title: Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

date: 18th century

medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper

subjects:
Sword furniture-fuchi-kashira
Japanese

credit_line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936


title: Cordial

creator: Brooklyn Flint Glass Company

medium: Blue-cut-to-clear glass

country: American

source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

source_id: met

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Purchase, Cranshaw Corporation Gift, 2014


title: Spoon

creator: Jonathan Clarke

medium: Silver

credit_line: Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933


title: Boy with a Drawing Board

creator: Wallerant Vaillant

date: 17th century

medium: Mezzotint

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948


title: Drawers

medium: cotton, wool

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes, 1940


title: The Vigilant Stuyvesant's Wall Street Gate

creator: John Quidor

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Gift of Roy R. Neuberger, 1961


title: Clock with human-headed winged lion

date: third quarter 19th century

medium: Bronze, black marble

country: French

credit_line: Henrietta and Christopher McCall Collection, Purchase, Henrie Jo Barth Bequest, and Museum Acquisitions and Josephine Lois Berger-Nadler Endowment Funds, 2023


title: Saucer (one of nine) (part of a service)

creator: Sèvres Manufactory

medium: Soft-paste porcelain

credit_line: Bequest of Emma T. Gary, 1934


title: Miniature fireback (part of a set)

creator: George Manjoy

credit_line: The Joseph M. and Aimee Loeb May Collection, 1963


title: Trade Card for Emden & Co, Picture Dealer

creator: C. Cole

date: 19th century

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Vase fragment

country: East Greek/Sardis, Lydian

subjects:
Vase
East greek/sardis, lydian

credit_line: Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926


title: L'Hospice (The Almshouse), from "Les Caprices" Series A, The Florence Set

creator: Jacques Callot

medium: Etching

credit_line: Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1940


title: Teapot

medium: Clay covered with glaze, black and yellow with green touches (Satsuma Bekko de)

country: Japan

subjects: Ceramic Japan

credit_line: Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893


title: [Book of different species of birds, flowers, plants, and trophies of China]

creator: Gabriel Huquier

medium: Engraving, hand-colored

subjects: Botany Book Birds Flowers

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933


title: Pouch

medium: silk, metal

country: Russian

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of her mother, Elizabeth Greenman Stillman, 1931


title: The so-called Grotto of Egeria (Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena)

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

subjects: Print Landscapes

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960


title: Initial "V" from the commentary of Nehemiah, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra

medium: Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum

subjects:
Manuscript and illumination
French

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 2011


title: The Illmatched Couple

creator: Jacob Matham

medium: Black and red chalk, brush and green wash; laid down on blue cardboard mount; framing lines in pen and gold, brown and red ink

credit_line: Purchase, Anne and Carl Stern Gift, 1959


title: Plate 16  from "Los Caprichos": For heaven's sake: and it was her mother (Dios la Perdone: Y era su madre)

creator: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint

credit_line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918


title: Stirrup Spout Bottle with Suckling Puma

date: 12th–15th century

medium: Ceramic

country: Chimú

subjects: Chimú Ceramics-container

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979


title: Jug

medium: Blown molded glass

credit_line: Gift of Frederick W. Hunter, 1913


title: Sallet

medium: Steel, copper alloy, leather

country: German

subjects: Helmet German

credit_line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929


title: Handkerchief

date: late 19th century

medium: Linen, bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1941


title: Limestone inscribed relief

date: ca. 3rd century BCE

medium: Limestone

country: Cypriot

subjects:
Cesnola inscription
Cypriot

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


title: The shade of Napoleon visiting his tomb

creator: Anonymous

medium: Lithograph

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938


title: Vase with cover

medium: Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894


title: Traveling by Moonlight

creator: Kawabata Gyokushō

medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914


title: Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

creator: Mannheim Painter

date: ca. 440 BCE

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1906


title: Stone Oil Lamp

date: 9th–10th century

medium: Steatite; carved

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1937


title: Card Number 185, Mlle. Marson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Loaf of Bread

medium: Bread

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1936


title: Pataikos with two faces

medium: Cupreous metal

credit_line: Gift of Lily S. Place, 1923


title: Seated Buddha

medium: Gilt bronze

country: China

subjects: Sculpture China

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1912


title: Piece (one of twelve)

medium: Needle lace

credit_line: Gift of Helen E. Ionides, 1966


title: Palace or Villa Interior, Colonnaded Hall

creator: Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash over black chalk

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968


title: Cuneiform tablet: excerpts from Enuma Anu Enlil

date: ca. late 1st millennium BCE

medium: Clay

credit_line: Purchase, 1886


title: Fragment

medium: Glass, ceramic

country: European or Middle Eastern

subjects:
Glass-vessel
European or middle eastern

credit_line: Gift of Clarence H. Mackay, Archer M. Huntington, Stephen H. P. Pell and Bashford Dean, 1928


title: Cylinder seal

medium: Hematite

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1955


title: "Leda and the Swan"

creator: Jean-Baptiste Huet I

medium: Cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-printed

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1926


title: Battle against the Philistines, from "The Story of Samson"

creator: Anonymous, French, 16th century

medium: Woodcut with pochoir (stencil) and hand coloring

credit_line: Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange; and A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2010


title: The Arch of Septimius Severus (Arco di Severo, e Caracalla)

medium: Etching

credit_line: Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958


title: Frederick the Wise in Prayer before the Virgin and Child

creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926


title: Stool

medium: Rosewood

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John C. Cattus, in memory of her mother, Mrs. William Gordon Verplanck, 1947


title: Actress seated on prop balustrade, from the Actresses series (N668)


title: The Seventy Ninth Regiment (Highlanders), New York State Militia (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 329)

creator: Winslow Homer

medium: Wood engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928


title: Vase

creator: Odell & Booth Brothers

medium: Earthenware

credit_line: Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2018


title: Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions

medium: Mud

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1911, 1912


title: Scarab

medium: Glazed steatite

credit_line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910


title: Gold earring with head of a bull

date: 4th–3rd century BCE

medium: Gold

country: Greek

subjects:
Gold and silver
Greek

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


title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

date: late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

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


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

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE


title: Saucer (one of six) (part of a set)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894


title: The Weeping Willow with hidden silhouettes of the Royal family

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938


title: Woman's Court Robe (Itsutsu-kinu)

medium: Silk / Damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-costume

credit_line: Gift of Miss Rose Lorenz, 1924


title: Bucket

date: 16th century

medium: Glass

credit_line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Henry Inman

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects: American Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Heinrich Meyn, for her friend, Anna Mary King, 1925


title: The Virgin and Child with the Parrot

creator: Sebald Beham

medium: Engraving; second state of three

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1921


title: Study for Christ as Mediator

creator: Jean Daret

medium: Graphite

credit_line: Gift of Jean Pierre Selz and Seiferheld and Company, 1967


title: Girl Filling a Bucket with Sea Water

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1919


title: Mlle Rouquet

creator: André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

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


title: Amuletic figure

medium: Limestone (pink)


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Bobbin lace

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1906


title: Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic


title: Punch bowl

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Hazard and Marion H. McVitty, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Lauriston H. Hazard, 1960


title: Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)

date: last quarter of the 6th century BCE


title: Silver spiral

medium: Silver

subjects:
Gold and silver
Cypriot


title: Miss Elizabeth Logan

creator: Hill and Adamson

medium: Salted paper print from paper negative

credit_line: Bequest of Maurice B. Sendak, 2012


title: Panel (part of a set)

creator: Nicolas Castille

medium: Carved oak

credit_line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941


title: Pricket Candlestick

medium: Copper alloy

country: South Netherlandish

subjects:
Metalwork-copper alloy
South netherlandish

credit_line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941


title: The Virgin in prayer, seen in profile facing left, in an oval frame, from "Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles"

creator: Anonymous, 17th century

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951


title: Fragments of a cart or chariot, parts of rectangular frame

medium: Bronze

country: Etruscan

subjects: Bronze Etruscan

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1929


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

medium: Terracotta

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


title: Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 3 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, sanpen)

creator: Katsushika Hokusai

medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

subjects:
Illustrated book
Japan

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1931


title: Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul

creator: Auvrest

medium: Pen and black ink and gray washes, with brown ink framing lines.

