title: Saint Jerome

creator: Ulocrino (Italian)

country: Italy, Padua?, 16th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, padua , 16th century

credit_line: Saint Jerome, 1500s. Cast after a model by Ulocrino (Italian). Bronze; overall: 8 x 5.1 cm (3 1/8 x 2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp, 1969.135


title: Celt-Shaped Pendant

date: c. 300 BCE–600 CE

medium: jadeite

country: Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region

subjects:
Jewelry
Costa rica, southern nicoya region

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: Celt-Shaped Pendant, c. 300 BCE–600 CE. Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region. Jadeite; overall: 15.2 x 5.4 cm (6 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund, 1972.4


title: Angel from an Architectural Reliquary

medium: gilt bronze

subjects: Franco-netherland or paris, 15th century

credit_line: Angel from an Architectural Reliquary, c. 1400. Franco-Netherlands or Paris, 15th century. Gilt bronze; overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, 1972.74


medium: gilded bronze

credit_line: Almond-Shaped Seal: Coronation of the Virgin with a Kneeling Monk, 1300s. England or Germany, Gothic period, 14th century. Gilded bronze; overall: 3.9 x 2.6 cm (1 9/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Herbert F. Leisy in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, 1974.12


title: Harness Pendant

medium: gilded copper, champlevé enamel

country: France, Gothic period, 13th century

subjects:
Enamel
France, gothic period, 13th century

credit_line: Harness Pendant, 1200s. France, Gothic period, 13th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 10.2 x 9 cm (4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Given in memory of Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch by his daughter, Helena Simkhovitch, 1976.169


title: Seal of Doge Michele Steno (obverse)

medium: repousé gold over a core of wax and resin

country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Metalwork
Italy, venice

credit_line: Seal of Doge Michele Steno (obverse), 1400–1409. Italy, Venice. Repousé gold over a core of wax and resin; diameter: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.198.a


title: Seal of Doge Michele Steno (reverse)

medium: repoussé gold over a core of wax and resin

credit_line: Seal of Doge Michele Steno (reverse), 1400–1409. Italy, Venice. Repoussé gold over a core of wax and resin; diameter: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.198.b


title: Vase with Peonies and Five Spouts

medium: green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware with incised decoration, Yue ware

credit_line: Vase with Peonies and Five Spouts, 900s–1000s. China, Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware with incised decoration, Yue ware; diameter: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); overall: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.270


title: Tall Beaker with Prunts (Stangenglas)

date: late 1400s

medium: green glass

country: Germany, late 15th century

subjects:
Glass
Germany, late 15th century

credit_line: Tall Beaker with Prunts (Stangenglas), late 1400s. Germany, late 15th century. Green glass; overall: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1991.15


title: Pot with Cover

date: 100s CE

medium: tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip

subjects: Rhenish (cologne), gallo-roman, 2nd century

credit_line: Pot with Cover, 100s CE. Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd century. Tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip; diameter: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); lid: 2.2 x 9.8 cm (7/8 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.127.a


title: Dish with Splashes of Green

medium: Earthenware with overglaze design

country: Iraq, Basra, Abbasid period (750–1258)

subjects:
Ceramic
Iraq, basra, abbasid period (750–1258)

credit_line: Dish with Splashes of Green, 830–900. Iraq, Basra, Abbasid period (750–1258). Earthenware with overglaze design; diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1915.304


title: Belt Buckle and Tab

medium: iron with silver overlay

country: Frankish, Migration period

subjects:
Jewelry
Frankish, migration period

credit_line: Belt Buckle and Tab, 600s. Frankish, Migration period. Iron with silver overlay; overall: 10.2 x 5.9 cm (4 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1919.1009


title: Belt Buckle

credit_line: Belt Buckle, 600s. Frankish, Migration period. Iron with silver overlay; overall: 10.2 x 5.9 cm (4 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1919.1009.a


title: Figurine Head Fragment

medium: ceramic, pigment

subjects: Central mexico, teotihuacán, classic period

credit_line: Figurine Head Fragment, 150–350 CE. Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period. Ceramic, pigment; diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); overall: 9.2 x 8.5 cm (3 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward B. Greene, 1921.1709


title: Wearing Blanket

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Wearing Blanket, c. 1875–80. America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo (Dine), female artist. Wool (handspun, Germantown, and bayeta): tapestry weave; overall: 117.5 x 152.5 cm (46 1/4 x 60 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.556


title: Wearing Blanket

date: late 1800s

medium: Wool (handspun): tapestry weave

credit_line: Wearing Blanket, late 1800s. Native North American, Southwest, Navajo (Dine), woman artist. Wool (handspun): tapestry weave; overall: 181 x 134.6 cm (71 1/4 x 53 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Harriet E. McBride, 1921.948


title: Quatrilobed Plaque: The Annunciation

medium: translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver

country: Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century

subjects:
Enamel
Spain, catalonia , 14th century

credit_line: Quatrilobed Plaque: The Annunciation, c. 1350–1400. Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century. Translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver; overall: 8.3 x 8.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1922.312.1


credit_line: Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross, c. 1350–1400. Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century. Translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver; overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1922.312.2


title: Ornamental Plaque

medium: champlevé enamel, glass paste stones, and gilding on copper

country: Italy, Tuscany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Enamel
Italy, tuscany

credit_line: Ornamental Plaque, c. 1380–1400. Italy, Tuscany. Champlevé enamel, glass paste stones, and gilding on copper; overall: 11.2 x 7.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1923.916.1


title: Ornamental Plaque

credit_line: Ornamental Plaque, c. 1380–1400. Italy, Tuscany. Champlevé enamel, glass paste stones, and gilding on copper; overall: 11.2 x 7.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1923.916.2


title: Ornamental Plaque

credit_line: Ornamental Plaque, c. 1380–1400. Italy, Tuscany. Champlevé enamel, glass paste stones, and gilding on copper; overall: 11.2 x 7.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1923.916.4


title: Tumbler

medium: zwischengoldglas (glass)

country: Bohemia

subjects: Glass Bohemia

credit_line: Tumbler, c. 1730. Bohemia. Zwischengoldglas (glass); diameter: 9 x 7.7 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift of Paul Drey, 1941.59


title: Benediction Cross

medium: black schist, gold, silver

subjects: Byzantium, byzantine period, 13th-15th century

credit_line: Benediction Cross, 1200s-1400s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 13th-15th century. Black schist, gold, silver; overall: 9 x 9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries, 1952.458


title: Necklace Figurine Bead

medium: cast gold

country: Colombia

subjects: Jewelry Colombia

credit_line: Necklace Figurine Bead, 1–700 CE. Colombia. Cast gold; overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.794.a


title: Necklace Figurine Bead

credit_line: Necklace Figurine Bead, 1–700 CE. Colombia. Cast gold; overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.794.c


title: Necklace Figurine Bead

credit_line: Necklace Figurine Bead, 1–700 CE. Colombia. Cast gold; overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.794.d


title: Necklace Figurine Bead

credit_line: Necklace Figurine Bead, 1–700 CE. Colombia. Cast gold; overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.794.e


title: Necklace Figurine Bead

credit_line: Necklace Figurine Bead, 1–700 CE. Colombia. Cast gold; overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.794.h


title: Necklace Figurine Bead

credit_line: Necklace Figurine Bead, 1–700 CE. Colombia. Cast gold; overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.794.j


title: Spatula with Carved Lizard

date: 100 BCE–700 CE

medium: bone with shell inlay

country: Peru, South Coast, Nasca

subjects:
Sculpture
Peru, south coast, nasca
Reptiles & amphibians
Shells & molluscs
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Spatula with Carved Lizard, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Bone with shell inlay; overall: 11.8 x 2.6 cm (4 5/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.83


