credit_line: Chushingura: Act IX (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty), c. 1790s. Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824). Color woodblock print; image: 30.4 x 42.8 cm (11 15/16 x 16 7/8 in.); with margins: 33.5 x 45.8 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.338.9


title: A Horse Frightened by a Lion

creator: George Stubbs (British, 1724–1806)

medium: etching and engraving

country: England, 18th century

subjects:
Print
England, 18th century

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: A Horse Frightened by a Lion, 1777. George Stubbs (British, 1724–1806). Etching and engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.38


title: Landscapes

creator: Zhai Dakun (Chinese, d. 1804)

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

subjects: Painting Landscapes

credit_line: Landscapes (山水畫), 1775. Zhai Dakun (Chinese, d. 1804). Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on silk; each leaf: 41.2 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Kelvin Smith Fund, 1986.49


title: Mask Attachment(?)

medium: serpentine

country: Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec

subjects:
Sculpture
Mesoamerica, mexico, olmec

credit_line: Mask Attachment(?), 900–300 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec. Serpentine; overall: 2.5 x 5.5 cm (1 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.221


title: Crouching Figure

country: Mexico, Guerrero, Olmec

subjects:
Sculpture
Mexico, guerrero, olmec

credit_line: Crouching Figure, 900–300 BCE. Mexico, Guerrero, Olmec. Serpentine; overall: 11.6 x 5.3 x 5.4 cm (4 9/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.222


title: Female Figurine

date: 100 BCE–300 CE

medium: earthenware with pigment

country: Mexico, Michoacán

subjects:
Sculpture
Mexico, michoacán

credit_line: Female Figurine, 100 BCE–300 CE. Mexico, Michoacán. Earthenware with pigment; overall: 12.6 x 6.8 x 2.5 cm (4 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.257


title: One Hundred Birds

date: possibly 1600s

medium: hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: One Hundred Birds, possibly 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; overall: 200 x 79.4 cm (78 3/4 x 31 1/4 in.); painting only: 101.8 x 57.1 cm (40 1/16 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1991.10


title: Bugaku Dancer

creator: Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)

medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89)

credit_line: Bugaku Dancer, c. 1890–1942. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 190.8 x 52.1 cm (75 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.); painting only: 99 x 33.6 cm (39 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Hosomi, 1991.122


title: Canterbury

medium: albumen print from calotype

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Canterbury, c. 1853. Robert Henry Cheney (British, 1800–1866). Albumen print from calotype; image: 17.9 x 22.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Russ Anderson, 1991.288


date: 1757 or after

medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Drawing
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: Cupid in the Clouds with Attendant Cherubs, 1757 or after. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; sheet: 18.4 x 24.6 cm (7 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1991.326


title: Bamboo in Four Seasons: Spring

medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk

country: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

subjects:
Painting
China, yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

credit_line: Bamboo in Four Seasons: Spring, 1279–1368. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting only: 134.3 x 62.6 cm (52 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.); overall with knobs: 232.3 x 85.8 cm (91 7/16 x 33 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2003.87.1


title: Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand

creator: Southern German, Nuremberg

medium: Steel

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

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

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand

medium: Steel and leather


title: Bevor

creator: Spanish

country: Spain

subjects:
Suit-element
Spain
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Spurs

creator: European

date: late 14th century

medium: Iron

country: Europe

subjects:
Horse equipment
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Double-Barreled Holster Pistol with Two Locks

creator: German, Nuremberg

medium: Wood, mother-of-pearl, and iron

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Shirt of Mail

creator: European(?), possibly Islamic(?)

date: mid–16th century

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Arts of the islamic world
Armor
Arms and armor
European


title: Cavalry Lance

medium: Steel and wood (ash)

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


title: Hand-and-a-Half Sword

creator: Hilt: 19th century in mid-16th century Swiss style

date:
Hilt: 19th century in mid–16th century Swiss style
Blade: mid–16th century

country: Switzerland

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


title: Miniature Bowl with Interior Bird-Wing Motif

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Gila Polychrome

medium: Earthenware and pigment

country: Arizona

subjects:
Bowl
Arizona
Birds
Vessel
Terracotta
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Ceramic
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Bordland and the Alsdorf Foundation


title: Storage Jar with Horizontal Bands of Interlocking Scrolls

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Black Mesa Black-on-white

country: Southwest

subjects:
Ceramic
Southwest
Geometric motif
Storage
Vessel
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Modeling (forming)
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Pueblo
Native american
Native north american
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Essential

credit_line: Tillie C. Cohn Fund


title: Jar with Interlocking-Stepped Motifs in Diagonal Pattern

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Tularosa Black-on-white

subjects:
Ornament & design
Earthenware
Southwest
Vessel
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american

credit_line: African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund


title: Pitcher with Stepped-Interlocking Motifs and Vertical Hatching

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Kayenta Black-on-white

subjects:
Earthenware
Arizona
Vessel
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Inorganic material
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american

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


title: Bowl with Interlocking Zigzag Motif in Four-Part Design on Interior Walls

subjects:
Bowl
Arizona
Vessel
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american


title: Storage Jar (Olla) with Black, White, and Hathed Linked Scrolls, Triangles, and Stepped Motifs

country: New Mexico

subjects:
Earthenware
New mexico
Vessel
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Storage Jar (Olla)

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Betatakin Black-on-white

subjects:
Earthenware
Arizona
Vessel
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american


title: Mug with Interlocking Geometric Pattern with Zigzag Motifs and Crosshatching

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Mesa Verde Black-on-white

credit_line: Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton


title: Pitcher with Interlocking Zigzag Motifs and Checkerboard Pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Earthenware
Arizona
Vessel
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Anasazi
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Native american
Native north american

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by William E. Hartmann


title: Jar with Horned Serpents and Interlocking, Hatched-and-Black Stepped Designs

creator: Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Socorro Black-on-white

subjects:
Vessel
New mexico
Ships & the sea
Serpent
Checkerboard
Geometric
Hatching
Feather
Mythological figure
Ceramic
Ancestral pueblo (anasazi)
Modeling (forming)
Art of the america
Anasazi
Southwest
Pueblo
America
Native american
Native north american
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Pre-columbian

credit_line: Gift of Edward and Betty Harris


title: Tiraz Fragment

creator: Egypt

date: Fatimid period (969-1171), 11th century

medium: Linen, tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Arts of the islamic world
Weaving
Fatimid

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Martin A. Ryerson


title: Funerary Bundle Mask

creator: Paracas

date: 2nd century BCE

medium: Cotton, plain weave with bundles of extended warps; painted

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Ocucaje
Cotton (fiber)
Weaving - printed
Paraca
Early horizon
Pre-columbian
Peruvian
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund


title: Owa-nganroro (Stone Eater Kachina)

creator: Carver unknown (Hopi)

medium: Wood, paint, yarn, and yuca [whips modern replacements]

subjects:
Sculpture
Arizona
Wood (plant material)
Hopi
Carving
Plant fiber
Statuette
Wood
Paint
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
Arts of the america
Yuca
Native american
Native north american
Yarn
Braiding
Painting (coating)
Sewing
Woodworking

credit_line: Mrs. Leonard Florsheim and African and Amerindian Curator's Discretionary funds


title: Lace Edging (Oya) Fragment

creator: Cyprus, Republic of Türkiye, or Greece

medium: Silk and horsehair; needle lace

country: Eastern Mediterranean Region

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Eastern mediterranean region
Lace - needle
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Caroline Wicker


title: Fragment of Embroidery

creator: Thebes, Greece

date: 19th century

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in Cretan, split, and trammed stem stitches

country: Thívai

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


title: Lace Border Fragment

creator: Possibly produced by M. Jesurum & Cie. (Italian, 19th century)

date: Late 19th century

medium: Silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered with single satin stitches

country: Venice

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Venice
Lace - bobbin
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne, Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer, and Mrs. Gordon Palmer


title: Mourning Sampler

creator: Made at Mary Balch's School

date: About 1810

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille in split, surface satin, and stem stitches; couching; with human hair

country: Rhode Island

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Rhode island
Mourning
Burial
Death
Needleworking
America
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidery
Embroidering
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles Collection


title: Darning Sampler

creator: Germany or Netherlands

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in darning and cross stitches

