title: St. Cecilia

creator: Antoine Wiertz (Belgian, 1806–1865)

country: Belgium

subjects:
Oil on panel
Belgium
Saint
Woman
Musical instrument
Instrument
Harp
Flower
Cloud
Angel
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Marsh, Jr.


title: The Madonna with the Seven Founders of the Servite Order

creator: Agostino Masucci (Italian, 1690–1768)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: Italy

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Virgin mary
Table
Religious scene
Religious attire
Religion
Men
Cross
Cloud
Christianity
Christian subject
Book
Bible
Angel
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Paint
Canva
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Spanish
European painting

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.

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Harold T. Martin Trust


title: Landscape

creator: Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812–1867)

medium: Oil on panel

country: France

subjects:
Painting
France
Landscapes
Path
Wilderness
Weather/season
Tree
Sky
Nature
Foliage
Cloud
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Oil on panel
Panel painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Organic material
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Bartholomay


title: Holy Family with the Infant St. John

creator: Francesco Trevisani (Italian, 1656–1746)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Holy family
Woman with children
Woman
Virgin mary
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Staff
Sons
Sleep
Saint john the baptist
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Mother and child
Mother
Man
Jesus
Father
Family
Familie
Devotion
Cross
Christianity
Christian subject
Children
Boys
Book
Babie
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Italian
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Armstrong


title: Washerwomen at the Edge of the Pond

creator: Eugène-Louis Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Landscape
Rural life
Hill
Water
Woman
Labor
River
Women
Weather/season
Everyday life (genre)
Impressionism
Painting
Oil paint (paint)
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Gift of William Hobson Green


title: Antiochus Yearning for Stratonice

creator: Stefano Pozzi (Italian, 1699–1768)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Illness
Love
Woman
Man
Devotion
Parent
King
Maiden
Sons
Father
Familie
Bed
Interior
Fabric
Textile
Children
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Old Masters Society Purchase Fund


title: Saint James's Vision of the Virgin of the Pillar

creator: Attributed to Antonio González Velásquez (Spanish, 1723–1794)

country: Spain

subjects:
Oil on canva
Spain
Saint
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Christianity
Christian subject
Women
Men
People
Figure
Angel
Column
Virgin mary
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Spanish
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: A. A. McKay Fund


title: Jacopo Butera

creator: Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657–1747)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Portraits: male subject
White (color)
Weapon
Wealth
Watche
Sword
Red (color)
Portrait
Man
Luxury
Lace
Jewelry
Interior
Ink
Book
Black (color)
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
Italian
European painting

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


title: Christ on the Cross

creator: Flemish

country: Flanders

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Crucifixion
Mountain
Town
Cloud
Sky
River
Skull
Landscape
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Flemish
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Butterfield


title: Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts

creator: Alfred Sisley (British, active in France, 1839–1899)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscapes
Building
Boat
Boatman
Bridge
Steam
Smoke
Tree
Sky
Road
Path
Nature
Cloud
Weather/season
Urban life
Water
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Wood Prince


title: View From an Attic Room

creator: Gustave Loiseau (French, 1865–1935)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
View through window
City
Citie
Building
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Florence S. McCormick


title: La Touques near Deauville

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscape
Cloud
Home
River
Sky
Town
Tree
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Frank H. and Louise B. Woods


title: Robert Brown of Newhall

creator: Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

country: Scotland

subjects:
Oil on canva
Scotland
Portraits: male subject
Portrait
Man
Gray (color)
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
British
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Evelyn Marshall Suarez in memory of her son, Marshall Field


title: John Van der Wall

creator: Thomas Hudson (English, 1701–1779)

country: England

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Portraits: male subject
Belt
Lace
Green (color)
Pink (color)
Sword
Mask
Man
Luxury
Wealth
Portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
British
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Landscape

creator: Eugène Blery (French, 1805–1887)

medium: Oil on paper mounted on canvas

subjects:
Oil on paper
France
Landscapes
Sky
Flower
Foliage
Tree
Hill
French
Oil painting
Paper (fiber product)
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of the Old Masters Society


title: Bust of Amphitrite

creator: Lambert Sigisbert Adam (French, 1700–1759)

medium: Terracotta

subjects:
Bust/head
France
Greek gods
Woman
Shell
Sea
Head
Greek mythology
Goddesse
Crown
Bust
Sculpting
Terracotta
Molding
Firing (heating)
Terracotta (sculpture)
French
Rococo
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin


title: Entrance to the Park at Saint-Cloud

creator: Jean Victor Bertin (French, 1775–1842)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscape
Wall
Gate
Sky
Tree
Park
Building
Town
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: L.L. and A.S. Coburn Fund


title: At the Fountain

creator: Cesare Agostino Detti (Italian, 1847–1914)

medium: Oil on canvas, mounted on board

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Fountain
Cup
Horse
Jug
Love
Men
Nature
Sword
Travel
Tree
Water
Weather/season
Women
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
Italian
Board
Canva
Paint
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting
Oil painting (visual works)

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Isoe


title: French Street Scene

creator: Edouard Béliard (French, active 1873-77)

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Street
Tree
Carriage
Townscape
Town
Horse
Figure
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of William McCormick Blair


title: Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus the Great

creator: Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (French, 1750–1819)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Alexander the great
Tree
Tent
Soldier
Sky
Ruin
Persia
People
Monument
Landscape
Horse
Figure
Cloud
Bushe
Building
Architecture
Architechture
Animal
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: Mount Athos Carved as a Monument to Alexander the Great

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Alexander the great
Monumental structure
Monument
People
Figure
Women
Men
Animal
Dog
Dogs
River
Mountain
Tree
Landscape
Bushe
Rock
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting


title: Sacrifice of Isaac

creator: School of Johann Liss, the younger (German, c. 1597-1631)

medium: Oil on copper

country: Germany

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Sacrifice
Angel
Bearded man
Biblical
Familie
Father
Knife
Man
Old testament
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Sons
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil on copper
Oil painting (visual works)
German
Paint
Copper
Metal
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Sixteenth century
European painting

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Lot and his Daughters

creator: School of Johann Liss, the younger (German, c. 1597–1631)

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Father
Wine
Cave
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Old testament
Biblical
Tree
Wilderness
Nature
Familie
Women
Woman
Man
Men
Daughter
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Sixteenth century
German
Oil on copper
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Copper
Inorganic material
Metal
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: African Chief

creator: Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (Spanish, 1838-1874)

subjects:
Painting
Spain
Man
African
Arms
War
Soldier
Male
Oil
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Orientalizing
European painting


title: Fête de Saint Marc, Venise

creator: Félix Ziem (French, 1821–1911)

subjects:
Painting
France
Venice, italy
Yellow (color)
White (color)
Water
Red (color)
Men
Italy
Flag
Festival
Celebration
Building
Boat
Boatman
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting


title: The Apotheosis of the Hero

creator: Follower of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Victory
Woman
Weapon
Sword
Spear
Shield
Nude
Musical instrument
Man
Laurel wreath
Drum
Children
Cherub
Armor
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
Flemish
European painting


title: David Slaying Goliath

creator: Dutch

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Oil on copper
Netherland
Biblical
Mountain
Landscape
Armor
Helmet
Blood
Flag
Spear
Shield
Sword
Horse
Soldier
Death
Violence
Battle
Religious
Religion
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Metal
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Copper
Inorganic material
Painting
Copper oxide
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Adam and Eve in Paradise

creator: Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657–1747)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Adam (biblical)
Eve (biblical)
Angel
Animal
Men
Women
Man
Woman
Horse
Goat
Dog
Dogs
Nature
Turtle
Sheep
Cheetah
Rabbit
Peacock
Parrot
Bird
Tree
Wilderness
Nude
Cherub
Sky
Cloud
Deer
Biblical
Religion
Religious
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paolo B. Trambusti


title: Rest on the Flight into Egypt

creator: Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Rest on the flight into egypt
Countryside
Landscape
Jesus
Virgin mary
Holy family
Biblical
Religious
Religion
Christianity
Christian subject
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. E. P. Renouf


title: Virgin and Child

creator: Central Italian

medium: Tempera and oil on panel, gold ground

country: Central Italy

subjects:
Painting
Central italy
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Devotion
Children
Mother
Mother and child
Woman
Babie
Jesus
Virgin mary
Tempera
Painting technique
Italian
Oil on panel
Paint
Gold
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
European painting


title: Assumption of the Virgin

creator: Marcellus Coffermans (Netherlandish, 1524–1581)

