title: Scepter with Head in Form of a Double Cloud (Ruyi)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

medium: Boxwood

subjects:
Ceremonial object
China
Cloud
Boxwood
Carving
Chinese (culture or style)
Qing
Decorative arts

credit_line: Russell Tyson Fund; purchased with funds provided bys of Betty and Richard Seid, Dr. Jack Bulmash and Michael E. Schnur, PhD.


title: Scholar's Rock or Brushrest

creator: China

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

medium: Stone (probably Lingbi stone)

country: China

subjects:
Asian art
China
Religion
Stone
Chinese (culture or style)
Stone (unidentified)
Sculpture/stone
Qing
Decorative arts

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: Russell Tyson Fund and purchased with funds provided by of an anonymous donor


title: Brushpot (bitong)

medium: Rootwood

subjects:
Writing equipment
China
Wood (plant material)
Chinese (culture or style)
Household accessory
Container
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Brush Holder

creator: Ma Guozhen

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), early 19th century

medium: Wood (huanghuali)

subjects:
Writing equipment
China
Wood (plant material)
Chinese (culture or style)
Household accessory
Container
Decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Asian Art Council of The Art Institute of Chicago, Betsy Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dunn


title: Globular Jar with Overlapping Leaves

date: Five Dynasties period (907–960)

medium: Yue ware; stoneware with underglaze carved decoration

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)


title: Square Dish with Symbols of Longevity and Immortality (Deer, Bats, Fungus, and Clouds) and the Phrase Tian Zhi Mei Lu (Beauty of Heavenly Prosperity)

date: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

medium: Longquan ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Mushrooms & fungi
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Joss-Stick Holder in the Form of an Elephant Holding a Lobed Vase

medium: Qingbai ware; glazed porcelain

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Lobed Dish with Lotus Scrolls

date: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), first half of the 14th century

medium: Luanbai (eggshell white) ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Stemcup with Pearl-Edged Lobes and Central Floret

medium: Qingbai ware; glazed porcelain with underglaze applied decoration

subjects:
Vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)


title: Bowl with Flared Rim and “Partridge-feather” Mottles

date: Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), late 11th/12th century

medium: Northern black ware, Cizhou type; stoneware with overglaze and russet markings (interior) and russet “skin”(exterior)

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Vessel


title: Tripod Incense Burner (Censer) with Monster-Head Feet and Loop Handles

date: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)


title: Fluted Bowl


title: Conical Bowl with Interior of Fish Swimming amid Waves Encircling a Sea Crab and Exterior of Stylized Petals

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze molded and carved decoration

subjects:
Fish
Bowl
China
Crustaceans
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Vessel


title: Dish with Petal-Lobed Rim, Lotus, and Waterweeds

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th/12th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Dish with Inverted Petal-Lobed Rim

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)

medium: Yaozhou ware; glazed stoneware


title: Dish with Undulating Peony-Leaf Scrolls

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze carved and combed decoration


title: Tripod Incense Burner (Censer) with Peony-Leaf Scrolls, Netlike Petals, and Masklike Legs

date: Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), c. 12th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze carved and molded decoration


title: Double-Handled Cup with Handles in the Form of Chi (Hornless) Dragons

date: Southern Song (1127–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 13th century

medium: Qingbai ware with molded and applied decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Lobed Cosmetic Box with Flowering Stems

date: Southern Song (1127–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 13th/14th century

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration


title: Saucepot


title: Tri-Lobed Dish

medium: Ding-type ware; glazed porcelain


title: Pair of Foliate-Rimmed Dish

date: Five Dynasties period (907–960) or Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 10th century

medium: Yue ware; glazed stoneware


title: Squirrel and Grapes

creator: Shen Yongling 沈永令

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment


title: Bowl with God of Longevity (Shoulao) and Eight Daoist Immortals

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli reign mark and period (1572–1620)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ming
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Cupstand

medium: Black Ding ware; porcelain with brownish-black (tea dust) glaze

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Dish with Flaring, Lobed, and Barbed Rim

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Stoneware
Vessel


title: Covered Tripod Incense Burner (Censer) with Foliate Scrolls and Leafy Tendrils

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with openwork and underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Envoys Presenting Tribute

creator: Chinese

medium: Handscroll; ink on silk

subjects:
Handscroll
China
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Charles C. Haffner III


title: Stem Bowl with Tibetan Inscription

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Xuande reign mark and period (1426–1435)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Stanley Herzman in memory of Gladys Wolfson Herzman


title: The Knickknack Peddler

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century

medium: Ivory

subjects:
Ivory
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Sculpture
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Through prior bequest of Arthur Rubloff


title: Miniature Mountain with Shoulao (God of Longevity), the Eight Daoist Immortals, Scholars on Horseback, Monkey with Peach, and Deer with Mushroom of Immortality

subjects:
Ivory
China
Mushrooms & fungi
Chinese (culture or style)
Sculpture
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Cup with Stylized Fruit: Plums, Cherries, Melon, and Seeds

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain painted with overglaze enamels

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Fruits
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab


title: Bodhisattva

creator: China, probably from the Cisheng Si (Cisheng temple), Henan province

date: Song dynasty (960-1278)

medium: Ink and colors on primed mud-wall construction

subjects:
Painting
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Architectural fragment

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Fund


title: Teapot Shaped like a Bamboo Hat

creator: Qu Yingshao

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), first half of the 19th century

medium: Yixing stoneware

subjects:
Teapot
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Russell Tyson


title: Rectangular Pillow with Mandarin Ducks in a Lily Pond

date: Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), late 12th/13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; earthenware, slip-coated with green and amber-yellow glazes and carved and incised decoration

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

credit_line: Russell Tyson Fund


title: Ovoid Jar

creator: China, probably Henan province

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th/9th century

medium: Lushan ware; stoneware with iron-brown and splashed milky-blue ash glazes

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

credit_line: Robert A. Waller Fund


title: Architectural Brick with Ogre Mask

creator: China, from the pagoda at Xiuding Si (Xiuding Temple) at Mount Qingliang, near Anyang, Henan province

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), probably second half of 8th century

medium: Molded terracotta with traces of slip pigment

subjects:
Architecture
Earthenware
China
Terracotta
Chinese (culture or style)
Inorganic material
Ceramic tile
Ceramic
Architectural fragment
Asian art

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bro; Russell Tyson Fund


title: “Guleng” Teapot

creator: Yang Pengnian, Potter

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), early 19th century


title: Lobed Dish with Bouquet of Lotus and Saggitaria

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Russell Tyson


title: Small Cup

date: Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), 13th century

medium: Jun ware; stoneware with opaque pale-blue and crimson-splashed glaze

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Shallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Sprays, and Key-Fret Border; Lotus Panels Panels Under Rim

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Hongwu period (1368–1388)


title: Dish with Peony Scrolls and Chrysanthemum Spray, and Lotus Panels on Reverse

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Hongwu period (1368–98)


title: Ewer with Paired Dragon amid Cloud Scrolls

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhengde reign mark and period (1506–1521)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze green and yellow enamels

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Ceramic
Asian art


title: Stand in the Form of a Crouching Lion

date: Western Jin dynasty, (265–316), late 3rd century

medium: Yue ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Dish with Dragons, Flaming Pearls, and Cloud Scrolls

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing reign mark and period (1522–1566)


title: Dish with Scrolling Flowers and Breaking Waves

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), early 15th century

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Cup in the Form of an Open Lotus Leaf, with Water Weeds and Grasses Amongst Lotus Buds and Stalks

date: Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th/18th century

medium: Rhinoceros horn

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Grasses & sedges
Ships & the sea
Horn
Rhinocerous horn
Vessel
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John T. Pirie


title: Broad Pear-Shaped Jar with Concave Lid

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

medium: Slip-coated and glazed stoneware


title: Cylindrical Bowl with Dragons Chasing a Flaming Pearl

medium: Porcelain with overglaze yellow and green enamels, ground with incised decoration


title: Melon-Shaped Jar with Butterflies, Gourds, and Scrolling Vines

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng (1723–35) or early Qianlong period (1736–95), 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Butterflies & moths
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Russell Tyson Endowment


title: One Hundred Cranes 百鶴圖

creator: Attributed to Shen Quan 沈銓

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912) 清朝

medium: Handscroll; ink and light color on silk

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Q. Livingston in memory of her husband, Richard Quigley Livingston


title: Ovoid Bottle with “Partridge-Feather” Mottles

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th/early 12th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware with overglaze slip decoration

