subjects: Painting Birds

credit_line: The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 5.7 x 9.7 cm (2 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.333.b


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.1 x 9.9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.339.a


subjects: Painting Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 4 x 10.4 cm (1 9/16 x 4 1/8 in.); overall: 20 x 13.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.57.b


title: Fragment

medium: compound twill weave, silk

country: Iran or Iraq

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran or iraq

credit_line: Fragment, 1420–1955. Iran or Iraq. Compound twill weave, silk; overall: 25.3 x 79 cm (9 15/16 x 31 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1968.225.b


title: Female Figurine

medium: pottery with traces of white and red pigment

subjects: Mesoamerica, mexico, guanajuato, chupícuaro

credit_line: Female Figurine, 400–100 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro. Pottery with traces of white and red pigment; overall: 7.9 x 4.4 x 1.8 cm (3 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.150


title: Desk Section of a Desk and Bookcase

medium: mahogany and pine, brass hardware, gilding

subjects: America, massachusetts, boston or vicinity

credit_line: Desk Section of a Desk and Bookcase, c. 1780. America, Massachusetts, Boston or vicinity. Mahogany and pine, brass hardware, gilding; overall: 241.9 x 106 x 56.5 cm (95 1/4 x 41 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Lawrence Hitchcock, 1990.96.a


title: Bookcase Section of a Desk and Bookcase

credit_line: Bookcase Section of a Desk and Bookcase, c. 1780. America, Massachusetts, Boston or vicinity. Mahogany and pine, brass hardware, gilding; overall: 241.9 x 106 x 56.5 cm (95 1/4 x 41 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Lawrence Hitchcock, 1990.96.b


title: Young Woman Reading

medium: embossed color lithograph

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Young Woman Reading, 1896. Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (French, 1856–1909). Embossed color lithograph; image: 16 x 22.8 cm (6 5/16 x 9 in.); sheet: 20 x 28.5 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.228


title: Doll

medium: Wood, kaolin, and paint

credit_line: Doll, 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio style, unknown artist. Wood, kaolin, and paint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry W. Langworthy, 1996.267.1


title: Set of Four Painted Characters

date: early 1900s

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

country: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

subjects:
Painting
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Set of Four Painted Characters, early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted; overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest, 1998.119


title: Painted Panel of Character "Whistle"

credit_line: Painted Panel of Character "Whistle" (소자도 [嘯字圖]), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted; overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest, 1998.119.3


medium: bronze

subjects: Cambodia, angkor wat style, 12th century

credit_line: One of a Pair of Decorated Palanquin Hooks and Rings, 1100–1175. Cambodia, Angkor Wat Style, 12th century. Bronze; overall: 52.6 x 34.2 x 23 cm (20 11/16 x 13 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.142.1


title: Château Interior

creator: V. Germain (French)

medium: pen and ink, watercolor, gouache with graphite underdrawing on heavy cream wove paper

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Château Interior, 1834. V. Germain (French). Pen and ink, watercolor, gouache with graphite underdrawing on heavy cream wove paper; sheet: 41.9 x 67.1 cm (16 1/2 x 26 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.1063


credit_line: A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.139


medium: gum tempera and gold on paper

credit_line: Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala, c. 1610. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 21.3 x 12.4 cm (8 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.156


title: Village on a River

medium: black chalk, with transparent and opaque watercolor in blue, green-blue, gray, and ochre, framing line in brown ink on antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland

credit_line: Village on a River, 1620–25. Jan Jansz den Uyl (Dutch, 1595/96–1639/40). Black chalk, with transparent and opaque watercolor in blue, green-blue, gray, and ochre, framing line in brown ink on antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink; sheet: 14.9 x 21 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.); matted: 16.8 x 21.9 x 0.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 3/16 in.); image: 10.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.14


title: Musical Scene

creator: Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590–1656)

medium: black ink wash over pen and brown ink and black chalk over graphite on gray-brown paper with white heightening, incised

credit_line: Musical Scene, 1625–55. Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590–1656). Black ink wash over pen and brown ink and black chalk over graphite on gray-brown paper with white heightening, incised; support: 23.3 x 26.8 x 0.3 cm (9 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 1/8 in.); image: 17.3 x 20.2 cm (6 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.6


title: A Party Picnicking Near a Village

medium: gouache on antique laid paper

country: France

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: A Party Picnicking Near a Village, c. 1760–70. Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1794). Gouache on antique laid paper; sheet: 12.2 x 16.8 cm (4 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.63


medium: albumen print

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Architecture
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai, 1858. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902). Albumen print; image: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); paper: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); mounted: 57.4 x 45.4 cm (22 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2020.211


medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

country: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

subjects:
Painting
Northern india, pahari kingdom

credit_line: Mercury (Budha), from a Mandi Astrology Series, c. 1810. Attributed to Sanju (Indian, active late 1700s–early 1800s). Gum tempera and gold on paper; 27 x 22.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Nancy and Wayne Hunnicutt, 2020.433


title: Allegory

creator: Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)

medium: color lithograph on wove paper

subjects: Mythology Print

credit_line: Love (Amour): Allegory, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 26.6 x 41 cm (10 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.); sheet: 41 x 53 cm (16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.2


creator: Coëtivy Master (French)

medium: Ink, tempera and gold on vellum

country: France, Paris

subjects:
Manuscript
France, pari

credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead Opening Prayers (recto); Psalm 5 (verso), c. 1460. Circle of Coëtivy Master (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; plate: 15.7 x 12.4 cm (6 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.); sheet: 19.4 x 14.4 cm (7 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.102


credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead Opening Prayers (recto), c. 1460. Circle of Coëtivy Master (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.102.a


creator: Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878)

medium: Porcelain with molded designs

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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

credit_line: Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 2.9 x 11.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.10


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.19


credit_line: Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.19.a


credit_line: Cover for a Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.19.b


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.20


credit_line: Cover for a Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.20.b


credit_line: Cover for a Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.21.b