date: 16th century

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Virgin mary
Spiritual
Figure
Religious figure
Religious scene
Religious
Religion
Christianity
Christian subject
Devotion
Men
Angel
Death
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Sixteenth century
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting


title: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

creator: Master of Palanquinos (Spanish, active c. 1470–1500)

medium: Tempera and oil on panel

subjects:
Oil on panel
Spain
Saint john the baptist
Beheading
Death
Violence
Weapon
Spear
Plate
Women
Men
Soldier
Knight
Castle
Building
Figure
Sword
Armor
Helmet
Wall
Oil painting
Tempera
Sixteenth century
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil paint (paint)
Spanish
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus

creator: Northern Italian; possibly Verona

medium: Tempera or distemper on canvas

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Greek mythology
Greek gods
Greek
Mythical
Mythological figure
Mythology
Chariot
Sun
Sons
Men
Woman
Women
Woman with children
Children
Citie
Sky
Cloud
Wall
Building
Tree
Animal
Dog
Dogs
Horse
Landscape
River
Water
Painting (image making)
Renaissance
Painting technique
Tempera
Paint
Distemper
Canva
Italian
European painting


title: African Hunter

creator: Pierre-Jules Mêne (French, 1810–1879)

medium: Wax

subjects:
Statuette
France
Hunter
Animal
Deer
Figure
Guns
Horse
Human
Knife
Man
Weapon
Wax
Sculpting
Nineteenth century
Organic material
Sculpture
French
Forming
Modeling (forming)
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Arma Wyler Fund


title: Mephisto from the Opera Faust

creator: Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886)

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Costume
Man
Actor (performing artists)
Performance
Portrait
Staff
Theater
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Silvio Del Chicca


title: Two Washerwomen Crossing a Small Park in Paris

creator: Jean François Raffaëlli (French, 1850–1924)

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Woman
Women
Tree
Road
Nature
Labor
Dog
Building
Basket
Animal
Nineteenth century
Painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Janis H. Palmer


title: John Newton

creator: Thomas Hudson (English, 1701-1779)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Portraits: male subject
Belt
Lace
Luxury
Man
Nature
Portrait
Sword
Tassel
Tree
Wealth
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
British
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Logan


title: The Banks of the River Durance at Saint Paul

creator: Paul Camille Guigou (French, 1834-1871)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
River
Bank
Beache
Beach
French
Landscape
Oil
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Jointly acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago, through the Searle Freedom Trust


title: A Family Meal

creator: Evert Pieters (Dutch, 1856–1932)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Netherland
Familie
Mother and child
Woman with children
Woman
Children
Daughter
Girl
Babie
Table
Food
Interior
Domestic
Domestic scene
Window
Curtain
Plate
Chair
Bread
Tile
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Dutch
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Nancy P. Pirie


title: Autumn River Scene, The Brook

creator: David Bates (English, 1840-1921)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Landscape
Flower
Animal
Children
Foliage
Tree
Autumn
Fall
Water
River
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Oil
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Weise


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Jan Mijtens (Dutch, c. 1614-1670)

country: Holland

subjects:
Oil on canva
Holland
Portraits
Portraits: male subject
White (color)
Tree
Landscape
Sky
Wealth
Luxury
Man
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Dutch
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Ronald Fritz


title: Italian Landscape with Travelers

creator: Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Holland
Landscapes
Lake
Path
Travel
Horse
Donkey
Cattle
Dogs
Dog
Animal
Men
Figure
Cloud
Sky
Tree
Mountain
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Dutch
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Alexander A. McKay and Annie Swan Coburn funds, purchased with funds provided by Julius Lewis


title: Rocks at the Lighthouse, Biarritz

creator: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Spain
Beach
Water
Coast
Coastal scene
Rock
Children
Women
People
Oil
Painting
European painting
Paint
Canva
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Impressionism
Modern and contemporary art

credit_line: Bequest of Maribel G. Blum


title: Persons in Louis XV Costumes

medium: Oil on cradled panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Oil on panel
France
Costume
Women
Wealth
Men
Luxury
Interior
Festival
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clarke


title: Fête d'Après-Midi

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
People
Wealth
Luxury
Woman
Men
Figure
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting


title: Old Man Lighting a Pipe

creator: Johann Carl Loth (German, 1623–1698)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Germany
Smoking
Bearded man
Food
Interior
Jug
Man
Pipe
Smoke
Table
White (color)
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
German
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by The Old Masters Society


title: Portrait of a Man in a Tricorn Hat

creator: John Russell (English, 1745–1806)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Portraits
Portraits: male subject
Hat
Red (color)
Gold (color)
Jacket
Sky
Foliage
Man
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
British
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of John and Dorothy Estabrook


title: Mrs. Freeman Flower

creator: Joseph Highmore (English, 1692–1780)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Flowers
Portraits: female subject
Cloud
Fashion
Jewelry
Lace
Landscape
Luxury
Pearl
Pink (color)
Portrait
Sky
Tree
Wealth
White (color)
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Still Life with Flowers

creator: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Flowers
Still life
French
Leave
Pink (color)
Purple (color)
Red (color)
Table
White (color)
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mary and Leigh Block


title: Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Fruits
Still life
Wine
Tablecloth
Table
Plate
Pear
Orange
Orange (color)
Jug
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: An Old Man in a Fur Cap

creator: Karel van der Pluym (Dutch, 1625-1672)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Holland
Man
Portrait
Interior
Hat
Globe
Glasse
Elderly
Book
Bearded man
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Panel painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Dutch
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Chester D. Tripp


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Venetian or Lombard

subjects:
Oil on panel
Italy
Portraits
Portraits: male subject
Bearded man
Jewelry
Book
Fruit
Apple
Black (color)
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Sixteenth century
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Painting
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: The Loire

creator: Alfred Sisley (British, active in France, 1839–1899)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscape
Figure
Walking
River
Boat
Tree
Sky
Road
Path
Nature
Cloud
Weather/season
Water
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Lucille E. and Joseph L. Block


title: Battle Scene

creator: Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (French, 1800–1866)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
War
Sword
Guns
Horse
Landscape
Fire
Death
Violence
Smoke
Men
Soldier
French
Battle
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Paint
Canva
Painting
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
European painting

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Emperor Heraclius Slays the King of Persia

creator: Netherlandish

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Battle
Eagle
Figure
Man
Men
Water
Bridge
Flag
Heraldry
Christian subject
Power
King
Royal
Persia
Landscape
Sword
Spear
Shield
Armor
Knight
Horse
Soldier
Death
Violence
Tempera
Panel painting
Oil on panel
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Emperor Heraclius Denied Entry into Jerusalem

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
King
Angel
Cross
Dog
Eagle
Figure
Gate
Heraldry
Horse
Landscape
Man
Men
Nobility
Shield
Soldier
Spear
Wall
Tempera
Panel painting
Paint
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: The Defense of Paris

creator: Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
War
Death
Flag
Horse
Animal
Smoke
Men
Women
Liberty
People
Pari
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting


title: The Estuary Farm

creator: Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Farm
Hill
River
Dirt
Landscape
Sky
Building
Tree
Water
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor in honor of John Gedo


title: Relief of a Walking Lion

creator: Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1795–1875)

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Relief
France
Lion
Animal
Sculpture
Nineteenth century
Casting (process)
Bronze
Sculpting
French
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur Rubloff


title: David Garrick as King Lear

creator: Richard Westall (English, 1765-1836)

country: United Kingdom

subjects:
Oil on canva
United kingdom
Portraits: male subject
Wheat
Portrait
Performer
Man
Flower
Crown
Costume
Actor (performing artists)
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
British
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Richard L. Feigen


title: Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

creator: Denys Calvaert (Flemish, c. 1540–1619)

subjects:
Oil on copper
Flander
Saint john the baptist
Biblical
Christian subject
Christianity
Cliff
Landscape
Light
Religion
Religious
Rock
Saint
Sheep
Shepherd
Staff
Tree
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Flemish
Paint
Copper
Inorganic material
Metal
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of the Edward and Inge Maser Collection


title: Mademoiselle Jubin

creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788–1856)

medium: Marble

subjects:
Bust/head
France
Portraits: female subject
Portrait
Woman
Bust
Head
Nineteenth century
Carving
Marble
Stonework
Sculpting
French
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Through prior gifts of Robert H. Allerton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrew Brown, Richard T. Crane, Jr. Memorial Fund, Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, Mrs. Frances Elkins, Mrs. William J. Piowaty and Dr. Leon Bandler, and George F. Porter


