title: Portrait of Ingres

medium: graphite with brown ink

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Ingres, c. 1840–67. Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824–1887). Graphite with brown ink; sheet: 16.4 x 13.2 cm (6 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.); matted: 23 x 20.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.376


title: Jar

creator: Roman, Levant or Syria

date: 3rd-4th century

medium: Glass, blown technique

country: Syria

subjects:
Vessel
Syria
Ships & the sea
Container
Glass
Syrian
Ancient art

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson


title: Man's Rank Badge

creator: Manchu

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (kossu); painted; lined with silk, 3:1 twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving - printed
Silk (fiber)
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Miss Naomi Donnelley


title: The Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province (Sunshu Katakura chaen no Fuji), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

creator: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Yoshitsune’s Horse-Washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province (Washū Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)

date: About 1833

medium: Color woodblock print; ōban


title: Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

creator: Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: France

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Flowers
Fruits
Still life
Animal
Vase
Tulip
Tree
Sky
Pink (color)
Nature
Monkey
Leave
Green (color)
Grape
Foliage
Cloud
Bowl
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Rococo
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund


title: Polychrome Jar

creator: Isabel Medina Toribio, Aitiye’ (Zia Pueblo, c. 1884–1939)

medium: Earthenware and slip

country: Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico

subjects:
Vessel
Pueblo of zia, new mexico
Ships & the sea
Servingware
Animal
Bird
Flora
Plant-derived motif
Feather
Geometric
Storage
Ceramic
Zia
Modeling (forming)
Art of the america
Southwest
America
Native american
Native north american
Pueblo
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton


title: Amulet of Thoth

creator: Egyptian

date: Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

medium: Glazed steatite

country: Egypt

subjects:
Amulet
Egypt
Gods (deities)
Moon
Deitie
Baboon
Steatite
Carving
Ptolemaic
Jewelry
Ceramic
Ancient art
Egyptian
Ancient
Glaze
Costume

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


title: Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure

creator: Coclé

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Veraguas

subjects:
Vessel
Veragua
Ships & the sea
Abstract figure
Animal
Supernatural
Dancing
Serpent
Anthropomorphic figure
Bird
Ceramic
Coclé
Modeling (forming)
Earthenware
Bowl
Inorganic material
Pigment
Colorant
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Lower central america
Molding
Sculpting
Coiling
Dish (vessel)
Vessel for serving food
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund


title: Jaina Tirthankara Chandraprabha Standing in Meditation (Kayotsarga)

creator: India

date: 12th century

medium: Schist

country: Karnataka

subjects:
Sculpture
Karnataka
Jain
Gods (deities)
Religion
Jaina
Jainism
Schist
South asian
Stone
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of the Alsdorf Foundation


title: Violet Sargent

creator: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

date: Modeled 1890, cast c. 1908

medium: Bronze

country: New Hampshire

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

credit_line: Gift of Brooks McCormick


title: Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry

creator: After an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560–1618) after Hans Bol (1534–1593), Falconry

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft; Count: varies from 19 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk; S-ply of two elements with no appreciable twist; paired elements with no appreciable twist; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm

country: Brussels

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: Pomona

creator: After designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833–1898) and John Henry Dearle (English, 1860–1932)

date: Figure design 1882, background design 1898, made 1906

medium: Cotton, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

country: England

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
England
Goddesse
Floral motif
Fruit
Cotton (fiber)
Tapestry (process)
Arts and craft movement
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Wool (hair)
Tapestry weaving
English
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Ida E. S. Noyes Fund


title: The Crossing of the Granicus from The Story of Alexander the Great

creator: After a design by, and woven at the workshop of, Karel van Mander the Younger (1579–1623)

medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

country: Holland

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Holland
War
Battle
Alexander the great
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Renaissance
Silk (textile)
European
Textile

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago


title: A Falconer with Two Ladies and a Foot Soldier

creator: Franco-Flemish, possibly Paris or Bruges

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 5 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.9–1.2 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 11 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two, three, and four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.7 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm

country: Bruges

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Bruge
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Kate S. Buckingham


title: The Lovers

creator: Basel (present-day Switzerland)

medium: Hemp, wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

country: Basel

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Basel
Women
Men
Hemp
Slit tapestry weaving
Medieval
Tapestry
Silk (textile)
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: The Annunciation

creator: After a design by an artist in the circle of Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506)

medium: Wool, silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit, dovetailed and interlocking tapestry weave

country: Mantua

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Mantua
Wool (textile)
Tapestry
Textile

credit_line: Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson


title: Bear Hunt and Falconry from a Hunts series

creator: Franco-Flemish

medium:
Wool and silk; slit and single and double dovetailed tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 5–6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 24 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of- two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.5 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.6 mm

country: Belgium

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Belgium
Dogs
Animal
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Charles H. Schweppe through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Camel Riders, presumably from a Wild Man series

medium:
Wool, slit tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 3–4 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.2 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 10 to 17 wefts per cm; wool: single S-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm

country: Flanders

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Flander
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Robert Allerton Fund


title: Table Carpet with Garlands of Flowers and Rinceaux

creator: Possibly Flanders or France

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Flander
Flowers
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Honoré Palmer


title: Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (“Noli me tangere”)

creator: Southern Netherlands, possibly Brussels

medium:
Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave with some 2 : 2 interlacing in alternate alignment of some gilt metal strip-wrapped silk wefts
Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 38 to 76 wefts per cm; wool: single Z-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–0.5 mm; silk: pairs of Z-twisted elements; three yarns of Z-twisted elements; four yarns of S-twisted elements; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; Z-ply of three S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.5 mm; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk: gilt-metal strip wrapped in an S-direction on an S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.35 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Belgium
Resurrection scene
Christian subject
Jesus
Mary magdalene
Slit tapestry weaving
Wool (textile)
Tapestry weaving
Silk (fiber)
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Weaving
Tapestry
Textile


title: The Holy Family with the Infant Christ Pressing the Wine of the Eucharist

creator: Southern Netherlands

medium:
Linen, wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; linen: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.5 mm.
Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 64 wefts per cm; wool: single Z-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters; 0.25–0.65 mm; silk: four elements possibly with a slight S- or slight Z-twist; three Z-twisted elements; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z- twisted elements; Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; four yarns, two of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements and two of Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; two to four yarns of Z-ply of two and three S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.2–0.65 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements and Z-spun wool clement; diameters; 0.3–0.6 mm; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk: gilt-metal strips wrapped in an S-direction on an S-twisted silk element; S-ply of two yarns: each a Z-ply of two S-twisted yarns of gilt-metal strips wrapped in an S-direction on a Z-twisted silk element; diameters: 0.3–0.65 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Belgium
Holy family
Column
Cup
Eucharist
Flower
Foliage
Grape
Jesus
Joseph
People
Portrait
Wine
Slit tapestry weaving
Linen
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Wool (textile)


title: Large Leaf Verdure with Animals and Birds

creator: Southern Netherlands, possibly Bruges, 1525/50

medium:
Wool; slit, single dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 4 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.5 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 15 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.3 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Belgium
Birds
Animal
Peacock
Feather
Deer
Dogs
Lion
Griffin
Falcon
Flower
Foliage
Leave
Wool (textile)
Tapestry weaving
Textile
Dove-tailed tapestry weave
Interlocking tapestry weaving
Slit tapestry weaving