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.27


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.28


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.29


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.34


title: Bowl with Chinese Landscape

creator: Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)

medium: porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze red

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Landscapes

credit_line: Bowl with Chinese Landscape, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze red; height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.153


title: Bowl with Pines

medium: porcelain with underglaze blue

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

credit_line: Bowl with Pines, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue; height: 9 x 18.7 cm (3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.164


title: Teapot with Chrysanthemums

credit_line: Teapot with Chrysanthemums, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelian with overglaze enamel and gold; height: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); width with handle: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.166


title: Teacups with a Hundred Sages

credit_line: Teacups with a Hundred Sages, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; height (each): 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); diameter (each): 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.169


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.169.2


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Floral Band Motif, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five cups; porcelain with incised decoration; overall: 4.5 x 8.5 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.173.3


title: Lid for an Incense Burner

medium: Floral openwork silver lid

credit_line: Lid for an Incense Burner, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Floral openwork silver lid. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.179.b


credit_line: Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design; overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.181.3


credit_line: Bowl from Nesting Bowls with Daoist Immortals, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Middle bowl from a set of three bowls; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 9.6 x 22.3 cm (3 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.185.2


credit_line: Teabowl from Teabowls with Peony and Crabapple, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five teabowls; porcelain with underglaze and overglaze color enamels and gold; overall: 5 x 8 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.186.4


title: Saucers

credit_line: Saucers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of ten saucers; porcelain with green glaze; height (each): 2.5 cm (1 in.); diameter (each): 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.187


title: Dish from Dishes with Ivy

credit_line: Dish from Dishes with Ivy, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with green glaze and molded designs; overall: 3.5 x 11 cm (1 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.190.4


title: Dish from Dishes with Ivy

credit_line: Dish from Dishes with Ivy, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with green glaze and molded designs; overall: 3.5 x 11 cm (1 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.190.5


title: Snow-Flake Side Dishes

credit_line: Snow-Flake Side Dishes, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of six dishes; porcelain with lobed rims and pink glaze; height (each): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); diameter (each): 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.194


title: Dish from Snow-Flake Side Dishes

credit_line: Dish from Snow-Flake Side Dishes, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six porcelain dishes; porcelain with lobed rims and pink glaze; overall: 5 x 13.5 cm (1 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.194.4


title: Dish from Snow-Flake Side Dishes

credit_line: Dish from Snow-Flake Side Dishes, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six porcelain dishes; porcelain with lobed rims and pink glaze; overall: 5 x 13.5 cm (1 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.194.5


creator: Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951)

credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Chinese Landscapes, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). One from a set of eleven teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 4 x 6.6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.202.1


title: Bowl with Old Pine and Poem

medium: Porcelain with molded and carved design

country: Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)

credit_line: Bowl with Old Pine and Poem, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with molded and carved design; height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); diameter: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.209


title: Sweets Bowl

medium: Porcelain with coral red glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
Corals & anemones

credit_line: Sweets Bowl, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with coral red glaze; height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.215


title: Cups

credit_line: Cups, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Set of five cups; porcelain with yellow glaze; height (each): 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217


title: Cup

medium: porcelain

credit_line: Cup, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217.5


title: Sake Cups with Dragons

credit_line: Sake Cups with Dragons, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; height (each): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); diameter (each): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239


title: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons

credit_line: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons, c. 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; overall: 5 x 4.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239.1


medium: Glass beads, sinew, hide, ceramic

credit_line: Ceremonial beadwork for a Xhosa royal woman: headdress (umnqwazi), pendant, breast cover (incebetha), pair of anklets (izitsaba), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads, sinew, hide, ceramic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2022.49


medium: Glass beads and sinew

credit_line: Royal ceremonial beadwork: anklet (izitsaba), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads and sinew; overall: 27.9 x 8.9 cm (11 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2022.49.e


title: Bowl

medium: silver: cast and carved

country: Roman, Imperial

subjects:
Metalwork
Roman, imperial

credit_line: Bowl, c. 100–300 CE. Roman, Imperial. Silver: cast and carved; diameter: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family, 2023.107


title: Portrait of John D. Rockefeller

creator: William C. North (American, 1814–1890)

medium: ambrotype, sixth plate

country: America

subjects: Photograph America Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of John D. Rockefeller, 1857–58. William C. North (American, 1814–1890). Ambrotype, sixth plate; overall: 9.5 x 8.3 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Stephan Loewentheil, 2023.130


title: Sleepless Night

medium: color lithograph

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Old Tales: Sleepless Night, 1893. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Color lithograph; image: 25.7 x 17.3 cm (10 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.); sheet: 32.4 x 24.8 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Terence D. Isakov & Joyce Isakov, 2023.145


title: Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms

creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

medium: etching and aquatint on Arches laid paper

credit_line: Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms, 1879–80. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Etching and aquatint on Arches laid paper; platemark: 15.9 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.); sheet: 21.6 x 30.5 cm (8 1/2 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.155


title: Jesse

creator: Veit Stoss (German, c. 1445–1533)

medium: Limewood, polychromed

country: Germany

subjects: Sculpture Germany

credit_line: Jesse, c. 1500. Veit Stoss (German, c. 1445–1533). Limewood, polychromed; overall: 38.5 x 98 x 26.5 cm (15 3/16 x 38 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2023.156


title: Sidi Hadji Abdurrahman Adja (1720–1792)

creator: Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821)

medium: graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper

country: England

subjects: Drawing England

credit_line: Sidi Hadji Abdurrahman Adja (1720–1792), 1786. Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821). Graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper; matted: 38.4 x 28.6 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.); sheet: 33.2 x 24.9 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.46


credit_line: Two Veiled Young Women, probably Lilla Amnani and Her Sister, 1786. Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821). Graphite, watercolor, red chalk on paper; matted: 38.1 x 29.7 cm (15 x 11 11/16 in.); sheet: 33 x 25.7 cm (13 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.47


title: Morning

creator: Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810)

medium: etching on heavy wove paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Times of Day: Morning, 1803–5. Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810). Etching on heavy wove paper; platemark: 72 x 47.9 cm (28 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.); sheet: 73 x 49.7 cm (28 3/4 x 19 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2024.2.1


title: Night

credit_line: Times of Day: Night, 1803–5. Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810). Etching on heavy wove paper; platemark: 72 x 48 cm (28 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.); sheet: 73.2 x 49.3 cm (28 13/16 x 19 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2024.2.4


