title: The Unicorn Crosses a Stream (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

medium: Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts

country: French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)

subjects: French (cartoon)/south netherlandish (woven)

source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

source_id: met

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: Public Domain — released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) via The Met Open Access.

credit_line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937


title: Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes)

medium: Papyrus, ink

credit_line: Gift of  Edward S. Harkness, 1935


title: Virgin and Child with Four Angels

creator: Gerard David

medium: Oil on wood

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977


title: In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla)

creator: José Guadalupe Posada

medium: Type-metal engraving and letterpress

subjects:
Print
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946


title: The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke

date: early 9th century

medium: Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello

country: Byzantine

subjects: Byzantine Enamels-cloisonné

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds

creator: John Constable

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950


title: Head of a ruler

medium: Copper alloy

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1947


title: Charity

creator: Guido Reni

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1974


title: Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille

creator: Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)

medium: Oil on wood; (verso: oil and gold on wood)

subjects: Painting Portraits

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck

medium: Oil on wood; verso: oil and gold on wood


title: Longcase astronomical regulator

creator: Ferdinand Berthoud

medium: Case: oak veneered with ebony and brass, with gilt-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel; Movement: gilded brass and steel

subjects: Astronomy Horology

credit_line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982


title: Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

medium: Limestone, paint

credit_line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1912


title: Processional Cross

creator: Northern Highlands artist

date: 14th–15th century

medium: Brass

country: Northern Highlands region

subjects:
Metal-sculpture
Northern highland region

credit_line: Purchase, Elaine Rosenberg Gift and funds from various donors, 1998


title: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

credit_line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949


title: Sabine Houdon (1787–1836)

creator: Jean Antoine Houdon

medium: White marble on gray marble socle


title: Study of Water and Plants

creator: Thomas Fearnley

medium: Oil on paper, laid down on wood

subjects: Botany Painting

credit_line: Gift of Christen Sveaas, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020


title: Yuny and His Wife Renenutet

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1915


title: Young Woman with a Pink

creator: Hans Memling


title: Flowers in a Grotesque Vase

creator: Orsola Maddalena Caccia

subjects: Painting Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Errol M. Rudman, 2020


title: Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

creator: Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)

medium: Tempera and gold on wood


title: The Birth of the Virgin

creator: Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)

medium: Tempera and oil on wood

credit_line: Rogers and Gwynne Andrews Funds, 1935


title: Marie Antoinette in a Park

creator: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

medium: Black chalk, stumped, and white chalk; framing lines in black chalk

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019


title: Saint Bridget of Sweden Receiving the Rule of Her Order

creator: Agostino d'Antonio di Duccio

medium: Marble

credit_line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1914


title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)

creator: Paul Gauguin

credit_line: Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951


title: Ten Verses on Oxherding

medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015


title: Poems from the Pavilion of True Meaning

creator: Zhou Lianggong

date: datable to 1663 or later

medium: Album of twenty-eight leaves; ink on paper

country: China

subjects: Calligraphy China

credit_line: Gift of Julia and John Curtis, 2015


title: The Penitence of Saint Jerome

creator: Joachim Patinir

medium: Oil on wood

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1936


title: Tabernacle Polyptych with the Madonna and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ

medium: Ivory with traces of original gilding and polychromy; silver hinges.

country: Northern France (?)

subjects:
Ivorie
Northern france


title: Clock watch with astronomical dial and sundial

creator: Jan Jansen Bockeltz

medium: Case: gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass, silver, and copper; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, and silver

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Damascus Room

date: dated 1119 AH/1707 CE

medium: Wood (poplar) with gesso relief, gold and tin leaf, glazes and paint; wood (cypress, poplar, and mulberry), mother-of-pearl, marble and other stones, stucco with glass, plaster ceramic tiles, iron, brass

credit_line: Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 1970


title: Dwarf (one of a pair)

creator: Villeroy

medium: Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels


title: The Prince and the Petitioner

creator: Vali Jan

date: late 16th century

medium: Ink and gold on paper

credit_line: Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935


title: Stela of Ptahmose

medium: Limestone

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1967


title: "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

creator: Habiballah of Sava

medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

subjects: Codice Birds

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1963


title: A Peasant Family

creator: Antoine Le Nain

medium: Oil on copper

credit_line: Gift of Michel David-Weill, 2023


title: Album di disegni fotogenici

creator: William Henry Fox Talbot

medium: Salted paper prints

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936


title: The Storm

creator: Pierre-Auguste Cot

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887


title: Tobatsu Bishamonten

date: late 10th–early 11th century

medium: Zelkova wood with traces of color

subjects: Sculpture Japan


title: Virgin and Child

medium: Elephant ivory with paint

country: French

subjects: French Ivories-elephant


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Salvator Rosa

credit_line: Bequest of Mary L. Harrison, 1921


title: Saint Philip Neri (1515–1595)

creator: Carlo Dolci

credit_line: Purchase, George Delacorte Fund Gift, in memory of George T. Delacorte Jr., Ronald S. Lauder, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Beinecke Gifts, 2016


title: A Woman with a Dog

creator: Giacomo Ceruti

credit_line: Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1930


title: Virgin and Child Enthroned

creator: Bohemian Painter

medium: Oil(?) and gold on wood

credit_line: Purchase, George T. Delacorte Jr. Gift, by exchange; Michel David-Weill Gift; The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcom P. Ripley, by exchange; The Rendl Fund; Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; and funds from various donors, by exchange, 2020


title: Scene from a Novella

creator: Liberale da Verona

medium: Tempera on wood

credit_line: Gwynne Andrews Fund, 1986


title: Celestial globe with clockwork

creator: Gerhard Emmoser

medium: Case: partially gilded silver, gilded brass; movement: brass, steel


title: David

creator: Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground

credit_line: Gwynne Andrews and Marquand Funds, and Gift of Mrs. Ralph J. Hines, by exchange, 1965


title: The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

creator: Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)

medium: Tempera and gold on wood

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Night-Shining White

creator: Han Gan

medium: Handscroll; ink on paper

subjects: Painting China

credit_line: Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1977


title: War club

medium: Wood and pigment

country: Pawnee, Native American

credit_line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2019


title: Whistling vessel

creator: Maya artist(s)

medium: Ceramic

country: Maya

subjects:
Maya
Ceramics-container
Ships & the sea

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1963


title: A Hypocrite and a Slanderer

creator: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

medium: Tin alloy

credit_line: Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Fund, and Lila Acheson Wallace, Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson Gifts, 2010


title: Diptych with the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment

medium: Elephant ivory, with metal mounts

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1970


title: Flying Apsaras (Hiten)

date: late 11th to early 12th century

medium: Japanese cypress with lacquer and gold

credit_line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015


title: Abraham

credit_line: Gwynne Andrews Fund, and Gift of G. Louise Robinson, by exchange, 1965


title: Plate with the god Chahk

medium: Ceramic, slip

subjects: Calligraphy Maya

credit_line: Gift of the Mol Collection, 2021


title: Engraved spouted jar

date: 50 BCE–100 CE

medium: Indurated limestone

subjects: Stone-container Maya

credit_line: Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 1999


title: Noah

credit_line: Gwynne Andrews Fund, and Gift of Paul Peralta Ramos, by exchange, 1965


title: Botanical Specimen

medium: Photogenic drawing

country: England

subjects:
Botany
Salted paper print
England
Photogram
Foliage
Botanical
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights_statement: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.

credit_line: Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Roses in a Vase

creator: Georges Seurat

medium: Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, edge mounted on tan wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Conté crayon
France
Roses
Botanical/floral
Print and drawing
Floral arrangement
Erasing
Paper (fiber product)
Black conté crayon
Conté crayon (tm)
Fabricated chalk
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Chasuble

creator: France

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts self-patterned by ground weft floats; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; lined with linen, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Floral arrangement
Botanical/floral
Weaving
Liturgical
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Skirt Panel for a Woman's Sack Gown

creator: Designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite (English, 1690–1763)

date: Design March 1, 1749

medium: Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts

subjects:
Garment
England
Flower
Foliage
Floral motif
Vine
Botanical/floral
Silk (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Brocading
Textile
Plain weave
Women artist

credit_line: Mildred L. Davison Memorial Fund


title: Panel

creator: Design in the style of Courtois (French, active c. 1732–1733)

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Flower
Botanical/floral
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Windrush

creator: Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)

date: Design 1883, made 1917–25

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Foliage
Floral
Botanical
Cotton (textile)
Block printing
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Plain weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken


title: Panel

creator: Spain

medium: Silk, satin weave with patterning wefts, cut and uncut voided velvet

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Botanical/floral
Cityscape
People
Silk (fiber)
Chinoiserie
Weaving - velvet
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Michael E. Abraham


title: Tulip and Rose

date: Design 1876

medium: Four panels joined: wool, plain weave triple cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Roses
Floral
Foliage
Botanical
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Arts and craft movement
Weaving
Piecing (needleworking)
Triple cloth
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Louise Lutz and Mildred Davison and the Textile Purchase Fund


title: Corncockle

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Botanical
Foliage
Flower
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Block printing
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye


title: Acanthus

medium: Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut "velveteen"; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Botanical
Chicago
Foliage
Cotton (textile)
Twill weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Block printing
Weaving - velvet
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Gift of the Chicago Architecture Foundation


title: Oak

date: Designed 1881

medium: Silk; damask weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Gordon R. Ewing


title: Tulip

date: Design 1875, made 1917–25

medium: Cotton, balanced plain weave; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Botanical
Foliage
Floral
Cotton (textile)
Block printing
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Plain weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye


title: Cope

creator: Italy, probably Venice

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:4 'S' twill interlacings and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet

country: Venice

subjects:
Weaving - velvet
Venice
Vestment
Botanical/floral
Flower
Foliage
Fruit
Pomegranate
Metal-strip-wrapped silk
Satin weaving
Liturgical
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Velvet
Cut and voided
Weaving