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago through the Jessie Landon Fund


title: September and October [fragment] from The Twelve Months of the Year

creator: After a design by David III Teniers (Flemish, 1638–1685)

date: After 1675

medium:
Wool, silk, and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2 : 2 plain interlacing of silvered-metal wefts
Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 19 to 42 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk: silvered-metal strip wrapped in an S-direction on S-ply of two yarns of Z-ply of two slightly Z-twisted silk elements; pairs of yarns of silvered-metal strip wrapped in an S-direction on S-ply of two yarns of Z-ply of two slightly Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Fall harvest
Abundance
Vegetable
Corn
Grape
Foliage
Tree
Pumpkin
Gourd
Fruit
Column
Wing
Cherub
Monkey
Wool (textile)
Tapestry weaving
Textile
Metal-strip-wrapped silk
Silk (fiber)
Slit tapestry weaving
Weaving


title: Chancellerie

creator: Presumably after a cartoon by Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis (French, 1670/75–1732)

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
France
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: Cyrus Defeats Spargapises from The Story of Cyrus

creator: Adapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.45–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.55 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Textile


title: Pomona Surprised by Vertumnus and Other Suitors from The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona

creator: After a design by an unidentified Flemish artist

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 37 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of single Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.4 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles H. Worcester


title: The Diversion of the Euphrates from The Story of Cyrus

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 19 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.5 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.15–0.5 mm


title: Archery from Amusements Champêtres (Country Sports)

creator: After a design in the manner of François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), attributed to Jacques-Nicolas Julliard (1719–1790)

country: Aubusson

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Aubusson
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

creator: After a cartoon by François Boucher (1703–1770)

medium: Wool and silk; tapestry weave

country: Beauvais

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Beauvai
Mythology
Music
Musical instrument
Wool (textile)
Rococo
Tapestry weaving
Decorative arts
Silk (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson


title: Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [left fragment], from The Story of Psyche

creator: After a cartoon by François Boucher (1703–1770), 1737–39

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Beauvai
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: The Fall of Phaeton

creator: After a design based on an etching by Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), The Fall of Phaeton (Phaetontis casus) from Ovid’s Metamorphoses

date: after 1776

credit_line: Gift of William Deering Howe


title: Large Leaf Verdure with Balustrade and Birds

creator: Probably Southern Netherlands

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 5 warps per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.2 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 22 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.3 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; Z-ply of two S-twisted elements: diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Belgium
Birds
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer through the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago


title: The Bird Catcher, from The Noble Pastoral

date: Designed, 1748; commissioned by June 1778; woven between June 27, 1778 and Sept. 17, 1780

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Beauvai
Birds
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Flora Whitney Miller, Barbara Whitney Henry, and Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in memory of their mother, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney


title: The Offering of the Boar's Head from The Story of Meleager and Atalanta

creator: After a design by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690)

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 32 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.9 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.2–0.6 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Dogs
Animal
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Maurice L. Rothschild


title: Caesar's Death Makes Cleopatra Mourn from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

creator: After a design by Justus van Egmont (1601–1674)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 54 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso's Island from The Story of Telemachus

creator: After a design by an unknown artist based on an engraving after François Boucher (1703–1770), The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso’s Island (L’arrivée de Télémaque dans l’île de Calypso)

medium: Wool, silk, and linen, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
France
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Lt. Col. William Deering Howe


title: Caesar Defeats the Troops of Pompey from The Story Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm


title: Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra

creator: After a design by Justus van Egmont (Flemish, 1601–1674)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two and three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Textile
Tapestry weaving


title: Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: pairs, three, and four yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.1 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Cleopatra
Feather
Bird
Boat
Drum
Duck
Flower
Fruit
Garland
Musical instrument
Tree
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Textile
Tapestry weaving
Tapestry
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: The Battle of Actium from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–0.9 mm.
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 37 wefts per cm; wool: S ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Battle
Armor
Sword
Shield
Boat
Spear
Helmet
Wave
Cleopatra
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Textile
Tapestry weaving


title: The Triumph of Caesar from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 24 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm


title: Caesar and Cleopatra Enjoying Themselves from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 42 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm


title: Cleopatra and Antony Enjoying Supper from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.1 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 46 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Dinner
Tree
Cherub
Eating
Man
Women
Garland
Drum
Musical instrument
Flower
Torche
Curtain
Table
Food
Cleopatra
Wool (textile)
Tapestry weaving
Textile
Tapestry
Silk (fiber)
Slit tapestry weaving
Weaving


title: The Resurrection from The Allegory of the Redemption of Man

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 34 wefts per cm; wool : S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–1.1 mm

subjects:
Mythology
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson and William Deering Howe


title: Medici Armorial

creator: After a cartoon by Lorenzo Lippi (1606–1665), painted before April 27, 1643

medium: Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts

country: Italy

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Italy
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm


title: The Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm


title: Caesar in the Gallic Wars from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm


title: Caesar Embarks by Boat to Join His Army from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–0.7 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 48 wefts per cm: wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements and single Z-twisted element; diameters: 0.4–0.85 mm


title: Caesar Throws Himself into the Sea from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Soldier
Battle
Swimming
Armor
Bird
Boat
Cloud
Drum
Feather
Fish
Flower
Fruit
Garland
Helmet
Ocean
Ribbon
Sail
Sealife
Spear
Sword
Wave
Cleopatra
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Textile
Tapestry weaving
Tapestry
Silk (fiber)
Weaving


title: February

creator: After a design by an unidentified Flemish artist in the circle of Bernard Van Orley (c. 1488-1541)

date: before 1528

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of six Z-spun elements; ; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 26 to 60 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters; 0.25–0.7 mm


title: Large Leaf Verdure with Proscenium, Animals, and Birds

creator: Southern Netherlands

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 4 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 9 to 21 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–2.0 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 1.0–2.0 mm

credit_line: Gift of George and Russell Tyson from the Estate of Elizabeth Vaughan


title: The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series

creator: Woven at the workshop of John Vanderbank (died 1717), Michael Mazarind, or Leonard Chabaneix (died 1708/09)

medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
England
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Purchased by the Decorative Arts Committee through the Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial Fund for European Decorative Arts


title: Millefleur with Medallions

creator: Bruges

medium:
Wool, cotton, and silk; slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Two distinct areas of weaving are present. The central field, bottom border, and lower medallion are woven with wool warps in slit tapestry weave.
Warp: Count: 4–5 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 1.0–1.5 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 12 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.8 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.2 mm
The entire side and top borders, the narrow spiral border on all four sides, the border corners, and the upper medallion are woven with cotton warps and multicolored element wefts in slit and (top border only) double interlocking tapestry weave.
Warp: Count: 5 warps per cm. Cotton: Z-ply of three S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 9 to 20 wefts per cm; wool: three to five yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; S-ply of twelve elements of ten Z-spun and two S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–2.0 mm; silk: four yarns of Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; paired yarns of Z-ply of two S-twisted elements and Z-ply of three S-twisted elements; three yarns of two Z-ply of two S-twisted elements and one Z-ply of three S-twisted elements; diameters: 1.0–1.8 mm; wool and silk: three yarns of two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; three yarns of two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one Z-ply of two S-twisted silk elements; five yarns of two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and three Z-ply of two S-twisted silk elements; six yarns of five S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.9 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Bruge
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: Millefleur with Medallions

medium:
Wool, cotton, and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Two distinct areas of weaving are present. The central field, the entire top and bottom borders, and the lower medallion are woven with wool warps in slit and (borders only) double interlocking tapestry weave.
Warp: Count: 4 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0–2.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 12 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.6 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm
The entire left and right borders, the narrow spiral border on all four sides, the border corners, and the upper medallion are woven with cotton warps and multicolored wefts in slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave.
Warp: Count: 4–5 warps per cm. Cotton: Z-ply of three S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.5 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 9 to 19 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of five to seven S-ply of two Z-spun elements; S-ply of twelve elements of ten Z-spun and two S-ply of two Z-spun elements; three to five yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of four S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–2.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool and Z-ply of three S-twisted silk elements; three yarns of two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; three yarns, two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one Z-ply of two S-twisted silk elements; four yarns of three S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one Z-ply of two S-twisted silk elements; four yarns of two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and two Z-ply of two S-twisted silk elements; four yarns of two S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and one S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements and one Z-ply of two S-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.8 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Bruge
Coat of arms
Royalty
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: Procession of the Fat Ox from a Teniers Series

creator: After a design by Jan van Orley (Flemish, 1665–1735)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 48 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; wool and silk: three yarns, one yarn of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and two yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm

credit_line: Gift of Charles Zadok


title: July

creator: After a design by an unidentified Flemish artist in the circle of Bernard van Orley (c. 1488–1541)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: varies from 8 to 10 warps per cm; wool; S-ply of six Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; S-ply of three Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters; 0.15–0.5 mm


title: The Month of July/The Sign of Leo, from The Grotesque Months

creator: After a design by Claude III Audran (1658–1734), 1708–09

country: Paris

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Pari
Gods (deities)
Acanthus
Bearded man
Calendar
Cartouche
Cloud
Crown
Eagle
Garland
Goat
Lion
Smoke
Urns
Wool (textile)
Tapestry weaving
Textile
Silk (fiber)
Slit tapestry weaving

credit_line: Bessie Bennett Endowment


title: Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra

creator: Woven at the workshop of Everard III Leyniers (1597–1680)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.55–0.65 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm

credit_line: Gift of Marshall Field and Company


title: Village Fete (Saint George's Fair) from a Teniers series

creator: After a design by David II Teniers (1610–1690)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 24 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: Z-ply of two yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.7 mm


title: Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses

creator: After a design probably by Peter Ykens (1648–1695) and Pieter Spierinckx (1635–1711)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

country: Antwerp

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Antwerp
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: The Massacre at Jerusalem from The Story of Titus and Vespasian

creator: After a design by Charles Poerson (1609–1667)

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm


title: The Month of June/The Sign of Cancer, from The Grotesque Months

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Pari
Calendar
Goat
Acanthus
Garland
Cartouche
Ball
Sport
Rooster
Globe
Armillary sphere
Wing
Mantle
Staff
Flight
Mercury
Crab
Gods (deities)
Wool (textile)
Slit tapestry weaving
Textile
Silk (fiber)
Tapestry (process)


title: Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere)

creator: Design attributed to Michiel Coxcie (1499–1592) or Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, single, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.85 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 32 to 56 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.85 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Textile

credit_line: Gift of the Hearst Foundation in memory of William Randolph Hearst


title: October

creator: After a design adapted from part of a larger design by an unidentified Flemish artist in the circle of Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, c. 1492-1542), c. 1525

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp; Count; 8 warps per cm; wool; S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: single S-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; paired yarns of single S-spun elements and S-ply of two Z-spun elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.35–1.0 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; paired yarns of S-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–0.85 mm

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Stanley Keith


title: Alexander Encounters Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons, from The Story of Alexander the Great

creator: Flanders, possibly Tournai

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Flander
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals

creator: After a design by Étienne Jeaurat (1699–1789)

country: France

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
France
Wool (textile)
Textile


title: The Meeting of Jacob and Rebecca, and Isaac Blessing Jacob from The Story of Jacob

creator: Produced at the workshop of Jan van Tieghem (died 1573 or later)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 5 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.2 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters; 0,4–1.2 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Dogs
Animal
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Sanger Robinson


title: Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid

creator: After a design probably by Daniel Janssens (1636–1682)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arthur Cutten


title: The Stag Hunt, from Pastoral Hunting Scenes

creator: After a design by an unknown artist after an engraving by Jacques Philippe Lebas (1707–1783) after Philips Wouwerman (1619–1668), c. 1766

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Aubusson
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Alice H. Patterson


title: Diana and Her Nymphs with the Ox Hunt

creator: With a scene after an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560–1618) after Hans Bol (1534–1593), Ox Hunt

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6–7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 20 to 34 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.1 mm; silk; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.7–1.2 mm

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Brussel
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Melville N. Rothschild


title: Elias

creator: Franco-Flemish

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, single, and double dovetailed tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm.
Weft: Count: varies from 13 to 28 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.6 mm (some wefts, probably repairs or replacements, are pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements); silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm.

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Gustavus F. Swift


title: Moses

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 29 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.3 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm


title: Prudentia (Prudence) from Los Honores

creator: Presumably after a design by Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, c. 1492-1542) and unidentified artists

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7–8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (maybe replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm.
Right half of piece was rewoven.

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Flander
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Col. C. Michael Paul


title: Alexander Kneeling before Jaddus at the Gates of Jerusalem [left section] from The Story of Alexander the Great

creator: Adapted from designs attributed to Nicolaas van Orley (died 1586/91)

medium:
Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count; 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.5 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply ol two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.35–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameter: 0.8 mm

credit_line: Gift of Edward Morris


title: Abundantia from The Four Continents and Related Allegories

creator: After a cartoon by Lodewijk van Schoor (died 1702) and Pieter Spierinckx (1635–1711)

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: single S-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm

credit_line: Gift of Benjamin E. Bensinger, III


title: Woodland with a Pond

creator: Flanders, possibly Brussels

medium: Wool and silk, silt and double interlocking tapestry weave

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Flander
Tapestry (process)
Wool (textile)
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Moise Dreyfus


title: Table Carpet (Depicting Scenes from the Life of Christ)

creator: Northern or Southern Netherlands

medium: Linen, wool, and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Netherland
Silk (fiber)
Textile

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment


title: Justitia (Justice) from Los Honores

medium:
Wool and silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements and a single Z-spun element; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (may be replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; wool and silk; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.4 mm.
Three-quarters of piece rewoven


title: Large Leaf Verdure with Birds

creator: Flanders, Possibly Oudenaarde

medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Flander
Birds
Wool (textile)
Textile

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


title: Armorial with an Unidentified Coat of Arms

creator: Flanders, possibly Sint-Truiden

credit_line: Gift of Chester D. Tripp


title: Large Hanging with Crown and Escutcheon

creator: Peru, southern Andes

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

country: Peru

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
Peru
Coat of arms
Royalty
Power
Bird
Crown
Laurel wreath
Mythological figure
Rose
Scroll (motifs)
Wing
Cotton (fiber)
Single interlocking tapestry weaving
Peruvian
Textile
Wool (hair)
Tapestry weaving
Weaving
Andean
Latin american
Hanging
Colonial peru

credit_line: Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund


title: A Panel from a Porticoes Series

creator: After designs by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755), Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811), or artists in their circle

