title: Paperweight

medium: Glass

subjects:
Paperweight
Lunéville
Millefiori glass
Millefiori
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur Rubloff


title: Paperweight

creator: Clichy Glassworks (Cristalleries de Clichy)

country: Clichy

subjects:
Paperweight
Clichy
Millefiori glass
Millefiori
Glass
European decorative arts

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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


title: Paperweight

creator: Saint-Louis Glassworks (Cristalleries de Saint-Louis)

country: Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche

subjects:
Paperweight
Saint-louis-lès-bitche
Dogs
Animal
Millefiori glass
Millefiori
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Paperweight

creator: Baccarat Glassworks (Cristalleries de Baccarat)

country: Lunéville

subjects:
Paperweight
Lunéville
Lampworking
Glass
Lampwork
European decorative arts


title: Paperweight

subjects:
Paperweight
Saint-louis-lès-bitche
Millefiori glass
Millefiori
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Figure of a Man

creator: Nevers, France

medium: Glass; lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature

country: France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative object/ornament
France
Lampworking
Glass
Lampwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer


title: Female Nude


title: Woman in a Wide Skirt


title: Dish Decorated with a Floral Pattern

creator: London, England

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: London

subjects:
Ornament & design
Dish (vessel)
London
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
European decorative arts
Tin-glazed ware
Ceramic

credit_line: Decorative Arts Purchase Fund


title: Two-Handled Cup

creator: Marked by Paul de Lamerie (born Netherlands, active England, 1688–1751)

medium: Silver

subjects:
Drinking vessel
London
Ships & the sea
Silver
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Harold T. Martin Charitable Trust Fund and Eloise W. Martin


title: Soldier

subjects:
Glass
France
Lampworking
Miniature
Decorative object/ornament
European decorative arts


title: Old Man


title: Actor


title: Actor in Star-Shaped Hat


title: Actor with Moustache


title: Man with a Black Fez

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer through the Antiquarian Society


title: Soldier


title: Man with Staff


title: Boy with a Basket


title: Man Holding a Garland


title: Woman with a Garland of Flowers

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative object/ornament
France
Flowers
Lampworking
Glass
Lampwork
European decorative arts


title: Hercules


title: Jupiter


title: Priest


title: Monk Holding a Child


title: Madonna and Child


title: St. Veronica


title: Woman Holding a Chalice


title: St. Louis of France


title: Ewer and Basin

creator: Marked by Johann Erhard Heuglin II (born Augsburg [now Germany], 1687–1757)

medium: Gilded silver

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
Augsburg
Ships & the sea
Silver gilt
Vessel
Silver
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society, S. J. Phillips, and Frank Partridge, Ltd.; gift in honor of Charles C. Cunningham; Emily Crane Chadbourne Fund


title: Covered Goblet with the Goddess Diana Bathing

creator: Engraved by Jacob Sang (born Netherlands, about 1720–1786)

medium: Wheel-engraved lead glass

country: England

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr & Mrs Julius Rosenwald


title: Wine Glass with Flowers and Insects

creator: Engraved by Frans Greenwood (born England, active Netherlands, 1680–1763)

medium: Stipple-engraved lead glass

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Flowers
Insects
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line:
Gift of Mr & Mrs Julius Rosenwald

Gift of Julius Rosenwald


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Netherlands

medium: Diamond-point-engraved non-lead glass

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Netherland
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Goblet

creator: Northern Europe

medium: Non-lead glass

country: Germany

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Germany
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker and Cover with Bacchic Scene

creator: Engraved by Gottfried Spiller (active Brandenburg [now Germany], 1663–1728)

medium: Wheel-engraved gold-formula ruby glass

country: Potsdam

subjects:
Glass
Potsdam
European decorative arts


title: Covered Beaker with Coat of Arms and Hunting Scene in Gold

creator: Bohemia (now Czech Republic)

medium: Tooled gold leaf between two layers of non-lead glass (Zwischengoldglas)

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Goblet with Cover


title: Cabinet

creator: Cabinet: Augsburg (now Germany); internal panels: Eger, Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic)

medium: Ebony, ivory, pine, oak, fruitwood, walnut, iron, steel, silver, brass, gilded brass, tinned brass, glass, paper, silk textile, and bone

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Case furniture
Augsburg
Skeletons & bones
Furniture
Animal
Plant-derived motif
Mother
Children
Women
Clock
Filigree
Putti
Wood (plant material)
Carving
Ivory
Plant material
European decorative arts
Essential

credit_line: Anonymous Purchase Fund


title: Monstrance

creator: Marked by Joseph Moser (born Bohemia [now Czech Republic], active Austria, 1715–1801)

medium: Gilded silver, semiprecious stones, and glass

country: Vienna

subjects:
Silver
Vienna
Silver gilt
Gilding
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metallizing
Metalwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: Emily Crane Chadbourne Fund


title: Looking Glass

creator: Paris or London

medium: Gessoed and gilded pine, reverse-painted glass (verre églomisé), gilding, and mirror glass

subjects:
Mirror
London
Furniture
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Colburn


title: Candelabrum

creator: Probably London

subjects:
Candleholder - candelabra
London
Silver
Candleholder
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts

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


title: Centerpiece

creator: Marked by John Bridge (born England, 1755–1834)

subjects:
Metalwork
England
Tureen
Dining
Mermaid
Neptune
Turtle
Silver
Repoussé
Rococo revival
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
European decorative arts
Bowl
Casting (process)
Chasing
Baroque revival
Regency

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Dish Depicting King George I of England

creator: Lambeth, England

country: Lambeth

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Lambeth
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
European decorative arts
Tin-glazed ware
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Beatrice W. Swartchild


title: Ewer

creator: Porcelain: Jingdezhen, China; mounts: probably London

date: Porcelain: c. 1573–1610 (Ming dynasty [1368–1644], Wanli period [1573–1620]); mounts: c. 1610

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and silver

country: China

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Vessel
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Medard W. Welch


title: Two Candelabra

creator: England

medium: Cut lead glass and gilded brass

subjects:
Candleholder - candelabra
England
Furniture
Glass
Lighting device
European decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of Bertha C. Loomis


title: Standing Dish and Cover, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

creator: Marked by Martin-Guillaume Biennais (born France, 1764–1843)

country: Paris

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Chasing
Napoleonic
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Appliqué (technique)
Engraving (incising)
Empire
Neoclassicism

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hickox


title: Glass Cooler, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Repoussé
Napoleonic
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Gilding
Appliqué (technique)
Chasing
Engraving (incising)
Metalworking
Empire
Neoclassicism


title: Crucifixion of Saint Peter

creator: Luigi Valadier (Italian, 1726–1785)

medium: Silver, gilt bronze, lapis lazuli

country: Rome

subjects:
Ornament & design
European decorative arts
Rome
Saint
Christian subject
Christianity
Metal
Metalwork
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Sculpture
Silver
Metalworking
Relief
Bronze
Stone
Gilt bronze
Lapi lazuli
Gilding
Gilt
Sculpting
Sculpture technique
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material

credit_line: Richard T. Crane, Jr. Endowment


title: Charger

creator: London, England

subjects:
Earthenware
Lambeth
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Mary E. Hipple Memorial Fund


title: Secretary Cabinet

creator: John Kirkhoffer (active Ireland, 1732–83)

medium: Walnut, holly, oak, pine, gesso, gilding, mirror glass, brass, and iron

country: Ireland

subjects:
Desk
Ireland
Interior design
Furniture
Walnut
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Flintlock (Patilla) in the Spanish or southern Italian style

creator: Brescia, Italy

medium: Steel and leather

country: Brescia

subjects:
Arms
Brescia
Steel
South italian
Arms and armor
European decorative arts
European decorative arts and sculpture
Leather