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


title: Dish-Shaped Candlestand with Long, Ribbed Neck

date: Sui (581–618) or Tang dynasty (618–907), early 7th century

medium: Glazed stoneware

subjects:
Candleholder
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Candleholder - candlestick
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Covered Bowl with Peony Scroll

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze carved decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Buddhist Monk in a Grotto 乾隆御题诗玉山子

date: Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th–early 18th century

medium: Jade

subjects:
Jade
China
Nephrite
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection


title: Bowl with Boys Playing amid Peony Blossoms

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; metal rim

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Florene M. Schoenborn


title: Triple Long-Necked Bottle Vase with Double Dragon Roundels and Elongated Curly Dragons (Gui)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Ceramic
Asian art

credit_line: Bequest of Janis H. Palmer


title: Dish with Auspicious Emblems: Clouds, Bats, Gourds, Plaintain, and Ruyi Scepter

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–1795)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Rectangular Pillow with Figural and Landscape Scenes, Double-Lotus Medallions, and (back) Tiger Seated by Trees

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated and painted in underglaze iron brown slip

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


title: Bean-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scroll

date: Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; earthenware, slip-coated with green and amber-yellow glazes and carved and incised decoration

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


title: Incense Burner with Peony Scroll

date: Northern Song dynasty, (960–1127), late 11th/early 12th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with underglaze sgraffito decoration and overglaze painting in iron brown

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


title: Teabowl with Everted Mouth Rim

creator: China, Fujian province

date: Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century

medium: Jian ware; dark-gray stoneware with dark-brown glaze and “hare’s fur” markings in iron oxide

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson


title: Bottle Vase with Dragons amid Clouds, Chasing Flaming Pearls; Pendant Ruyi; Lingzhi Scrolls; Upright Leaves and Petal Panels; and Florets Encircling Foot

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze red

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Dish with Dragons amid Clouds, Chasing Flaming Pearls

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel


title: Moon Flask (Bianhu) with Lotus Scroll and Central Floret,Ruyi Mushrooms (base) and Plantain Leaves

subjects:
Vase
China
Mushrooms & fungi
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Scroll Weight

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th/16th century

medium: Carved cinnabar lacquer

subjects:
Lacquerware
China
Lacquer
Wood (plant material)
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Incense Burner with Chrysanthemum and Knobbed Scrolls

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with incised decoration on ground of impressed rings (fish roe)

subjects:
Fish
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Lotus Petal Bowl

date: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 13th century

medium: Longquan ware; stoneware with underglaze carved decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bean-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scrolls

date: Northern Song dynasty, (960–1127), early 12th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated, with underglaze sgraffito (cut-slip) decoration

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


title: Elongated Bottle Vase (Meiping) with Peony Sprays

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with overglaze painted decoration in iron brown

subjects:
Vase
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Head of Luohan

date: Northern Song, Liao, or Jin dynasty, c. 11th century

medium: Hollow dry lacquer

subjects:
Lacquer
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Janis H. Palmer


title: Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair


title: Jar with Figures in Garden Scenes

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Cizhou ware; glazed stoneware with overglaze painting in black, red, green and greenish yellow enamels

credit_line: Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne


title: Shallow Bowl with Lotus Flower and Leaves

date: Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), 13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with decoration in overglaze red, yellow, and green enamel

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Saucer

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–35)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamel

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab


title: Brush Washer with Incurved Rim

medium: Porcelain with pale lavender-blue (tianlan) glaze

subjects:
Household accessory
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Writing equipment
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Lotus Stemcup

medium: Glazed porcelain

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Peaches and Bats

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain painted with overglaze famille rose enamels

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
China
Roses
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Pair of Stem Cups with Sun amid Clouds and Stylized Characters for “Long Life” (Shou)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels (doucai)

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bottle Vase

date:
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark
and period (1736–95)

medium: Porcelain with blue glaze


title: Pear-Shaped Bottle

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), late 13th/early 14th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware with dark-brown glaze and floral decoration in iron-brown slip

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Estate of Henry C. Schwab


title: Cup


title: Cup with Stylized Fruit: Peaches

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain painted with overglaze enamels

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Fruits
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Cup with Buddha’s-Hand Citron

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels


title: Cup with Stylized Fruit: Plums, Cherries, Melon, and Seeds


title: "Three-String" Bottle Vase

medium: Porcelain with copper-red (peachbloom) glaze and underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Peachbloom-glazed waterdropper (taibaizun)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period of (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain with copper-red (peachbloom) glaze

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Double-Gourd Vase with Incurved Loop Handles

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Ovoid Bottle

date: Sui (581–618) or Tang dynasty (618–907), early 7th century

medium: Slip-coated and glazed stoneware


title: Compound Vase with Six Trumpet-Shaped Necks

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

medium: Glazed stoneware

subjects:
Vase
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Porcelain
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Conical Bowl

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), early 12th century

medium: Cizhou type ware; stoneware with brownish-black glaze

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Scalloped-Rim Dish with Cranes and Clouds

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

medium: Longquan ware; glazed stoneware with molded decoration and biscuit reserve

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase with Dragons

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue


title: Dish with Dragon Writhing amid Waves

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamel

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Lobed Conical Bowl with Peonies, Loquat, Pomegranate, Litchi, and Grapes

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Xuande reign mark and period (1426–1435)

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Pair of Teabowls with Bamboo


title: Dish with Waves


title: Bowl with Peony and Scrolling Peony Stems

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi yuzhi mark and period, c. 1716–1722

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels

subjects:
Bowl
China
Roses
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Tripod Incense Burner

creator: Chen Mingyuan

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th century

medium: Yixing stoneware

subjects:
Incense burner
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Container
Ceremonial object
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Russell Tyson


title: Covered Box with Butterflies, Gourds, and Scrolling Vines

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng (1723–35) or early Qianlong period (1736–95), 18th century

medium: Carved cinnabar lacquer on wood

subjects:
Lacquer
China
Butterflies & moths
Chinese (culture or style)
Wood (plant material)
Lacquerware
Asian art
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Fabens Kelley in memory of Charles Fabens Kelley


title: Cup with Handle in the Form of a Scholar Seated Beneath a Pine Tree

date: Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th/18th century

medium: Rhinoceros horn

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Trees
Horn
Rhinocerous horn
Vessel
Asian art

credit_line: Bequest of Harold R. Warner Estate


title: Jar with Narcissus, Nandina Berries, Lingzhi Mushrooms, and Rocks

medium: Porcelain painted with underglaze blue and overglaze doucai enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Fruits
Mushrooms & fungi
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel
Arts of asia 100

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Bowl with Plum, Peach, Bamboo, and Lingzhi Mushrooms

subjects:
Bowl
China
Mushrooms & fungi
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Box for Seal Paste

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Willow-Leaf Bottle Vase


title: Brush Washer

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain with coppper red (peachbloom) glaze

subjects:
Writing equipment
China
Porcelain
Household accessory
Container
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)

date: Yuan/early Ming dynasty

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Ritual object
Arts of asia 100


title: Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)

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

medium: Gilt copper

subjects:
Bronze
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Guy H. Mitchell


title: Mold

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware, carved and biscuit-fired

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

credit_line: Gift of The Orientals


title: Lotus Cup

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid 17th/18th century

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Bowl

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Qingbai ware; glazed porcelain with underglaze incised decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Ewer with Stylized Chrysanthemum Petals

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 12th century

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with underglaze carved and molded decoration

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Conical Bowl with Decoration of Three Leaves

date: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th/13th century

medium: Jizhou ware; glazed stoneware with kiln transmutations

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Foliate Cup and Stand

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century

medium: Longquan ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Covered Box with Peony Blossom