title: Button-Based Situlas

medium: bronze, repoussé, punched, incised

country: Iran, Luristan

subjects:
Metalwork
Iran, luristan

credit_line: Button-Based Situlas, 900–700 BCE. Iran, Luristan. Bronze, repoussé, punched, incised; diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund, 1960.35


title: Button-Based Situla

credit_line: Button-Based Situla, 900–700 BCE. Iran, Luristan. Bronze, repoussé, punched, incised; diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund, 1960.35.1


title: Button-Based Situla

credit_line: Button-Based Situla, 900–700 BCE. Iran, Luristan. Bronze, repoussé, punched, incised; diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund, 1960.35.2


title: Brooch (Element of Garment Clasp)

medium: gold, gilt silver and pearls

country: France, Paris

subjects:
Jewelry
France, pari

credit_line: Brooch (Element of Garment Clasp), c. 1400. France, Paris. Gold, gilt silver and pearls; diameter: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James J. Rorimer, 1961.400


title: Brooch (Element of Garment Clasp)

credit_line: Brooch (Element of Garment Clasp), c. 1400. France, Paris. Gold, gilt silver and pearls; diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James J. Rorimer, 1961.401


title: Brooch (Element of Garment Clasp)

credit_line: Brooch (Element of Garment Clasp), c. 1400. France, Paris. Gold, gilt silver and pearls; diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James J. Rorimer, 1961.402


title: Bowl with Rattle Base

medium: earthenware with colored slips

credit_line: Bowl with Rattle Base, c. 900–1519. Mexico, Cholula?, Mixteca-Puebla Style, 10th-16th century. Earthenware with colored slips; diameter: 7.9 x 11 cm (3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.); overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls, 1962.249


creator: Hans Multscher (German, c. 1400–1467)

medium: bronze

country: Germany, Ulm, 15th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Germany, ulm, 15th century

credit_line: The Dead Christ Supported by the Virgin Mary and Saint John , 1427–1467. Hans Multscher (German, c. 1400–1467). Bronze; overall: 10.2 x 7.8 cm (4 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp, 1966.736


title: Allegory

date: possibly early 1500s

medium: gilt bronze

country: possibly Northern Italy, 16th century

subjects:
Mythology
Sculpture
Possibly northern italy, 16th century

credit_line: Allegory, possibly early 1500s. Possibly Northern Italy, 16th century. Gilt bronze; diameter: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1968.29


title: Crucified Christ

date: late 1300s

medium: painted and gilded wood (poplar)

country: Spain, Navarre?, late 14th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Spain, navarre , late 14th century

credit_line: Crucified Christ, late 1300s. Spain, Navarre?, late 14th century. Painted and gilded wood (poplar); overall: 211 x 154.9 x 32.2 cm (83 1/16 x 61 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1968.33


title: Tremissis of Honorius

medium: gold

credit_line: Tremissis of Honorius, 395–423 CE. Byzantium, Ravenna, Byzantine period, late 4th-early 5th Century. Gold; diameter: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of his father Thomas Kennedy Milliken, 1968.51


title: Solidus of Theodosius I the Great

subjects: Byzantium, constantinople, byzantine period

credit_line: Solidus of Theodosius I the Great , 383–88 CE. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period. Gold; diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of his father Thomas Kennedy Milliken, 1968.52


country: Byzantium

subjects: Coin Byzantium

credit_line: Solidus with Heraclius and his Son Heraclius Constantine , c. 616–625. Byzantium. Gold; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of his father Thomas Kennedy Milliken, 1968.56


title: Capital with Acanthus and Crosses

medium: limestone

credit_line: Capital with Acanthus and Crosses, 400s. Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, 5th century. Limestone; overall: 53.4 x 75 x 76.2 cm (21 x 29 1/2 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.110


title: Ram near a Tree

medium: marble tesserae

subjects: Mosaic Trees

credit_line: Ram near a Tree, 400s. Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, 5th century. Marble tesserae; overall: 89.5 x 85.1 cm (35 1/4 x 33 1/2 in.); mounted: 92.1 x 87 cm (36 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.113


title: Bust of Buddha

credit_line: Bust of Buddha, c. 700. Central Thailand, Dvaravati, Mon-Dvaravati style, 7th-9th Century. Limestone; overall: 60.6 x 34.3 cm (23 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.56


title: Lamp and Stand

subjects: Byzantium, early byzantine period, 5th century

credit_line: Lamp and Stand, 400s. Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 5th century. Bronze; overall: 34.8 x 13.5 cm (13 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1970.45


title: Pair of Panels from a Choir Stall

medium: walnut

credit_line: Pair of Panels from a Choir Stall, c. 1330–1340. Spain, Catalonia, Monastery of Pedralbes, 14th century. Walnut; overall: 295.8 x 59.1 x 5.8 cm (116 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1971.270


title: Ornament

medium: jadeite

country: Mexico or Central America, Maya

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jade
Mexico or central america, maya

credit_line: Ornament, 250–550 CE. Mexico or Central America, Maya. Jadeite; overall: 14.9 x 3.2 cm (5 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1972.3


title: Jug with Pewter Lid

medium: stoneware, brown glaze

country: Germany, Raeren, 17th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Germany, raeren, 17th century

credit_line: Jug with Pewter Lid, 1602. Germany, Raeren, 17th century. Stoneware, brown glaze; overall: 26.9 x 19.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1974.42


title: Panel from a Choir Stall

credit_line: Panel from a Choir Stall, c. 1330–1340. Spain, Catalonia, Monastery of Pedralbes, 14th century. Walnut; overall: 109.9 x 58.5 x 6.1 cm (43 1/4 x 23 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1977.74


title: Ewer

medium: glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware)

country: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)

subjects:
Ceramic
China, tang dynasty (618-907)

credit_line: Ewer, 700–750. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware); diameter: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1987.148


title: Vase

creator: Jacques Sicard (French, 1865–1923)

medium: earthenware

country: America, Ohio, Zanesville, 20th century

subjects:
Ceramic
America, ohio, zanesville, 20th century

credit_line: Vase, 1901–1907. Jacques Sicard (French, 1865–1923), and Weller Pottery (American). Earthenware; diameter: 18.9 x 15.4 cm (7 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Seeley, 1988.126


title: Goblet (Berkemeyer)

medium: green glass

country: Germany

subjects: Glass Germany

credit_line: Goblet (Berkemeyer), c. 1525–50. Germany. Green glass; overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1991.16


title: Pot with Cover (lid)

medium: tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip

subjects: Rhenish (cologne), gallo-roman, 2nd century

credit_line: Pot with Cover (lid), 100–200 CE. Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo-Roman, 2nd century. Tan ware with gray and some brown burnished slip; diameter: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); lid: 2.2 x 9.8 cm (7/8 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.127.b


title: Standing Cup and Cover

medium: porcelain

country: France, Sèvres

subjects:
Ceramic
France, sèvre

credit_line: Standing Cup and Cover, 1844. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Hyacinthe-Jean Regnier (French, 1803–1870), Francois-Hubert Barbin (French, 1786-), Jacques-Nicolas Sinsson (French). Porcelain; diameter: 35.6 cm (14 in.); overall: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2001.121


creator: René Lalique (French, 1860–1945)

medium: glass

country: France, 20th century

subjects:
Glass
France, 20th century
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Mermaids and Frogs Decanter (Carafe sirènes et grenouilles), 1917. René Lalique (French, 1860–1945). Glass; overall: 39 x 16.9 cm (15 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum purchase from various donors by exchange, 2011.122.a


country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Small Dish (Kozara) with Hemp-Leaf Pattern and Bellflower Rim (麻の葉地紋桔梗縁小皿), c. 1670. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.40


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

credit_line: Ginkgo Leaf-Shaped Small Dish (Kozara) with Stylized Key-Fret Design (紗綾形文銀杏の葉形小皿), mid-1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with molding and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Matsugatani kilns, Nabeshima type); 12 x 16.2 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.41


title: Small Dish (Kozara) with Fireworks

credit_line: Small Dish (Kozara) with Fireworks (染付花火文小皿), mid-1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with molding and underglaze blue (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); 16.2 x 12.4 cm (6 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.42


date: late 1600s

credit_line: Small Dish (Kozara) with Waves and Reeds (青磁染付靄芦文小皿), late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and celadon (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.43


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

credit_line: Small Dish (Kozara) with Cherry Blossoms in Baskets (色絵桜籠文小皿), c. 1670‒1710. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type); diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2023.44


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

country: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, ferrara, 15th century

credit_line: Pair of Graduals: Initial (M) with St. Andrew (recto) and Mass for the Dead (recto), c. 1480. Jacopo Filippo d' Argenta (Italian, 1501). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 77 x 52 cm (30 5/16 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.425


medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years]), c. 1595. India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 41 x 22.6 cm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1932.36


title: Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl)

medium: stone

credit_line: Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl), 1325–1521. Central Mexico, Aztec or modern, Post-Classic Period or modern. Stone; overall: 27.7 x 20.1 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1941.46


creator: Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698)

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

credit_line: Landscape Album in Various Styles: Spring Plowing (四季山水圖冊), 1684. Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698). Album leaf; ink and light color on paper; overall: 29.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1955.37.2


medium: album leaf, ink and light color on paper

credit_line: Landscape Album in Various Styles: Landscape after Mi Fei (四季山水圖冊), 1684. Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698). Album leaf, ink and light color on paper; overall: 29.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1955.37.8


title: Durga Slaying Mahisha

medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

country: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

subjects:
Painting
Northern india, pahari kingdom

credit_line: Durga Slaying Mahisha, c. 1700–1710. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 15.5 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1960.51


title: Famous Views of Ōmi

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

credit_line: Famous Views of Ōmi (近江名所図絵), 1660s–90s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; image: 152.4 x 345.6 cm (60 x 136 1/16 in.); overall: 165.7 x 358.2 cm (65 1/4 x 141 in.); closed: 170 x 11.7 x 61.6 cm (66 15/16 x 4 5/8 x 24 1/4 in.); panel: 165.7 x 59.7 cm (65 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.); with frame: 169.7 x 362.2 cm (66 13/16 x 142 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1983.19.1


title: Famous Views of Ōmi

credit_line: Famous Views of Ōmi (近江名所図絵), 1660s–90s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; image: 152.8 x 344.1 cm (60 3/16 x 135 1/2 in.); overall: 165.8 x 357.6 cm (65 1/4 x 140 13/16 in.); closed: 170 x 11.7 x 61.6 cm (66 15/16 x 4 5/8 x 24 1/4 in.); panel: 165.8 x 59.6 cm (65 1/4 x 23 7/16 in.); with frame: 169.8 x 361.6 cm (66 7/8 x 142 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1983.19.2


creator: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)

medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge" (recto), c. 1816. Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824), after Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; sheet: 18 x 26.2 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.378.a


title: Tradition

creator: Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919)

medium: oil on canvas

country: America

subjects: Painting America

credit_line: Tradition, 1916. Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919). Oil on canvas; unframed: 106 x 165.5 cm (41 3/4 x 65 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. D. Cox, 1917.9


title: Monkey

date: possibly 1700s

medium: wood

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

credit_line: Monkey (猿像), possibly 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood; overall: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.350


title: The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

creator: Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

medium: graphite and brush and brown wash

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, 1873. Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916). Graphite and brush and brown wash; sheet: 35.5 x 43.1 cm (14 x 16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1942.1066


title: A Clam-Bake

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite

credit_line: A Clam-Bake, 1873. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite; sheet: 19.7 x 34.6 cm (7 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Homer H. Johnson, 1945.229


title: Three Male Nudes

creator: Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486–1551)

medium: engraving

country: Italy, Siena

subjects:
Print
Italy, siena

credit_line: Three Male Nudes, 1525–50. Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486–1551). Engraving; sheet: 21.7 x 41 cm (8 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.); platemark: 20.8 x 40.5 cm (8 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund, 1958.314


title: Cinerary Urn with Amida's Pure Land

medium: gilt bronze

country: Japan, Heian period (794–1185)

subjects:
Metalwork
Japan, heian period (794–1185)

credit_line: Cinerary Urn with Amida's Pure Land (阿弥陀浄土図骨壺), 800s-900s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Gilt bronze; diameter of mouth: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); overall: 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1960.55


title: Tiger in Wind

creator: Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)

medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)

credit_line: Tiger in Wind, 1800s. After Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting: 134.6 x 58 cm (53 x 22 13/16 in.); mounted: 194 x 73 cm (76 3/8 x 28 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund, 1971.232


creator: Germain Ribot (French, 1845–1893)

medium: oil on fabric

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century
Birds

credit_line: Still Life with Dead Birds and a Basket of Oysters, c. 1860–80. Germain Ribot (French, 1845–1893). Oil on fabric; unframed: 46 x 55.3 cm (18 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.281


title: A Night Class

medium: oil on wood panel

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: A Night Class, c. 1881. Jehan-Georges Vibert (French, 1840–1902). Oil on wood panel; framed: 97.2 x 82.5 x 12.5 cm (38 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.); unframed: 60.8 x 45.4 cm (23 15/16 x 17 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.292


title: Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group

date: early 1500s or later

medium: bronze

credit_line: Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group, early 1500s or later. Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later. Bronze; overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.375


title: Part of a Chasuble

credit_line: Part of a Chasuble, c. 1500. England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century. Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches  Velvet: solid pile, silk; overall: 101 x 52.8 cm (39 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1970.124


title: The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph

creator: Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)

medium: pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized)

country: Italy

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: The Nativity with the Dream of Joseph, c. 1527/30?. Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of brush and black wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized); sheet: 8.6 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); secondary support: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.1003


title: Crossbow Bolt

medium: wood, leather, steel

subjects:
Arms and armor
Germany

credit_line: Crossbow Bolt, 1500s–1600s. Germany. Wood, leather, steel; average: 37.2 cm (14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1762


title: Crossbow Bolt

credit_line: Crossbow Bolt, 1500s–1600s. Germany. Wood, leather, steel; average: 37.2 cm (14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1763


title: Saucer

medium: porcelain

country: Germany, Meissen, 18th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Germany, meissen, 18th century

credit_line: Saucer, c. 1723. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain; overall: 2.2 x 12.3 cm (7/8 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rev. Alfred Duane Pell, 1919.186


medium: terracotta

country: Spain (Visigothic or Byzantine)

subjects:
Sculpture
Spain (visigothic or byzantine)

credit_line: Columbarium Tomb Plaque with the Monogram of Christ, 400–800. Spain (Visigothic or Byzantine). Terracotta; overall: 32.4 x 20.8 cm (12 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1938.160


title: Hexagonal Flower Pot

medium: porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware

subjects: Ceramic Flowers

credit_line: Hexagonal Flower Pot, 1300s–1400s. China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware; overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.661.1


title: Water Pot

medium: porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze

credit_line: Water Pot, 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722). Porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze; overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.672.a


title: Cover for a Tureen

medium: soft-paste porcelainwith enamel and gilt decoration

subjects:
Ceramic
France, sèvre

credit_line: Cover for a Tureen, 1756. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756). Soft-paste porcelainwith enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); container: 15.9 x 22.6 x 16.5 cm (6 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1949.15.b


title: Standing Cup with Cover

medium: glass

country: Bohemia

subjects: Glass Bohemia

credit_line: Standing Cup with Cover, c. 1715. Bohemia. Glass; diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); overall: 48 x 16.3 cm (18 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.390


title: Mourning Virgin

medium: painted wood

credit_line: Mourning Virgin, c. 1240–1260. Austria, Region of Salzburg, Lungau?, 13th century. Painted wood; overall: 43.9 x 10.9 cm (17 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1957.500


title: Mourning Saint John

credit_line: Mourning Saint John, c. 1240–1260. Austria, Region of Salzburg, Lungau?, 13th century. Painted wood; overall: 43.8 x 11.5 cm (17 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1958.189


title: Bowl

creator: Saint-Clément Factory (French)

medium: tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with enamel decoration

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Bowl, c. 1775. Saint-Clément Factory (French). Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with enamel decoration; overall: 13.4 x 16.9 cm (5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1961.2.a


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: France, Paris

credit_line: Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 192r, Descent from the Cross, c. 1405. Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 20.3 x 15.7 x 7 cm (8 x 6 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1964.40.192.a


subjects:
Architecture
France, pari

credit_line: Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 82vr, Presentation in the Temple (Nones), c. 1405. Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 20.3 x 15.7 x 7 cm (8 x 6 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1964.40.83.a


medium: lead

country: Byzantium, Syria

subjects:
Metalwork
Byzantium, syria

credit_line: Pilgrim's Medallion with St. Symeon the Younger, c. 1100. Byzantium, Syria. Lead; diameter: 5.7 x 0.4 cm (2 1/4 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1972.52.b


title: Pilgrim’s Flask

credit_line: Pilgrim’s Flask, c. 1099–1200. Byzantium, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Palestine, Byzantine, Crusader Period, late 11th-12th Century. Lead; overall: 4.3 x 2.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.234


medium: tin-lead alloy with leather fragments

credit_line: Pilgrim's Ampulla with Scenes of the Crucifixion (front) and the Ascension (back), c. 600. Byzantium, Palestine, early Byzantine period, early 7th Century. Tin-lead alloy with leather fragments; overall: 6.3 x 4.6 x 1.5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 13/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.46


medium: marble

subjects:
Sculpture
France, pari

credit_line: Funerary Monument for the Marquis de Tourney (for the Chapel of the Château de la Falaise), 1787–1793. François-Nicolas Delaistre (French, 1746–1832). Marble; overall: 170 x 85.4 x 49.5 cm (66 15/16 x 33 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2002.53


title: Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry

creator: Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832)

medium: oil on canvas

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

subjects:
Painting
France, late 18th-early 19th century

credit_line: Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry, 1800. Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832). Oil on canvas; overall: 273 x 176 cm (107 1/2 x 69 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2003.6.2


title: Door and Frame

medium: oak with traces of polychromy

country: France, late 15th century

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
France, late 15th century

credit_line: Door and Frame, late 1400s. France, late 15th century. Oak with traces of polychromy; overall: 278.9 x 104.8 x 14 cm (109 13/16 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1916.2051


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

country: Byzantium, Constantinople

subjects:
Byzantium, constantinople
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Mark, folio 132 (recto), from a Gospel Book with Commentaries, c. 1000–1100. Byzantium, Constantinople. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding; sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.152.132.a


title: Tureen

medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

country: France, Sèvres

credit_line: Tureen, 1756. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); container: 15.9 x 22.6 x 16.5 cm (6 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1949.15.a


title: Standing Cup

credit_line: Standing Cup, c. 1715. Bohemia. Glass; diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); overall: 48 x 16.3 cm (18 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.390.a


title: Cover for a Standing Cup

credit_line: Cover for a Standing Cup, c. 1715. Bohemia. Glass; diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); overall: 48 x 16.3 cm (18 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.390.b


title: Shell with Inlaid Feline

country: Peru, South Coast, Nasca

subjects:
Jewelry
Peru, south coast, nasca
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Shell with Inlaid Feline, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Spondylus shell with shell, stone, and gold inlay; overall: 7.5 x 7.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen, 1950.567


title: Cover for a Bowl

credit_line: Cover for a Bowl, c. 1775. Saint-Clément Factory (French). Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with enamel decoration; overall: 13.4 x 16.9 cm (5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1961.2.b


country: Flanders, Ghent and Bruges, late 15th Century

subjects: Flanders, ghent and bruges, late 15th century

credit_line: Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain:  Fol. 72v, Crucifixion, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1963.256.72.b


title: Stag Poletop

medium: bronze, solid cast

country: Eastern Anatolia, Hittite

subjects:
Sculpture
Eastern anatolia, hittite

credit_line: Stag Poletop, 1400–1200 BCE. Eastern Anatolia, Hittite. Bronze, solid cast; overall: 13.8 x 7.9 x 9.2 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1975.13


title: Head

medium: earthenware

subjects: Mexico, classic veracruz, 7th-10th century

credit_line: Head, c. 600–900. Mexico, Classic Veracruz, 7th-10th Century. Earthenware; overall: 17 x 13.5 x 8.9 cm (6 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1940.11


title: Tunjos (Votive Offering Figurine)

medium: cast gold

country: Colombia, Muisca style

subjects:
Metalwork
Colombia, muisca style

credit_line: Tunjos (Votive Offering Figurine), c. 900–1550. Colombia, Muisca style. Cast gold; overall: 5.6 x 3.1 x 0.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen, 1947.21


title: Bacchanal Before a Herm

date: early 1660s

medium: oil and red-brown pigment

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: Bacchanal Before a Herm, early 1660s. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664). Oil and red-brown pigment; sheet: 41.2 x 55.7 cm (16 1/4 x 21 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund, 1964.31


medium: limestone

subjects: Egypt, late period (715–332 bce), dynasty 30

credit_line: Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians, 380–343 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30. Limestone; overall: 27.2 x 3.5 cm (10 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.542


title: Portrait of Anne Vallayer-Coster

creator: François Dumont (French, 1751–1831)

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

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Portrait miniature
France, 19th century
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1804. François Dumont (French, 1751–1831). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame; diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.); diameter of frame: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1943.639


title: The Game of Leap Frog

medium: wax on slate

subjects:
Sculpture
France
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: The Game of Leap Frog, 1785. Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, 1746–1810), Antoine-François Gérard (French, 1760–1843). Wax on slate; framed: 30 x 53.5 x 4 cm (11 13/16 x 21 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.237


title: Holy Family with a Shepherd

creator: Battista Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–1548)

date: early 1520s

subjects: Painting Italy

credit_line: Holy Family with a Shepherd, early 1520s. Battista Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–1548). Oil on canvas; unframed: 38.7 x 32 cm (15 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds, 1949.185


title: Sir Thomas More

medium: oil on wood in a gilt wood frame

country: Germany

subjects:
Portrait miniature
Germany
Portraits

credit_line: Sir Thomas More, 1600s. Follower of Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543). Oil on wood in a gilt wood frame; framed: 8.6 x 8.6 x 1.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in.); diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); unframed: 6.7 x 6.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.); diameter of frame: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1957.356


title: Ewer (Suichū) (lid)

date: early 1600s

country: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, momoyama period (1573–1615)

credit_line: Ewer (Suichū) (lid) (織部手付水注), early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615). Glazed stoneware with iron oxide underglaze slip (Mino ware, Oribe type); diameter of mouth: 12.7 cm (5 in.); container: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1958.336.b


title: Fishing in a Springtime Valley

creator: Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Fishing in a Springtime Valley (春渓捕魚図), 1700s. Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting: 124 x 49.4 cm (48 13/16 x 19 7/16 in.); mounted: 210 x 62.9 cm (82 11/16 x 24 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1961.47


medium: porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and molded decoration

credit_line: Stem Cup with Dragon Pursuing Flaming Jewel, 1300s. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and molded decoration; diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.169


country: Italy

credit_line: Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome), c. 1675–1677. Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Italian, 1639–1709). Oil on canvas; framed: 81.3 x 68 x 9 cm (32 x 26 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 67.3 x 55 cm (26 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.131


title: Portrait of an Old Man

creator: Giulio Campi (Italian, c. 1500–1572)

medium: oil on wood

subjects: Painting Italy Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of an Old Man, mid-1500s. Attributed to Giulio Campi (Italian, c. 1500–1572). Oil on wood; framed: 120.7 x 91.4 x 11.4 cm (47 1/2 x 36 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 92.4 x 63.5 cm (36 3/8 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection, 1916.794


title: Antiphonary

creator: Girolamo da Cremona (Italian)

medium: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

country: Italy, Siena

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, siena

credit_line: Antiphonary, c. 1470–80. Follower of Girolamo da Cremona (Italian). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; codex: 55.9 x 43.2 x 10.2 cm (22 x 17 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Right Reverend William A. Leonard, 1930.661


medium: opaque watercolor and ink on paper

subjects: Iran, shiraz, inju (il-khanid), 14th century

credit_line: The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto); The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso), 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Inju (Il-Khanid), 14th Century. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; sheet: 36.3 x 30 cm (14 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.); image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.); text area: 29 x 24.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.479


title: An Oak Leaf Ornament

medium: engraving

country: Flanders

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Flander

credit_line: An Oak Leaf Ornament, c. 1470. Master W with the Key (Netherlandish, active about 1465–1490). Engraving; sheet: 27.5 x 22 cm (10 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.100


creator: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)

date: after 1490

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

credit_line: (虎丘十二景圖): The Fool's Spring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou, after 1490. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper; image: 31.7 x 41.1 cm (12 1/2 x 16 3/16 in.); overall: 36.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1964.371.2


title: Castle on a River

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

country: Netherlands

subjects: Painting Netherland

credit_line: Castle on a River, 1644. Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1602–1670). Oil on wood; framed: 57 x 79 x 5.5 cm (22 7/16 x 31 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 39.3 x 60.5 cm (15 1/2 x 23 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1973.2


title: Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid

creator: Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783–1856)

medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk

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

credit_line: Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid, 1834. Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783–1856). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting only: 172.4 x 79 cm (67 7/8 x 31 1/8 in.); including mounting: 252.7 x 105.4 cm (99 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1975.93


title: The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

creator: Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781)

date: later 1700s

medium: pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and cut-gold foil on paper

credit_line: The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, later 1700s. Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781). Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and cut-gold foil on paper; overall: 120 x 352.2 cm (47 1/4 x 138 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1976.11


creator: Hu Zhengyan (Chinese, c. 1584–1674)

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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

credit_line: Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and Painting (十竹齋書畫譜), 1633. Compiled by Hu Zhengyan (Chinese, c. 1584–1674). Woodblock-printed book; ink and colors on paper; first edition; open and extended: 23.7 x 27.9 cm (9 5/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1984.45


title: Landscape with Streams and Mountains

date: late 1700s or early 1800s

country: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

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

credit_line: Landscape with Streams and Mountains (계산진경도), late 1700s or early 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ink and color on paper with a silk border; painting only: 65.6 x 45.9 cm (25 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.); overall: 68.5 x 50.7 cm (26 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.216


title: Vase

medium: bronze

country: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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

credit_line: Vase (청동병 [靑銅甁]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; outer diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1049


title: Oud

date: late 1800s–early 1900s

medium: Wood, gut, and metal

country: West Asia

subjects:
Musical instrument
West asia

credit_line: Oud, late 1800s–early 1900s. West Asia. Wood, gut, and metal; overall: 81.3 x 33.7 cm (32 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.350


title: Kora

date: before 1918

medium: Gourd, wood, rawhide, string, and rope

country: Africa, unknown maker

subjects:
Musical instrument
Africa, unknown maker

credit_line: Kora, before 1918. Africa, unknown maker. Gourd, wood, rawhide, string, and rope; diameter: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.); overall: 111.8 cm (44 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.352


title: Vielle à roue

creator: Pajot of Jánzat (French)

medium: wood

country: France

subjects:
Musical instrument
France

credit_line: Vielle à roue, 1700s. Pajot of Jánzat (French). Wood; overall: 73.7 x 33 cm (29 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.354


title: Koto

date: early to mid-1800s

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Musical instrument
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Koto (琴), early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood with colored lacquer, sprinkled gold powder (maki-e), glass, textile and cord; overall: 117.8 cm (46 3/8 in.); widest end: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.359.a


title: Ritual Drum (damaru)

medium: skull bone, cloth, hemp fiber, leather, and skin

country: Tibet

subjects:
Musical instrument
Tibet
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Ritual Drum (damaru), c. 1800. Tibet. Skull bone, cloth, hemp fiber, leather, and skin; overall: 20.4 x 17.8 x 13.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.391


title: Cup and Stand (stand)

medium: pottery

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

credit_line: Cup and Stand (stand) (백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of mouth: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.433.b


subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils, 1500s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 9.5 x 42.3 cm (3 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1155


title: Wine Pot

credit_line: Wine Pot (청자 음각 모란무늬 참외모양 주전자 [靑磁陰刻菊花文瓜形注子]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; vessel only: 17.8 cm (7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.623.a


title: Wine Pot (lid)

credit_line: Wine Pot (lid), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.623.b


medium: black chalk heightened with white chalk, stumped

country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Drawing
Italy, venice
Portraits
Roses

credit_line: A Portrait of Rosa with a Shoulder Stick, c. 1735. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk heightened with white chalk, stumped; sheet: 39.3 x 31.3 cm (15 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Margaret Huntington Smith McCarthy Fund, 1931.59


country: Italy, 1800s

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy, 1800
Flowers

credit_line: Fragment of a Band with Geometric Pattern and Floral Motif, 1800s. Italy, 1800s. Cotton (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 5.9 x 48 cm (2 5/16 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.221


medium: Palm leaf backed with yellow paper

subjects: Painting Palms

credit_line: Folio 1 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Paper: Nepal, Kathmandu. Palm leaf backed with yellow paper; leaf: 5.4 x 54.3 cm (2 1/8 x 21 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1938.301.1.a


medium: gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

country: Nepal

subjects: Painting Nepal Palms

credit_line: Folio 348 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara (recto); Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri (verso), 1000–1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.49.7


credit_line: Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara, folio 348 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000–1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.49.7.a


title: Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses

medium: tapestry weave

subjects: Tapestry France

credit_line: Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1704–31. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Tapestry weave; average: 327.7 x 322.6 cm (129 x 127 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum, 1956.325


credit_line: Diana's Return from the Chase (from Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses), 1704–1731. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Tapestry weave; overall: 322.5 x 326 cm (126 15/16 x 128 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum, 1956.325.1


subjects: Botany Tapestry France

credit_line: Flora and Zephyrus (from Set of Ovid's  Metamorphoses), 1704–1731. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662). Tapestry weave; overall: 324.5 x 295 cm (127 3/4 x 116 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum, 1956.325.2


credit_line: Apollo and the Serpent Python (from Set of Ovid's Metamorphoses), 1700–1730. Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662), after Nicolas Bertin (French, 1668–1736). Tapestry weave; overall: 328 x 393 cm (129 1/8 x 154 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Matthias Plum, 1956.325.3


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a vagabond, comes down to meet him, 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: 11.2 x 9.9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.119.b


credit_line: The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, 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: 8.5 x 10.2 cm (3 3/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.120.a


credit_line: The false Mansur punished before the judge and expelled from the city, 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: 11.7 x 10 cm (4 5/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.129.b


credit_line: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth 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: 10.4 x 10 cm (4 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.138.a


credit_line: Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth 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, 1962.279.144.b


credit_line: The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth 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: 7.8 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.146.b


credit_line: The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shah’s soul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Second Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 10.2 x 10.6 cm (4 x 4 3/16 in.); overall: 20.1 x 14.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.16.a


credit_line: Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-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: 14.3 x 10.1 cm (5 5/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.213.b


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth 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: 9.8 x 10.1 cm (3 7/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.223.b


credit_line: The king of Zabul sees Mahrusa from his palace balcony, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth 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: 8.8 x 10.2 cm (3 7/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.241.a


credit_line: The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, 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: 12 x 10.2 cm (4 3/4 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.269.b


credit_line: The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth 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 cm (4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.307.a


credit_line: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night, 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: 8.8 x 10 cm (3 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.316.a


credit_line: The guard restores the son who falls at his mother’s feet, 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: 10 x 10 cm (3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.323.b


credit_line: King Bahram, who has married Khassa’s daughter, has her tied to a camel to be abandoned in the desert as a result of false accusations made by Khulasa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-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: 7.4 x 10.3 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.328.a


creator: Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)

country: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

subjects: Painting Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night, c. 1560. Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.59.a


credit_line: The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a second time on the plea of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night, c. 1560. Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.59.b


credit_line: The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, 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: 8.9 x 9.9 cm (3 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.); overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.62.a


credit_line: The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, 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: 11.5 x 9.9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.); overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.62.b


creator: Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s)

subjects: Painting Fruits Trees

credit_line: The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night, c. 1560. Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 11.4 x 10.2 cm (4 1/2 x 4 in.); overall: 20.1 x 14.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.78.a


title: Bowl with Brushing Decorations

medium: Clay, glaze

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

credit_line: Bowl with Brushing Decorations (분청사기 귀얄무늬 사발 [粉靑沙器糊箒文碗]), 1400s–1500s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Clay, glaze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Karl Martoch, 1970.559


title: Jar

medium: Pottery, glazed

credit_line: Jar (백자호 [白磁壺]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery, glazed; height: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.); outer diameter: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Karl Martoch, 1970.561


medium: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

country: Western India, Gujarat

subjects:
Painting
Western india, gujarat
Palms

credit_line: Folio 2 from a Parshvanatha Charitra (Life and Stories of Lord Parshva) of Bhavadeva-suri: Monk preaching to a disciple with a lay audience (recto); Text (verso), c. 1275–1300. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 6.7 x 32.4 cm (2 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.125


credit_line: Text, folio 2 (verso) from a Parshvanatha Charitra (Life and Stories of Lord Parshva) of Bhavadeva-suri, c. 1275–1300. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 6.7 x 32.4 cm (2 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.125.b


title: Bowl

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

credit_line: Bowl (유기완 [鍮器碗]), 1700s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Bronze; overall: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Helen L. Marshall, 1983.1036


title: Folded Hills and Layered Peaks

creator: Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854)

medium: album leaf; ink and color on silk

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Folded Hills and Layered Peaks, 1847. Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; each leaf: 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.251.1


title: Figurine with Back Rack

medium: molded and modeled pottery with traces of pigment

country: Mexico, Maya, Jaina style

subjects:
Sculpture
Mexico, maya, jaina style

credit_line: Figurine with Back Rack, 300–900 CE. Mexico, Maya, Jaina style. Molded and modeled pottery with traces of pigment; overall: 23.2 x 10.6 x 7.5 cm (9 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.172


title: Spirit House

medium: iron inlaid with silver and copper decoration

credit_line: Spirit House (철제 은입사 감실 [鐵製銀入絲龕室]), late 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Iron inlaid with silver and copper decoration; overall: 30 x 35 x 14 cm (11 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. in memory of Robert P. Bergman, 1999.120.1


title: Vessel with Two Lugs

date: 100s BCE

medium: earthenware

country: Korea, Proto-Three Kingdoms period

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea, proto-three kingdom period
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Vessel with Two Lugs (귀 달린 토기 호 [兩耳附土器壺]), 100s BCE. Korea, Proto-Three Kingdoms period. Earthenware; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); outer diameter: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.91


medium: Album; ink on paper

subjects: China, southern song dynasty (1127-1279)

credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 26, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.1 x 38.3 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.26


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 3, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.3 x 38.5 cm (13 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.); overall: 39 x 41.4 cm (15 3/8 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.3


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 5, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.1 x 38.3 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.5


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 8, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.2 x 38.5 cm (13 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.8


title: Portrait

medium: color woodcut on Chinese paper

country: America

subjects: Print America Portraits

credit_line: Portrait, 1919–20. Max Weber (American, born Kingdom of Prussia [now Poland], 1881–1961). Color woodcut on Chinese paper; image: 10.5 x 4.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.); sheet: 23.6 x 15.9 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett, 2018.1072


title: Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

medium: Etching with engraving on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, 1570s. Marco Angolo del Moro (Italian, c. 1537–d. after 1586). Etching with engraving on paper; sheet: 27 x 39.7 cm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2018.209


title: Winter Landscape with Skater

creator: Jan van Kessel (Dutch, 1641–1680)

medium: brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Winter Landscape with Skater, 1662. Jan van Kessel (Dutch, 1641–1680). Brush and black ink and grey wash over black chalk on cream laid paper; brown ink framing line; sheet: 24 x 31.3 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.); matted: 31.1 x 36.5 x 0.5 cm (12 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 3/16 in.); image: 17.9 x 25.8 cm (7 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.7


date: Coffret: c. 1515; Woodcut: c. 1509

country: Coffret: France, probably Paris; Woodcut: Germany, Augsburg

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print

credit_line: Coffret with Woodcut of Saint Veronica's Vernicle, Coffret: c. 1515; Woodcut: c. 1509. Woodcuts by Hans Burgkmair the Elder (German, 1473–1531). Wood, leather, iron, textile, woodcut with stenciled coloring; overall: 28 x 18.5 x 10 cm (11 x 7 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.); sheet with print: 29 x 19 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2020.228


title: Fishermen Plate

medium: porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration

subjects: Ceramic Roses

credit_line: Fishermen Plate, c. 1730. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign (1723–35). Porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration; diameter: 3.6 x 21 cm (1 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2021.146


title: Italy

creator: Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852–1934)

medium: platinum print mounted to Japanese paper

subjects: Photograph America

credit_line: Italy, c. 1889. Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852–1934). Platinum print mounted to Japanese paper; image: 18.6 x 12 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.); paper: 18.6 x 12 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.); mounted: 30 x 21.1 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2022.116


medium: mezzotint printed in black

credit_line: A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome, 1766. Georges Francois Blondel (French, 1730–1800). Mezzotint printed in black; matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); image: 56.5 x 40.6 cm (22 1/4 x 16 in.); sheet: 64.3 x 51.6 cm (25 5/16 x 20 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 2022.129


title: A View of the Stairs of the Vatican

credit_line: A View of the Stairs of the Vatican, 1766. Georges Francois Blondel (French, 1730–1800). Mezzotint printed in black; matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); image: 55.1 x 41.3 cm (21 11/16 x 16 1/4 in.); sheet: 64.1 x 52.9 cm (25 1/4 x 20 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 2022.132


title: A View of the Inside of a Church

credit_line: A View of the Inside of a Church, 1766. Georges Francois Blondel (French, 1730–1800). Mezzotint printed in black; matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); platemark: 55.2 x 40.5 cm (21 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.); sheet: 64.9 x 47.3 cm (25 9/16 x 18 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 2022.133


title: Persian Flowers

medium: etching

subjects: Print France Flowers

credit_line: Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.9 x 21 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 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, 2022.250.3


title: Persian Flowers

credit_line: Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.8 x 20.7 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.); sheet: 42.7 x 28.3 cm (16 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2022.250.5


title: Persian Flowers

credit_line: Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.5 x 20.9 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.); sheet: 42.8 x 29.2 cm (16 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2022.250.6


title: Royal ceremonial headdress (umnqwazi)

medium: Glass beads, sinew, and hide

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Royal ceremonial headdress (umnqwazi), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads, sinew, and hide; overall: 64.1 x 27.6 cm (25 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2022.49.a


title: Luton Park, Bedfordshire

creator: Paul Sandby (British, 1731–1809)

medium: watercolor over pencil, heightened with bodycolor and pen and gray ink on laid paper

country: England, 18th century

subjects:
Drawing
England, 18th century

credit_line: Luton Park, Bedfordshire, 1760s. Paul Sandby (British, 1731–1809). Watercolor over pencil, heightened with bodycolor and pen and gray ink on laid paper; matted: 49.1 x 104.9 cm (19 5/16 x 41 5/16 in.); sheet: 45.1 x 100.6 cm (17 3/4 x 39 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2022.94


title: Lilac

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

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Lilac, 1800–1805. Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810). Silhouette cut from off-white laid paper mounted to modern blue laid paper; sheet: 39.4 x 27 cm (15 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.); matted: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2023.120


creator: Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711)

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart, c. 1670. Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711), published by Nicolaes Visscher (Netherlandish, 1649–1702). Etching; sheet: 42.7 x 53.3 cm (16 13/16 x 21 in.); matted: 45.7 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in.); platemark: 35.7 x 47.9 cm (14 1/16 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist in Loving Memory of Katherine Lee Reid, 2023.210


date: late 1400s–early 1500s

country: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

subjects:
Lacquer
Korea, joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Hexafoil-Shaped Table with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, late 1400s–early 1500s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Inlaid abalone shells on black lacquer ground, applied with red lacquer on the interior; 42.5 x 26.4 x 20.6 cm (16 3/4 x 10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund, 2026.4


medium: plain weave bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Cloth with Border of Peacocks and Vegetation, 1600s–1700s. Italy. Plain weave bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 80.3 x 334.3 cm (31 5/8 x 131 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1916.1884


title: Cup and Stand

medium: pottery

country: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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

credit_line: Cup and Stand (백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of top: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.433.a


title: Millefiori Bowl

medium: glass

country: Italy, Roman

subjects:
Glass
Italy, roman

credit_line: Millefiori Bowl, 1–100 CE. Italy, Roman. Glass; overall: 3.8 x 8.8 cm (1 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.); diameter of foot: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1919.10


credit_line: Melon-shaped Wine Ewer with Incised Chrysanthemum Design (청자 음각 모란무늬 참외모양 주전자 [靑磁陰刻菊花文瓜形注子]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; vessel only: 17.8 cm (7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.623


title: String for Men's Hat

medium: Wood

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

credit_line: String for Men's Hat (갓끈 [冠綬]), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Wood; overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.669


medium: ceramic

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Ceramic
Greek, attic
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Fragment from Black-Figure Amphora (Storage Vessel): Musicians, c. 530–520 BCE. Greek, Attic. Ceramic; overall: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1924.536


title: A Stop in the Park

creator: Constantin Guys (French, 1805–1892)

medium: pen and black ink and brush and gray wash over graphite

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: A Stop in the Park, 1800s. Constantin Guys (French, 1805–1892). Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash over graphite; sheet: 21.1 x 25.6 cm (8 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.); secondary support: 29 x 35.2 cm (11 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1926.50


country: Italy, 1800s

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy, 1800

credit_line: Band with Various Fantastic Creatures and Vegetal Patterns, 1800s. Italy, 1800s. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 24.7 x 316.5 cm (9 3/4 x 124 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown, 1933.343


medium: gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

country: Nepal

subjects: Painting Nepal Palms

credit_line: Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri, folio 348 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000–1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.49.7.b


medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth 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: 9.7 x 10.2 cm (3 13/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.108.b


creator: Sravana (Indian)

country: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

credit_line: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Sravana (Indian). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 11.7 x 10.2 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.124.a


credit_line: The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night, c. 1560. Sravana (Indian). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 11.3 x 10.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.127.a


credit_line: Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-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 cm (3 5/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.209.b


credit_line: Hearing her declaration of love, Ayaz falls at the feet of Mahmuda at the holy shrine. The scene is witnessed by Salim, Ayaz’s friend, and a maid, 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: 8.7 x 10.2 cm (3 7/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.221.a


credit_line: The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-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: 16 x 10.3 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.254.b


credit_line: Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, 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: 13.1 x 9.8 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.275.a


credit_line: The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, 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: 10.5 x 10.2 cm (4 1/8 x 4 in.); overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.70.a


medium: gold

credit_line: Octodrachm: Head of Arsinoe II (obverse); Double Cornucopia (reverse), 205–145 BCE. Greek, Ptolemaic, minted at Alexandreia (Egypt), reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes or Ptolemy VI Philometor. Gold; diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1965.552


medium: Album; ink on paper

subjects: China, southern song dynasty (1127-1279)

credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 10, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.1 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.10


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 17, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.2 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.17


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 18, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.2 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.18


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 2, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.3 x 38.5 cm (13 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.); overall: 39 x 41.5 cm (15 3/8 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.2


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 6, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.2 x 38.5 cm (13 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.6


credit_line: (佛道主題畫冊): Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 9, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album; ink on paper; painting: 34.2 x 38.5 cm (13 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange), 2004.1.9


title: Seated Buddha

medium: Gilt lacquer on solid wood

country: Burma (Myanmar)

subjects:
Lacquer
Burma (myanmar)

credit_line: Seated Buddha, 1100s. Burma (Myanmar). Gilt lacquer on solid wood; overall: 100 x 62 x 30 cm (39 3/8 x 24 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.149


title: Landscape with Hunters

creator: Jan Wijnants (Dutch, 1635–1684)

medium: oil on canvas

subjects: Painting Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape with Hunters, c. 1660–80. Jan Wijnants (Dutch, 1635–1684). Oil on canvas; framed: 53 x 58 x 5.8 cm (20 7/8 x 22 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.); unframed: 36.8 x 44.1 cm (14 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr., 2011.48


title: The Passion: Christ in Limbo

medium: engraving

credit_line: The Passion: Christ in Limbo, c. 1480. Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491). Engraving; sheet: 16.5 x 11.7 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2015.20


country: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

subjects:
Lacquer
Japan, momoyama period (1573–1615)

credit_line: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Phoenix in Paulownia (inkstone and water dropper), c. 1573–99. Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615). Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold and silver powder (maki-e) and gold and silver foil application; 4 x 20.5 x 23.5 cm (1 9/16 x 8 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2016.34.c


credit_line: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Phoenix in Paulownia (tray), c. 1573–99. Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615). Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold and silver powder (maki-e) and gold and silver foil application; 4 x 20.5 x 23.5 cm (1 9/16 x 8 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2016.34.d


creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

medium: Thirteen engravings

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: Christ, St. Paul, and the Twelve Apostles, c. 1578. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617), Hans Collaert the Elder (Flemish, 1520–1581), Unknown Engraver (Netherlandish), after Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532–1603). Thirteen engravings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2019.180


title: Charon and the Souls of the Dead

credit_line: Charon and the Souls of the Dead, c. 1858. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Pen and brown ink and graphite on antique laid paper (recto), black chalk on antique laid paper (verso); sheet: 16.1 x 22.4 cm (6 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2019.251


creator: Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625–1713)

medium: red chalk on paper

subjects: Drawing Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Francesca Gommi, Wife of Carlo Maratti, c. 1670s-80s. Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625–1713). Red chalk on paper; image: 38.7 x 25.7 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2019.74


medium: mezzotint printed in sepia

credit_line: A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome, 1766. Georges Francois Blondel (French, 1730–1800). Mezzotint printed in sepia; matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); image: 56.5 x 40.9 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.); sheet: 65.2 x 51 cm (25 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 2022.130


title: Persian Flowers

medium: etching

country: France

subjects: Print France Flowers

credit_line: Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.7 x 20.7 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.); sheet: 42.8 x 29 cm (16 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2022.250.2


title: Persian Flowers

credit_line: Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.9 x 20.9 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.); sheet: 43.5 x 28.8 cm (17 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2022.250.4


creator: Camillo Procaccini (Italian, 1546–1629)

country: Italy

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: The Apostles Gathered Around the Tomb of the Virgin, c. 1594. Camillo Procaccini (Italian, 1546–1629). Pen and ink and brush and wash with white heightening on paper prepared with reddish-brown wash; sheet: 17.7 x 42.5 cm (6 15/16 x 16 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2024.65


title: Cap with Striped Inscribed Silk

medium: Silk

country: Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt or Syria)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Mamluk sultanate (egypt or syria)

credit_line: Cap with Striped Inscribed Silk, 1300s. Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt or Syria). Silk; overall: 11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.5


title: The Sea Monster

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

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

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

credit_line: The Sea Monster, c. 1501. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; sheet: 24.5 x 18.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.); mat size: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1934.340


title: The Dream of the Doctor

credit_line: The Dream of the Doctor, c. 1500. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; image: 19 x 12.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1934.341


medium: woodcut

credit_line: The Power of Women: The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket, c. 1512. Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Charles T. Brooks, 1935.116


title: The Knight and  Lansquenet

medium: chiaroscuro woodcut (in blue and black)

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: The Knight and  Lansquenet, c. 1512. Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480/85–after 1526). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in blue and black); sheet: 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.241


medium: chiaroscuro woodcut

credit_line: The Deities: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, 1588–90. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Chiaroscuro woodcut; overall: 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1952.204


creator: Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)

medium: black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places)

country: Germany, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 20th century

credit_line: Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso), c. 1926. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places); sheet: 64.3 x 49.7 cm (25 5/16 x 19 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leona E. Prasse, 1962.291


title: Sake Bottle with Three Figures

date: late 1700s

medium: porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Arita type)

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Sake Bottle with Three Figures, late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Arita type); diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); with cover: 27.2 cm (10 11/16 in.); without cover: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.272


title: Landscape Near Paris

creator: Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866)

medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape Near Paris, c. 1860. Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream laid paper; sheet: 9.3 x 25 cm (3 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Arthur Mann, 1977.22


title: The Life of Christ: The Nativity

country: Germany

credit_line: The Life of Christ: The Nativity, c. 1480–90. Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund by exchange and Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William Mathewson Milliken, 1978.85


creator: Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879)

medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: View of the Small Grotto toward the Deer Pond, Bois de Boulogne, 1858. Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 25.1 x 36.4 cm (9 7/8 x 14 5/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1989.27


title: Ikat tiraz

medium: resist-dyed warp (ikat); plain weave with inscription: cotton and gold leaf

country: Yemen, San'a', Zaydi Imam period

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Yemen, san'a', zaydi imam period

credit_line: Ikat tiraz, 960–80. Yemen, San'a', Zaydi Imam period. Resist-dyed warp (ikat); plain weave with inscription: cotton and gold leaf; overall: 60.3 x 64.5 cm (23 3/4 x 25 3/8 in.); mounted: 67.9 x 74.3 cm (26 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.353


title: Frieze with Apsaras

date: late 1100s

medium: sandstone

credit_line: Frieze with Apsaras, late 1100s. Cambodia, Angkor, the Bayon, Reign of Jayavarman VII, late 12th-early 13th Century. Sandstone; overall: 25.4 x 87.6 cm (10 x 34 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1938.433


title: Madonna and Child

medium: polychromed terracotta

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, florence

credit_line: Madonna and Child, c. 1475. Antonio Rossellino (Italian, 1427–1479 ), and Workshop. Polychromed terracotta; overall: 121.9 cm (48 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.780


title: Head Ornament

medium: jade

country: Honduras, Copan, Maya, 7th-10th Century

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jade
Honduras, copan, maya, 7th-10th century

credit_line: Head Ornament, c. 600–900. Honduras, Copan, Maya, 7th-10th Century. Jade; overall: 7.7 x 3.8 cm (3 1/16 x 1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. R. Henry Norweb in memory of her aunt, Delia Holden White, 1947.176


title: Turban end with tiraz

medium: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Turban end with tiraz, 983–990. Egypt, Tinnis, Fatimid period, datable to 983-90. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 49.5 x 151.1 cm (19 1/2 x 59 1/2 in.); mounted: 60.3 x 161.9 cm (23 3/4 x 63 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.354


creator: Gu Tianzhi (Chinese, active mid-1600s)

medium: handscroll; ink and color on paper

country: China, late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) - early Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

subjects: Painting Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape in the Style of Huang Gongwang (仿黃公望山水圖), 1649. Gu Tianzhi (Chinese, active mid-1600s). Handscroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 25.5 x 717.5 cm (10 1/16 x 282 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1970.3


title: Jug with Silver Mounts

creator: Barent van Leeuwen (Dutch, 1637–1682)

credit_line: Jug with Silver Mounts, c. 1662–76. Mounts by Barent van Leeuwen (Dutch, 1637–1682). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; silver mounts (Hizen ware, Arita type); overall: 24.2 x 12.8 x 11.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Lucile and Robert H. Gries Charity Fund, 1970.46.2


medium: Gum tempera and ink on cotton

country: Western Tibet

subjects:
Painting
Western tibet

credit_line: Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara), c. 1500. Western Tibet. Gum tempera and ink on cotton; overall: 94.6 x 69.2 cm (37 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.147


creator: Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540)

medium: chiaroscuro woodcut (in brown-green and black)

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Tiburtine Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus, c. 1527–30/31. After Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540), Antonio da Trento (Italian, c. 1508–c. 1550). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in brown-green and black); sheet: 34.1 x 25.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1923.115


creator: William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

medium: wood engraving

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Print
England, 19th century
Trees

credit_line: The Pastorals of Virgil, Eclogue I:  The Blasted Tree, 1821. William Blake (British, 1757–1827). Wood engraving; image: 3.4 x 7.3 cm (1 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1934.145


title: The Hag and the Young Man

creator: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)

date: probably 1922

medium: black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky)

country: America

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: The Hag and the Young Man, probably 1922. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky); image: 45.6 x 36.8 cm (17 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.); sheet: 58.6 x 54 cm (23 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1937.512


creator: Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

credit_line: (虎丘十二景圖): The Nodding Stone Terrace, Tiger Hill, and the Thousand-Man Seat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou, after 1490. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper; image: 31.2 x 42.3 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.); overall: 36.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1964.371.5