Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works created 1940 or earlier (11,978) works on display (740) works with images (9,412) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Chelsea Male gardener (one of a pair) circa 1765-circa 1769 L2012.109 On display – Grand Courts Nicholas Chevalier Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Victoria circa 1862 4476 On display – Grand Courts Nicholas Chevalier The Ovens Valley, Victoria 1893 212.1999 On display – Grand Courts China Guardian figure 1368-1644 1309 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Snuff bottle late 18th century-early 19th century 2088 On display – North Building lower level 2 China Dish with design of Qilin early 16th century-mid 16th century EC2.1969 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Altar vessel 'zun' 1735-1795 EC3.1969 On display – North Building lower level 1 China Altar vessel 'dou' EC5.1967.a-b On display – Lower Asian gallery China Brush pot late 18th century-mid 19th century 344.1977 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Bird cage EV3.1961 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Vase 6956.5 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Alms bowl 0618-0907 EC61.1962 On display – North Building lower level 1 China Bowl decorated with peonies 19th century 6956.55 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Figure of Guanyin 7314 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion 12th century-13th century 138.1982 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Monteith circa 1710-1720 251.1984 On display – Grand Courts China Kendi decorated with panels of floral designs late 16th century-17th century 18.1998 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Cong ritual jade 1900 BCE-1600 BCE 331.1993 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion 19th century 9952.29 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Seated Buddha calling the Earth to witness (bhumisparsha mudra) 18th century 479.1996 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Maitreya, Buddha of the future 14th century 566.1996 On display – Upper Asian gallery China 'Luohan' late 12th century-13th century 110.2003 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Man's bamboo undergarment 19th century 316.2009 On display – Lower Asian gallery Chitrashala Press Durga killing the buffalo demon late 19th century 104.2011 On display – Upper Asian gallery Chitrashala Press Rani of Jhansi Lakshmi Bhai late 19th century-early 20th century 107.2011 On display – Upper Asian gallery Chitrashala Press Siddhi Vinayak (a form of Ganesha) late 19th century-early 20th century 108.2011 On display – Upper Asian gallery Carlo CignaniCarlo Cignani's workshop The five senses 1670s 8659 On display – Grand Courts Sir George Clausen Propping the rick; a stormy day 1911 4803 On display – Grand Courts Company school A farmer circa 1770 9639 On display – Grand Courts Company school A Brahmin official circa 1770 9640 On display – Grand Courts Company school Itinerant acrobats circa 1770 9644 On display – 20th-century galleries (lower level 1) Company school An itinerant entertainer and his wife circa 1770 9647 On display – Grand Courts Charles Conder Departure of the Orient - Circular Quay 1888 829 On display – Grand Courts Charles Conder The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers 1891 1.1982 On display – Grand Courts Charles Conder Bronte, Queen's Birthday 1888 3.2017 On display – Grand Courts Charles Conder On the River Yarra, near Heidelberg, Victoria circa 1890 298.2002 On display – Grand Courts Charles Conder Rainy day 1888 458.2017 On display – Grand Courts Charles Conder Sunset, Sydney Harbour circa 1888 202.2010 On display – Grand Courts John Constable Landscape with a goatherd and goats (after Claude) 1823 OB1.1961 On display – Grand Courts attrib. Camille Jean Baptise Corot Le vieux pont 19th century 1141 On display – Grand Courts Grace Cossington Smith The sock knitter 1915 OA18.1960 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Grace Cossington Smith The reader 1916 22.1974 On display – Library, archive and children's art library Grace Cossington Smith Rushing circa 1922 OA8.1967 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Grace Cossington Smith Things on an iron tray on the floor circa 1928 OA9.1967 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Grace Cossington Smith Wonga Wonga Street, Turramurra circa 1930 WA2.1967 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Grace Cossington Smith Landscape at Pentecost circa 1932 OA2.1964 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Grace Cossington Smith The Lacquer Room 1936 OA10.1967 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Grace Cossington Smith The curve of the bridge 1928-1929 1.1991 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Olive Cotton Tea cup ballet circa 1935 218.1980 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Olive Cotton Max after surfing 1939, printed 1998 424.2015 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Theo Cowan Eccleston du Faur FRGS 1897 3268 On display – Grand Courts Theo Cowan E.L. Montefiore 1898 3267 On display – Grand Courts Laurens Craen Still life with imaginary view circa 1645-circa 1650 552 On display – Grand Courts Mildred Creed Gumleaf pendant and chain circa 1914 2260.a-b On display – Grand Courts Mildred Creed Spider (tarantula) pendant and chain circa 1914 2266.a-b On display – Grand Courts Grace Crowley Portrait of Lucie Beynis 1929 OA14.1965 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Anne Dangar Plate circa 1934 C4.1969 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Anne Dangar Tureen with cubist design circa 1934 87.2017.a-b On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India Krishna greeting Balarama, illustration from a Bhagavata Purana circa 1800 110.2021 On display – Lower Asian gallery Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo The strike's aftermath 1913 640 On display – Grand Courts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13