Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works created 1940 or earlier (12,068) works on display (772) works with images (9,587) 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 China Monteith circa 1710-1720 251.1984 China Altar vessel 'zun' 1735-1795 EC3.1969 On display – North Building, lower level 1 China Brush pot late 18th century-mid 19th century 344.1977 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Altar vessel 'dou' EC5.1967.a-b On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Bird cage EV3.1961 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Alms bowl 0618-0907 EC61.1962 On display – North Building, lower level 1 China Snuff bottle ('Tale of the white snake') late 18th century-early 19th century 2088 On display – North Building, lower level 2 China Cong ritual jade 1900 BCE-1600 BCE 331.1993 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Kendi decorated with panels of floral designs late 16th century-17th century 18.1998 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Seated Buddha calling the Earth to witness (bhumisparsha mudra) 18th century 479.1996 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Man's bamboo undergarment 19th century 316.2009 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries China Insignia badge for the wife of a 6th rank civil official with egret 1736-1795 28.2001 China Dish with design of Qilin early 16th century-mid 16th century EC2.1969 China Guardian figure 1368-1644 1309 China Vase 6956.5 China Bowl decorated with peonies 19th century 6956.55 China Figure of Guanyin 7314 Image not available China The Buddhist monk Bodhidharma 18th century 9323 China Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion 19th century 9952.29 China Maitreya, Buddha of the future 14th century 566.1996 Carlo CignaniCarlo Cignani's workshop The five senses 1670s 8659 Sir George Clausen Propping the rick; a stormy day 1911 4803 Marshall Claxton The Dickinson family 1851 4492 Marshall Claxton Helen Mary Dickinson (aged two years) 1852 4493 Company style A Brahmin and his wife circa 1770 9636 Company style An allegory of imperial power circa 1770 9637 Company style A carpenter and his wife circa 1770 9642 Company style Itinerant acrobats circa 1770 9644 On display – South Building, lower level 1, 20th-century galleries Charles Conder Departure of the Orient - Circular Quay 1888 829 Charles Conder The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers 1891 1.1982 Charles Conder Sunset, Sydney Harbour circa 1888 202.2010 Charles Conder Bronte, Queen's Birthday 1888 3.2017 Charles Conder On the River Yarra, near Heidelberg, Victoria circa 1890 298.2002 Charles Conder Rainy day 1888 458.2017 John Constable Landscape with a goatherd and goats (after Claude) 1823 OB1.1961 attrib. Camille Jean Baptise Corot Le vieux pont 19th century 1141 Grace Cossington Smith The sock knitter 1915 OA18.1960 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith The reader 1916 22.1974 On display – South Building, lower level 3, Library, archive and children's art library Grace Cossington Smith Rushing circa 1922 OA8.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith Things on an iron tray on the floor circa 1928 OA9.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith The Lacquer Room 1936 OA10.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Cossington Smith The curve of the bridge 1928-1929 1.1991 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Fred Coventry Self portrait 1927 DA20.1968 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Laurens Craen Still life with imaginary view circa 1645-circa 1650 552 Mildred Creed Gumleaf pendant and chain circa 1914 2260.a-b Mildred Creed Spider (tarantula) pendant and chain circa 1914 2266.a-b Peggy Crombie The clothes line 1932 247.1983 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Grace Crowley Portrait of Lucie Beynis 1929 OA14.1965 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Janet Cumbrae Stewart The model disrobing 1917 6313 Anne Dangar Plate circa 1934 C4.1969 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Anne Dangar Tureen with cubist design circa 1934 87.2017.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo The strike's aftermath 1913 640 Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo Poverty makes strange bedfellows 1905 216.2009 David Davies A summer evening circa 1895 866 David Davies Cornish village at sunset circa 1905 120.1984 Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes Sad forebodings of what is going to happen 1810-1813, printed 1863 125.2019.1 Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes And theres no help for it 1810-1813, printed 1863 125.2019.15 Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes This is worse 1810-1813, printed 1863 125.2019.37 Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes The worst is to beg 1810-1813, printed 1863 125.2019.55 Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes Harvest of the dead 1810-1813, printed 1863 125.2019.63 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13