title: Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant)

creator: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Coastal scene
Beach
Cliff
French
Landscape
Rock
Sun
Water
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Realism
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Lily Ireland


title: Queen Louise of Prussia

creator: Johann Gottfried Schadow (German, 1764–1850)

date: Modeled 1799, cast 1819–21

medium: Bronze with black patina

subjects:
Bust/head
Germany
Portraits: female subject
Medallion
Head
Bust
Nobility
Queen
Royal
Woman
Portrait
Bronze
Sculpting
Sculpture
German
Copper alloy
Inorganic material
Metal
Nonferrous metal
Casting (process)
Firing (heating)
Painting
Painting (coating)
Patinaed
Sculpture technique
Nineteenth century

credit_line: Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Richard T. Crane Memorial, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varley endowments;  European Decorative Arts Purchase Fund


title: Sketch for a Ceiling Fresco

creator: Giovanni Domenico Ferretti da Imola (Italian, 1692–1768)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Mythological figure
Athena
Nude
Women
Men
Greek gods
Greek mythology
Gods (deities)
Goddesse
Putti
Sketch
Cloud
Oil paint (paint)
Sketching
European painting
Fresco
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique

credit_line: Bequest of the Edward and Inge Maser Collection in honor of Eloise W. Martin


title: Les Oies

creator: Theodor Esbern Philipsen (Danish, 1840–1920)

country: Denmark

subjects:
Painting
Denmark
Geese
Bird
Water
Animal
Horse
Rocking chair
Lake
Feather
Gray (color)
White (color)
Landscape
Nature
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Jean-Loup Champion in honor of Douglas Druick


title: Paris

creator: Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (German, 1751–1829)

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Pari
Greece
Greek mythology
Yellow (color)
Red (color)
Portraits: male subject
Portrait
Man
Head
Hat
Gold (color)
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
German
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: The Old Masters Society and purchased with funds provided by Roger and Sheryl Griffin, Laurie and James Bay, April Schink through the Old Masters Society


title: Helen

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Greek
Greece
Greek mythology
Woman
Head
Portrait
Portraits: female subject
White (color)
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
German


title: River Landscape with a View of Naarden

creator: Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, about 1602–1670)

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Landscapes
Water
Tree
Sky
Sailing
River
Net
Men
Labor
Fisherman
Cloud
Church
Bushe
Building
Boat
Boatman
Bird
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
Dutch
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Nuveen


title: A Farmhouse in the Bavarian Alps

creator: Johann Georg von Dillis (German, 1759–1841)

medium: Oil on paper, laid onto cardboard

subjects:
Oil on paper
Germany
Landscape
Building
Farm
Figure
Goat
Cows
Animal
Mountain
House
Farm life
Tree
Nineteenth century
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
German
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Paper (fiber product)
Laid work
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Cardboard

credit_line: Bequest of Julius Lewis


title: Venice Seen from the Public Garden

creator: Jean Jules Antoine Lecomte du Noüy (French, 1842-1923)

medium: Oil on paper, mounted on canvas

subjects:
Oil on paper, laid on canva
France
Venice, italy
Horizon
Building
Green (color)
Blue (color)
Seascape
Sky
Italy
Garden
Water
Nineteenth century
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (coating)
French
Oil on paper
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Oil painting
Painting technique
Canva
Paper (fiber product)
Mounting
Painting (image making)


title: Sur la route de Nice

creator: Paul Huet (French, 1803-1869)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Travel
Women
Men
Goat
Rock
Water
Cloud
Sky
Bushe
Mountain
Tree
Animal
Path
Road
Landscape
Route
Countryside
Donkey
People
Nineteenth century
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Oil painting
Painting technique
Canva


title: Theophilia Gwatkin

creator: Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723–1792)

subjects:
Portrait
England
Portraits: female subject
Jewelry
Headdresse
Dresse
Lace
Blue
Blue (color)
White (color)
Woman
Britain
English
Canva
Oil painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Oil paint (paint)
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
British
European painting
Oil on canva
Oil

credit_line: Bequest of Betty McNabb Rich


title: Doge Andrea Gritti

creator: Workshop of Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Portrait
Portraits: male subject
Man
Uniform
Official
Doge
Bearded man
Sixteenth century
Painting
Oil paint (paint)
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Margaret Whitaker


title: Sitges

creator: Juan Roig y Soler (Spanish, 1852–1909)

date: 19th century

medium: Oil on masonite

subjects:
Oil on masonite
Spain
Coastal scene
Smoke
Sky
Rock
People
Ocean
Men
Labor
Fire
Beache
Boat
Building
Chapel
Churche
Construction
Landscape
Nineteenth century
Oil
Painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Plant fiber
Paint
Organic material
Oil paint (paint)
Spanish
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting
Masonite

credit_line: Gift of Brooks McCormick


title: Dans la Tranchée

creator: Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour (French, 1838–1910)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Military
Soldier
Death
Dogs
Military scene
Shelter
Trenche
War
Warfare
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
French
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting
Oil
Canva
Paint
"bizarre" style


title: Mon Ancien Regiment

creator: Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912)

subjects:
Painting
France
Military
Bridge
Calvary
Countryside
Farm life
Farmer
Farming
Field
Helmet
Horse
Regiment
River
Road
Soldier
Uniform
War
Warfare
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Oil painting
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting
Oil on canva
Canva


title: Beached Fishing Boats

creator: Attributed to Jules Achille Noël (French, 1815–1881)

subjects:
European painting
France
Fishing
Figure
Fisherman
Water
Sky
Cloud
Sun
Sunset
Boat
Building
Coastal scene
Coast
People
Sailing
Sailor
Town
Nineteenth century
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
French
Oil
Oil on canva
Canva


title: The Dutch Whaling Fleet

creator: Abraham Storck (Dutch, 1644–1710)

subjects:
European painting
Holland
Hunting
Violence
Animal
Bear
Bird
Ship
Dutch
Fishing
Frozen
Ice
Sailing
Sailor
Sail
Sealife
Whale
Wreckage
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva


title: Untitled (Lady with a Parakeet)

creator: August (Ágost) Canzi (Austrian, 1808-1866)

country: Hungary

subjects:
Painting
Hungary
Portrait
Box
Dresse
Fashion
Foliage
Pets
Bird
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil on canva
Oil
Paint
European painting
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Austrian

credit_line: Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education


title: Mother and Children

creator: Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian, 1854-1920)

subjects:
Painting
Hungary
Woman
Flower
Foliage
Mother
Mother and child
Nature
Landscape
Tree
Red (color)
Blanket
Babie
Daughter
Hat
House
Leisure
Familie
Children
Picnic
Woman with children
Hungarian
Oil paint (paint)
European painting
Oil
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
Oil painting (visual works)


title: Loading Hay

creator: Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian, 1844-1900)

subjects:
Painting
Hungary
Landscape
Children
Hill
Men
Women
Working
Bourgeoisie
Rural life
Peasant
Agriculture
Oil paint (paint)
Oil
Oil on canva
Paint
European painting
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Hungarian


title: Beaker

creator: Attributed to Hermann Beckert

medium: Glass; blown with black enamel (schwarzlot)

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

credit_line: Julius and Augusta N. Rosenwald Fund


title: Humpen

creator: Germany

medium: Glass

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Beaker with Cover (Humpen) with Hunting Scenes

creator: Bohemian or German

medium: Colorless glass and enamel

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Birth of Bacchus

creator: Károly Markó Sr. (Hungarian, 1793-1860)

subjects:
Painting
Hungary
Landscape
Classical
Greek mythology
Mythological figure
Mythology
Oil paint (paint)
European painting
Oil
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Romantic
Neoclassicism
Hungarian


title: Portrait of Mme Lisle and Mme Loubens

creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

subjects:
Painting
France
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
Chair
Curtain
Dresse
Flower
French
Interior
Portraits: european subject
Portraits: french subject
Portraits: multiple subject
Women
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Annie Laurie Ryerson in memory of Joseph Turner Ryerson


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

creator: Okumura Masanobu

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Spandrel with a Hunting Scene

creator: Iran

date: Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), Mid 17th century

medium: Fritware with polychrome overglaze decoration

country: Iran

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
Iran
Hunting
Ceramic tile
Safavid
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)
Spandrel

credit_line: Gift of Russell Tyson


title: Its Lanes of Palaces Terraced Round the Slope, Toledo, from Castilian Days

creator: Joseph Pennell

medium: Litho crayon with stumping, heightened with white gouache, on cream textured transfer paper

country: United States

subjects:
Charcoal
United state
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Plant material
Oiled charcoal stick
Chalk stick
White chalk
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Plate 35 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago, and Diagram of Lake Michigan. Proposed Roadway to connect all the towns along the shores of the Lake.