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: "Lily" Carpet

date: Design by 1877, made 1877–1940

medium: Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Haskins


title: Length of Woven Silk

creator: Design in the Style of Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808)

medium:
Silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-
wrapped silk and silvered-metal strips, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and ground wefts

subjects:
Weaving
France
Flower
Floral motif
Botanical/floral
Garland
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Brocading
Textile
Silk

credit_line: John C. and Margaret Hambleton Murphy Memorial Fund


title: Marigold

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Flora
Botanical
Flower
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Printed textile
Block printing
British
British arts and craft movement
Dye
Natural dye


title: Panel

creator: Possibly produced for Liberty & Co., London (English, founded 1875)

date: Design c. 1894

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed; embroidered with silk in buttonhole and stem stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Botanical
Foliage
Floral
Arts and craft movement
Cotton (textile)
Block printing
Weaving - printed
Silk (textile)
Embroidering
Plain weaving
Needlework (visual works)
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate


title: Oval Box Depicting Charles II and Catherine of Braganza

creator: England

date: about 1660

medium: Silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss foremost in satin stitch; French knots

subjects:
England
Needlework (visual works)
Portrait
Coat of arms
Royalty
Crown
Robe
Dresse
Foliage
Snail
Butterflie
Flower
Botanical/floral
Insect
Embroidering
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Needleworking
Plain weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Bird

date: Design 1878

medium: Wool, plain weave double cloth of three complementary sets of warps and wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Birds
Animal
Floral
Foliage
Botanical
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Arts and craft movement
Weaving
Double cloth
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr.


title: Wey

date: Design c. 1883

medium: Cotton, twill weave; block printed; two panels joined

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Foliage
Flower
Botanical
Cotton (textile)
Twill weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Block printing
Weaving - velvet
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection


title: Florence

creator: Designed by John Henry Dearle (English, 1860–1932)

medium: Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid 'velvet'; block printed

credit_line: Louise Lutz Endowment


title: Kani Jamawar (Fabric for a Jama Coat or Shawl)

creator: Probably Kashmir for the Persian market (present-day Iran)

medium: Wool, pieced double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weave

country: Kashmir

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Kashmir
Paisley
Botanical
Floral
Vine
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume
Kashmiri
Garment
Twill weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. C. Phillip Miller


title: Panel

creator: England or France

date: 19th century

medium: Cotton; printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Botanical
Arts and craft movement
Cotton (fiber)
Block printing
Weaving - printed
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye
Plain weaving

credit_line: Gift of Louise Lutz


title: Suzani (large embroidered hanging or cover)

creator: Uzbekistan, possibly Shakhrisabz or Shafirkhan

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk

country: Uzbekistan

subjects:
Uzbekistan
Needlework (visual works)
Botanical/floral
Flower
Vine
Cotton (fiber)
Embroidering
Textile
Silk (fiber)
Plain weaving

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Cray

medium: Cotton, plain weave, block printed

subjects:
Weaving - printed
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder


title: Botanical Plate

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Factory (c. 1744–84)

medium: Enameled soft-paste porcelain

country: London

subjects:
Botany
Porcelain
London
Botanical
Butterflie
Cactus
Flora
Leave
Soft-paste porcelain
Ceramic
Enamel
European decorative arts
Plate (general, dish)
European decorative arts and sculpture

credit_line: Gift of Diana Morgan Senior


title: Botanical Plate

subjects:
Botany
Porcelain
London
Botanical
Butterflie
Flora
Leave
Fruit
Soft-paste porcelain
Ceramic
Enamel
European decorative arts
Plate (general, dish)
European decorative arts and sculpture


title: Painted Silk

creator: Made in China for the European or American market

medium: Silk, plain weave; painted

subjects:
Weaving
China
Botanical/floral
Floral
Floral motif
Flower
Foliage
Vine
Qing
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Garment
Paint
Painting
Plain weaving
Plain weave

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board


title: Woman's Long Shawl

creator: Possibly designed by Antony Berrus (French, 1815–1883)

medium: Wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of warp-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of two layers, plain weave and plain weave with seven-color complementary wefts, floats trimmed on reverse; knotted main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; two selvages present

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Paisley
Vine
Botanical
Floral
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume
Garment
Cotton (fiber)
Dye
Jacquard
Knotting
Plain weaving
Twill weaving

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Scott S. Durand


title: Botan hana ni chocho

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

date: 7th month dragon year, 1856

medium: Color woodblock print

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Fragment

creator: France

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Silk, brocaded plain compound cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Botanical/floral
Silk (textile)
Compound weaving
Weaving
Brocading

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society


title: Panel

creator: England, Spitalfields

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warp floats

subjects:
Weaving
England
Botanical
Foliage
Fruit
Pineapple
Plain weaving
Silk (fiber)
Textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society


title: Wey for a Valance

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Flower
Foliage
Botanical
Cotton (textile)
Block printing
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Plain weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye


title: Skirt panel

creator: Designed by William Kilburn (Irish, 1745-1818)

medium: Block-printed cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Botanical
Coral
Seaweed
Cotton (textile)
Block printing
Printed textile
Weaving - printed
Cotton (fiber)

credit_line: Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment Fund


title: Utrecht Velvet

creator: Attributed to William Morris (English, 1834–1896)

date: Design c. 1871

medium: Velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Foliage
Botanical
Floral
Arts and craft movement
Velveteen
Weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James M. Hopkins


title: Bodice from a dress

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block-printed; pieced; lined with cotton, plain weave; metal hook closures

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed textile
England
Botanical
Seaweed
Coral
Cotton (textile)
Block printing
Bodice
Costume
Dress (garment)
Textile
Weaving - printed
Cotton (fiber)


title: Length of Woven Silk

creator: France, Lyon

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 9:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground wefts

country: Lyon

subjects:
Weaving
Lyon
Flower
Botanical/floral
Foliage
Floral motif
Dots
Lace
Ribbon
Stripe
Silk (fiber)
Satin weaving
Textile
Silk

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Portion of Chasuble Back

creator: Italy

date: Late 16th/early 17th century

medium: Chasuble: silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; orphrey cross: silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal-strips, gilt-metal-strips wrapped with gilt-metal-wire and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, couching and padded couching over bast fiber padding; edged with silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts with extended weft uncut fringe; lined with silk, plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Crosse
Chevron
Botanical/floral
Silk (textile)
Plain weaving
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Embroidering
Couching (embroidering)
Fringed
Weaving
Liturgical

credit_line: Dr. and Mrs. Magnus P. Urnes Endowment


title: Madame Cabassol going for a romantic stroll in the botanical gardens together with the youngest friend of her husband's. Sudden encounter with the latter not far from a stag, plate 4 from Les Amis

creator: Honoré Victorin Daumier

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

subjects:
Botany
Lithograph
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund


title: "- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that Bézuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insists that her good-for-nothing daughter who is fat around the hips has become..... I only replied: Ah, well! - And that's the person who… - Of course, even a blind man can see that!,” plate 30 from Types Parisiens

medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection


title: Marigold

creator: Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Botanical
Foliage
Floral
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Block printing
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken


title: Chintz Curtain

creator: Indian export for European market

date: First quarter 18th century

medium: Cotton, plain weave; painted and resist-dyed

country: India

subjects: Weaving India

credit_line: Margaret W. and John V. Farwell Endowment Fund; purchased with funds provided by Diana Morgan Senior


title: Length of Woven Silk

medium: Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts of silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wrapped and flat

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith


title: Fragment of Velvet

creator: England

date: Made c. 1900

medium: Cotton, warp-floar faced twill weave; with supplementary patterning wefts forming cut pile (velveteen); roller printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Voevodsky in memory of Mary Crane Russell


title: Woman's Sari

creator: India

date: Late 19th century

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-wrapped thread, plain weave with supplementary pattern wefts

subjects:
Ornament & design
Sari (garment)
India
Floral
Botanical
Diamond shape
Grid
Stripe
Metal
Weaving
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing
Textile
Garment
Plain weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Carter H. Harrison through the Antiquarian Society


title: The Miraculous Pool at Bethesda

creator: Possibly Andrea Celesti (Italian, 1637-1706/12)

medium: Red chalk, on buff laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Graphite
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Celestial Beauty (Apsara)

date: 12th century

medium: Sandstone

country: Madhya Pradesh

subjects:
Astronomy
Sculpture
Madhya pradesh

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Celestial Beauty (Apsara)

date: 8th century

medium: Buff sandstone

country: Rajasthan

subjects:
Astronomy
Sandstone
Rajasthan
South asian
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Celestial Beauty (Apsara)

subjects: Astronomy Sandstone Rajasthan


title: Group of Four Celestial Dancing Beauties

creator: Cambodia or Thailand

date: Angkor period, 11th century

medium: Bronze

country: Southeast Asia

subjects:
Astronomy
Bronze
Southeast asia
Southeast asian
Angkorean
Cambodian
Asian
Asian art
Sculpture

