title: Man Wearing a Straw Hat

medium: Watercolor with graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Watercolor
France
Water-base paint
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)
Wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Janis H. Palmer in memory of Pauline K. Palmer


title: The Three Skulls

creator: Paul Cézanne

medium: Watercolor, with graphite, on ivory wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Watercolor
France
Paper (fiber product)
Water-base paint
Paint
Gouache
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

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: Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection


title: Candlestick

date: late 1400s

medium: carved and gilded wood

subjects: Italy, probably tuscany, late 15th century

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

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

credit_line: Candlestick, late 1400s. Italy, probably Tuscany, late 15th century. Carved and gilded wood; overall: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.573.2


title: Tripod Vase: Ting

medium: jade

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

credit_line: Tripod Vase: Ting, 1644–1911. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Jade; overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1916.15


title: Dagger

medium: Iron, wood, and copper alloy

credit_line: Dagger, 1800s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 19th century. Iron, wood, and copper alloy; overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.723


title: Inro, Ojime, Netsuke

creator: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)

date: later 1800s

medium: lacquer with  sprinkled gold, silver, and mother-of-pearl design, coral, and wood

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

subjects:
Netsuke
Corals & anemones

credit_line: Inro, Ojime, Netsuke, later 1800s. Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891). Lacquer with  sprinkled gold, silver, and mother-of-pearl design, coral, and wood; overall: 8 x 5.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1916.848


title: Velvet Fragment

date: late 1500s

medium: velvet (cut and uncut); silk

country: Italy, late 16th century

subjects:
Velvet
Italy, late 16th century

credit_line: Velvet Fragment, late 1500s. Italy, late 16th century. Velvet (cut and uncut); silk; overall: 52.7 x 25.4 cm (20 3/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1918.278


title: Egyptian Smoker

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

medium: etching

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Egyptian Smoker, c. 1865. Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles T. Brooks, 1920.139


title: Etchings of Venice: Net Makers

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

country: America

subjects: Print America

credit_line: Etchings of Venice: Net Makers, 1881. Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles W. Bingham, 1920.18.7


medium: color woodblock print

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Tea House Beside the Kamo River in Kyoto, 1740s. Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697(?)-1756). Color woodblock print; sheet: 29.5 x 41.2 cm (11 5/8 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1920.515


title: Venice

credit_line: Venice, 1880. Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1921.256


title: The Miracle at Lourdes

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

medium: lithograph

country: France, 19th-20th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th-20th century

credit_line: The Miracle at Lourdes, c. 1912–13. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1921.377


title: Nocturne, Salute

credit_line: Nocturne, Salute, 1879–80. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1922.454


title: Solomon's Idolotry

medium: engraving

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: Solomon's Idolotry, 1514. Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1922.473


title: The Venetian Ball

country: Flanders

subjects: Print Flander

credit_line: The Venetian Ball, 1584–1623. Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561–1623), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1922.476


title: The Bridge

credit_line: The Bridge, 1879–80. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1923.13


title: Tête-à-tête in the Garden

credit_line: Tête-à-tête in the Garden, 1894. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1923.45


title: The King of Beasts

credit_line: Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables: The King of Beasts, 1594. Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656), A. van Londerseel. Engraving; sheet: 3.2 x 6.1 cm (1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1923.735


title: The Brothers

credit_line: The Brothers, 1895. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1924.3


creator: Hanns Lautensack (German, 1524–1566)

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Panoramic View of Nuremberg:  Left Portion, 1552. Hanns Lautensack (German, 1524–1566). Etching; platemark: 29.4 x 48.9 cm (11 9/16 x 19 1/4 in.); sheet: 42.7 x 50.9 cm (16 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1924.516.a


title: Dancing Cripples

credit_line: Dancing Cripples, 1538. Cornelis Massys (Flemish, 1510/11–1556/57). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1924.643


title: Virgin Crowned by Two Angels

creator: Hieronymus Wierix (Flemish, 1553–1619)

date: before 1619

credit_line: Virgin Crowned by Two Angels, before 1619. Hieronymus Wierix (Flemish, 1553–1619). Engraving; 12.7 x 8.7 cm (5 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1924.681


title: The Dancing Girl

credit_line: The Dancing Girl, 1890. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1924.9


medium: black wash and watercolor over black crayon

country: France, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 20th century

credit_line: Reconquered Territory (recto) Two Figures on a Road (verso), c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black wash and watercolor over black crayon; sheet: 37 x 53.1 cm (14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1925.1187