subjects: Drawing Portraits

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963


title: Terracotta fragments of skyphoi (deep drinking cups)


title: Fragment of tile

medium: Glazed limestone

credit_line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910


title: Equal-Arm Brooch

country: Frankish

subjects:
Metalwork-copper alloy
Frankish

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Ruyi scepter

medium: Red lacquer

subjects: Lacquer China

credit_line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015


title: Shard

date: ca. 4th–5th century

medium: Painted terracotta

country: Pakistan

subjects: Ceramic Pakistan

credit_line: Seymour Fund, 1992


title: Terracotta fragment of a lekanis lid (covered dish)

date: 6th century BCE


title: Kilt

medium: wool, leather, metal

country: Scottish

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Y.M.C.A., 1946


title: Dress

medium: cotton

country: American

subjects:
Costume & fashion
American

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mary Louise Deming, 1959


title: Mary, Queen of Scots

creator: Pieter van der Heyden

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958


title: Lunch at the Fork (Le Dejeuner à la Fourchette)

creator: Johann Gottfried Schadow

medium: Watercolor

credit_line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2019


title: Lion Sleeping

creator: Antoine-Louis Barye

medium: Watercolor on wove paper, lined

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


title: Mules

medium: leather, silk

country: European

credit_line: Gift of Bally of Switzerland, J. Heim (President), 1978


title: Sheet, linen mark, medium spin, medium weave

medium: Linen

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1936


title: Glass Fragments

date: 4th century

medium: Glass

country: Coptic

subjects: Glass-vessel Coptic


title: Dinner dress

medium: silk

credit_line: Gift of Theodore Fischer Ells, 1975


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)

country: Greek, Attic


title: Knife Handle (Kozuka)

date: 19th century

medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, copper, gold

country: Japanese

subjects:
Sword furniture-kozuka
Japanese

credit_line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936


title: Button or Bead or Spindle Whorl

date: 8th–10th century

medium: Stone; incised

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1940


title: The Baptism of Christ

creator: Noël Hallé

date: 18th century

medium: Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue-gray paper.

credit_line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1986


title: Seated Figure (Xantil)

date: 13th–15th century

medium: Ceramic, pigment

country: Eastern Nahua

subjects:
Eastern nahua
Ceramics-sculpture

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979


title: Victoria South Kensington Museum Medal

creator: William Wyon

medium: Silver

credit_line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2000


title: A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

creator: Gustave Doré

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite, heightened with white

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: The Fifth Plague of Egypt, part III, plate 16 from "Liber Studiorum"

creator: Joseph Mallord William Turner

medium: Etching and mezzotint; first state of three

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928


title: Bonnet

medium: [no medium available]

country: American or European

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous, 1943


medium: Terracotta

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


title: On Guard, from the Parasol Drills series (N18) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial color lithograph

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


title: Halberd

date: dated 1574

medium: Steel, wood, copper alloy, textile, metallic thread

country: German

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Shafted weapon
German

credit_line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913


title: La casagne de velours

creator: Pierre-Louis Pierson

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

credit_line: David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1975


title: Spindle Whorl

medium: Ceramic

country: North coast (?)

subjects:
North coast
Ceramics-implement

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964


title: Snuffbox in the form of a slipper

creator: Mennecy

medium: Soft-paste porcelain, gold

credit_line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982


title: Cricket cage

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Gourd, ivory

country: China

subjects:
Cricket cage
China

credit_line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1928


title: Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)


title: Papyrus Fragment

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Papyrus and ink

subjects: Papyrus Coptic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1914


title: Sample

date: early 19th century

medium: Silk and cardboard on wool

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Page from a Scrapbook containing Drawings and Several Prints of Architecture, Interiors, Furniture and Other Objects

creator: Charles Percier

medium: Pen and black and gray ink, graphite, black chalk

subjects: Architecture Album

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963


title: Business Card

creator: Robert Lovett

medium: Brass

credit_line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883


title: Scarab of King Khaneferre Sebekhotep IV

medium: Glazed steatite

credit_line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910


title: Panel

date: 13th–14th century

medium: Wood; carved, inlaid with ivory

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1907


title: Marble doorjamb fragment from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis

medium: Marble

country: Roman

subjects:
Architecture
Stone sculpture
Roman

credit_line: Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926


title: Captain Epilogue

creator: Thomas Rowlandson

medium: Hand-colored etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: St. Peter

creator: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927


title: Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic


title: Juglet

country: Cypriot

subjects: Vase Cypriot

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


title: Flagon

date: probably 18th century

medium: Pewter

credit_line: Gift of Stephen Benjamin, 1992


title: Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a ritual text

date: ca. late 1st millennium BCE

medium: Clay

credit_line: Purchase, 1886


title: Commander, United States Navy, 1886, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph

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


title: Papyrus

date: mid-8th century

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1924


title: Nightcap

medium: cotton

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot, 1946


title: Female attendant carrying a pillow

date: late 6th–7th century

medium: Earthenware with white glaze

subjects:
Tomb pottery
China

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1923


title: Jug

medium: Lustreware

credit_line: Gift of Sidney H. and Helen M. Witty, 1964


title: Shoes

medium: leather, silk

country: French

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Walter L. Hildburgh, 1951


title: Sealing

medium: Clay (unfired)

credit_line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1914


title: Cow grazing

creator: Adam von Bartsch

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Apostle spoon

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Silver, parcel-gilt

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel P. Avery, 1897


title: Fragment

medium: Drawnwork

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

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


title: Fragment of a Tunic

date: 6th–7th century

medium: Wool; tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926


title: Festival of Fools

creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

date: after 1570

medium: Engraving; second state of three

credit_line: Gift of Petra S. Rumbler and Helmut H. Rumbler, 2013


title: Young Nobleman and Carpenter

creator: Kubo Shunman

medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Print Japan

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


title: Band Fragment

date: 12th century

medium: Linen; embroidered in silk

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1927


title: Pembury Mill, Kent, part III, plate 12 from "Liber Studiorum"

medium: Etching and mezzotint; first state of four (Finberg)

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-velvet

credit_line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in honor of Olga Raggio, 2002


title: Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu

creator: Charles Meryon

medium: Etching with engraving; sixth state of six

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1917


title: Russian Strelitz Axe, from the Arms of All Nations series (N3) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

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


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

medium: Terracotta

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


title: Bell

date: 1st millennium BCE

medium: Bronze

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Spear Jr., 1978


title: Jug with cover (part of a service)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

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


title: Card Number 169, Mlle. Jeanne, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph


title: Dish

date: 4th–5th century

medium: Copper alloy, silver or tin overlaid

country: Late Roman

subjects:
Metalwork-bronze
Late roman

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1947


title: Serpent

creator: C. Baudouin

medium: Wood, leather, paint, brass

subjects:
Aerophone-lip vibrated
French

credit_line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2012


date: late 6th/early 5th century BCE


title: Ostrakon

medium: Pottery fragment with ink inscription

subjects: Ceramic Coptic

credit_line: Museum Accession


title: Ornament

date: 5th–10th century

medium: Gold

country: Tolima

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metal-ornament
Tolima

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979


title: Armor for the Joust of Peace

creator: Daniel Tachaux

date: ca. 1500 and later

medium: Steel, copper alloy, leather, textile, horn

country: German; restorations, French, Paris

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Armor for man
German; restorations, french, pari

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1904


title: Terracotta hydria (water jar)

creator: Amykos Painter

country: Greek, South Italian, Lucanian

subjects:
Vase
Greek, south italian, lucanian

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: Cup (part of a service)


title: Piece

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Fragment of a Female Figure

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Earthenware

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1925


title: King of the Amazons, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes

creator: Goodwin & Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph


title: Pillowcase

date: 18th century

medium: Silk on linen

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926


title: Costume Ornament

date: 11th–12th century

medium: Silver

country: Central coast (?)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Metal-ornament
Central coast