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Fund


title: Celestial Beauty (Apsara) in Adoration

creator: Vietnam, probably Thu Thien, Binh Dinh province

date: Champa period,  11th–12th century

country: Vietnam

subjects:
Astronomy
Sandstone
Vietnam
Southeast asian
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art


title: The Celestial Art

creator: Odilon Redon

medium: Lithograph in black on off-white loose chine

subjects:
Astronomy
Lithograph
France
Print
Print and drawing
Paper
Ink
Paper (fiber product)

credit_line: The Stickney Collection


title: Celestial Map of the Southern Sky (Imagines coeli meridionales)

creator: Albrecht Dürer

medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Maps & charts
Astronomy
Woodcut
Germany
Woodcut (process)
Paper (fiber product)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing
Paper
Ink
Laid paper

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Celestial Map of the Northern Sky with the Twelve Zodiac Signs


title: The Celestial Art

medium: Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Astronomy
Lithograph
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Paper
Ink


title: Celestial Venus (recto); Main Hall, Baths of Diocletian (verso)

creator: Circle of Maarten van Heemskerck

medium: Pen and brown ink (recto), and pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Astronomy
Netherland
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Print and drawing


title: One of the Five Celestial Buddhas, Seated with Hands in Gestures of Meditation (Dhyanamudra) and Reassurance (Abhaymudra)

creator: China

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle period (1403–24)

medium: Gilt copper alloy

country: China

subjects:
Astronomy
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Guy H. Mitchell


title: Celestial Scene with Angels

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Pen and brown ink, and brush and red chalk and brown wash, over touches of graphite, on lunette- shaped cream laid paper

subjects:
Astronomy
Pen and ink drawing
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Wash
Graphite
Red chalk
Chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Laid paper


title: Head of a Celestial Official

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1662); 15th–16th century

medium: Stoneware with enamels

subjects:
Astronomy
Stoneware
China
Ceramic
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Stanley Herzman in memory of Gladys Wolfson Herzman


title: Celestial Globe, Cover of the set of eight Pictures of Foreign Ships

medium: Color woodblock print

country: Japan

subjects:
Astronomy
Woodblock print
Japan
Ships & the sea
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Japanese Print Purchase Fund Purchased from Carl H. Boehringer, Bay City, Michigan


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: United States

subjects:
Painting
United state
Portraits
Self-portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
American arts

credit_line: Gift of Joseph M. Rogers


title: Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins

creator: Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707)

medium: Engraving and etching on cream wove paper

country: France

subjects: Engraving France

credit_line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection


title: Remembrance of Italy

creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

medium: Etching on tan laid paper

subjects: Etching France


title: Priest and Boy

creator: Lawrence Carmichael Earle

medium: Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper

subjects:
United state
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Graphite
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

creator: Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

date: 1884–86, border added 1888–89

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Leisure
Animal
Landscape
Dogs
Dog
Monkey
Sailing
Tree
Nature
Woman with children
Flower
Reflection
Urban life
Weather/season
Men
Women
Children
Circle
Water
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Pointillism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
Painting (image making)
Post-impressionism
European painting
Impressionism
Art institute icon
Essential
Save ferri

credit_line: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection


title: Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure

creator: Adolphe Appian

medium: Etching on China paper colle laid down on white wove paper

subjects:
Etching
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Interior of St. Mark's, Venice

creator: David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

country: Venice

subjects:
Painting
Venice
Interior
Architecture
Religion
Venice, italy
Churche
Cathedral
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
American arts

credit_line: Nickerson Collection


title: The Fall of the Giants

creator: Salvator Rosa

medium: Etching with drypoint in black on ivory laid paper

subjects: Etching Italy


title: It Rocks but is Not Sunk

creator: Charles Meryon

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper


title: Souvenir of Tuscany

creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot


title: Portrait of Edouard Molé

creator: Robert Nanteuil

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Engraving
France
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

medium: Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

subjects:
Etching
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Tassels

creator: Nasca

medium: textile

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Nazca
Weaving
Andean
Ande
Pre-columbian
Latin american

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp


title: Paris Street; Rainy Day

creator: Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)

country: Paris

subjects:
Oil on canva
Pari
Urban life
Hat
Building
Couple
Figure
Rain
Street
Umbrella
Cityscape
Weather/season
Men
Leisure
Women
Everyday life (genre)
Water
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Impressionism
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Canva
European painting
Essential
Save ferri

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: Geese in a Farmyard

creator: Jean François Millet

medium: Black crayon, on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on white laid paper

subjects: Crayon France

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Simon Vouet

creator: Robert van Voerst (Flemish, 1597-1636/37)

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper

country: Flanders

subjects:
Engraving
Flander
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of John E. Irwin


title: Lame Beggar Asking for Alms, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing)

creator: Pieter Jansz Quast

medium: Etching in black on paper

subjects:
Engraving
Netherland
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Bedroom

creator: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

country: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

subjects:
Oil on canva
Saint-rémy-de-provence
Interior
Basin
Blue (color)
Chair
Door
France
Green (color)
Mirror
Painting
Pitcher
Red (color)
Table
Window
Domestic scene
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Beds
Bedroom
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Dutch
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
Painting (image making)
European painting
Essential


title: Louis Phélypeaux de la Vrillière

medium: Engraving in black on paper

subjects:
Engraving
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Water Lilies

creator: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Lilies
Landscape
Nymphaea
Blue
Blue (color)
Green (color)
Reflection
Weather/season
Water
Water lilie
Plant
Flower
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting
Painting (image making)
Modern and contemporary art
Essential

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

country: Italy


title: Two warriors, one seated asleep on a foreground rock, from Figurine series


title: A warrior sits on a block and gestures; two figure are behind him, from Figurine series

medium: Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper


title: Oinochoe (Pitcher)

creator: Attributed to the Mattinata Painter

date: end of 4th century BCE

medium: terracotta, red-figure

country: Greece

subjects:
Pitcher (vessel)
Greece
Ships & the sea
Woman
Musical instrument
Terracotta
Red-figure
Ceramic
Vessel
Ancient art


title: Kylix (Drinking Cup)

creator: Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter

date: about 460 BCE

country: Ancient Greece

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Ancient greece
Ships & the sea
Drinking
Woman
Youth
Dining
Terracotta
Classical
Ceramic
Vessel
Ancient art
Greek
Red-figure

credit_line: Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Jeronimo de Bran

creator: Lucas Emil Vorsterman (Flemish, 1595-1675)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Etching
Flander
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Double Bass Player

creator: Alphonse Legros

medium: Etching on ivory Japanese tissue

subjects:
Etching
France
Print
Print and drawing


title: Two Sisters (On the Terrace)

creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Painting
France
Sister
Familie
Girl
Lake
Water
Tree
Building
Basket
Hat
Vine
Peonie
Foliage
Red (color)
Blue
Blue (color)
Weather/season
Portrait
Children
Women
Flower
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Impressionism
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
French
Painting (image making)
Canva
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection


title: At the Zoological Gardens, second plate

creator: Felix Bracquemond

medium: Etching, aquatint and drypoint on ivory Japanese paper

subjects:
Etching
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Joseph Brooks Fair Endowment


title: Back View of the Elephant at the Regent's Park Zoological

creator: John Leech

medium: Watercolor and pen and brown ink, over graphite, on cream wove paper

country: England

subjects:
Watercolor
England
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Water-base paint
Paint
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne


title: Surrey Zoological Gardens, Exhibiting a View of Edinburgh

creator: George Baxter

medium: Steel etching, aquatint, and stipple printed in purple, with block printing in colors, on wove paper

subjects:
Etching
England
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Henry M. Huxley


title: Joseph Sold by his Brothers

creator: Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560)

medium: Engraving, printed in black, on paper

subjects:
Engraving
Italy
Engraving (printing process)
Paper (fiber product)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing


title: Rest on the Flight into Egypt

creator: Bartolomeo Biscaino

medium: Etching printed in reddish brown on paper

subjects:
Etching
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: A Young Man Caressing the Young Hostess

creator: Cornelis Pietersz Bega

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects:
Etching
Netherland
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)"

creator: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Wave
Mount fuji
Water
Storm
Mountain
Sailing
Ship
Wood block (printing blocks)
Printing
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art
Wood engraving (process)
Essential
Arts of asia 100

