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

Guess the Painting's Year worksheet, Fri, October 9, 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: ○ Switzerland ○ France ○ the Netherlands (Dutch) ○ Belgium

    Why do you think so?

  2. 2.Today's painting number 2

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ China ○ Japan ○ Tibet ○ Korea

    Why do you think so?

  3. 3.Today's painting number 3

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Korea ○ Japan ○ Tibet ○ China

    Why do you think so?

  4. 4.Today's painting number 4

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ China ○ Korea ○ Japan ○ Tibet

    Why do you think so?

  5. 5.Today's painting number 5

    Year made: about ________

    Country: ○ Japan ○ China ○ Korea ○ Tibet

    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: 1891, Artist nationality: FrenchIa Orana Maria (Hail Mary)Paul Gauguin, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951. CC0.
  2. 2. Museum record: early 17th century, Culture: JapanPoem by Onakatomi Yoshinobu with Underpainting of HollyhocksShōkadō Shōjō, Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on colored paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mrs. Jackson Burke Gift, 1979. CC0.
  3. 3. 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.
  4. 4. Museum record: 1810s, Culture: Japan“Inrō and Netsuke,” from the series Famous Leathers, Inrō, and Netsuke (Meibutsu kawa, inrō, netsuke) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2Kubo Shunman, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. CC0.
  5. 5. Museum record: ca. 1776–83, Culture: JapanRabbit and RosesMori Ransai, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2019. CC0.