title: Views: Title Page

creator: Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768)

country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Print
Italy, venice

credit_line: Views: Title Page, 1735–1746. Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1239.1


credit_line: Views:  Three Columns and a Statue on the Sea Coast, 1735–1746. Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1239.27


title: Views:  Le Pilier isolè

credit_line: Views:  Le Pilier isolè, 1735–1746. Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.1239.28


date: 1800s–early 1900s

medium: silk and cotton: warp ikat, satin, and complementary warp weave

country: India, Surat

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India, surat

credit_line: Fragment (Mashru: Textile made for Muslim Market), 1800s–early 1900s. India, Surat. Silk and cotton: warp ikat, satin, and complementary warp weave; overall: 71.1 x 61.9 cm (28 x 24 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1925.497


title: Trees on the Mountain

medium: cliché-verre

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century
Trees

credit_line: Trees on the Mountain, original impression 1856, printed in 1921. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875). Cliché-verre; sheet: 20.3 x 17.2 cm (8 x 6 3/4 in.); image: 18.5 x 15.5 cm (7 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.558


title: Cows at a Watering Place

credit_line: Cows at a Watering Place, original impression 1862, printed in 1921. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Cliché-verre; sheet: 17.8 x 21.2 cm (7 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1925.575


title: The Man Was Alone in a Night Landscape

creator: Lemercier & Cie.

medium: lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: The Night: The Man Was Alone in a Night Landscape, 1886. Printed by Lemercier & Cie., Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916). Lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper; image: 29.3 x 22 cm (11 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, 1926.276


title: Harlequin, Arabesque

creator: Louis Crépy (French)

date: early 1700s

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France

credit_line: Harlequin, Arabesque, early 1700s. Louis Crépy (French), after Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.322


title: Sheath

medium: Leather and tin

credit_line: Sheath, 1900s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu, 20th century. Leather and tin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.335.b


medium: woodcut

credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man:  The Last Supper, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330.18


title: New ABC Booklet:  I

creator: Lucas Kilian (German, 1579–1637)

credit_line: New ABC Booklet:  I, 1627. Lucas Kilian (German, 1579–1637). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.392.10


title: Fragment

creator: Dorothy M. Larcher (British, 1884–1952)

medium: block printed cotton

country: England, 20th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England, 20th century

credit_line: Fragment, 1933. Dorothy M. Larcher (British, 1884–1952). Block printed cotton; overall: 56.6 x 53.4 cm (22 5/16 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.424


title: Nude Study, Woman Kneeling on a Pillow

creator: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)

credit_line: Nude Study, Woman Kneeling on a Pillow, 1924. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1935.246


title: Billy Sunday

credit_line: Billy Sunday, 1923. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1935.268


title: Evening, Nude on a Bed

credit_line: Evening, Nude on a Bed, 1921. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1935.276


title: La Promenade sur le Port

medium: etching and line engraving

subjects:
Print
France, 20th century

credit_line: La Promenade sur le Port, 1935. Jean-Émile Laboureur (French, 1877–1943). Etching and line engraving; platemark: 21.3 x 22.4 cm (8 3/8 x 8 13/16 in.); sheet: 32.4 x 34.3 cm (12 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1935.59


title: Jean in a Black Hat

credit_line: Jean in a Black Hat, 1924. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1936.628


credit_line: Mrs. Bellows Reading to Her Daughter Anne. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1937.511


title: Seated Figure

medium: pen and brown ink (iron gall?) over black chalk; squared in black chalk

country: Italy

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: Seated Figure, 1600s. Italy. Pen and brown ink (iron gall?) over black chalk; squared in black chalk; sheet: 19.9 x 16 cm (7 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.); secondary support: 19.9 x 16 cm (7 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries, 1939.667


title: Copperplate Printed Textile

creator: George Zipelius (French)

medium: copperplate printed cotton

country: France, Alsace ?, 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France, alsace , 19th century

credit_line: Copperplate Printed Textile, 1825–1830. George Zipelius (French). Copperplate printed cotton; overall: 43.2 x 43.2 cm (17 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1940.40


title: Manhattan Excavation

creator: Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953)

medium: drypoint

subjects:
Print
England, 20th century

credit_line: Manhattan Excavation. Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953). Drypoint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.836


country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Print
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: The Prisons:  Round Arches Springing from a Square Column, 1745–1750. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1941.26.13


title: Miller's Family

date: early 1800s

country: France, Rouen

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France, rouen

credit_line: Miller's Family, early 1800s. France, Rouen. Copperplate printed cotton; overall: 240 x 72.7 cm (94 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce, 1942.1075


creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

medium: wood engraving

subjects: Print America

credit_line: The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, 1861. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1245


credit_line: The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge, 1862. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1260


credit_line: Art Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris, 1864. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1282