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Steven V. Maksin


title: Wheellock Rifle

creator: Elias Becker (German, Augsburg active 1633-1673)

medium: Steel, staghorn, cherry wood, beech wood, gilt brass, copper, and enamel

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Augsburg
Arms
Steel
Decorative arts
European decorative arts
Brass (alloy)
Cherry wood
Copper
Enamel
Horn
Wood (plant material)

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


title: Parade Cuirass

creator: Possibly France

medium: Brass, iron, leather, silver-gilt thread, silk and linen textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Armor
France
Procession
Biblical
Cuirass
Fashion
Parade
Brass (alloy)
Repoussé
Mannerism
Copper alloy
Embossing
Germanic

credit_line: Pauline Seip Armstrong Endowment Fund; Harding Collection Fund; purchased with funds provided by Paul Carbone; Bessie Bennett Endowment Fund; Beatrice Swartchild and Laird Landmann Arms and Armor funds; Wendel Fentress Ott and Charles R. and Janice J. Feldstein endowment funds


title: Close Helmet from an Armor of Tsar Dmitry I

creator: Italian, Milan

medium: Steel, brass, and traces of gilding

country: Milan

subjects:
Armor
Milan
Helmet
Dragon
Royal
Russia
Steel
Gilding
Russian
Brass (alloy)
Etching
Metalworking
Renaissance

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by John Edwardson; through prior acquisition of  the George F. Harding Collection; purchased with funds provided by Paul Carbone; Laird Landmann Arms and Armor Fund; purchased with funds provided by Daniel Manoogian, purchased with funds provided by Michael Haney.


title: Smallsword

creator: Western European

medium: Steel, gold, copper, and wood

country: Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Europe
Steel
Chasing
Baroque
Arms
Arms and armor
Gold
Copper
Wood (plant material)
Damascening

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Laird Landmann; Arms and Armor Acquisitions Fund


title: Close Helmet for Foot Tournament at the Barriers

medium: Steel and gilding

subjects:
Arms and armor
Armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Demi Shaffron of an Infantry Garniture

creator: Italian; Milan

medium: Steel, gilding, and brass


title: Closed Burgonet

creator: Italian


title: Saddle Steels (Front three piece)

medium: Steel with gilding

subjects:
Horse equipment
Milan
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Parrying Dagger

creator: German; Dresden

medium: Steel, wood, and iron

country: Dresden

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Dresden
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket

creator: Grip made by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded 1710)

medium: Steel, bronze, gilding, porcelain, and textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Arms
Germany
Hunting
Steel
European decorative arts
Porcelain
Bronze
Gilding
Textile


title: Rapier

creator: Hilt: English; Blade: probably German

medium: Steel, iron, silver, gold, and wood

subjects:
Arms
England
Sword
Germany
Steel
Arms and armor
European decorative arts
Gold
Iron
Silver
Wood (plant material)


title: Riding Sword

creator: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

medium: Steel, iron, gilding, wood, and textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Arms
Germany
Sword
Steel
Arms and armor
European decorative arts
Gilding
Iron
Textile
Wood (plant material)


title: Wheellock-Matchlock Musket

creator: Dutch, possibly German

medium: Steel, iron, brass, gilding, walnut, mother-of-pearl, staghorn, leather, and pyrite

subjects:
Arms
Netherland
Steel
European decorative arts
Brass
Horn
Iron
Mother of pearl
Walnut
Leather
Pyrite
Staghorn

credit_line: Pauline Seipp Armstrong and George F. Harding Collection endowment funds


title: Halberd for the Bodyguard of Ludwig Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg

creator: German

medium: Steel, gilding, ash, silk, and metallic thread

subjects:
Arms
Germany
Coat of arms
Battle
Weapon
Baroque
Steel
Arms and armor
European decorative arts
Ash
Gilding
Metallic thread
Silk (fiber)


title: Wheellock Carbine for the Bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg

creator: Gunsmith: Valentin Klett (German, 1556–1603)

medium: Steel, brass, fruitwood, and staghorn

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Smallsword and Scabbard

creator: Hilt and scabbard fittings; northern Indian

medium: Steel, gold, leather, wood, and textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Edged weapon-sword
England
Arms
Arms and armor

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


title: Scarf Sword

creator: Hilt: northern European (possibly Swedish)

medium: Steel, brass, silver, gilding, and wood

country: Sweden

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Sweden
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Katzbalger (Infantry Sword)

creator: Swiss or German

medium: Steel, brass, and walnut burl

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Switzerland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Military Smallsword and Scabbard of a Member of the British Royal Family

creator: Cutlers: John Highlord Bland (English, died 1791)

medium: Steel, silver, brass, gilding, wood, and lacquered snakeskin

country: England

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
England
Arms and armor
Arms

credit_line: Pauline Seipp Armstrong Fund, through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection


title: Smallsword and Scabbard

creator: Cutler: Thomas Prosser (English, 1774-1795)

medium: Steel, two gold alloys, gilding, brass, parchment, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
England
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Smallsword

creator: Probably German

medium: Steel, two gold alloys, and gilding

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Smallsword and Scabbard

creator: Silversmith: John Berthellot (English)

medium: Steel, silver, wood, leather, silver thread, and textile


title: Sword (Pappenheimer Rapier)

creator: Dutch

medium: Steel, silver, gilding, wood, and leather

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Netherland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Dresden
Arms


title: Cuirass (Breastplate and Backplate) in the Late Gothic Style

creator: South German or Austrian

medium: Steel, brass, and leather

country: Germany

subjects:
Suit-element
Germany
Arms and armor
Armor
Suit

credit_line: Chester D. Tripp Estate Fund


title: Pellet Crossbow

creator: Italian or French

medium: Steel, iron, gold, cherrywood, and hemp

country: France

subjects:
Crossbow
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Caesar Sends a Messenger to Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

creator: After a design by Justus van Egmont (1601–1674)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: o.6–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 42 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.2 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.8–1.2 mm

country: Brussels

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Textile
Tapestry weaving

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


title: Cup-Hilted Rapier

creator: Spanish or south Italian

medium: Steel, iron, brass, and gilding

country: Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Iron (metal)
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate with Tassets (Thigh Defenses)

creator: South German, possibly Nuremberg

date: 1520-30 with some modern restoration

medium: Steel and leather

subjects:
Suit-element
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Cranequin ( Winder ) for a Crossbow

creator: South German; possibly Nuremberg

medium: Iron with gilding, wood, and cord

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Crossbow
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Armor for Field and Tournament

creator: Jörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after

date: About 1560

medium: Steel with gilding, iron, brass, leather, and cord

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Suit
Augsburg
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Cantle Plate

creator: German

medium: Steel

subjects:
Horse equipment
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Smallsword for a Child

creator: French

medium: Steel, iron, gold, silver, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
France
Silver
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Gold
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Smallsword

medium: Steel, iron, silver, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
France
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Silver
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Thrusting Sword (Estoc)

creator: Western European, probably Solingen or Passau, Germany

medium: Steel, iron, brass, and oak


title: War Hammer

medium: Steel and wood

subjects:
Shafted weapon
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Thrusting Sword (Estoc)