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 9th century

medium: Yue ware; stoneware with underglaze carved decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of Russell Tyson


title: Covered Circular Box with Floral Medallion, Serrated Leaves, and Lotus Petals

date: Liao dynasty (907–1124), 10th century

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded carved decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Globular Bowl

date: Sui (581–618) or Tang dynasty (618–907), early 7th century

medium: Glazed stoneware

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 13th century

medium: Jun ware; stoneware with pale-blue and pinkish-red glazes

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Conical Bowl with Peony Scroll

date: Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), early 12th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Dish with Peony Scroll

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Ovoid Jar with Vertical Ribs and Two-Loop Handles

date: Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Northern black ware; Cizhou type; glazed stoneware with trailed white slip


title: Lobed Dish with Lotus Sprays and Curled Feather-Like Leaves

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th century

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze carved decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Conical Bowl

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), early 12th century

medium: Northern black ware, Cizhou type; stoneware with reddish-brown glaze

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Conical Bowl with Peony Scroll

date: Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century


title: Frog-Shaped Jarlet

date: Western Jin dynasty (265–316), late 3rd century

medium: Yue ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Reptiles & amphibians
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Shallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Spray, and Key-Fret Border; Lotus Petal under RimShallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Spray, and Key-Fret Border; Lotus Petal under RimShallow Dish with Peony Scrolls, Chrysanthemum Spray, and Key-Fret Border; Lotus Petal under Rim

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 14th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze red

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Ovoid Ewer with Flaring, Beak-Shaped Spout, Floral Medallion, and Zipper-like Band with Palmette

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), 8th century

medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded and applied decoration

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Jar with the Four Accomplishments: Painting, Calligraphy, Music, Strategy

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Garlic-Shaped Bottle with Mandarin Ducks and Birds in a Lotus Pond

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli reign mark and period (1573–1620)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Birds
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Dragons Writhing amid Floral Scrolls

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhengde reign mark and period (1506–1521)

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Bowl with Dragons, Peony Scrolls, and Band of Lingzhi Mushrooms

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing reign mark and period (1522–1566)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with design in reserve

subjects:
Bowl
China
Mushrooms & fungi
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Elongated Bottle-Vase (Meiping) with a Scholar-Gentleman and Attendant

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Holder for Incense Sticks or Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with robin’s egg blue glaze

subjects:
Household accessory
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Tea Bowl

creator: China, Fujian Province

date: Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century

medium: Jian ware; dark-gray stoneware with dark-brown glaze and overglaze “hare’s fur” markings in iron oxide

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Mythical Bovine (Xiniu) amid Waves Viewing the Moon and Constellations

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; metal rim

subjects:
Astronomy
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Mandarin Ducks in a Lotus Pond


title: Bowl with Peony Scrolls, Thunderbolt (Vajra) Symbol, and Characters Shufu (Privy Council)

medium: Luanbai (eggshell white) ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration and inscription in raised slip

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

credit_line: Gift of C. T. Loo


title: Trumpet-Mouthed Flowerpot

medium: Jun ware; stoneware with pale-blue and reddish-purple glaze

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


title: Vase with Rectangular Handles

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

medium: Porcelain with pale lavender-blue (tianlan) glaze


title: Bowl with Blossoms and Radiating Petals

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Foliate Square Dish

date: Liao dynasty (907–1124), late 10th century

medium: Porcelain with creamy white glaze and underglaze molded decoration


title: Lobed Flowerpot

medium: Jun ware; stoneware with opaque reddish-blue glaze


title: Lobed Basin for Flowerpot

medium: Jun ware; stoneware with opaque pale-blue and reddish-purple glaze


title: Foliate Dish with Bovine (Xiniu) Gazing at a Crescent Moon

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), late 13th century

medium: Longquan ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Foliate Bowl with Peony Scrolls

creator: China; Jiangxi province

date: Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th/13th century

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with underglaze incised and stippled decoration


title: Melon-Shaped Ewer with Triple-Strand Handle and Floral Tendrils

date: Liao dynasty (907–1124), 11th century

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Shallow Dish with Peony Sprays

date: Northern Song dynasty, (960–1127), 11th century

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze carved decoration; metal rim

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Mandarin Ducks among Leaves and Cattails

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze carved and incised decoration; metal rim


title: Venus Healing Aeneas

creator: Merry Joseph Blondel (French, 1781–1853)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: France

subjects:
Painting
France
Mythological figure
Cloud
Cupid
Death
Drapery
Greek
Man
Men
Mountain
Mythical
Nude
Ocean
Sky
Star
Water
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
European painting
French
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Pamela and Roger Hull through the Old Masters Society


title: The Gulf of Salerno

creator: Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797)

country: England

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Landscape
Water
Seascape
Seas
Sea
Sailing
Rock
Boat
Boatman
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
British
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: L.L. and A.S. Coburn, Josephine and John I. Louis, Jr., and Alexander A. McKay Endowments; through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Endowment


title: Head of Medusa

creator: Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757–1822)

medium: Plaster

country: Italy

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy
Greek mythology
Mythological figure
Mythical
Woman
Monster
Mythology
Neoclassicism
Sculpting
Plaster
Bust/head
Nineteenth century
Model-making
Casting (process)
Italian

credit_line: Lacy Armour Endowment


title: Bacchus Feeding a Panther

creator: John Deare (English, 1759–1798)

medium: Marble

subjects:
Relief
England
Greek gods
Vine
Nude
Mythology
Mythological figure
Mythical
Man
Grape
Food
Foliage
Cup
Animal
Sculpting
Marble
Modeling (forming)
Carving
British
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Michael A. Bradshaw and Kenneth S. Harris Endowment


title: Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)

creator: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741–1825)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Face
Sketch
Study
Studie
Death
Figure
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: The Destruction of Pharaoh's Army

creator: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (French, 1740–1812)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Old testament
Biblical
Cloud
Men
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Rock
Sky
Water
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, Mrs. P. Kelley Armour and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Graham through the Old Masters Society; gift of Richard L. Feigen; Alexander A. McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Vale endowments; through prior acquisitions of Max and Leola Epstein, William O. and Erna Sawyer Goodman Fund through Friends of American Art, Mrs. Robert Hall McCormick in memory of Robert Hall McCormick, and Dellora A. Norris


title: Winter Scene

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Oil on canva
Spain
Travel
Animal
Dog
Figure
Gray (color)
Horse
Hunter
Men
People
Pigs
Road
Snow
Storm
Studie
Study
Tree
Weather/season
White (color)
Winter
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Spanish
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Verde C. Graff


title: Portrait of the Maistre Sisters

creator: Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
Foliage
Black (color)
Jewelry
Landscape
Nature
Portraits: multiple subject
River
Tree
White (color)
Women
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli" (recto), Female Figure (verso)

country: United Kingdom

subjects:
Oil on canva
United kingdom
Sketch
Men
Nature
Nude
Soldier
Study
Sword
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Sketching
European painting

credit_line: Anonymous gift


title: Innocence Prefers Love to Riches

creator: Pierre Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823)

medium: Oil on panel

subjects:
Painting
France
Love
Women
Wing
Wealth
Water
Tree
Sketch
Nude
Nature
Man
Jewelry
Gold (color)
Cupid
Building
Arrow
Architecture
Architechture
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Young Roman

creator: Camille Claudel (French, 1864–1943)

date: Modeled c. 1882-87

medium: Plaster with polychrome patina

subjects:
Bust
France
Portraits: child subject
Boys
Familie
Family
Portrait
Portraits: male subject
Portraits: french subject
Roman
Plaster
Sculpting
Nineteenth century
Modeling (forming)
Sculpture
French
Polychrome

credit_line: Through prior bequest of Joseph Winterbotham; purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Anne Searle Bent, and Celia and David Hilliard


title: Bust of a Young Man

creator: Aimé-Jules Dalou (French, 1838–1902)

medium: Patinated plaster

subjects:
Bust/head
France
Portrait
Portraits: male subject
Man
Bust
Head
Nineteenth century
Sculpting
Plaster
Modeling (forming)
Sculpture
French

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor honoring teachers and their students.