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964


title: Chalice

medium: Silver gilt

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1912


title: Bell

date: 500 BCE–300 CE

country: Vietnam (North)

subjects:
Metalwork
Vietnam (north)

credit_line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998


title: Cup and Saucer

medium: Porcelain

country: French, possibly

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alice Richards Sorbo and Guy Richards, 1941


title: The Villa Pasino

creator: Gustav Wilhelm Palm

medium: Watercolor with pen and gray ink

credit_line: Gift of Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander B.V. Johnson, 2018


title: Hammered Silver Peanut Ornament

date: 8th–mid-16th century

medium: Silver (hammered), gilt

country: Peru; north coast (?)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metal-ornament
Peru; north coast


title: Bead

date: 9th–10th century

medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint

subjects:
Ivorie and bone
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1938


title: Medal Commemorating the Treaty of Commerce between France and the United States

creator: Bertrand Andrieu

medium: Bronze

credit_line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883


title: Nets-and-bubbles textile

creator: Associated Artists

medium: Woven silk and cotton, printed

country: American

subjects:
Costume & fashion
American

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith, 1928


title: Pendant with floral designs

medium: Tourmaline

subjects: Hardstone China Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921


medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Quilt, Star of Bethlehem pattern variation

medium: Cotton

subjects:
Ornament & design
American

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hosmer, 1948


title: Young Man Writing and Reading from Large Volume at His Left

creator: Baron Dominique Vivant Denon

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Cosmetic Box from the tomb of Sennedjem

medium: Wood, gesso, paint

credit_line: Funds from various donors, 1886


title: Arrowhead

country: Greek, Cypriot

subjects:
Bronze
Greek, cypriot

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


title: William Popham

creator: George Linen

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1897


title: Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket

medium: Gilded silver with niello and a glass cabochon set over a tinted foil

country: British

subjects: Metalwork-silver British

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Pair of Earrings

date: 8th–12th century

medium: Gold

country: Indonesia (Central Java)

subjects:
Jewelry
Indonesia (central java)

credit_line: Gift of Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen, 2001


title: Lamp

date: 5th–6th century

medium: Earthenware; molded


title: Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume

creator: British Painter

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Painting

credit_line: Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2017


title: Nous voilà libres... qu'est-ce que nous allons devenir?, from "Actualités"

creator: Honoré Daumier

medium: Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936


title: Fragment of a Frieze with a Vegetal Pattern

medium: Plaster; carved

subjects:
Ornament & design
Plaster

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1940


title: Left Half of a Breastplate

medium: Steel, copper alloy, textile (linen)

country: Italian

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Armor part
Italian

credit_line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928


title: Rio della Verona, Venice

creator: Andrew Fisher Bunner

medium: Black ink and graphite traces on off-white laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1899


title: Embroidered Mantle Fragment

date: 5th–2nd century BCE

medium: Camelid hair

country: Paracas

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Paraca
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933


title: Card Number 86, Pauline Hall, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Kendi

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Stoneware with cobalt underglaze

country: Vietnam

subjects: Ceramic Vietnam

credit_line: Gift of Betty and John R. Menke, 1991


title: Woman from the French Colonies

creator: Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

medium: Algerian onyx-marble, bronze, and enamel; white marble socle

credit_line: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Fund, 2006


title: Page from Eyn Newe kunstlich moetdelboech alle kunst (Page 14r)

creator: Peter Quentel

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924


title: Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar)

medium: Terracotta

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


title: Furniture plaque carved in relief with a “woman at the window”

date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE

medium: Ivory, glass

country: Assyrian

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1957


title: Dog Guarding Dead Game

creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry

credit_line: Purchase, 1871


title: Pair of Wheellock Pistols

creator: Etienne Delaune

medium: Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment

country: French

subjects: French Firearms-guns-wheellock

credit_line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

date: third quarter 5th century BCE


title: Urn

medium: Jadeite, emerald-green mingled with light gray and markings of dead oak leaf

country: China

subjects: Jade China

credit_line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902


title: Design for a Glass (?) Ewer

creator: Stefano della Bella

medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk, blue wash

credit_line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Walter E. Stait, 2010


title: Madame Roulin and Her Baby

creator: Vincent van Gogh

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Key

date: 15th century

medium: Iron

country: German

subjects: Metalwork-iron German

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1887


title: Dagger with Sheath

date: 19th century

medium: Steel, wood, silver, copper

country: Philippine, Moro

subjects:
Dagger
Philippine, moro

credit_line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935


title: Sleeve Band

medium: Silk;  on silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
China
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of William Christian Paul, 1929


title: Old Houses in the "Five Points", 1870, from "Scenes of Old New York"

creator: Henry Farrer

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954


title: Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE


title: Capital

date: 6th–7th century

medium: Limestone; carved in relief

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1910


title: The Opening to the Public of the Royal Forest of Epping, May, 1882

creator: Charles Wiener

medium: Bronze, struck

credit_line: Gift of the Corporation of the City of London, 1908


title: The Prodigal Son

creator: Albrecht Dürer

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1917


title: Earring

date: 7th century (?)

medium: Copper alloy

country: Frankish

subjects:
Metalwork-copper alloy
Frankish

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: A Short History: General George Gordon Meade, from the Histories of Generals series (N114) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Commercial color lithograph

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


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-velvet

credit_line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in honor of Olga Raggio, 2002


title: Voussoir Fragment

medium: Marble

credit_line: Gift of James J. Rorimer, 1937


title: Neu künstlich Modelbuch (page 17r)

creator: Bernhard Jobin

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Gift of Mary M. Greenwood, in memory of Eliza Rudd Greenwood, 1953


title: Wives at Table During the Absence of their Husbands

creator: Abraham Bosse

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926


medium: Terracotta

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)

date: ca. 510 BCE

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1956


title: Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)


title: Hydrangeas

medium: Paper

country: Japan

subjects: Stencil Japan

credit_line: Purchase, Mrs. Helen M. Meserve Gift, 1981


title: January

creator: Jan van de Velde II

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925


title: Textile Sample Book

medium: Textiles-Sample Books

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-sample book

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Benjamin E. Marks, 1967


title: Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)


title: Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes(drinking cups)

date: 5th century BCE


title: Dropsy Courting Consumption

creator: Thomas Rowlandson

date: October 25, 1810

medium: Hand-colored etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: Portable altarpiece

medium: Bronze,  gilt

subjects: Metalwork Japan

credit_line: Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Robert Herndon Fife, in memory of her husband, Robert Herndon Fife, 1967


title: Schizonema Dillwynii

creator: Anna Atkins

medium: Cyanotype

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


title: Standing Buddha Offering Protection

date: late 5th century

medium: Red sandstone

country: India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)

subjects:
Sculpture
India (uttar pradesh, mathura)

credit_line: Purchase, Enid A. Haupt Gift, 1979


title: Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

creator: Gotō Teijō (Mitsumasa)

medium: Gold

country: Japanese

subjects:
Sword furniture-menuki
Japanese

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1945


title: Four Scenes: How to Stop your Horse at Pleasure; Geoffrey Gombado Esq-r.; How to Ride up Hyde Park; A Bit of Blood

creator: Henry William Bunbury

date: 1787 or later

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970


title: Border

date: 18th century

medium: Bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

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


title: Travelers on a Road

creator: Alessandro Tiarini

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over a little black chalk

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1967


title: Early Sword

medium: Steel

subjects: Sword French

credit_line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913


title: Third Frontispiece

creator: James Tissot

medium: Drypoint

credit_line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926


title: Virginia Melville, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Gypsy Queen Cigarettes

creator: Goodwin & Company

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Figurine

medium: Jade

credit_line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973


title: The Chapel of the Enfants-Trouvés in Paris: La Suite des rois mages: chameliers et porteurs de présents

creator: Etienne Fessard

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: Mail Shirt

date: probably early 16th century

medium: Steel, copper alloy

country: Syrian or Turkish

subjects:
Mail
Syrian or turkish

credit_line: Bequest of Frederick Townsend Martin, 1914


title: Suling Pélog (ring flute)

medium: Bamboo (tamiang bamboo), rattan

country: Javanese (Sunda)

subjects: Aerophone-blow hole-end-blown flute (vertical)

credit_line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889


title: Decima Moore, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company


medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

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


title: Funerary Cone of Amenemhat and His Wife Tahut

medium: Pottery

credit_line: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930


title: The Black Swallowtail from The Butterflies and Moths of America Part 3

creator: Louis Prang & Co.