medium: Steel, wood, and leather

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Germany
Leather
Animal material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Hand-and-a-Half Sword

creator: German, Passau

medium: Steel, iron, cord, and wood


title: Roundel Dagger and Scabbard

medium: Steel, leather, and iron

country: Saxony

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Sword from the Armory of Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck

creator: Hilt: German or possibly Austrian (Innsbruck)

medium: Steel, brass, wood, and leather


title: Mace

creator: Italian, possiblly Spanish

medium: Steel, iron, and gilding

subjects:
Shafted weapon
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mace

creator: Eastern European style, probably Polish

medium: Steel, copper-alloy, and narwhal tusk

country: Poland

subjects:
Shafted weapon
Poland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mace

medium: Steel and iron


title: Cleaver

date: early 17th century

medium: Steel, wood, and brass

subjects:
Cutlery
Germany
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Hunting Hanger with Scabbard

medium: Steel, gilding, wood and leather

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Boar Sword

medium: Steel, staghorn, and iron

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Horseman's Axe

medium: Steel, iron, brass, beechwood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

creator: Probably Italian

medium: Steel and silver

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Silver
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

medium: Iron, steel, copper, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Iron (metal)
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

creator: Italian or Spanish

medium: Steel, iron, textile, and wood

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

creator: Southern European

medium: Steel, iron, and wood

country: Southern Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Southern europe
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

creator: Western European

country: Western Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Western europe
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Iron (metal)
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Rapier

medium: Steel, iron, copper, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Stirrups

date: 19th century in early 16th century German style

medium: Iron, brass

subjects:
Horse equipment
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Spurs

creator: Hungarian

date: 15th/16th century

medium: Steel and leather

country: Hungary

subjects:
Horse equipment
Hungary
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Curb Bit

creator: European, probably Italian

medium: Brass, steel, and gilding

subjects:
Horse equipment
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Curb Bit

medium: Iron


title: Pellet Crossbow

creator: Flemish

medium: Steel, brass, and fruitwood

country: Europe

subjects:
Crossbow
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Mail Sleeves

creator: European

medium: Steel

subjects:
Suit-element
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Sleeves of Mail

date: mid–16th century

subjects:
Suit-element
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Front of Mail Breech

date: 15th century

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Mail Cape (Bishop's Mantle)

medium: Steel and brass


title: Mail Breeches

date: late 15th century


title: Mail Standard (Collar)

medium: Iron and brass


title: Cranequin (Winder) for a Crossbow

creator: German, Nuremberg

date: 1570/80 with a mid–17th century decoration

medium: Steel, iron with gilding, wood, and cord

subjects:
Crossbow
Nuremberg
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Crossbow

creator: German, Dresden

medium: Steel, walnut, staghorn, bovine horn, bone, silk fiber, and hemp

country: Dresden

subjects:
Crossbow
Dresden
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Goat's Foot Lever

creator: Spanish


title: Crossbow

medium: Steel, iron, brass, fruitwood, bone, and hemp

subjects:
Crossbow
Europe
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock from a Rifle

creator: German or Austrian

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Grape Shot (Projectile) for a Cannon

creator: Austrian

date: 17th Century

medium: Wood, canvas, and iron

country: Austria

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Chain Shot (Projectile) for a Cannon


title: Split Shot (Projectile) for a Cannon


title: Pair of Wheellock Pistols

medium: Wood and steel

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Hunting Sword combined with Flintlock Pistol

creator: English

medium: Steel, brass, and horn

subjects:
Combination weapon
England
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Lance for the Carousel (Running at the Ring)

medium: Iron, lead, gilding, wood, paint, gold, pigment, and varnish

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Dresden
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Lance for Joust or Quintain Course

medium: Iron, wood, and paint

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Dresden
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Ahlspiess

medium: Steel and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Boar Spear

date: 1680/1700 with later decoration

medium: Steel, brass, staghorn, leather, wood, and silk velvet

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Austria
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd for the Bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg

medium: Steel and oak

country: Salzburg

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Salzburg
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Left Greave and Sabaton

creator: Attributed to Wolfgang Grosschedel

medium: Steel and gilding

country: Landshut

subjects:
Arms and armor
Landshut
Suit-element
Armor


title: Codpiece

creator: German


title: Reinforcing Breastplate Bevor, and Grandguard for the Joust

creator: South German, Augsburg

subjects:
Suit-element
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Fluted Field Armor

medium: Steel and leather

subjects:
Suit
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Jousting Lance with Vamplate

date: 1560/80, modern lance

medium: Steel, leather, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock Pistol

creator: Italian, Brescia

medium: Steel and walnut

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock Pistol

creator: Gunsmith: Vincenzo Marini (Italian)

medium: Steel, iron, and walnut

country: Brescia

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Brescia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: German; Suhl, Thuringia

medium: Steel, gilding, gold, and walnut

country: Suhl

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Suhl
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Gunsmith: Gerrit Lasonder

medium: Steel, copper, walnut burl

country: Utrecht

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Utrecht
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Joseph Etienne Brion (French, active 1740-1747)

date: about 1740

medium: Steel, gold, walnut, and flint

country: Paris

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Pari
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Rifle

creator: East German of Polish (Silesia, possibly Teschen)

medium: Steel, fruitwood, staghorn, mother-of-pearl

country: Germany

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke)

creator: Polish, Silesia, Teschen

medium: Steel, fruitwood, staghorn, bovine horn, mother-of-pearl

country: Silesia

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Silesia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke)

medium: Steel, fruitwood, staghorn, bovine horn, and mother-of-pearl

country: Teschen

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Teschen
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Pistol

creator: Barrel smith: Peter Danner

medium: Steel, iron, gilding, and brass

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Pistol (Puffer) with the Coat of Arms of Johann Georg, Duke of Saxony

creator: Stock maker: probably Klaus Hirt (German)

medium: Steel, fruitwood, and staghorn

country: Thuringia

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Thuringia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Puffer (Pistol) for the Mounted Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony

creator: Abraham Dressler

medium: Steel, cherrywood, and staghorn

country: East Germany

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
East germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Two-Handed Sword with Scabbard

creator: German, possibly Munich

medium: Steel, iron, wood, silk velvet textile, wood fiber, and leather

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Edged weapon-sword
Germany
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Morgenstern

creator: Swiss or Austrian

medium: Iron and wood

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Switzerland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Dueling Gauntlets

creator: Southern German; probably Nuremberg

medium: Steel, iron, brass, and leather

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Gauntlet for the Left Hand

creator: Lucio Piccinino (Italian, active 1575-1595)

medium: Steel, gold, silver, and brass

country: Milan

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Milan
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince

creator: Attributed to Anton Peffenhauser

medium: Steel, gilding, brass, and leather

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Arms and armor
Augsburg
Suit-gauntlet
Armor


creator: Attributed to Anton Peffenhauser (German 1525—1603)