title: Watering Place at Marly

creator: Alfred Sisley (British, active in France, 1839–1899)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscape
Fence
Bridge
People
Figure
House
Building
Tree
Sky
Road
Path
Nature
Cloud
Leisure
Weather/season
Water
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnells


title: The Arcueil Aqueduct at Sceaux Railroad Crossing

creator: Jean-Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841-1927)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Weather/season
Arche
Architechture
Architecture
Bushe
Figure
Leisure
Men
People
Tree
Women
Landscape
Water
Urban life
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Clive Runnells


title: Young Girl with Hat

creator: Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)

subjects:
Painting
France
Girl
Youth
White (color)
Portraits: female subject
Portrait
Hat
Green (color)
Flower
Chair
Basket
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
French
European painting
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederic C. Bartlett


title: The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscape
Boat
Boatman
River
Labor
Building
Tree
Sky
Road
Path
Nature
Cloud
Weather/season
Transportation
Water
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting


title: Saint George

creator: Alfred Gilbert (English, 1854–1934)

date: Cast 1899

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Sculpture
England
St. george
Dragon
Armor
Sword
Knight
Religious figure
Christian subject
Religious
Religion
Figure
Man
Helmet
Weapon
Saint
Bronze
Casting (process)
New sculpture movement
English
Metal
Inorganic material
Nonferrous alloy
Metalworking
Nineteenth century

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation and Anne Searle Bent; European Painting and Sculpture Fund; purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, the Alsdorf Foundation, and Frances and Edward Blair


title: Lane Scene at Night

creator: John Atkinson Grimshaw (English, 1836–1893)

medium: Oil on paperboard

country: Great Britain

subjects:
Print and drawing
Great britain
Landscape
Moonlight
Park
Tree
Carriage
England
Horse
Night
Street
Oil on paperboard
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Paperboard
Oil
Drawing
Painting
Nocturnal
British
European painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique

credit_line: The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund; purchased with funds provided by Frances and Edward Blair; European Painting and Sculpture Purchase Fund


title: Self-Portrait as a Chimera

creator: Sarah Bernhardt (French, 1844–1923)

medium: Brass

country: Paris

subjects:
Sculpture
Pari
Portraits
Mythical
Women
Woman
Self-portrait
Mythology
Wing
Chimera
Bronze
Casting (process)
France
French
Sculpture technique
Symbolism
Copper alloy
Inorganic material
Firing (heating)
Sculpting
Nineteenth century
Women artist

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Constance T. and Donald W. Patterson and Pamela Kelley Hull


title: Afternoon Tea

creator: Jean François Raffaëlli (French, 1850–1924)

subjects:
Painting
France
Tea
Woman
Window
Teapot
Tea cup
Table
Man
Hat
Flower
Cats
Building
Animal
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting
Oil on canva

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: The Lovers

creator: William Powell Frith (English, 1819–1909)

medium: Oil on board

subjects:
Oil on board
England
Love
Dresse
Flora
Floral
Flower
Hat
Jewelry
Landscape
Man
Nature
Rose
Tree
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
British
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Cardboard
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Irving Lauf and Irene McNear, Mrs. P. Kelley Armour through The Old Masters Society, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson; through prior acquisition of Mrs. Dellora A. Norris


title: The Festival

creator: Edward John Poynter (English, 1836–1919)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Festival
Women
Tile
Rose
Rose (color)
Ribbon
Red (color)
Pink (color)
Foliage
Flower
Decoration
Basket
Architecture
Architectural detail
Architechture
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
British
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Suzette Morton Davidson


title: The Golden Age

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Men
Nude
Ladder
Tree
Man
Foliage
Cloth
Fruit
Nature
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
European painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
British


title: The Maid

creator: François Bonvin (French, 1817–1887)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Woman
Glasse
Tablecloth
Bottle
Food
Utensil
Cup
Table
Chair
Interior
Women
Figure
Household
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Chariot Race

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

medium: Oil on cradled panel

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Race
Architecture
Roman
Animal
Figure
Horse
Man
Men
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Woman from Brittany

creator: Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (French, 1852–1929)

subjects:
Painting
France
Portraits: female subject
Portraits: european subject
Headdresse
Cloth
Scissor
Black (color)
White (color)
Necklace
Jewelry
Regalia
Woman
Portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Potter Palmer Collection


title: On the Nile

creator: Eugène Fromentin (French, 1820-1876)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscape
Boatman
Boat
People
River
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Nickerson Collection


title: Portrait of a Woman

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
Wealth
Luxury
Jewelry
Fashion
Red (color)
Chair
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Silvain and Arma Wyler Foundation


title: The Vagrant (Le rodeur ou le ramasseur de bouts cigares)

creator: Style of Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

subjects:
Statuette
France
Figure
Portrait
Portrait: french subject
Man
French
Nineteenth century
Bronze
Casting (process)
Sculpture technique
Sculpting
Firing (heating)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Copper alloy
Forming
Sculpture

credit_line: Gift of Samuel and Marie Louise Rosenthal - Rosenthal-Daumier Collection


title: The Print Collector

creator: Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

subjects:
Painting
France
Print
French
Hat
Jacket
Man
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
Oil on panel
Paint
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Cradling
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Marshall Field


title: The Orchestra

creator: Jean Louis Forain

medium: Soft pastel on paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Paper (fiber product)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Anonymous loan


title: Tight-Rope Walker

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

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Performance
French
Men
Night
Pari
Woman
Women
Leisure
Night scene
Urban life
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Flowers: Poppies and Daisies

creator: Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

medium: Oil on cardboard

subjects:
Oil on cardboard
France
Flowers
Still life
Plant
Poppie
Daisie
Red (color)
Black (color)
White (color)
Yellow (color)
Nineteenth century
Painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Paint
Cardboard
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells


title: Café Singer

creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

subjects:
Painting
France
Leisure
Dresse
Woman
Women
Portrait
Music
Night scene
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
French
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Clara Margaret Lynch in memory of John A. Lynch


title: Theocritus

creator: Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Century of progress
Building
Sky
Tree
Greece
Village
Poetry
Woman
Man
Rural life
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin)

medium: Distemper, metallic paint, and pastel, on canvas

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Painting
France
Portraits
Costume
Chair
Dresse
Hat
Interior
Mirror
Women
Leisure
Night scene
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Distemper
Painting (image making)
Impressionism
French
Paint
Canva
Glue
Pastel
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Joseph Winterbotham Collection


title: The Tub

date: Modeled 1889, cast 1919–21

subjects:
Statuette
France
Women
Nude
Domestic scene
Domestic
Bather
Everyday life (genre)
Water
Impressionism
Casting (process)
Bronze
Nineteenth century
Sculpting
Modeling (forming)
Firing (heating)
French
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Wirt D. Walker Endowment


title: Dancer Ready to Dance, Right Foot Forward

date: Modeled 1882–95, cast 1919–21

subjects:
Statuette
France
Dancer
Woman
Nude
Ballet
Women
Impressionism
Casting (process)
Bronze
Nineteenth century
Sculpting
Modeling (forming)
Model-making
Firing (heating)
French
Figure
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture


title: Entrance to the Port of Honfleur

creator: Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891)

country: Holland

subjects:
Oil on canva
Holland
Port
Boatman
Boat
Citie
Cloud
Figure
Hill
Men
Sailing
Ship
Sky
Water
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Impressionism
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
Dutch
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Louise B. and Frank H. Woods Purchase Fund in honor of The Art Institute of Chicago Diamond Jubilee


title: Roses in a Bowl

creator: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Roses
Still life
French
Red (color)
Pink (color)
White (color)
Bowl
Flower
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnells


title: Arabesque

date: Modeled 1885–90, cast 1919–21

subjects:
Ornament & design
Statuette
France
Dancer
Ballet
Women
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Impressionism
Sculpting
Bronze
Nineteenth century
Modeling (forming)
Firing (heating)
Casting (process)
French
Figure
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Gift of George F. Porter


title: Resting

creator: Antonio Mancini (Italian, 1852–1930)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Women
Bed
Bedroom
Bottle
Candleholder
Container
Interior
Jar
Nude
Pillow
Table
White (color)
Domestic scene
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Italian
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and Roger McCormick


title: Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin)

subjects:
Painting
France
Familie
Interior
Portrait
Domestic scene
Emotion
Men
Children
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Impressionism
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Oil
Oil on canva
Canva
Paint
Painting technique
European painting
Painting (image making)
Save ferri

