1530)

Fishing boats among mountains and streams

Formerly attributed to Guan Tong (early 10th century)

Bringing a Lute to Visit a Friend

Formerly attributed to He Zhen (active early 12th century)

Pair of phoenixes on a firmiana tree

Formerly attributed to Bian Luan (active late 8th-early 9th century)

Wind and Snow at Ba Bridge

Formerly attributed to Wu Junchen (active mid-13th century)

Landscape

Attributed to Kano Motonobu (1476-1559)

Listening to the Pines in a Riverside Pavilion

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

Way-station and travelers

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

Birds, Willow Tree, and Flowers

Follower of Lü Ji (ca. 1420-ca. 1505)

Landscape: Mountains, river, buildings and moon

Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)

Awaiting the Ferry

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

Lady under a gnarled pine tree

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

Listening to the sound of autumn

Formerly attributed to Ma Hezhi 馬和之 (active mid- to late 12th century)

Mending clothes in the early morning sun

Formerly attributed to Li Yuanji (active mid- to late 11th century)

Returning home by boat in the autumn mountains

Formerly attributed to Jing Hao (傳)荊浩 (ca. 870-ca.935)

Verdant Peaks in Clouds

Formerly attributed to Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

Buddhist triad of Shakyamuni, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra

Kose Arishige 臣勢有重（有茂） (born 1300)

Ge Hong moving house

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

Landscape

Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506)

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox

Saint Jerome (recto); Soldier with a Spear (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio

Bust of a Young Woman

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)

Saint Catherine

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Albrecht Dürer

The Vision of Saint Eustace

Albrecht Dürer

Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist

Anonymous, German, 16th century

Faith

Anonymous, German, 16th century

The King's Sons Shooting at Their Father's Corpse

Anonymous, German, 16th century

The Dance of Death

Anonymous, German, 16th century

Design for a Table Fountain

Hans Holbein the Younger

Christ Carrying the Cross

Wolfgang Huber

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Master of the Drapery Studies

Kneeling Female Figure

Master MZ

King Herod Receiving the Three Magi

Martin Schongauer

St. Matthew

Martin Schongauer

Imaginary Hilly Landscape with Ruins

Paul Bril

Boats and Houses

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock

Standing Male Figure

Filippino Lippi

A Country Dance

Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century

Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht

Albrecht Dürer

The Sense of Hearing

Hans von Aachen