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

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

subjects: Drawing Flander

credit_line: Eighteen Views of Rome: The Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, 1665. Lievin Cruyl (Flemish, c. 1640-c. 1720). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 38.8 x 49.1 cm (15 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1943.267


creator: Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652)

medium: etching

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: The Upright Italian Landscapes: Ox-Cart. View between Ancona and Sinigaglia, 1636–52. Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652), Matham. Etching; sheet: 26.3 x 20.7 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); platemark: 26.2 x 20.5 cm (10 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.552


title: Tobias and the Angel (large plate)

creator: Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648)

credit_line: Tobias and the Angel (large plate), 1613. Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.568


title: Landscape with Soldiers

creator: Pieter Molyn (Dutch, 1595–1661)

subjects: Print Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape with Soldiers, 1626. Pieter Molyn (Dutch, 1595–1661). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.589.4


title: Ruins of an Amphitheatre

creator: Gillis Neyts (Flemish, 1623?–1687)

subjects: Print Flander

credit_line: Ruins of an Amphitheatre, 1643–81. Gillis Neyts (Flemish, 1623?–1687). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.601


title: The Little Bridge

credit_line: The Little Bridge, c. 1650. Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.617


credit_line: The Penitents:  The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1620–55. Herman van Swanevelt (Dutch, c. 1600–1655). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.629


title: The Four Markets:  The Fruit Market

creator: Richard Earlom (British, 1743–1822)

medium: mezzotint

country: England, 18th century

subjects:
Print
England, 18th century
Fruits

credit_line: The Four Markets:  The Fruit Market, 1775. Richard Earlom (British, 1743–1822), after Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579–1657). Mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1948.146


title: The Fall and Redemption of Man

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.47


title: Bowl

date: 18th Century

medium: jade

country: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

credit_line: Bowl, 18th Century. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Jade; diameter: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); overall: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.503


title: Boats

creator: Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935)

medium: lithograph

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Boats, c. 1890s. Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935). Lithograph; image: 23.5 x 39.9 cm (9 1/4 x 15 11/16 in.); sheet: 40.8 x 53.1 cm (16 1/16 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1952.9


title: Large Cloth

medium: plain tabby, brocaded: wool and cotton

country: Peru, North Coast, Chimu-Inka

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru, north coast, chimu-inka

credit_line: Large Cloth, 1460–1632 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Peru, North Coast, Chimu-Inka. Plain tabby, brocaded: wool and cotton; average: 88.9 x 149.9 cm (35 x 59 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1953.288


medium: tempera and gold on parchment

subjects: Manuscript Italy

credit_line: Historiated Initial (I) Excised from a Bible, 1200s. Italy. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 11.2 x 2.3 cm (4 7/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vittorio Forti, 1954.131.4


credit_line: Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Bible, 1200s. Italy. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 4.7 x 4.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vittorio Forti, 1954.131.7


credit_line: Historiated Initial (P?) Excised from a Bible, 1200s. Italy. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 5.2 x 4.2 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vittorio Forti, 1954.131.9


title: Figurine Pendant

medium: cast gold

credit_line: Figurine Pendant, c. 1000–1550. Western Panama, or Diquís, Costa Rica, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí or Diquís Style, 11th-16th century. Cast gold; overall: 4.4 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen, 1954.379


title: The Prophets:  Obadiah

creator: Baccio Baldini (Italian, c. 1436–1487)

medium: engraving

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Print
Italy, florence

credit_line: The Prophets:  Obadiah, c. 1470–75. Attributed to Baccio Baldini (Italian, c. 1436–1487). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.561


title: Christ and His Disciples

creator: Joseph Brett (British, 1816–1848)

medium: pen and colored inks with ink wash

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
England, 19th century

credit_line: Christ and His Disciples, c. 1836–48. Joseph Brett (British, 1816–1848). Pen and colored inks with ink wash; sheet: 15.1 x 21.4 cm (5 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.664


title: Cattle (verso)

creator: Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)

date: mid- to late 1800s

medium: graphite

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Cattle (verso), mid- to late 1800s. Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889). Graphite; sheet: 16.5 x 26.1 cm (6 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.675.b