title: Portrait of Eleanor Ramsay Fitzwilliam

subjects: Drawing France Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Eleanor Ramsay Fitzwilliam, c. 1790–1852. Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (French, 1770–1852). Black and white chalk on buff paper with pink wash in original frame; framed: 40.6 x 31.7 cm (16 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2024.35.2


title: Plum and Camellia in a Bronze Vase

credit_line: Plum and Camellia in a Bronze Vase (博古花卉圖), 1700–1750. Southeast China, Suzhou, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Multicolor woodblock print; ink and color on paper; 37.3 x 29.8 cm (14 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2025.127


title: Mother and Sons

credit_line: Mother and Sons (母子圖), 1736–95. Southeast China, Suzhou, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper; print only: 98.4 x 56.2 cm (38 3/4 x 22 1/8 in.); overall: 179 x 67.1 cm (70 1/2 x 26 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2025.23


title: Landscape

medium: Ink and color on paper

subjects: Painting Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape (산수도 [山水圖]), 1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) or Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ink and color on paper; overall: 182.6 x 74.2 cm (71 7/8 x 29 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.217


medium: silver

credit_line: Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander (obverse); Athena (reverse), 297–281 BCE. Greek, Macedonian, minted at Lysimachia (Thrake), reign of Lysimachos. Silver; diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.984


title: Box and Cover

medium: celadon

country: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

credit_line: Box and Cover (청자 상감 국화무늬 합 [靑磁象嵌菊文母子盒]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.423.a


title: Mirror with the Image of Avalokitesvara

medium: bronze with incised Buddhist designs

subjects:
Metalwork
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Mirror with the Image of Avalokitesvara (백동 관음보살 경상 [白銅觀音菩薩文鏡像]), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Bronze with incised Buddhist designs; overall: 15.7 x 13 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Director's Contingent Fund, 1918.531


creator: V. Catenacci

medium: bronze

country: 20th century

credit_line: Medal Depicting Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) from the Illustrious Men of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1830–34. V. Catenacci. Bronze; diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Jerome B. Zerbe, 1918.582


country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Three Crosses of the Crucifixion, 1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and burato (twined ground and darned in two directions); overall: 29.2 x 26 cm (11 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.746


title: Fragment with Floral Motif

subjects: Lace Spain Flowers

credit_line: Fragment with Floral Motif, 1600s–1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 14.6 x 15.1 cm (5 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.775


title: Fragment of Band with Vegetal Motifs

credit_line: Fragment of Band with Vegetal Motifs, 1600s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and cutwork insertion; overall: 31.5 x 55.6 cm (12 3/8 x 21 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.778


title: Temptation of Saint Anthony

creator: Luca Cambiaso (Italian, 1527–1585)

date: late 1570s

medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk

country: Italy

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: Temptation of Saint Anthony, late 1570s. Luca Cambiaso (Italian, 1527–1585). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; sheet: 40.1 x 28.1 cm (15 13/16 x 11 1/16 in.); secondary support: 52.2 x 36 cm (20 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.540


title: Man with a Fur Cap

medium: black chalk, stumped (and wetted?), with black chalk wash, heightened with white chalk

country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Drawing
Italy, venice

credit_line: Man with a Fur Cap, c. 1730/40s. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk, stumped (and wetted?), with black chalk wash, heightened with white chalk; sheet: 41.8 x 33.4 cm (16 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Margaret Huntington Smith McCarthy Fund, 1931.56


title: Head of a Young Man Wearing a Hat

date: before 1735

medium: black chalk heightened with white chalk, with stumping

credit_line: Head of a Young Man Wearing a Hat, before 1735. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk heightened with white chalk, with stumping; sheet: 39.3 x 32.2 cm (15 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Margaret Huntington Smith McCarthy Fund, 1931.58


title: Fragment of a furnishing textile

medium: Cotton, silk, dye

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery

credit_line: Fragment of a furnishing textile, 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; overall: 22.2 x 45.1 cm (8 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.422


subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy
Flowers

credit_line: Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns, 1700s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions), alternating reticella squares (open cutwork) and bobbin lace edging; overall: 196.7 x 130.6 cm (77 7/16 x 51 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.94


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 11.4 x 10.1 cm (4 1/2 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.122.b


credit_line: The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 6.6 x 10.2 cm (2 5/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.128.b


credit_line: The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the physician’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Nineteenth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 10.7 x 10 cm (4 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.140.a


subjects: Fish Painting

credit_line: Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 11.5 x 10.1 cm (4 1/2 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.163.a


credit_line: The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 12.5 x 10.1 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.169.b


credit_line: The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.8 x 10.1 cm (3 7/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.222.a


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.2 x 10.3 cm (3 5/8 x 4 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.248.a


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.9 x 10.1 cm (3 1/2 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.258.a


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.8 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.263.a


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.3 x 10.1 cm (3 1/4 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.268.a


credit_line: The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind husband and his hunchback guide on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.2 x 10.4 cm (3 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.271.a


credit_line: The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9.9 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.315.a


credit_line: The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his nurse upbraids his unfaithful mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.7 x 10 cm (3 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.340.a


title: Standing Buddha

medium: Kaolin

country: Burma (Myanmar)

subjects:
Sculpture
Burma (myanmar)

credit_line: Standing Buddha, c. 800s. Burma (Myanmar). Kaolin; overall: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.159


title: Female Figurine with Headdress

medium: pottery with traces of white and red pigment

subjects: Mesoamerica, central mexico, tlatilco, type d1

credit_line: Female Figurine with Headdress, 1200–900 BCE. Mesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco, type D1. Pottery with traces of white and red pigment; overall: 11.2 x 3.7 x 4.2 cm (4 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.137


title: Male Figurine

medium: pottery with white and red pigment

subjects: Mesoamerica, mexico, guanajuato, chupícuaro

credit_line: Male Figurine, 400–100 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro. Pottery with white and red pigment; overall: 8.9 x 4.2 x 2 cm (3 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.145