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


title: Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys

subjects:
Painting
France
Youth
Architecture
Boys
Children
Figure
French
Girl
Greece
Greek
Landscape
Men
Nude
Sketch
Tree
Women
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Impressionism
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Nineteenth century
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: Chalice

creator: German

medium: Silver gilt and enamel

country: Germany

subjects:
Germany
Chalice (liturginal vessels)
Christian subject
Crucifixion
Eucharist
Jesus
Saint
Wine
Silver
Metalworking
Gothic (medieval)
Decorative arts
Metalwork
Enamel
Gilding
Enameling
Goldsmithing
Silversmithing
Early renaissance

credit_line: C. Harker and Mae Svoboda Rhodes Acquisition Fund


title: Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion

creator: Follower of Johannes Apengeter

medium: Copper alloy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Germany

credit_line: Through prior bequest of the George F. Harding Collection; Chester D. Tripp, Jane Gidwitz Memorial; and European Painting and Sculpture Purchase funds


title: Lintel Support with Lion

creator: Spanish; Aragon

medium: Limestone

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural sculpture
Spain
Architectural fragment
Animal
Architechture
Architectural detail
Bird
Lion
Stone
Stonework
Medieval
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Spanish
Sculpture/stone
Limestone
Sculpting
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Head of a Bearded Man

creator: French

medium: Limestone with traces of polychromy

subjects:
Bust/head
France
Man
Architectural fragment
Stone
Bearded man
Head
Limestone
Sculpting
Carbonate rock
Sedimentary rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
French
Sculpture/stone
Carving
Sculpture technique
Stonework

credit_line: Gift of Chester D. Tripp Endowment, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Albright, Mrs. Jerry Chambers, Mrs. Edgar Uihlein, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin de Costa, Mrs. Gerald Gidwitz, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Newberger, Mrs. Lorraine Pritzker, Mr. and Mrs. James Richter, and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Vale


title: Footed Pyx Used as a Reliquary

creator: German; probably Brunswick (Braunschweig)

date: 14th century

medium: Gilded pewter over a wood core, gilt copper, gemstones

country: Brunswick

subjects:
Wood
Brunswick
European decorative arts
Decorative arts
Reliquary
Religious

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick


title: Reliquary Cross with the Arms of the Veltheim Family

creator: German; Brunswick (Braunschweig)

medium: Silver gilt, enamel, and gemstones

subjects:
Silver
Brunswick
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Reliquary Monstrance with a Relic of Saint Christina

creator: German; probably Brunswick ( Braunschweig)

medium: Silver, rock crystal, and enamel

subjects:
Silver
Brunswick
Minerals & gems
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Decorative arts
Reliquary
Religious


title: Saint Bartholomew

creator: Northwest German

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects:
Statuette
Germany
Saint
Christian subject
Christianity
Figure
Man
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Bronze
Metalworking
Medieval
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture
German
Gilt bronze
Firing (heating)
Gilding
Sculpting
Sculpture technique


title: Capital with the Adoration of the Magi

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural sculpture
Spain
Architechture
Architectural
Architectural fragment
Christian subject
Christianity
King
Religion
Religious
Religious scene
Stone
Carving
Medieval
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Spanish
Sculpture/stone
Limestone
Sculpting
Sculpture technique
Stonework


title: Head of an Apostle

creator: French; Paris

subjects:
Limestone
France
Men
Christianity
Beard
Christian subject
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Bearded man
Head
Sculpting
Medieval
Bust/head
Carbonate rock
Sedimentary rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
French
Sculpture/stone
Carving
Sculpture technique
Stonework
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title: Capital with Eagles

creator: Southern Italian

medium: Marble

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural sculpture
Italy
Eagle
Architectural detail
Architectural fragment
Architechture
Bird
Marble
Stonework
Medieval
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Italian
Carving
Sculpting
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Buckingham Gothic Room Accessions Fund


title: Plaque with a Bishop

creator: Follower of Nicholas of Verdun

medium: Gilt copper, champlevé enamel

subjects:
Ornament & design
European decorative arts
Germany
Enamel
Decorative arts


title: Plaque with Saints James and John the Evangelist

creator: Mosan (Meuse River Valley)

country: Meuse

subjects:
Enamel
Meuse
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Plaque from an Arch of a Reliquary Shrine

creator: German; Rhineland

country: Rhineland

subjects:
Enamel
Rhineland
European decorative arts
Decorative arts

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Gothic Fund


title: Shaft of a Column

medium: Gilt bronze, champlevé enamel


title: Agnus Dei

creator: French; Limoges

subjects:
Metalwork
France
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Plaques from a Reliquary Casket with the Martyrdom of a Saint

country: Limoges

subjects:
Enamel
Limoge
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Plaque with the Crucifixion


title: Plaque with Aaron

creator: German (Rhineland) or French (Troyes)

medium: Gilded copper, champlevé enamel

subjects:
Enamel
Meuse
Coating (material)
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Plaque with Hope

creator: Germany (Rhineland) or French (Troyes)


title: Reliquary Casket

medium: Gilt copper, champlevé enamel over wood core

subjects:
Enamel
Limoge
European decorative arts
Decorative arts
Reliquary
Religious


title: Crucifix

creator: Mosan; Meuse River Valley or German; Rhineland

subjects:
Crucifixion
Meuse
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Jesus
Copper
Metalworking
Medieval
Statuette
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Enamel
German
Gilding
Champleve enamel
Enameling
Firing (heating)
Sculpting
Sculpture technique


title: Spandrel for a Reliquary Shrine

creator: German; Cologne

country: Cologne

subjects:
Enamel
Cologne
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia

creator: León, Spain

medium: Silver and oak core

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Spain
Biblical
Violence
Death
Execution
Christianity
Martyr
Saint
Saint adrian
Ship
Repoussé
Silver
Functional object
Sculpture
Oak
Reliquary
Religious
Essential


title: Virgin and Child

creator: South Netherlandish or German; Rhineland

medium: Ivory

subjects:
Ivory
Meuse
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Babie
Figure
Woman with children
Woman
Child
Mother and child
Sons
Mother
Jesus
Virgin mary
Carving
Statuette
Dentin
Bone
Sculpture
German
Forming
Sculpting
Sculpture technique
Medieval


title: Diptych Fragment: The Death of the Virgin

creator: Attributed to the Master of Kremsmünster (German, active 1375–1400)

subjects:
Relief
Germany
Death
Children
Bed
Prayer
Mourning
Men
Woman
Christian subject
Christianity
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Virgin mary
Ivory
Carving
Dentin
Bone
Sculpture
German
Sculpture technique


title: Virgin and Child

creator: Northern French

subjects:
Statuette
France
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Babie
Child
Children
Christian subject
Christianity
Devotion
Jesus
Mother
Mother and child
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Sons
Virgin mary
Ivory
Sculpting
Dentin
Bone
Sculpture
French
Carving
Sculpture technique
Medieval


title: Saint Agatha

creator: Vergós Workshop (Spanish, documented 1439–1503)

medium: Oil and gold on panel

subjects:
Painting
Spain
Saint
Woman
Tile
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Red (color)
Palm
Martyr
Interior
Gold (color)
Christianity
Christian subject
Breast
Blue (color)
Blue
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Sixteenth century
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Gilding
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Gold
Spanish
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of James Deering Danielson


title: Saint Lucy

subjects:
Painting
Spain
Saint
Woman
Martyr
Gold (color)
Eyes
Plate
Palm
Interior
Tile
Red (color)
Green (color)
Blue
Blue (color)
Religion
Religious figure
Religious
Christian subject
Christianity
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Sixteenth century
Renaissance
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Gilding
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Gold
Spanish
Oil on panel
European painting


title: Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

subjects:
Ivory
France
Christian subject
Women
Woman
Animal
Architectural
Architechture
Burial
Death
Scroll (motifs)
Saint
Saint john the baptist
Babie
Child
Mother and child
Mother
Holy family
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Virgin mary
Crucifixion
King
Shepherd
Birth
Jesus
Men
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Christianity
Carving
Relief
Dentin
Bone
Sculpture
French
Sculpting
Sculpture technique
Medieval