medium: Color lithograph

subjects:
Print
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: The Jefferson Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson Burdick, 1951


title: Decoration de la salle de spectacle construite a Versailles pour la representation de la Princesse de Navarre

creator: Charles Nicolas Cochin II

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960


title: Emperor of Austria, from World's Sovereigns series (N34) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial color lithograph


title: Plate with Horse Decoration

date: ca. 7th–9th century

medium: Bronze with high tin content

country: Central Asia or Eastern Iran

subjects:
Metalwork
Central asia or eastern iran

credit_line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2002


title: Monkey and Bee

creator: Hokusai School

medium: Unmounted painting; ink and watercolor on paper

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1938


title: Piece

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896


title: Vallée et chapelle d'Héas, St-Sauveur

creator: Joseph Vigier

medium: Salted paper print from paper negative

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


title: Ring

date: probably 19th century

medium: onyx, silver

country: Chinese

credit_line: Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2008


title: Piece

medium: Silk, metallic thread

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1962


title: Ring Stone

date: probably 8th–12th century

medium: Glass (?)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1948


title: A Midnight Modern Conversation

creator: William Hogarth

medium: Etching and engraving; third state of three

credit_line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891


title: Pair of Ear Clips with Blue Bead and Red Stone

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

medium: Gold

country: Indonesia (Java)

subjects:
Jewelry
Indonesia (java)

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


title: Wineglass

medium: Glass

credit_line: Edward Holbrook Collection, Gift of Mrs. Edward Holbrook and John S. Holbrook, 1921


title: Design for a Ceiling with Square Central Compartment and Semicircular Ends, the Ornament of Foliage and Grotesque Motifs

creator: Anonymous, British, late 18th century

date: late 18th century

medium: Pen and ink and watercolor

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962


title: The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey  No. 1

creator: Elihu Vedder

medium: Graphite on paper

country: American

credit_line: Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992


title: Bowl

date: 10th century

medium: Earthenware; reddish body, purplish slip, white slip decoration under greenish glaze

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1940


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

medium: Terracotta

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


title: Plate

date: mid-18th century

medium: Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Jar

date: ca. 17th–16th century BCE

medium: Ceramic

country: Iran

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1966


title: Whistler as Butterfly

creator: James McNeill Whistler

date: 19th–20th century

medium: Commercial relief process

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1985


title: Kris with Sheath

medium: Wood, horn

country: Malayan

subjects: Krisse Malayan

credit_line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935


title: Card Number 331, Von Oastan, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-3) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Chalkboard, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros.

medium: Commercial color lithograph


title: Fishermen drawing a net

medium: Limestone, paint

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1926


title: Close Helmet

date: ca. 1850 in the style of the mid-16th century

medium: Steel, brass

country: French

subjects: Helmet French

credit_line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913


title: The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey  No. 4


title: Piece

medium: Silk

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896


title: Viewing the Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryōgokubashi sekiyō o miru), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

creator: Katsushika Hokusai

medium: Woodblock print

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1922


title: Monument to Johann Christian Bach

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi

medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of four

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Trees near Diessen

creator: Carl Maria Nicolaus Hummel

date: mid 19th–early 20th century

medium: Graphite

subjects: Drawing Trees

credit_line: Van Day Truex Fund, 2012


title: Game cup with immortals

date: first half 19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Purchase by subscription, 1879


title: Bead

date: 9th–10th century

medium: Jet


title: Pretiosa Gemma delle virtuose donne, page 5 (recto)

creator: Isabella Catanea Parasole

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929


title: Fuchu

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige

medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1914


title: Vase

creator: Newcomb Pottery

medium: Earthenware

credit_line: Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2017


title: Gloves

medium: leather, metal, silk

country: British

credit_line: Purchase, Judith and Gerson Leiber Fund, 1984


title: 'The horse abductor' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

creator: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, 1936


title: Plate 76: A procuress

creator: Simon Guillain II

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951


title: Étui

medium: Gold and agate

credit_line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937


title: Monteith

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1960


title: Afternoon dress

medium: silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
American

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morgan, 1976


title: Glass pendant in the shape of a Black African’s head

date: late 2nd–1st century BCE

medium: Glass

country: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

subjects:
Glass
Greek, eastern mediterranean

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Pilgrim's Badge

date: 14th–16th century

medium: Lead

subjects: Metalwork-lead French

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1977


title: Coin

date: late 13th century

medium: Copper

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1939


title: Design for Patterned Silk

creator: Jean François Bony

medium: Watercolor and gouache on pink paper

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938


title: James J. "Jumbo" Davis, 3rd Base, Kansas City Cowboys, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes

creator: Goodwin & Company

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Ritual Wash Basin (Ashitsuki-darai)

date: 16th century

medium: Wood with coatings of red over black lacquer (Negoro ware) and exposed zelkova wood

subjects: Lacquer Japan

credit_line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015


title: Flintlock Gun

creator: De Lacollombe

medium: Steel, silver, wood (walnut)

country: German

subjects: Firearm German

credit_line: Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, James Elwood Jones Jr. Gift, and Rogers and Fletcher Funds, 1974


date: late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE

medium: Terracotta

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Pouch

medium: Glass, linen, silk

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret S. Bedell, 1930


title: Collar

date: late 19th century

medium: [no medium available]

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Marie Z. Lake, 1972


title: Initial letter C on patterned background

creator: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

medium: Woodcut, criblé ground

credit_line: Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1941


title: Scene in Gekkyuden - Dream of the Moon Palace

creator: Totoya Hokkei

medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

country: Japan

credit_line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939


title: Dinar of Mahmud

date: dated 419 AH/1028 CE

medium: Gold

credit_line: Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, 1898


title: Earth

creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

medium: Etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951


date: late 6th century BCE


title: The Party Breaking Up, and Quae Genus Breaking Down

creator: Thomas Rowlandson

date: December 1, 1821

medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: Victoria #3890

creator: Brewster & Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache

credit_line: Gift of William Brewster, 1923


title: Stage Coach and Riders in the Yard of an Inn, Preparing to Depart


title: Celt

date: before 16th century

medium: Stone

country: Mexican

subjects: Stone-implement Mexican

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993


title: Four Scenes from "Cries of London" Series: Here's your Potatoes...; Buy my Moss Roses...; Light your Honor; Pray Remember the Blind

date: August 1, 1801

medium: Hand-colored etching

subjects:
Print
Mosses & lichens
Roses


title: Head of a cat

medium: Cupreous metal

credit_line: Bequest of Gladys Emerson Cook, 1977


title: Players at Cards

creator: Thomas Wijck

date: 17th century

medium: Etching; third state of four

credit_line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1986


title: Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 33 (recto)

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937


title: Seated female musician with lute

date: 7th–8th century

medium: Earthenware with pigment

subjects:
Tomb pottery
China

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1930


title: Shell Inscribed with the Cartouche of Senwosret I

date: ca. 1961–1917 B.C. or later

medium: Shell (Marine), nacre

credit_line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922


title: Boa

medium: feather

country: American or European

credit_line: Gift of Mr. John H. Marsching, 1944


title: Armchair

creator: Louis I Cresson

medium: Carved and gilded wood; velvet upholstery

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906


title: Standing cow

date: late 18th century

medium: Polychromed terracotta, twine, brass bell

credit_line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1975


title: Piece

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-velvet

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Inscribed marble plaque

date: 2nd–3rd century CE

medium: Marble

country: Roman, Cypriot

subjects:
Cesnola inscription
Roman, cypriot

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


title: Advertisement for Philadelphia Sunday Press, April 7, 1896

creator: George Reiter Brill

medium: Lithograph

credit_line: Purchase, The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund Gift, 2015


title: Homeward Bound: "The Great Eastern"

creator: Robert Charles Dudley

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892


title: Ring with Linga Mounted on Bezel with Foliate Designs

date: Second half of the 9th–first quarter of the 10th century

medium: Gold

subjects:
Jewelry
Indonesia (java)

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


title: Ribbon

date: 19th century

medium: Textiles-Trimmings

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-trimming


title: Three Loves, One holding a Quiver, the Other, Grapes

creator: Pierre Alexandre Aveline

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957


title: Pompeiian Design for Paneling

creator: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise

date: second half 19th century

medium: Graphite and watercolor

credit_line: Dodge Fund, 1967


title: Porringer

medium: Porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Mildred R. Mottahedeh, 1982


title: Moon amid Clouds

creator: Seisetsu Shūcho

date: early 19th century

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020


title: Button or Bead or Spindle Whorl

date: 3rd–12th century

medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint

subjects:
Ivorie and bone
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910


title: Micrographic Design in the Shape of a Labyrinth

creator: Anonymous

date: early 17th century

medium: Pen and black and brown ink.