creator: Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912

medium: Graphite and colored pencil on paper

country: Chicago

subjects:
Graphite
Chicago
Architecture
Paper (fiber product)
Architectural drawing

credit_line: On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago


title: Plate 78 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Subway Scheme: 1. Plan of Street Level. 2. Plan Below Street Level

medium: Ink on tracing paper

subjects:
Ink
Chicago
Architecture
Paper (fiber product)
Architectural drawing


title: Plate 72 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Diagram of Docks Suggested at the Mouth of the Calumet River for Bulk Freight Steamers; Access To Be Had Without Opening of Bridges.


title: Plate 119 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Plan of the Intersection of Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Plate 79 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Overhead Scheme: 1. Plan at Street Level. 2. Plan Above Street Level


title: Brooklyn Library

creator: Wight, Peter Bonnett

medium: Pencil and gouache on paper

subjects:
United state
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)

credit_line: Gift of Peter Bonnett Wight


title: Christ on the Living Cross

creator: Follower of the Master of Saint Veronica (German, active c. 1395–1420)

medium: Oil on panel

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


title: Christ on the Cross with Mary Magdalene

creator: Follower of Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649)

country: France

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Crucifixion
Jesus
Mary magdalene
Woman
Man
Mourning
Biblical
Container
Tree
Rock
Nature
Sky
Landscape
Christian subject
Christianity
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Town
Architechture
Architecture
Bushe
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Harold T. Martin Trust


title: Saint Hymer in Solitude

creator: After Jean Restout (French, 1692–1768)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Saint
Wilderness
Tree
Sky
Religious figure
Religious attire
Religious
Religion
Nature
Men
Labor
Hat
Devotion
Cross
Cloud
Christianity
Christian subject
Building
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society


title: The Shipwreck

creator: Jean Baptiste Pillement

medium: Pastel on gessoed canvas

subjects:
Pastel
France
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund


title: Port Scene in Calm Weather


title: Reliquary and Printed Konpon Darani Text

creator: Artist unknown

medium: Wood with traces of white slip; ink on paper with gold repairs

subjects:
Reliquary
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Calligraphy
Gold
Ink
Wood (plant material)
Wood
Shrine
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei)"

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

medium: Ink on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Woodblock print
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Japanese Print Purchase Fund


title: Gathering Seaweed at Omori

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

medium: Ink and red pigment on paper

subjects:
Seaweed & algae
Woodblock print
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Asian art


title: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Musashibô Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription List), plate 18 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jûhachiban no uchi)

creator: Attributed to Utagawa Kunisada

date: About 1852

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Gift from Mr. Albert Bona, Jr.


title: Sketch of a Priest

creator: Hanabusa Itcho 英 一蝶

date: 17th to 18th century

credit_line: Purchase Account Japanese Prints. Purchased from Felix Tikotin.


title: The Poet Du Fu Riding a Donkey

creator: Kano Shigenobu

date: Early 17th century

medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper

subjects:
Hanging scroll
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Hammer


title: Shôki the Demon Queller, from an album of paintings of Shôki, Edo period (1615–1868)

date: Edo period, 18th century

medium: Album; ink on paper

subjects:
Album/sketchbook
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Ink
Asian art

credit_line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection


title: Women's Bathhouse and Laundry

creator: Kitao Shigemasa

date: Mid-18th to early 19th century

medium: Ink and colors on paper

subjects:
Painting
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Ink
Asian art

credit_line: Margaret Gentles Endowment


title: Sumiyoshi Monogatari

creator: Artist Unknown

medium: Handscroll, ink and colors on paper

subjects:
Handscroll
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Three dancers

creator: Unknown Artist

date: 17th century

medium: Ink and color on paper

credit_line: F.W. Gookin Fund


title: Sketch of Ryogoku Bridge

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

medium: Glass; black, blown and gilded

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosenwald


title: Lithyalin Scent Bottle

creator: Workshop of Friedrich Egerman

medium: Glass; marbled opaque red and ochre, blown, cut, stained and gilded

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Three Part Centerpiece

creator: Baccarat Glassworks

medium: Glass with bronze mounts

country: Lunéville

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative object/ornament
Lunéville
Glass
Tableware
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clarke


title: Wine Glass and Cover

medium: Glass with engraved gold leaf decoration


title: Covered Vase

date: Mid 19th century

medium: Glass; decorated with ruby flashing and painted gold scroll work

subjects:
Vase
Bohemia
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Graff


title: Flask

medium: Glass


title: Covered Goblet

medium: Glass; cut with ruby glass and gold decoration


title: Compote

subjects:
Compote
Glass
Glass blowing
Dish (vessel)
Cutting (glassworking)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Everett L. Millard in memory of her mother, Mrs. Charles T. Boynton


title: Cheese Dish and Cover

medium: Glass with gilding

subjects:
Vessel for serving food
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mary Watson


title: Cruet Stand

creator: Designed by Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868-1918)

medium: Silver and glass

country: Vienna

subjects:
Silver
Vienna
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Glass
Metalwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Richard T. Crane, Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr., and Mrs. George B. Young


title: Buddhist Deity Green Tara and the Twenty-One Taras

creator: Tibet

date: 18th century

medium: Opaque watercolor on cotton

country: Tibet

subjects:
Thangka
Tibet
Cloth
Himalayan
Miniature painting
Pigment
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Otto Madlener


title: Man Fishing on Bank of River

medium: Pen and red ink, on ivory wove paper

country: Sweden

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Sweden
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: Man Attacked by Several Fish

medium: Pen and red ink over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Fish
Pen and ink drawing
Sweden
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Man Fishing and Holding Bottle


title: Time Unveiling Truth

creator: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: Italy

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Time
Children
Babie
People
Women
Oil
Painting
Italian
Paint
Canva
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Harold T. Martin Trust


title: Mr. Quick as Vellum in Addison's Drummer

creator: Samuel De Wilde (English, 1748–1832)

country: England

subjects:
Portrait
England
Actor (performing artists)
Character
English
Man
Portraits: male subject
Alcohol
Drinking glass
Table
Theater
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
British
Oil painting
Painting technique
Oil
Oil on canva
Canva

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Kay Krehbiel, Lisbeth Stiffel, Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock, Richard and Nancy Spain, and The David Horn Family


title: Portrait of the Artist's Father, Ismael Mengs

creator: Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779)

country: Germany

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Portraits
Father
Portraits: male subject
Portraits: german subject
Man
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
German
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pinsof


title: The Meeting of Gautier, Count of Antwerp, and his Daughter, Violante

creator: Giuseppe Cades (Italian, 1750–1799)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Familie
Children
Church
Daughter
Father
Figure
Men
People
Sky
Study
Women
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. Worcester Sketch Collection


title: Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert

creator: Jean Baptiste Henri Deshays (French, 1729–1765)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Saint john the baptist
Women
Animal
Figure
People
Angel
Putti
Desert
Saint
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious
Religion
Religious scene
Biblical
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson


title: Sarah Dupont

creator: Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727–1788)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Portraits: female subject
White (color)
Black (color)
Bows
Lace
Headdresse
Portrait
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
British
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; through prior gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Denison B. Hull, Mr. and Mrs. William Kimball, and Mrs. Charles McCulloch


title: Bedcover

creator: Attributed to Elizabeth Patterson Saltmarsh (American, 1740–1816), Abigail Patterson (American, 1743/44–1808), Lydia Patterson Pixley (American, 1745–1808), Martha Patterson Woodbridge (American, 1750–1801), Sarah Patterson Brown (American, 1753–1800), and Esther Patterson Marean (American, 1756–?)

medium: Wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool in buttonhole, herringbone, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with fringe

country: New York

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
New york
Wool (textile)
Needlework (visual works)
Needlework - quilt

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Panel

creator: England

medium: Linen, twill weave; embroidered with silk floss in satin, chain, back and couched stitches; chenille; French knots; couched tarnished metal thread wound around a silk fiber core

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Queen anne
Needlework (visual works)
Stuart
European
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Portrait of George Washington

creator: Produced by John Crossley & Sons, Ltd.

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Portraits
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Plaque: Psalm No. 150

creator: Probably Utrecht, Netherlands

date: early 19th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware)

country: Utrecht

subjects:
Earthenware
Utrecht
Ceramic
European decorative arts
Tin glaze

credit_line: Bequest of Hans G. Cahen


title: Pandora

creator: James Barry

medium: Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

country: Ireland

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

credit_line: Dorothy Braude Edinburg Collection in honor of Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude


title: Console Table

creator: France

medium: Carved and gilded wood; marble top

subjects:
Table
France
Furniture
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Harry H. Blum


title: Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand

creator: Wolfgang Grosschedel

medium: Steel and leather, etched

country: Landshut

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Landshut
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Nine peasants in a rustic interior with, with a man putting a pipe into the mouth of a seated man

creator: Jacques Dassonville

medium: Etching

source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

source_id: met

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

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: View in the Field, On the West Side of the Hagerstown Road, After the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, September 1862

creator: Alexander Gardner

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

credit_line: Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970


title: Amulet of the Word "Establish"

medium: Faience

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1911


title: Stand

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Gift of Winfield Foundation, 1951


title: Ceramic Fragment

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Stonepaste; white slip; blue and turquoise underglaze; transparent, colorless glaze

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1908


title: Jacket

medium: Cotton, hemp, silk

country: China (Danzai people)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Main dress-womenswear
China (danzai people)

credit_line: Millia Davenport and Zipporah Fleisher Fund, 2003


title: Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Piece

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)


title: Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Lord Admiral Duncan

creator: John Singleton Copley

medium: Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

country: American

credit_line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1960


title: Insertion

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1920


title: Sample

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Rue du Haut-Pave (Pantheon in Distance)

creator: Charles Marville

credit_line: Gift of Howard Greenberg, Paula and Robert Hershkowitz, Charles Isaacs, and Hans P. Kraus Jr., in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2008


title: Fragment

credit_line: The Nuttall Collection, Gift of Mrs. Magdalena Nuttall, 1908


title: Fragment of a Bowl

date: 14th–15th century

medium: Earthenware; incised decoration through white slip and coloring under transparent glaze.

credit_line: The Grinnell Collection, Bequest of William Milne Grinnell, 1920


title: Fragment


title: Hanswurst

creator: Fulda Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory

credit_line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1955


title: Rectangular writing box with decoration of clouds and cranes

medium: Red lacquer with engraved gold and litharge painting

country: Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)

subjects:
Lacquer
Japan (ryūkyū islands)

credit_line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2020


title: Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Grotte sépulcrale, 1

creator: Auguste Salzmann

medium: Salted paper print from paper negative

credit_line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005


title: At Rome

creator: Richard Cooper II

medium: Graphite

credit_line: Gift of Abbott and Holder Ltd., 2023


title: Double-sided folio from a Ramayana series

medium: Opaque watercolor on paper

country: India, Himachal Pradesh, unidentified sub-school

credit_line: Purchase, Nancy Fessenden Gift, 2018


title: Various Moths and Butterflies

creator: Kubo Shunman

medium: Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

country: Japan

subjects:
Print
Japan
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929


title: Libbretto nouellamete composto per maestro Domenico da Sera...lauorare di ogni sorte di punti, page 9 (verso)

creator: Domenico da Sera

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935


title: Colorado, from Flags of the States and Territories (N11) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial color lithograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: So-called "Chila"

medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-rug

credit_line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922


title: Beaker

date: late 18th century

credit_line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995


title: Basin with shaving attachment

creator: Jean Fauche

medium: Silver

credit_line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948


title: Two Women Standing, Holding a Child

creator: Torii Kiyonaga

medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1929


title: Noh Costume

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume
Japan

credit_line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1932


title: Designs for Four Rings, Plate 31 from 'Livre d'Aneaux d'Orfevrerie'

creator: Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926


title: Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

creator: Makron

date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Tobacco box

medium: Brass

credit_line: Gift of C. Gustave Mourraille, in memory of his sister, Miss M. Mathilde Mourraille, 1957


title: Design for a Chimneypiece with a Personification of Virtue

creator: Anonymous, German, 17th century

medium: Pen and gray and black ink, brush and watercolor

credit_line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2011


title: Various Designs for Rocaille Ornaments, plate 1 from "Fortsezung von unterschielichen Auszierungen zu allerleij nüzlich anzuwenden"

creator: Jeremias Wachsmuth

date: printed ca. 1750–56

medium: Etching

credit_line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014


title: Sheet with an overall floral pattern

creator: Anonymous

date: 19th century

medium: Relief print (wood or metal)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Flowers

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939


title: Valentine

medium: Cameo-embossed, gilded  paper, chromolithography

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981


title: Spearhead

medium: Iron

country: Cypriot

subjects: Bronze Cypriot

credit_line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76


title: Piece (one of 116)

medium: Cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-printed

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1909


title: A Prussian Couple

creator: Utagawa Yoshitora

date: 12th month, 1860

credit_line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005


title: Study for Saint Remi (middle register); verso:  Study for Remi's Raised Arm (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

creator: Isidore Pils

medium: Red chalk, stumped, black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on gray paper (recto); red chalk (verso)

credit_line: Purchase, Karen B. Cohen Gift, 1989


title: Pelerine

date: third quarter 19th century

country: Maltese

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Winthrop Trowbridge, 1964


title: The Thrown Kiss (one of a pair)

creator: Bow Porcelain Factory

medium: Soft-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964


title: Platter (part of a service)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Gift of Winfield Foundation, 1951


title: Cravat

date: late 19th century

medium: Needle lace, gros point lace, linen

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Nichols, from the collection of her mother, Mrs. J.P. Morgan (1868-1925), 1938


title: Two Men Fighting a Lion

date: 17th–18th century (?)

medium: Bronze, with black lacquer patina

credit_line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931


title: Pair of Doors

creator: Morocco

date: Marinid dynasty (1244–1465), 14th century

medium: Carved wood with iron bolts and rings

country: Morocco

subjects:
Wood
Morocco
Wood (plant material)
Architectural fragment
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Samuel A. Marx


title: Bowl with Interior Four-Part Design with Hatching, Zigzag, and Spiral Motifs

creator: Hohokam, Sacaton Red-on-buff

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Arizona

subjects:
Bowl
Arizona
Abstract motif
Servingware
Geometric
Zigzag
Spiral
Vessel
Ceramic
Hohokam
Modeling (forming)
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Southwest
Native american
Native north american
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america

credit_line: Laura T. Magnuson Endowment


title: Polychrome Bowl

creator: Probably We'wha (Zuni Donashi:kew Clan and Bichi:kwe Clan, c. 1848-1896)

subjects:
Bowl
Servingware
Spiral
Pattern
Abstract figure
Quadrant
Geometric
Zigzag
Prayer
Feather
Vessel
Ceramic
Zuñi
Modeling (forming)
Southwest
America
Native american
Native north american
Pueblo
Painting (image making)
Art of the america
Arts of the america

credit_line: Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton


title: Design: Mannequin, from Encyclopédie

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

medium: Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper

country: France

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

credit_line: Buckingham Book Appropriation


title: Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopédie

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

medium: Etching, with engraving and stipple, on cream laid paper


medium: Engraving, with etching, on cream laid paper

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


medium: Engraving on cream laid paper


title: Etching: Biting the Plate, from Encyclopédie


title: Copper-Plate Etching, from Encyclopédie

creator: Claude-Antoine Littret de Montigny (French, c. 1735-1775)

medium: Etching with engraving on cream laid paper taken from book


title: Mezzotint, from Encyclopédie

medium: Engraving and mezzotint on cream laid paper


title: Etching, "Balotter" Machine, from Encyclopédie

creator: Robert Bénard (French, 18th century)


title: Crayon-Manner Engraving, from Encyclopédie

medium: Engraving and crayon-manner engraving on cream laid paper


title: Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie


title: Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie

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


title: Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Medal Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Medal Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Letter Engraving

medium: Etching with engraving on cream laid paper


title: Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie

creator: Aubin (French, active 18th century)


title: Topographic, Geographic and Music Engraving, from Encyclopédie


title: Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie


title: Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie


title: Pen Positions, from Encyclopédie


title: Basic Shapes, from Encyclopédie


title: Height, Breadth and Slope of Writing, from Encyclopédie


title: Round Letters of the Alphabet, from Encyclopédie


title: Preparatory Exercises, from Encyclopédie


title: Joined Letters of the Alphabet, from Encyclopédie


title: Bastard Letters of the Alphabet, from Encyclopédie


title: Capital Letters, from Encyclopédie


title: Strokes and Positions of the Pen, from Encyclopédie


title: Various Slanted Calligraphy, from Encyclopédie


title: Various Rounded-Style Calligraphy, from Encyclopédie


title: Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie


title: Various Joined Calligraphy, from Encyclopédie


title: Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie


title: Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie


title: Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie


title: Design School, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Pantograph, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Mannequin Parts, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Ovals, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Hands, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Heads, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: General Proportions of the Male, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Legs and Feet, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Figure from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Grouped Figures, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Children, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Figure from Encyclopédie


title: Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Wonder, Love, Veneration, Rapture), from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Ages, from Encyclopédie


title: Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Hate or Jealousy, Anger, Desire, Physical Pain), from Encyclopédie


title: Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Laughter, Weeping, Compassion, Sadness), from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Draped Figures, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Drapery Arranged On a Model, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Study, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Sketch, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Landscape Study, from Encyclopédie