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Self-Portrait

medium: Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel

subjects:
Oil on board
Netherland
Portraits
Red (color)
Blue (color)
Green (color)
Orange (color)
Artist
Self-portrait
Emotion
Men
Suit
Beard
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Dutch
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Board
Organic material
Painting
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
Painting (image making)
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Joseph Winterbotham Collection


title: The Arch of Septimus Severus

creator: Luigi Rossini

medium: Etching on off-white wove paper


title: Anne of Austria, Queen of France

creator: Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623-1678)

medium: Engraving on paper


title: Mower Honing a Scythe

creator: Jules Bastien-Lepage

medium: Etching on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper (China paper collé)


title: Orphrey Band

creator: Probably England

medium: Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, linen and silk in knot, overcast, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and hemp, padded couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Needlework (visual works)
Liturgical
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Statuette of a Seated Girl

creator: Greek; Athens

medium: terracotta

country: Athens

subjects:
Statuette
Athen
Youth
Greek
Terracotta
Molding
Hellenistic
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Forming
Attic
Ceramic
Sculpture
Ancient art

credit_line: Museum Purchase Fund


title: The Child's Bath

creator: Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)

subjects:
Painting
France
People
Domestic scene
Emotion
Portrait
Water
Women
Children
Everyday life (genre)
Fashion
Oil paint (paint)
Impressionism
Oil painting
Organic material
American arts
Painting (image making)
Modernism
Art institute icon
Women artist
Essential
Save ferri

credit_line: Robert A. Waller Fund


title: Hyacinthe Rigaud

creator: Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707)

medium: Engraving and etching on paper

subjects:
Engraving
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection


title: Ring with a Scarab Bezel

creator: Egyptian

date: Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 15 (about 1650–1550 BCE)

medium: Gold and green jasper

country: Egypt

subjects:
Ring (jewelry)
Egypt
Hieroglyph
Gold
Carving
Middle kingdom
Metal
Jewelry
Ancient art
Ancient
Egyptian
Scarab
Jasper
Second intermediate period
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: “- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”

creator: Honoré Victorin Daumier

medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: Saint Jerome and the Lion

creator: Master I.B. with the Bird (Giovanni Battista Palumba)

medium: Woodcut in black on paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

creator: Greek; Corinth

medium: terracotta, black-figure

country: Corinth

subjects:
Vessel
Corinth
Ships & the sea
Animal
Goat
Bird
Terracotta
Throwing (pottery technique)
Corinthian (pottery style)
Earthenware
Amphorisko
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Black-figure


title: Fragment

creator: Italy

date: 16th century

medium: Silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Crown
Animal
Bird
Flower
Foliage
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Weft patterning

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society


title: King Vulture

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and polychrome enamels

country: Germany

subjects:
Ceramic
Germany
Bird
Animal
Tree
Feather
Vulture
Hard-paste porcelain
Sculpting
Porcelain
Art institute icon
Essential

credit_line: Harry and Maribel G. Blum and Kate S. Buckingham endowment funds; purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society; Applied Arts of Europe Sales Proceeds, Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester and Major Acquisitions Centennial funds; Robert Allerton Trust; Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund; Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund; purchased with funds provided by Harry A. Root; Wirt D. Walker Endowment Fund; Gladys N. Anderson Fund; Pauline Seipp Armstrong, Edward E. Ayer in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson, and Kay and Frederick Krehbiel endowment funds; purchased with funds provided by Doris and Stanford Marks; Helen A. Regenstein Endowment Fund; Samuel A. Marx Fund; Laura T. Magnuson, Marian and Samuel Klasstorner, and Maurice D. Galleher endowment funds; Robert Allerton Purchase Fund; Bessie Bennett and Applied Arts of Europe General endowment funds; Edward Johnson, Elizabeth R. Vaughan, and Annette M. Chapin funds; Wentworth Greene Field Memorial Endowment Fund; Campaign for Chicago's Masterpiece Director's Fund; purchased with funds provided by Maureen and Edward Byron Smith Jr.; Samuel P. Avery Endowment Fund; Hugh Leander Adams and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund; purchased with funds provided by G-Bar Charitable Foundation; Betty Bell Spooner Fund; purchased with funds provided by Elizabeth Souder Louis; Irving and Jane Seaman, Charles U. Harris, and S. DeWitt Clough endowment funds; purchased with funds provided by the Woman's Board of the Alliance Française of Chicago; Grant J. Pick Purchase Fund; purchased with funds provided by Ghenete Zelleke


title: Fragment

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Flower
Animal
Bird
Fountain
Silk (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Weft patterning


title: Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal)

creator: Switzerland

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Switzerland
Skeletons & bones
People
Wreath
Woman
Unicorn
Sword
Owl
Man
Lion
Head
Foliage
Flower
Bird
Linen (material)
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen
Silk (fiber)
Couching (embroidering)
Plain weaving
Liturgical
Bobbin lace


title: Saint Sebastian

creator: Master I.B. with the Bird

medium: Engraving, on paper

subjects:
Engraving
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Pheasants from the "Verdures of the Vatican" Series

creator: Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825)

medium: Silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in chain (tambour work) and satin stitches

country: Lyon

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: The Home of the Heron

creator: George Inness (American, 1825–1894)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: Florida

subjects:
Painting
Florida
Landscape
Bird
Weather/season
Circle
Animal
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Organic material
American arts
Painting (image making)
Essential

credit_line: Edward B. Butler Collection


title: Statue of Horus

date: Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

medium: Basalt

subjects:
Statue
Egypt
Gods (deities)
Animal
Falcon
Bird
Ptolemaic
Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Carving
Stone
Ancient art
Sculpture
Statuette
Ancient
Egyptian

credit_line: Gift of the Alsdorf Foundation


title: Aryballos (Cointainer for Oil)

subjects:
Vessel
Ancient greece
Ships & the sea
Animal
Container
Bird
Terracotta
Greek
Ceramic
Aryballo
Ancient art
Black-figure
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edwin Brand


title: Poncho

creator: Chuquibamba region (south coast, Peru)

medium: Camelid wool, single interlocking tapestry weave and five-color complementary weft weave with center band of complementary weft weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment


title: The Bewitched Mill

creator: Franz Marc

subjects:
Oil on canva
Germany
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Deer
Animal
Bird
Tree
Citie
Mechanical
Mill
River
Water
Painting
Modern and contemporary art

credit_line: Arthur Jerome Eddy Memorial Collection


title: Fragment

creator: Italy or Spain or the Middle East

date: 13th century

medium: Silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, twill weave with plain and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning and brocading wefts (detached on reverse)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Eagle
Animal
Bird
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund


title: Vase (Vase étrusque à rouleau)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (1756–present)

medium:
Enameled and gilded hard-paste porcelain and
gilded bronze

country: Sèvres

subjects:
Vase
Sèvre
Flower
Cameo
Plant-derived motif
Plant
Bird
Soft-paste porcelain
Empire
Gilding
Vessel
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts
Enameling
Art institute icon
Essential

credit_line: Harold L. Stewart and Harry and Maribel G. Blum endowment funds


title: Sideboard

creator: Daniel Pabst (American, 1826–1910)

medium: Walnut and burled elm

country: Philadelphia

subjects:
Furniture
Philadelphia
Fleur de lis
Bird
Animal
Flower
Walnut
Carving
Elm
Furniture making
Essential

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: Fragment of a Column Krater (Mixing Bowl)

creator: Attributed to the Cavalcade Painter

subjects:
Vessel
Corinth
Ships & the sea
Bird
Figure
Animal
Terracotta
Black-figure
Inorganic material
Ancient art

credit_line: Costa A. Pandaleon Endowment


title: Roundel Fragment

creator: Egypt

date: 7th century

medium: Wool and linen, slit tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H. O. Stone to the Antiquarian Society


title: The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama

creator: India

medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

country: India

subjects:
Painting
India
Men
Horse
Animal
Guns
Sword
Bird
Paper (fiber product)
Painting (image making)
Islamic (culture or style)
Gold
Mughal
Watercolor
Asian art
Arts of asia 100

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Panel

creator: After a design by Philippe de LaSalle (French, 1723–1803/5)

medium: Silk and linen, satin weave with brocading wefts; painted

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Flower
Animal
Bird
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving
Linen (material)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society


title: Vessel in the Shape of a Bird

creator: Moche

date: 100 BCE–500 CE

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Trujillo

subjects:
Earthenware
Trujillo
Birds
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Moche
Inorganic material
Paint
Coating (material)
Mochica iv
Mochica
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
South american
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings


title: Plaque Depicting a Quail Chick

creator: Egyptian

medium: Limestone

subjects:
Plaque (flat object)
Egypt
Bird
Animal
Limestone
Ptolemaic
Greco-roman (egyptian)
Stone
Sculpture
Ancient art
Ancient

credit_line: Museum Purchase Fund


title: The Garden of Paradise

creator: Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, c. 1450–1516)

medium: Oil on panel

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Oil on panel
Netherland
Water
Angel
Animal
Bird
Fantastic beast
Figure
Fruit
Garden
Heaven
Man
Men
Nude
Religion
Religious
Symbolism
Woman
Women
Panel (wood)
Panel painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Northern renaissance
Renaissance
European painting

credit_line: Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund


title: Pastoral Scene

creator: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)

country: Italy

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Pastoral
Nude
Animal
Dog
Dogs
Bird
Duck
Men
Women
Woman
Woman with children
Children
Boys
Nature
Water
Rock
Tree
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Realism
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: The Song of the Lark

creator: Jules Breton (French, 1827–1906)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Woman
Sky
Horizon
Landscape
Rural life
Bird
Farm
Field
Girl
Labor
Peasant
Sun
Sunrise
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Henry Field Memorial Collection


title: The Death of Orpheus

creator: Henri Leopold Lévy (French, 1840–1904)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Death
Violence
Mountain
Bushe
Landscape
Musical instrument
Harp
Water
Dove
Bird
Man
Greek
Greek mythology
Mythology
Mythological figure
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Harold T. Martin Trust


title: Crucifix

creator: Master of the Bigallo Crucifix (Italian, active mid-13th century)

medium: Tempera on panel

subjects:
Tempera
Italy
Crucifixion
Jesus
Saint
Virgin mary
Rooster
Bird
Angel
Blood
Death
Religion
Religious
Christian subject
Religious figure
Devotion
Worship
Church
Panel painting
Panel (wood)
Medieval
Painting technique
Painting (coating)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Paint
Organic material
Italian
European painting

credit_line: A. A. Munger Collection


title: 'Crazy Quilt' with Animals

creator: Designed and executed by Florence Elizabeth Marvin (American, 1856-1916)

medium: Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, cotton and metallic embroidery threads, raised work embroidered appliques, glass beads, metal spangles

country: Brooklyn Heights

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Brooklyn height
Animal
Deer
Cherub
Fans
Eggs
Cats
Fish
Frog
Dragonfly
Pigs
Peacock
Rabbit
Crane
Turtle
Cows
Insect
Butterflie
Goat
Rooster
Bird
Horse
Flower
Quilting
Silk (textile)
Wool (textile)
Cotton (textile)
Velvet
Needlework - quilt
Glass bead
Ribbon
Satin
Spangle
Embroidering
Piecing (needleworking)
Bedcover
Women artist