credit_line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014


title: Unguentarium

date: ca. 1st century CE

medium: Ceramic

country: Nabataean

credit_line: Gift of the American Expedition to Petra, 1967


title: Jason Sows the Dragon's Teeth (Jason les dompte et sous le joug enserre et labourer leur fait de Mars la terre...), from "Jason and the Golden Fleece"

creator: René Boyvin

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008


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

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

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


title: Card Number 315, M. Lidoiree, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Slippers

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Helen Perkins, 1942


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE


title: Dizi (笛子 )

date: late 19th century

medium: Bamboo

credit_line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889


title: Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)

date: 5th century BCE


title: Suspension Strap for Polycandelon

date: early 5th century

medium: Copper alloy

country: Byzantine

subjects: Metalwork-bronze Byzantine

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Klejman, 1965


title: Beaker

creator: Chantilly

medium: Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes, 1924


title: S. Aquilla et Se. Priscille, sa femme (St. Aquila and St. Priscilla, His Wife), July 8th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Feast Days of the Year)

creator: Jacques Callot

medium: Etching; second state of two (Lieure)

credit_line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917


title: Netsuke

medium: Ivory with silver disk inlaid with gold

subjects: Netsuke Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910


title: Lorgnette fan

medium: Horn

credit_line: The Moses Lazarus Collection, Gift of Josephine and Sarah Lazarus, in memory of their father, 1888-95


title: Badge or Harness Pendant

medium: Copper, gold, enamel

country: Spanish

subjects: Miscellaneous-badge Spanish

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1904


title: Two-handled cup

creator: Meissen Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Strong Shattuck, 1935


date: first half of the 5th century BCE


title: Pūngī

medium: Gourd, reed, cane, paint

country: Indian

subjects:
Aerophone-reed vibrated
Indian


title: Terracotta fragment of an oinochoe (jug)


title: Marie Jansen, from the Actresses series (N665) promoting Our Knocker Cigars


title: Glazed disk in the shape of rosette

medium: Faience

credit_line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange, 1922, 1929, 1935


title: Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)


title: Relief showing the handle of a mirror - see 26.3.353-3

medium: Limestone, paint

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1926


title: Hairpin

country: Roman

subjects: Metalwork-bronze Roman

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Vairari Ragini, Wife of Bhairav Raga: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

date: early 18th century

medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gilt on paper

country: India (Rajasthan, Amber)

subjects:
Painting
India (rajasthan, amber)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1958


title: Terracotta stirrup jar

country: Mycenaean

subjects: Vase Mycenaean

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


title: [Unknown Sitters]

creator: Pierre-Louis Pierson

date: before 1865

medium: Albumen silver prints from glass negatives with applied color

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


title: Song Sparrow. Fringilla melodia [current name: Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia], from "The Birds of America," plate 25 [later XXV]

creator: John James Audubon

medium: Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving

subjects: Print Birds

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael and Elyn Stubblefield, 2024


title: Oinochoe

country: Cypriot

subjects: Vase Cypriot


title: Terracotta oil lamp

country: Greek

subjects: Terracotta Greek


creator: Curtius Painter

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Pull of Engraved Firearm Ornament

medium: Ink, paper

country: French

subjects:
Ornament & design
Work on paper-print
French

credit_line: Purchase, Gift in Memory of Herbert G. Houze, 2025


title: Boiserie from the Hôtel Lauzun

date: ca. 1770, with one modern panel

medium: Carved and painted oak

credit_line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1976


title: Netsuke of Boy Carrying a Branch of Fruit

medium: Ivory

subjects: Netsuke Japan Fruits


title: Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a disk and a crescent

date: 2nd half of the 6th century BCE

medium: Limestone

subjects:
Stone sculpture
Cypriot


medium: Terracotta


title: Ruins of a temple in a Roman landscape, plate 13 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

creator: Stefano della Bella

medium: Etching; fourth state of nine (Talbierska)

subjects: Architecture Print Landscapes


title: Stirrup-spout bottle with squash

creator: Moche artist(s)

medium: Ceramic

country: Moche

subjects: Moche Ceramics-container

credit_line: Gift of Judith Riklis, 1983


title: Bather Standing Among Grasses at the Shore

creator: Camille Pissarro

medium: Monotype in brown/black ink on light blue laid paper

subjects:
Print
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947


title: Penitent St. Jerome (recto); Notes and Accounts (verso)

creator: Vicente Carducho

medium: Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)

credit_line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971


title: Piece

date: 17th century

medium: Silk / Compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Kihei Hattori, in memory of his father, Kihei Hattori, 1920


title: Gold pendant shaped like a fly

medium: Gold

subjects:
Gold and silver
Cypriot


title: Piece

medium: Cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-printed

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Terracotta fragments of a mug, oinochoe, shape 8

date: last quarter of the 5th century BCE


title: Design for the Spire of the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen

creator: Vincents Lerche

medium: Pen and black ink with watercolor

credit_line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2014


title: Apothecary jar (orciuolo)

medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

country: Italian, Castelli

subjects:
Italian, castelli
Ceramics-pottery

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Dish with Assorted Treasures Floating on Waves

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)

country: Japan

subjects: Ceramic Japan

credit_line: Gift of Harold G. Henderson, 1966


title: Conestoga Wagon Jack

medium: Iron, wood

country: American

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1953


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

medium: Silk on silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1909


title: Prospect of the Lower Part of Tangier

creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

medium: Etching; second state of two

credit_line: Bequest of Julie Parsons Redmond, 1960


title: Sectional Docks

creator: Elbridge Kingsley

medium: Wood engraving

credit_line: Albert Gallup Collection, Gift of Jeanie Gallup Mottet, 1921


title: Column Base

date: late 12th century

medium: Stone

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925


title: Male Figure

date: 3rd century BCE–4th century CE

medium: Ceramic, pigment

country: Chupicuaro

subjects: Chupicuaro Ceramics-sculpture

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979


title: Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)

creator: Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. W. Walton Butterworth, 1979


title: Earrings

date: ca. 1st–2nd century A.D

medium: Gold, garnet (pyrope)

country: Parthian

credit_line: Bequest of Lester Wolfe, 1983


title: Fragment

medium: Bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Purchase by subscription, 1909


title: Peony

creator: Takahashi Sōhei

date: early 19th century

medium: Folding fan; ink on paper

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975


title: Actress leaning on prop ballustrade, from the Actresses series (N203) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.

creator: William S. Kimball & Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph

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


title: Jaguar, from the Animals of the World series (T180), issued by Abdul Cigarettes

creator: Abdul Cigarettes


title: Piece

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-velvet


title: Oil Lamp

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Earthenware

country: Coptic

subjects: Ceramic Coptic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1925


title: Star-Shaped Tile

date: 13th–14th century

medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted

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


title: Gold ring with inscribed bezel

date: 2nd–3rd century CE

medium: Gold

subjects:
Gems
Roman
Minerals & gems

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


title: Stirrup Spout Bottle

date: 12th–5th century BCE

medium: Ceramic

country: Cupisnique (?)

subjects: Cupisnique Ceramics-container

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1967


title: Stucco Fragment

date: probably 8th–12th century

medium: Stucco; carved

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1948


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Attorney

creator: Thomas Rowlandson

date: September 10, 1799

medium: Hand-colored etching

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: Lovers

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Soft-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964


title: Holy-water vessel (Aspersorium)

date: probably 18th century

medium: Pewter

subjects:
Metalwork-pewter
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Stephen Benjamin, 1990


title: Arch of Constantine and Colosseum with sheep grazing in foreground, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (Six grandes vues, dont quatre de Rome et deux de la Campagne romaine)

medium: Etching; second state

credit_line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917


title: Carpet

date: mid-19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-rug

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


title: Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning (Hara, Asa no Fuji), from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige

medium: Woodblock print

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1918


title: Chessman

medium: Ivory

credit_line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953


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


title: Bundle of Prints (Untitled)

medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mary L. Cassilly, 1894


title: Earring with leech and box pendant

date: 7th–6th century BCE


title: Anticipation (for Punch, or the London Charivari, October 23, 1876)

creator: Charles Samuel Keene

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash with touches of white gouache (bodycolor)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1907


title: Terracotta oil lamp

date: late 3rd century CE

country: Roman, Cypriot

subjects:
Terracotta
Roman, cypriot


title: Small bell

date: 500 BCE–300 CE

medium: Bronze

country: Vietnam (North) or China (South)

subjects:
Metalwork
Vietnam (north) or china (south)

credit_line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998


title: Cover

date: 16th century

medium: Drawnwork, punto avorio, linen

credit_line: Gift of Margaret Taylor Johnstone, 1906


title: Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar)


title: Stucco Fragment

medium: Stucco; carved, painted


title: Papier-mâchè side chair

medium: Wood, papier-mâché, black lacquer, painted and gilded, mother-of-pearl, caned seat.  Caning recently replaced.

country: British (?)

subjects: Woodwork-furniture British

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Pot

medium: Earthenware

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1925


title: Gold and enamel a baule earring

date: 6th century BCE

medium: Gold, enamel

country: Etruscan

subjects:
Gold and silver
Etruscan

credit_line: Purchase, Jacob Bleibtreau Foundation Inc. Gift, 1994


title: Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>)

medium: Steel

country: Japanese

subjects:
Archery equipment-arrowhead
Japanese

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


title: The Quack

creator: Adriaen van Ostade

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Jar

date: ca. 17th–16th century BCE

medium: Ceramic

country: Iran

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1966


title: Bottle, Skeletal Couple with Child

date: 3rd–7th century

medium: Ceramic, slip, pigment

subjects:
Moche
Ceramics-container
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1967


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

medium: Terracotta

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


title: Cup

subjects: Vase Etruscan

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1916


title: Nightgown

medium: cotton

country: American or European

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Julius Henry Cohen, 1948


title: Mirror with deities and mythical creatures

date: 3rd–4th century

country: China

subjects: Mirror China

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1925


title: The Entry of Alexander into Babylon

creator: Sébastien Leclerc I

medium: Etching; fifth state of seven

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: River View, Down the Valley, Cathedral Rock on Left

creator: Carleton E. Watkins

date: 1861, Yosemite

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

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


title: The Cavalier

creator: Charles Jacque

medium: Drypoint

credit_line: Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963


title: Neptune Riding a Dolphin

creator: Peter Flötner

medium: Boxwood

credit_line: Purchase, Wrightsman Fellows Gifts, 2019


title: Teacup and saucer

creator: Höchst Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Mercedes Bass, 2007


title: Terracotta mortarium fragment

country: Roman

subjects: Vase Roman

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE


title: Altar frontal

medium: Bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

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


title: Card 460, Topsy Vonn, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 7) for Dixie Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Strip

credit_line: Purchase by subscription, 1909


title: Double Spout and Bridge Bottle with Bird

date: 5th–2nd century BCE

medium: Ceramic, pigment

country: Paracas

subjects: Paraca Birds Ceramics-container

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964


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


title: Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah

creator: Crispijn van den Broeck

medium: Pen and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk, main lines indented for transfer

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001


title: Plaque

medium: Bronze, Gold

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1923


title: Bowl

creator: Worcester factory

medium: Soft-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1939


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

date: 5th century BCE

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


title: Daviz and Velarde Die Defending the Parque de Artilleria (Mueren Daviz and Velarde defendiendo el Parque de Artilleria)

creator: Anonymous, British, 19th century

medium: Etching and aquatint

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittlesey Fund, 1966


title: Prima Parte de' Fiori, e Disegni di varie sorti di Ricami Moderni, title page (recto)

creator: Giovanni Battista Ciotti

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933


title: Rockaway #3381

creator: Brewster & Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with gum arabic

credit_line: Gift of William Brewster, 1923


title: Simon; Demarconnay; Chomasson; Walther 1er

creator: André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

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


title: Sword with Scabbard

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Wood, horn

country: Bornean

subjects: Sword Bornean

credit_line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935


title: Faith, from "The Seven Virtues"

creator: Lucas van Leyden

medium: Engraving; second state

credit_line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962


title: Funeral of General Johan Baptiste von Taxis (from Jules Chifflet, "Les marques d'honneur de la Maison de Tassis," Antwerp, 1645)

creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

medium: Etching; first state of two.

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1962


title: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

date: 2nd half of the 6th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Corinthian

subjects:
Vase
Greek, corinthian

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1941


title: Fringe

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-trimming

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1908


title: Axe or mace head

medium: Bronze

country: Hattian

credit_line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955


title: Terracotta oil lamp

date: 1st–2nd century CE

subjects: Terracotta Roman

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


title: Silver bowl

medium: Silver

country: Cypriot

subjects:
Gold and silver
Cypriot


title: Jug

subjects: Vase Cypriot


title: Angel

creator: Angelo Viva

medium: Polychromed wood and plaster

credit_line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964


title: Study for The Pleiades

creator: Elihu Vedder

medium: Charcoal on gray paper

country: American

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1955


title: Two Lansquenets

creator: Erhard Altdorfer

medium: Pen and black ink highlighted with brush and opaque white on reddish brown prepared paper.

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Pair of lappets

date: mid-18th century

medium: Bobbin lace, Brussels lace, point d'Angleterre, linen

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Donald P. Spence, in memory of her mother, Mrs. William Redmond Cross, 1979


title: Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with the Rood Screen and Throne for the Coronation of King Louis XVIII

creator: Charles Percier

medium: Pen and black ink, with colored wash

subjects: Architecture Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1956


title: Covered censer

medium: White porcelain decorated in colored enamels, in the Chinese style (Koto ware)

country: Japan

subjects: Ceramic Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923


title: Cup

medium: Pottery (Longquan ware)

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1917


title: Ceramic Fragment

date: 14th–15th century

medium: Earthenware; slip; glaze, mostly deteriorated

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1907


title: Seated Male Figure

date: ca. 6th century

medium: Stone

country: Vietnam (Funan or Champa)

subjects:
Sculpture
Vietnam (funan or champa)

credit_line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1987


title: Powder Flask and Wheellock Spanner Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony

medium: Brass, gold, steel, wood, velvet, gold-threaded cord

country: German, Saxony

subjects:
German, saxony
Firearm accessories-flask & primer

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1928


title: Worker Shabti of Nauny

medium: Faience

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1930


title: Dish

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Earthenware

country: Coptic

subjects: Ceramic Coptic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1925


title: Condiment Dish

creator: Union Porcelain Works

medium: Porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Chace, 1969


title: “Shinobazu Pond [in Ueno]” (Shinobazu), from the series Three Shrines of the Goddess Benten (San Benten)

creator: Katsushika Hokusai

medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

subjects: Print Japan

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


medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Fish Pendant

medium: Gold

credit_line: Gift of Ethel McCullough Scott, John G. McCullough, and Edith McCullough Irons, 1971


title: Two Women Sewing, Plate 1 from "Five Feminine Occupations"

creator: Geertruydt Roghman

medium: Engraving

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956


title: Titlepage, from Verscheyden Landtschapjes (Various Little Landscapes), Plate 1

creator: Willem Pietersz Buytewech

medium: Etching; Begemann's second state of three, with the date 1621

subjects: Print Landscapes

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932


title: Bowl

date: 5th–4th century BCE (?)

medium: Gourd

subjects: Gourd-container Paraca

credit_line: Gift of Conny and Fred Landmann, 1992


title: Mountain Scenery

creator: Unidentified artist

medium: Handscroll; ink on silk

subjects: Painting China Landscapes

credit_line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913


title: Knife handle

medium: Salt-glazed stoneware

credit_line: Gift of Carleton Macy, 1934


title: Piece

date: 18th century

medium: Bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Gift of Margaret Taylor Johnstone, 1908


title: Print

creator: Shōsai Ikkei

medium: One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

credit_line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959


title: Another Chinese Musician

creator: François Boucher

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: Piece

date: 19th century

medium: Silk, metallic thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896


title: Papyri Fragments

date: 7th century

medium: Papyrus and ink

subjects: Papyrus Coptic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1914


title: Plate

medium: Stoneware (Seto ware)

credit_line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975


title: Ex Cathedra (Ex Catedra)

creator: Leonardo Alenza y Nieto

medium: Pen and dark brown ink with some brush and gray-brown wash

credit_line: Dodge Fund, 1939


title: Button

creator: Waterbury Button Company

medium: Silver plate

credit_line: Gift of Frederick Bradbury, 1925


title: The Adoration of the Magi

medium: Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint

country: German

subjects: Glass-stained German

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 2003


title: Terracotta fragment of a hydria: kalpis (water jar)


title: Sickle Insert

medium: Flint, adhesive (lime plaster ?)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1909


title: Ceramic bread stand

date: ca. 3rd–7th century CE

medium: Ceramic

country: Sasanian

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1936


title: Principa Falls

creator: William Russell Birch

medium: Enameled copper

credit_line: Gift of Gloria Manney, 2006


title: Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the life of the lucky soldier

creator: Antonio Bosch

medium: Etching (?photo relief); damaged impression

credit_line: Max G. Wildnauer Fund, 1978


title: Lyre

medium: Wood, carved and gilded

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906


title: The Flemish Farrier

creator: Théodore Géricault

medium: Lithograph

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1920


title: Lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army, 1799, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph

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


title: Knife (Piha Kaetta) with Stylus and Sheath

medium: Steel, wood, brass

country: Sri Lankan

subjects:
Knive
Sri lankan

credit_line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935


title: Netsuke of Two Figures

medium: Wood

subjects: Netsuke Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910


title: Bes on a column holding a knife

medium: Cupreous metal

credit_line: Gift of Lily S. Place, 1921


title: Ewer

creator: Thomas Fletcher

medium: Silver

credit_line: Purchase, William Cullen Bryant Fellows Gifts, 2007


title: Young Man Seated on the ground with his left hand at his chest

creator: Anonymous, French, 18th century

medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk on blue paper

credit_line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971


title: Stucco Fragment

date: probably 8th–12th century

medium: Stucco (mortar); carved, painted

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1948


title: Salt

medium: Lacy pressed amethyst glass

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Green, in memory of Dr. Charles W. Green, 1951


title: Perseus with the head of Medusa, and Phineus

creator: Guglielmo della Porta

date: 16th century

medium: Bronze, light and dark brown patina

credit_line: Bequest of Rupert L. Joseph, 1959


title: Fibula with silver bead

date: 7th–6th century BCE

medium: Bronze, silver

country: Italic

subjects: Bronze Italic

credit_line: Purchase, 1896


title: Hudibras Catechized (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 14)

creator: William Hogarth

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932


title: Mustard pot

creator: Josephus Pasperger I

credit_line: Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education, New York, in memory of Nicolas M. Salgo, 2010


title: Coil

date: ca. 7th–6th century BCE

country: Iran

credit_line: Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1969


title: Portrait of Francesco Bartolozzi, seated, holding a magnifying glass with printmaking tools and a plate on the desk behind him

creator: Luigi Rados

medium: Stipple etching and engraving

subjects: Print Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Weston J. Naef, 1985


title: Saints Peter and John healing the Sick

creator: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926


title: Masked Figure Pendant

date: 10th–16th century

medium: Gold (cast alloy)

country: Tolima (?)

subjects: Metal-ornament Tolima

credit_line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979


title: Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)

medium: Steel, copper alloy (brass)

country: Indian, Deccan, Golconda

subjects:
Equestrian equipment-shaffron
Indian, deccan, golconda

credit_line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2008


title: Portrait of woman, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.

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


title: Dish with The Nativity

medium: Glazed earthenware

credit_line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954


title: Afternoon dress

medium: silk, cotton, wool

subjects:
Costume & fashion
American

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969


title: Piece

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Silk

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896


title: Beads, 3

medium: Glass

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Fragment of a Dish

date: 11th–12th century

medium: Earthenware; gritty composed body, sgraffito decoration under blue glaze

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1940


title: Panel from a Mosque Frieze Bearing the Name of a Sultan

date: 11th century

medium: Terracotta; carved, painted

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1939


title: Victor Hugo

creator: Auguste Rodin

date: first modeled 1883

medium: Bronze, marble base

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Pratt Thayer, Sally Pratt Jackson, Phyllis Pratt Nitz, Edwin H. Baker Pratt and John T. Pratt Jr., 1966


title: Josie Hall, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Albumen photograph


title: Street Incidents: A Series of Twenty-One Permanent Photographs, with Descriptive Letter-Press

creator: John Thomson

medium: Woodburytypes

credit_line: Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2009


title: River View, Sentinel, 3270 Feet

creator: Carleton E. Watkins

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

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


title: Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

creator: Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō)

date: mid-18th century

medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold

country: Japanese

subjects:
Sword furniture-menuki
Japanese

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1945


title: Mirror

medium: Bronze

country: Korea

subjects: Mirror Korea

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1917


title: Game Box

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Bone, traces of gilding and paint over wooden core with red silk  interior, metal mounts

country: French

subjects:
Bone
French
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1954


title: San Biagio

creator: James McNeill Whistler

medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on fine cream laid paper; tenth state of seventeen (Glasgow)

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Girandoles, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

creator: Thomas Chippendale

medium: Black ink, gray wash

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1920


title: Madonna and Child

creator: Benedetto Buglioni

medium: Glazed terracotta

credit_line: Gift of Ann Payne Robertson, 1966


title: Landscape with cattle and figures; sketch for the Rustic Courtship

creator: Gainsborough Dupont

medium: Graphite

subjects: Drawing Landscapes

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1911


title: Piece

medium: Cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-printed

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Mrs. Henry Scudder Plat (Maria Frisbie)

medium: Watercolor on ivory

credit_line: Gift of Clara Platt Meadowcroft, 1949


title: The Attic, from "The Complete Works of Béranger"

creator: J. J. Grandville

medium: Wood engraving

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: Piece

date: 17th century

medium: Silk, gold paint(?), on silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896


title: Curtain of the Tabernacle, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra

medium: Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum

subjects:
Manuscript and illumination
French

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 2011


title: Seated Amitabha Buddha

medium: Wood, lacquer, gilding, glass, and ink on paper

subjects: Sculpture Korea

credit_line: Purchase, Michael B. Kim and Kyung Ah Park Gift, 2026


title: Les Ruines de Paris et de ses Environs 1870-1871: Cent Photographies: Premier Volume.  Par A. Liébert, text par Alfred d'Aunay.

creator: Alphonse J. Liébert

medium: Albumen silver prints from glass negatives

credit_line: Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2007


title: Private, Fayetteville Light Infantry, North Carolina, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph

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


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

date: 5th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Piece

medium: Silk and metal thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven


title: Admiral Third Rank, Japan, from the Naval Flags series (N17) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

subjects:
Print
Ships & the sea


title: Costume Plate: German Messenger

creator: Enea Vico

medium: Engraving

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: Hexagonal Tile

medium: Composite body; glazed

credit_line: Museum Accession


title: Piece

creator: Oberkampf Manufactory

medium: Linen

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1924


title: Fragment of a Polycandelon

date: 10th–12th century

medium: Copper alloy

country: Byzantine

subjects:
Metalwork-copper alloy
Byzantine

credit_line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933


title: Fragment with Excised Motif

date: 7th–9th century

medium: Earthenware; incised, excised, molded and glazed

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1932


title: Dress

medium: Silk

country: Irish

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Irish

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Jim McAnena, 1968


title: Card Number 25, Miss Mitchell, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph


title: Button

medium: metal

credit_line: From the Hanna S. Kohn Collection, 1951


title: Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable Reaches the Shore of Ireland

creator: Robert Charles Dudley

medium: Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)

credit_line: Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892


title: Bottle

date: 20th century

medium: Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze

subjects: Ceramic Korea

credit_line: Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1915


title: Landscape flanked by trees in the left and right foreground, silhouettes of two goats, a river with cliffs beyond, from "The Small Landscapes"

creator: Karel Dujardin

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Landscapes Trees

credit_line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011


title: Fragment of a shallow strainer

medium: Silver

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1907


title: Solitude, or The Reading Magdalen (Liber Studiorum, part XI, plate 53)

creator: Joseph Mallord William Turner

medium: Etching and mezzotint; first state of seven (Finberg)

credit_line: Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library


title: Textile Fragment

date: 10th century

medium: Linen; embroidered in silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1927


title: Button

medium: glass, rhinestones


title: Karttikeya, the God of War

date: 8th century

medium: Brass with silver inlay

country: India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)

credit_line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015


title: Textile Fragment

date: 5th century

medium: Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890


title: Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

medium: Glass

country: Roman

subjects: Glass Roman

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: The Doorway

medium: Etching, drypoint and roulette, printed in brownish-black ink on ivory laid paper; fourteenth state of twenty (Glasgow)