title: Female Figurine

medium: pottery with traces of white pigment

country: Mexico, Chupíuaro, Guanajuato

subjects:
Sculpture
Mexico, chupíuaro, guanajuato

credit_line: Female Figurine, 400–100 BCE. Mexico, Chupíuaro, Guanajuato. Pottery with traces of white pigment; overall: 6.2 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.146


title: Figurine

credit_line: Figurine, 400–100 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupícuaro. Pottery with traces of white and red pigment; overall: 6.6 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.147


title: Mace Head

medium: pecked and polished gray stone

country: Costa Rica

subjects:
Sculpture
Costa rica

credit_line: Mace Head, 300–500 CE. Costa Rica. Pecked and polished gray stone; overall: 4.2 x 7.3 x 13.6 cm (1 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.165


title: Architectural Model

date: 100 BCE–300 CE

medium: serpentine

country: Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala

subjects:
Architecture
Sculpture
Mesoamerica, mexico, guerrero, mezcala

credit_line: Architectural Model, 100 BCE–300 CE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala. Serpentine; overall: 4.9 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.188


title: Pair of Dolls

medium: Wood, kaolin, and paint

credit_line: Pair of Dolls, 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio style, unknown artist. Wood, kaolin, and paint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry W. Langworthy, 1996.267


title: Painted Panel of Character "Dragon"

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

country: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

subjects:
Painting
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Painted Panel of Character "Dragon" (용 글자도 [龍字圖]), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted; overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest, 1998.119.2


title: Lidded Vessel with Loop Handles

date: 300–1 BCE

medium: earthenware, with impressed, paddled, and incised decoration and red slip

country: Korea, Iron Age (c. 300–57 BCE)

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, iron age (c. 300–57 bce)
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Lidded Vessel with Loop Handles (뚜껑있는 토기 호 [有蓋土器壺]), 300–1 BCE. Korea, Iron Age (c. 300–57 BCE). Earthenware, with impressed, paddled, and incised decoration and red slip; diameter of base: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); with cover: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Kang Collection of Korean Art in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.228.a


title: Crazy Quilt

creator: Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911)

medium: silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer

country: America, New York, Watertown, 19th century

subjects: America, new york, watertown, 19th century

credit_line: Crazy Quilt, c. 1887–1900. Louisa Joiner (American, 1844–1911). Silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer; overall: 186.7 x 182.9 cm (73 1/2 x 72 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Morrisey, 2000.63


title: En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Kōki)

medium: wood and paint

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (Kōki), 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood and paint; overall: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi, 2012.73.c


medium: gum tempera on paper

country: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

subjects:
Painting
Northern india, pahari kingdom

credit_line: A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series, c. 1700–1710. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera on paper; page: 21.2 x 18.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.); image: 18.1 x 16.4 cm (7 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.110


title: The Hammock

creator: James Tissot (French, 1836–1902)

medium: etching and drypoint on antique laid paper

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Hammock, 1880. James Tissot (French, 1836–1902). Etching and drypoint on antique laid paper; image: 27.7 x 18.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.); sheet: 35 x 20.1 cm (13 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Elizabeth Shearer, 2018.301


creator: Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

medium: pastel and charcoal on beige paper

country: France

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso), c. 1891–92 (recto); c. 1887–89 (verso). Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Pastel and charcoal on beige paper; sheet: 34.8 x 27.2 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William Kelly Simpson, 2018.77


medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

credit_line: An amorous couple, probably Raja Mahendra Pal of Basohli with a favorite queen, c. 1810. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 18.5 x 12.1 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.); page: 21.6 x 15 cm (8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.84


title: Wooded Landscape

creator: Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, 1609/10–1690)

date: after 1648

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Wooded Landscape, after 1648. Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, 1609/10–1690). Charcoal applied wet, brush and black and brown and white washes; black ink framing line on antique brown laid paper; support: 34.9 x 53 cm (13 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.); matted: 42.9 x 60.5 x 0.6 cm (16 7/8 x 23 13/16 x 1/4 in.); image: 28.8 x 46.3 cm (11 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.16


title: View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass.

creator: Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)

medium: lithograph

country: America

subjects: Print America

credit_line: View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass., 1835–36. Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865). Lithograph; sheet: 47.8 x 62.2 cm (18 13/16 x 24 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Stephen Dull, 2019.165


medium: Photochrom

country: India, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
India, 19th century

credit_line: India. Benares. Aurangzeb's Mosque, after a photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck, c. 1890–1910. Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910). Photochrom; image: 20.5 x 26.7 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.); paper: 20.5 x 26.7 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 25.4 x 29.8 cm (10 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, 2019.185


title: Justice

creator: Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99–1546)

medium: pen and brown ink and wash within brown ink and red chalk framing lines

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: Justice, 1530–34. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99–1546). Pen and brown ink and wash within brown ink and red chalk framing lines; sheet: 18 x 9.8 cm (7 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 2021.1


title: On the Pale Silver Sofa

creator: Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)

medium: color lithograph on wove paper

credit_line: Love (Amour): On the Pale Silver Sofa, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 40.3 x 28.6 cm (15 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.); sheet: 53.1 x 40.3 cm (20 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.11


title: Life Becomes Precious, Discreet

credit_line: Love (Amour): Life Becomes Precious, Discreet, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 27.2 x 40.3 cm (10 11/16 x 15 7/8 in.); sheet: 39.1 x 53 cm (15 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.12


title: Morning Bouquet, Tears

credit_line: Love (Amour): Morning Bouquet, Tears, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 38.3 x 28.5 cm (15 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.); sheet: 52.8 x 40.6 cm (20 13/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.4


title: It Was a Religious Mystery

credit_line: Love (Amour): It Was a Religious Mystery, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 41.4 x 29.5 cm (16 5/16 x 11 5/8 in.); sheet: 53.5 x 40.6 cm (21 1/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.5


creator: Coëtivy Master (French)

medium: Ink, tempera and gold on vellum

country: France, Paris

subjects:
Manuscript
France, pari

credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead with Psalm 5 (verso), c. 1460. Circle of Coëtivy Master (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.102.b


creator: Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878)

medium: Porcelain with molded designs

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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

credit_line: Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.20.a


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.21


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.22


credit_line: Cover for a Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.22.b