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust


title: The Emperor Sailing from The Story of the Emperor of China

creator: After a design by Guy-Louis Vernansal (French, 1648–1729) and others

medium: Wool, silk, and silvered- and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2:2 plain interlacings of silvered-and-gilt-metal wefts

country: Beauvais

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Beauvai
Boat
Animal
Gods (deities)
Royal personage
Drinking
Architecture
Shell
Fashion
Water
Bird
Silk (fiber)
Tapestry weaving
Wool (textile)
Textile
Essential
Drinking and dining

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Worcester Fund


title: Cosmetic Saucer Decorated with Swans

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18–20 (about 1550–1070 BCE)

medium: Stone

subjects:
Vessel
Egypt
Ships & the sea
Bird
Ritual
Animal
Beauty
Stone
New kingdom
Ancient art
Egyptian
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris


title: A Young Lady with a Parrot

creator: Rosalba Carriera

medium: Pastel on blue laid paper, mounted on laminated paper board

country: Venice

subjects:
Pastel
Venice
Women
Pearl
Jewelry
French
Fabric
Hairstyle
Pink (color)
Blue (color)
Flower
Bird
Parrot
Fashion
Animal
Rococo
Drawing (image-making)
Paper (fiber product)
Laid paper
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper
Women artist
Essential
Women artist before 1800

credit_line: The Regenstein Collection


title: Bird's Nest and Ferns

creator: Fidelia Bridges

country: United States

subjects:
Painting
United state
Birds
Ferns
Still life
Animal
Landscape
Oil paint (paint)
Realism
Organic material
American arts
Women artist

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Charles C. Haffner III


title: Woman Feeding Chickens

creator: Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Rural life
Woman
Girl
Food
Farm
Children
Chicken
Bird
Animal
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Barbizon school
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: Cabin in the Cotton

creator: Horace Pippin (American, 1888–1946)

medium: Oil on cotton, mounted on Masonite

subjects:
Oil on panel
United state
Landscape
Animal
Architecture
Bird
Cloud
Farm life
Painting
Rural life
Tree
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Modernism
Cotton (textile)
Masonite (tm)
Painting (image making)
Modern and contemporary art
African american artist
African diaspora

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Thomas F. Pick and Mary P. Hines in memory of their mother Frances W. Pick


title: Bird on a Knob

creator: Greek; Thessaly

date: Geometric Period (800–600 BCE)

medium: Bronze

country: Greece

subjects:
Votive offering
Greece
Birds
Bronze
Geometric
Ex-voto
Sculpture
Ancient
Greek

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander


title: Mask from an Incense Burner Portraying the Old Deity of Fire

creator: Teotihuacan

country: Valley of Mexico

subjects:
Ceramic
Valley of mexico
Mask
Animal
Bird
Butterflie
Teotihuacán
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Painting (image making)
Sculpture
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Joseph P. Antonow


title: Vase Depicting a Phoenixlike Bird

creator: Talavera poblana

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Puebla

subjects:
Earthenware
Puebla
Birds
Spanish colonial
Tin glaze
European
European decorative arts
Ceramic
Vessel
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Eva Lewis in memory of her husband, Herbert Pickering Lewis


title: Bird-Shaped Container (zun)

creator: China

date: Late Shang dynasty (13th century–1046 B.C.)

country: China

subjects:
Vessel
China
Birds
Ships & the sea
Bronze
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel for serving drink
Metal
Asian art
Arts of asia 100

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Circular Pendant

creator: Colima or Jalisco

date: 200 BCE–200 CE

medium: Spondylus shell

country: Western Mexico

subjects:
Pendant (jewelry)
Western mexico
Shells & molluscs
Jewelry
Bird
Water
Shell
Shell (animal material)
Colima
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Jalisco
Art of the america
West mexico
Costume
Arts of the america
Costume and accessorie
Latin american

credit_line: Maurice D. Galleher Endowment


title: The Bird Catcher

creator: Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Birds
French
Building
Garden
Man
Terrace
Tree
Vine
Wall
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection


title: Bell

subjects:
Votive offering
Greece
Bell
Bird
Bronze
Geometric
Ex-voto
Decorative arts
Ancient
Greek


title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles

creator: Greek, minted in Amphipolis, Macedonia

medium: Silver

subjects:
Coin
Greece
Alexander the great
Eagle
Bird
Chair
Heracle
Zeus
Silver
Hellenistic
Ancient
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Greek

credit_line: Gift of William F. Dunham


title: Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan

creator: Edwin Henry Landseer (English, 1802-1873)

country: England

subjects:
Oil on panel
England
Animal
Bird
Death
Deer
Head
Hunting
Still life
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
British
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board


title: Coverlet

creator: Jesse Hart (American, 1814-1894)

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; full loom width; seamless

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus


title: Coin Portraying King Ptolemy of Cyprus

creator: Greek, Ptolemaic

country: Cyprus

subjects:
Coin
Cyprus
King
Bird
Eagle
Man
Silver
Ptolemaic
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Greco-roman (egyptian)
Ancient art


title: Scarab Amulet

creator: Egyptian

date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

medium: Hematite

country: Egypt

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Insect
Hematite
Late period (egyptian)
Carving
Stone
Jewelry
Twenty-sixth dynasty
Amulet
Ancient art
Costume
Ancient
Egyptian
Saite period


title: Flowers and Insects

creator: Chai Zhenyi 柴貞儀 and Chai Jingyi 柴靜儀

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), reign of Kangxi (1662–1722)

medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper

subjects:
Handscroll
China
Flowers
Insects
Paper (fiber product)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund


title: Mount Washington

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

country: New Hampshire

subjects:
Painting
New hampshire
Landscape
Leisure
Women
Weather/season
Men
Transportation
Insect
Animal
Oil paint (paint)
Impressionism
Realism
Organic material
American arts
Modernism

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard E. Danielson and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick


title: Scarab Amulet

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
Insect
Hematite
Ptolemaic
Carving
Stone
Jewelry
Greco-roman (egyptian)
Amulet
Ancient art
Costume
Ancient
Egyptian


title: Cabinet or Box Depicting Animals. Insects, and Flowers

creator: England

date: 17th century

medium: Wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; beaded with silk, linen, and glass beads; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid work and couching; silver hardware

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Flowers
Insects
Glass
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp


title: Lamp with Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade and Mosaic and Turtleback Base

creator: Design attributed to Clara Pierce Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944)

medium: Favrile glass and bronze

country: Corona

subjects:
Lamp (lighting device)
Corona
Dragonflies
Dragonfly
Insect
Animal
Favrile glass (tm)
Glassworking
Arts and craft movement
Stained glass (material)
Glass
American decorative arts
Art nouveau
Bronze
Decorative arts
Modernism
American arts and craft movement
Women artist
Essential

credit_line: Roger and J. Peter McCormick Endowments, Robert Allerton Purchase Fund, Goodman Endowment for the Collection of the Friends of American Art, Pauline S. Armstrong Endowment, Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society in memory of Helen Richman Gilbert and Lena Turnbull Gilbert, Sandra van den Broek, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder, Quinn E. Delaney, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Dixon, Jamee J. and Marshall Field, Celia and David Hilliard, Elizabeth Souder Louis, Mrs. Herbert A. Vance, and Mr. and Mrs. Morris S. Weeden


title: Birds, Flowers and Insects

creator: Li Shan (Attributed to)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

medium: Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper

subjects:
Album leaf
China
Birds
Flowers
Insects
Paper (fiber product)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art


title: Berry Bowl

creator: Design attributed to George W. Shiebler (American, 1846–1920)

medium: Silver, parcel-gilt silver, and copper

country: New York City

subjects:
Bowl
New york city
Fruits
Cherrie
Berrie
Insect
Spider
Leave
Dining
Drinking
Silver
Copper
Vessel
Decorative arts
Drinking and dining

credit_line: Roger and J. Peter McCormick Endowment; Vance American Arts and Mrs. Eric Oldberg funds


title: Jar Shaped like an Curling Insect with Single Spout in the Form of a Human Head

creator: Chimú

medium: Ceramic

country: Peruvian North Coast

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast
Insects
Vessel
Ceramic
Chimú
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings


title: Six Insects, a Caterpillar, and a Snail, from Diversae Insectorum...Figurae

creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

date: after 1644

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

country: Bohemia

subjects: Etching Bohemia Insects

credit_line: Joseph Brooks Fair Fund


title: Winged Scarab Amulet

date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

medium: Faience

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Insect
Wing
Late period (egyptian)
Ceramic
Amulet
Ancient art
Egyptian
Ancient
Faïence (composite material)
Faience (composite material)

credit_line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris


title: Heart Scarab

date: Third Intermediate–Late Period, Dynasty 21–26 (about 1069–664 BCE)

medium: Stone

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
Insect
Hematite
Carving
Third intermediate period
Stone
Ancient art
Egyptian
Amulet
Ancient
Late period (egyptian)
Twenty-fifth dynasty
Twenty-first dynasty
Twenty-fourth dynasty
Twenty-second dynasty
Twenty-sixth dynasty
Twenty-third dynasty

credit_line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

medium: Color woodblock printed books, two volumes

country: Japan

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Insects

credit_line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection


title: The Four Evangelists, within a Border of Flowers, Birds, and Insects

creator: Circle of Giulio Clovio

medium: Tempera and gold paint on vellum, in paper montage with pen and brown ink and touches of watercolor

country: Italy

subjects: Tempera Italy Birds Flowers Insects

credit_line: Bequest of Katherine R. Loewenthal


title: Pitcher

creator: Design attributed to Edward C. Moore (American, 1827–1891)

medium: Silver, gold, and copper

subjects:
Pitcher (vessel)
New york city
Ships & the sea
Servingware
Flower
Fish
Plant-derived motif
Insect
Dining
Drinking
Silver
Hammering
Vessel
Metalwork
American decorative arts
American arts
Copper
Gold
Decorative arts
Essential
Drinking and dining