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Parrying Gauntlet

creator: Italian

medium: Steel, iron, linen textile, and leather

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Suit-gauntlet
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Lucerne Hammer

creator: Swiss

medium: Steel, iron, and wood


title: Poleaxe

creator: Italian; Venice

medium: Steel, iron, brass, wood, and textile

country: Venice

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Edged weapon-staff
Venice
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Armor for the Joust

creator: Northern Italian

medium: Steel, brass, leather, and modern costume

country: Northern Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Suit
Northern italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Boy's Armor

creator: Western European

date: late 17th century

medium: Steel, brass, and leather

country: France

subjects:
Suit
France
Leather
Animal material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Demi Shaffron

creator: German

medium: Steel, pewter, and leather

subjects:
Horse equipment
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Demi-Shaffron

creator: Italian, Milan

medium: Steel

subjects:
Horse equipment
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Demi Shaffron

medium: Steel and leather

subjects:
Horse equipment
Milan
Leather
Animal material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Shaffron

creator: South German; probably Augsburg

subjects:
Horse equipment
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Shaffron

creator: Pierre du Coudroy (Flemish, born France, 1560-about 1626)

date: about 1620

medium: Steel, paint, leather

country: Brussels

subjects:
Horse equipment
Brussel
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Gorget

creator: European

date: 19th century in 16th century style

country: Europe

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Gorget

medium: Steel, brass, gilding, and leather

subjects:
Suit-element
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Portions of a Field Armor

creator: Austrian; Innsbruck

date: c. 1540 with some modern restoration

country: Innsbruck

subjects:
Suit
Innsbruck
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor
European decorative arts
Leather


title: Field Armor for Man

creator: South German, Nuremberg

medium: Steel, iron, brass, leather, and textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Suit
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion

creator: South German; Augsburg

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Suit
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Burgonet

creator: Northern German

country: Northern Germany

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Northern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Infantry or Demi Lancer's Armor

creator: South German

country: Germany


title: Infantry Armor

creator: Northern German, Brunswick

subjects:
Suit
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Backplate

date: early 17th century, marked later

subjects:
Suit-element
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Portions of a Jousting Armor

date: c. 1560 with some modern restorations

medium: Steel, leather, and paint

subjects:
Suit
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Shaffron

creator: Southern German

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Horse equipment
Southern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Infantry Armor

creator: North German

medium: Steel, iron, leather and black paint


title: Composite Armor for Heavy Cavalry (Cuirassier)

subjects:
Armor
Nuremberg
Steel
Metalworking
Suit
Arms and armor
Leather
Paint
Halloween


title: Cuirass from an Armor of Tsar Dmitry I

creator: Italian; Milan

subjects:
Suit-element
Milan
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate


title: Breastplate

creator: North Italian, probably Milan

date: c. 1580 with some modern restorations


title: Reinforcing Breastplate


title: Cuirass

creator: French

medium: Steel, brass, silver-gilt bradding, silk textile, and leather

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Suit-element
France
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate

medium: Steel, brass, and paint

subjects:
Suit-element
France
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Infantry Armor

creator: German, possibly Cologne

country: Cologne

subjects:
Suit
Cologne
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: German

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
East germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd for the Civic Guard of Cologne

medium: Steel, brass, gilding, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Western European

medium: Steel, brass, and wood

country: Western Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Western europe
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

medium: Steel and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Western europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Possibly French or German


title: Halberd


title: Buckler (Targa)

creator: Italian

medium: Wood, leather, and iron

subjects:
Shield
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Possibly Lamprecht Koller (Swiss, Würenlos, active about 1663-1681)

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Switzerland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Buckler

creator: Italian or Spanish

medium: Wood, iron, brass, gilding, silk velvet, and silk damask


title: Elements of a Half Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers

subjects:
Suit
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Elements of Composite Armor

creator: German or Austrian

date: c. 1520 with later additions

country: Austria

subjects:
Suit
Austria
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate

creator: South German or Austrian (Innsbruck)

subjects:
Suit-element
Innsbruck
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Wall Tile

medium: fritware with underglaze-painted design

country: Turkey (Iznik), Ottoman Period

subjects:
Ceramic
Turkey (iznik), ottoman period

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

rights_statement: CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) via the Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access programme.

credit_line: Wall Tile, 1600s. Turkey (Iznik), Ottoman Period. Fritware with underglaze-painted design; overall: 26.8 x 26.8 cm (10 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.651.c


title: Bamboo in the Wind

creator: Ma Yu (Chinese, active 1706–1724)

medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

subjects:
Painting
China, qing dynasty (1644–1911)

credit_line: Bamboo in the Wind, 1724. Ma Yu (Chinese, active 1706–1724). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; overall: 140 x 57.5 cm (55 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles L. Freer, 1915.96


title: Bracelet

medium: Ivory and wire

credit_line: Bracelet, c. 1900. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker. Ivory and wire; diameter: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.); overall: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.538


medium: Ink and color on paper

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

subjects:
Painting
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)
Portraits

credit_line: Sketch Model for Portraits of Minamoto Tametomo (源為朝像の粉本), 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Ink and color on paper; overall: 38.8 x 55 cm (15 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson, 1916.931


credit_line: Sketch Model for Portraits of Ashikaga Takauji (足利尊氏像の粉本), 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Ink and color on paper; overall: 38.8 x 55 cm (15 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson, 1916.932


medium: pottery

country: Japan

subjects: Ceramic Japan

credit_line: Box of Incense Container (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Mandarin Duck, c. 1700–1868. Japan. Pottery; overall: 4.5 x 7.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Holden Collection, 1918.789.a


title: Lace Insertion and Edging

medium: Bobbin lace

country: Italy, Umbria

subjects:
Lace
Italy, umbria

credit_line: Lace Insertion and Edging, 1600s–1700s. Italy, Umbria. Bobbin lace; average: 5.5 x 33.1 cm (2 3/16 x 13 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1050


title: Lace Cloth

country: Italy, Genoa

subjects:
Lace
Italy, genoa

credit_line: Lace Cloth, 1500s. Italy, Genoa. Linen: needle lace (cutwork) and bobbin lace edging; average: 92.4 x 177.2 cm (36 3/8 x 69 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1162


title: Lace Lappet

country: Belgium, Binche

subjects:
Lace
Belgium, binche

credit_line: Lace Lappet, 1700–1720. Belgium, Binche. Bobbin lace; average: 8.6 x 51.8 cm (3 3/8 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1920.1273


title: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō

creator: Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812)

medium: color woodblock print

subjects:
Print
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō (二代目市川門之助の曽我五郎), 1779. Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812). Color woodblock print; sheet: 30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1920.518


title: Fragment

creator: Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461–1521)

medium: glazed terracotta

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, florence

credit_line: Fragment, c. 1900–1910. Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461–1521). Glazed terracotta; overall: 198.1 x 165.1 cm (78 x 65 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1180.j


creator: Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762–1819)

credit_line: Iwai Hanshirō IV as a Woman with a Sword (四代目岩井半四郎の刀を持つ女性), 1791. Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762–1819). Color woodblock print; sheet: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1921.1287


credit_line: Dancer as Kuzunoha, Fox Spirit Disguised as a Woman, c. 1795. Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762–1819). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.8 x 24.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1921.350


date: before 1467

medium: engraving

country: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, ferrara, 15th century

credit_line: Genius of the World (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #33), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.33


title: Combats and Triumphs

date: probably 1560s

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Combats and Triumphs, probably 1560s. Etienne Delaune (French, 1518/19-c. 1583). Engraving; image: 6.5 x 21.9 cm (2 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.); secondary support: 7 x 22.5 cm (2 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1924.676


title: Lace Flounce

medium: Linen: bobbin lace

country: Belgium, Brabant

subjects:
Lace
Belgium, brabant

credit_line: Lace Flounce, 1700s. Belgium, Brabant. Linen: bobbin lace; average: 66.1 x 400 cm (26 x 157 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.68


title: Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)

credit_line: Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay (二見ヶ浦の光景（右）), 1854. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861). Right print from a triptych of color woodblock prints; 36.8 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, 1943.10.c


title: Pin Cushion Sampler

medium: Silk, knitted

country: England

subjects: Sampler England

credit_line: Pin Cushion Sampler, 1809. England. Silk, knitted; average: 9 x 9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce, 1943.121


title: Thumb Ring

medium: white jade

credit_line: Thumb Ring, 1800s–1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49). White jade; diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner, 1947.544


