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

Guess the Painting's Year worksheet, Thu, October 8, 2026

Name: ______________________

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

1.
Year made: about ________
Why do you think so?
2.
Year made: about ________
Country: ○ the Netherlands (Dutch) ○ France ○ Sweden ○ Flanders (Flemish)
Why do you think so?
3.
Year made: about ________
Country: ○ Tibet ○ Japan ○ Korea ○ China
Why do you think so?
4.
Year made: about ________
Country: ○ Greece ○ France ○ Flanders (Flemish) ○ Italy
Why do you think so?
5.
Year made: about ________
Country: ○ Denmark ○ the Low Countries (Netherlandish) ○ Britain ○ Austria
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. Museum record: dated 1664–65"A Night-time Gathering", Folio from the Davis AlbumMuhammad Zaman, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915. CC0.
2. Museum record: 1490 to 1500, Artist nationality: FrenchPortrait of a Young ManFrench (Burgundian?) Painter, Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931. CC0.
3. Museum record: early 15th century, Culture: JapanScene from the Life of the BuddhaNot recorded, Section from a cycle of eight scenes from the life of the Buddha; ink, color, and gold on silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Alvin E. Friedman-Kien, 1993. CC0.
4. Museum record: 1866, Artist nationality: FrenchStill Life with Flowers and FruitHenri Fantin-Latour, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard Gift, by exchange, 1980. CC0.
5. Museum record: probably 1805, Artist nationality: BritishLady Hester King (died 1873)John Hoppner, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Bernard M. Baruch, in memory of his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch, 1959. CC0.