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Frank L. Sulzberger


title: Needlework Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba before King Solomon

date: early to mid-17th century

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin and plain weaves; painted; embroidered with silk, silk 2:2 twill oblique interlaced tapes, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal strips, coils, wires and paillettes in satin, single satin, raised stem and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work and couching; feathers; glass beads and seed pearls

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Laurance H. Armour, Sr. in memory of her mother, Mrs. Henry Malcolm Withers


title: Lobed Mirror with Birds, Insects, and Floral Sprays

creator: China

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Bronze
China
Birds
Flowers
Insects
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Mirror
Asian art
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of The Orientals


title: Swallow-Tailed Butterfly and Twelve Other Insects, from Diversae Insectorum...Figurae

subjects:
Etching
Bohemia
Butterflies & moths
Insects
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Woman Looking For Fleas

creator: Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665–1747)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Woman
Poverty
Table
Chair
Women
Pot
Bed
Interior
Insect
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Italian
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: Beaker Depicting Abstract Hummingbirds or Insects

creator: Nazca

date: 180 BCE–500 CE

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Peru

subjects:
Earthenware
Peru
Insects
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Inorganic material
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Parody of courtly insect hunt

creator: Chobunsai Eishi

medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Insects
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Sauterelle (Grasshopper)

creator: Jan Jozeph Jaquet (Belgian, 1822–1898)

country: Belgium

subjects: Bust/head Belgium

credit_line: Gift of John N. Stern


title: Bowl Depicting Abstract Insects, Probably Spiders

country: Nazca Valley

subjects:
Bowl
Nazca valley
Insects
Spiders & arachnids
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Border Fragment

creator: Chancay

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of plain weave, slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts, and three-color complementary weft weave; edged with plain weave extended weft loop fringe

subjects: Weaving Peru


title: Scarab: Maatkara (Hatshepsut)

creator: Egyptian

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Hatshepsut (about 1473–1458 BCE)

medium: Steatite

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Hieroglyph
Cartouche
Insect
Pharaoh
Carving
Steatite
New kingdom
Eighteenth dynasty
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume
Ancient


title: Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

creator: Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578–1610)

medium: Oil on copper

country: Germany

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Saint john the baptist
River
Flower
Insect
Lizard
Butterflie
Christianity
Christian subject
Sky
Bird
Landscape
Foliage
Rock
Cross
Tree
Wilderness
Animal
Oil paint (paint)
European painting
Oil on copper
Paint
Copper
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique

credit_line: Lacy Armour Fund, Chester D. Tripp Estate Fund, European Painting General Sales Proceeds, Mrs. Albert Beveridge Fund, Rhoades Foundation


title: Pierrot Catching a Fly

creator: Attributed to Philippe Mercier (French, 1689–1760)

country: France

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Man
Insect
Hat
Costume
Brown (color)
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton


title: Cabinet or Box Depicting Scenes from the Old Testament

creator: Made by Rebecca Stonier Plaisted (English, 1653-1724)

medium: Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk floss, silk yarns, and silk-wrapped-metal purl in brick, bullion, Ceylon, chain, knot, lattice filling, overcast, running, satin, Smyrna cross, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; French and Turkey knots; applied areas of linen, plain weave; seed pearls, coral beads, and mica; and silk, plain weave with ground weft fringe; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal strip, plain weave; silver hardware; wooden frame; lined with marbled paper; silk, plain weave; and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet

subjects:
Casket
England
Corals & anemones
Religious scene
Animal
Biblical
Bird
Bows
Building
Butterflie
Cloud
Curtain
Deer
Dogs
Dresse
Hats
Horse
Insect
King
Leopard
Lion
People
Plant
Queen
Rabbit
Robe
Sun
Tent
Water
Silk (fiber)
Embroidering
English
Needlework (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Textile
Embroidery
Bead
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Mica (mineral)
Wood (plant material)
Appliqué (technique)
Couching (embroidering)
Knotting
Laid work
Plain weaving
Satin weaving
Stitching
Women artist

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp


title: Bowl with Flowering Branches and Insects

date: Liao (907–1125) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), c. 10th/12th century

medium: Porcelain with underglaze thread relief

country: China

subjects:
Bowl
China
Insects
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Fragment

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of weft faced plain weave, and slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts


title: Beadwork Basket Depicting a Courting Couple in a Garden

creator: England

date: about 1645

medium: Metal frame worked with glass beads, applied motifs of gold and silver leafed paper and linen, plain weave; beaded

subjects:
Beadwork
England
Royal personage
Deer
Animal
Children
Crown
Dogs
Flower
Fountain
Garden
Insect
Knight
Leopard
Lion
Musical instrument
People
Rabbit
Rooster
Swan
Glass bead
Beading (process)
Needlework (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Textile
Bead
Gold leaf
Linen
Metal
Silver leaf

credit_line: Gift of Frederick Clay Bartlett through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Scarab: Scorpion Motifs

date: New Kingdom, Dynasties 18–19 (about 1550–1186 BCE)

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
Insect
New kingdom
Carving
Steatite
Nineteenth dynasty
Eighteenth dynasty
Ancient
Amulet
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Scarab: Title (Seal-Bearer of the King of Lower Egypt, Overseer of Sealed Goods) and Personal Name (Har)

date: Second Intermediate Period, Dynasties 15–17 (about 1650–1550 BCE)

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Hieroglyph
Insect
Second intermediate period
Carving
Steatite
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume
Ancient
Fifteenth dynasty
Seventeenth dynasty
Sixteenth dynasty


title: Plate with an Image of a Moth

creator: Huaxtec

medium: Earthenware and pigment

country: Veracruz state

subjects:
Earthenware
Veracruz state
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith


title: Scarab: Hieroglyph (Ankh Sign)

date: New Kingdom, Dynasties 18–20 (about 1550–1069 BCE)

medium: Glazed steatite

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
Insect
Hieroglyph
New kingdom
Ancient
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Scarab: Aakheperura (Amenhotep II)

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Amenhotep II (about 1427–1400 BCE)

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Hieroglyph
Pharaoh
King
Insect
Falcon
Carving
Steatite
New kingdom
Eighteenth dynasty
Ancient
Glaze
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume


title: Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

creator: French

date: 15th or early 16th century

medium: Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in gothic in red ink, on vellum

subjects:
Tempera
France
Birds
Flowers
Insects
Medieval
Manuscript
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Field Museum of Natural History Exchange


title: Bull

creator: Emmanuel Fremiet (French, 1824–1910)

medium: Glazed stoneware

subjects:
Sculpture
France
Mythological figure
Animal
Bull
Slug
Wing
Insect
Green (color)
Chimera
Stoneware
Molding
Nineteenth century
Ceramic
Glaze
Copper oxide
Firing (heating)
Glazing
French
Forming
Modeling (forming)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Constance T. and Donald W. Patterson through the Old Masters Society


title: Scarab: Menkheperra (Thutmose III)

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Thutmose III (about 1479–1425 BCE)

medium: Stone

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Hieroglyph
Cartouche
Insect
Stone
New kingdom
Carving
Eighteenth dynasty
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume
Ancient


title: Heart Scarab

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
Insect
New kingdom
Carving
Stone
Ancient
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume


title: Scarab

date: Ptolemaic Period (304–30 BCE)

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
Insect
Stone
Ptolemaic
Egyptian
Ancient
Greco-roman (egyptian)
Amulet
Ancient art
Costume


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure with Insects on Torso

creator: Moche

date: 100 BCE–500 CE

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast
Insects
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Incising
Moche
Inorganic material
Mochica
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
South american
Latin american


title: Scarab: Menkheperra (Thutmose III)

subjects:
Scarab
Egypt
Scarab beetle
King
Insect
Hieroglyph
Cartouche
Steatite
Carving
New kingdom
Ancient
Eighteenth dynasty
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume


title: Design: Facial Anatomy from Encyclopédie

creator: A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century)

medium: Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper

subjects:
Anatomy
Etching
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Buckingham Book Appropriation


title: Comparative Anatomy

creator: Isaac Robert Cruikshank (English, 1789-1856)

date: published December 10, 1818

medium: Hand-colored etching on paper

country: England

subjects:
Anatomy
Etching
England
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee


title: Amulet of a Heart

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BCE)

medium: Glass

subjects:
Amulet
Egypt
Anatomy
Heart shape
Glass
Eighteenth dynasty
Jewelry
Ancient art
New kingdom
Egyptian
Bead
Costume