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


title: Design: Proportions of the Antinoüs Statue, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Proportions of the Laocoon statue, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Proportions of the Pythian Apollo, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Proportions of the Gladiator, from Encyclopédie


title: Design: Proportions of the Medici Venus, from Encyclopédie


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Schleswig

medium: Glass

country: Schleswig

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

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

country: Bohemia

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


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Germany

date: Early 18th century

country: Germany

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


title: Goblet with Cover


title: Goblet with Cover


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Schleswig, Germany


title: Goblet


title: Wine Glass and Cover

medium: Glass; engraved and gilt decoration


title: Covered Cup

creator: Poland (formerly German Silesia)

country: Poland

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


title: Goblet

medium: Glass with silver base


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Saxony

date: Mid 18th century

country: Saxony

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


title: Wine Glass

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. George Basta, gift


title: Commemorative Wineglass for the Coronation of George I

creator: England

medium: Diamond-engraved lead glass

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Ships & the sea
Glass

credit_line: Gift of Neville and John Bryan


title: Wineglass Containing Two Uncirculated Charles II Silver Coins Dated 1670 and 1671

medium: Blown lead glass with applied decoration and silver inclusions


title: Covered Friendship Goblet (Pokal)


title: Covered Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
Germany
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts


title: Cup

creator: Silesia

country: Silesia

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Silesia
Ships & the sea
Glass
Earthenware
European decorative arts
Ceramic


title: Jug

subjects:
Glass
Schleswig
European decorative arts


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Potsdam

date: Late 17th century

medium: Glass; blown, molded, wheel cut and engraved

country: Potsdam

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Potsdam
Ships & the sea
Glass
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Goblet


title: Goblet

creator: Saxony, Germany


title: Bowl

creator: Liège

date: 18th century

country: England

subjects:
Bowl
England
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Elinor Page Hapgood & Miss Alice Page Converse


title: Champagne Glass

date: Early 19th century

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

credit_line: Presented by Mrs. G. Herbert Jones


title: Claret Decanter

creator: England, Sussex

country: Sussex

subjects:
Glass
Sussex
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. G. Herbert Jones


title: Wine Glass

creator: Netherlands

country: Netherlands

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

credit_line: Gift of the Hibbard Family


title: Sweetmeat Dish

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Germany
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Goblet with Cover


title: Wine Glass and Cover


title: Wine Glass Rinser (verrière)

creator: France

subjects:
Glass
France
Vessel for serving food
European decorative arts

credit_line: Mrs. Frederick Schaaf through The Antiquarian Society


title: Beaker

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts


title: Trumpet Wine Glass


title: Goblet

creator: Russia

country: Russia

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

credit_line: Estate of Maribel G. Blum


title: Drinking Glass

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


title: Beaker


title: Beaker

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


title: Beaker

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


title: Wine Glass

creator: Hirschberg Valley, Germany


title: Wine Glass and Cover

medium: Glass with engraved gold leaf decoration


title: Beaker

medium: Glass with silver gilt foot


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Germany, Brunswick

country: Brunswick

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


title: Beaker

creator: German

medium: Green glass

subjects:
Glass
Germany
European decorative arts


title: Armorial Covered Tankard

medium: Glass with pewter mounts

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


title: Beaker (Humpen)


title: Beaker (Passglas)

creator: Dutch, Flemish, or German (Rhenish)

country: Rhineland

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


title: Prunted Beaker (Roemer)

medium: Green glass, gilding


title: Façon de Venise Beaker

creator: Flemish; Antwerp

medium: Colorless glass with gilding

country: Antwerp

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

credit_line: Julius and Augusta N. Rosenwald Fund


title: Wine Jug with the Lamb of God

creator: Germany

medium: Glass with enamel decoration

credit_line: Bequest of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Beaker

medium: Colorless glass and enamel

subjects:
Glass
Germany
European decorative arts
Decorative arts

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


title: Goblet

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


title: Beaker

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic


title: Roemer

subjects:
Glass
Netherland
European decorative arts


title: Passglass with Loops and Glass Rings


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Thuringia

country: Thuringia

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


title: Prunted Beaker (Roemer)

creator: Northern Germany

country: Northern Germany

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


title: Champagne Glass


title: Beaker


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Schleswig, Germany


title: Wine Glass

creator: Germany, Schleswig


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Silesia

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


title: Wine Glass and Cover


title: WIne Glass and Cover

creator: Germany, Potsdam


title: Goblet with Cover


title: Goblet with Cover


title: Bowl

creator: Nevers, France

date: 17th century

country: Nevers

subjects:
Bowl
Never
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Lithyalin Beaker

creator: Workshop of Friedrich Egermann

medium: Glass; marbled opaque red, blown and gilded


title: Goblet

country: Schleswig


title: Goblet

country: Bohemia


title: Covered Goblet with Male and Female Silhouettes

creator: Germany, Silesia, Warmbrunn

country: Germany


title: Covered Goblet with Silhouette Bust of King Frederich the Great


title: Goblet


title: Goblet with Cover

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Potsdam
Ships & the sea
Glass
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Cup with Cover

date: Mid 19th century

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Cyrus Bentley


title: Beaker

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts


title: Goblet

creator: Austrian, Vienna

medium: Rock crystal, stones, and silver

country: Vienna

subjects:
Jewelry
Vienna
Minerals & gems
European decorative arts
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Octagonal Cup with Handle

creator: Italy, Venice

medium: Glass; iridescent with manganese and white opaque millefiori decoration

country: Venice

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

credit_line: Bought from Rosenberg and Stiebel, NYC. Julius and Augusta N. Rosenwald Fund


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Germany, Lauenstein

medium: Glass

country: Lauenstein

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


title: Chalice with Twelve Apostles

medium: Glass; engraved and gilt decoration

subjects:
Glass
Schleswig
European decorative arts


title: Candlestick with Three Nozzles

creator: Bohemian

subjects:
Candleholder - candelabra
Bohemia
Glass
Candleholder
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

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


title: Beaker


title: Cruet

creator: Poland (formerly German Silesia)

country: Silesia

subjects:
Glass
Silesia
European decorative arts


title: Sweetmeat Dish with Cover

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Schleswig
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Infant Feeding Bottle

creator: England

country: England

subjects:
Glass
England
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Eisenberg


title: Memorial Glass

creator: France

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Hubbard's Son in Memory of their mother, Louise S. Hubbard.


title: Covered Goblet (Pokal)

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

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

credit_line: Gift of Anne Simon Moffat and Keith Moffat


title: Bowl of Wine Glass with Silver Foot

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic and Germany, Schleswig

medium: Glass; engraved and silver

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


title: Wine Glass

creator: England, Newcastle upon Tyne


title: Wine Glass

date: Eighteenth century


title: Beaker and Cover

creator: Germany, Zechlin

country: Flecken Zechlin

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


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Germany, Rhineland

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Nancy Atwood Sprague.