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Germany
Repair
Flower
Geometric motif
Rectangle
Square
Wreath
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler
Silk (fiber)
Cross-stitching
Plain weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harold Keele through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: "Log Cabin" Quilt Block

creator: Probably Pennsylvania, United States

medium: Silk; plain, twill, and satin weaves, some with supplementary patterning warps or wefts, some self-patterned, and some with cut solid velvet; pieced

country: Pennsylvania

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Pennsylvania
Needlework - quilt
Silk (fiber)
Bedcover

credit_line: Bequest of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand

creator: Southern German, probably Augsburg

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Bowl with a Figure Holding a Macaw

creator: Hopi, Sikyatki Polychrome

medium: Ceramic and pigment

subjects:
Bowl
Arizona
Ritual
Animal
Bird
Feather
Rain
Ceremony
Macaw
Ritualist
Vessel
Ceramic
Hopi
Modeling (forming)
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
America
Native american
Native north american
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america


title: Poncho Displaying Contorted Figures

medium: Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches; loop and plied fringes

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Death
Skeleton
Sacrifice
Ritual
Shaman
Supernatural
Super/natural
Paraca
Wool (textile)
Needlework (visual works)
Paraca necropoli
Early horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Andean
Ande
Costume
Latin american

credit_line: Edward E. Ayer, Harriott A. Fox, and Samuel P. Avery Endowments


title: Band

creator: Possibly Rimac

medium: Cotton, slit tapestry weave with eccentric outlining wefts and extended warp fringe; embroidered in cotton in single interlacing running stitch

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Weaving
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Border Fragment

creator: Nasca

medium: Cotton, plain weave band; embroidered with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitch; edged with cross-knit looping tabs

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


title: Border Fragment

medium: Wool (camelid), tubular cross-knit looping


title: Border Fragment

medium: Wool (camelid), tubular cross-knit looping; finished with cross-knit loop stitch embroidery


title: Panel

creator: Chancay

medium: Cotton, plain weave; painted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Chancay
Weaving - printed
Pachacamac
Weaving
America
Late intermediate period
Middle horizon
Pre-columbian
Latin american


title: Panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Chancay
Weaving - printed
Pachacamac
Middle horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Late intermediate period
Weaving
Latin american


title: Band Fragments

creator: Lambayeque

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts, uncut weft loop pile, extended uncut looped and plied weft fringes; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) with laid-in couching; and selvage weft loop fringe; three segments joined by overcast couching stitch

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Lambayeque
Weaving
Pre-columbian
Latin american


title: Panel

creator: Rimac

medium: Cotton, slit, dovetailed, and single and double interlocking tapestry weaves with eccentric and outlining wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Pre-columbian
Weaving
Chancay
Late intermediate period
America
Latin american


title: Panel

medium: Cotton, double interlocking and slit tapestry weave with outlining wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Pre-columbian
Weaving
Latin american


title: Fragment

date: Possibly 500-600

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with outlining wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Nazca
Weaving
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Fragment

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Nazca
Weaving
America
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Patch

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric and outlining wefts


title: Mantle Corners

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with band of complementary patterning weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Chancay
Weaving
Latin american


title: Tassel

medium: Wool (camelid), plain weave with complementary patterning warp double cloth; five sections joined; cross-knit looping over folded unworked warps; integrated oblique interlacing border; attached tubular plain weave with supplementary warp-float patterning strap

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Nazca
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Patch

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts


title: Tassel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Nazca
Wool (textile)
Pre-columbian
Early intermediate period
America
Weaving
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Tunic

medium: Cotton, open plain weave; appliquéd with small panels of cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single interlocking tapestry weave, and cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave medallions; edged in plain weave with extended weft fringe; cotton cord, embroidered with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitches neck edging; cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric and interlaced outlining wefts bottom band

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Lambayeque
Weaving
Pachacamac
Middle horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Costume
Latin american


title: Needle Case

creator: Possibly central or south coast, Peru

medium: Wood, split reed, wool, cotton, and resin

subjects:
Needle case
Peru
Super/natural
Sewing tool
Textile working equipment
Accessorie (object genre)
Textile
Latin american


title: Wooden Spindle with Ceramic Whorls

creator: Possibly central coast, Peru

medium: Wood, polychrome ceramic, and cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile working equipment
Peru
Super/natural
Whorl (spindle flywheels)
Spindle (textile working equipment)
Textile
Latin american


title: Wooden Spindle with Ceramic Whorls

medium: Wood, polychrome ceramic, and wool


title: Panel

creator: Produced by Mathevon et Bouvard (French, 1810–1895)

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain and 1:3 'S' or weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Floating garden
Flower
Foliage
Swag
Chinoiserie
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society


title: "Alhambra" textile panel with double border

creator: Probably produced by Mathevon et Bouvard (French, 1810–1895)

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip wrapped silk; satin weave with secondary patterning wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts bound with twill interlacings

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Silk
France
Silk (textile)
Aesthetic movement
Textile
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Orientalizing

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Panel

medium: Silk and linen, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts

country: Lyon

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Flower
Medallion
Greek
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving
Linen (material)


title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

medium: Silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning and brocading wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Flower
Basket
Pedestal
Urns
Foliage
Cupid
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Furnishing textile


title: Panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Flower
Foliage
Floral arrangement
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving


title: Panel

medium: Silk and linen, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with 1:2 'S' or weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts

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


title: Panel

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:2 twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Twill weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk


title: Panel

medium: Silk and cotton, satin weave, cut and uncut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Fruit
Lace
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet
Cotton (textile)


title: Panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Foliage
Fruit
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet
Cotton (textile)


title: Panel

medium: Silk and cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut pile-on-pile voided velvet; band of partially uncut pile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Twill weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving - velvet
Cotton (textile)


title: Panel

medium: Silk and cotton, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Flower
Foliage
Cotton (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet
Silk (textile)


title: Panel

medium: Silk, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Foliage
Swag
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet


title: Panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet
Cotton (textile)


title: Panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet


title: Panel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Mythology
Flower
Foliage
Urns
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet
Cotton (textile)


title: Panel

medium: Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Swag
Cupid
Flower
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet
Cotton (textile)


title: Panel

medium: Silk, satin weave, cut and uncut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Lyon
Rose
Floral arrangement
Foliage
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Weaving - velvet


title: Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)

creator: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Season
Nature
Farm
Tree
Bushe
Hill
Building
Pink (color)
Green (color)
Weather/season
Landscape
Rural life
Summer
Wheat
Farm life
Farming
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
Painting (image making)
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Gift of Arthur M. Wood, Sr. in memory of Pauline Palmer Wood


title: Armchair

creator: England

medium: Carved mahogany, modern upholstery

country: England

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
Mahogany
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society


title: Wine Cooler

creator: Mack, Williams, and Gibton (Irish, 1811–1829)

medium: Mahogany, lead lining, and brass hardware

country: Ireland

subjects:
Tableware
Ireland
Wine
Dining
Mahogany
Wood (plant material)
Furniture
European decorative arts
European decorative arts and sculpture
Brass
Lead

credit_line: Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial, Neville and John H. Bryan endowment funds; purchased with funds provided by L. Knife and Son Charitable Gift Fund; through prior gift of David Adler; European Decorative Arts General Fund; Kay and Frederick Krehbiel Endowment Fund; through prior bequests of Florence H. Crane and Eugene A. Davidson; through prior gifts of Caroline Wicker, the Antiquarian Society, and Mrs. Charles Netcher II


title: Two-handled Cup and Saucer

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, yellow ground, polychrome enamels, and gilding

country: Meissen

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Meissen
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Teaware
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Isadore Jacobson in memory of her husband, Isadore Jacobson


title: Bill

creator: Italian

medium: Steel, wood (pine), velvet, attached tassel, and gilded iron nails

country: Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Picture Depicting William and Mary

date: about 1869

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in tent stitch; appliquéd; wooden frame