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


creator: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809)


title: Amulet of a Heart

date: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasties 21–26 (about 1069–525 BCE)

subjects:
Amulet
Egypt
Anatomy
Heart shape
Stone
Third intermediate period
Jewelry
Ancient art
Late period (egyptian)
Egyptian
Bead
Costume


title: Interiorum corporis humani partium viva delineatio, from the second edition of the Compendiosa totius anatomie delineation

creator: Monogrammist R. S.

medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper, with cut and tipped ivory laid papers

subjects: Anatomy Woodcut England

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund


title: Amulet of a Heart

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550-1295 BCE)

subjects:
Amulet
Egypt
Anatomy
Heart shape
New kingdom
Glass
Jewelry
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume
Ancient
Eighteenth dynasty


title: Amulet of a Heart

subjects:
Amulet
Egypt
Anatomy
Heart shape
Eighteenth dynasty
Glass
Jewelry
Bead
Ancient art
New kingdom
Egyptian
Costume


title: General Andrew Jackson

creator: Copy after Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

medium: Watercolor on ivory

country: United States

subjects:
Miniature painting
United state
Watercolor
Ivory
American arts
Miniature
Painting

credit_line: H. W. Jackson Fund


title: Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist

creator: Weddeghe Velstede (German, active 1432-73)

medium: Silver gilt, rock crystal, textile, and human remains

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Ceremonial object
Germany
Minerals & gems
Silver
Vessel
Metalwork
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Quartz crystal
Quartz
Mineral
European decorative arts
Decorative arts
Reliquary
Religious

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick


title: Sun God Surya Standing in His Chariot

creator: Bangladesh or Eastern India

date: Pala period, 10th/11th century

medium: Chlorite

country: Bangladesh

subjects:
Stone (unidentified)
Bangladesh

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse


title: Relief Showing the Head of a Winged Genius

creator: Mesopotamian, Assyrian

date: Neo–Assyrian Period, reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)

medium: Gypsum relief with traces of pigment

country: Nimrud

subjects:
Stone
Nimrud
Goddesse
Gods (deities)
Gypsum
Late assyrian
Mineral
Inorganic material
Assyrian
Sculpture
Ancient art
Ancient

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Snuff Bottle with a Hawk and a Bear beneath a Pine Tree

creator: China

medium: Emerald and apple green jadeite with carved decoration

subjects:
Snuff bottle
China
Trees

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Portrait Vessel

creator: Ceramist unknown (Moche)

medium: Earthenware and mineral slips

subjects:
Ceramic
Peruvian north coast
Minerals & gems
Portraits
Ships & the sea
People
Men
Indigenous
Red (color)
Geometric
Head
Headwear
Headdresse
Ruler (people)
Vessel
Modeling (forming)
Moche
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Mochica v
Mochica
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Andean
South american
Art institute icon
Latin american
Essential

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund


title: Spade-Shaped Snuff Bottle

medium: Emerald and apple green jadeite

subjects:
Snuff bottle
China


title: Mask

creator: Olmec

date: 200 BCE–300 CE

medium: Serpentine

country: Gulf of Mexico

subjects:
Mask
Gulf of mexico
Serpentine (mineral)
Olmec
Stone
Mineral
Inorganic material
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american


title: Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual

creator: Teotihuacan

medium: Lime plaster with mineral pigment

country: Teotihuacán

subjects:
Painting
Teotihuacán
Minerals & gems
Ritual
Priest
Hieroglyph
Red (color)
Mexico
Mythology
Religion
Mural
Landscape
Agriculture
Praying
Inorganic pigment
Burnishing (polishing)
Fresco painting
Pigment
Colorant
Polishing
Finishing (process)
Painting technique
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Plaster
Architectural fragment
Arts of the america
Decorative arts
Latin american
Essential

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment Fund


title: A Bowery Girl

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Color lithograph on cream wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
United state

credit_line: Gift of Mary A. Young


title: Mask

creator: Mezcala

date: 300 BCE–300 CE

country: Guerrero state

subjects:
Mask
Guerrero state
Serpentine (mineral)
Mezcala
Stone
Mineral
Inorganic material
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american


title: Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

creator: Chimú

medium: Gold with turquoise inlay

country: Lambayeque Valley

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Lambayeque valley
People
Warefare
Warrior
Weapon
Ancestor
Ritual
Ceremonial
Gold
Casting (process)
Chimú
Metal
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Turquoise
Mineral
Forming
Inlay (process)
Repoussé
Hammering
Art of the america
America
Ande
North coast
Ritual object
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american
Essential

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment


title: Jaina Tirthankara Parshvanatha with Serpent Hood Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra)

creator: India

date: 12th century

country: Karnataka

subjects:
Stone (unidentified)
Karnataka
Jain
Gods (deities)
Religion
Jaina
Jainism
Chlorite
South asian
Mineral
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of the Auxiliary Board in honor of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf


title: Pectoral

creator: Classic Maya

medium: Jadeite

country: Mexico

subjects:
Stone
Mexico
Mask
Deitie
Fertility
Jadeite
Maya
Mineral
Inorganic material
Mayan
America
Jewelry
Art of the america
Mesoamerican
Costume
Arts of the america
Costume and accessorie
Latin american

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund


title: Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke

creator: Totonac

subjects:
Stone
Veracruz state
Game
Ballgame
Supernatural
Volute
Coiling
Serpentine (mineral)
Totonac
Ceremonial object
Tajin
Mesoamerican
Classic veracruz
America
Sculpture
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: Gladys N. Anderson and Elisabeth Matthews funds


title: Head From a Shabti (Funerary Figurine) of Queen Tiye

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Akhenaten (about 1352–1336 BCE)

medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) with traces of pigment

country: Egypt

subjects:
Ushabti
Egypt
Portrait
Queen
Carving
New kingdom
Travertine
Figurine
Alabaster
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Calcite
Painting (image making)
Amarna period
Stone
Sculpture
Ancient art
Funerary
Mummy good
Ancient
Egyptian
Eighteenth dynasty

credit_line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris


title: Pair of Ear Spools

country: Honduras

subjects:
Stone
Hondura
Serpentine (mineral)
Maya
Mineral
Inorganic material
Mayan
America
Jewelry
Art of the america
Costume
Arts of the america
Mesoamerican
Costume and accessorie
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Sylvia Coppersmith in memory of Leila Rosen


title: Saint John the Baptist

creator: French; possibly Provence

medium: Alabaster

subjects:
Statuette
France
Saint john the baptist
Sheep
Sculpture
Men
Man
Christianity
Christian subject
Saint
Sculpting
Gothic (medieval)
Alabaster
Stone
Carving
Medieval
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Textile Wrapper for Jingoji Sutras

creator: Japan

medium: Bamboo, silk, mica, and gilt bronze

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Accessorie (object genre)
Japan
Bamboo
Japanese (culture or style)
Silk (textile)
Mica (mineral)
Bronze
Japanism
Ritual object

credit_line: Purchased with Funds Provided by the Weston Foundation; Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Fund


title: Mosaic Disk with a Mythological and Historical Scene

creator: Mixtec

medium: Turquoise, earthenware, stucco, spondylus shell, mother of pearl, and iron pyrite, with pigment

country: Oaxaca state

subjects:
Mythology
Ritual object
Oaxaca state
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Through prior gift of Louise A. and Ruth G. Allen, and Mrs. Daniel Catton Rich


title: Mirror with Jaguar or Coyote Mosaic

medium: Iron pyrite, jade, shell, magnatite or ilmenite, and spondylus shell

subjects:
Accessorie (object genre)
Mexico
Shells & molluscs
Feline
Mirror
Mosaic
Pyrite
Teotihuacán
Mineral
Inorganic material
Jade
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inlay (process)
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Ritual object
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: S. DeWitt Clough and Ada Turnbull Hertle endowments


title: Miner's Processional Axe

creator: German, Saxony

medium: Steel, wood, and staghorn

country: Saxony

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Figurine

country: Central America

subjects:
Stone
Central america
Jadeite
Maya
Mineral
Inorganic material
Mayan
America
Sculpture
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Mesoamerican
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Sylvia Coppersmith


title: Saint John the Baptist

creator: Spanish

country: Spain

subjects:
Statuette
Spain
Saint john the baptist
Animal
Christian subject
Christianity
Cloth
Devotion
Lamb
Man
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Saint
Alabaster
Sculpting
Sixteenth century
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Sculpture/stone
Spanish
Stone
Carving
Forming
Sculpture technique
Stonework
Renaissance


title: The Coronation of the Virgin

creator: English

date: 15th century

medium: Alabaster with polychromy and gilding

country: England

subjects:
Relief
England
Coronation
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Women
Men
Angel
Virgin mary
Alabaster
Sculpture technique
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material
Sculpture
British
Gilding
Polychrome
Carving
Forming
Sculpting
Renaissance

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: The Resurrection

medium: Alabaster, traces of polychromy

subjects:
Relief
England
Resurrection scene
Armor
Christian subject
Christianity
Helmet
Jesus
Men
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Shield
Sleep
Soldier
Tomb
Weapon
Alabaster
Sculpting
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material
Sculpture
British
Paint
Alabastron
Carving
Painting
Painting (coating)
Sculpture technique