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.23


credit_line: Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.23.a


credit_line: Cover for a Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.23.b


credit_line: Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.24.a


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.30


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.31


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.32


credit_line: Medium-sized Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 3.2 x 16.4 cm (1 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.9


title: Roller Ends for Hanging Scroll

creator: Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)

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

credit_line: Roller Ends for Hanging Scroll, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Pair of hanging scroll roller ends; porcelain with green glaze; length (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); diameter (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.152


title: Sake Pourer

medium: Porcelain

country: Japan

subjects: Ceramic Japan

credit_line: Sake Pourer, c. 1887. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.157.a


credit_line: Crane Sake Pourer from Sake Pourers with Crane and Tortoises, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One of a pair of sake flasks; porcelain with overglaze color enamel; overall: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.159.1


credit_line: Tortoises Sake Pourer from Sake Pourers with Crane and Tortoises, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One of a pair of sake flasks; porcelain with overglaze color enamel; overall: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.159.2


title: Water Cooler with Pines

credit_line: Water Cooler with Pines, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze blue and molded designs; 5 x 7.5 x 11 cm (1 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.163


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.169.1


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with a Hundred Sages, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.169.4


title: Teacups with Floral Band Motif

credit_line: Teacups with Floral Band Motif, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of five teacups; porcelain with incised decoration; height (each): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); diameter (each): 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.173


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Floral Band Motif, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five cups; porcelain with incised decoration; overall: 4.5 x 8.5 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.173.2


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Floral Band Motif, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five cups; porcelain with incised decoration; overall: 4.5 x 8.5 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.173.4


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Floral Band Motif, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five cups; porcelain with incised decoration; overall: 4.5 x 8.5 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.173.5


title: Brazier with Coins Motif

credit_line: Brazier with Coins Motif, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide designs and crackling; height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.175


title: Teapot with Ruyi Motifs

credit_line: Teapot with Ruyi Motifs, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded design and iron handles; height: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); width with spout: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); diameter: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.176


title: Lid for a Teapot with Ruyi Motifs

credit_line: Lid for a Teapot with Ruyi Motifs, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with molded design and iron handles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.176.b


title: Incense Burner with Flowers and Dots

credit_line: Incense Burner with Flowers and Dots, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with creamy white translucent glaze and molded and incised design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.180.a


credit_line: Teabowl from Teabowls with Peony and Crabapple, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five teabowls; porcelain with underglaze and overglaze color enamels and gold; overall: 5 x 8 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.186.2


title: Flower Vase with Floral Scroll

credit_line: Flower Vase with Floral Scroll, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with underglaze colors and green glaze; 24.5 x 12 cm (9 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.192


title: Dish from Snow-Flake Side Dishes

credit_line: Dish from Snow-Flake Side Dishes, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six porcelain dishes; porcelain with lobed rims and pink glaze; overall: 5 x 13.5 cm (1 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.194.1


creator: Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Landscapes

credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Chinese Landscapes, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). One from a set of eleven teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 4 x 6.6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.202.2


title: Teapot with Bamboo

country: Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, taishō period (1912–26)

credit_line: Teapot with Bamboo, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with underglaze blue, molded decoration and metal handle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.203.a


medium: lacquered wood

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taishō period (1912–26)

subjects:
Seaweed & algae
Ceramic
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Lid for a Water Container with Shell and Seaweed, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Lacquered wood. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.212.b


title: Dish from Dishes with Shells

subjects:
Ceramic
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Dish from Dishes with Shells, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with blue glaze, iron oxide, and molded design; height: 2.5 cm (1 in.); diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.213.5


title: Sake Pourers

country: Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)

credit_line: Sake Pourers, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Pair of sake pourers; porcelain with yellow glaze and bamboo handles; height (each): 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); diameter (each): 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.216


title: Sake Pourer

medium: Porcelain with yellow glaze

credit_line: Sake Pourer, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain with yellow glaze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.216.1.a


title: Cup

medium: porcelain

credit_line: Cup, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217.3


title: Cup

credit_line: Cup, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217.4


title: Dining Bowl

medium: Porcelain with green glaze

credit_line: Dining Bowl, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porcelain with green glaze; height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.231


title: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons

credit_line: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons, c. 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; overall: 5 x 4.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239.4


title: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons

credit_line: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons, c. 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; overall: 5 x 4.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239.6


medium: Stoneware with overglaze color enamels

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Ceramic
China, ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Flowers

credit_line: Bowl with Auspicious Ideographs and Floral Motifs, 1600s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Stoneware with overglaze color enamels; height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.243


medium: Glass beads, hide, and sinew

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Royal ceremonial beadwork: breast cover (incebetha), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads, hide, and sinew; overall: 94 x 29.8 cm (37 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2022.49.b


title: Landscape with Tharandt Castle Ruins

creator: Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734–1816)

country: Switzerland

subjects: Print Switzerland Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape with Tharandt Castle Ruins, c. 1800. Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734–1816). Hand-colored and sepia toned etching on wove paper; support: 42.5 x 56 cm (16 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.); matted: 45.7 x 61.3 cm (18 x 24 1/8 in.); image: 31.1 x 44.5 cm (12 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2023.118


title: Times of Day

medium: Set of four etchings

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Times of Day, 1803–05. Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810). Set of four etchings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2024.2


title: Evening

medium: etching on heavy wove paper

credit_line: Times of Day: Evening, 1803–5. Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810). Etching on heavy wove paper; platemark: 71.6 x 47.9 cm (28 3/16 x 18 7/8 in.); sheet: 72.2 x 49 cm (28 7/16 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2024.2.3


title: Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain Flowers

credit_line: Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif, 1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); overall: 30.1 x 37.6 cm (11 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.745


title: Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif, 1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); overall: 18.5 x 15.3 cm (7 5/16 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.750


title: Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif

date: 1700s or early 1800s

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif, 1700s or early 1800s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); overall: 20 x 23 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.753


creator: Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927)

medium: bronze

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836), 1911. Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927). Bronze; overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock, 1919.99


title: Fragment with Wide Circular Pattern

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy

credit_line: Fragment with Wide Circular Pattern, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, mezza mandolina; overall: 11.4 x 17.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1125


title: Lace Border with Battle Scene

country: Russia

subjects: Lace Russia

credit_line: Lace Border with Battle Scene, 1700s. Russia. Linen; needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging; overall: 61.1 x 192.5 cm (24 1/16 x 75 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.596


title: Flight into Egypt

medium: black, white and gray gouache; framing lines in black chalk

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Drawing
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: Flight into Egypt, 1740s?. Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667–1749). Black, white and gray gouache; framing lines in black chalk; sheet: 32.5 x 20 cm (12 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.); image: 30.5 x 18.1 cm (12 x 7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1948.13


title: Covered Vase (one of a pair)

medium: jasper ware with relief decoration

country: England, Staffordshire

subjects:
Ceramic
England, staffordshire

credit_line: Covered Vase (one of a pair), c. 1850. Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, est. 1759). Jasper ware with relief decoration; overall: 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Sherwin, 1951.300


title: Candelabrum

date: 100–1 BCE

country: Italy, Roman

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, roman

credit_line: Candelabrum, 100–1 BCE. Italy, Roman. Bronze; overall: 137.4 cm (54 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.11


title: Soap Box and Sponge Box Set

medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

country: France, Sèvres

subjects:
Ceramic
France, sèvre

credit_line: Soap Box and Sponge Box Set, 1769. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Antoine-Toussaint Cornaille (French, 1735–1812). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 11.5 x 9.1 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1953.635


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 13.2 x 10.1 cm (5 3/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.175.b


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 9 x 10.1 cm (3 9/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.243.a


credit_line: The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.9 x 10.1 cm (3 1/2 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.268.b


credit_line: The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 7.9 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.321.b


title: Painted Panel of Character "Tiger"

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

country: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

subjects:
Painting
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

credit_line: Painted Panel of Character "Tiger" (호랑이 글자도 [虎字圖]), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted; overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest, 1998.119.1


title: Lidded Vessel with Loop Handles (lid)

medium: earthenware, with impressed, paddled, and incised decoration and red slip

country: Korea, Iron Age (c. 300–57 BCE)

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, iron age (c. 300–57 bce)
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Lidded Vessel with Loop Handles (lid) (뚜껑있는 토기 호 [有蓋土器壺]), 300–1 BCE. Korea, Iron Age (c. 300–57 BCE). Earthenware, with impressed, paddled, and incised decoration and red slip. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Kang Collection of Korean Art in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.228.b


title: Wine Cup (pair)

medium: brass

country: North Korea, Yochon

subjects:
Metalwork
North korea, yochon

credit_line: Wine Cup (pair) (유기잔 [鍮器盞]), 1900s. North Korea, Yochon. Brass; diameter of mouth: 2.9 x 6.2 cm (1 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry B. Andrews, 2000.1001


country: Iran

subjects: Manuscript Iran Roses

credit_line: Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291), calligraphy: c. 1475–1500; border: c. 1550. Calligraphy by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi (Iranian, 1430–1520). Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., 2006.147


title: Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì)

date: late 1800s–early 1900s

subjects:
Sculpture
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood, copper alloy, iron alloy, lead, glass beads, cowrie shells, twine, and pigment; overall: 25.6 x 18.8 x 5.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Kim Sherwin, 2016.9


country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Two Dolls or Puppets Sitting on Cushions, c. 1870–80. Henri Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819–1916). Watercolor with graphite underdrawing on heavily textured wove paper; sheet: 38.6 x 28.5 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.1061


credit_line: Prince Mathu Singh of Jatoli on a Blue Horse Riding to Udaipur, c. 1720. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar or Jatoli. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 27.7 x 23.8 cm (10 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.); miniature: 21.9 x 18.1 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.164


creator: Nicolaus Knupfer (Dutch, 1603–1655)

medium: pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland

credit_line: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, c. 1650. Nicolaus Knupfer (Dutch, 1603–1655). Pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink; support: 50.3 x 38.7 cm (19 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.); matted: 53 x 39.5 x 0.6 cm (20 7/8 x 15 9/16 x 1/4 in.); image: 33.5 x 27.8 cm (13 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.8


title: An African Woman, after Eva Gonzalès

medium: zinc etching and aquatint

credit_line: An African Woman, after Eva Gonzalès, c. 1888. Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846–1897), after Eva Gonzalès (French, 1849–1883). Zinc etching and aquatint; platemark: 26.8 x 28.6 cm (10 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.); sheet: 46.7 x 34.3 cm (18 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bernard Derroitte in honor of Margaret and Peter Dobbins, 2020.241


title: Coffee Urn

creator: Samuel Kirk (American, 1793–1872)

medium: Silver, ivory

country: America

subjects: Silver America

credit_line: Coffee Urn, c. 1843. Samuel Kirk (American, 1793–1872). Silver, ivory; overall: 45 x 26.5 x 22 cm (17 11/16 x 10 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Victoire Rankin in honor of Stephen Harrison's great service, 2021.121.a


title: Love

medium: 13 color lithographs

credit_line: Love, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). 13 color lithographs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170


title: The Knight Did Not Die in the Crusade

medium: color lithograph on wove paper

credit_line: Love (Amour): The Knight Did Not Die in the Crusade, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 38.5 x 27.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.); sheet: 53 x 40.2 cm (20 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.6


title: And It Is the Caress of Her Hands

credit_line: Love (Amour): And It Is the Caress of Her Hands, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph on wove paper; image: 38.4 x 28.7 cm (15 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.); sheet: 53.5 x 40.3 cm (21 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull, 2021.170.9


medium: Porcelain with molded designs

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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

credit_line: Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 2.9 x 11.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.12


credit_line: Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 2.9 x 11.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.13


credit_line: Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 2.9 x 11.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.14


credit_line: Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 2.9 x 11.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.15


credit_line: Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 2.9 x 11.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.16


credit_line: Medium-sized Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 3.2 x 16.4 cm (1 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.2


credit_line: Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.21.a


credit_line: Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.22.a


credit_line: Covered Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 7.5 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.24


credit_line: Cover for a Bowl from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.25.b


credit_line: Medium-sized Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 3.2 x 16.4 cm (1 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.3


credit_line: Drinking Cup from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 6.7 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.33


credit_line: Medium-sized Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms and Cracked-Ice, c. 1875–78. Seifū Yohei II (Japanese, 1844–1878). Porcelain with molded designs; overall: 3.2 x 16.4 cm (1 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.150.4