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Pair of sauceboats

date: 18th century

medium: Pewter

credit_line: Bequest of Helen W.D. Mileham, 1955


title: Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)

date: late 6th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

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


title: Box Lid with Incised Figural Decoration

date: ca. 3rd–4th century

medium: Ivory

country: India (Andhra Pradesh or West Bengal)

subjects:
Ivorie
India (andhra pradesh or west bengal)

credit_line: Gift of Jeffrey B. Soref, in honor of Steven Kossak, 1998


title: Glass amphoriskos (perfume bottle)

date: late 6th–5th century BCE

country: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

subjects:
Glass
Greek, eastern mediterranean

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881


title: Spatula (?)

date: 30 BCE–364 CE

medium: Copper alloy

credit_line: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904


title: Card 30, from the series, Cigarette Making Girls (N46) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Albumen photograph

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


title: Nightgown

medium: linen

country: American or European

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert S. Morrow, 1937


title: Vase

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

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Edwin C. Vogel, 1967


title: The Rising of Nazareth (?)

creator: Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

medium: Pen and brown ink


title: Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

date: 15th century

medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

country: India (Gujarat)

subjects:
Painting
India (gujarat)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1955


title: Clarinet in B-flat

creator: Benjamin Ferris and Simon Giffin

medium: Boxwood, ivory, brass

country: American

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1987


title: Mug

creator: Lambeth Factories

medium: Tin-enameled earthenware

country: British

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell S. Carter, 1946


title: Compendium of several print series of architecture, gardens and furniture.

creator: Valérien Regnard

date: 17th century (second half)

medium: Engraving, etching

subjects: Architecture Book

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928


title: Disegni Varii di Polifilo Zancarli

creator: Polifilo Giancarli

date: 1628 before

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946


title: Bowl

date: 17th century with later additions

medium: Rock crystal, silver gilt, rubies

subjects:
Minerals & gems
Natural substances-rock crystal

credit_line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913


title: Button

medium: paste, metal

country: probably European

credit_line: From the Hanna S. Kohn Collection, 1951


title: Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic


title: Thomas Storm

creator: Ammi Phillips

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Bequest of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1979


title: “The Way of the patriarchs spans a thousand years”

creator: Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki)

date: 17th or 18th century

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Calligraphy Japan

credit_line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015


title: Bascinet

medium: Steel, leather

country: German

subjects: Helmet German

credit_line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929


title: Bucranium

medium: Antler, bone, paint

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1916


title: Jacket

medium: [no medium available]

country: probably French

credit_line: Gift of Henry Callahan, 1965


title: Countess Hélène Esterházy, née Countess Bezobrazov

creator: Moritz Michael Daffinger

medium: Watercolor and gouache, graphite

credit_line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2012


title: Private James H. Stokes, Company H, 185th New York Volunteers

creator: Reed Brockway Bontecou

date: April–May 1865

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

credit_line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns, M.D. and The Burns Archive, 1992


title: Jug

creator: Abraham Helmhack

date: late 17th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware; pewter

credit_line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973


title: Merrymakers at Shrovetide

creator: Frans Hals


title: Piece

date: 16th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Necklace

date: 19th century

medium: Silver gilt

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine

medium: Champlevé enamel on gilded copper

subjects: German Enamels-champlevé

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Autumn Landscape at  Eigenji

creator: Nukina Kaioku

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

subjects: Painting Japan Landscapes

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


title: Sugar bowl with cover (part of a service)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

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


title: Limestone votive statuette of a cow and calf

date: 6th–4th century BCE

medium: Limestone

country: Cypriot

subjects:
Stone sculpture
Cypriot

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


title: Key Handle

date: 1st–7th century

medium: Copper alloy

subjects:
Metalwork-copper alloy
Roman

credit_line: Purchase, De Souhami Collection, Rogers Fund, 1906


title: Bottle vase with poems

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue, and with brown slip decoration (Jingdezhen ware)

credit_line: Purchase by subscription, 1879


title: Design for an Iron Railing

creator: Anonymous, French, 18th century

date: 18th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949


title: Cardinal Bentivoglio (after Anthony van Dyck) (from McGuire Scrapbook)

medium: Watercolor and graphite on tan wove paper

credit_line: Gift of James C. McGuire, 1926


title: Orphica

date: early 19th century

medium: Various materials

country: probably Austrian

credit_line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889


title: Ngonge

date: late 19th century

medium: Wood

country: Beninese

subjects: Idiophone-struck-bell-clapper Beninese


title: Uncle George and Black Dick at their New Game of Naval Shuttlecock

creator: Thomas Rowlandson

date: January 11, 1787

medium: Etching

subjects:
Print
Ships & the sea

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959


title: Tile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Delftware (tin-glazed earthenware)

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1927


title: Owl Warrior Bottle

date: 5th–7th century

medium: Ceramic

country: Moche

subjects: Moche Ceramics-container

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964


title: Band

medium: Drawnwork

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1907


title: Kneeling Bearded Old Man (recto); Section of a Draped Limb and Sketches (verso)

creator: Nosadella (Giovanni Francesco Bezzi)

medium: Red chalk, pen and brown ink with brush and brown and red wash, highlighted with a little white (recto); pen sketch of a seated, bearded man, and a red chalk drapery (?) study amongst charcoal or black chalk transfer preparation (verso)

credit_line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880


title: In Verdant Mountains Hoping for Snow

creator: Urakami (Uragami) Gyokudō

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of Estelle P. Bender, in memory of T. Richard Fishbein, 2025


title: Coupe #738a

creator: Brewster & Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache

credit_line: Gift of William Brewster, 1923


title: Glass amphora with two handles

date: 3rd–4th century CE

medium: Glass

country: Roman, Syrian

subjects:
Glass
Roman, syrian

credit_line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020


title: Small vase

creator: Chinese

medium: "Soft-paste" porcelain painted in underglaze blue

country: Chinese

subjects: Ceramic Chinese

credit_line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975


title: Edging

date: early 18th century

medium: Bobbin lace, point d'Angleterre

credit_line: The Mabel Metcalf Fahnestock Collection, the gift of Ruth Fahnestock Schermerorn and Faith Fahnestock, 1933


title: Female Figure with Tripod

medium: Graphite, pen and brown ink; framing lines in graphite

credit_line: Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1963


title: Side Chair

medium: Mahogany, sweet gum

credit_line: Purchase, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1957


title: The Banquet Scene: a Repast of the Acclimitative Order (Peter's Prophesy, or the President and the Poet)


title: Piece

medium: Bobbin lace

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


title: Button or Bead

date: 9th–10th century

medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint

subjects:
Ivorie and bone
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1940


title: Band with two horsemen

date: 8th–9th century

medium: Polychrome wool tapestry

country: Coptic

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Coptic
Textiles-woven


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

medium: Terracotta

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

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


title: Jug with lid, engraved with arabesque pattern, the narrow spout to right ending in snake's head, handle to left.

creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

medium: Etching and drypoint, only state

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951


title: Terracotta oil lamp

date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE

country: Roman, Cypriot

subjects:
Terracotta
Roman, cypriot

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


title: Bells, Probably for a Horse Harness

date: ca. 3rd century

medium: Bronze, gilding

country: Japanese

subjects:
Ornament & design
Miscellaneous-buckle & ornament
Japanese

credit_line: Gift of a Trustee of the Museum, 1917


title: Stamp, Monkey

date: 14th–early 16th century

country: Mexica (Aztec)

subjects:
Mexica (aztec)
Ceramics-implement

credit_line: Museum Purchase, 1900


title: Ostracon

date: 525 BCE or later

medium: Pottery, ink

credit_line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902


title: Two Stirrups

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Iron, gold, silver

country: Mongolian or Tibetan

subjects:
Equestrian equipment-stirrup
Mongolian or tibetan

credit_line: Purchase, Gift of Bashford Dean, by exchange, 2007


title: Pair of cymbals

medium: Brass gilt

credit_line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1972


title: Textile with floral medallions

date: 8th century

medium: Weft-faced compound silk twill

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
China
Flowers
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Seymour Fund, 1965


title: Coffee cup (part of a service)

creator: Doccia Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

credit_line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1931


title: Meleager and Atalanta, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

creator: Stefano della Bella

medium: Etching; first state of five

subjects: Mythology Print

credit_line: Gift of Robert Hartshorne, 1918