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
France
Dogs
Animal
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Textile

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. John V. Farwell III, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt, Mrs. Richard L. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks McCormick, Mrs. William F. Petersen, Mr. Solomon Byron Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Young in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Adams


title: Double Spout Vessel with Incised and Painted Abstract Feline Head

creator: Paracas

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Peruvian South Coast

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Encaustic decoration
Paraca
Inorganic material
Early horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings


title: Woman (The Sphinx)

creator: Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944)

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Norway

subjects:
Lithograph
Norway
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Fragment of a Drum Chamber

creator: Ceramist unknown (Nazca)

date: 180 BCE–500 CE

medium: Earthenware and slip

subjects:
Vessel
Peruvian south coast
Ships & the sea
Sacrifice
Ritual sacrifice
Ritual
Ceremony
Costume
Composite
Supernatural
Warfare
Warrior
Ceramic
Nazca
Modeling (forming)
Art of the america
America
Ande
Painting (image making)
Incising
Mask
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Edward and Betty Harris


title: Bottle in the Form of a Severed Trophy Head

creator: Nazca

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast
Sacrifice
Ritual sacrifice
Ritual
Death
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Vessel with Bird Beings

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast
Birds
Ships & the sea
People
Sacrifice
Ritual sacrifice
Ritual
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: At the Moulin Rouge

creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Nightlife
Table
Performer
Performance
Dancer
Dance
Chair
Bars
Interior
Women
Men
Leisure
Night scene
Urban life
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Painting (image making)
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection


title: Flowerpot Fire Screen

creator: Designed by William Morris (English, 1834-1896)

date: Design early 1880s

medium: Wood, cotton or linen ground, silk floss

subjects:
Embroidery
Flower
Vase
Foliage
Cotton (textile)
Embroidering
Arts and craft movement
Fire screen (furniture)
Textile
Linen
Silk (fiber)
Wood (plant material)
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation


title: Painted Banner (Thangka) of Vajriputra, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats

creator: Chinese or Tibetan

date: late 17th/early 18th century

medium: Pigment and gold on silk and cotton

country: Tibet

subjects:
Thangka
Tibet
Silk (textile)
Himalayan
Ink
Painting
Asian art
Tanka (scroll or banners)

credit_line: Alsdorf Foundation, Margaret Gentles, Frederick and Nathalie Gookin, Samuel M. Nickerson, Russell Tyson funds; Ardith Lauerman endowment


title: Statuette of Sobek

creator: Egyptian

date: Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 BCE

medium: Copper alloy

country: Egypt

subjects:
Statuette
Egypt
Gods (deities)
Crown
Crocodile
Copper alloy
Casting (process)
Late period (egyptian)
Bronze
Metal
Sculpture
Ancient art
Ancient
Egyptian
Thirtieth dynasty
Twenty-eighth dynasty
Twenty-ninth dynasty
Twenty-seventh dynasty
Twenty-sixth dynasty

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


title: Krishna Yamari

creator: China, Yunnan province

date: Dali kingdom (937–1253), c. 12th century

medium: Cast iron

country: China

subjects:
Iron
China
Cast iron
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Arts of asia 100


title: Poetic Thoughts in a Forest Pavilion 林堂詩思圖

creator: Ni Zan 倪瓚 (Chinese, 1301–1374)

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

subjects:
Hanging scroll
China
Paper (fiber product)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment; purchased with funds provided by of the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation


title: Fragment from the Topacu Waistband of a Tunic (Uncu)

creator: Colonial Inca

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Geometric motif
Flower
Square
Wealth
Inca
Camelid wool
Weaving
Costume
America
Andean
Ande
Cochineal
Cotton (fiber)
Indigo
Natural dye
Tapestry weaving
Tunic
Weaving - tapestry
Colonial inca
Colonial peru
Spanish colonial
Latin american

credit_line: Bessie Bennett Endowment


title: Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scroll

creator: China

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 10th/early 11th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with underglaze carved, incised, and inlaid decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: The Fountains

creator: Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Ruin
Architechture
Architecture
Classical
Decoration
Decorative
Italy
Fountain
Landscape
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Monumental structure
Equestrienne statue
Horse
Arche
Neoclassicism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Canva
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Gift of William G. Hibbard


title: The Shadow of Death

creator: William Holman Hunt (English, 1827-1910)

medium: Oil on panel

country: England

subjects:
Oil on panel
England
Christian subject
Religious figure
Christianity
Religious
Religion
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
European painting
Paint
Painting
Oil
Panel (wood)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Pre-raphaelite

credit_line: Joseph Winterbotham Collection


title: The Prodigal Son with Harlots

creator: Amos Doolittle

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: United States

subjects:
Wood engraving
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club


title: The Small Crucifixion ("The Pommel of Emperor Maximilian")

creator: Albrecht Dürer

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Paper
Ink
Laid paper

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: "Basket of Flowers" Quilt

creator: Made by the Bridges Family

medium: Silk, plain weave; appliquéd with silk plain weaves and silk and cotton, plain weaves cut solid velvet; sewn with silk and cotton, and embroidered with silk in chain, herringbone, satin, single back and stem stitches; French knots and couching; edged with silk, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; glazed

country: Kentucky

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Kentucky
Flowers
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Needlework - quilt
Appliqué (technique)
Cotton (textile)
Embroidering
Bedcover

credit_line: Robert Allerton and The Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowments


title: Pineapple or Windmill Blades Log Cabin Quilt

creator: Indiana, United States

medium: Wool, cotton, silk and wild silk, plain, twill, float and plain weave derived float weaves; some with supplementary pile warps forming cut velvet, some with supplementary patterning warps; and some self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; some fulled; some embroidered with silk in satin stitches; pieced; back with cotton, plain weave; roller printed; quilting knots

country: Indiana

subjects:
Needlework - quilt
Indiana
Wool (textile)
Quilting
Amish
Velvet
Silk (textile)
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Twill weaving
Embroidering
Piecing (needleworking)
Roller printing
Knotting
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Margaret I. McCurry


title: Strawberry Thief

creator: Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)

medium: Cotton; plain weave, block printed, wool trim with tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed textile
Bird
Animal
Eating
Strawberrie
Fruit
Flower
Floral motif
Foliage
Arts and craft movement
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Indigo
Block printing
Wool (textile)
Textile
British
British arts and craft movement
Dye
Natural dye

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by John H. Bryan, Hope McCormick, and Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation; and the Textile Society


title: Snakeshead

date: Design 1876, made 1925–40

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Floral
Abstract
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Block printing
British
British arts and craft movement
Dye
Printed textile
Natural dye

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


title: Kelmscott Manor: Bed Wm. Morris Was Born In

creator: Frederick H. Evans

medium: Lantern slide

subjects: Photograph England Pictorialism Glass Photography British

credit_line: Gift of Robert A. Taub


title: Border for a Table Cover or Valance

creator: Design attributed to May Morris (English, 1862–1938)

date: Design 1890s

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in satin, surface satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Flower
Floral motif
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidering
Modernism
British
British arts and craft movement
Embroidery
Natural dye

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment


title: Fragment of Velvet

creator: Probably Florence, Italy

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Weaving - velvet
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Laurance H. Armour, Jr. and Margot B. Armour Family Foundation


title: Kelmscott Manor: The Green Room


title: Peacock and Dragon

date: Design 1878

medium: Wool, three-colored complementary weft, weft-float faced 3:1 twill weave; lined with linen, plain weave; two panels pieced

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peacock
Animal
Bird
Dragon
Twill weaving
Wool (textile)
Arts and craft movement
Weaving
Plain weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Natalie Henry


title: Acanthus

medium: Cotton, twill weave; block printed; two loom widths joined

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Flower
Acanthus
Floral
Arts and craft movement
Cotton (textile)
Twill weaving
Weaving - printed
Block printing
British
British arts and craft movement
Plain weaving
Printed textile
Printed
Natural dye


title: Cray

medium: Cotton, plain weave, block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Flower
Floral
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - printed
Block printing
British
British arts and craft movement
Printed textile
Natural dye

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder


title: Kennett

date: Design 1883, made 1887

medium: Silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Chicago
Floral
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye


title: Lotus

date: Design by 1888, made 1888

medium: Silk, warp-float faced twill weave; embroidered in satin and stem stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Floral
Lotus
Arts and craft movement
Silk (textile)
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Twill weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John J. Glessner


title: "Swan House" Carpet

date: Design c. 1883, made 1887

medium: Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Chicago
Floral
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Arts and craft movement
Weaving - carpet
Ghiorde knot
Wool (textile)
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye


title: Kennet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Floral
Chicago
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Arts and craft movement
Weaving
British
British arts and craft movement
Natural dye


title: Collar

country: America

subjects: Embroidery America

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

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

credit_line: Collar, 1810–40. America. Plain weave cotton: lace (drawn work) and chain stitch embroidery (tambour work); average: 54.6 x 41.9 cm (21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Olin Freeman Tower, 1914.1


title: Four Borders from a Bedspread

medium: embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground

country: Greece, Epirus, Yaninna, 18th century

subjects:
Embroidery
Greece, epirus, yaninna, 18th century

credit_line: Four Borders from a Bedspread, 1700s. Greece, Epirus, Yaninna, 18th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 210.2 x 119.4 cm (82 3/4 x 47 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1298


title: Plate: Arita Ware

medium: porcelain

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Plate: Arita Ware, 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain; diameter: 37.2 cm (14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Holden Collection, 1918.787


title: Silk Fragment

medium: brocaded satin, silk, and gold filé

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy

credit_line: Silk Fragment, 1500s. Italy. Brocaded satin, silk, and gold filé; overall: 54.6 x 58.5 cm (21 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1918.895


title: Bottle

medium: black ware

country: Peru, Chimú

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru, chimú

credit_line: Bottle, 900–1470. Peru, Chimú. Black ware; overall: 16 x 14.2 x 20.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. J. Livingstone Taylor, 1919.633


title: Etchings of Venice: Bridge of Sighs

creator: Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909)

date: 19th century

medium: etching

subjects: Print America

credit_line: Etchings of Venice: Bridge of Sighs, 19th century. Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles W. Bingham, 1920.18.2


medium: engraving

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: The Virgin and  the Cradle with Saint Elisabeth and Saint Anne, 1520. Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82–1527/34). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1921.174


title: Fortune

creator: Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Fortune, 1541. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.121


title: Mars, Venus, and Cupid

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line:
Mars, Venus, and Cupid,
1520s. Allaert Claesz. (Netherlandish, active c. 1520–26). Engraving; sheet: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1922.371


title: The Fleet: Monitors

credit_line: The Fleet: Monitors, 1887. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1922.446


medium: woodcut

credit_line: The Dance of Death:  Expulsion from Paradise; Adam Cultivating the Ground, c. 1526. Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1922.502


creator: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: The Large Miseries of War:  The Strappado, 1633. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1923.277.9


title: The Gaiety Stage Door

medium: lithograph

credit_line: The Gaiety Stage Door, 1879. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1923.34


title: Back of The Gaiety Theatre

credit_line: Back of The Gaiety Theatre, 1895. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1923.47


title: La fruitière de la Rue de Grenelle

credit_line: La fruitière de la Rue de Grenelle, 1874. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1923.48


credit_line: The Round Passion: Christ in Gethsemane (Agony in the Garden), 1509. Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1923.746.1


title: The Round Passion: Ecce Homo

credit_line: The Round Passion: Ecce Homo, 1509. Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1923.746.6


title: Gabled Roofs, Vitré

credit_line: Gabled Roofs, Vitré, 1893. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1924.14


title: La Robe Rouge

credit_line: La Robe Rouge, 1894. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1924.33


title: Various Caprices:  Death Giving Audience

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: Various Caprices:  Death Giving Audience, 1735–50. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.575.9


title: Ships Under Full Sail

creator: Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631–1708)

country: Netherlands, early 18th century

subjects:
Portfolio
Netherlands, early 18th century
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Ships Under Full Sail, 1701. Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631–1708), Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631–1708). Etching; sheet: 22.3 x 29.6 cm (8 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.); platemark: 17.9 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.848.4


credit_line: Flight into Egypt:  The Holy Family Approaching a Village, 1750–53. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.869


title: The Man Who Fired upon Clemenceau

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

medium: black crayon and black gouache

country: France, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 20th century

credit_line: The Man Who Fired upon Clemenceau, c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon and black gouache; sheet: 45.7 x 56.9 cm (18 x 22 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1925.1184


credit_line: Three Women Presenting Gifts of Marc Anthony to Cleopatra, c. 1750. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1234


title: Views:  A Pilgrim at Prayer

creator: Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768)

country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Print
Italy, venice

credit_line: Views:  A Pilgrim at Prayer, 1735–1746. Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1239.24


title: Views:  Two Ruined Pillars

credit_line: Views:  Two Ruined Pillars, 1735–1746. Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1239.25


title: The Gunner

creator: Franz Brun (German)

credit_line: The Gunner, 1559. Franz Brun (German). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1290


title: Prayer

country: Flanders

subjects: Print Flander

credit_line: Prayer, 1580–1623. Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561–1623). Engraving; image: 14.4 x 9 cm (5 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.); sheet: 14.4 x 9 cm (5 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1925.41


title: Man's Wearing Cloth

date: late 1800s - early 1900s

medium: tabby weave, warp ikat; cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Man's Wearing Cloth, late 1800s - early 1900s. Indonesia, Roti ?, late 19th - early 20th century. Tabby weave, warp ikat; cotton; overall: 217.1 x 69.2 cm (85 1/2 x 27 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1925.482


title: Ceremonial Cloth (Kampo)

medium: batik; cotton

country: Indonesia, Central Java, 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia, central java, 19th century

credit_line: Ceremonial Cloth (Kampo), 1800s. Indonesia, Central Java, 19th century. Batik; cotton; overall: 325 x 208.3 cm (127 15/16 x 82 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1925.489


title: Hay-making

medium: cliché-verre

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Hay-making, original impression 1862, printed in 1921. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Cliché-verre; sheet: 28.6 x 36.6 cm (11 1/4 x 14 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.571


title: Fragment of a Double Cloth

medium: tabby weave, double cloth; cotton

credit_line: Fragment of a Double Cloth, c. 1100–1400. Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, 12th-15th century. Tabby weave, double cloth; cotton; average: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1925.661


title: Striped Brocade with Flowering Vine

medium: Cotton and silk: brocade, “kimkhwab”

country: Western India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Western india

credit_line: Striped Brocade with Flowering Vine, 1700s–1800s. Western India. Cotton and silk: brocade, “kimkhwab”; overall: 31.1 x 48.3 cm (12 1/4 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1925.676


title: St. Mary and St. John Before the Cross

creator: Hans Springinklee (German, 1540)

country: Germany

credit_line: St. Mary and St. John Before the Cross. Hans Springinklee (German, 1540). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1926.442


title: Arthur Joseph Conrad

creator: Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953)

medium: drypoint

country: England, 20th century

subjects:
Print
England, 20th century

credit_line: Arthur Joseph Conrad. Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953). Drypoint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1926.49


title: Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow

creator: Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)

date: c. late 1820s

medium: color woodblock print

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

credit_line: Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow, c. late 1820s. Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848). Color woodblock print; sheet: 23.6 x 17.2 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore, 1930.192


creator: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)

credit_line: The Courtesan Kisagata of Ohishiya Strolling at Night with Two Shinzo and a Kamuro, c. 1790. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.8 x 24.5 cm (14 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore, 1930.222


credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man:  The Expulsion from Eden, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330.2


credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man: Descent into Hell, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330.34


credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man:  The Message of the Angel to Joachim, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330.4


title: Leaf from a Qur'an

medium: ink, gold, and colors on paper

country: Egypt ?

subjects: Drawing Egypt

credit_line: Leaf from a Qur'an, 1000s-1100s. Egypt ?. Ink, gold, and colors on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1933.481


title: The Parlor Critic

creator: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)

country: America

subjects: Print America

credit_line: The Parlor Critic, 1921. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1936.583


title: Parnassus

medium: watercolor over graphite

subjects:
Drawing
England, 20th century

credit_line: Parnassus, c. 1896–1937. Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953). Watercolor over graphite; sheet: 20 x 34.9 cm (7 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Andrew Squire, 1937.55


medium: roller printed cotton

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England, 19th century
Flowers

credit_line: Roller-Printed Cotton with Heron and Flower Design, 1800s. England, 19th century. Roller printed cotton; overall: 56.1 x 53.8 cm (22 1/16 x 21 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce, 1938.257


creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg - The Small Plate, 1519. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward B. Greene, 1939.560


title: At Sea, Signalling a Passing Steamer

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

medium: wood engraving

credit_line: At Sea, Signalling a Passing Steamer, 1871. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1394


subjects: Print France

credit_line: Les deux grandes vues de Paris:  Vue du Louvre, 1628–30. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1942.543


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

medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over stylus and graphite; framing lines in brown ink

subjects: Drawing Flander

credit_line: Eighteen Views of Rome: The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, 1664. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over stylus and graphite; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 38.4 x 49.4 cm (15 1/8 x 19 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1943.259


title: Carp Swimming by Water Weeds

medium: color woodblock print; fan

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Carp Swimming by Water Weeds, 1831. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Color woodblock print; fan; sheet: 24.2 x 29.2 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, 1943.3


title: Portrait of an Officer

creator: Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616–1680)

medium: etching and drypoint

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of an Officer, 1645. Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616–1680). Etching and drypoint; sheet: 13.8 x 11.2 cm (5 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.548


title: Bird Head

date: before 1947

medium: obsidian

country: Mexico, Valley of Mexico

subjects:
Stone
Mexico, valley of mexico
Birds

credit_line: Bird Head, before 1947. Mexico, Valley of Mexico. Obsidian; overall: 2.6 x 1.4 cm (1 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1947.171


title: Artists Returning from the Salon

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

medium: etching, aquatint, and drypoint

credit_line: Artists Returning from the Salon, 1877. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching, aquatint, and drypoint ; sheet: 30.6 x 44.8 cm (12 1/16 x 17 5/8 in.); platemark: 20.8 x 31.9 cm (8 3/16 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1947.454


title: Le Café-concert:  Chanteur Americain

medium: lithograph

credit_line: Le Café-concert:  Chanteur Americain, 1893. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1950.335


title: Fragment

medium: drawn resist, painted mordant, dyed; cotton

country: India, 15th century (?)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India, 15th century

credit_line: Fragment, 1400s (?). India, 15th century (?). Drawn resist, painted mordant, dyed; cotton; overall: 15.6 x 15 cm (6 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.503


title: Seal:  Lion and Cub

medium: stone

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

credit_line: Seal:  Lion and Cub, 1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Stone; overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.496


title: The Pilgrims at Emmaus

creator: Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)

credit_line: The Pilgrims at Emmaus, 1895. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1953.266


medium: aquatint, stipple and line engraving

country: England, late 18th-early 19th Century

subjects:
Botany
Architecture
Print
England, late 18th-early 19th century

credit_line: The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature:  The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, Mountain Laurel, 1804. Robert John Thornton (British, 1768–1837). Aquatint, stipple and line engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William J. Eastman, 1953.343


title: Autumn Forest

creator: Dwight Blaney (American, 1865–1944)

medium: watercolor

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: Autumn Forest, 1924. Dwight Blaney (American, 1865–1944). Watercolor; image: 37.5 x 53 cm (14 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1953.657


title: Mother and Child (recto)

creator: Max Pechstein (German, 1881–1955)

medium: pen and black ink

country: Germany, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 20th century

credit_line: Mother and Child (recto), 1919. Max Pechstein (German, 1881–1955). Pen and black ink; sheet: 50 x 36 cm (19 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1955.645.a


title: Ear Ornament

medium: incised bone

country: Peru, Moche

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jewelry
Peru, moche
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Ear Ornament, 200–550 CE. Peru, Moche. Incised bone; overall: 13 x 2 cm (5 1/8 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.81.1


title: Dordrecht

creator: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607–1677)

medium: etching

country: Bohemia

subjects: Print Bohemia

credit_line: Dordrecht. Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607–1677). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Garden Club of Cleveland, 1960.201


title: Arab Horse

creator: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Lithographic Studies of Horses: Arab Horse, 1822. Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1961.307


title: Dish with Birds and Flowers

date: late 1600s

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

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

credit_line: Dish with Birds and Flowers, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.); overall: 5.1 cm (2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund, 1962.40


title: The Blind Leading the Blind

medium: engraving

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: The Blind Leading the Blind, c. 1561. Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1530–after 1572), Hieronymus Cock, after Hieronymous Bosch (Netherlandish, c. 1450–1516). Engraving; sheet: 22.5 x 25.8 cm (8 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.); platemark: 22.2 x 25.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund, 1966.11


title: Apollo Flaying Marsyas (recto)

creator: Anonymous

medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk

country: Germany (or Netherlands), 16th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany (or netherlands), 16th century

credit_line: Apollo Flaying Marsyas (recto), 1500s. Anonymous. Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk; sheet: 30.7 x 21.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1966.169.a


title: A High-ranking Noble in Priest's Robe

medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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

credit_line: A High-ranking Noble in Priest's Robe, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 154 x 58 cm (60 5/8 x 22 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee, 1966.740