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

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Halberd

creator: Possibly French or German

medium: Steel and wood

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Friuli Spear

creator: European

date: late 16th century

medium: Steel, wood (chestnut), brass, and velvet

country: Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Friuli Spear

medium: Steel, velvet covered wood (pine), and brass nails


title: Picture

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal purl, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in running, satin, and split stitches; couching


title: Glaive

creator: French

date: 16th century; haft and tassel 18/19th century

medium: Steel, wood, brass, velvet, and cotton tassel

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Tea Bowl and Saucer

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding


title: Needlework Picture Depicting the Judgement of Paris

medium: Silk and metal thread, satin weave; embroidered in knot, lace, loop, satin, and tent stiches, areas of raised work and cut darned velvet pile; wooden frame


title: Wheellock Spanner with Powder Measure and Screwdriver

creator: German

date: 17th century

medium: Iron

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Breechloading Percussion Rifled Dueling Pistols

creator: Beatus Beringer

medium: Walnut and steel

country: Paris

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Pari
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Saucer

subjects:
Teaware
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Alfred Duane Pell


title: Needlwork Picture Depicting Adam and Eve

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and creped silk yarns, gilt-metal purl and wire, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in buttonhole filling, raised and couched buttonhole, plaited braid, square chain, and tent stitches; knots, knotted pile, and couching; glass beads

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidering
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Silk (textile)


title: Armchair (one of a pair)

medium: Painted beech, modern upholstery

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf


title: Pair of Miquelet Pistols

creator: Spanish; Ripoll

medium: Steel, brass, walnut, and flint

country: Ripoll

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Ripoll
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Powder Flask

medium: Wood, leather, embossed, molded and tooled, and iron

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Archer's Arm Guard

date: 16th/17th century

medium: Ivory

subjects:
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Europe
Arms and armor
Armor


title: Cup and Saucer


title: Tea Bowl and Saucer

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and polychrome enamel decoration


title: Cushion Cover (Made from Woman's Dress)

date: Elizabethan period, 1575/1600

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in Algerian eye, back, ceylon, chain, detached buttonhole, double running, plaited braid, running, square openwork and stem stitches; couching; woven wheels; lined with linen, plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Coif

date: 16th century

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped fiber, and linen in chain and seed stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Fashion
Costume accessory - headdress
Needlework (visual works)
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing


title: Bodice

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Fashion
Needlework (visual works)
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing


title: Cabinet on Stand

creator: Possibly Netherlands

date: Late 17th century

medium: Cabinet: wood, tortoiseshell, verre eglomise, and brass; Stand: gilded wood

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Case furniture
Netherland
Furniture
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour III


title: Curb Bit

creator: German(?)

date: early 16th century

subjects:
Horse equipment
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Coffee Pot

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Bustin


title: Autumn

subjects:
Sculpture
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood


title: Plate

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Tableware
Dish (vessel)
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnells through The Antiquarian Society


title: Chafing Dish or Plate Warmer

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Matin in memory of Lydia Gromek


title: Salt Cellar

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

subjects:
Tableware
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mrs. Edgar J. Uihlein Fund


title: Pair of Armored Reins

date: 19th century in 16th century German style

medium: Steel

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Armchair (one of two)

creator: Tuscany, Italy

medium: Beechwood, carved, painted, and gilded; modern upholstery

country: Tuscany

subjects:
Chair
Tuscany
Furniture
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Cornelius Crane and Florence C. Belosselsky.


title: Salt Cellar

subjects:
Tableware
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Teapot

subjects:
Teapot
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Teaware
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Partridge Tureen

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge


title: Wounded Leopard

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norman Chatain in memory of Professor Alfred Chatain


title: Figure of a Cook

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and polychrome enamels

subjects:
Sculpture
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
European decorative arts

credit_line: Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.


title: Pair of Mitten Gauntlets

date: 19th century (?) in the Innsbruck style of c. 1530/40

medium: Steel and leather

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antiochos VIII Grypos

creator: Greek, minted in Syria

date: 104-96 BCE, reign of Antiochos VIII Grypos (121–96 BCE)

medium: Silver

country: Syria

subjects:
Coin
Syria
Portrait
Man
Silver
Striking (metalworking)
Ptolemaic
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Greek

credit_line: Gift of William F. Dunham


title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

creator: Roman

medium: Gold

country: Roman Empire

subjects:
Coin
Roman empire
Portrait
Ruler (people)
Man
Gold
Imperial (roman)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Ancient


title: Potpourri Urn

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding, and bronze mount

subjects:
Porcelain
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: The Delia Spencer Field Collection, gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge


title: Solidus (Coin) of Theophilus

creator: Byzantine, minted in Constantinople

country: Byzantine Empire

subjects:
Coin
Byzantine empire
Portrait
Gold
Byzantine
Ancient art
Ancient


title: Panel (For a Sconce)

date: 18th century

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with colored silk floss in long, short and satin stitches; darned pile

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

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Robert Allerton


title: Panel For a Sconce

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with colored silk floss in long, short and satin stitches; darned pile; couching in silver metal thread wound around a fiber core


title: Needlework Picture Depicting an Allegory of Music

date: 17th century, about 1640

medium: Probably linen, plain weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave over bast fiber padding; embroidered with silk, silk-wrapped-metal-wire coils, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and feathers in bullion, buttonhole, detached twisted trammed buttonhole, encroaching Gobelin, individual back, raised stem and tent stitches; laid work and couching; embellished with mica

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

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Alice H. Patterson in memory of Florence H. Crane


title: Needlework Picture

date: 18th-19th century

medium: Silk, satin weave; appliquéd with silk over paper; embroidered with silk in laid work and couching; beaded with glass beads and seed pearls; edged with cotton, plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. C. Morse Ely through the Antiquarian Society


title: Needlework Picture Depicting the Finding of Moses

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in tent stitches; edged with wool, plain weave

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


title: Needlework Picture Depicting Susannah and the Elders

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long and short, up and down shading, stem, outline, back, couching, satin, chain, knot, bullion, feather (or fishbone) stitches

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


title: Basket Insert

medium: Linen, plain weave; beaded with glass beads; backed with cardboard; lined with silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Needlework (visual works)
Bead

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


title: Needlework Picture

medium: Silk, satin weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in tent stitches; and with silk, satin weave and linen, plain weave; and silk, silk chenille, silk bouclé, silk-wrapped-metal coils, and linen in back, coral, eyelet, overcast, Roman, satin, single satin, single running, stem, raised stem, split and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, padded couching, French knots and bullion picots; mica, glass beads and seed pearls

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Corals & anemones
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Needlework (visual works)
Appliqué (technique)
Couching (embroidering)
Embroidering
Linen (material)
Plain weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Laurance H. Armour, Sr., in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Malcolm Withers


title: Candlestick

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Candleholder
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood


title: Parrying Dagger with Scabbard

creator: European, Probably Italian

date: About 1600

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

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Harlequin with Bagpipes

subjects:
Sculpture
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society


title: Winter


title: Military Fork

medium: Steel and wood (modern pine)

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


title: Tea Caddy

subjects:
Teaware
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
European decorative arts


title: Halberd

medium: Steel and wood (oak)

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


title: Milk Jug with Cover

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

subjects:
Teaware
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Atlas of the World

date: 18th–19th century


title: Halberd

medium: Steel and wood

country: Germany

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Foot Soldier's Axe

creator: Northern European, possibly Asian

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Steel and wood (ash)

country: Northern Europe

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


title: Poleaxe

creator: Swiss

medium: Steel, brass, and wood (oak)

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Switzerland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Gunner's Linstock (Matchholder) combined with Spear

medium: Steel, wood (oak), bronze, and iron

subjects:
Combination weapon
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Farm Group of Three Figures

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and polychrome enamels

credit_line: Gift of Judge Irwin Untermyer


title: Partisan - Leading Staff

creator: Italian

medium: Steel, wood (pine), brass, and iron

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pantaloon


title: Needlework Panel Depicting Figures in a Pastoral Scene

creator: England

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and wool in tent stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidering
Silk (textile)
Wool (textile)

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Denuelle Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, dark blue ground, polychrome enamels, and gilding

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Pari
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rudy C. Ruggles through the Antiquarian Society


title: Stove Tile

creator: Germany

medium: Lead-glazed earthenware

subjects:
Porcelain
Germany
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Ceramic tile
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Crupper with Tail Guard

creator: Southern German

date: mid–16th century

medium: Steel

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Horse equipment
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Saddle with Four Saddle Plates

medium: Steel with gilding, leather, and wood

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Horse equipment
Southern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Allegorical Figure Representing America

creator: Meissen Porcelain Factory

subjects:
Mythology
Sculpture
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Rococo
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Mary Waller Langhorne Fund


title: Field Stove and Canteen

creator: German

medium: Iron, and tin

subjects:
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Europe
Arms and armor
Armor


title: Allegorical Figure Representing Asia

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding


title: Allegorical Figure Representing Europe


title: Lobed Cup

creator: Korea

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), mid–12th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze incised decoration

country: Korea

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Korea
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Allegorical Figure Representing Africa