title: Rape of the Sabines

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

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Rape of the Sabines, 1700s. France. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk?; sheet: 28.1 x 51.6 cm (11 1/16 x 20 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.678


title: Lower Border of a Garment

medium: tapestry; wool and cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Lower Border of a Garment, 1000–1470s. Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú or Lambayeque (Sican) People. Tapestry; wool and cotton; overall: 9.2 x 135.9 cm (3 5/8 x 53 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1954.68


creator: Robert Sayer (British)

medium: etching, hand colored

subjects:
Print
England, 18th century
Flowers

credit_line: Eight Beautiful Groups of Natural Flowers in Outlines by de la Cour:  Tulips, c. 1770. Robert Sayer (British). Etching, hand colored. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather, 1955.478


title: Le vieux gentilhomme

creator: Pierre Louis Gatier (French, 1878–1944)

date: c. early 1900s

subjects:
Print
France, 20th century

credit_line: Le vieux gentilhomme, c. early 1900s. Pierre Louis Gatier (French, 1878–1944). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1956.264


title: Springtime

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Springtime, 1857. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Etching; sheet: 24 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.); platemark: 21 x 28.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1956.652


title: Le Verger

medium: etching and drypoint

credit_line: Le Verger, 1868. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Etching and drypoint; sheet: 20.3 x 13.2 cm (8 x 5 3/16 in.); image: 18.8 x 12.1 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1956.654


title: Bowl: Jun ware

medium: glazed buff stoneware

credit_line: Bowl: Jun ware, Jin dynasty (1115–1234) - Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Northern China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) - Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Glazed buff stoneware; diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); overall: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection, 1956.701


title: Fragment with "Petworth" Design

creator: Liberty and Company (British)

medium: roller printed silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England, 19th century

credit_line: Fragment with "Petworth" Design, 1890. Liberty and Company (British). Roller printed silk; overall: 93.6 x 67.8 cm (36 7/8 x 26 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry Hunt Clark, 1959.120


title: Spindle Whorl

medium: bone, incised

country: Iran, early Islamic period

subjects:
Spindle whorl
Iran, early islamic period
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Spindle Whorl, 700s - 900s. Iran, early Islamic period. Bone, incised; overall: 0.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm (3/16 x 15/16 x 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward Gans, 1961.352


title: Fox and Swan Creamer

medium: earthenware (Pratt ware)

country: England, Staffordshire, 18th century

subjects:
Ceramic
England, staffordshire, 18th century

credit_line: Fox and Swan Creamer, c. 1800. England, Staffordshire, 18th century. Earthenware (Pratt ware); overall: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from Barnett B. Segelin and Edward A. Hinkle Collection, 1962.121


creator: William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

subjects:
Portfolio
England, 18th century

credit_line: The Book of Job:  Pl. 1, Thus did Job continually, 1825. William Blake (British, 1757–1827). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1963.303.2


date: 14th Century

medium: glazed porcelain with molded decoration and iron spots

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic

credit_line: Bottle Vase with Ornamental Ring Handles:  Longquan Ware, 14th Century. China, Zhejiang province, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Glazed porcelain with molded decoration and iron spots; diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.); overall: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.184


title: Altar Table

medium: Rosewood (huanghuali)

country: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
China, ming dynasty (1368–1644)

credit_line: Altar Table, 1368–1644. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Rosewood (huanghuali); overall: 84.5 x 184.2 x 41.3 cm (33 1/4 x 72 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.230


title: Hope

country: Flanders

subjects: Print Flander

credit_line: Hope, 1559. Pieter Bruegel (Netherlandish, c. 1525/30–1569). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund, 1964.447


title: Jar: Cizhou ware

date: 12th-13th Century

medium: glazed light gray stoneware

credit_line: Jar: Cizhou ware, 12th-13th Century. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) - Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Glazed light gray stoneware; diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.); overall: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee, 1964.500


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase

creator: Rouen Factory (French)

medium: faience

subjects:
Ceramic
France, rouen

credit_line: Bottle-Shaped Vase, c. 1700. Rouen Factory (French). Faience; overall: 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.537


title: Bernardino Corio

medium: woodcut

country: Italy, Milan

subjects:
Print
Italy, milan

credit_line: Bernardino Corio, 1503. Italy, Milan. Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zinser, 1965.70


creator: Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868)

medium: etching

credit_line: Etchings of Paris:  Tourelle, rue de l'Ecole de Médicine, 1861. Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Milton Curtiss Rose Collection in memory of Evelyn Curtiss Rose, 1968.258


title: Peace and War: Cavalry Skirmish

creator: Israël Henriet (French, c. 1590–1661)