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

credit_line: Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design; overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.181.1


credit_line: Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design; overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.181.2


credit_line: Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design; overall: 10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.181.4


credit_line: Bowl from Nesting Bowls with Daoist Immortals, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Inner bowl from a set of three bowls; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 8.5 x 20.2 cm (3 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.185.1


credit_line: Teabowl from Teabowls with Peony and Crabapple, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five teabowls; porcelain with underglaze and overglaze color enamels and gold; overall: 5 x 8 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.186.5


title: Saucers with Matching Shells

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Saucers with Matching Shells, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Pair of dishes; porcelain with green glaze and crackling, molded design; height (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); width (each): 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.189


title: Dish from Dishes with Matching Shells

credit_line: Dish from Dishes with Matching Shells, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One of a pair of dishes; porcelain with celadon glaze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.189.2


title: Dishes with Ivy

credit_line: Dishes with Ivy, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Set of five dishes; porcelain with green glaze and molded design; height (each): 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); diameter (each): 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.190


title: Dish from Dishes with Ivy

credit_line: Dish from Dishes with Ivy, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with green glaze and molded designs; overall: 3.5 x 11 cm (1 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.190.2


title: Dish from Dishes with Ivy

credit_line: Dish from Dishes with Ivy, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of five dishes; porcelain with green glaze and molded designs; overall: 3.5 x 11 cm (1 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.190.3


subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, meiji period (1868–1912)
Landscapes

credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Chinese Landscapes, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). One from a set of eleven teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 4 x 6.6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.202.3


credit_line: Teacup from Teacups with Chinese Landscapes, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). One from a set of eleven teacups; porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 4 x 6.6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.202.4


title: Cup

medium: porcelain

country: Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) or Shōwa period (1926–89)

credit_line: Cup, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217.1


title: Cup

credit_line: Cup, 1914–46. Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951). Porcelain; overall: 6.5 x 9 cm (2 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.217.2


title: Flower Vase

medium: Porecelain with green glaze

credit_line: Flower Vase, 1912–14. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Porecelain with green glaze; height: 35.5 cm (14 in.); diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.233


title: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons

credit_line: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons, c. 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; overall: 5 x 4.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239.2


title: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons

credit_line: Cup from Sake Cups with Dragons, c. 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). One from a set of six sake cups; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron oxide rims; overall: 5 x 4.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.239.5


title: Persian Flowers

medium: etching

country: France

subjects: Print France Flowers

credit_line: Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.8 x 21.1 cm (12 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.); sheet: 43 x 29 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2022.250.1


title: Royal ceremonial beadwork: pendant

medium: Glass beads, sinew, and ceramic

credit_line: Royal ceremonial beadwork: pendant, 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads, sinew, and ceramic; overall: 22.9 x 7.3 cm (9 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2022.49.c


title: Portrait of Georges Arnold Fitzwilliam

subjects: Drawing France Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Georges Arnold Fitzwilliam, c. 1790–1852. Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin (French, 1770–1852). Black and white chalk on buff paper with pink wash in original frame; framed: 40.6 x 31.7 cm (16 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2024.35.1


title: Covered Cup

creator: Armand Point (French, 1861–1932)

medium: gilt copper alloy, enamel, amethysts, emeralds, ruby, pearls

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Covered Cup, c. 1897–99. Armand Point (French, 1861–1932). Gilt copper alloy, enamel, amethysts, emeralds, ruby, pearls; overall: 32.2 x 16 cm (12 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2025.135


title: Urn

medium: earthenware, terracotta, impressed and incised

country: Japan, Jōmon period (c. 10,500–300 BCE)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, jōmon period (c. 10,500–300 bce)

credit_line: Urn (深鉢形土器), c. 2000 BCE. Japan, Jōmon period (c. 10,500–300 BCE). Earthenware, terracotta, impressed and incised; diameter: 33 cm (13 in.); overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1960.196


title: Enthroned Virgin and Child

medium: ivory

credit_line: Enthroned Virgin and Child, c. 1250. Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Gothic period, 13th century. Ivory; with base: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); without base: 13.4 x 9.6 x 6.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, 1928.760


medium: enameled gold

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Hat Jewel Depicting the Adoration of the Magi, c. 1540. France. Enameled gold; diameter: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1938.428


title: Pair of Firedogs

creator: Jacques Caffieri (French, 1678–1755)

medium: gilt bronze

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
France

credit_line: Pair of Firedogs, 1752. Jacques Caffieri (French, 1678–1755). Gilt bronze; overall: 44.2 x 54.6 x 14 cm (17 3/8 x 21 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.799


title: Ladybird Beetle Pillbox

creator: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)

medium: gold, enamel, diamonds

country: Russia, St. Petersburg

subjects:
Russia, st. petersburg
Beetles

credit_line: Ladybird Beetle Pillbox, 1896–1903. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903). Gold, enamel, diamonds; overall: 2.1 x 5 x 3.5 cm (13/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.465


title: Pendant

medium: cast gold

subjects: Panama, international style, 5th-7th century

credit_line: Pendant, 400–700. Panama, International Style, 5th-7th century. Cast gold; overall: 2.4 x 2.3 cm (15/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1949.11


title: Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing

medium: Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution

subjects: Iran, kashan, safavid period (1501-1722)

credit_line: Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550–99. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution; mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.499