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

medium: fiber paper

subjects: Sri lanka, singhalese, late 17th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.31.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.36.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.39.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.44.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.51.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.56.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.71.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.74.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.75.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.77.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.79.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.84.b


medium: Gum tempera on wood

credit_line: Bottom Cover for a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Gum tempera on wood; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.86.b


creator: Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Abducting Iole, 1544. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1950.460


title: Sketchbook, page 042 & 43: Beach View

medium: graphite

country: America

credit_line: Sketchbook, page 042 & 43: Beach View , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.423.cc


credit_line: Sketchbook, page 132: Marine View with color notations , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.423.ggg


title: Sketchbook, page 072: Swimming Figure

credit_line: Sketchbook, page 072: Swimming Figure , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.423.ll


title: Sketchbook, page 159: Head of a Woman

credit_line: Sketchbook, page 159: Head of a Woman , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.423.qqq


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 008 & 9: "Gloucester- The Road" , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.c


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 124 & 125: Rockport Lighthouse and Figures on Shore , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.ccc


medium: graphite and watercolor

credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 075: Seated Bathers, 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite and watercolor; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.dd


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 031: Female Nude seen from the back , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.j


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 155: Seated Woman with Notes , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.kkk


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 042 & 43: Two Seated Female Figures , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.o


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 050: Mother and Child , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.s


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 170: Female Nude , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.sss


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 052 & 53: Houses and Gardens , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.t


credit_line: Sketchbook- The Granite Shore Hotel, Rockport, page 114 &115: Figures on a Sailboat , 1905–10. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 18.8 x 11.5 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.424.xx


credit_line: Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 001:Sailboat "The Dells", c. 1919–1921. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite ; sheet: 20 x 13.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.425.a


credit_line: Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 142 & 143: Figures on a Coast, c. 1919–1921. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite ; sheet: 20 x 13.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.425.aaa


subjects: America Landscapes

credit_line: Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 114 & 115: Landscape with Figures and Buildings, c. 1919–1921. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite ; sheet: 20 x 13.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.425.nn


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 32r, Text

creator: Master of the Boqueteaux (French)

medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding

country: France, Paris

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 32r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.32.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 68v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 68v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.68.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 70v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 70v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.70.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 80r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 80r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.80.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 81r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 81r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.81.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 83v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 83v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.83.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 87v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 87v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.87.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 88v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 88v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.88.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 90v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 90v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.90.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 93v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 93v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.93.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 97v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 97v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.97.b


medium: gold

country: Byzantium

subjects: Coin Byzantium

credit_line: Nomisma with Constantine IX Monomachus (obverse), 1042–1055. Byzantium. Gold; diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.424.a


credit_line: Nomisma with Eudocia and Romanus IV Diogenes (obverse), 1068–1071. Byzantium. Gold; diameter: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.425.a


country: Byzantium, Constantinople

subjects:
Coin
Byzantium, constantinople

credit_line: Nomisma with Basil II Bulgarotonos and His Brother Constantine VIII (reverse), 977–1025. Byzantium, Constantinople. Gold; diameter: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of his father Thomas Kennedy Milliken, 1968.62.b


title: The Queen of the Fishes: Plate 6

creator: Lucien Pissarro (British, 1863–1944)

medium: color woodcut

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Fish
England, 19th century

credit_line: The Queen of the Fishes: Plate 6, 1894. Lucien Pissarro (British, 1863–1944). Color woodcut; book page: 19.2 x 13.3 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry H. Hawley for the fiftieth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1970.50.f


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: France, Lorraine

subjects:
Manuscript
France, lorraine

credit_line: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon, c. 1295. France, Lorraine. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.4 x 14.6 cm (4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1983.73.1.b


creator: Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)

medium: color woodcuts with gold and silver

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

subjects:
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Flowers

credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Folding Fans (Suehiro), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.1.14


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Plum by the Eaves (Nokiba no ume), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.1.2


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Eight Bridges (Yatsuhashi), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.1.9


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Otsu-e (Otsu-e), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.2.1


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Court Guard (Eishi), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.2.10


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.3.6


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Fulling Silk (Uchiginu), 1909–10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1988.23.3.9


title: Tureen

creator: Edward Wakelin (British, 1784)

medium: silver

country: England, 18th century

subjects:
Silver
England, 18th century

credit_line: Tureen, 1753. Edward Wakelin (British, 1784). Silver; overall: 24.3 x 40.4 x 22.8 cm (9 9/16 x 15 7/8 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.214.a


medium: ink and color on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Flowers

credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Farming Village in Spring (Harudenka), 1909. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Ink and color on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.85.18


credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Court Guard (Eishi), 1909. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Ink and color on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.85.21


title: Dancing Woman with Arms Spread

creator: Pierre Roche (French, 1855–1922)

medium: gypsograph

country: France, early 20th Century

credit_line: La Loïe Fuller, by Roger Marx: Dancing Woman with Arms Spread, 1904. Pierre Roche (French, 1855–1922), Les Cents Bibliophiles. Gypsograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1995.54.e


title: Suite of Vases:  Title Page

medium: etching

credit_line: Suite of Vases:  Title Page, 1746. Jacques François Saly (French, 1717–1776). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.229.1


title: St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast

medium: salted paper print from calotype negative

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: St. Andrews Castle, from the Southeast, 1846. David Octavius Hill (British, 1802–1870), and Robert Adamson (British, 1821–1848). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 19.9 x 18.7 cm (7 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1997.145


medium: etching, mounted in album form, 16 leaves plus two additional leaves of inscriptions

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)

credit_line: Khan of Bada Shan Presenting Tribute: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems, c. 1765–74; poem dated 1759. Jean Damascene Sallusti (Italian, d. 1781). Etching, mounted in album form, 16 leaves plus two additional leaves of inscriptions; overall: 51 x 87 cm (20 1/16 x 34 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.103.13


title: Yam Mask

medium: pigment, basketry

credit_line: Yam Mask, 1900s. Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Abelam People, 20th century. Pigment, basketry; overall: 47.3 x 44.3 x 14.7 cm (18 5/8 x 17 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Nathaniel Sloane in memory of Rose White, 1998.84


title: Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

creator: Bian Shoumin (Chinese, 1684–1752)

date: first half of the 1700s

medium: album leaf; ink and color on paper

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

subjects:
Painting
China, qing dynasty (1644-1911)

credit_line: Album of Calligraphy and Paintings, first half of the 1700s. Bian Shoumin (Chinese, 1684–1752). Album leaf; ink and color on paper; overall: 18.5 x 27.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Y. K. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.260.a


title: Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

credit_line: Album of Calligraphy and Paintings, first half of the 1700s. Bian Shoumin (Chinese, 1684–1752). Album leaf; ink and color on paper; overall: 18.5 x 27.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Y. K. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.260.e


credit_line: Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse), 262–241 BCE. Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE). Silver; diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.317.b


title: High Chest of Drawers

medium: cherry and pine

country: America, Connecticut, 18th century

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
America, connecticut, 18th century

credit_line: High Chest of Drawers, c. 1770–1785. America, Connecticut, 18th century. Cherry and pine; overall: 202 x 98 x 52.1 cm (79 1/2 x 38 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lillian and Derek Ostergard in honor of Charles and Norma Shirk, 2000.199


title: The Port at San Remo

creator: Adolphe Appian (French, 1818–1898)