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Peace and War: Cavalry Skirmish, c. 1641. Israël Henriet (French, c. 1590–1661), Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1971.286


creator: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

medium: color woodblock print

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Sawamura Sojuro III and Arashi Murajiro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Koto no Naishi, 1786. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade, 1974.79


title: Boats at Anchor

creator: Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

date: late 1800s

credit_line: Boats at Anchor, late 1800s. Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals, 1979.130


title: The Sacrifice of Abraham

creator: Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)

credit_line: The Sacrifice of Abraham, ca. 1645–50. Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1980.52


title: Wagtails and Narcissus

creator: Eison (Japanese)

medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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

credit_line: Wagtails and Narcissus, mid-1500s. Eison (Japanese). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting only: 40.8 x 30.8 cm (16 1/16 x 12 1/8 in.); including mounting: 119.4 x 48.3 cm (47 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1985.90


date: early 14th Century

medium: glazed porcelain with molded decoration

credit_line: Dish with Dragon Pursuing Flaming Jewel in Relief:  Longquan Ware, early 14th Century. China, Zhejiang province, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Glazed porcelain with molded decoration; diameter: 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.); overall: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.283


title: Vase in Form of Archaic Hu

medium: porcelain with celadon glaze

credit_line: Vase in Form of Archaic Hu, 1736–95. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Porcelain with celadon glaze; overall: 12.6 x 7.8 x 6.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.310


medium: porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (interior) and café-au-lait glaze (exterior)

subjects: Ceramic Flowers Landscapes

credit_line: Bowl with Floral Sprays and Medallions with Figure in Landscape, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (interior) and café-au-lait glaze (exterior); diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.313


medium: white jade

credit_line: Cylindrical Container with Mallows and Inscription in Relief, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). White jade; diameter: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.); overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.323


medium: color with gold and silver on paper

subjects: India, rajasthan, bundi-kota, 18th century

credit_line: Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments, from the Ragamala Series, c. 1760. India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kota, 18th century. Color with gold and silver on paper; overall: 26.4 x 18.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.343


title: Nude Man Playing a Violin

country: Spain

subjects: Print Spain

credit_line: Nude Man Playing a Violin, 1693. Jose Garcia Hidalgo (Spanish, 1646–1717). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.240


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

medium: photogravure

country: America

subjects: Portfolio America

credit_line: The North American Indian: being a series of Portfolios picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska: Portfolio XII, Plate 405: Watching the Dancers, 1905. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952), The University Press. Photogravure. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by Mrs. James H. Hoyt, Elton Hoyt, II, and Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather in memory of James H. Hoyt, 1995.203.32.6


title: River Landscape, Scotland

medium: waxed paper negative

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: River Landscape, Scotland, c. 1858. Captain Horatio Ross (British, 1801–1886). Waxed paper negative; image: 25.1 x 31.6 cm (9 7/8 x 12 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1997.44.b


title: Bon Marché

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Bon Marché, 1893. Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925). Woodcut; sheet: 26.2 x 33.7 cm (10 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.); image: 20.1 x 26 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.36


title: The Bathers

creator: Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Bather
Figure
Tree
Woman
Leisure
Weather/season
Women
Landscape
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
European painting

credit_line: Amy McCormick Memorial Collection


title: Pistachio Tree at Château Noir

creator: Paul Cézanne

medium: Watercolor with graphite on cream wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper

subjects:
Watercolor
France
Trees
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Paper (fiber product)
Water-base paint
Paint
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

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


title: Woman Arranging Her Hair

creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

date: Modeled c. late 1880s-90s, cast c. 1919-37

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Bronze
France
Woman
Hair
Nude
Toilette
Figure
Casting (process)
Nineteenth century
Sculpture
Lost-wax casting
French
Statuette
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Metal
Nonferrous alloy
Sculpting
Sculpture technique

credit_line: Gift of Marian Phelps Pawlick


title: Dish Fragment with Hare Decoration

creator: Islamic; Fustat (now Cairo), Egypt

date: Mamluk dynasty (1250-1517), 14th-15th century

medium: Glazed ceramic

country: Old Cairo

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Ships & the sea
Hare
Mamluk
Ceramic
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson collection