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

date: about 1660

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, creped silk yarns, linen yarns, silvered-metal wire, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silvered-metal strips, wire and coils in back, bullion, Ceylon, overcast, oblique Gobelin, plaited braid, satin, split, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and Turk's head knots with bullion picots; embellished with metal coils and paillettes; beaded with seed pearls, and glass and coral beads; applied braid of hammered gilt metal

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Corals & anemones
King
Sword
People
Queen
Religious scene
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidering
Needlepoint (needleworking)
Embellished

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander and family in memory of Berniece Hill Alexander


title: Needlework Panel

date: 17th century

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard T. Crane and Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Needlework Picture

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and linen

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Needlework Panel Depicting the Finding of Moses

date: 19th century

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and metal threads

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


title: Needlework Box Depicting Two Figures

date: about 1670s

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal strips in couching; beaded with glass beads; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; wooden frame covered with paper

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


title: Burse Panel

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk broken twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, linen plain weave, and with wool plain weave; fulled; embroidered in high relief with silk, gilt-and silvered-metal strips, wires and coils, gilt-and silvered-metal strip wrapped silk and metal-wire wrapped gilt-and silvered-metal strip wrapped silk in laidwork, couching and linen and wool padded couching

credit_line: Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate


title: Needlework Panel

medium: Cotton; Jacobean crewelwork; embroidered in satin, knot, outline, brick, cross, long, short, and French knot stitches

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Diego Suarez


title: Flintlock Belt Pistol

creator: Scottish, Leigh

medium: Steel, silver, and horn

country: Scotland

subjects:
Firearm-handgun
Scotland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Saddle

creator: Turkish(?)

date: late 18th century, possibly 19th century(?)

medium: Wood, velvet, canvas, silver thread, gilt brass, leather

country: Turkey

subjects:
Horse equipment
Turkey
Turkish
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes

creator: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

medium: Pastel on blue laid paper, laid down on canvas

country: France

subjects:
Pastel
France
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Regenstein Collection


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Dagoty Porcelain Factory (French, 1800–1820)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, enamel, and gilding

country: Paris

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Pari
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Alfred Duane Pell


title: Needlework Picture Depicting Orpheus Charming the Animals

date: first half of the 17th century

medium: Linen plain weave embroidered in silk floss, silk chenille and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; glass beads; applied braid

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Mythological figure
Bird
Musical instrument
Music
Flower
Foliage
Animal
Mythology
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Glass bead
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Embroidering
Knotting
Laid work
Couching (embroidering)
Braiding
Needlework (visual works)

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
Pari
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic


title: Sugar Bowl

subjects:
Sugar bowl
Pari
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Teaware
Ceramic


title: Milk Jug

subjects:
Porcelain
Pari
Hard-paste porcelain
Ceramic


title: Coffee Pot


title: Pillow Cover Depicting the Annunciation

creator: Southern Germany (Swabia) or Switzerland

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Switzerland
Crown
Circle
Coat of arms
Foliage
Royalty
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton
Silk (textile)
Wool (textile)
Couching (embroidering)


title: Knife

creator: European, possibly Dutch

date: late 17th century

medium: Steel, copper, and ivory

country: Europe

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


title: Fork


title: Brown Glazed Incised Bowl with Vegetal Motifs

creator: Iran

date: 12th/13th century

medium: Earthenware with incised decorations on white slip under a light brown glaze

country: Iran

subjects:
Ceramic
Iran
Amol
Abbasid
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson collection


title: Polychrome Painted Incised Bowl

medium: Earthenware with incised decorations and polychrome painting under transparent glaze

subjects:
Earthenware
Iran
Amol
Abbasid
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Powder Flask

creator: German, Saxony

medium: Walnut, mother-of-pearl, and iron, with gilding

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Spring Attachment for Rapier

creator: Italian or Spanish

medium: Iron

country: Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Spring Tackle Attachment for Rapier

date: second half of 17th century


title: Mace

creator: German, possibly Italian

subjects:
Shafted weapon
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: The Elements (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: Designed by Bonaventure M. Lebert (French, 1759-1836)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

country: Nantes

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Nante
Mythology
Copperplate printing
Weaving - printed
Furnishing textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Martha Borland Willis in memory of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Vessel with Black-and-White Motifs

creator: Ceramist unknown (Acoma)

medium: Earthenware and slip

country: Pueblo of Acoma

subjects:
Vessel
Pueblo of acoma
Ships & the sea
Geometric
Water
Storage
Servingware
Pattern
Floral
Plant-derived motif
Ceramic
Acoma
Modeling (forming)
Art of the america
Southwest
Pueblo
America
Native american
Native north american
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america

credit_line: Robert Allerton Fund; Gladys N. Anderson Endowment; Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund


title: The Martyrdom of Saint Simon of Trent from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel’s World History), Plate 23 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

creator: Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434/37–1519) and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German, c. 1460–1494)

date: 1493, portfolio assembled 1929

medium: Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat

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

credit_line: Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund


title: Tarragona Terrace and Garden

creator: John Singer Sargent

medium: Watercolor and opaque watercolor with printed paper fragments over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper

country: United States

subjects:
Watercolor
United state
Garden
Paper (fiber product)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Anonymous loan


title: Doctor Syntax Returned from His Tour, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

creator: Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)

medium: Hand-colored etching and acquaint on ivory wove paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne


title: Map of North America (Handkerchief)

creator: Engraved by R. Gray (Scottish, 1811) after Robert Wilkinson (1804)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed; glazed

country: Glasgow

subjects:
Maps & charts
Costume & fashion
Textile
Glasgow
Propaganda
Copperplate printing
Weaving - printed
Weaving
Map

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth

creator: Jan van Huysum

date: early 18th century

medium: Pen and black ink and brush and black and brown ink washes, over red chalk, on cream laid paper

country: Holland

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Holland
Flowers
Paper (fiber product)
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Black ink
Gray wash
Wash
Brown wash
Red wash
Red ink
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

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


title: Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax


title: Cinerary Urn of Plautia Hesperis

creator: Roman

date: 1st century

medium: Marble

subjects:
Stone
Italy
Writing
Marble
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Vessel
Ancient art
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Thorne


title: The Eruption of Vesuvius

creator: Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1799)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Volcanoe
Water
Tree
Smoke
Sky
Nature
Foliage
Figure
Cloud
Volcanic eruption
People
Night
Natural disaster
Lava
Disaster
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
French
European painting
Painting (image making)
Canva

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


title: Flight from Pompeii

creator: Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Italian, 1809–1873)

subjects:
Large scale
Italy
Family
People
Man
Woman
Babie
Familie
Woman with children
Father
Mother
Mother and child
Nude
Figure
Textile
Fabric
Nineteenth century
Carving
Marble
Sculpting
Italian
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson


title: Naples with Mt. Vesuvius

creator: Rudolf von Alt

medium: Watercolor on paper

country: Austria

subjects:
Watercolor
Austria
Paper (fiber product)
Water-base paint
Paint
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Olivia Shaler Swann Fund and Everett D. Graff Fund incomes


title: Rack Picture for Dr. Nones

creator: Attributed to William A. Mitchell

country: Philadelphia

subjects:
Painting
Philadelphia
Still life
Letter (correspondence)
Oil paint (paint)
Realism
Canva
American arts

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker Jr. Endowment Fund; through prior gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Abby Louise Spencer Eddy


title: Portrait of Philippe Coypel and His Wife

creator: Charles-Antoine Coypel

medium: Pastel on blue laid paper, pieced, laid down on canvas

subjects:
France
Drawing (visual works)
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel
Print and drawing

credit_line: Regenstein Endowment


title: John L. Sullivan Quilt

creator: Probably Illinois, United States

medium: Pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt top; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic, plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, metallic and cotton embroidery threads

country: Illinois

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Illinoi
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Needlework - quilt
Silk (textile)
Bedcover