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: France, Lorraine

subjects:
Manuscript
France, lorraine

credit_line: Miniatures from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse, c. 1295. France, Lorraine. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.2 x 14.7 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1983.73


title: A Scholar's Retreat amid Autumn Trees

creator: Wang Fu (Chinese, 1362–1416)

medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Painting
China, ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Trees

credit_line: A Scholar's Retreat amid Autumn Trees (秋林書舍圖), c. 1403. Wang Fu (Chinese, 1362–1416). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting: 58.1 x 26.8 cm (22 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.); overall with knobs: 180 x 47 cm (70 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1997.98


title: The Birth of Venus

creator: Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486–1527)

medium: engraving

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: The Birth of Venus , c. 1516. Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486–1527), after Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Engraving; sheet: 26.3 x 17.5 cm (10 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1923.1101


country: France, Paris

subjects:
Manuscript
France, pari

credit_line: Fragment from a Lectern Bible: Initial E[t fecit Josias] with Josiah Aspersing the Altar, c. 1300. Circle of Master Honoré (French, Paris, active 1288–1300). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.5 x 8 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1924.428


creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: woodcut

country: Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, late 15th-early 16th century

credit_line: The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1497. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1928.635


title: The Whirlpools of Awa

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

medium: Triptych of color woodblock prints

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: The Whirlpools of Awa, 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 38.4 x 25.8 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore, 1930.183


subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Italy

credit_line: Ornamental Panel: Triton Ridden by a Child, c. 1505–15. Giovanni Pietro da Birago (Italian, active c. 1471–1513). Engraving; image: 53.4 x 7.8 cm (21 x 3 1/16 in.); platemark: 53.9 x 9.1 cm (21 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1930.582


creator: William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

medium: wood engraving

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Print
England, 19th century

credit_line: The Pastorals of Virgil, Eclogue I:  The Shepherd Chases away a Wolf, 1821. William Blake (British, 1757–1827). Wood engraving; image: 3.5 x 7.4 cm (1 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1934.146


title: The Dock of Deauville

creator: Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

medium: oil on wood panel

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Dock of Deauville, 1891. Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898). Oil on wood panel; framed: 80.5 x 116 x 10 cm (31 11/16 x 45 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.); unframed: 46.7 x 37.8 cm (18 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.165


creator: Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720)

medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray and blue wash over graphite; squared in graphite (two figures in the foreground); framing lines in brown ink

country: Flanders

subjects: Drawing Flander

credit_line: Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto); Cartouche (verso), 1664. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray and blue wash over graphite; squared in graphite (two figures in the foreground); framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 38.7 x 49 cm (15 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1943.257


title: Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress

creator: André Pujos (French, 1738–1788)

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Portrait miniature
France
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress, 1783. André Pujos (French, 1738–1788). Watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame; diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); diameter of frame: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1943.650


country: Bohemia or Silesia, 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Bohemia or silesia, 15th century

credit_line: Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion, c. 1480. Bohemia or Silesia, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 22.9 x 15.9 cm (9 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1949.205


creator: Bartolomeo da Gallarate (Italian)

medium: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

country: Italy, Lombardy, 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, lombardy, 15th century

credit_line: Initial T from a Choral Book with Isaac and Esau, c. 1460–70. Bartolomeo da Gallarate (Italian). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 18 x 16 cm (7 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1949.535


subjects: Northeastern france, cambrai, 13th century

credit_line: Partial Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial I[n principio] with the Marriage at Cana, c. 1260–1270. Northeastern France, Cambrai, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 42 x 15.3 cm (16 9/16 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.565


title: The Death of the Virgin

country: Germany, early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin, 1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.18


title: Joachim and the Angel

credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: Joachim and the Angel, c. 1504. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.3


title: With the Dot

creator: Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940)

medium: pen and black ink

country: Germany, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 20th century

credit_line: With the Dot, 1916. Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940). Pen and black ink; sheet: 12.4 x 14.5 cm (4 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); secondary support: 12.4 x 14.5 cm (4 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); tertiary support: 24.4 x 31.9 cm (9 5/8 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.50


title: Figure from a Crèche: Youthful Magus

medium: painted wood and terracotta with various textiles

subjects: Italy, naples, late 18th-early 19th century

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Youthful Magus, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 36.1 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.12


title: Figure from a Crèche: Virgin Mary

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Virgin Mary, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.13


title: Figure from a Crèche: Joseph

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Joseph, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.14


title: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.16


title: Figure from a Crèche

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 31.4 cm (12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.2


title: Figure from a Crèche: Piper

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Piper, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.3


title: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 26.9 cm (10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.4


title: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.5


credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Attendant of the Magi, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.7


credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Attendant of the Magi, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 36.1 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.9


title: Interior of a Butcher Shop

medium: charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Interior of a Butcher Shop, c. 1881. Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844–1925). Charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support); sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); secondary support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Muriel S. Butkin, 1978.131


title: Circus Horses

medium: oil on canvas

country: America, Ohio, Cleveland

subjects:
Painting
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: Circus Horses, 1933. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904–2000). Oil on canvas; framed: 75.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm (29 7/8 x 40 x 1 in.); unframed: 66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lillian M. Kern, 1980.302


title: Composition

creator: Jaromír Funke (Czech, 1896–1945)

medium: gelatin silver print, silver bromide, photogram

country: Czechoslovakia, 20th century

subjects:
Photograph
Czechoslovakia, 20th century

credit_line: Composition, 1927–1929. Jaromír Funke (Czech, 1896–1945). Gelatin silver print, silver bromide, photogram; image: 38.2 x 27.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1986.38


title: Singing Guitarist (recto)

creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

medium: pen and black ink over charcoal

credit_line: Singing Guitarist (recto), 1855–60. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879). Pen and black ink over charcoal; sheet: 33.9 x 21.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1991.59.a


title: Statuette of Kneeling King

medium: bronze, solid cast

credit_line: Statuette of Kneeling King, 304–30 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Bronze, solid cast; overall: 4.2 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); with tang: 12.7 cm (5 in.); without tang: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.575


title: Double-Sided Votive Relief

medium: limestone

credit_line: Double-Sided Votive Relief, 305–30 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Limestone; overall: 8.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.666


medium: painted wood

subjects: Egypt, late period (715–332 bce), dynasty 25

credit_line: Covered Box for Shawabtys of Ditamenpaankh, 715–656 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25. Painted wood; overall: 29.7 x 15.4 cm (11 11/16 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.718.1


title: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh

medium: terracotta

credit_line: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, 715–656 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 6 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (2 3/8 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.718.10


title: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh

credit_line: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, 715–656 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 6.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.718.100


title: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh

credit_line: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, 715–656 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 6.9 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm (2 11/16 x 1 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.718.101


title: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh

credit_line: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, c. 715–656 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 6.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm (2 5/8 x 1 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.718.102