title: Vessel Fragment with Bird and Hare Decoration

creator: Islamic; Egypt or Syria

date: Ayyubid dynasty (1171-1250), 12th-13th century

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Birds
Ships & the sea
Hare
Ceramic
Ayyubid
Fostat


title: Bowl Fragment with Hare Decoration

date: Fatimid dynasty (969–1171), 11th-12th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Old cairo
Hare
Calligraphy
Lantern
Fatimid
Fostat
Asian art
Vessel


title: Histamenon (Coin) of Romanus III Argyrus with Christ Enthroned

creator: Byzantine; minted in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)

medium: Gold

country: Istanbul

subjects:
Coin
Istanbul
Portrait
Goddesse
Gods (deities)
Gold
Byzantine
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
European
Ancient art
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Sarape

creator: Mexico, possibly Saltillo

medium: Cotton and wool, slit and single dovetail tapestry weave

country: Mexico

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Mexico
Folk art
Weaving
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer Jr. through the Antiquarian Society


title: Sampler

creator: Italy

date: Early/mid–19th century

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer II through the Antiquarian Society


title: Sampler

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, cross, and padded cross stitches


title: Eve after the Fall

creator: Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)

date: Modeled 1883, carved c. 1886

medium: Marble

country: France

subjects:
Statuette
France
Eve (biblical)
Nude
Woman
Genesi
Religious figure
Figure
Biblical
Religion
Marble
Modeling (forming)
Nineteenth century
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
French
Carving
Sculpting
Sculpture technique


title: The Walking Man

date: Modeled 1877–1900, cast before 1917

subjects:
Statuette
France
Men
Portrait
Figure
Man
Nude
Walking
Bronze
Post-impressionism
Sculpture technique
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture
French
Casting (process)
Firing (heating)
Sculpting
Nineteenth century

credit_line: Bequest of A. James Speyer


title: Parade Shield of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547-1559), copy of

creator: Simoni of Geneva

date: 1909 (copy of c. 1555 style)

medium: Iron, traces of gilding

country: Geneva

subjects:
Shield
Geneva
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Smallsword

creator: Crossguard and Pommel: attributed to Gottfried Christian Leygebe

date:
Crossguard and Pommel: c. 1650
Blade: early 18th century
Grip: c. 1550

medium: Steel with gilding and iron

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Nuremberg
Dogs
Animal
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand

creator: Attributed to the workshop of Kolman Helmschmid

date: 1524 with some restoration

medium: Steel, leather, and brass

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Augsburg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Reinforce for the Left Cowter for Use in the Tilt

creator: Northern Italian

medium: Steel

country: Northern Italy

subjects:
Suit-element
Northern italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Hand Pavise for Foot Combat

creator: German, Nuremberg

date: 1470/1500, painted late 18th century

medium: Wood, canvas, iron, and paint

subjects:
Shield
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: The Red Room, Etretat

creator: Félix Edouard Vallotton (Swiss, 1865–1925)

medium: Oil on artist's board

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Painting
Switzerland
Domestic scene
Interior
Family
Mother
Mother and child
Babie
Red (color)
Vase
Flower
Sofa
Chair
Fireplace
Candleholder
Clock
Rugs
Pink (color)
Everyday life (genre)
Women
Familie
Children
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Board
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on board
French
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells


title: Ballock Dagger

creator: North European, possibly French, Bourgogne

date: early 16th century

medium: Wood and brass

country: Burgundy

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Burgundy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Woman's Aigi (Inner Robe)

creator: Japan

date: Edo period (1789–1868), late 1700s

medium: Silk, satin damask weave; tye dyed; lining: silk, plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Garment
Japan
Plant
Flower
Spiral
Wave
Late edo
Satin damask weaving
Edo (japanese period)
Weaving - printed
Kimono
Silk (fiber)
Textile
Plain weaving
Shibori dying
Tie-dyed

credit_line: Oriental Department Sundry Trust


title: Dagger with Sheath

creator: Scottish

date: dated 1624

medium: Iron, brass, ebony, and leather (sheath)

country: Scotland

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Scotland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: 1. Arch of Titus. 2. Villa Farnese. 3. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [the Supporter]. 4. Arch of Septimius Severus. 5. Temple of Peace, plate six from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

country: Italy

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

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Martin Gecht


title: View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

creator: Louis Jean Desprez

medium: Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card

subjects:
Watercolor
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Water-base paint
Paint
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Olivia Shaler Swan Fund


