title: The Virgin on a Crescent

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: woodcut

country: Germany, early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: The Virgin on a Crescent, c. 1510–11. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.1


medium: opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

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

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: King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court (recto); the Story of King Luhrasp (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c. 1560–90. Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper; sheet: 47 x 29.7 cm (18 1/2 x 11 11/16 in.); image: 43.9 x 26.6 cm (17 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1962.24


medium: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

credit_line: King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court, recto of the left folio of a double-page composition from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c. 1560–90. Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 47 x 29.7 cm (18 1/2 x 11 11/16 in.); image: 43.9 x 26.6 cm (17 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1962.24.a


title: Kali attacking Nisumbha

medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

country: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

subjects:
Painting
Northern india, pahari kingdom

credit_line: Kali attacking Nisumbha, c. 1740. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 22 x 33 cm (8 11/16 x 13 in.); overall: 23.7 x 35.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1968.44


title: Chasuble

subjects: Germany, bavaria, last quarter of 17th century

credit_line: Chasuble, 1675–99. Germany, Bavaria, last quarter of 17th century. Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery; overall: 116.9 x 78.1 cm (46 x 30 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1971.235


title: Jar with Dragon and Phoenix Design

medium: carved lacquer in cinnabar and other colors

credit_line: Jar with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1522–66. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66). Carved lacquer in cinnabar and other colors; overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1972.14


title: Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern

medium: silk, gold thread; velvet: three heights of cut pile, gold thread loops

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Ornament & design
Velvet
Italy, florence

credit_line: Velvet with Pomegranate Pattern, 1450–1500. Italy, Florence. Silk, gold thread; velvet: three heights of cut pile, gold thread loops; overall: 300.9 x 56.5 cm (118 7/16 x 22 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.20


title: Chair Legs and Panel

date: 300s CE

medium: ivory

credit_line: Chair Legs and Panel, 300s CE. Afghanistan, Begram (chair legs); India (panel), Kushan period (chair legs); Mughal dynasty (1526-1756) (panel). Ivory; overall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1975.103


title: Chair Leg

country: Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

subjects:
Ivory
Afghanistan, begram, kushan period

credit_line: Chair Leg, 300s CE. Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period. Ivory; overall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1975.103.2


creator: Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694)

date: early 1650s

medium: album leaf, ink and color on silk

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

credit_line: Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Colophon (山水花鳥圖冊), early 1650s. Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694). Album leaf, ink and color on silk; image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1975.22.11


title: Scholar-Hermits in the Autumn Mountains

creator: Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1523)

medium: handscroll, ink and light color on silk

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

credit_line: Scholar-Hermits in the Autumn Mountains (秋山高士圖), 1500–1510. Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1523). Handscroll, ink and light color on silk; overall: 28.6 x 232.4 cm (11 1/4 x 91 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1976.94


title: Conch Shell with a Figure of Hevajra

medium: shell and bronze

subjects:
Sculpture
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Conch Shell with a Figure of Hevajra, 1100s. Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Period, 12th-13th Century. Shell and bronze; overall: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1977.176


title: Kettle with Crane Design

medium: iron

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

subjects:
Metalwork
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Kettle with Crane Design, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Iron; diameter: 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); with handle: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1980.11


title: Kettle with Crane Design

credit_line: Kettle with Crane Design, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Iron; diameter: 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); with handle: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1980.11.a


title: Kettle with Crane Design (lid)

credit_line: Kettle with Crane Design (lid), 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Iron; diameter: 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); with handle: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1980.11.b


creator: Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841)

medium: album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Mountain Market in Clearing Mist, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang (瀟湘八景の内　山市晴嵐図), 1788. Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841). Album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting: 29.6 x 49.2 cm (11 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.); mounted: 128.7 x 61.5 cm (50 11/16 x 24 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1980.188.1


credit_line: Evening Snow Blending River and Sky, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang (瀟湘八景の内　江天暮雪図), 1788. Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841). Album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; image: 29.5 x 49 cm (11 5/8 x 19 5/16 in.); overall: 129 x 67 cm (50 13/16 x 26 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1980.188.2


credit_line: Returning Sails off a Distant Shores, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang (瀟湘八景の内　遠浦歸帆図), 1788. Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841). Album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; image: 29.5 x 49 cm (11 5/8 x 19 5/16 in.); overall: 129 x 67 cm (50 13/16 x 26 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1980.188.3


title: Head of an Italian Woman

creator: Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)

medium: oil on fabric

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Head of an Italian Woman, c. 1847. Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904). Oil on fabric; framed: 60 x 51 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 20 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 44.5 x 36 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.264


title: Dragon and Tiger

creator: Soga Nichokuan (Japanese)

date: early to mid-1600s

medium: pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper

credit_line: Dragon and Tiger, early to mid-1600s. Attributed to Soga Nichokuan (Japanese). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper; overall: 173.4 x 377.2 cm (68 1/4 x 148 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.134


title: Dragon

medium: six-panel folding screen; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper

credit_line: Dragon, early to mid-1600s. Attributed to Soga Nichokuan (Japanese). Six-panel folding screen; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper; image: 158.1 x 304.8 cm (62 1/4 x 120 in.); including mounting: 173.4 x 377.2 cm (68 1/4 x 148 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.134.1


title: Tiger

credit_line: Tiger, early to mid-1600s. Attributed to Soga Nichokuan (Japanese). Six-panel folding screen; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper; painting only: 158.1 x 304.8 cm (62 1/4 x 120 in.); including mounting: 173.4 x 377.2 cm (68 1/4 x 148 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.134.2


title: Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle

medium: salted paper print from calotype negative

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Scots Guards at Edinburgh Castle, 1846. David Octavius Hill (British, 1802–1870), and Robert Adamson (British, 1821–1848). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 14 x 19.5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1987.17


title: Seasonal Landscapes: Summer

date: mid- to late 1500s

medium: hanging scroll, ink on paper

subjects:
Painting
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)
Landscapes

credit_line: Seasonal Landscapes: Summer, mid- to late 1500s. Kano Hideyori (Japanese, active mid- to late 1500s). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; image: 63.9 x 35.7 cm (25 3/16 x 14 1/16 in.); mounted: 154.2 x 49.5 cm (60 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.); with knobs: 154.2 x 54 cm (60 11/16 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1988.13.1


creator: Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892)

subjects:
Architecture
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Égypte et Nubie, sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire: Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel, 1851–52. Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 23.9 x 30.8 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.); paper: 37.8 x 50.3 cm (14 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1992.234


title: St. George and the Dragon

creator: Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510–1563)

medium: black chalk with red chalk, stumped

country: Italy

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: St. George and the Dragon, c. 1530s. Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510–1563). Black chalk with red chalk, stumped; sheet: 30.3 x 43.2 cm (11 15/16 x 17 in.); secondary support: 43.3 x 55.1 cm (17 1/16 x 21 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.60


title: Rei Shōjo (Ling Zhaonu)

creator: Shunoku Sōen (Japanese, 1529–1611)

medium: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

subjects:
Painting
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Rei Shōjo (Ling Zhaonu) (霊昭女図), 1500s. Shunoku Sōen (Japanese, 1529–1611). Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper; image: 97.6 x 37.2 cm (38 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.); overall: 183.4 x 49.3 cm (72 3/16 x 19 7/16 in.); with knobs: 183.4 x 54.5 cm (72 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi, 1995.245


title: Heron on a Willow Branch

creator: Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)

date: late 1700s

credit_line: Heron on a Willow Branch, late 1700s. Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795). Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk; image: 69.4 x 185 cm (27 5/16 x 72 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1997.108


title: Folding the Linen

creator: Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

medium: lithograph

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Folding the Linen, 1893. Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Lithograph; image: 23.9 x 32.2 cm (9 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.); sheet: 25.1 x 32.2 cm (9 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, 1997.190


credit_line: Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). 24 full size illustrations with 160 folios of text; gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2005.145


medium: Camelid fiber, cotton; tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Birds

credit_line: Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature, 600–1000. Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari, 6th-11th century. Camelid fiber, cotton; tapestry weave; overall: 88.6 x 101.9 cm (34 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2005.53


title: Carcasses

medium: watercolor and gouache

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Carcasses, 1840–1860. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803–1860). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 24.6 x 17.9 cm (9 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.344


title: Jane Jarvis

creator: Paul Delaroche (French, 1797–1856)

medium: pastel, heightened with white gouache on tan woven paper, mounted to board

credit_line: Jane Jarvis, 1830–31. Paul Delaroche (French, 1797–1856). Pastel, heightened with white gouache on tan woven paper, mounted to board; sheet: 46.2 x 34.3 cm (18 3/16 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.348


title: Seated Woman with a Cat

medium: brush and gray and black wash

country: France

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Seated Woman with a Cat, c. 1776. Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741–1814). Brush and gray and black wash; image: 19.2 x 16 cm (7 9/16 x 6 5/16 in.); matted: 30 x 26.8 cm (11 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.396


medium: black chalk, with stumping

credit_line: Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right, 1758?. Attributed to François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727–1775). Black chalk, with stumping; sheet: 29.6 x 25 cm (11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.397


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: Germany, possibly Augsburg

subjects:
Manuscript
Germany, possibly augsburg

credit_line: Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial H with the Nativity (recto) and Text (verso), c. 1480. Germany, possibly Augsburg. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leaf: 62.5 x 41 cm (24 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2014.25


creator: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

medium: hand-colored woodblock print

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

credit_line: Perspective View of the Interior of the Nakamura Theater with Ichikawa Ebizo II as Yanone Goro, 1740. Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764). Hand-colored woodblock print; sheet: 40.2 x 63.7 cm (15 13/16 x 25 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1154


title: Courtesan

date: early 1700s

medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

credit_line: Courtesan (太夫図), early 1700s. Kaigetsudō Doshin (Japanese, active 1711–1736). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting only: 91.7 x 46 cm (36 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.); including mounting: 170.2 x 67.3 cm (67 x 26 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1917.97


date: before 1467

medium: engraving, hand-colored with gold

country: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, ferrara, 15th century

credit_line: Poetry (from the Tarocchi, series C:  Liberal Arts, #27), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving, hand-colored with gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.27


title: Descent into Limbo

creator: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian)

medium: engraving

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Descent into Limbo, c. 1490–1500. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian), after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506). Engraving; sheet: 41.2 x 28.2 cm (16 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.); mat size: 56 x 40.7 cm (22 1/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1926.261


title: Fragment of a Woodblock Print on Linen

medium: pigment, linen

country: Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Mamluk sultanate (egypt)

credit_line: Fragment of a Woodblock Print on Linen, 1200s–1300s. Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt). Pigment, linen; overall: 20.5 x 11.9 cm (8 1/16 x 4 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1929.907


title: The Whirlpools of Awa

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

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


creator: Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)

medium: pen and black ink, and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of graphite

country: America

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y., 1843. Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900). Pen and black ink, and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of graphite; sheet: 24.2 x 37.8 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. W. L. Jones, 1933.401


title: Village Wedding

country: France, late 18th century

subjects:
Print
France, late 18th century

credit_line: Village Wedding, 1785. Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820), after Nicolas Antoine Taunay (French, 1755–1830). Lavis-manner color engraving and etching; sheet: 36.7 x 27.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); border: 30.7 x 23.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.166


creator: Thomas Hearne (British, 1744–1817)

country: England, early 19th Century

subjects:
Print
England, early 19th century
Landscapes
Trees

credit_line: Specimens of Polyautography:  Landscape with an Oak Tree, 1803. Thomas Hearne (British, 1744–1817). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1940.1124


title: Portrait of a Woman at a Harpsichord

creator: François Dumont (French, 1751–1831)

medium: watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century stamped gold and gilt metal frame

subjects:
Portrait miniature
France
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Woman at a Harpsichord, c. 1788. François Dumont (French, 1751–1831). Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century stamped gold and gilt metal frame; diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1942.1139


creator: Valerio Belli (Italian, c. 1468–1546)

date: late 1500s

medium: gilt bronze in ebony frame

country: Germany, late 16th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Germany, late 16th century

credit_line: Pax with Christ Appearing to the Apostles, late 1500s. Cast after a model by Valerio Belli (Italian, c. 1468–1546). Gilt bronze in ebony frame; overall: 21.2 x 15.2 x 6.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.631


title: Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: woodcut

country: Germany, early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, c. 1504–1505. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.17


title: View of a Lake

creator: Thomas Doughty (American, 1793–1856)

medium: oil on canvas

subjects: Painting America

credit_line: View of a Lake, c. 1830s. Thomas Doughty (American, 1793–1856). Oil on canvas; framed: 53.3 x 69.6 x 7.6 cm (21 x 27 3/8 x 3 in.); unframed: 38.5 x 55 cm (15 3/16 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1963.574


title: Figure from a Crèche: Shepherd

medium: painted wood and terracotta with various textiles

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

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Shepherd, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 36.1 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.1


creator: Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905)

medium: graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition)

country: Germany, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 19th century

credit_line: Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen), 1885. Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905). Graphite, with stumping (traces of white paint, along left edge, unrelated to composition); sheet: 12.3 x 19.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1985.147


title: Two Tapestry-woven Panel Fragments

medium: camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave

subjects: Central andes, north coast, chimú people

credit_line: Two Tapestry-woven Panel Fragments, 1000–1460s. Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú people. Camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave; overall: 88 x 51 cm (34 5/8 x 20 1/16 in.); mounted: 99.1 x 63.5 cm (39 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.7


title: Tea Caddy (Chaire) (lid)

medium: Negoro lacquer on wood

subjects:
Lacquer
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Tea Caddy (Chaire) (lid), 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1988.56.b


title: Jar

medium: Ceramic, slip

credit_line: Jar, 1400–1600. Native North America, Southwest, Ancestral Pueblo, Sikyatki style. Ceramic, slip; overall: 21.2 x 38.8 cm (8 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1990.10


creator: Master of Francis I (French)

medium: ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum

country: France, Paris

subjects:
Manuscript
France, pari

credit_line: Frontispiece Miniature from the Manuscript of a Poem by Guillaume Crétin: Debate Between Two Women, c. 1537–1540. Master of Francis I (French). Ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum; sheet: 27.1 x 20.1 cm (10 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.157


date: late 200s–early 100s BCE

medium: bronze

subjects: China, western han dynasty (206 bce–8 ce)

credit_line: Mirror with a Square Band and Four Nipples (方格四乳鏡), late 200s–early 100s BCE. China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Bronze; diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.); overall: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.275


title: Artist (or Assistant) with Pipe

creator: Frank Chauvassaignes (French)

medium: salt print from wet collodion negative

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Artist (or Assistant) with Pipe, 1853–1857. Frank Chauvassaignes (French). Salt print from wet collodion negative; image: 21 x 15.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.); mounted: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.174


medium: ink, tempera and gold on vellum

country: England, Oxford(?), 13th century

subjects:
Manuscript
England, oxford , 13th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Psalter: Initial C: David Seated with a Book (1 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1270–1280. England, Oxford(?), 13th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.9 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.124


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: North Netherlands, Zwolle(?), 15th century

subjects: North netherlands, zwolle , 15th century

credit_line: Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: Decorated Initial H, c. 1470–1480. Related to Masters of the Zwolle Bible (Netherlandish). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.5 x 12.3 cm (6 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.134


creator: Johannes Grusch Atelier (French)

credit_line: Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P with St. Paul Holding a Sword (St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians), c. 1250. Circle or workshop of Johannes Grusch Atelier (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; overall: 14.6 x 12.1 cm (5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2001.74


creator: Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546)

medium: ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

subjects: Manuscript France

credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1530–35. Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546), The 1520s Hours Workshop (French). Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2003.174.1


creator: Master of Guillebert de Mets (Flemish)

country: Flanders, Ghent?, 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Flanders, ghent , 15th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Decorated Initial D[eus] with Foliated Border (Opening of Terce: Hours of the Holy Spirit), 1430s. Master of Guillebert de Mets (Flemish), and Workshop. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 12.7 x 8.4 cm (5 x 3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2005.205


country: Flanders, Bruges (?), 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Flanders, bruge , 15th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Bartholomew, c. 1440–1460. Flanders, Bruges (?), 15th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 12.5 x 8.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2006.11


title: Doctor's Basket, Canoe- shaped

medium: coiled, with shell and yellow glass beads

country: California, Pomo, 19th century

subjects:
Basketry
California, pomo, 19th century
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Doctor's Basket, Canoe- shaped, 1890. California, Pomo, 19th century. Coiled, with shell and yellow glass beads; overall: 14.5 x 44 cm (5 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.480


title: Lace Collar

country: Italy, Genoa

subjects:
Lace
Italy, genoa

credit_line: Lace Collar, 1560–1600. Italy, Genoa. Linen; needle lace (cutwork and reticella) and bobbin lace edging; overall: 56.8 x 29.5 cm (22 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1240


title: The Boat in Conflans

medium: etching on chine collé

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Boat in Conflans, 1866. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Etching on chine collé; sheet: 26.9 x 36.7 cm (10 9/16 x 14 7/16 in.); platemark: 11 x 13.8 cm (4 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.666


title: Peasant Returning from the Manure Heap

medium: etching

credit_line: Peasant Returning from the Manure Heap, 1855–56. Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875). Etching; plate: 16.2 x 13.2 cm (6 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1921.991


title: Life of the Virgin:  The Nativity

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: Life of the Virgin:  The Nativity, 1504–1505. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.293


medium: engraving, hand-colored with gold

subjects:
Print
Italy, ferrara, 15th century

credit_line: Astrology (from the Tarocchi, series C:  Liberal Arts, #29), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving, hand-colored with gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.29


title: Rural Recreation

medium: etching and aquatint

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Rural Recreation, 1769. Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781). Etching and aquatint; sheet: 58.5 x 43.5 cm (23 1/16 x 17 1/8 in.); platemark: 37.7 x 29.8 cm (14 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.334


title: Fan Dancer

creator: Waylande Gregory (American, 1905–1971)

medium: glazed ceramic

country: America, Ohio, Cleveland

subjects:
Ceramic
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: Fan Dancer, 1928. Waylande Gregory (American, 1905–1971), Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Rocky River, Ohio, 1920–1931). Glazed ceramic; overall: 30.5 x 15.2 cm (12 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1928.571


title: The Bride

creator: Edward Calvert (British, 1799–1883)

medium: engraving

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Print
England, 19th century

credit_line: The Bride, 1829. Edward Calvert (British, 1799–1883). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.140


title: Dance of Death:  The Sailor

medium: woodcut

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Dance of Death:  The Sailor, c. 1526. Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1929.163


title: The Whirlpools of Awa

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

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


medium: opaque watercolor and ink on paper

subjects: Afghanistan, herat, timurid period (1370–1501)

credit_line: The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto), 1425–50. Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period (1370–1501). Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; image: 11 x 25.7 cm (4 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.); overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); text area: 22.6 x 22.8 cm (8 7/8 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1931.452.a


title: Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)

medium: ink, gold, and color on parchment

country: Southern Spain

subjects:
Manuscript
Southern spain

credit_line: Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto), 1200s–1300s. Southern Spain. Ink, gold, and color on parchment; sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.); text area: 46.5 x 44 cm (18 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1933.440.a


title: Three Children Blowing Horns

country: Italy, early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Italy, early 16th century

credit_line: Three Children Blowing Horns, c. 1505–1512. Giovanni Pietro da Birago (Italian, active c. 1471–1513). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1934.181


title: The Penance of St. John Chrysostom

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

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

credit_line: The Penance of St. John Chrysostom, c. 1497. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1934.339


title: Silk and Gold Textile

medium: lampas weave, silk and gold thread

country: Italy, last third of the 14th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy, last third of the 14th century

credit_line: Silk and Gold Textile, 1360–1400. Italy, last third of the 14th century. Lampas weave, silk and gold thread; overall: 26.7 x 33.2 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1078


title: Canal at Pont Sainte-Maxence

creator: Maxime Lalanne (French, 1827–1886)

credit_line: Canal at Pont Sainte-Maxence, c. 1878. Maxime Lalanne (French, 1827–1886). Etching on chine collé. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.745


creator: Lié Louis Périn (French, 1753–1817)

medium: watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame

subjects:
Portrait miniature
France
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines, 1795. Lié Louis Périn (French, 1753–1817). Watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame; framed: 10.5 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1943.647


medium: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

subjects: Iran, maragah, ilkhanid period (1256–1353)

credit_line: Qualities of Ringdoves (recto); On the Benefits of Quails (verso), from a Persian Manafi‘ al-Hayawan (The Benefits of Animals) of Abu Said Ubaid-Allah ibn Jibrail ibn Bakhtishu (died 1058–68), c. 1300. Iran, Maragah, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; image: 10.2 x 9 cm (4 x 3 9/16 in.); overall: 24.7 x 18.2 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.); text area: 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.382


title: The Square at Evening

creator: Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947)

medium: lithograph

credit_line: Some Scenes of Parisian Life: The Square at Evening, 1899. Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867–1947), Published by Ambroise Vollard; Printed by Auguste Clot. Lithograph; sheet: 40.3 x 53 cm (15 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.); image: 27 x 38 cm (10 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1948.156.7


creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

medium: Color woodblock print

credit_line: Yokkaichi: View of the Mie River, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō, c. 1833–34. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; overall: 38 x 25.3 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. T. Wingate Todd from the Collection of Dr. T. Wingate Todd, 1948.307


creator: Andrea Riccio (Italian, c. 1470–1532)

medium: bronze

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, early 16th century

credit_line: Doorknocker with a Satyr Pulling an Ox's Horns, 1800s. Andrea Riccio (Italian, c. 1470–1532). Bronze; overall: 8.8 x 25.2 x 8.8 cm (3 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1948.487


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

country: Italy, Bologna

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, bologna

credit_line: Fragment of an Antiphonary with Historiated Initial (S): The Stoning of St. Stephen, c. 1370–72. Nicolò da Bologna (Italian, c. 1325–1403). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.446


title: The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan

credit_line: The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, c. 1480–90. Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.78


title: Leaves Excised from a Psalter (seven)

medium: tempera and gold on vellum

country: Flanders, Liège(?), 13th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Flanders, liège , 13th century

credit_line: Leaves Excised from a Psalter (seven), c. 1260. Flanders, Liège(?), 13th century. Tempera and gold on vellum; sheet: 13 x 8.9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.145


date: early 1300s

country: Italy, Tuscany

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, tuscany

credit_line: Leaf from an Antiphonary with Historiated Initial (H) with The Nativity (recto) and Music (verso), early 1300s. Italy, Tuscany. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 53 x 38 cm (20 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.285


title: Washerwomen

medium: color softground etching and aquatint with etching

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: (L'Estampe Originale): Washerwomen, 1893. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918), published by Andre Marty (French, b. 1857). Color softground etching and aquatint with etching; image: 38 x 21.5 cm (14 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.); plate: 39.3 x 22.7 cm (15 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.); sheet: 45.9 x 25.5 cm (18 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1955.451


title: Christ Disputing with Doctors

country: Germany, early 16th Century

subjects:
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: Christ Disputing with Doctors, c. 1503–1504. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.16


credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints and Angels, c. 1500–1502. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.20


subjects:
Architecture
Print
Germany, early 16th century

credit_line: The Life of the Virgin: The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, c. 1502–1503. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.6


title: Eye

medium: watercolor on ivory set in a ring with split pearl border

country: United States

subjects:
Portrait miniature
United state
Portraits

credit_line: Eye, 1900s. United States. Watercolor on ivory set in a ring with split pearl border; unframed: 1 cm (3/8 in.); diameter of frame: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 1961.328


title: Treasure Box (Wakahuia)

medium: wood with abalone shell

subjects:
Sculpture
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Treasure Box (Wakahuia), 1800s. Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori people, 19th century. Wood with abalone shell; overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1961.405


title: Sleeping Cat

date: early to mid-1800s

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

credit_line: Sleeping Cat (眠り猫置物), early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold (Hizen ware); overall: 9.5 x 14.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.255


title: Dish with Chrysanthemums and Marigolds

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

credit_line: Dish with Chrysanthemums and Marigolds, 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Imari ware porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gold decoration; diameter: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.265


title: Pair of Hexagonal Jars

date: late 1600s

medium: porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type)

credit_line: Pair of Hexagonal Jars, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type); overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.273


title: Hexagonal Jar

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

credit_line: Hexagonal Jar, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.273.2


title: The Skylark

creator: Samuel Palmer (British, 1805–1881)

medium: etching

subjects:
Print
England, 19th century

credit_line: The Skylark, 1850. Samuel Palmer (British, 1805–1881). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, presented in honor of Henry Sayles Francis, Curator of Prints, 1966.181


title: Easter Egg on Stand

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

medium: jade mounted in gold, cabochon rubies, jade and purpurine

country: Russia, St. Petersburg

credit_line: Easter Egg on Stand, c. 1900–1910. Attributed to House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Jade mounted in gold, cabochon rubies, jade and purpurine; part 1: 5.6 x 3.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.); part 2: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.434


title: Goldfish

creator: Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920)

date: late 1800s-early 1900s

medium: topaz, rose-cut diamond eyes set in gold

subjects:
Russia, st. petersburg
Roses

credit_line: Goldfish, late 1800s-early 1900s. Firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920). Topaz, rose-cut diamond eyes set in gold; overall: 2.6 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm (1 x 1 5/16 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.453


title: Jason and the Dragon

creator: Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673)

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Jason and the Dragon, c. 1663. Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673). Etching; sheet: 39.1 x 23.7 cm (15 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zinser, 1966.730


medium: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

country: Western India, Gujarat

subjects:
Painting
Western india, gujarat
Palms

credit_line: Jain monk with disciple and two laymen, two nuns, and a laywoman, folio 22 (recto) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra, c. 1275. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 7.5 x 31.1 cm (2 15/16 x 12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.129.a


creator: Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)

medium: woodcut on vellum, hand colored with watercolor

credit_line: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John, 1503. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553). Woodcut on vellum, hand colored with watercolor ; image: 22.7 x 16.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1972.128


title: Figures from a Crèche

medium: painted wood and terracotta with various textiles

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

credit_line: Figures from a Crèche, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368


title: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man

credit_line: Figure from a Crèche: Standing Man, 1780–1830. Italy, Naples, late 18th-early 19th century. Painted wood and terracotta with various textiles; overall: 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.368.6


title: Virgin Crowned by an Angel

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: engraving

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Virgin Crowned by an Angel, 1520. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1973.215


medium: ink and tempera on a vellum roll of four membranes

country: England, Canterbury

subjects:
Manuscript
England, canterbury

credit_line: Peter of Poitiers's "Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi", c. 1220. England, Canterbury. Ink and tempera on a vellum roll of four membranes; part 1: 135 x 22.5 cm (53 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.5.a


title: Box

medium: lacquer

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

credit_line: Box, 1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer; overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert P. Schafer, 1974.271


creator: Joseph Lawton (British, d. 1874)

medium: albumen print

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: The Paranirvana of Buddha, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruva, Ceylon, 1870–71. Joseph Lawton (British, d. 1874). Albumen print; image: 21.4 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Louise S. Richards, 1976.156


title: The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall

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

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

credit_line: The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall, 1514. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; platemark: 14.7 x 9.9 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.); paper: 15 x 10.2 cm (5 7/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland by exchange, and purchase from the Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1977.20


title: Fisherman's Joy

creator: Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508–c. 1578)

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

credit_line: Fisherman's Joy (漁樂圖), 1572. Qian Gu (Chinese, 1508–c. 1578). Handscroll; ink and light color on paper; image: 31.4 x 355.2 cm (12 3/8 x 139 13/16 in.); overall: 37 x 989.4 cm (14 9/16 x 389 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1977.56


medium: bronze

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Metalwork
France, 19th century

credit_line: Medal Presented to Loïe Fuller by the French Government, 1900. Marie Alexandre Lucien Coudray (French, 1864–1932). Bronze; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1978.116


title: Boy with Puppy

medium: wood with lacquer and color

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Boy with Puppy (嵯峨人形子犬持ち童子立像), c. 1800. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood with lacquer and color; overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1979.19


creator: Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652)

medium: album leaf; ink and color on silk

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

credit_line: Paintings after Ancient Masters: Narcissus and Bare Trees, 1598–1652. Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1979.27.1.3


title: A Blasted Tree (recto)

creator: Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)

medium: pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite, heightened with white

country: America

subjects: Drawing America Trees

credit_line: A Blasted Tree (recto), 1851. Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900). Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite, heightened with white; sheet: 19 x 15.6 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1979.91.a


title: Cloud Study

medium: watercolor

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
England, 19th century

credit_line: Cloud Study, 1800s. England, 19th century. Watercolor; sheet: 5.6 x 15.7 cm (2 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1980.108


title: The Arbor (Julia Hall McCune)

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

medium: platinum print

subjects: Photograph America

credit_line: The Arbor (Julia Hall McCune), 1906. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Platinum print; image: 23.8 x 19.3 cm (9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.); paper: 25.7 x 19.3 cm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.159


title: The Virgin with the Swaddled Child

country: Germany

credit_line: The Virgin with the Swaddled Child, 1520. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; platemark: 14.2 x 9.6 cm (5 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1980.48


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: France, Lorraine

subjects:
Manuscript
France, lorraine

credit_line: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman upon the Scarlet Beast, c. 1295. France, Lorraine. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.2 x 14.7 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1983.73.1.a


credit_line: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven, c. 1295. France, Lorraine. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 12 x 14.2 cm (4 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1983.73.2.b


title: Waterfowl and Reeds

date: early 1200s

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk

country: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

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

credit_line: Waterfowl and Reeds, early 1200s. Attributed to Liang Kai (Chinese, mid-1100s–early 1200s). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting only: 23.4 x 23.5 cm (9 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 108 x 42.4 cm (42 1/2 x 16 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1984.42


creator: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)

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

credit_line: Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise, c. 1793–96. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.301


title: Interlude

creator: Pierre Dubreuil (French, 1872–1944)

medium: oil print, Rawlins oil print process

country: France, 20th century

subjects:
Photograph
France, 20th century

credit_line: Interlude, 1932. Pierre Dubreuil (French, 1872–1944). Oil print, Rawlins oil print process; image: 24.6 x 19.4 cm (9 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1987.217


title: Chateau Montesquieu

creator: Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943)

country: England, early 20th Century

subjects:
Photograph
England, early 20th century

credit_line: Chateau Montesquieu, c. 1900. Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943). Platinum print; image: 15.4 x 8.7 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.); matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1987.26


title: Gloria

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gloria, 1535 or 1536. Domenico del Barbiere (Italian, c. 1506–c. 1571), after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494–1540). Engraving; sheet: 28.7 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); secondary support: 44.7 x 37.6 cm (17 5/8 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1988.106


title: Young Woman Seated on a Bed

creator: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)

medium: chalk-manner etching and engraving printed in black and white on blue paper

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Young Woman Seated on a Bed, 1764–67. Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793), after François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Chalk-manner etching and engraving printed in black and white on blue paper; sheet: 46.5 x 32.7 cm (18 5/16 x 12 7/8 in.); platemark: 43.6 x 30.2 cm (17 3/16 x 11 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1988.151


creator: Jacob Savery I (Dutch, 1566–1603)

medium: etching

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Landscapes
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: Six Landscapes:  Path Between Swamp and Wooded Bank, c. 1595. Jacob Savery I (Dutch, 1566–1603). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1988.153


title: Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau)

medium: albumen print, coated, from wet collodion negative

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau), c. 1874. Constant Alexandre Famin (French, 1827–1888). Albumen print, coated, from wet collodion negative; image: 17.2 x 23.7 cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1988.167


title: Tea Caddy (Chaire)

medium: Negoro lacquer on wood

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

subjects:
Lacquer
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Tea Caddy (Chaire), 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1988.56.a


title: Floral Still Life (Bleeding Hearts)

creator: Charles Aubry (French, 1811–1877)

medium: albumen print from glass negative

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century
Flowers

credit_line: Floral Still Life (Bleeding Hearts), c. 1865. Charles Aubry (French, 1811–1877). Albumen print from glass negative; image: 34.6 x 24.6 cm (13 5/8 x 9 11/16 in.); paper: 48.1 x 31.7 cm (18 15/16 x 12 1/2 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1988.86


title: Phurbu

medium: metal alloys with gold and silver

country: Sino-Tibetan, Yongle period (1403–1424)

subjects:
Metalwork
Sino-tibetan, yongle period (1403–1424)

credit_line: Phurbu, 1403–24. Sino-Tibetan, Yongle period (1403–1424). Metal alloys with gold and silver; overall: 27 x 6 cm (10 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.362


creator: Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879)

medium: salted paper print, Blanquart-Évrard process, from waxed-paper negative

credit_line: Portico of the Château d'Anet, now at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1851. Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879). Salted paper print, Blanquart-Évrard process, from waxed-paper negative; image: 21.1 x 14.2 cm (8 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.); matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.393


medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper

credit_line: Radha Awaiting Reconciliation with Krishna, from a Gita Govinda of Jayadeva, c. 1680. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 21.3 x 25.3 cm (8 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John D. Proctor, 1990.41


title: Landscape with Two Monks

medium: graphite heightened with white chalk; framing lines (arched at top) in graphite

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape with Two Monks, c. 1840. François Edouard Bertin (French, 1797–1871). Graphite heightened with white chalk; framing lines (arched at top) in graphite; sheet: 27.4 x 32.2 cm (10 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1990.79


title: Eve

creator: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

medium: woodcut

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Eve, 1898–99. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Woodcut; sheet: 27 x 20.5 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.158


title: Daniel Maclise (1806-1870)

creator: William Lake Price (British, 1810–1896)

medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), 1857. William Lake Price (British, 1810–1896). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 28.1 x 24.5 cm (11 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.); matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1994.19


title: Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France

credit_line: Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France, c. 1865–69. Arthur A. Taylor (French, active 1850–d. 1873). G. Arosa et Cie process print from waxed paper negative; image: 33.1 x 24.7 cm (13 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1995.237


date: late 200s–9 BCE

medium: bronze

subjects: China, western han dynasty (206 bce–8 ce)

credit_line: Mirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs (重圈連弧銘紋鏡), late 200s–9 BCE. China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Bronze; diameter: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.290


date: 100–1 BCE

credit_line: Mirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs (重圈連弧鏡), 100–1 BCE. China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Bronze; diameter: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.306


title: The Royal Porcelain Factory at Sèvres

medium: salted paper print from calotype negative

credit_line: The Royal Porcelain Factory at Sèvres, c. 1851–1852. Henri-Victor Regnault (French, 1810–1878). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 35.1 x 43.9 cm (13 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.); matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1995.76


title: Untitled

subjects: Photograph America

credit_line: Atlantic and Great Western Railway: Untitled, 1862. James Fitzallen Ryder (American, 1826–1904). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 18.8 x 23.7 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.238


title: The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left

creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

medium: engraving

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left, 1587. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 27.9 x 18.9 cm (11 x 7 7/16 in.); image: 26.8 x 18.7 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1996.364


creator: Johannes Grusch Atelier (French)

medium: ink, tempera and gold on vellum

country: France, Paris

subjects:
Manuscript
France, pari

credit_line: Initial I with Elimelech and Naomi: Leaf from a Latin Bible, c. 1250. Johannes Grusch Atelier (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 15 x 10 cm (5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.123


country: England, East Anglia, early 14th Century

subjects: England, east anglia, early 14th century

credit_line: Leaf from a Psalter: Historiated Initial D with The Trinity, c.1310. Follower of Master of the Queen Mary Psalter (English). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 26.7 x 17.5 cm (10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.125


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: North Netherlands, Delft, 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
North netherlands, delft, 15th century

credit_line: Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: Angel with a Banderole within a Flourished Border (Prayer to the Holy Trinity), c. 1475. Possibly by Workshop of the Convent of St. Agnes (Netherlandish). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.7 x 12.5 cm (6 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.133


title: Henriette Robert

creator: Louis-Rémy Robert (French, 1811–1882)

medium: salted paper print from waxed paper negative

credit_line: Henriette Robert, 1852–1853. Louis-Rémy Robert (French, 1811–1882). Salted paper print from waxed paper negative; image: 21.8 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.); mounted: 32.4 x 26.4 cm (12 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.214


creator: Master of the Gold Scrolls (Belgian)

country: Flanders, Bruges

subjects:
Manuscript
Flanders, bruge

credit_line: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Saint James the Greater, c. 1440–1450. Master of the Gold Scrolls (Belgian). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 14.9 x 11.2 cm (5 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2011.59


medium: ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

country: Flanders, Ghent, 15th century

subjects:
Manuscript
Flanders, ghent, 15th century

credit_line: Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: The Nativity, c. 1480. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519). Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; leaf: 10.8 x 8.2 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2011.64


title: Storage Jar

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Storage Jar, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Echizen ware); diameter: 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.); overall: 57.5 cm (22 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III, 2015.493


date: c. 520 BCE

medium: ceramic

country: Etruscan

subjects: Ceramic Etruscan

credit_line: Black-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Hercle (Herakles) and Pholos; Cattle (of Geryon?), c. 520 BCE. Attributed to Tityos Painter (Etruscan, active at Vulci c. 530–510 BCE). Ceramic; diameter: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); overall: 31.3 cm (12 5/16 in.); diameter of foot: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1986.88


date: after 1535

medium: pen and black ink (with point of brush?) and brush and red-brown wash (red chalk wash?), heightened with lead white (partially oxidized); framing lines in brown ink with traces of gold paint

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Copy after Primaticcio's Juno Awakening Sleep, after 1535. Copy after Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, 1504–1570). Pen and black ink (with point of brush?) and brush and red-brown wash (red chalk wash?), heightened with lead white (partially oxidized); framing lines in brown ink with traces of gold paint; sheet: 22.3 x 33.5 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.); secondary support: 33.5 x 45.7 cm (13 3/16 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.537


medium: lampas: silk and gold thread

country: Spain, Granada, Nasrid period

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain, granada, nasrid period

credit_line: Lampas with heraldry of Castile and León, from a royal Christian robe, 1200–1325. Spain, Granada, Nasrid period. Lampas: silk and gold thread; overall: 10.2 x 54.9 cm (4 x 21 5/8 in.); mounted: 17.8 x 62.9 cm (7 x 24 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.48


title: Bookbinding for a Qur'an

medium: leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers

subjects: Turkey, istanbul, ottoman period, 15th century

credit_line: Bookbinding for a Qur'an, 1460–1500. Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman period, 15th century. Leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers; overall: 36 x 81.6 cm (14 3/16 x 32 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.495


title: Tunic

medium: tapestry; cotton and camelid fiber

country: Peru, Inca, 15th-16th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru, inca, 15th-16th century

credit_line: Tunic, c. 1400–1540. Peru, Inca, 15th-16th century. Tapestry; cotton and camelid fiber; average: 85.1 x 76.2 cm (33 1/2 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William R. Carlisle, 1957.136


title: Writing Box with Spitting Courtesan

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Writing Box with Spitting Courtesan (唾を吐く遊女蒔絵硯箱), early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquered wood with maki-e (image made of sprinkled gold dust); box: 21.6 x 19.8 x 3.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.); closed: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); cover: 20.7 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1963.260.a


credit_line: Writing Box with Spitting Courtesan (lid) (唾を吐く遊女蒔絵硯箱), early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquered wood with maki-e (image made of sprinkled gold dust); box: 21.6 x 19.8 x 3.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.); closed: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); cover: 20.7 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1963.260.b


title: Ladies Entertained by Dancers

medium: ivory

country: Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

subjects:
Ivory
Afghanistan, begram, kushan period

credit_line: Ladies Entertained by Dancers, 1–200 CE. Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period. Ivory; overall: 7.5 x 17 cm (2 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.103


title: Brocade with Lotus Flowers

medium: Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread

subjects: Northern china, yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

credit_line: Brocade with Lotus Flowers, 1200s–mid-1300s. Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Silk: tabby, brocaded; gold thread; overall: 58.4 x 67 cm (23 x 26 3/8 in.); mounted: 68.6 x 77.5 cm (27 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1994.293


title: Woman’s Robe (munisak)

medium: Silk: velvet ikat

country: Uzbekistan, Bukhara

subjects:
Garment
Uzbekistan, bukhara

credit_line: Woman’s Robe (munisak), 1850–75. Uzbekistan, Bukhara. Silk: velvet ikat; overall: 132.1 x 150 cm (52 x 59 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arlene C. Cooper, 2009.267


title: Almond-Shaped Pendant

medium: gold, lapis lazuli, garnet, and glass

credit_line: Almond-Shaped Pendant, 400–600. Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 5th-7th Century. Gold, lapis lazuli, garnet, and glass; overall: 5.1 x 2.9 cm (2 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund, 1948.24


title: Pendant Cross

medium: gold

subjects: Byzantium, early byzantine period, 6th century

credit_line: Pendant Cross, 500s. Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 6th century. Gold; overall: 2.3 x 1.3 cm (7/8 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund, 1948.711


title: Roundel with the Annunciation

country: Germany, Upper Rhine, 15th century

subjects:
Ivory
Germany, upper rhine, 15th century

credit_line: Roundel with the Annunciation, c. 1470. Germany, Upper Rhine, 15th century. Ivory; diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.7


date: c. late 100s CE

medium: gray schist

country: Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period

subjects:
Sculpture
Pakistan, gandhara, kushan period

credit_line: Base for a Seated Buddha with Figures of Ascetics, c. late 100s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period. Gray schist; overall: 38 x 36.2 x 9 cm (14 15/16 x 14 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski, 1976.152


title: Weight in the Form of a Lion

medium: leaded tin-bronze

credit_line: Weight in the Form of a Lion, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Leaded tin-bronze; overall: 2.5 x 2.3 cm (1 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Katherine Zuppan Everson, 1987.77


title: Petal-Shaped Bead

medium: faience

credit_line: Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert M. Parmelee, 1919.618.a


title: Petal-Shaped Bead

credit_line: Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert M. Parmelee, 1919.618.b


title: Petal-Shaped Bead

credit_line: Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert M. Parmelee, 1919.618.c


title: Petal-Shaped Bead

credit_line: Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert M. Parmelee, 1919.618.d


title: Petal-Shaped Bead

credit_line: Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert M. Parmelee, 1919.618.e


title: Petal-Shaped Bead

credit_line: Petal-Shaped Bead, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Faience; overall: 3 x 1 cm (1 3/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert M. Parmelee, 1919.618.h


title: The Miners

creator: Constantin Meunier (Belgian, 1831–1905)

medium: bronze

country: Belgium, 19th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Belgium, 19th century

credit_line: The Miners, c. 1890 – 1900. Constantin Meunier (Belgian, 1831–1905). Bronze; overall: 54.9 x 40.6 x 11.4 cm (21 5/8 x 16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer, 1946.349


title: Ear Ornament

medium: hammered and cut gold

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metalwork

credit_line: Ear Ornament, c. 500–200 BCE. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style. Hammered and cut gold; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman, 1957.400.2


title: Earring

medium: gold with garnets

country: Ostrogothic, Migration period

subjects:
Jewelry
Ostrogothic, migration period

credit_line: Earring, 400s. Ostrogothic, Migration period. Gold with garnets; overall: 3.5 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John R. McKay, 1975.48.1


medium: tempera on poplar panel

country: Italy

subjects: Painting Italy

credit_line: Madonna and Child with Tobias and the Angel Raphael, c. 1470. Francesco Botticini (Italian, c. 1446–1497). Tempera on poplar panel; framed: 121.3 x 80.7 x 10.2 cm (47 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 4 in.); panel: 96.7 x 59 cm (38 1/16 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection, 1916.789


title: Coconut Cup

medium: carved coconut in silver mount

country: carved coconut, probably The Netherlands; silver mount, probably England, 17th century

credit_line: Coconut Cup, c. 1630. Carved coconut, probably The Netherlands; silver mount, probably England, 17th century. Carved coconut in silver mount; overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Given by Mrs. Warren Holmes Corning in memory of her husband and their happy days in the Virgin Islands, 1977.77


title: Adam and Eve

medium: engraving

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Adam and Eve, late 1500s. Robert Boissard (French, 1570–after 1603). Engraving; sheet: 12 x 14 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); platemark: 11.3 x 13.4 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.36


creator: Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697)

medium: album leaf: ink and color on paper

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

credit_line: Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters (倣古山水圖冊), 1690. Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697). Album leaf: ink and color on paper; overall: 28.6 x 44 cm (11 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1962.157.7


creator: Muhammadi (Iranian)

medium: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

country: Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722)

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

credit_line: Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration, c. 1550–1600. Style of Muhammadi (Iranian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 28.6 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.491


title: Flying Cupid

medium: red chalk

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: Flying Cupid, c. 1602. Follower of Annibale Carracci (Italian, c. 1560–1609). Red chalk; sheet: 14 x 14.5 cm (5 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1929.9


title: View of Marino (recto)

medium: graphite

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: View of Marino (recto), 1827. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875). Graphite; sheet: 20.2 x 28.8 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1942.878.a


title: Sketch for a Landscape (verso)

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: Sketch for a Landscape (verso), 1827. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875). Graphite; sheet: 20.2 x 28.8 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1942.878.b


medium: glazed stoneware, Waridawara type

country: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

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

credit_line: Baptismal Bowl with Christian Design of Cross and Insignia of the Society of Jesus: Hagi Ware, c. 1600. Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615). Glazed stoneware, Waridawara type ; diameter: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); overall: 23.9 x 31.8 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1962.211


creator: John Smibert (Scottish, 1688–1751)

medium: oil on canvas

country: America

subjects: Painting America Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Woman (Judith Colman Bulfinch?), c. 1734. John Smibert (Scottish, 1688–1751). Oil on canvas; framed: 94 x 81 x 6 cm (37 x 31 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 75.6 x 62.2 cm (29 3/4 x 24 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1920.3919


title: Bust of Christ

medium: painted terracotta and wood

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, florence

credit_line: Bust of Christ, c. 1470–1500. Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488). Painted terracotta and wood; overall: 57.2 x 53.3 x 29.2 cm (22 1/2 x 21 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1921.956


title: Lampas with foliate roundels

medium: lampas: silk and gold thread

country: Spain, Granada, Nasrid period

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain, granada, nasrid period

credit_line: Lampas with foliate roundels, 1300s. Spain, Granada, Nasrid period. Lampas: silk and gold thread; overall: 31.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.); mounted: 34.3 x 27.9 cm (13 1/2 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.42


medium: Molded ink in brown

credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in brown; overall: 7.4 x 4.2 cm (2 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.1


medium: Molded ink in white

credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in white; overall: 9.4 x 3.6 cm (3 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.2


medium: Molded ink in red

credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in red; overall: 7.6 x 3.2 cm (3 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.3


medium: Molded ink in green

credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in green; overall: 6.4 x 4.8 cm (2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.4


medium: Molded ink in blue

credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in blue; overall: 7.8 x 3.9 cm (3 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.5


medium: Molded ink in yellow

credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in yellow; overall: 9.6 x 4.8 cm (3 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.6


credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in blue; overall: 10.2 x 3.9 cm (4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.8


credit_line: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in green; overall: 10.6 x 3.6 cm (4 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1942.215.9


creator: Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)

medium: opaque watercolor and gold on paper

country: Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)

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

credit_line: Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript, c.1600–1650. Style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 15.3 x 8 cm (6 x 3 1/8 in.); overall: 27.7 x 16.4 cm (10 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.497


title: Container

medium: steatite

country: Peru, North Coast, Cupisnique style

subjects:
Stone
Peru, north coast, cupisnique style

credit_line: Container, 1200–200 BCE. Peru, North Coast, Cupisnique style. Steatite; overall: 6.6 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.167


date: late 1100s–early 1200s

medium: bronze

country: Cambodia, reign of Jayavarman 7th

subjects:
Sculpture
Cambodia, reign of jayavarman 7th

credit_line: Finial with the temptation of Buddha by Mara, late 1100s–early 1200s. Cambodia, reign of Jayavarman 7th. Bronze; overall: 42 x 18.5 x 3 cm (16 9/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.); top: 22 x 17 x 3 cm (8 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1964.93.a


credit_line: Finial with the temptation of Buddha by Mara, late 1100s–early 1200s. Cambodia, reign of Jayavarman 7th. Bronze; overall: 42 x 16.6 x 3 cm (16 9/16 x 6 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.); bottom: 20 x 18.5 x 3 cm (7 7/8 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1964.93.b


medium: embroidery, silk and applied gold leaf on silk ground

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Garment
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)
Flowers
Trees

credit_line: Nō Costume (Nuihaku) with  Blossoming Trees and Flowers, 1675–99. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Embroidery, silk and applied gold leaf on silk ground; overall: 164 x 138 cm (64 9/16 x 54 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1974.36


medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

country: France, Lorraine

subjects:
Manuscript
France, lorraine

credit_line: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman upon the Scarlet Beast and The Fall of Babylon, c. 1295. France, Lorraine. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.2 x 14.7 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1983.73.1


title: Makaras, Phoenixes and Flowers

medium: lampas, silk and gold thread

country: Central Asia or Daidu, 13th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Central asia or daidu, 13th century
Flowers

credit_line: Makaras, Phoenixes and Flowers, 1200s. Central Asia or Daidu, 13th century. Lampas, silk and gold thread; overall: 51.3 x 75.6 cm (20 3/16 x 29 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1991.5


title: Pair of Jade Plaques

medium: nephrite

credit_line: Pair of Jade Plaques, 475–221 BCE. China, Henan province, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Nephrite; part 1: 22.5 x 8.9 cm (8 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.); part 2: 20.8 x 8.7 cm (8 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and the John L. Severance Fund, 1991.78


title: Headpiece

medium: embroidery, silk

country: China, Liao dynasty (907-1125)

subjects:
Embroidery
China, liao dynasty (907-1125)

credit_line: Headpiece, 907–1125. China, Liao dynasty (907-1125). Embroidery, silk; overall: 22.3 x 53.8 cm (8 3/4 x 21 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lisbet Holmes, 1995.109.1


title: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

creator: Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659–1734)

date: mid 1700s

medium: oil on canvas

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Painting
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, mid 1700s. Follower of Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659–1734). Oil on canvas; framed: 54.6 x 64.8 x 8.9 cm (21 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.); unframed: 34.6 x 43.5 cm (13 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection, 1916.785


title: Puberty Basket

medium: coiled, quail and woodpecker feathers, shell, abalone

country: California, Pomo, late 19th century

subjects:
Basketry
California, pomo, late 19th century
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Puberty Basket, 1890. California, Pomo, late 19th century. Coiled, quail and woodpecker feathers, shell, abalone; overall: 21.5 x 45.5 cm (8 7/16 x 17 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.501


title: Helmet

medium: steel with gold and brass

country: North India

subjects:
Arms and armor
North india

credit_line: Helmet, 1600s. North India. Steel with gold and brass; overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); diameter: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1919.62


title: Alb

country: Spain and Flanders

subjects:
Garment
Spain and flander

credit_line: Alb, Embroidered Linen: 1600s; Lace Flounce: 1700s. Spain and Flanders. Plain weave linen embroidered in gold and silver; linen bobbin lace (Point d’Angleterre a Reseau); average: 342.9 x 61 cm (135 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1260


title: Teapot

creator: Jacob Hurd (American, 1702–1758)

medium: silver

country: America, Massachusetts, Boston

subjects:
Silver
America, massachusetts, boston

credit_line: Teapot, c. 1740. Jacob Hurd (American, 1702–1758). Silver; overall: 14.8 x 22.6 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.); without handle: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.225


title: The Legislative Belly

creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

medium: lithograph

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Legislative Belly, 1834. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Aubert. Lithograph; sheet: 36.2 x 55.7 cm (14 1/4 x 21 15/16 in.); image: 28.1 x 43.1 cm (11 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1923.206


medium: engraving hand-colored with gold

country: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, ferrara, 15th century

credit_line: Clio (history) (from the Tarocchi series D:  Apollo and the Muses, #19), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving hand-colored with gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.19


title: Dance of Death:  The Miser

medium: woodcut

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Dance of Death:  The Miser, c. 1526. Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1929.161


medium: color woodblock print

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

credit_line: Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse (百人一首　うはかゑとき　柿本人麻呂), 1835–36. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Color woodblock print; 25.8 x 37.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore, 1930.190


title: Forehead Cloth

subjects: England, elizabethan period, late 16th century

credit_line: Forehead Cloth, late 1500s. England, Elizabethan Period, late 16th century. Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery; overall: 16.8 x 38.7 cm (6 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1934.231


title: Bust of Victor Hugo

creator: Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)

subjects:
Sculpture
France, 19th century

credit_line: Bust of Victor Hugo, 1883. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; overall: 56.2 x 26.8 x 26.1 cm (22 1/8 x 10 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.580


title: Indian Camp, Roberval, P.Q.

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

medium: watercolor with gouache over graphite

country: America

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: Indian Camp, Roberval, P.Q., 1895. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Watercolor with gouache over graphite; sheet: 35.4 x 50.6 cm (13 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1943.70


title: Scenes from the Tale of Genji

creator: Tosa School (Japanese)

date: late 1700s

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

credit_line: Scenes from the Tale of Genji (源氏物語図屏風), late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; image: 154.5 x 351.2 cm (60 13/16 x 138 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William G. Mather, 1948.124.1


title: Large Jar

date: 206 BCE–220 CE

medium: earthenware with impressed and molded decoration

country: China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)

subjects:
Ceramic
China, han dynasty (202 bce–220 ce)

credit_line: Large Jar, 206 BCE–220 CE. China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Earthenware with impressed and molded decoration; diameter: 35.6 cm (14 in.); overall: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.212


title: Liu Haichan with a Toad

medium: pale green and brown mottled jade

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

subjects:
Jade
China, qing dynasty (1644-1911)

credit_line: Liu Haichan with a Toad, 1644–1911. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Pale green and brown mottled jade; overall: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.568


title: Vintage Scene

creator: Le Nain (French)

country: France

subjects: Painting France

credit_line: Vintage Scene, 1650s. Circle of Le Nain (French). Oil on canvas; framed: 111 x 142 x 8 cm (43 11/16 x 55 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 92 x 121 cm (36 1/4 x 47 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Salmon P. Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle, 1958.175.1


title: Peasant Children Dancing

credit_line: Peasant Children Dancing, 1650s. Circle of Le Nain (French). Oil on canvas; framed: 111 x 142 x 8 cm (43 11/16 x 55 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 91.8 x 120.3 cm (36 1/8 x 47 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Salmon P. Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle, 1958.175.2


medium: watercolor

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century
Roses

credit_line: Brier Bush Rose or Dog Rose (Rosa Sepium Rosea), 1817–24. Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in the name of Warren H. Corning from his wife and children, 1959.18


medium: porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and overglaze enamel

subjects: Ceramic Flowers

credit_line: Square Double-Gourd Vase with Floral Scrolls, 1522–66. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522–66). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and overglaze enamel; overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.172


title: Square Bottle with Squirrel and Grapes

medium: porcelain with overglaze color enamel (possibly Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)

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

credit_line: Square Bottle with Squirrel and Grapes, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel (possibly Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); overall: 21.8 x 8.3 cm (8 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.261


title: Portrait of Prince Alexander Bezborodko

creator: Pierre-Charles Cior (French, 1769–1840)

date: mid- to late 1700s

medium: watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century gilt metal frame

subjects:
Portrait miniature
France
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Prince Alexander Bezborodko, mid- to late 1700s. Pierre-Charles Cior (French, 1769–1840). Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century gilt metal frame; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); diameter of frame: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ellen Wade Chinn, Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick and J. H. Wade III in memory of their mother Irene Love Wade, 1966.383


title: Mount Washington, New Hampshire

creator: Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)

subjects: Painting America

credit_line: Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 1870. Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900). Oil on canvas; unframed: 50.6 x 83.8 cm (19 15/16 x 33 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1968.209


title: Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon)

medium: hanging scroll; color and cut gold (kirikane) on silk

country: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

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

credit_line: Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon) (十一面観音菩薩像), 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Hanging scroll; color and cut gold (kirikane) on silk; overall: 106.7 x 39.7 cm (42 x 15 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1970.79


title: Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

creator: Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732)

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo (牡丹に唐獅子と竹に虎図屏風), 1668. Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper; image: 149 x 330 cm (58 11/16 x 129 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1972.10.2


title: The Wrath of Neptune

creator: Tiziano Minio (Italian, 1511/12–1552)

date: late 1500s to early 1600s

medium: bronze

country: Italy

subjects: Sculpture Italy

credit_line: The Wrath of Neptune, late 1500s to early 1600s. Cast after a model by Tiziano Minio (Italian, 1511/12–1552). Bronze; overall: 36.7 x 17.2 x 19.4 cm (14 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barrie Morrison, 1974.273


title: Hercules and Cacus

creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

medium: chiaroscuro woodcut (in black, green, and yellow)

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: Hercules and Cacus, 1588. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in black, green, and yellow); sheet: 42.8 x 33.9 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.); image: 41 x 33.2 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1975.60


title: Bamboo in Wind

creator: Genga (Japanese)

date: early 1500s

medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

subjects:
Painting
Japan, muromachi period (1392–1573)

credit_line: Bamboo in Wind, early 1500s. Attributed to Genga (Japanese). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; image: 95.2 x 39.7 cm (37 1/2 x 15 5/8 in.); overall: 182.5 x 58 cm (71 7/8 x 22 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Mrs. Samuel Savage, 1975.71.2


title: Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion

medium: graphite and watercolor on paper

subjects: India, rajasthan, kota school, 19th century

credit_line: Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion, c. 1830. India, Rajasthan, Kota school, 19th century. Graphite and watercolor on paper; overall: 28.5 x 26 cm (11 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1978.50


title: Cobbler's Quarters

medium: oil on fabric

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Cobbler's Quarters, 1860s. Jean-Alphonse Duplessy (French, 1817–after 1872). Oil on fabric; unframed: 60.5 x 51.2 cm (23 13/16 x 20 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.257


title: Travelers by a Lake

creator: Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630)

medium: oil on wood

country: Netherlands

subjects: Painting Netherland

credit_line: Travelers by a Lake, 1625. Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630). Oil on wood; framed: 33.5 x 33.5 x 3.5 cm (13 3/16 x 13 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.); diameter: 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1982.128


medium: tempera and gold on parchment

country: Italy, Bologna

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, bologna

credit_line: Leaf from a Volume of Johannes Andrea's "Lectura super arboris consanguinitatis et affinitatis: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1331. Master of the Register of 1328 (Italian). Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 24.5 x 17.1 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege, 1982.139.2


title: Flowers in a Vase

creator: Simon Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721)

subjects: Painting Netherland Flowers

credit_line: Flowers in a Vase, c. 1669. Simon Verelst (Dutch, 1644–1721). Oil on wood; framed: 41 x 37 x 5 cm (16 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 26.4 x 22.6 cm (10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1982.246


title: Queen of the May

medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Queen of the May, 1875. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 34.9 x 26.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.); matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1984.166


title: Jar

date: c. 100 BCE–100 CE

medium: burnished earthenware

country: Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE)

subjects:
Ceramic
Japan, yayoi period (c. 300 bce–300 ce)

credit_line: Jar, c. 100 BCE–100 CE. Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE). Burnished earthenware; diameter: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); overall: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1984.26


title: Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai

creator: Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841)

medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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

credit_line: Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai, late 1700s–1800s. Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 130.8 x 38.1 cm (51 1/2 x 15 in.); painting only: 38 x 26.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.248


title: Two Beauties

creator: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1819)

date: late 1700s–early 1800s

medium: hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk

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

credit_line: Two Beauties, late 1700s–early 1800s. Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1819). Hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk; painting only: 104.8 x 15.5 cm (41 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.); including mounting: 175.3 x 32.7 cm (69 x 12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.274


title: Stand-in Fugen

creator: Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824)

medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

credit_line: Stand-in Fugen (見立普賢菩薩図), late 1700s–early 1800s. Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting only: 114.3 x 56.2 cm (45 x 22 1/8 in.); including mounting: 186.7 x 76.2 cm (73 1/2 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.277


title: Birds on an Autumn Inlet

medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk

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

credit_line: Birds on an Autumn Inlet, c. 1200. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; overall: 22.4 x 24 cm (8 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.369


title: Shakyamuni

medium: wood with lacquer and traces of color

country: Japan, Heian period (794–1185)

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

credit_line: Shakyamuni (釈迦座像), c. 900. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Wood with lacquer and traces of color; 57.2 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1986.7


title: James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

medium: salted paper print from calotype negative

credit_line: James Nasmyth (1808-1890), 1843–1847. David Octavius Hill (British, 1802–1870), and Robert Adamson (British, 1821–1848). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 19.7 x 14.6 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1987.19


title: Buffalo with Rider

date: early 1300s

medium: glazed porcelain with iron spots, qingbai ("blue-white") ware

credit_line: Buffalo with Rider, early 1300s. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Glazed porcelain with iron spots, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.278


creator: Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)

medium: ink and color on paper

country: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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

credit_line: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō), 1909. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Ink and color on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.85.20


title: The Four Witches (Four Naked Women)

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: engraving

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: The Four Witches (Four Naked Women), 1497. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving; sheet: 19 x 13.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard E. Wise in memory of his parents, Samuel D. and May W. Wise by exchange, 1990.85


title: Poet and Recluse Hanshan

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

credit_line: Poet and Recluse Hanshan, 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting: 143.5 x 71.8 cm (56 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 280.5 x 90.5 cm (110 7/16 x 35 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi, 1991.117