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Works

波濤図屏風|Rough Waves

「富嶽三十六景　神奈川沖浪裏」|Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

[The Great Wave, Sète]

Gustave Le Gray

The Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream

1899; reworked by 1906

南宋　佚名　月下波浪圖　團扇|Waves in the moonlight

Unidentified artist

明/清佚名舊傳趙芾乘蓮渡江冊頁|Sage Floating on Lotus Leaf

Unidentified artist|Zhao Fei

mid-15th century

mid-15th century

明晚期宣德款銅龍鳳海獸紋方爐|Incense burner with dragon, phoenix, and sea creatures

16th–17th century

The Submersion of Pharoah's Army in the Red Sea, from twelve blocks: 'Block I, below Block H', showing the sea and a dog defecating

Domenico dalle Greche|Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)|Bernardino Benalio

ca. 1514–15 (published 1549)

Hope (Spes), from "The Virtues"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Hieronymus Cock|Philips Galle

Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Frans Huys|Hieronymus Cock

Armed Three-master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky from The Sailing Vessels

Frans Huys|Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Hieronymus Cock

A Dutch Hulk and a Boeier from The Sailing Vessels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Frans Huys|Cornelis Cort|Hieronymus Cock

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 49 (recto)

Federico de Vinciolo|Jean Le Clerc|Henri III, King of France and Poland|Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont|Chambolle-Duru

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

ca. 1615–1868

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

ca. 1615–1868

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

ca. 1615–1868

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

ca. 1615–1868

17th–18th century

江戸時代蟹波蒔絵箱|Box with Crabs and Waves

17th–18th century

17th–18th century

17th–18th century

Allegory Against the Pelagian Heresy (Allégorie contre l'hérésy pélagienne et armoires)

Ryugu Tamatori Hime no su|Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Piece from a kosode

Piece from a summer kosode (katabira)

Tempest in a roundel composition, at left waves toss a small ship occupied by seven figures, ships and dark clouds beyond

Matthijs van Plattenberg|Jean Morin

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

波に舟図屏風|Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

mid- to late 17th century

波に扇面流し図屏風|Fans upon Waves

mid-17th century

L'Air, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman|Frederick de Wit

L'Eau, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Water, from series The Four Elements

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

Ships in a Stormy Sea

Ludolf Backhuysen

mid-17th–early 18th century

Tower of Calais (Tour de Calais), from "Views of seaports" (Vues de ports de mar)

Stefano della Bella

Warship in the Trough of a Wave

Wenceslaus Hollar

Wenceslaus Hollar|Peter Stent

Warship in the trough of a wave

Wenceslaus Hollar|John Overton

A yacht and three warships in a storm

Wenceslaus Hollar

Merchant Ships and Smaller Sailing Boats in a Strong Breeze, Dolphins in the Waves

Hendrick Rietschoof

18th–19th century

18th–19th century

18th–19th century

early 18th century

18th–19th century

18th–19th century

Katsushika Hokusai

18th–19th century

Woman's overvest

18th–19th century

18th–19th century