title: Phaedre, Having Declared Her Passion, Attempts to Kill Herself with the Sword of Hippolytus

creator: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson

medium: Pen and brush and black and brown wash and graphite, heightened with white gouache on cream laid paper

subjects:
Ink and wash
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Wash
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Graphite
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment


title: Hermione Rejecting Orestes

medium: Pen and black ink and black chalk, with stumping, and brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Collection


title: Title Page, from Twelve Months of Flowers

creator: Henry Fletcher (English, 1710-1750)

medium: Engraving in black ink with opaque and translucent watercolor on cream laid paper

country: England

subjects:
Etching
England
Flowers
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: February, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: January, from Twelve Months of Flowers

subjects:
Engraving
England
Flowers
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: April, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: March, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: July, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: May, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: August, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: October, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: September, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: December, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: November, from Twelve Months of Flowers


title: The Medici Vase, plate one from The Six Large Views of Rome and the Campagna

creator: Stefano della Bella

medium: Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

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

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: Saint Jerome in the Desert

creator: Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, c. 1510-1570)

country: Flanders

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

credit_line: Joseph Brooks Fair Fund


title: View of the Villa d'Este

creator: Claude Thienon (French, 1772-1846)

medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

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

credit_line: Harold Joachim Purchase Fund


title: The Grotto of Pan and Fame

credit_line: Helen Davis Baily and Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Woods endowments


title: South Facade of the Villa and the Great Meadow, from Views of the Villa Pratolino

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

credit_line: Celia and David Hilliard Endowment


title: The Colossal Statue of the Apennines, from Views of Villa di Pratolino

medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Donnelley Fund


title: Les jets d'eau sortant de terre, from Vues de la villa de Pratolino

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Henry Huxley Endowment


title: Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens

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


title: Sampler

creator: Europe

medium: Cotton, plain weave; examples of darning in polychrome, embroidered around outer edges in silk and in cross stitch with tiny border of punched work held in place by cotton thread stitches

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Panel

creator: England or France

medium: Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Cover

creator: Italy

medium: Squares and rectangles of: linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered in back, hem, overcast, square open work stitches and needle lace fillings; and squares of linen, knotted square netting embroidered in cloth, darning, and interlocking lace stitches; darned and overcast bars, darned points and squares, and darned and woven wheels; edged with linen, bobbin lace; linen, plain weave cut work with needle lace fillings, and points of linen, needle lace worked on a cut and drawn thread grid

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Lace - mixed


title: Two Panels

creator: France

medium: Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacings and self-patterned by areas of plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Flower
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: Iran (Persia)

medium: Silk, compound weave, with flowering tree motif

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran
Trees
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Furnishing textile


title: Cover

creator: Republic of Türkiye

date: 18th century

medium: Linen, plain weave with needlework in silk, 3 stripes of five design units each of floral branches with leaves are joined through bobbin lace, linen.

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Flowers
Lace
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel (From woman's trousers)

medium: Linen, plain weave, embroidered in silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel

creator: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

date: 17th century

medium: Linen, plain weave, embroidered in silk (some darning; pieced in center)

country: Asia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Asia
Flower
Floral arrangement
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Cover

medium: linen, plain weave, embroidered in silk in polychrome in large scale floral motif (backed in cotton, plain weave; pieced in center).

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Flowers
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Fragment


title: Baselard

creator: French, possibly Swiss

date: 15th century

medium: Wood and steel

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
France
Arms
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Ballock Dagger

creator: North European, possibly Flemish

medium: Ivy root and bone

country: Northern Europe

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Northern europe
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Ballock Dagger

creator: Scottish, Lowlands

date: early 17th century

medium: Ivy root, iron, and copper

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Scotland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Fragment

creator: Egypt

date: 13th-14th century

medium: Silk and linen

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Silk (textile)
Coptic (historically identified as)
Needlework (visual works)
Mamluk
Linen (material)

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


title: Fragment

medium: Silk and gold gilt strips; plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut, and voided velvet