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Adoration of the Magi

subjects:
Relief
England
Religious scene
Biblical
Jesus
Babie
Child
Woman with children
Women
Woman
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Devotion
Holy family
Virgin and child/madonna and child
King
Alabaster
Sculpture technique
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material
Sculpture
British
Sculpture/stone
Carving
Forming
Sculpting
Renaissance

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Ear Spool

subjects:
Jewelry
Central america
Jadeite
Maya
Stone
Mineral
Inorganic material
Mayan
America
Art of the america
Costume
Arts of the america
Mesoamerican
Costume and accessorie
Latin american


title: Celt Pendant Depicting an Abstract Figure with a Tall Headdress

creator: Nicoya

medium: Jade

country: Nicoya

subjects:
Pendant (jewelry)
Nicoya
Abstract figure
Agriculture
Jadeite
Stone
Mineral
Inorganic material
Art of the america
Jewelry
America
Lower central america
Jade
Costume
Arts of the america
Costume and accessorie
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Everett McNear in memory of Everett McNear


title: Mask

creator: Moche

medium: Copper, mussel shell, mica, and pyrite

country: Peruvian North Coast

subjects:
Metal
Peruvian north coast
Shells & molluscs
Mask
Funerary art
Copper
Inlay (process)
Moche
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Shell (animal material)
Pyrite
Mineral
Hammering
Mochica
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ceremonial mask
Headdress - misc
Ande
Arts of the america
Andean
South american
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings


title: Ritual Cache

creator: Salado branch of the Mogollon

medium: Wood, stone, plant fibers, cotton, feathers, hide, and pigment

country: New Mexico

subjects:
Botany
Ceremonial object
New mexico
Figure (representations)
Snake
Ritual object
Mountain lion
Indigenous
Nature
Altar
Offering
Feather
Corn
Lightning
Fertility
Supernatural
Basketry
Hunting
Wood (plant material)
Salado
Carving
Plant material
Turquoise
Mineral
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Fiber
Animal material
Cotton (textile)
Rock
Mimbre
Mogollon
America
Southwest
Ceramic
Native american
Native north american
Mask
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Essential

credit_line: Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment


title: The Betrayal of Christ

medium: Alabaster, with polychromy and gilding

country: Nottingham

subjects:
Relief
Nottingham
Christian subject
Sword
Weapon
Soldier
Jesus
Men
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Christianity
Alabaster
Sculpting
Sixteenth century
Gypsum
Mineral
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Alabastron
British
Gilding
Polychrome
Polychromy
Carving
Painting
Sculpture technique
Renaissance


title: Beaded Necklace with Three Celt Pendants

medium: Jade with metal

country: Costa Rica

subjects:
Necklace
Costa rica
Jewelry
Jadeite
Nicoya
Carving
Bead
Mineral
Inorganic material
Art of the america
America
Lower central america
Jade
Metal
Metalworking
Costume
Arts of the america
Costume and accessorie
Latin american


title: "Follow The Gleam", Welsh Miner in Pa. Coal Mine A Mile From Daylight

creator: Lewis Wickes Hine

medium: Gelatin silver print

country: United States

subjects: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr

credit_line: Gift of David Vestal


title: Miner, from the ninth album of L'Estampe originale

creator: Constantin Emile Meunier (Belgian, 1831-1905)

medium: Transfer lithograph, with scraping, in black on tan laid paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Lithograph Belgium

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: Feline Figure

medium: Turquoise with cinnabar

subjects:
Stone
Peruvian north coast
Turquoise
Chimú
Mineral
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Sculpture
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Hazardous substance
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Bettina Schwimmer


title: Old Timers, Pennsylvania Miners, (West Virginia)


title: Mask

medium: Copper, shell, and pyrite, and gold with cinnebar and pigment

country: Peru

subjects:
Metal
Peru
Shells & molluscs
Mask
Copper
Moche
Ceramic
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Shell (animal material)
Pyrite
Mineral
Mochica iv
Mochica
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
South american
Latin american


title: Carved Pendant Depicting a Costumed Figure with a Abstract Bird Headdress

creator: Guapiles

medium: Jadeite

country: Guápiles

subjects:
Pendant (jewelry)
Guápile
Birds
Abstract figure
Jadeite
Carving
Guapile
Stone
Mineral
Inorganic material
Jewelry
Art of the america
America
Lower central america
Jade
Costume
Arts of the america
Costume and accessorie
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wardwell


title: Earflare

creator: Possibly Oaxaca, Mexico

date: Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

medium: Jadeite or serpentine

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ear ornament
Oaxaca state
Jadeite
Mesoamerican
Stone
Mineral
Inorganic material
Serpentine (mineral)
Costume accessory
Costume
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Costume and accessorie
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus


title: Welsh Coal Miner, West Virginia Mine


title: Kohl Jar

creator: Egyptian

date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1069 BCE)

medium: Serpentine

country: Egypt

subjects:
Egypt
Jar
Stone
New kingdom
Vessel
Ancient art
Serpentine (mineral)
Serpentinite
Ancient
Egyptian
Eighteenth dynasty

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Mirror Depicting King Charles II and Queen Catherine of Braganza

creator: England

date: 17th century

medium: Silk, satin weave; appliquéd with silk and linen, plain weaves, silk, satin cut solid velvet, and silk oblique interlaced tapes; embroidered with silk, linen, and silk-wrapped metal coils and wires in individual back, satin, single satin, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, cut and loop pile, bullion, and buttonhole picots; glass beads, mica, and seed pearls; edged in silk, plain weave tapes; tortoise shell frame

subjects:
England
Needlework (visual works)
Shells & molluscs
Portrait
Fruit
Rabbit
Fish
Water
Snail
Bird
Insect
Robe
Crown
Animal
Flower
Tree
Building
Silk (fiber)
Embroidering
Glass
Textile
Decorative arts
Mirror
Bead
Linen
Metal
Mica (mineral)
Pearl
Tortoise shell
Appliqué (technique)
Couching (embroidering)
Laid work
Needleworking
Plain weaving
Satin weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp


title: Needlework Picture Depicting the Four Seasons

date: about 1660

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with linen, silk, silk-wrapped-metal purl, and gilt-metal purl in bullion, raised and detached, knotted and twisted buttonhole, crossed, raised stem filling and satin stitches; couching, laid work, buttonhole picots, French knots, and embroidered pile; seed pearls and mica

subjects:
England
Needlework (visual works)
Season
Fire
Wheat
Fall
Men
People
Foliage
Insect
Butterflie
Snail
Fleur de lis
Dresse
Bird
Deer
Lion
Animal
Flower
Women
Linen
Embroidering
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Gilt-metal purl
Mica (mineral)
Silk-wrapped-metal purl
Couching (embroidering)
Laid work
Satin weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Potter Palmer II through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Life-Size Black Bass

creator: Winslow Homer

medium: Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting and scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured (twill texture on verso), ivory wove paper (left, right and lower edges trimmed)

subjects:
Print and drawing
United state
Fish
Animal
Fishing
Wilderness
Paper (fiber product)
Watercolor
Drawing (visual works)
Graphite
Scraping
Wove paper
Aquarelle
Gouache

credit_line: Bequest of Brooks McCormick


title: Kesa

date: Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century

medium: plain compound twill, double weave; silk and gilt-paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Fish
Animal
Edo (japanese period)
Compound weaving
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Costume
Silk (fiber)
Gilt-paper-strip-wrapped silk
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society


title: Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish

creator: Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Fish
Oil on canva
England
Fishing
Men
Figure
Weather/season
Cloud
Sky
Sail
Boatman
Shadow
Gestural
Steam
Smoke
Landscape
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Sailing
Water
Ocean
Seas
Storm
Boat
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
British
Painting (image making)
Canva
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection


title: Fishing Boats off an Estuary

creator: Jan van Goyen (Dutch, 1596–1656)

medium: Oil on panel

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Oil on panel
Netherland
Fishing
Boatman
Boat
Cloud
Fish
Horizon
Water
Panel (wood)
Panel painting
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Fishing Boats in a Calm

creator: Jan van de Cappelle (Dutch, 1626–1679)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Netherland
Fishing
Figure
Men
Fisherman
Bird
Sky
Fish
Boat
Boatman
Cloud
Water
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Dutch
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Fish (Still Life)

creator: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

country: France

subjects:
Fish
Oil on canva
France
Still life
Tablecloth
Table
Pot
Knife
Kitchenware
Death
Food
Eels
Fruit
Lemon
Oyster
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Impressionism
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
French
Painting (image making)
Canva
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection


title: Fish Plate

creator: Greek; Athens

medium: terracotta, red-figure

country: Athens

subjects:
Fish
Plate (general, dish)
Athen
Animal
Terracotta
Greek
Earthenware
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Attic
Red-figure
Vessel
Ancient art
Ancient
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson


title: The Herring Net

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

country: Prouts Neck

subjects:
Painting
Prout neck
People
Weather/season
Food
Water
Men
Fishing
Boat
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Animal
Landscape
Portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Impressionism
Oil painting
Realism
Organic material
American arts
Painting (image making)
Modernism
Essential


title: Woman before an Aquarium

creator: Henri Matisse

subjects:
Painting
France
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Furniture
Fishbowl
Aquarium
Fish
Women
Textile pattern
Pine cone
Goldfish
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
Canva
Modern and contemporary art
Essential
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credit_line: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection