16th century public domain art

Artworks created between 1501 and 1600, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.

Works in 16th century public domain art

Sparrows feeding their young

Formerly attributed to Huang Quan (903-968)

Listening to a Flute in a Lakeside Pavilion

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

A pheasant, a rock, and peonies

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

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

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

Heron and willow

Hanabusa Itcho 英一蝶 (1652-1724)

Woodcutter receiving a drink at a fishing boat

Formerly attributed to Fang Congyi (active 1340-1380)

After Lu Hong's "Thatched Hut"

Traditionally attributed to Lu Hong (active 713-742)

An immortal gathering herbs and fungus

Formerly attributed to Meng Xian (active 11th century)

A spoonbill and water-grass

School of Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

Pavilion in a grove by the water

Formerly attributed to Dong Qichang 董其昌 (1555-1636)

Central Asians presenting tribute horses

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

A Woman and a butterfly

Traditionally attributed to Xu Chongju (11th century)

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

Bird and plum blossoms

Hanabusa Itcho 英一蝶 (1652-1724)

Hills along a river

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

Guanyin and Shancai

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

Boy performing a Narihira Dance

Style of Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

An imperial hunt

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

Emperor Minghuang and consort Yang Playing Weiqi

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

Luohans Moving Through Forests and Sea

Formerly attributed to Fanlong 梵隆 (active mid-12th century)

Flowers

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

Herdboys and water buffaloes crossing a stream

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

Pines, rock, and bamboo

Formerly attributed to Wu Daozi (傳)吳道子 (active ca. 710-760)

Six fan papers: miscellaneous subjects

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

Luohans and animals crossing the sea

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

Seated youth

Abu'l Hasan (born 1588 or 1589)

Amitabha welcoming a soul to paradise

Formerly attributed to Su Hanchen (active early to mid-12th century)

Fallen Flowers, Playing Fish

Traditionally attributed to Zhao Kexiong (born ca. 1080)

Landscape

Kano Shoei (1519-1592)

A soft-drink peddler and customers 明貨郎圖冊頁

Jiang Yin

Landscape: perpendicular cliffs and rough water

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

Flowers, ducks, and quail

Formerly attributed to Huang Jubao (active mid-10th century)

Caparisoned elephant and attendant

Traditionally attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)

Landscape

Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

Traveling at dawn in the snowy foothills 《雪麓早行圖》

Attributed to Fan Qi 樊圻 (1616-ca. 1695)

Flowers of the seasons

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

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

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

Fishing with cormorants

Formerly attributed to Gong Kai 龔開 (1222-1307)

Grape vines 葡萄図屏風

Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1543-1590)

Chrysanthemums

Master of I-nen Seal (1600-1630)

Chiang Tzu-ya fishing

Kaiho Yusho (1533-1615)

Winter landscape

Formerly attributed to Yan Wengui (10th century)

Landscape with travelers

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

Chinese man and woman in a boat

Kano Yasunobu (1613-1685)

Riding through snow in search of plum blossoms

Formerly attributed to Han Huang (723-787)

Wisteria blossoms

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

An eagle on a snow-laden blossoming plum tree

Soga Nichokuan

Landscape with pines

Formerly attributed to Zhang Zao (mid- to late 8th century)

Dragons and Clouds 雲龍図屏風 （右隻）

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

Two male figures, standing

Formerly attributed to Cao Ba (ca. 704-ca. 770)

Celestial Horses

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

A bird on a stump

Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

Scenes from the lives of famous men

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

Mountain village

Formerly attributed to Wen Boren 文伯仁 (1502-1575)

Flowers and grasses

Master of I-nen Seal (1600-1630)

The Imam of Baghdad brought before the Caliph on a charge of heresy from the <em>Tarikh-i-Alfi</em>

Basawan

Ivy vines, bridges and floating fans 蔦の細道扇面流図屏風

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

Screen with Scattered Fans 扇面散図屛風

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