title: Reliquary Monstrance with Relics of Saints Anianus and Lawrence

creator: German, probably Brunswick (Braunschweig)

medium: Silver and rock crystal

subjects:
Silver
Brunswick
Minerals & gems
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Circular Reliquary with Domed Roof and Relics of Saints Godehard and Bernward

creator: German, Brunswick (Braunschweig)

medium: Silver gilt and rock crystal

credit_line: Gift of Kate S. Buckingham


title: Reliquary Monstrance in the form of a Church

medium: Gilt copper and horn

subjects:
Metalwork
Brunswick
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Casket

creator: Italian; Sicily

date: 12th century

medium: Ivory, brass, tempera, and gold leaf

country: Sicily

subjects:
Ornament & design
European decorative arts
Sicily
Norman
Ivory
Medieval
European
Decorative arts

credit_line: Samuel P. Avery Endowment


title: Corpus of Christ

creator: Spanish; Catalonia

date: 13th century

medium: Wood with traces of polychromy

subjects:
Sculpture
Spain
Jesus
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Man
Body
Figure
Crucifixion
Corpus christi
Wood (plant material)
Woodworking
Medieval
Large scale
Plant material
Sculpture/wood
Spanish
Wood
Organic material
Polychrome
Polychromy
Carving
Painting
Painting (coating)
Sculpting
Sculpture technique


title: Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

medium: Ivory with traces of gold

subjects:
Triptych
Germany
Jesus
Biblical
Crucifixion
Children
Babie
Mother
Father
Death
Resurrection
Christian subject
Christianity
Men
Religion
Religious figure
Religious scene
Women
Ivory
Sculpting
Relief
Dentin
Bone
Sculpture
German
Carving
Forming
Modeling (forming)
Sculpture technique
Medieval
Essential

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Virgin and Child

creator: Tuscan

medium: Tempera on panel

country: Florence

subjects:
Painting
Florence
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Biblical
Children
Christian subject
Christianity
Religion
Religious
Woman
Woman with children
Women
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Tempera
Panel painting
Paint
Italian
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Medieval
European painting


title: Altar Cross

date: c. 1325; foot: 15th century

medium: Silver gilt over a wooden core; foot: copper gilt

subjects:
Silver
Brunswick
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: The Lamentation

creator: Hieronymus Wierix (Flemish, 1553–1619)

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper

country: Flanders

subjects:
Print and drawing
Flander
Paper
Engraving
Print

credit_line: Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust


title: Christ Washes the Feet of the Apostles

creator: Hans Collaert I (Flemish, c. 1530–1581)

medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Flander
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds


title: Abraham’s Sacrifice

creator: Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612)


title: Water, from The Four Elements

creator: Philips Galle


title: Fire, from The Four Elements


title: Air, from The Four Elements


title: Earth, from The Four Elements


title: Landscape with Hunters

creator: Paul Bril (Flemish, 1553/54–1626)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Landscapes
Men
Rabbit
Dog
Mountain
River
Foliage
Animal
Tree
Bird
Horse
Hunter
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
European painting
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Painting (image making)
Painting technique

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection; Alexander A. McKay, Josephine and John I. Louis, and Marilyn H. Quinn funds


title: The Triumph of Silenus

creator: Gerard van Opstal (Flemish, c. 1597–1668)

medium: Marble

country: France

subjects:
Relief
France
Mythical
Children
Donkey
Figure
Goat
Grape
Men
Mythological figure
Mythology
Procession
Tree
Vine
Women
Carving
Marble
Stonework
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Eloise W. Martin and Mrs. Edward J. Uihlein through the Antiquarian Society, Mrs. DeWitt W. Buchanan, Jr., Kay and Frederick Krehbiel; Major Acquisitions Centennial, Jane B. Tripp and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varley endowments; through prior acquisitions of the Kate S. Buckingham  Endowment


title: Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

creator: Anton Wierix II (Flemish, 1555-1604)

country: Belgium

subjects:
Engraving
Belgium
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections


title: Study Head of a Bearded Man

creator: Frans Floris, I (Netherlandish, by 1520–1570)

medium: Oil on panel

subjects:
Oil on panel
Flander
Man
Heracle
Study
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader


title: Two Putti Supporting a Torch

creator: Flemish

medium: Terracotta on slate

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Relief
Netherland
Putti
Fire
Nude
Torche
Children
Sculpting
Terracotta
Terracotta (sculpture)
Slate
Sculpture technique
Flemish
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Through prior purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John Golitz; through prior bequest of Hans G. Cahen


title: Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy

creator: Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger (Flemish, c. 1580-1640)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Flander
Mythology
Architectural detail
Bed
Bedroom
Father
Greece
Interior
Men
Night
Sleep
Sons
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Oil painting
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Wirt D. Walker Endowment


title: Dead Birds and Shot Bags

creator: Attributed to Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622-1674)

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Birds
Still life
Guns
Hunting
Oil paint (paint)
Oil on canva
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: A. A. Munger Collection


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Corneille de Lyon (French, c. 1505-1575)

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Portraits
Portraits: male subject
Men
Man
Portraits: european subject
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Paint
Organic material
Painting
Panel (wood)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Everett D. Graff


title: Jupiter Rebuked by Venus

creator: Abraham Janssens (Flemish, c. 1575-1632)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Flander
Mythological figure
Children
Figure
Men
Women
Gods (deities)
Goddesse
Mythology
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Paint
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Canva
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by The Old Masters Society; the Alexander A. McKay Endowment


title: Portrait of a Seated Woman

creator: Antonis Mor (Netherlandish, c. 1517–c. 1576)

medium: Oil on panel, mounted on aluminum sheet

subjects:
Oil on panel
Netherland
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
Chair
Dresse
Woman
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Paint
Aluminum
Painting
Panel (wood)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Edward E. Ayer Fund


title: St. Albert of Louvain

creator: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Saint
Cherub
Cloud
Man
Men
Putti
Sketch
Study
Oil paint (paint)
Paint
Oil on panel
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Dr. John J. Ireland


title: The Adoration of the Eucharist

creator: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Flander
Sketch
Eucharist
Christian subject
Women
Spain
Nobility
Men
Figure
Architechtural drawing
Angel
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting


title: Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun

creator: Johann Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)

country: Austria

subjects:
Oil on canva
Austria
Mythological figure
Women
Textile
Sun
Sky
Red (color)
Nude
Mythology
Mythical
Musical instrument
Men
Horse
Harp
Gods (deities)
Cloud
Chariot
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Jacob S. Sherman


title: The Flight into Egypt

creator: Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Flemish, 1596-1675)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Flander
Christian subject
Angel
Children
Christianity
Cows
Donkey
Holy family
Landscape
Man
Mountain
Path
Putti
Travel
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Woman
Woman with children
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Michael W. Straus in memory of Michael Straus


title: Mountain Road with Travelers

creator: Joos de Momper, II (Flemish, 1564-1635)

medium: Oil on cradled panel

subjects:
Painting
Flander
Landscape
Bird
Carriage
Cloud
Figure
Foliage
Horse
Men
Mountain
River
Travel
Tree
Wagon
Women
Oil paint (paint)
Oil on panel
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Jove Casts His Thunderbolts at the Rebellious Giants

subjects:
Painting
Austria
Mythological figure
Mythical
Mythology
Gods (deities)
Zeus
Eagle
Bird
Lightning
Monster
Cloud
Men
Textile
Roman
Nude
Battle
Violence
King
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: Diana and Endymion

subjects:
Painting
Austria
Mythology
Youth
Women
Textile
Sleep
Orange (color)
Nude
Nature
Mythological figure
Mythical
Men
Dog
Cupid
Blue (color)
Blue
Animal
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: Mercury Rescues the Disguised Io after Beheading Argus

subjects:
Painting
Austria
Mythology
Mythological figure
Mythical
Roman
Gods (deities)
Cows
Animal
Death
Beheading
Landscape
Violence
Snake
Blood
Tree
Nature
Mountain
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
European painting


title: Head

creator: Fang

date: Mid–late 19th century

medium: Wood and copper

country: Gabon

subjects:
Sculpture
Gabon
Ancestor
Abstract figure
Death
Protector
Reliquary
Wood (plant material)
Fang
Carving
Wood
Copper
Arts of africa
Funerary
African art
Inlay (process)
Central africa
Essential

credit_line: Frederick W. Renshaw Acquisition Fund; Robert Allerton and Ada Turnbull Hertle endowments; Robert Allerton Income Fund; Gladys N. Anderson Endowment


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Antonio d'Este (Italian, 1754-1837)

country: Italy

subjects:
Sculpture
Italy
Portraits
Self-portrait
Artist
Man
Portraits: italian subject
Bust
Marble
Sculpting
Bust/head
Stone
Sculpture technique
Sculpture/stone
Inorganic material
Stonework
Nineteenth century

credit_line: Gift of Jonathan Kagan and Ute Kagan


title: Deposition

creator: Bernardino Nocchi (Italian, 1741–1812)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Mourning
Women
Virgin mary
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religion
Putti
Men
Jesus
Death
Cross
Christianity
Christian subject
Cherub
Angel
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
European painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Scott, Lynda, Jonathan, and Lindsey Canel


title: Allegory of Peace and War

creator: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)

subjects:
Mythology
Oil on canva
Italy
Peace
Woman
Man
Shield
Sword
Soldier
People
War
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Oil
Paint
Canva
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of the Old Masters Society


title: Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange

creator: Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)

subjects:
Sculpture
France
Portrait
Bust
Head
Portraits: female subject
Woman
Marble
Carving
Bust/head
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
French
Modeling (forming)
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection; the Lacy Armour, Harry and Maribel G. Blum Foundation, Richard T. Crane, Jr. and European Decorative Arts Purchase endowments; Eloise W. Martin and European Decorative Arts Purchase funds; purchased with funds provided by the Woman's Board in honor of Gloria Gottlieb and Mrs. Eric Oldberg; through prior acquisitions of Robert Allerton, Mary and Leigh Block, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrew Brown, Miss Janet Falk, J.S. Landon Fund, Brooks and Hope B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Regenstein, Sr., Mrs. Florene Schoenborn, and the Solomon A. Smith Charitable Trust through the Antiquarian Society


title: Vase

creator: Clodion (Claude Michel; French, 1738–1814)

subjects:
Vase
France
Sculpture
Carving
Marble
Vessel
Sculpting
Relief
French
Functional object
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material

credit_line: Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection; Harold L. Stuart Endowment


title: Portrait of the Katchef Dahouth, Christian Mameluke

creator: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Portraits
Portraits: male subject
Man
Leader
Chief
Headdresse
Orange (color)
Guns
Sword
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Nineteenth century
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Canva
Paint
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; through prior gift of Frank H. and Louise B. Woods


title: The Landing Place

creator: Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808)

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

credit_line: Gift of Richard T. Crane


title: The Old Temple

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

credit_line: Gift of Adolphus C. Bartlett


title: Portrait of Constance Pipelet

creator: Jean-Baptiste-François Desoria (French, 1758–1832)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
Book
Chair
Fashion
French
Landscape
Portraits: french subject
Wealth
White (color)
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Neoclassicism
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund


title: Madame de Pastoret and Her Son

creator: Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Portrait
Woman with children
Portraits: european subject
Portraits: french subject
Portraits: female subject
Interior
Dresse
White (color)
Domestic scene
Sewing
Mother
Children
Women
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Painting technique
Neoclassicism
Painting (image making)
Canva
European painting
Essential

credit_line: Clyde M. Carr Fund and Major Acquisitions Endowment


title: Deposition

creator: Antonio d'Este (Italian, 1754–1837)

subjects:
Relief
Italy
Religious scene
Religion
Mourning
Jesus
Virgin mary
Angel
Death
Cherub
Women
Cross
Heaven
Light
Devotion
Nineteenth century
Carving
Marble
Sculpting
Italian
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Bequest of Bertha C. Loomis


title: Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia

creator: Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar (French, 1762–1834)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Reading
Women
Tree
Tile
Table
Statue
Scroll (motifs)
Roman
Red (color)
Purple (color)
Poetry
Men
Man
Laurel wreath
Interior
Green (color)
Family
Familie
Classical
Chair
Building
Architecture
Architechture
Neoclassicism
Oil painting
Paint
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Oil paint (paint)
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Wirt D. Walker Fund


title: Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin

creator: Jean Hey (Master of Moulins; Netherlandish, active in France, c. 1480-c.1504)

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Virgin mary
Prayer
Woman
Devotion
Religion
Religious figure
Religious scene
Religious
Christianity
Christian subject
Landscape
Sky
Cloud
Green (color)
Sadness
Mourning
Panel (wood)
Panel painting
Renaissance
European painting
French
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Sixteenth century

credit_line: Lacy Withers Armour Fund, purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, the Rhoades Foundation, Marilynn Alsdorf, Barbara Danielson in honor of James Wood, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madigan, and  John and Mary Gedo through the Old Masters Society, through prior gift of the George F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester, and Max and Leola Epstein collections


title: Saint Philip and Saint James the Lesser

creator: Israhel van Meckenem the Younger

medium: Two engravings on cream laid paper

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

credit_line: Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment


title: Saint Barbara

creator: Jean Bellegambe (French, c. 1470–c. 1535)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Belgium
Saint
Christianity
Christian subject
Bible
Book
Tower
Violence
Figure
Feather
Martyr
Jewelry
Woman
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Saint Catherine

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Saint catherine
Mountain
Cherub
Architectural detail
Figure
Woman
Jewelry
Wheel
Martyr
Sword
Saint
Christianity
Christian subject
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Paint
Organic material
Painting
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Panel painting
European painting


title: Portrait of a Donor (recto); Saint Anthony of Padua (verso)

creator: Hans Memling (Netherlandish, c. 1430–1494)

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Portraits
Saint
Man
Cross
Babie
Children
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Devotion
Bible
Book
Christian subject
Christianity
Religious attire
Jesus
Prayer
Interior
Vase
River
Landscape
Window
Panel painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Organic material
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Arthur Sachs


title: A Bishop Saint

creator: Bartolomé Bermejo (Bartolomé de Cárdenas; Spanish, documented 1468–c. 1501)

country: Spain

subjects:
Oil on panel
Spain
Saint
Portrait
Chair
Christian subject
Christianity
Desk
Man
Men
Religion
Religious
Vestment
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Spanish
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Christ Carrying the Cross

creator: Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross (active c. 1400–c. 1450)

subjects:
Painting
Germany
Century of progress
Christian subject
Christianity
Soldier
Jesus
Men
Women
Blood
Flag
Virgin mary
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Biblical
Weapon
Crucifixion
Spear
Knife
Sword
Violence
Helmet
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Panel painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
German
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester collection


title: Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: The Death of Lucretia

medium: Engraving printed in black on buff laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

creator: Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, c. 1470/75–by 1533)

subjects:
Tempera
Netherland
Century of progress
Mourning
Devotion
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious
Religion
Biblical
Saint
Virgin mary
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Panel (wood)
Panel painting
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Saint John the Evangelist