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Margaret Cavigga Trust


title: Double-Sided Plaque Amulet

medium: green-glazed steatite

subjects: Egypt, third intermediate (1069–715 bce)

credit_line: Double-Sided Plaque Amulet, 1069–715 BCE. Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE). Green-glazed steatite; overall: 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm (1 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.741


title: Brayette

medium: riveted steel rings; strongly reinforced

country: European, 15th century

subjects:
Arms and armor
European, 15th century

credit_line: Brayette, 1400s. European, 15th century. Riveted steel rings; strongly reinforced; diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.); overall: 47.7 cm (18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1574


title: Rapier

medium: steel, wire grip; hilt blued and chiseled with foliate pattern

country: Italy, early 17th Century

subjects:
Ornament & design
Arms and armor
Italy, early 17th century

credit_line: Rapier, c. 1600. Italy, early 17th Century. Steel, wire grip; hilt blued and chiseled with foliate pattern; overall: 110 cm (43 5/16 in.); blade: 94 cm (37 in.); quillions: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); grip: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1634


medium: crimson silk brocade; satin; scalloped border with fringe and tassels

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain

credit_line: Banner with Medallions of Christ's Passion (banner), 1700s. Spain. Crimson silk brocade; satin; scalloped border with fringe and tassels; overall: 119.4 x 108 cm (47 x 42 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1784.a


title: Battle of Poitiers, 25 October 732

creator: Baron Charles de Steuben (French)

medium: oil on pulp board

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Battle of Poitiers, 25 October 732, 1830s. Circle of Baron Charles de Steuben (French). Oil on pulp board; unframed: 12.5 x 16.7 cm (4 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection, 1916.957


title: Tray

medium: plain twine

credit_line: Tray, 1895. California, Pomo, late 19th- early 20th century. Plain twine; overall: 14.5 x 47 cm (5 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.441


title: Flower Pot and Flowers

medium: artificial porcelain

country: England, Derby, 19th century

subjects:
Ceramic
England, derby, 19th century
Flowers

credit_line: Flower Pot and Flowers, 1811–1848. Derby Porcelain Factory (Bloor Period) (British). Artificial porcelain; overall: 16.9 x 10.8 x 10.7 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness, 1917.606


title: The Avenue

medium: drypoint

country: America

subjects: Print America

credit_line: The Avenue, c. 1918. William George Reindel (American, 1871–1948). Drypoint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 1920.32


title: Place Pigalle en 1878

creator: Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898)

medium: etching, drypoint and aquatint

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Place Pigalle en 1878, 1878. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching, drypoint and aquatint; sheet: 30 x 40.2 cm (11 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.); platemark: 26 x 34.9 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.702


title: Pilate Washing His Hands

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: engraving

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Pilate Washing His Hands, 1512. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1921.1169


title: Views of Rome:  The Aquaduct of Nero

medium: etching and engraving

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: Views of Rome:  The Aquaduct of Nero, 1775. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching and engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Hitchcock, 1921.906


title: Views of Rome:  The The Isola Tiberina

credit_line: Views of Rome:  The The Isola Tiberina, 1775. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching and engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Hitchcock, 1921.908


title: Life of the Virgin:  The Rest in Egypt

medium: woodcut

country: Germany, early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: Life of the Virgin:  The Rest in Egypt, 1504–1505. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.298


title: L'Avocat Parlant au prevenu

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

medium: etching

country: France, 19th-20th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th-20th century

credit_line: L'Avocat Parlant au prevenu, 1909. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.305


title: Because She Was Susceptible, Plate 32

creator: Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)

medium: etching and aquatint

subjects: Print Spain

credit_line: Los Caprichos: Because She Was Susceptible, Plate 32, 1799 (printed c. 1855). Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Etching and aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1922.627


title: The Tall Bridge

medium: lithograph

credit_line: The Tall Bridge, 1878. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1924.202


title: Bacchanal

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Bacchanal, 1763. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.252


title: Pinning the Hat

country: France, late 19th Century

subjects:
Print
France, late 19th century

credit_line: Pinning the Hat, 1897. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.1052


title: Sacrifice of Priapus

country: Italy, 20th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, 20th century

credit_line: Sacrifice of Priapus, c. 1499–1501. Jacopo de' Barbari (Italian, c. 1460/70–c. 1516). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1925.129


title: High Noon

creator: Paul Shively (American, 1897–1987)

medium: watercolor

country: America, Ohio, Cleveland

subjects:
Drawing
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: High Noon, 1924. Paul Shively (American, 1897–1987). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1925.1410


title: Esther before Ahasuerus

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: Esther before Ahasuerus, 1518. Copy after Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1925.29


credit_line: The Great Passion:  The Lamentation of Christ, c. 1497–1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King, 1926.120


title: Quarry Reflections

credit_line: Quarry Reflections, 1926. Paul Shively (American, 1897–1987). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1927.1324


title: The Old Willow

subjects:
Print
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: The Old Willow, 1927. Harold G. Griffith (American, 1904–1996). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.176


title: Ideal Day

creator: Carl F. Binder (American, 1887–1968)

credit_line: Ideal Day, 1927. Carl F. Binder (American, 1887–1968). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.179


title: The Lunch Basket

credit_line: The Lunch Basket, 1928. Carl F. Binder (American, 1887–1968). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1928.88


title: Primrose

medium: oil on canvas

subjects:
Painting
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: Primrose, 1929. Mary Susan Collins (American, 1880–1967). Oil on canvas; framed: 80.6 x 73.7 x 6.4 cm (31 3/4 x 29 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 71.1 x 63.5 cm (28 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1929.1974


title: Throwing Knife

medium: Iron and wood

credit_line: Throwing Knife, 1800s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oriental Province, Mangbetu, 19th century. Iron and wood; overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.333


title: Quebec Buildings

medium: linoleum cut

credit_line: Quebec Buildings, 1929. Thomas Morrison Marker (American, b. 1901). Linoleum cut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1929.423


title: The Kid

creator: Joan Jordan (American)

credit_line: 2527: The Kid, 1928. Joan Jordan (American). Linoleum cut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1929.424


title: Apple Tree

subjects:
Print
America, ohio, cleveland
Trees

credit_line: Apple Tree, 1928. Meade Ashley Spencer (American, 1896–1956). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1929.433


title: Nude, No. 1

credit_line: Nude, No. 1, 1930. Manuel G. Silberger (American, 1898–1968). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1930.163


title: Hessler Road

creator: Julius Mihalik (American, 1874–1943)

credit_line: Hessler Road, 1930. Julius Mihalik (American, 1874–1943). Linoleum cut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1930.172


title: Vase

medium: pottery

country: Peru, South Coast, Nasca

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru, south coast, nasca

credit_line: Vase, 2000–20 BCE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Pottery; overall: 14.5 x 14.7 cm (5 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert Ford Memorial Fund, 1930.726


title: San Rafael - Archangel: santo de bulto

medium: painted wood

country: America, New Mexico, 17th-18th century

subjects:
Sculpture
America, new mexico, 17th-18th century

credit_line: San Rafael - Archangel: santo de bulto, 1600s-1700s. America, New Mexico, 17th-18th century. Painted wood; overall: 36 x 48.3 x 7 cm (14 3/16 x 19 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hugh Bryden McGill, 1933.403


medium: bronze

country: Italy

subjects: Sculpture Italy Portraits

credit_line: Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (obverse) Portrait Medal of Domenico Novello Malatesta (reverse), c. 1445. Pisanello (Italian, Ferrara, c. 1395–1455). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1938.309


title: Folly

medium: aquatint

credit_line: Folly, 1777. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814). Aquatint; platemark: 21.3 x 18 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.); sheet: 25.3 x 21.9 cm (9 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.167


title: Pair of Candleholders

date: mid-late 1600s

medium: gilded wood

country: Italy, mid-late 17th century

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
Italy, mid-late 17th century

credit_line: Pair of Candleholders, mid-late 1600s. Italy, mid-late 17th century. Gilded wood; each: 81.3 cm (32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.179


title: Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff

medium: watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame

country: Germany, 18th century

subjects:
Portrait miniature
Germany, 18th century
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff, c. 1790. Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, 1751–1818). Watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); diameter of frame: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1208


title: Portrait of a Man with an Earring

creator: Anonymous Graff (1800)

medium: watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame

country: Germany, late 18th-early 19th century

subjects:
Portrait miniature
Germany, late 18th-early 19th century
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Man with an Earring, c. 1800. Anonymous Graff (1800). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame; unframed: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); diameter of frame: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1209


title: Portrait of a Man

date: early 1790s

medium: watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal mount

country: France, late 18th century

subjects:
Portrait miniature
France, late 18th century
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Man, early 1790s. Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal mount; diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); diameter of frame: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1212