title: Blow, Plate 69

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

medium: etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving

country: Spain, late 18th-early 19th Century

subjects:
Print
Spain, late 18th-early 19th century

credit_line: Los Caprichos: Blow, Plate 69, 1799. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1967.129


creator: Jakob Alt (Austrian, 1789–1872)

country: Austria

subjects: Print Austria

credit_line: Nieder-oesterreich, Die Ruinen des Schlosses. Jakob Alt (Austrian, 1789–1872). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William H. Schab, 1968.304


credit_line: Syrmien, Markt und Ruinen des Schlosses Sharengrad. Jakob Alt (Austrian, 1789–1872). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William H. Schab, 1968.331


creator: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)

medium: etching and engraving

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Apostolorum Icones/Les Grands Apôtres (The Large Apostles): La Sainte Vierge (The Holy Virgin), 1631. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching and engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gorden W. Hasse in memory of Warren John Frank, 1969.99


title: Lion Dog

date: 13th - 14th century

medium: ivory

credit_line: Lion Dog, 13th - 14th century. China, Song dynasty (960-1279) - Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Ivory; overall: 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lois Clarke, 1970.135


title: Trajan

creator: Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Trajan, 1546. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, by exchange, 1970.164


title: Cupid Resting

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

medium: etching and drypoint

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: Cupid Resting, 1600s. After Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching and drypoint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry L Jackson for the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1970.289


title: Wild Basilisk

medium: bronze

country: Germany, 19th century

subjects:
Sculpture
Germany, 19th century

credit_line: Wild Basilisk, 1800s. Germany, 19th century. Bronze; overall: 48.3 x 55.9 cm (19 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carol L. Brewster, 1970.364


title: A Gallery at the Gymnasium

creator: Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

medium: color lithograph

country: France, 19th-20th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th-20th century

credit_line: A Gallery at the Gymnasium, 1900. Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940). Color lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry H. Hawley, 1972.313


title: The Sleeping Soldier

creator: Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836)

medium: lithograph with white gouache added by hand

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

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

credit_line: The Sleeping Soldier, c. 1820. Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836). Lithograph with white gouache added by hand. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Williams, 1973.23


creator: Ryūsai Shigeharu (Japanese)

medium: color woodblock print

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Arashi Rikan II as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka and Nakamura Utaemon III as Inukai Kenpachi Michinobu Battling (from the series The Eight Heroes of the Satomi Clan), 1834. Ryūsai Shigeharu (Japanese). Color woodblock print; overall: 36.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund, 1975.69


title: Two Fauns Carrying a Child in a Basket

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Two Fauns Carrying a Child in a Basket, c. 1513–1515. Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82–1527/34). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection in memory of V. Browne Irish, 1976.127


creator: Félix Ziem (French, 1821–1911)

medium: graphite

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Sketch for Pavilion Near a Mosque (verso), 1800s. Félix Ziem (French, 1821–1911). Graphite; sheet: 26.7 x 41.2 cm (10 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1978.130.b


title: Castle Neuschwanstein

medium: mezzotint

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

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

credit_line: Castle Neuschwanstein. George Percival Gaskell (British, 1868–1934). Mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Paul H. Oppmann Sr. from his family, 1979.96


title: Head of a Man

creator: Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, 1852–1929)

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

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy, late 19th-early 20th century

credit_line: Head of a Man, c. 1875 – 1929. Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, 1852–1929). Bronze; overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.261


title: Until Death, Plate 55

medium: etching, drypoint and aquatint

country: Spain

subjects: Print Spain

credit_line: Los Caprichos: Until Death, Plate 55, 1799. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Etching, drypoint and aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund by exchange, 1981.28


title: Windmills in Holland

country: Netherlands

credit_line: Windmills in Holland, 1867. Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819–1891). Etching; sheet: 32.2 x 40.5 cm (12 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.); platemark: 14.5 x 19.6 cm (5 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1983.236


title: Hermit in a Wooded Landscape

creator: Ferdinand Kobell (German, 1740–1799)

medium: pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; framing lines brown ink

country: Germany, 18th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 18th century
Landscapes

credit_line: Hermit in a Wooded Landscape, 1776. Ferdinand Kobell (German, 1740–1799). Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; framing lines brown ink; sheet: 19.1 x 22.3 cm (7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.); secondary support: 26.8 x 29.8 cm (10 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1983.92


creator: Torii Kiyomitsu (Japanese, 1735–1785)

date: c. early 1760s

credit_line: Kametani Jujiro as the Shirabyoshi Dancer Yuya, c. early 1760s. Torii Kiyomitsu (Japanese, 1735–1785). Color woodblock print; sheet: 31 x 13.9 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.329


title: Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II as Sakuramaru

creator: Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812)

credit_line: Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II as Sakuramaru, 1776. Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812). Color woodblock print; sheet: 30.5 x 14.3 cm (12 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.351


title: Empty Arbor and Rapid Waterfall

creator: Zhang Ning (Chinese, 1426-c. 1495)

medium: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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

credit_line: Empty Arbor and Rapid Waterfall, 1468. Zhang Ning (Chinese, 1426-c. 1495). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; overall: 109.8 x 38.1 cm (43 1/4 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.368


title: The Small Passion:  Lamentation

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: woodcut

credit_line: The Small Passion:  Lamentation, c. 1509–1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Joseph Taylor Meals Memorial Fund, 1986.96


creator: David Lucas (British, 1802–1881)

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Print
England, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A.:  Old Sarum, 1832. David Lucas (British, 1802–1881), after John Constable (British, 1776–1837). Mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Prasse Bittel in memory of Leona E. Prasse, 1987.101


title: Young Woman Seated

medium: oil; framing lines in graphite

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

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

credit_line: Young Woman Seated, last fourth 18th century or first fourth 19th century. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823). Oil; framing lines in graphite; sheet: 16.9 x 13.3 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.); image: 13.4 x 9.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.237


title: Brush Pot with Landscape

medium: porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

subjects: Ceramic Landscapes

credit_line: Brush Pot with Landscape, 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.); overall: 15.2 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.307


title: Jar with Crescents in Relief

medium: porcelain with applied decoration and celadon glaze

credit_line: Jar with Crescents in Relief, 1736–95. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Porcelain with applied decoration and celadon glaze; diameter: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.); overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.316


creator: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)

medium: leaf in accordion-style album; ink, color, and gold on silk

credit_line: Crescent Moon from Album of Paintings by the Venerable Zeshin, 1847. Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891). Leaf in accordion-style album; ink, color, and gold on silk; each leaf: 19.7 x 18.4 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1990.130.a


creator: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952)

medium: photogravure

country: America

subjects: Portfolio America

credit_line: The North American Indian: being a series of Portfolios picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska: Portfolio I, Plate 32: A Son of the Desert - Navaho, 1904. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952), The University Press. Photogravure. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by Mrs. James H. Hoyt, Elton Hoyt, II, and Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather in memory of James H. Hoyt, 1995.203.21.32


medium: etching

subjects:
Print
Germany, 18th century

credit_line: A Small River in the Foreground with a Cow and Goat, 1744. Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn (German, 1712–1780). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1995.57


title: View from the Pont de la Concorde

creator: Charles Henri Plaut (French)

medium: fonteny salt print from wet collodion negative

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: View from the Pont de la Concorde, 1852. Charles Henri Plaut (French). Fonteny salt print from wet collodion negative; image: 16.2 x 21.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.); mounted: 30 x 42.5 cm (11 13/16 x 16 3/4 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.158


title: Rural Estate Seen Through Archway

medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

credit_line: Rural Estate Seen Through Archway, 1860s. André Philippe Régnier (French, 1837–1913). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 29.9 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.); mounted: 48.6 x 37.5 cm (19 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.); matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.111


subjects: Eastern india, bengal, kolkata, kalighat

credit_line: Yasoda Churning Butter (verso), from a Kalighat album, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; secondary support: 48.2 x 29.6 cm (19 x 11 5/8 in.); painting only: 45.6 x 28.6 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.108.b


title: Singer at the Café-Concert

creator: Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)

medium: lithograph

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Singer at the Café-Concert, 1888, printed 1896. Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941). Lithograph; sheet: 41.2 x 57.8 cm (16 1/4 x 22 3/4 in.); image: 28.8 x 23.1 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2005.180.2.a


creator: Paul César Helleu (French, 1859–1927)

medium: black, red, and white chalk

credit_line: Woman (Possibly Madame Alice Hellu) Looking at a Drawing, c. 1895. Paul César Helleu (French, 1859–1927). Black, red, and white chalk; sheet: 63.2 x 44.6 cm (24 7/8 x 17 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2009.141


title: Tunic

creator: Iran (Persia)

date: 18th century

medium: Silk, gilt-wrapped silk; plain weave, brocading wefts; block printed, attached braided cord at collar

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Floral motif
Rose
Flower
Carnation
Circle
Plain weaving
Costume
Weaving
Brocading
Braiding
Block printing
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Logan-Patten-Ryerson Collection


title: Fragment from the Shoulder of a Tunic (Uncu)

creator: Colonial Inca

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

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Geometric motif
Flower
Square
Wealth
Inca
Weaving
Camelid wool
America
Andean
Ande
Tapestry weaving
Costume
Tunic
Weaving - tapestry
Cochineal
Cotton (fiber)
Indigo
Natural dye
Colonial inca
Colonial peru
Spanish colonial
Latin american

credit_line: Bessie Bennett Endowment


title: Double Spout Vessel Depicting an Abstract Shark with Human Attributes

creator: Nazca

date: 180 BCE–500 CE

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Nazca Valley

subjects:
Earthenware
Nazca valley
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Inorganic material
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Figure

creator: Tiwanaku-Wari

country: Bolivia

subjects:
Earthenware
Bolivia
People
Textile pattern
Abstract figure
Vessel
Terracotta
Tiahuanaco
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Middle horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Ceramic
Huari
Ande
Painting (image making)
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Jeanette and Floyd E. Schlau


title: Nose and Mouth Ornament

date: 200 BCE–500 CE

medium: Gold alloy

country: Peruvian South Coast

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metal
Peruvian south coast
Feline
Animal
Mask
Costume
Gold
Repoussé
Nazca
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Hammering
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Jewelry
Ande
Arts of the america
Andean
Costume and accessorie
Latin american


title: Figure of an Aristocratic Lady

creator: Late Classic Maya, Jaina

medium: Earthenware and pigment

country: Yucatan Peninsula

subjects:
Earthenware
Yucatan peninsula
People
Portrait
Figure (representations)
Female figure
Figurine
Weaving
Elite
Ceramic
Maya
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Mayan
America
Art of the america
Sculpture
Late classic
Mesoamerican
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Jaina
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Ethel F. Goldsmith in memory of Julian R. Goldsmith


title: Storage Jar

creator: David Drake (American, c. 1801–1870s)

medium: Stoneware and glaze

country: Edgefield

subjects:
Container
Edgefield
Storage
Vessel
Jar
Stoneware
Throwing (pottery technique)
Folk art
American decorative arts
Pottery
Ceramic
Glaze
Hand-building (pottery technique)
Incising
Decorative arts
Alkaline glaze
Pottery glazing
American arts and craft movement
Studio pottery
Firing (heating)
Glazing
Enslaved artist
African american artist
African diaspora

credit_line: Through prior bequest of Arthur Rubloff; Wesley M. Dixon Jr. Endowment Fund


title: Face Jug

creator: Artist unknown (American, 19th century)

medium: Stoneware and alkaline glaze

country: Edgefield county

subjects:
Vessel
Edgefield county
Ships & the sea
Face
Conjuring
Spiritual
Jug
Drinking
Stoneware
Folk art
Throwing (pottery technique)
American decorative arts
Ceramic
Decorative arts
Alkaline glaze
Firing (heating)
Glazing
Modeling (forming)
Enslaved artist
African american artist
African diaspora

credit_line: Juli and David Grainger Fund


title: Amphora (Storage Jar)

creator: Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter

medium: terracotta, red-figure

country: Nola

subjects:
Vessel
Nola
Ships & the sea
Woman
Spear
Youth
Terracotta
Red-figure
Earthenware
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Ancient art

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Hydria (Water Jar)

creator: Attributed to The Leningrad Painter

country: Athens

subjects:
Vessel
Athen
Ships & the sea
Sex
Women
Terracotta
High classical
Earthenware
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Classical
Attic
Red-figure
Ancient art

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through The Antiquarian Society


title: Equestrian and Four Figures

creator: Bankoni

date: Probably late 12th-15th century

medium: Terracotta

country: Mali

subjects:
Sculpture
Mali
Horseback riding
Figure (representations)
Terracotta
Modeling (forming)
Bankoni
Statuette
Terracotta (sculpture)
Arts of africa
African art
Northern africa and the sahel
Ceramic
Molding

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment


title: Statuette of the Goddess Neith

creator: Egyptian

date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

medium: Bronze

country: Egypt

subjects:
Statuette
Egypt
Goddesse
Bronze
Late period (egyptian)
Metal
Sculpture
Ancient art
Twenty-sixth dynasty
Votive offering
Saite period
Egyptian
Ancient

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


title: Sketchbook No. 2 (L'Estaque)

creator: Paul Cézanne

medium: Graphite and pen and ink drawings on paper, bound into a book

country: France

subjects:
Sketchbook
France
Paper (fiber product)
Graphite
Ink
Print and drawing
Paper

credit_line: Arthur Heun Purchase Fund


title: Two Fragments

creator: India, for the Japanese market

medium: Two fragments: cotton, plain weave; stenciled and hand-painted

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Weaving - printed

credit_line: Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate


title: Printed Fabric

creator: Possibly manufactured by Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760–1843)

medium: Linen and cotton plain weave; block printed

country: Jouy-en-Josas

subjects:
Weaving - printed
Jouy-en-josa
Flower
Floral motif
Foliage
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Garment
Weaving
Printed textile
Textile
Linen
Block printing
Natural dye

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


title: The Vase of Tulips

creator: Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Century of progress
Flower
Fruit
Orange
Table
Tulip
Vase
Still life
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
French
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection


title: Length of Chintz

creator: India

medium: Cotton, plain weave, painted; resist-dyed

subjects:
Weaving
India
Palmette
Plant-derived motif
Flower
Floral motif
Bird
Resist dyeing
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Painting (image making)
Paint
Dye
Textile