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Saint
Christian subject
Christianity
Cloud
Landscape
Man
Red (color)
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Sky
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Sixteenth century
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
French
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: The Annunciation

creator: Jean Hey (Master of Moulins; Netherlandish, c. 1480-c.1504)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Netherland
The annunciation
Architecture
Bed
Bedroom
Blue (color)
Green (color)
Interior
Red (color)
Religious figure
Religious scene
Tile
Virgin mary
Religion
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Women
Angel
Bible
Biblical
Bird
Christian subject
Christianity
Dove
Holy spirit
Painting (image making)
Oil paint (paint)
Renaissance
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Painting
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting
Panel (wood)
Essential


title: Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint John the Baptist

creator: French; Picardy

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Century of progress
Altar
Architechture
Architecture
Christian subject
Christianity
Devotion
Man
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Saint john the baptist
Sheep
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting


title: Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Virgin and Child

subjects:
Oil on panel
France
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Altar
Blue (color)
Christian subject
Christianity
Jesus
Panel
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Virgin mary
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting


title: Virgin and Child

creator: Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, c. 1399-1464)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Belgium
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Virgin mary
Jesus
Mother
Mother and child
Babie
Children
Blue
Blue (color)
Red (color)
Green (color)
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Christian subject
Christianity
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Panel painting
Oil paint (paint)
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting


title: Portrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso)

creator: Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, c. 1399–1464)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Flander
Portraits
Portraits: male subject
Prayer
Jewelry
Man
Coat of arms
Tower
Shield
Tassel
Blue
Blue (color)
Gold (color)
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Renaissance
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting
Painting (image making)
Panel (wood)


title: Lamentation over the Body of Christ

creator: Gerard David (Netherlandish, c. 1460–1523)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Netherland
Lamentation scene
Cross
Mountain
Altar
Spain
Religious
Religion
Biblical
Christianity
Christian subject
Saint
Mourning
Mary magdalene
Virgin mary
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Virgin and Child Crowned by Angels

creator: Colijn de Coter (Netherlandish, c. 1450– by 1540)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Belgium
Century of progress
Throne
Lion
Red (color)
Lilie
Basin
Washbowl
Green (color)
Curtain
Scroll (motifs)
Bed
Flower
Interior
Angel
Jesus
Virgin mary
Virgin and child/madonna and child
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Oil on board
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Christ at Emmaus, from The Passion

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: The Resurrection, from The Passion


title: Christ before Annas, from The Passion

medium: Engraving printed in black, on ivory laid paper


title: Christ Among the Doctors

medium: Engraving on paper


title: The Adoration of the Magi


title: Christ Carrying the Cross

creator: Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, c. 1485–1547)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Jesus
Christianity
Christian subject
Blue
Horse
Landscape
Men
Soldier
Crucifixion
Crosse
Biblical
Renaissance
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
European painting
Italian
Oil on panel
Paint
Organic material
Wood (plant material)
Painting technique
Panel painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Painting (image making)
Panel (wood)

credit_line: Lacy Armour, Ada Turnbull Hertle, Mary Swissler Oldberg Acquisition, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection funds; Wirt D. Walker Trust; Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Fund; Estate of Walter Aitken; Frederick W. Renshaw Acquisition, Marian and Samuel Klasstorner funds; Edward E. Ayer Fund in Memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; Lara T. Magnuson Acquisition, Director's funds; Samuel A. Marx Purchase Fund for Major Acquisitions; Edward Johnson, Maurice D. Galleher Endowment, Simeon B. Williams, Capital Campaign General Acquisitions, Wentworth Greene Field Memorial, Samuel P. Avery, Morris L. Parker, Irving and June Seaman Endowment, and Betty Bell Spooner funds


title: Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and Christ Child

creator: Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari; Italian, c. 1501–1556)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Saint
Tile
Nature
Tree
Man
Men
Woman
Woman with children
Children
Death
Door
Drawing
Bed
Artist
Interior
Holy family
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Jesus
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Renaissance
European painting
Italian
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Sixteenth century

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society


title: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, and Angels

creator: Piero di Cosimo (Italian, 1461/62–1521)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Women
Virgin mary
Sons
Saint
Saint john the baptist
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Red (color)
Pearl
Nude
Mother and child
Mother
Jewelry
Jesus
Green (color)
Gold (color)
Fruit
Familie
Devotion
Cross
Christianity
Christian subject
Children
Book
Bible
Babie
Angel
Sixteenth century
Panel painting
Oil paint (paint)
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
European painting

credit_line: Lacy Armour Fund


title: The Institution of the Rosary

creator: Attributed to Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486–1570)

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Medal/plaquette/coin
Italy
Christian subject
Angel
Christianity
Cloud
Crown
Frame
Jesus
Pearl
Putti
Religion
Religious
Religious figure
Religious scene
Rope
Bronze
Sculpture technique
Sixteenth century
Sculpture
Gilding
Italian
Copper alloy
Inorganic material
Metal
Nonferrous metal
Casting (process)
Firing (heating)
Renaissance

credit_line: Gift from the Edward A. and Inge Maser Collection in honor of Ian Wardropper


title: Domenico da Gambassi

creator: Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Italy
Portraits: male subject
Portrait
Man
Hat
Sixteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth


title: The Battle of Zama

creator: After Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)

date: After 1567

subjects:
Oil on panel
Netherland
Battle
Roman
Flag
Shield
Sword
Spear
Violence
Death
Horse
Soldier
Elephant
Animal
War
Panel (wood)
Panel painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Oil paint (paint)
Organic material
Painting
Plant material
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: The Holy Family with Four Saints and a Female Donor

creator: Antonio Rimpatta (Italian, documented from 1509–died 1531/32)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Italy
Holy family
Woman with children
Woman
Virgin mary
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Saint
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Red (color)
Prayer
Mother
Jesus
Green (color)
Devotion
Christianity
Christian subject
Chalice
Babie
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Sixteenth century
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Oil painting (visual works)
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Clyde M. Carr Fund


title: The Temptation of Saint Jerome

creator: Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511–1574)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Italy
Saint
Woman
Wilderness
Water
Venus
Tree
River
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Nature
Man
Love
Lion
Landscape
Grid
Greek mythology
Greek gods
Goddesse
Dove
Cupid
Crucifixion
Christianity
Christian subject
Children
Cherub
Bible
Babie
Arrow
Animal
Sixteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Paint
Organic material
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: The Holy Family

creator: Orazio de Santis (Italian, 1530-1584)

medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper

subjects:
Etching
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry C. Wood in memory of Sara Rozet Calvin


title: Portrait of Don Juan of Austria

creator: Alonso Sánchez Coello (Spanish, 1531/32–1588)

medium: Oil on panel, transferred to canvas

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Portraits
Youth
Wealth
Red (color)
Portraits: male subject
Nobility
Luxury
Lace
Gold (color)
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Sixteenth century
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Organic material
Canva
Spanish
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
Paint
European painting

credit_line: Max and Leola Epstein Collection


title: Virgin and Child with Two Angels

creator: Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510)

medium: Tempera on panel

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Jesus
Religious
Religion
Christianity
Christian subject
Woman with children
Landscape
Angel
Madonna
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Tempera
Panel painting
Italian
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Renaissance
European painting


title: The Virgin, Christ Child, and Saint John

creator: Antonio da Trento (Italian, 1510-1550)

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and ochre from two blocks, on paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Fund


title: Plaque with Virgin and Child

creator: Italian

medium: Gilt bronze set against a field lapis lazuli, agate, and Sicilian jasper

subjects:
Relief
Italy
Marble
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society


title: Hercules and Lichas

creator: Attributed to Pietro Tacca (Italian, 1577–1640)

subjects:
Statuette
Italy
Wrestler
Battle
Figure
Men
Nude
Bronze
Sculpting
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Italian
Casting (process)
Firing (heating)
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Robert Allerton Endowment


title: Hercules and Antaeus

subjects:
Statuette
Italy
Men
Battle
Figure
Nude
Sculpture
Strength
Wrestler
Bronze
Sculpting
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Italian
Casting (process)
Firing (heating)
Sculpture technique


title: Saint Catherine of Siena

creator: Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro; Italian, active 1504–28)

medium: Tempera and oil on panel

subjects:
Tempera
Italy
Century of progress
Woman
Tree
Stigmata
Saint
Saint catherine
Religious figure
Religious attire
Religious
Religion
Nature
Landscape
Flower
Devotion
Crucifixion
Christianity
Christian subject
Bushe
Book
Bible
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Sixteenth century
Panel painting
Panel (wood)
Renaissance
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Oil painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Paint
Organic material
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on panel
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Corpus and Superscription Plaque

creator: Florentine

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects:
Statuette
Florence
Crucifixion
Devotion
Christianity
Christian subject
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious
Religion
Man
Jesus
Bronze
Casting (process)
Sixteenth century
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Figure
Gilding
Firing (heating)
Sculpting
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Gift of Edward M. Nagel


title: Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi

medium: Oil on panel

subjects:
Oil on panel
Italy
Portraits: female subject
Woman
Portrait
Jewelry
Sixteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Organic material
Italian
European painting