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Anson Dickinson (American, 1779–1852)

medium: watercolor on ivory

country: America

subjects:
Portrait miniature
America
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Woman, c. 1810. Anson Dickinson (American, 1779–1852). Watercolor on ivory; framed: 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1213.2


title: Porringer

creator: Andrew Tyler (American, 1692–1741)

medium: silver

country: America, Massachusetts, Boston

subjects:
Silver
America, massachusetts, boston

credit_line: Porringer, c. 1725–30. Andrew Tyler (American, 1692–1741). Silver; overall: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.); with handle: 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.); without handle: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French, 1940.274


title: Head of a Goat

country: Greece, Hellenistic period

subjects:
Sculpture
Greece, hellenistic period

credit_line: Head of a Goat, 300–100 BCE. Greece, Hellenistic period. Bronze; overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.666


title: Etchings of Paris:  The Gargoyle

creator: Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868)

medium: etching

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Etchings of Paris:  The Gargoyle, 1853. Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.889


creator: Eugène Cicéri (French, 1813–1890)

credit_line: Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France: Bretagne: Dolmen de Parc-ar-Colmen, c. 1845. Eugène Cicéri (French, 1813–1890). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.206


title: After the Shower

credit_line: After the Shower, c. 1830–1870. François-Louis Français (French, 1814–1897). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.233


title: The Fisherman, Rainy Weather

credit_line: The Fisherman, Rainy Weather, 1847. Charles-Émile Jacque (French, 1813–1894). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.236


creator: Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860)

credit_line: Album for 1836:  Italy, 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1836. Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.247


title: Alphonse Legros

country: England, late 19th Century

subjects:
Print
England, late 19th century

credit_line: Alphonse Legros, 1897. William Rothenstein (British, 1872–1945). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.518


title: Boats at Flushing

creator: Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935)

country: France, late 19th-early 20th century

subjects:
Print
France, late 19th-early 20th century

credit_line: Boats at Flushing, 1895. Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.525


title: Group of Peasants

creator: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

credit_line: Group of Peasants, c. 1896. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1942.1051


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)

country: Flanders

subjects: Print Flander Portraits

credit_line: Self-Portrait, 1645. Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1942.740


title: Aurora

creator: Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648)

medium: engraving

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: Aurora, 1613. Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.573


title: Summer Morning

medium: lithograph, hand colored

subjects: Print America

credit_line: Summer Morning, c. 1838–72. And James Merritt Ives (American, 1824–1895), Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813–1888). Lithograph, hand colored. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Western Reserve Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1946.187


title: Chapel Window

creator: John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)

medium: watercolor with gouache over graphite; framing lines in black ink

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: Chapel Window, c. 1850–1910. John La Farge (American, 1835–1910). Watercolor with gouache over graphite; framing lines in black ink; image: 63.5 x 35.5 cm (25 x 14 in.); sheet: 71.9 x 44.1 cm (28 5/16 x 17 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer, 1946.289


title: Water Dropper

medium: Stoneware, Cizhou ware

country: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

subjects:
Ceramic
China, yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

credit_line: Water Dropper, 1271–1368. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Stoneware, Cizhou ware; diameter: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.); overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.209


title: Cup

medium: porcelain

country: Austria, Vienna

subjects:
Ceramic
Austria, vienna

credit_line: Cup, c. 1800. Austria, Vienna. Porcelain; overall: 5.9 x 6.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950.387.a


creator: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

medium: zincograph

credit_line: Volpini Suite:  Design for a Plate:  Leda and the Swan (Projet d'Assiette: Léda et le Cygne), 1889. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Zincograph; sheet: 50 x 65 cm (19 11/16 x 25 9/16 in.); image: 30.1 x 25.9 cm (11 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1954.55.1


title: Washerwomen (Les Laveuses)

medium: color etching and aquatint

credit_line: Washerwomen (Les Laveuses), 1894. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918). Color etching and aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1955.450


creator: Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)

medium: graphite

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Sketch for "The Wolf Turned Shepherd" (recto) Sketch of Hunting Scene (verso), c. 1868. Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883). Graphite; sheet: 30.1 x 22.2 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leo Weidenthal, 1956.37


medium: lithograph

credit_line: Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France,  Normandie:  Tour du Gros-Horloge, Evreux, 1824. Richard Parkes Bonington (British, 1802–1828). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1959.23


title: Container in the Form of a Unicorn

medium: cloisonné enamel and gilt copper

credit_line: Container in the Form of a Unicorn, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Cloisonné enamel and gilt copper; overall: 16.1 x 25.2 cm (6 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1963.678.a


title: The Country Neighbors

creator: Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898)

medium: etching, drypoint and aquatint

credit_line: The Country Neighbors, 1879–1880. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching, drypoint and aquatint; sheet: 18.8 x 25.7 cm (7 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.); platemark: 13.5 x 18.1 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride, 1965.259


title: Elephant

date: late 1800s-early 1900s

medium: opal

country: Russia, St. Petersburg

credit_line: Elephant, late 1800s-early 1900s. Russia, St. Petersburg. Opal; overall: 1.8 x 2.3 x 1 cm (11/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.452


title: Charka (Drinking Vessel)

medium: gold, plique-a-jour enamels, gold coin, sapphires

credit_line: Charka (Drinking Vessel), late 1800s-early 1900s. Russia, Moscow(?), late 19th-early 20th Century. Gold, plique-a-jour enamels, gold coin, sapphires; overall: 3.1 x 10.2 cm (1 1/4 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.481


title: Octogonal Frame

credit_line: Octogonal Frame, 1903–1904. Russia, St. Petersburg. Silver; overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.499


title: Chest

medium: oak

credit_line: Chest, c. 1490–1520. England, late 15th - early 16th centuries. Oak; overall: 69.6 x 127 x 41 cm (27 3/8 x 50 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. Ecker in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Enrique E. Ecker, 1971.281


title: Christ Crucified

medium: bronze

country: Italy, Florence(?), 17th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, florence , 17th century

credit_line: Christ Crucified, c. 1600–1650. Italy, Florence(?), 17th century. Bronze; overall: 21 x 16 x 4.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Heim Gallery, 1972.350


title: St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata

creator: Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612)

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1581. Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund, 1973.108


title: Bell

date: early 1900s

medium: Wood and plant fiber

subjects: Botany Sculpture

credit_line: Bell, early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Republic of the Congo, Kongo-style or Vili-style maker. Wood and plant fiber; overall: 24.7 cm (9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.166


title: Male Figure

medium: Wood, upholstery studs, and plant fiber

credit_line: Male Figure, early 1900s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Suku, early 20th century. Wood, upholstery studs, and plant fiber; overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.167


title: Woven Loom Piece

medium: lampas, silk and gold thread

country: China, Suzhou

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China, suzhou

credit_line: Woven Loom Piece, 1800–1825. China, Suzhou. Lampas, silk and gold thread; overall: 260 x 76.2 cm (102 3/8 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Burton in memory of Helen B. Burton, 1975.44


title: Two Women

creator: Anonymous

medium: black chalk heightened with white chalk, both with stumping (with spots of black ink and brown paint, unrelated to composition)

credit_line: Two Women, 1800s. Anonymous, circle of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823). Black chalk heightened with white chalk, both with stumping (with spots of black ink and brown paint, unrelated to composition); sheet: 29.8 x 23.4 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Prescott, 1978.35


medium: etching, drypoint, roulette and aquatint

credit_line: A Winter Morning on the Quai de L'Hotel-Dieu, 1876. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching, drypoint, roulette and aquatint; sheet: 31.5 x 45.3 cm (12 3/8 x 17 13/16 in.); platemark: 23.5 x 32.1 cm (9 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals, 1979.133


title: Illustration for "Beneath the Wrinkle"

creator: Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925)

