Prints on A4 portrait. Page one is the quiz, page two the answers and artwork details.

Guess the Painting's Year worksheet, Sun, September 27, 2026

Name: ______________________

Look at each painting. Write the year you think it was made. If there are options, circle a country.

  1. 1.Today's painting number 1

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Greece ○ Russia ○ Britain ○ the Netherlands (Dutch)

    Why do you think so?

  2. 2.Today's painting number 2

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Korea ○ Tibet ○ Japan ○ China

    Why do you think so?

  3. 3.Today's painting number 3

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Switzerland ○ Italy ○ Belgium ○ the Low Countries (Netherlandish)

    Why do you think so?

  4. 4.Today's painting number 4

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Korea ○ Japan ○ Tibet ○ China

    Why do you think so?

  5. 5.Today's painting number 5

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Norway ○ France ○ Switzerland ○ Belgium

    Why do you think so?

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Answers and artwork details

Dates and countries are The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own records. If the record is a range, any year inside it is correct.

  1. 1. Museum record: 1799–1800, Artist nationality: BritishThe Angel Appearing to ZachariasWilliam Blake, Pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951. CC0.
  2. 2. Museum record: ca. 1555–61, Culture: JapanDaoist Master Fei ZhangfangSesson Shūkei, Hanging scroll; ink on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2022. CC0.
  3. 3. Museum record: ca. 1320, Artist nationality: ItalianMadonna and ChildSegna di Buonaventura, Tempera on wood, gold ground. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924. CC0.
  4. 4. Museum record: first edition printed in 1679, Culture: ChinaPage from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of PaintingWang Gai, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1924. CC0.
  5. 5. Museum record: ca. 1640, Artist nationality: FrenchThe Penitent MagdalenGeorges de La Tour, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978. CC0.