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Port at San Remo, 1878. Adolphe Appian (French, 1818–1898). Etching; sheet: 32.5 x 45.8 cm (12 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.); platemark: 28.3 x 39.1 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2001.103


medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

country: India, Deccan, Aurangabad, 18th century

subjects:
Painting
India, deccan, aurangabad, 18th century

credit_line: Gujari Ragini (Krishna with Gopis Playing the Flute), from a Ragamala Series, mid-1700s. India, Deccan, Aurangabad, 18th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 24.3 x 14 cm (9 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jack and Jeanette Walton in memory of his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Zaworski, 2003.344


creator: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)

medium: etching and engraving

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: The Bohemians: The Bohemians Marching: The Vanguard, c. 1621–25. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching and engraving; sheet: 12.4 x 23.6 cm (4 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2004.42.b


medium: etching with chine collé

subjects:
Portfolio
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Boat Trip:  Night Voyage or Net Fishing (second version), 1861. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Etching with chine collé; sheet: 31.5 x 44.7 cm (12 3/8 x 17 5/8 in.); platemark: 14.1 x 19 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2004.95.10


title: Figure

subjects:
Sculpture
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Figure, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, Grassfields region, unidentified maker. Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and cowrie shells; overall: 50 x 13 x 10 cm (19 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Nina M. Traub Trust, 2008.1012


creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

medium: lithograph

credit_line: Exposition of Animals: The ox-elephant, a new and very promising breed..., 1856. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Destouches. Lithograph; sheet: 27.8 x 35.8 cm (10 15/16 x 14 1/8 in.); image: 21.7 x 26 cm (8 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake, 2009.505


title: Help! My cutlet's being stolen!

date: 1901, published 1902

medium: color lithograph

credit_line: Crimes and Punishments: Help! My cutlet's being stolen!, 1901, published 1902. Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925). Color lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake, 2011.477


title: It's about your father...

credit_line: Crimes and Punishments: It's about your father..., 1901, published 1902. Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925). Color lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake, 2011.491


medium: watercolor on ivory, gold mount, set in the cover of a composition bonbonniere

subjects:
Portrait miniature
France
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of the Artist's Children Emma and Paul (box), c. 1795. Jean-Antoine Laurent (French, 1763–1832). Watercolor on ivory, gold mount, set in the cover of a composition bonbonniere; diameter: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2012.56.b


title: Head of a Young Woman

creator: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

date: early 1730s

medium: oil on canvas

subjects: Painting France

credit_line: Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s. François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Oil on canvas; framed: 47 x 40 x 6 cm (18 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 32.4 x 25.6 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2012.95


title: Fragment of a Staff

date: late 1800s–early 1900s

credit_line: Fragment of a Staff, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalundwe, unknown maker. Wood, copper alloy, upholstery studs, and iron; overall: 34.5 x 3.2 x 5.4 cm (13 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Kim Sherwin, 2016.11


title: Three Figures with a Dog

date: probably 1800s

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Three Figures with a Dog, probably 1800s. Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741–1814). Pen and black ink with brown and gray washes and traces of white gouache (brim of standing man’s hat); overall: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.); sheet: 7.9 x 4.9 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2017.216


title: Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)

creator: Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)

date: late 1800s

medium: Charcoal with black ink framing lines

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto), late 1800s. Attributed to Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Charcoal with black ink framing lines; sheet: 32.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.45.a


title: Glaive for the Civic Guard of Rome

creator: Italian

medium: Steel, wood, and modern tassel

country: Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Glaive

creator: Italian, possibly Brescia

medium: Steel and wood

country: Brescia province

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Brescia province
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Bill

medium: Steel, wood, and brass


title: Armor for Heavy Calvary (Cuirassier)

creator: Italian; Milan

date: about 1610

medium: Steel and leather

country: Milan

subjects:
Suit
Milan
Leather
Animal material
Iron (metal)
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate

creator: South German; Augsburg

medium: Steel, brass, and leather

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Suit
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate

creator: Spanish or northern Italian

medium: Steel

country: Spain

subjects:
Suit-element
Spain
Armor
Arms and armor


creator: Probably Italian

subjects:
Suit
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Targe (Shield)

creator: Innsbruck, Austria

date: Dated 1551

medium: Steel, brass, and iron

subjects:
Shield
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Composite Boy's Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers

subjects:
Suit
Augsburg
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Gorget for Composite Boy's Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers

subjects:
Suit-element
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Small Howitzer (Field Cannon) of Artillery Captain Johannes Faulhaber

creator: German; possibly Ulm

medium: Bronze, iron, and wood

country: Ulm

subjects:
Firearm-cannon
Ulm
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Model Field Cannon with Carriage

creator: Dutch

medium: Bronze and wood

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Firearm-cannon
Netherland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Elements of an Armor Garniture for the Field, Joust, and Tourney of a Radziwill Prince of Poland and Lithuania

medium: Steel, gilding, and leather


title: Cuirass

creator: Valentin Siebenburger (German, 1510—1564)

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Suit-element
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate

creator: Spanish


title: Bevor (Barbote)

creator: Spanish or Italian


title: Barred Visor of a Close Helmet for the Gioco del Ponte

creator: Italian; Pisa

date: c. 1600 or later

country: Pisa

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Pisa
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Archer's Sallet

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Spain
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Zischägge (Helmet)

creator: Probably Flemish

medium: Steel, iron, brass, and leather

country: Flanders

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Flander
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Zischägge (Helmet)

creator: German

medium: Steel, brass, gilding, and textile

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Suit-helmet
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Composite Zischägge (Helmet)

creator: Flemish, probably Brussels

medium: Steel, iron, and leather


title: Pointed Morion

creator: North Italian, probably Milan

medium: Steel and brass

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Milan
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Pointed Morion

creator: Northern Italian, probably Brescia

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Comb Morion

creator: French

subjects:
Suit-helmet
France
Leather
Animal material
Brass (alloy)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Iron (metal)
Steel
Iron alloy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Morion-Burgonet

creator: North Italian, probably Brescia

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Brescia province
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Burgonet

creator: South German

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Southern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Burgonet

creator: South German, probably Nuremberg

medium: Steel and black paint


title: Siege Helmet

creator: Probably Italian


title: Closed Burgonet

creator: South German; Nuremberg

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Nuremberg
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Portions of a Jousting Helmet

creator: Italian; Milan

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Milan
Knight
Helmet
Plant-derived motif
Figure (representations)
Gilding
Steel
Armor
Arms and armor
Metalworking
Etching
Leather
Essential


title: Close Helmet for the Joust

country: Northern Italy

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Northern italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet for the Joust and Tourney

creator: South German; probably Augsburg

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet for the Tourney

creator: South German; Augsburg


title: Close Helmet for the Tourney


title: Close Helmet

creator: Austrian; Innsbruck

country: Innsbruck

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Innsbruck
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet for the Tourney


title: Close Helmet for Foot Tournament at the Barriers

creator: Anton Peffenhauser (German, c. 1525—1603)

medium: Steel, brass, gilding, and leather


title: Close Helmet for the Tourney

creator: South German; Landshut

country: Landshut

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Landshut
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet

creator: Southern German or Austrian


title: Close Helmet


title: Close Helmet

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Close Helmet

creator: South German, Probably Nuremberg


title: Close Helmet

creator: German or Austrian (possibly Innsbruck)

medium: Steel and paint


title: Sallet

creator: Spanish


title: Sallet

creator: Northern Italian; probably Milan


title: Sallet

creator: German

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Armet

creator: Northern Italian or Flemish


title: Visored Bascinet

creator: Western European


title: Hand Pavise with the Coat of Arms of the Teutonic Order

medium: Fir, iron, hemp fiber, gesso, and pigment

subjects:
Shield
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Jousting Shield (Stecktarge) with the Coat of Arms of the City of Deggendorf

creator: South German; Bavaria

medium: Wood, iron, leather, canvas, gesso, and paint

country: Saxony

subjects:
Shield
Saxony
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Targe (Shield)

creator: Flemish or English

medium: Steel, brass, paint, oil gilding, leather, and wool

subjects:
Shield
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Sallet (Barbute)

creator: North Italian, Milan


title: Jousting Helm (Stechhelm)

creator: Christian Spor (Austrian, 1464-1495)

medium: Steel, brass, and paint


title: Close Helmet

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Germany
Steel
Armor
Arms and armor
European decorative arts
Helmet
Suit-element


title: Crinet

country: France

subjects:
Horse equipment
France
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Peytral of a Horse Armor

subjects:
Horse equipment
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Rifle

creator: Gunsmith: Johan Carl Öfner

medium: Steel, silver, walnut, horn, staghorn, and mother-of-pearl

country: Austria

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Rifle of Emperor Leopold I

creator: Stock: Johann Georg Maucher

medium: Steel, brass, cherrywood, horn, staghorn

country: Gmünd

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Gmünd
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Waistcoat Cuirass

creator: Italian; Milan

medium: Steel

country: Milan

subjects:
Suit-element
Milan
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Flemish

medium: Steel, iron, and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Flander
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Boar Spear

creator: German, Saxony

medium: Steel, brass, and ash

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Spear for the Bodyguard of Emperor Ferdinand I

creator: Austrian

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Glaive of the Bodyguard of August I, Elector of Saxony

medium: Steel, brass, wood, and silk textie

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor
Silk (fiber)


title: Glaive for the Bodyguard of Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg

medium: Steel and oak


title: Glaive for the Bodyguard of Emperor Maximilian II

medium: Steel, iron, gilding, oak, and silk textile (velvet)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Edged weapon-staff
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor
Silk (fiber)


title: Glaive for the Bodyguard of King of Hungry and Bohemia (Later Emperor) Maximilian II

medium: Steel, iron, gilding, oak and silk textile (velvet)


title: Halberd for the Bodyguard of Archduke of Inner Austria (Later Emperor) Ferdinand II


title: Halberd for the Bodyguard of Emperor Mattias

medium: Steel, iron, gilding, brass, and beechwood


title: Halberd for the Bodyguard of Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein

medium: Steel, iron, gilding, wood (ash), silk, and silk textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Edged weapon-staff
Southern germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Italian

country: Central Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Central italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Hans Ulrich Hermann (Swiss, active c. 1600-25)

medium: Steel and wood

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Switzerland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Partisan

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mordaxt

creator: Swiss, probably Zurich

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Switzerland
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mordaxt

creator: Swiss or German

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Southern germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Ahlspiess

creator: German or Austrian

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Austria
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: German

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Poleax

creator: Western European, probably Italian

country: Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Shafted weapon
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

creator: Master B. E. (Italian)

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock Revolver with Bayonet

creator: Gunsmith: Richard Constable (American, active 1817-1851)

medium: Steel, walnut, and flint

country: Philadelphia

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Philadelphia
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Dutch, Maastricht

medium: Steel, silver, ivory, ebony, leather, and flint

country: Maastricht

subjects:
Arms and armor
Maastricht
Ivory
Firearm-handgun
Dentin
Bone
Gold
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ebony
Hardwood
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms


title: Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols

creator: Austrian, Vienna

medium: steel, brass, gilding, walnut, and horn

country: Vienna

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Vienna
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Flintlock Turn-Off Pistols

creator: English; London

medium: Steel, leather, and flint

country: London

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
London
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock Pistol

creator: French, Alsace

medium: Steel, silver, brass, wood, mother-of-pearl, and horn

country: Alsace

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Alsace
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Double-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Holster Pistol (One of a Pair)

creator: Gunsmith: T. (Thomas) Thiermay (Flemish, active about 1720-50)

medium: Steel, brass, gilding, and walnut

country: Liège

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Liège
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Triple-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Fowling Piece from the Gun Cabinet of the Princes of Liechtenstein

creator: Gunsmith: Tilman Keucks (Dutch)

medium: Steel, brass, walnut, ebony, and horn

country: Germany

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock Fowling Piece Given by the Empress Catherine II of Russia to the French Ambassador

creator: Russian, Tula

medium: Steel, gilding, silver, walnut, and horn

country: Central Asia

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Central asia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Pistol (Pedrenyal) of King Louis XIII of France

creator: Spanish, Ripoll

medium: Steel, iron, and walnut

country: Ripoll

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Ripoll
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Wheellock Pistols

medium: Walnut, gilt brass, and silver

country: Rhineland

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Rhineland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Gun for a Boy

creator: German; Nuremberg

medium: Steel, silver, fruitwood, staghorn, and mother–of–pearl

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask

creator: German; possibly Munich

medium: Gilt brass, tortoiseshell, and ivory

country: Munich

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Munich
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Triple-Wheellock Pistol

creator: Franco-German (Alsatian); Strasbourg

medium: Steel, brass, and cherrywood

country: Strasbourg

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Strasbourg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cartridge Box

creator: German, probably Brunswick

medium: Steel, iron and wood

country: Brunswick

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Brunswick
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask

creator: Italian

medium: Steel, iron, silver, wood, and leather

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask and Leather Carrier with Bullet Bag for the Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony

creator: German, Dresden

medium: Steel, cherrywood, and leather

country: Saxony

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Combination Spanner-Primer Flask-Screwdriver with the Coat of Arms of the Haller von Hallerstein and Nüzel von Sunderspuhl Families

creator: South German, Nuremberg

medium: Brass, gilded and engraved; iron; steel; and mother-of-pearl

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask Carved with the Parable of the Good Samaritan

creator: German or French

medium: Staghorn, iron, and steel

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Southern germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Puffer (Pistol) for the Mounted Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony

creator: Abraham Dressler

medium: Steel, cherrywood, and staghorn

country: Dresden

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Dresden
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Horn
Animal material
Bone
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Pistol

creator: I. (possibly Hans) Gender (German,1567—1568?)