medium: gelatin silver print

subjects: Photograph America

credit_line: Illustration for "Beneath the Wrinkle", 1903. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Gelatin silver print; image: 20.5 x 15.6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.154


creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

medium: etching

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Sheet of Studies:  Self-Portrait, a Beggar Couple, etc., c. 1632. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching; sheet: 10.1 x 10.7 cm (4 x 4 3/16 in.); platemark: 10 x 10.5 cm (3 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund, 1980.181


medium: bone

country: Israel, possibly Jericho

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ivory
Israel, possibly jericho
Birds
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Stylized Bird:  Decorative Inlay for a Box, c. 2000 BCE. Israel, possibly Jericho. Bone; overall: 4.3 x 3.4 x 0.3 cm (1 11/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner, 1980.44


credit_line: Stylized Bird:  Decorative Inlay for a Box, c. 2000 BCE. Israel, possibly Jericho. Bone; overall: 3.4 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm (1 5/16 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner, 1980.45


title: Stirrup Spouted Vessel of Feline Form

medium: red earthenware decorated with cream-colored slip and brown pigment

country: Peru, Mochica

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru, mochica
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Stirrup Spouted Vessel of Feline Form, 1–1000 CE. Peru, Mochica. Red earthenware decorated with cream-colored slip and brown pigment; overall: 19.3 x 9.7 x 21 cm (7 5/8 x 3 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rabbi and Mrs. Daniel Jeremy Silver, 1981.17


medium: watercolor on vellum

country: Spain

subjects:
Portrait miniature
Spain
Portraits

credit_line: The Virgin (recto) and St. Francis with Christ Child (verso), c. 1660. Spain. Watercolor on vellum; framed: 6.7 x 5.3 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.); pendant: 6.7 x 5.3 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1981.226


title: My Portrait in the Year 1960

creator: James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)

country: Belgium, 19th century

subjects:
Print
Belgium, 19th century
Portraits

credit_line: My Portrait in the Year 1960, 1888. James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund by exchange, 1981.27


title: A Griffin Relief

medium: black chalk, black crayon, and pen and black ink? heightened with white chalk

country: France

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: A Griffin Relief, 1700s. Anonymous. Black chalk, black crayon, and pen and black ink? heightened with white chalk; sheet: 22.5 x 25.6 cm (8 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry H. Hawley, 1982.369


country: Italy, Padua, 16th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, padua, 16th century

credit_line: Seated Boy Clothed with Goat Skins Holding an Open Barrel, c. 1525. Italy, Padua, 16th century. Bronze; overall: 11.2 x 6 x 6.5 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.102


title: Scene from a Noh Play

date: early 1700s

medium: hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Scene from a Noh Play, early 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper; overall: 158.8 x 62.2 cm (62 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.); painting only: 77.2 x 40.7 cm (30 3/8 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.283


creator: Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824)

medium: color woodblock print

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

credit_line: Chushingura: Act X (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty), c. 1790s. Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824). Color woodblock print; image: 30.3 x 42.7 cm (11 15/16 x 16 13/16 in.); with margins: 33.5 x 46 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.338.10


creator: Max Kurzweil (Austrian, 1867–1916)

medium: woodcut printed in colors (yellow, green, brown, blue, black)

country: Germany, early 20th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 20th century

credit_line: The Cushion (Martha Kurzweil Seated on a Divan), 1903. Max Kurzweil (Austrian, 1867–1916). Woodcut printed in colors (yellow, green, brown, blue, black); sheet: 38.6 x 30.5 cm (15 3/16 x 12 in.); image: 28.5 x 25.9 cm (11 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jane Glaubinger and Fred and Ethan Schmidt in honor of Louise S. Richards, 1986.239


title: Hereford Cathedral

medium: graphite

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
England, 19th century

credit_line: Hereford Cathedral, c. 1793. Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851). Graphite; sheet: 16.2 x 20.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1987.47


title: Candlesticks

medium: gilt metal

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
France

credit_line: Candlesticks, c. 1740. Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695–1750). Gilt metal; overall: 29.6 x 18.5 x 16.9 cm (11 5/8 x 7 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.166


title: Faceted Bottle

medium: red Peking glass

credit_line: Faceted Bottle, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Red Peking glass; diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); overall: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.318


title: Sheath for a Dagger

medium: case: iron alloy with gold inlay; pen: feather

credit_line: Sheath for a Dagger, c. 1600. Case: iron alloy with gold inlay; pen: feather; overall: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.361


title: Snuff Bottle with Flowers

medium: carved cinnabar lacquer

subjects: Lacquer Flowers

credit_line: Snuff Bottle with Flowers (鼻煙壺), 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Carved cinnabar lacquer; overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1991.127


title: Locomotive

creator: John Stuart (British, 1831–1907)

medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Locomotive, c. 1880s. John Stuart (British, 1831–1907). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 20.3 x 34.3 cm (8 x 13 1/2 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.276


title: Cylindrical Box

medium: wood covered with cloth and brown lacquer, with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs (Ryukyu)

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

credit_line: Cylindrical Box, 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood covered with cloth and brown lacquer, with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs (Ryukyu); diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of James Freeman, 1991.57


title: Serving Tray: Negoro Ware

date: early 1300s

medium: lacquered wood with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs

country: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

subjects:
Lacquer
Japan, kamakura period (1185–1333)

credit_line: Serving Tray: Negoro Ware, early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Lacquered wood with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs; overall: 36.6 x 29.7 cm (14 7/16 x 11 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Shunichi Yabumoto, 1991.62


title: The Studio

creator: Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

medium: lithograph

country: France, 19th-20th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th-20th century

credit_line: The Studio, c. 1895. Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Lithograph; sheet: 28.5 x 38.5 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1996.24


creator: Adolphe Terris (French, 1820–1900)

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Joseph Méry, l'Histoire des rues de Marseille: Renovation of the Old City of Marseille, Rue Caves de l'Oratoire, 1862. Adolphe Terris (French, 1820–1900). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 24.9 x 19.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.243


title: Sketch for "The Oriental Dream"

date: before 1904

medium: oil on fabric

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Sketch for "The Oriental Dream", before 1904. Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ (French, 1842–1923). Oil on fabric; unframed: 12.4 x 19.6 cm (4 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund, 1996.300


title: Bamboo in Four Seasons: Autumn

medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk

country: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

subjects:
Painting
China, yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

credit_line: Bamboo in Four Seasons: Autumn, 1279–1368. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; overall: 134.3 x 62.6 cm (52 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.); overall: 232.3 x 82.6 cm (91 7/16 x 32 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2003.87.2


title: Marie Samary of the Odéon Theater

medium: oil on canvas

credit_line: Marie Samary of the Odéon Theater, c. 1881. Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848–1884). Oil on canvas; unframed: 52 x 44.8 cm (20 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2010.25


title: The Fates Gathering in the Stars

creator: Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: United States

subjects:
Painting
United state
Mythology
Star
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
American arts
Painting (image making)
Canva

credit_line: Friends of American Art Collection


title: Icebound

creator: John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902)

country: Greenwich

subjects:
Painting
Greenwich
Landscape
Winter
Snow
Tree
Weather/season
Water
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Impressionism
Oil painting
Organic material
American arts
Painting (image making)
Essential


title: William Bonham

creator: William Bonnell

medium: Oil on panel

subjects:
Painting
United state
Fashion
People
Portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Folk art
Organic material
American arts

credit_line: Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch


title: The Ninth Month, from the series Five Amorous Festivals of Love (Aibore iro no gosekku)

