Playful Collection

Studies of Cats and of a Dragon, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of Cats and of a Dragon, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Cats playing with a chessboard. Artist: Goupil and Co
Cats playing with a chessboard

"How are you?" by J. C. Dollman, 1876. Creator: RC West. "How are you?" by J. C. Dollman, 1876
"How are you?" by J. C. Dollman, 1876. Engraving from a painting. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Krishna and Balarama Play with Gopas, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana... between 1525 and 1550. Creator: Unknown
Krishna and Balarama Play with Gopas, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord) (recto), Text (verso), between 1525 and 1550

The Reversal of Roles, Episodes from the Krishna Lila (The Play of Krishna)... c1725. Creator: Unknown
The Reversal of Roles, Episodes from the Krishna Lila (The Play of Krishna), Folio from a Sur Sagar (The Ocean of Sur Das) (image 2 of 11), c1725

Peasant and Dog, 17th century. Creator: Frederick Bloemaert
Peasant and Dog, 17th century

Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman with Fire, early 1620s. Creator: Nicolas Regnier
Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman with Fire, early 1620s

The dog Courtisan, c17th century. Creator: Unknown
The dog Courtisan, c17th century

The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century. Creator: Jacob Ochtervelt
The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century

Portrait of a Child, c18th century. Creator: Anon
Portrait of a Child, c18th century

Radha and Krishna Exchange Clothes, c1800. Creator: Unknown
Radha and Krishna Exchange Clothes, c1800

Tokugawa Ietsuga Playing at Archery, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Ietsuga Playing at Archery, 1875. From Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 6 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 6 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

Costumes de Différents Pays, Paysanne de Quito, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Paysanne de Quito, c1797

Netsuke in the Form of a Monkey on a Horse, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Netsuke in the Form of a Monkey on a Horse, 19th century

Pair of Okimono in the Form of Chinese Lions on Pierced Balls, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Pair of Okimono in the Form of Chinese Lions on Pierced Balls, 19th century

Okimono in the Form of a Pair of Gamboling Piebald Puppies, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Okimono in the Form of a Pair of Gamboling Piebald Puppies, 19th century

Wild Boar Pair, early 19th century. Creator: Kano Tomokazu
Wild Boar Pair, early 19th century

Five Rat Group, Mid-late 19th century. Creator: Ikkan
Five Rat Group, Mid-late 19th century

Tiger Rolling, c1850-1869. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
Tiger Rolling, c1850-1869. In this amusing scene, the tiger rolls on the ground, rubbing its back in a manner similar to that of domestic cats

A Fox Family, 1886. Creator: Bruno Liljefors
A Fox Family, 1886

Krishna and Gopis Celebrating the Holi Festival, between c1700 and c1720. Creator: Unknown
Krishna and Gopis Celebrating the Holi Festival, between c1700 and c1720

Madonna and Child, 1480-1485. Creator: Bartolomeo Montagna
Madonna and Child, 1480-1485. Christ and Mary's divinity is downplayed; their halos are just barely visible and they appear quite simply as mother and son

The Musicians, c.1876-c.1877. Creator: Henriette Ronner
The Musicians, c.1876-c.1877. An amusing contrast can discerned in this lively scene by Henriette Ronner-Knip, renowned for her sentimental depictions of cats and dogs in domestic interiors

Boys playing, 1722-1774. Creator: Arnout Rentinck
Boys playing, 1722-1774. One child holds a tambourine, while another, holding a sprig of holly, tussles with a third boy

Maria Mathilda Bingham with Two of her Children, c.1810-c.1818. Creator: Thomas Lawrence
Maria Mathilda Bingham with Two of her Children, c.1810-c.1818

Piano Practice Interrupted, 1813. Creator: Willem Bartel van der Kooi
Piano Practice Interrupted, 1813. A native of Friesland, artist Van der Kooi specialised in painting children. The children in this painting are shown in a playful, spontaneous pose

The Calmady children, after 1850. Creator: English School
The Calmady children, after 1850

Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1941 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1941

Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views... c.1814/17
Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)", Japan, c. 1814/17

Baby Satyrs and Putti Playing with Donkey, n.d. Creator: Jacob de Wit
Baby Satyrs and Putti Playing with Donkey, n.d

Three Bears, plate ten from Four-Legged Animals, 1594. Creator: Nicolaes de Bruyn
Three Bears, plate ten from Four-Legged Animals, 1594

Seven Putti at Play with Symbols of Vanity, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Seven Putti at Play with Symbols of Vanity, n.d

Design: Children, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: Benoit-Louis Prevost
Design: Children, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Five Putti at Play, n.d. Creator: Jacob de Wit
Five Putti at Play, n.d

Three Cherubs Playing around a Rock, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Three Cherubs Playing around a Rock, n.d

Gerda Hagborg II, 1893. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Gerda Hagborg II, 1893

Air, ca. 1748. Creator: Jean Daullé
Air, ca. 1748. After Francois Boucher

Three Children Among Clouds Near a Palm Leaf, 1738-45. Creator: Gabriel Huquier
Three Children Among Clouds Near a Palm Leaf, 1738-45. After Francois Boucher

The Meeting, 1884. Artist: Maria Konstantinowka Bashkirtseff
The Meeting, 1884. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Two Cupids, One Holding a Wreath, mid to late 18th century. After Francois Boucher

Young Woman Wearing Lace Gloves Holding a Daguerreotype Case, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Young Woman Wearing Lace Gloves Holding a Daguerreotype Case, 1860s

The Sea Rider, c1915. Artist: Ludwig von Hofmann
The Sea Rider, c1915. From Die Meister Des XX. Jahrhunderts IV. [Verlag E. A. Seemann, Leipzig, 1935]

Woodland Deities Sourrounded by Dancing Bacchantes and Children Playing, 1848. Creator: Lorenz Frolich
Woodland Deities Sourrounded by Dancing Bacchantes and Children Playing, 1848

The Joy of Life, 1908-1915. Creator: Edvard Weie
The Joy of Life, 1908-1915

Five Sketches of Lions: Lioness with Cub, n. d. Creator: Henry Stacy Marks
Five Sketches of Lions: Lioness with Cub, n.d

Hares Playing in Surf on a Moonlit Night, c. 1771. Creator: Isoda Koryusai
Hares Playing in Surf on a Moonlit Night, c. 1771

Mother and Children at the New Year, 18th century. Creator: Utagawa Toyoharu
Mother and Children at the New Year, 18th century. Detail from a larger artwork

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