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Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...

Seated River Goddess

Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

River Hamlet

Unidentified Artist Chinese, 12th–13th century Song dynasty (960–1279)

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Sixth Angel Delivers the Four Angel...

St. Eustace of Rome crossing a river, one of his sons is seized by a l...

Washing Horses in a River

Unidentified Artist Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi River on a reed

River of Badashan from BL Royal 19 D I, f. 72v

Miniature of travellers encountering the River of Badashan. Image taken from f. 72v of Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances. Written in French.

River of Badashan from BL Royal 19 D I, f. 72v

Detail of a miniature of travellers encountering the River of Badashan. Image taken from f. 72v of Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances. Writt... more

Acutus sapor (Strong flavour), Acetosus sapor (Sour flavour), Achates ...

4 historiated initials: 'A'(cutus) of a man holding an orange object; 'A'(cetosus) of a bust of a man; 'A'(chates) of a man holding an orange stone; 'A'(dam) of the Creation of Eve. Image taken from f. 45 of Om... more

Angling in the Autumn River

Naaman dips himself seven times in the river Jordan and is cured

Alexander the Great's campaign against Syria; he fights the nobles of ...

The miraculously floating axe-head: followers of Elisha cut trees near...

River Landscape After Xia Gui

Unidentified Artist Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

River of crystal, the angel, and John from BL Royal 15 D III, f. 532

Miniature of the River of Crystal, the angel, and John. Image taken from f. 532 of Bible historiale, the early version. Written in French.

River Landscape after Xia Gui

Unidentified Artist Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

God enthroned in heaven with the river of life and the tree of life

Alexander encountering the gymnosophists; Alexander at the river Pison...

Miniature of Alexander encountering the gymnosophists, a race of naked wise men who live in caves; miniature of Alexander arriving at the river Pison. Image taken from f. 17v of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot ... more

Naaman dips himself seven times in the river Jordan and is cured

St. Julian the Hospitaller and his wife ferry Christ across the river ...

St. Eustace of Rome crossing a river, his two sons are seized by a wol...

The sixth angel sounds: the four angels bound in the river Euphrates a...

Constellation: Eridanus (the River); Star called Canopus or constellat...

Casting the babies into the river from BL Add 26957, f. 42

Textual illustration of ~ha-yeorah tashlihuhu~ (you shall cast [the male babies] into the river): a man casting a naked baby into the river. Image taken from f. 42 of Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite. Writt... more

Battle between Sertorius and Pompey near the river Sucro

Tree on a River Bank

Attributed to India

River God (one of a pair)

River Landscape with Wagons on a Road near a Village

Joos de Momper the Younger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1564–1635 Antwerp)

River Scene

Circle of Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp)

Hilly Landscape with River, Bridge and Houses with Two Figures at Left

Naked woman (Leda) and swan (Zeus) embrace on a river bank; two figure...

River God (one of a pair)

Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi River on a Reed

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

Naked man viewed from behind climbing a river bank, after Michelangelo

Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))

The Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan

Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden)

The Judgment of Paris; he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pall...

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

A River God (recto); Sketches for the Vestibule of the Laurenziana, Fl...

Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati) (Italian, Settignano near Florence 1511–1592 Florence)

Constellation: Eridanus (the River); Star called Canopus of constellat...

The sixth angel sounds: the four angels bound in the river Euphrates a...

St. James the Great as pilgrim, appearing at the side of a river in wh...

Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with ...

Turnus, Overwhelmed by the Trojans, Crosses the River to Return to His...

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne from ...

Design for a Wall Decoration with a River God and Putti carrying the S...

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne from ...

The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels)

River God Po reclining on a rocky bank, a winged putto and long-necked...

Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Interlaced Figures, o...

The Baptism in the river Jordan (mould with original impression)

Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Non-Figural Interlace...

The Baptism in the river Jordan (mould with original impression)

Dish with Metabus Throwing Camilla across the River Amasenus

The Baptism in the river Jordan (mould with original impression)

Landscape with Fort and a Church on a River

The Army of Charles V Crossing the Elbe River

Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara)

View on a River, with a Castle on an Island

Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna)

Modern Grotesque Decoration with a River God

Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554–ca. 1600, died 1605)

A Mountainous River Landscape with a Hermit and a Chapel

River Landscape

Xiang Yuanbian (Chinese, 1525–1590) Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Allegory of the Medici Family with river gods in the foreground and in...

River Landscape with Daedalus and Icarus

River Landscape with Mercury Abducting Psyche

Simon Novellanus (16th century)

Study from a Statue of a River God

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century

River Scene

Anonymous, French, 17th century

Design for a Fountain with a River God, Dolphins and other Figures

Landscape with River

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century

River Landscape with Mountains

Herman Saftleven II (Dutch, Rotterdam 1609–1685 Utrecht)

River Landscape with Mountain Stream

Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, Lille 1609–1690 Utrecht)

Figures and a River God

A River Landscape with Travellers

Herman van Swanevelt (Dutch, Woerden (?) ca. 1603–1655 Paris)

River Scene with Boats before a densely Wooded Bank

Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, Naarden, born ca. 1600–1603, died 1670 Haarlem)

Landscape with a River and a Village

Mountainous River Landscape

Jacob Esselens (Dutch, Amsterdam 1626–1687 Amsterdam)

River Scene with Boats

Simon de Vlieger (Dutch, Rotterdam (?) ca. 1600/1601–1653 Weesp)

River Scene

Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596–1656 The Hague)

River View with Figures

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century

River Scene

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century

Women on a Bridge Tossing Fans into a River

River Landscape with Traveler

Cornelis Vroom (Dutch, Haarlem 1591–1661 Haarlem)

The River Seine at the Bend of the Mall

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (Dutch, Amsterdam ca. 1623–1664 Amsterdam)

The Rock in the Middle of the River

Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, Alkmaar 1621–1675 Amsterdam)

River Landscape

A River Estuary

Attributed to Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596–1656 The Hague)

Landscape with River and Three Figures

Vase with a River God in an Oval Medallion

Landscape with a Draughtsman Seated by a River, a Bridge and a Cottage...

A River Landscape with the Baptism of the Eunuch

Hendrick Hondius I (Netherlandish, Duffel 1573–1650 Amsterdam)

Classical Landscape with a Building and a River

Wooded Landscape with a House by a River

Lucas van Uden (Flemish, Antwerp 1595–1673 Antwerp)

Vase with a River God in an Oval Medallion

Landscape with Figures on the Bank of a River

Gaspard Dughet (French, Rome 1615–1675 Rome)

Wooded Landscape with a House beside a River

Lucas van Uden (Flemish, Antwerp 1595–1673 Antwerp)

Rugged Wooded River Landscape with Travellers on a Road and a Town Bey...

River Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, Lille 1609–1690 Utrecht)

Five numbered scenes, each after a painter in the Accademia Degl'Incam...

Plate 21: view from the west of ruins of the Aventine Hill, Rome, with...