title: Goblet with cover

date: c. 1740 or early 19th century


title: Goblet (Pokal) with Herm Stem

creator: Hesse-Kassel, Germany

medium: Glass; blown and molded with wheel-engraved decoration

country: Western Germany

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


title: Covered Goblet

medium: Glass with metal mounts and enamels


title: Goblet


title: "Hogarth" Cordial Glass

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. A. Sprague


title: Beaker

subjects:
Vase
France
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts


title: Wine Glass and Cover

creator: Germany, Potsdam and Zechlin

country: Potsdam

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


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Potsdam


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Kassel

country: Kassel

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


title: Goblet

creator: Georg Friedrich Killinger (German, fl. 1696-1726)

medium: Glass with metal foot

country: Nuremberg

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


title: Goblet

creator: Germany, Saxony

country: Saxony

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


title: Wine Glass

date: Late 18th century


title: Flask

creator: Austria

country: Austria

subjects:
Glass
Austria
European decorative arts


title: Goblet with Cover

creator: Germany, Potsdam or Zechlin


title: Wine Glass

creator: Ireland; Cork

country: Cork

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

credit_line: Gift of Miss Eleen B. Dineen


title: Wine Glass and Cover

creator: Germany, Lauenstein

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


title: Armorial Beaker with the Bülow Family Crest

creator: Decorated by Carl von Scheidt (German, 1791–after 1834)

medium: Glass; colorless, blown, enameled and gilded

country: Berlin

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


title: Tray with Chrysanthemum Design

creator: Japan

medium: Lacquer

country: Japan

subjects:
Lacquerware
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Siegfried G. Schmidt


title: Small Box

creator: Artist unknown

medium: Lacquer with gold and inlay

credit_line: Nickerson Fund


title: Battledore and Shuttlecock

creator: Tsukioka Settei

medium: Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk

subjects:
Hanging scroll
Japan
Painting
Asian art


title: Heavenly King Indra, Drawn by the Esteemed Hand of the Great Patriarch (Koso go-shinpitsu Taishaku tenno)

creator: After Nichiren

date: c.1845 printing of a 17th century woodblock

medium: Wood block print mounted as a hanging scroll

subjects:
Hanging scroll
Japan
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Cock and Hen

creator: Japanese

medium: Unmounted painting; ink and colors on paper

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection


title: Tale of Genji

creator: Attributed to Tosa Mitsushige

date: 16th century

medium: Album; Ink and colors on paper

subjects:
Hanging scroll
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of John Gregg Allerton in memory of Margaret O. Gentles


title: Wild Horses

creator: Soga Shōhaku 曾我 蕭白

medium: Pair of two-panel screens; ink on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Samuel Nickerson Endowment


title: Landscape of the Four Seasons

creator: Signature of Sesshu Toyo

date: date unknown, possibly 17th century

medium: One of a pair six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund


title: Pigeons and Rhododendrons

creator: Unknown Artist

date: late 17th century

medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Southern Barbarians

date: mid 17th century

medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Painting
Asian art
Furniture

credit_line: Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Allerton Endowment Fund


title: Otsu-e paintings

medium: Eight-fold screen; ink and color on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Painting
Asian art
Print

credit_line: Gift of John Gregg Allerton


title: Morning Glories

creator: Suzuki Kiitsu

date: 19th century

medium: Two-panel screen; ink, colors and gold on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Gold leaf
Ink
Painting
Asian art
Furniture

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Red Plum Branch and a Crane

creator: After Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663-1743)

medium: One of six panels of a screen; ink and colors on paper

credit_line: Nathalie Gookin Bequest


title: Bamboo

creator: Kishi Ganku

medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Painting
Asian art
Furniture

credit_line: Russell Tyson Purchase Fund income


title: Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

creator: Tosa Mitsuoki

medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, gold and silver on silk

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Silk (textile)
Japanese (culture or style)
Gold leaf
Ink
Painting
Asian art
Furniture
Art institute icon


title: Waves

creator: Hine Taizan

credit_line: Irene Greeley Memorial Fund


title: Wild Horses

date: Unknown

medium: Pair of two-panel screens; ink on paper.

credit_line: Samuel Nickerson Endowment Fund


title: Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life (耕作図屏風)

creator: Kano Yasunobu (狩野安信)

date: Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century

medium: Ink and light colors on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Japanism
East asian
Asian
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Harry and Harriet Bernbaum in memory of Keren-Or Bernbaum


title: Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life

creator: Kano Yasunobu

medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and light colors on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Edo (japanese period)
Asian art
Painting
Asian
East asian
Japanism
Furniture


title: Model Reading in the Studio

creator: Gustave Courbet

medium: Black crayon and charcoal, with stumping and scraping, on cream wove card

subjects:
Chalk
France
Black crayon
Scraping
Charcoal
Wove paper
Stumping
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund


title: Wearing Blanket

creator: Unknown weaver

medium: Wool, wedge tapestry weave

country: Navajo

subjects:
Blanket (covering)
Navajo
Geometric motif
Zigzag
Weaving
Wool (textile)
Native american
America
Textile
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Wedge tapestry weaving
Costume
Indigenous
North american
Native north american
Eye-dazzler

credit_line: Gift of the Powell Family in memory of their parents Father Peter Powell and Virginia Raisch Powell


title: Men's Wearing Blanket (Third Phase Chief Style)

medium: Wool, wedge tapestry weave, bound edges with corner tassels

country: Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah

subjects: Navajo nation, arizona, new mexico, & utah


title: Sarape with Compound Banded Design

creator: Navajo (Diné)

medium: Natural and Germantown wool, plain weave and single interlocking tapestry weave; twined warp ends and selvages; looped and knotted augmented corner tassels; natural and synthetic dyes

credit_line: Bequest of Alan R. Brodie


title: Tunic

creator: Shipibo-Conibo

medium: Cotton, plain weave; painted

country: Peru

subjects:
Tunic
Peru
Geometric motif
Plain weaving
Cotton (fiber)
Peruvian
Weaving - printed
Weaving
Textile
Costume
Painting
Costume - weaving
Conibo
Shipibo
South american
Latin american


title: Two Poems

creator: Ryōkan Taigu

date: early 19th century

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

subjects: Calligraphy Japan

credit_line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2025


title: Chasuble

date: ca. 1720 (figurative woven silk), ca. 1775 (embroidered orphrey), cut patched and reassembled ca. 1775

medium: Silk satin, brocaded with chenille and silk; Orphrey: silk satin, embroidered with silk and metal-wrapped thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1942


title: Vulcan's Forge

creator: Master IQV

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011


title: Standing Figure

date: 3rd millennium BCE

medium: Stone

country: Valdivia

subjects: Stone-sculpture Valdivia

credit_line: Gift of Timothy, Peter, and Jonathan Zorach, 1980


title: Pot

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Earthenware

country: Coptic

subjects: Ceramic Coptic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1925


title: Bottle

date: 10th–11th century

medium: Glass; mold blown, tooled on the pontil

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1922


title: Clarinet in E-flat

creator: Henry H. Prentiss

medium: Wood

country: American

credit_line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1990


title: Nose ornament

date: 13th–16th century

medium: Gold

country: Colombia

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metal-ornament
Colombia

credit_line: Museum Purchase, 1891


title: Textile

date: late 14th–early 15th century

medium: Silk, metal thread; twill and twill; silk, gilt membrane on linen.

country: Italian

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Italian
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1946


title: Magical Figure

medium: Clay (unfired)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1933


title: Vessel, Bottom

date: 4th century

medium: Glass, gold leaf

country: Roman

subjects:
Glass-gold glass
Roman
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Helmet (Kabuto)

date: early 17th century

medium: Iron, leather, textile, lacquer

country: Japanese

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Helmet
Japanese

credit_line: Purchase, 1907


title: Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

date: late 6th–5th century BCE

medium: Glass

country: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

subjects:
Glass
Greek, eastern mediterranean

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881


title: Fragments

medium: Silk

credit_line: Bequest of Maria P. James, 1911


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Fragment of Woman's Trousering (Nakshe)

date: 18th century

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Anonymous Gift, 1960


title: Card Number 188, Miss Falkner, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Vase fragment

country: Etruscan

subjects: Vase Etruscan

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1916


title: Document Sealing

medium: Mud

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1911, 1912


title: Bronze stirring rod

date: ca. 2nd century BCE–1st century CE

medium: Bronze

country: Greek or Roman

subjects:
Bronze
Greek or roman

credit_line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76


title: Plaque

medium: Silver

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mary Taft, 1921


title: Miniature vase

medium: Porcelain with ox-blood glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913


title: Page from Shi Zhu Zhai

medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

subjects: Print China

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1924


title: Wager cup (Jungfrauenbecher)

creator: Hieronymus Imhof

medium: Silver, partly gilt, cold-painted enamel


title: Knife

medium: Nephrite

country: North America (Alaska, Cape Prince of Wales)

subjects: North america (alaska, cape prince of wales)

credit_line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902


title: Battle Scene with the Emblems of the Farnese Family

creator: Anonymous, Italian?, 16th century

date: 16th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on wood panel

credit_line: Gift of Werner Muensterberger, 2005


title: Gardener (one of a pair)