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: J. Ellis Bonham

subjects:
Painting
United state
Fashion
Children
People
Portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Folk art
Organic material
American arts


title: Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford)


title: Earthly Paradise

creator: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

medium: Wood with paint, glass and metal

subjects:
Sculpture
France
Cabinet
Oxen
Bird
Geese
Apple
Green (color)
Blue (color)
Blue
Yellow (color)
Hats
Nude
Tree
Animal
Foliage
Woman
Women
Wood (plant material)
Carving
Nineteenth century
Glass
French
Furniture
Chestnut
Hardware
Metal
Organic material
Pine
Plant material
Cabinetmaking
Glassworking
Hand painting
Joinery
Painting (coating)
Painting technique
Polychromy
Sculpture technique
Post-impressionism

credit_line: Through prior gift of Henry Morgen, Ann G. Morgen, Meyer Wasser, and Ruth G. Wasser; purchased with funds provided by Edward M. Blair


title: Astrolabe

creator: Iran

date: Qajar dynasty (1786–1925), Late 18th century with later additions

medium: Brass with pierced and engraved decoration

country: Iran

subjects:
Brass
Iran
Brass (alloy)
Metalwork
Asian art
Astronomical instrument
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs

creator: Chilkat Tlingit

date: Late 19th century

medium: Wool and bark, dovetail and single interlocking, discontinuous weft, alternate pair weft twining; extended float twining, eccentric weft twining, and three-strand weft twining; main warp cut fringe; edges of twill oblique interlacing terminating in cut fringe; additional knotted fringe

country: Chilkat River

subjects:
Weaving
Chilkat river
Animal
Supernatural
Regalia
Dance
Raven
Bird
Whale
Wool (textile)
Chilkat
Knotting
Fringe
Bark strip
Bark
Plant material
Goat hair
Hair
Tlingit
Native american
America
Twining
Fringed
Navajo
Ritual object
Art of the america
Textile
Indigenous
Native north american

credit_line: Through prior purchase of the Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Model of a Pigsty and Latrines

creator: China; probably from Henan province

date: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), 100 BCE–100 CE

medium: Gray earthenware with stamped decoration

country: China

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

credit_line: Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne


title: Hanging Box with Lid

creator: Attributed to Jacob Brunkeg (American, active late 19th century)

medium: Wood

country: Michigan

subjects:
Case furniture
Michigan
Furniture
Decorative arts
Wood (plant material)
Folk art
Box
American decorative arts
American arts

credit_line: Gift of Harold Allen


title: Abraham Lincoln

creator: Daniel Chester French (American, 1850–1931)

date: Modeled 1916, cast after 1916

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Sculpture
United state
People
Portrait
Bronze
Realism
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
American arts

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur Rubloff Trust


title: General Andrew Jackson

creator: William Rush

medium: Terracotta

country: Philadelphia

subjects:
Sculpture
Philadelphia
Men
Uniform
General
Military
Bust
People
Portrait
Terracotta
Sculpting
Inorganic material
American arts
Essential

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Jamee J. and Marshall Field, the Brooks and Hope B. McCormick Foundation, and the Bessie Bennett, W. G. Field, Ada Turnbull Hertle, Laura T. Magnuson, and Major Acquisitions funds


title: Madame Léon Clapisson

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

country: France

subjects:
Painting
France
Portraits: female subject
White (color)
Red (color)
Portrait
Feather
Fans
Dresse
Chair
Blue (color)
Blue
Women
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
French
European painting

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


title: Crèche

creator: Neapolitan

date: 1725–75, with later additions

medium: Mixed media including cloth, cork, gouache, metal, moss, papier-mâché, polychrome, terracotta, straw, watercolor, wax, and wood

country: Naples

subjects:
Mixed media
Naple
Mosses & lichens
Crèche
Jesus
Christma
Nativity scene
Religious scene
Angel
Animal
Architectural fragment
Babie
Cats
Cherub
Chicken
Child
Children
Classical
Dog
Donkey
Father
Flower
Food
Hats
Holy family
Horse
Instrument
King
Labor
Men
Monkey
Mother
Music
Musical instrument
Plate
Putti
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Royal
Ruin
Saint
Sculpture
Sheep
Sons
Travel
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Woman
Women
Sculpture technique
European painting
Terracotta
Painting technique
Glass
Leather
Metal
Wood (plant material)
Glass painting
Woodworking
Paper (fiber product)
Installation
Figure
Textile
Furniture
Painting
Paint
Italian
Sculpture/wood
Wood
Bark
Cloth
Cork (bark)
Moss
Organic material
Papier-mâché
Polychrome
Straw (plant material)
Watercolor
Wax
Forming
Model-making
Modeling (forming)
Sculpting
Sewing
Textile printing

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. James N. Bay and Linda and Vincent Buonanno and Family; Eloise W. Martin Legacy Fund; purchased with funds provided by of Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGuinnis and Mrs. Robert O. Levitt; Charles H. and Mary F. Worcester Collection Fund


title: Sewing Desk

creator: Woodworker unknown (American, 19th century)

medium: Cherry, birch, ash and maple

country: New Hampshire

subjects:
Furniture
New hampshire
Sewing
Desk
Cherry
Furniture making
Shaker
Maple
Ash (wood)
Birch
Folk art
Wood (plant material)
Woodworking

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. James M. McMullan and Mrs. James D. Vail III through the Antiquarian Society


title: Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin

creator: Spanish

medium: Tempera and gold on panel

country: Spain

subjects:
Altarpiece
Spain
Religion
Altar
Angel
Biblical
Birth
Christian subject
Christianity
Crucifixion
Divine
Donkey
Figure
King
Men
Religious
Resurrection scene
Saint elizabeth
Saint
Sheep
Shepherd
Shield
Soldier
Sword
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Women
Jesus
Madonna
People
Painting (image making)
Tempera
Paint
Gold leaf
Organic material
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Painting technique
Panel painting
Woodcut (process)
Woodworking
Panel (wood)
Gold
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Charles Deering


title: Mummified Man

creator: Egyptian

date: Ptolemaic Period, 2nd–1st century BCE

medium: Linen, cartonnage, human remains

country: Egypt

subjects:
Funerary
Egypt
Mummie
Funeral
Goddesse
Gods (deities)
Jewelry
Human remain
Ptolemaic
Linen (material)
Cartonnage
Mummy good
Ancient art
Egyptian
Ancient
Gilding
Pigment

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Coffin of Wenuhotep

date: Third Intermediate–Late Period, late Dynasty 25–early Dynasty 26, about 675–600 BCE

medium: Wood, textile, and pigment

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Coffin
Egypt
Mummie
Goddesse
Gods (deities)
Hieroglyph
Women
Wood (plant material)
Late period (egyptian)
Carving
Mummy good
Plant material
Ancient art
Ancient
Pigment
Painting (coating)
Egyptian
Third intermediate period
Twenty-fifth dynasty
Twenty-sixth dynasty
Textile

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


title: The Discovery of Holofernes's Corpse, plate eight from The Story of Judith and Holofernes

creator: Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

country: Netherlands

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

credit_line: Gift of Ursula and R. Stanley Johnson in honor of Douglas Druick


title: Soldiers Discovering the Body of Holofernes

creator: Master of the Liechtenstein Adoration

medium: Pen and black ink and brush and black wash, over lilac wash, heightened with white gouache, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Black ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
White gouache
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Black wash
Wash
Lilac wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Celia and David Hilliard and Harold Joachim Memorial Endowments


title: Sheet of Studies with the Head of the Fornarina and Hands of Madame de Senonnes

creator: Jean–Auguste–Dominique Ingres

medium: Graphite, with stumping, on light-weight yellowish-tan wove paper, laid down on white wove paper, perimeter mounted on cream wove paper

subjects:
Graphite
France
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation


title: Denarius (Coin) Portraying Empress Faustina the Elder

creator: Roman, minted in Rome

date: after 141

medium: Silver

country: Roman Empire

subjects:
Coin
Roman empire
Portrait
Silver
Striking (metalworking)
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art

credit_line: Gift of William F. Dunham


title: Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation

creator: El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: Greece

subjects:
Oil on canva
Greece
Saint franci
Wilderness
Tree
Sky
Skull
Saint
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious attire
Religious
Religion
Nature
Men
Man
Leave
Jesus
Devotion
Crucifixion
Cross
Cloud
Christianity
Christian subject
Cave
Bible
Mannerism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Sixteenth century
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund


title: Side Chair

creator: Samuel Gragg (American, 1772–1855)

medium: Oak, ash, maple, and paint

country: Boston

subjects:
Seating
Boston
Furniture
Oak
Folk art
Maple
Ash (wood)
American decorative arts
American arts

credit_line: Wirt D. Walker Fund


title: Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

creator: Workshop of Veronese (Paolo Caliari; Italian, 1528–1588)

country: Italy

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Saint
Wilderness
Water
Tree
Town
Sky
Skull
Rock
River
Red (color)
Nature
Mountain
Lion
Crucifixion
Building
Book
Bible
Animal
Sixteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

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