medium: Steel, iron, fruitwood, and staghorn

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Bowl

medium: fritware with underglaze-painted design

country: Iran, probably Sultanabad

subjects:
Ceramic
Iran, probably sultanabad

credit_line: Bowl, 1300–1350. Iran, probably Sultanabad. Fritware with underglaze-painted design; diameter: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.); overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.591


title: Sword

medium: iron and silver with bone, turquoise, leather and brass

country: Tibet

subjects:
Arms and armor
Tibet
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Sword, 1800s. Tibet. Iron and silver with bone, turquoise, leather and brass; overall: 79.4 cm (31 1/4 in.); blade: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.1008.a


title: Headdress

medium: Linen, shells, glass beads, metal coins

country: probably southeastern Europe, Balkans

subjects:
Garment
Probably southeastern europe, balkan
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Headdress, 1800s. Probably southeastern Europe, Balkans. Linen, shells, glass beads, metal coins; average: 142.2 x 33 cm (56 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1457


title: Doorway (Portal)

date: late 1400s

medium: gray sandstone

country: Italy, Gubbio (?), 15th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, gubbio , 15th century

credit_line: Doorway (Portal), late 1400s. Italy, Gubbio (?), 15th century. Gray sandstone; overall: 358 x 259 cm (140 15/16 x 101 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1916.2047


title: Stater: Head of Athena (obverse)

medium: gold

subjects: Greek, macedonian, minted at salami (cyprus)

credit_line: Stater: Head of Athena (obverse), c. 325–275 BCE. Greek, Macedonian, minted at Salamis (Cyprus). Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.979.a


title: Embroidered Coat

medium: embroidered silk

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

subjects:
Garment
China, qing dynasty (1644–1911)

credit_line: Embroidered Coat, 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Embroidered silk; overall: 65 x 107 cm (25 9/16 x 42 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James J. Tracy, 1917.37


title: Robe

date: early 1800s

medium: banana cloth, tabby weave

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

subjects:
Garment
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Robe, early 1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Banana cloth, tabby weave; overall: 124.5 x 129.5 cm (49 x 51 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Arthur St. John Newberry, 1917.384


subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Incense Container (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Mandarin Duck, c. 1700–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Stoneware with glaze and incised decoration; overall: 4.5 x 7.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Holden Collection, 1918.789


title: Lace fragment

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Lace fragment, 1500s. Italy. Linen: needle lace (drawnwork) insertion, embroidery; average: 3.9 x 18.5 cm (1 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1119


title: Lace Band

medium: Needle lace (Point d'Alençon)

country: France, Alençon

subjects:
Lace
France, alençon

credit_line: Lace Band, 1750–99. France, Alençon. Needle lace (Point d'Alençon); average: 10.5 x 29.9 cm (4 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1154


title: Fragment

creator: Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461–1521)

medium: glazed terracotta

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, florence

credit_line: Fragment, c. 1900–1910. Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461–1521). Glazed terracotta; overall: 198.1 x 165.1 cm (78 x 65 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1180.b


title: Fragment

credit_line: Fragment, c. 1900–1910. Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461–1521). Glazed terracotta; overall: 198.1 x 165.1 cm (78 x 65 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1180.c


title: Fragment

credit_line: Fragment, c. 1900–1910. Benedetto Buglioni (Italian, 1461–1521). Glazed terracotta; overall: 198.1 x 165.1 cm (78 x 65 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1180.e


title: Gluttony (Land of Cockaigne)

date: 1560s (later restrike)

medium: engraving

country: Flanders

subjects: Print Flander

credit_line: Gluttony (Land of Cockaigne), 1560s (later restrike). Peeter Baltens (Flemish, 1526/28–before 1584). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of FitzRoy Carrington, 1925.598.1


title: Three Figures from a Tunic

medium: tapestry weave; undyed linen and dyed wool

country: Egypt, Abbasid period

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt, abbasid period

credit_line: Three Figures from a Tunic, 750–800. Egypt, Abbasid period. Tapestry weave; undyed linen and dyed wool; mounted: 29.2 x 29.2 cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926.158


title: Michel Goudchaux

creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

medium: lithograph

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Representatives Represented: Michel Goudchaux, 1849. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879). Lithograph; sheet: 36 x 27.7 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.); image: 24.4 x 19.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1926.505


title: Fragment of a Tiraz

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Fragment of a Tiraz, 1058–60. Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Mustansir, 1000s. Linen and silk: tapestry (originally inwoven in a tabby ground); overall: 8.6 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.932


title: Lace Lappet (one of a pair)

medium: Linen: needle lace (Point d'Alençon)

credit_line: Lace Lappet (one of a pair), 1715–74. France, Alençon. Linen: needle lace (Point d'Alençon); overall: 66 x 10.5 cm (26 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.162.2


medium: gum tempera and ink on palm leaves

subjects: Painting Palms

credit_line: Text, folio 3 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1938.301.3.b


title: Cap (kofia ya kiua or barghashia)

medium: cotton on cotton; tabby weave, machine quilting, and eyelet embroidery

country: Africa, East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar

subjects:
Garment
Africa, east africa, tanzania, zanzibar

credit_line: Cap (kofia ya kiua or barghashia), c. 1900s. Africa, East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar. Cotton on cotton; tabby weave, machine quilting, and eyelet embroidery; overall: 11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyman H. Treadway, 1940.18


title: Lace Handkerchief

country: France

subjects: Embroidery France

credit_line: Lace Handkerchief, late 1800s. France. Plain weave cotton center; bobbin lace border and embroidery; overall: 47 x 48.6 cm (18 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1940.354


title: Lace Handkerchief

country: Switzerland

subjects: Embroidery Switzerland

credit_line: Lace Handkerchief, 1780–99. Switzerland. Plain weave linen center; bobbin lace (Valenciennes) and embroidered edging; average: 43.8 x 43.2 cm (17 1/4 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1940.450


title: Pair of Lace Lappets

medium: Silk: bobbin lace

country: France, Chantilly

subjects:
Lace
France, chantilly

credit_line: Pair of Lace Lappets, 1800s. France, Chantilly. Silk: bobbin lace; overall: 98.2 x 11 cm (38 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. J. Cox Morrill, 1940.6


title: Beaded Hat or Headpiece

subjects:
Botany
Garment
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Beaded Hat or Headpiece, early 1900s(?). Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba. Glass beads, cloth, plant fiber, and cowrie shells; overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. A. Price, 1942.1532


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: France, Paris

credit_line: Book of Hours (Use of Paris): Decorated Initial, c. 1420. Follower of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Julia Morgan Marlatt, 1942.169.26.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

medium: fiber paper

subjects: Sri lanka, singhalese, late 17th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.1.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.17.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.18.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.21.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.21.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.22.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.29.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.34.b


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.40.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.53.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.62.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.8.a


title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)

credit_line: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Fiber paper; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.82.b


medium: graphite

country: America

credit_line: Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 093: Seated Figures, c. 1919–1921. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite; sheet: 20 x 13.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.425.bb


credit_line: Sketchbook, The Dells, N° 127, page 054: Figures, c. 1919–1921. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Graphite ; sheet: 20 x 13.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.425.l


creator: David Wolff (Dutch, 1732–1798)

medium: glass

country: Netherlands

subjects: Glass Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Goblet: Portrait of William V, Prince of Orange and his wife, Frederica Sophia Wilhelmine of Prussia, c. 1780. Manner of David Wolff (Dutch, 1732–1798). Glass; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); overall: 15.3 x 7.2 cm (6 x 2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1951.544


title: Sketchbook: Norham

creator: Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852)

medium: graphite with gray and brown wash on two pages

country: England, 19th century

credit_line: Sketchbook: Norham, 1814. Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852). Graphite with gray and brown wash on two pages; each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London, 1954.648.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 102r, Text

creator: Master of the Boqueteaux (French)

medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 102r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.102.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 12r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 12r, Text , c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.12.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 120r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 120r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.120.a


credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 124v, The Archangel Michael, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.124.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 128r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 128r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.128.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 129r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 129r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.129.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 138r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 138r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.138.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 139v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 139v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.139.b


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 144r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 144r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.144.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 145r, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 145r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.145.a


title: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 146v, Text

credit_line: The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 146v, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.146.b