creator: Höchst Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950


title: Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions

creator: Anna Atkins

medium: Cyanotype

subjects:
Seaweed & algae
Photograph

credit_line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005


title: Villa Giulia, Casino, elevation

creator: Anonymous, French, 16th century

date: early to mid-16th century

medium: Dark brown ink, black chalk, and incised lines

subjects: Architecture Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Janos Scholz and Anne Bigelow Scholz, in memory of Flying Officer Walter Bigelow Rosen, RCAF, 1949


title: Rockaway #3466

creator: Brewster & Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with metallic ink

credit_line: Gift of William Brewster, 1923


title: Ear Ornament

date: Second half of the 8th–second half of the 10th century

medium: Gold

country: Indonesia (Java)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jewelry
Indonesia (java)

credit_line: The Samuel Eilenberg-Jonathan P. Rosen Collection of Indonesian Gold, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg and Gift of Jonathan P. Rosen, 1998


title: Christening dress

medium: cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
American

credit_line: Gift of Miss Martha S. Thompson, 1942


title: Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Pin

credit_line: Gift of Harris D. and H. Dunscombe Colt, 1934


title: Bowl with Bird Design

date: 7th–10th century

medium: Ceramic

country: Nopiloa

subjects: Nopiloa Birds Ceramics-container

credit_line: Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1989


title: Pair of Flintlock Pistols

creator: Girolamo Francino

medium: Steel, wood (walnut)

country: Italian, Brescia

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1928


title: Cap

date: 19th century

country: probably German

credit_line: Purchase by subscription, 1909


title: Bowl

medium: Stoneware

country: British (American market)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell S. Carter, 1944


title: Half of a Tabard

creator: Chimú, Ica, or Chincha (“Provincial Inca”?)

medium: Cotton, plain weave, with double warps and single wefts; embellished with feathers (likely from great or snowy egrets, Muscovy ducks,Chilean flamigos, and macaws) knotted and attached with cotton in back stitches

country: Peru

subjects:
Featherwork
Peru
Feline
Geometric motif
Stepped motif
Chimú
Feather
Needlework (visual works)
Nazca
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Late intermediate period
Textile
Costume
Andean
Ande
Tunic
Cotton (fiber)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Chincha
Ica
North coast
Embellished
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Carpet

creator: Spain

date: About 1450, before 1473

medium: Wool, plain weave with supplementary wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Spanish knots"

country: Spain

subjects:
Weaving - carpet
Spain
Geometric motif
Abstract figure
Animal
Bird
Cross motif
Script
Star
Arts of the islamic world
Wool (textile)
Plain weaving
Hispano-moresque
Medieval
European
Textile
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson


title: Ceremonial Textile (Tampan)

creator: Paminggir people

date: Late 19th century

medium: Four panels joined; cotton, gilt-metal strip, silvered-paper-strip wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; stitched together with pineapple fiber

country: Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia
Boat
Vessel
Ship
Ritual
Indonesian
Cotton (fiber)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Ritual object
Metal
Silvered-paper-strip-wrapped silk

credit_line: Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection


title: Tunic

creator: Wari

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave; neck and armholes finished with wool (camelid) in overcast stitches; seams joined with wool (camelid) in darning stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Abstract figure
Pattern
Geometric
Spiral
Zigzag
Hats
Face
Huari
Cotton (textile)
Tapestry weaving
Weaving
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Camelid wool
Peruvian
Ande
Costume
Andean
Costume - weaving
Tunic
Natural dye
Latin american


title: Half of a Tabard

creator: Peru, Probably central or south coast

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers (likely from Chilean flamigos, macaws, and Muscovy ducks) knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches

subjects:
Featherwork
Peru
Geometric motif
Line
Square
Zigzag
Feather
Needlework (visual works)
Textile
Costume
Garment
Tunic
Cotton (fiber)
Plain weaving
Weaving
America
Pre-columbian
Embellished
Latin american


title: Half of a Tabard

creator: Peru, Possibly south coast

subjects:
Featherwork
Peru
Geometric motif
Feather
Stripe
Plain weaving
Pre-columbian
Needlework (visual works)
Textile
Costume
Tunic
Cotton (fiber)
Knotting
Embellished
Latin american


title: Tunic Fragment

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), single interlocking tapestry weave

subjects:
Tunic
Peru
Abstract figure
Geometric
Hats
Face
Spiral
Zigzag
Huari
Cotton (fiber)
Tapestry weaving
Weaving
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Tiahuanaco
Middle horizon
Ande
Camelid wool
Wool (hair)
Textile
Andean
Costume
Costume component
Natural dye
Latin american


title: Jinbaori

creator: Japan

date: Early 18th century

medium: Wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); appliqué; edged with fur and silk, plain weave with secondary plain interlacings; lined with silk and gilt-paper strips, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; closure: wool plain weave, fulled; embroidered with silk cord; edged with silk and gilt-paper strips, plain weave; band of silk, plain oblique interlacing with attached wooden bead

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Needlework - costume
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Bead
Wool (textile)
Fur
Gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip
Silk (textile)
Wood (plant material)
Appliqué (technique)
Embroidering
Papermaking
Satin weaving
Costume

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Fragment of a Garment

creator: Chancay

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), gauze weave with brocading wefts with border of slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft loop fringe

country: Peruvian Central Coast

subjects:
Weaving
Peruvian central coast
Bird
Wave
Gauze weave
Cotton (fiber)
Chancay
Slit tapestry weaving
Plain weaving
Natural dye
Camelid wool
Chimú
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Textile
Latin american


title: Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

medium: Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia
Ship
Tree
Indonesian
Cotton (fiber)
Weaving
Paper (fiber product)
Silk (fiber)
Ritual object
Bast fiber
Lacquer
Silver leaf
Brocading
Plain weaving


title: Altar Frontal

creator: Italy

date: Second half of 16th century

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, 4:1 satin damask weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:4 's' interlacing; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and extended ground weft uncut fringe and silk, gilt-metal-strip and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and of 2:2 'z' twill weave with extended ground weft, wrapped, knotted uncut fringe; lining: silk, plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Fringe
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Ritual object
Liturgical
Damask
Metal-strip-wrapped silk

credit_line: Gift of Edward Morris in memory of his wife


title: Headcloth

medium: Cotton, plain weave; tie dyed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peruvian central coast
Cotton (fiber)
Tie-dyed
Chancay
Weaving
Plain weaving
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Frank B. Hubachek


title: Length of Woven Silk

creator: Italy, possibly Milan

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Crown
Vine
Palmette
Weaving
Silk
Compound weaving
Plain weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson


title: Nuihaku (Noh Costume)

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; patterned with impressed gold leaf; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin and single satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni (safflower)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Needlework - costume
Japan
Noh drama
Roundel
Costume
Late edo
Silk (fiber)
Satin weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Dye
Gold leaf
Safflower
Couching (embroidering)
Dyeing
Embroidering
Impressing
Laid work
Plain weaving
Textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Clyde M. Carr


title: Cope

creator: Venice, Italy

medium: Silk, satin weave cut pile-on-pile solid velvet

country: Venice

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Venice
Costume
Liturgical
Weaving - velvet
Silk (fiber)


title: Lobed Pillow with Deer

creator: China

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 11th/early 12th century

medium: Cizhou ware; slip-coated stoneware with underglaze impressed and molded decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Sculpture

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund


title: Scholar's Rock

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

medium: Yellow wax stone

subjects:
China
Decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of James Tigerman


title: Vajradhara Buddha Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta)

creator: Tibet

date: 15th century

medium: Silver and semiprecious stones

country: Southern Tibet

subjects:
Silver
Southern tibet
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Tiger-Shaped Pillow with Floral Spray

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; slip-coated earthenware with underglaze iron brown and amber painting

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Sculpture

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Drum-Shaped Pillow with Floral Sprays

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Cizhou-type ware; stoneware with underglaze iron brown painting

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Sculpture


title: Plate

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

country: Jingdezhen

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Jingdezhen
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Dish (vessel)
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn


title: Soup Plate


title: Cross

creator: Central Ethiopia

date: Mid–/late 15th century

medium: Copper, bronze, and brass

country: Ethiopia

subjects:
Cross
Ethiopia
Crosse
Ritual
Ceremony
Procession
Copper
Metalworking
Processional cross
Bronze
Brass (alloy)
Arts of africa
African art
Metal-cutting
Ritual object
Eastern and southern africa

credit_line: Wirt D. Walker Fund