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

credit_line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund


title: Fragment (Border)

creator: Iran (Persia, Kashan)

medium: Brocaded, twill weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran
Kashan
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of the Orientals


title: Children Harvesting (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: France, Orleans

medium: Linen, printed

country: Orléans

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Orléan
Weaving - printed
Weaving
Furnishing textile


title: Kesa

creator: Japan

date: Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving

credit_line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab


title: Band Fragment

creator: Possibly provincial Wari

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Pre-columbian
Weaving
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Cover or Handkerchief

date: 19th century

medium: Embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Turkish
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Ottoman

credit_line: Gift of Burton Y. Berry


title: Fragment

creator: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Weaving
Latin american

credit_line: Department of Textiles Collection


title: Sampler

creator: France or Netherlands

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross and straight stitches

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harold Keele through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Sutra Cover

creator: China

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 satin interlacings

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Ming
Weaving
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and The Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment


title: Combined Double-Barreled Flintlock Pistol and Folding Knife

creator: European

medium: Steel, wood, brass, iron, and gold

country: Sweden

subjects:
Combination weapon
Sweden
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Portion of Bedhanging

creator: Spain or Portugal

medium: Linen, squares of plain weave; cut work embroidered in overcast stitches and buttonholed bars; alternating with squares of knotted square netting embroidered in cloth, darning, and overcast stitches

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
People
Circle
Horse
Needlepoint (needleworking)
Linen (material)
Needlework (visual works)
Embroidering
Plain weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Needlework and Textile Guild of Chicago and Mrs. Don H. Reuben


title: Haymakers in a Storm

creator: Charles Knight (English, 1743-c. 1826)

medium: Engraving with stipple engraving, and hand-coloring, on paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher


title: St. Simon

creator: Conte Anton Maria Zanetti

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and green on ivory laid paper

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

credit_line: Hamill Fund


title: The Fainting Fit

creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

medium: Lithograph on cream wove paper

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Mytton Hall

creator: Francis Seymour Haden

medium: Drypoint on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Drypoint
England
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)

creator: Paul Cézanne

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper (pieced)

subjects:
France
Drawing (visual works)
Trees
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
Grapite
Graphite
Laid paper
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray


title: Landscape

creator: Georges Seurat

medium: Black Conté crayon on off-white laid paper

subjects:
France
Drawing (visual works)
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Laid paper
Conté crayon (tm)
Conté crayon
Paper
Print and drawing


title: The Gladiator

creator: Domenico Morelli (Italian, 1826–1901)

medium: Oil on panel

subjects:
Oil on panel
Italy
Warrior
Sketch
Man
Battle
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Panel (wood)
Panel painting
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Paint
Organic material
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting (visual works)
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Bequest from the Estate of Margaret McLennan Morse


title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted

creator: William Morris (English, 1834–1896)

medium: Hand-printed book on Batchelor linen paper, bound with tooled white pigskin on oak board

subjects:
Book
England
Arts and craft movement
Ink on paper
Printing
Black ink
Pigskin
Red ink

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Martin A. Ryerson in 1919


title: Panel

creator: France

medium: Wool, twill weave; fulled; appliquéd with hemp, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in cross stitches; embroidered with silk in satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and French knots

subjects:
France
Needlework (visual works)
Wool (textile)
Appliqué (technique)
Silk (textile)
Hemp
Twill weaving
Plain weaving
Laid work
Couching (embroidering)
Knotting
Textile

credit_line: Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate


title: Coverlet

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/ Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Mid–17th century

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in Chinese knot, eyelet, feather, satin, single satin, split and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; underlined with linen, plain weave; lined with cotton plain weave; edged with silk plain weave paired warp

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Ming
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Coverlet
Qing
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel

medium: Wool, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘S’ twill weave; fulled; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in cross stitches; embroidered with silk in satin, split, and stem stitches; laidwork, couching, and French knots

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Twill weaving
Wool (textile)
Plain weaving
Laid work
Knotting
Embroidering
Couching (embroidering)
Appliqué (technique)
Linen (material)
Silk (textile)
Needlework (visual works)


title: Panel

creator: England

medium: Cotton, satin weave; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Block printing
Cotton (textile)
Art nouveau
Satin weaving
Dye
Weaving - printed


title: Panel

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Cotton (textile)
Art nouveau
Block printing
Plain weaving
Dye
Weaving - printed


title: Picture of a Bird

medium:
Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; couching
linen, plain weave lacing tape along edges; linen, lacing over wood board; wood frame

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Birds
Silk (textile)
Embroidering
Wood (plant material)
Satin weaving
Couching (embroidering)
Needlework (visual works)


title: Panel

date: Late 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Block printing
Cotton (textile)
Art nouveau
Plain weaving
Dye
Weaving - printed


title: Fragment (From a Chair Panel (K’assu)

medium: Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave with outlining wefts

subjects:
Weaving - tapestry
China
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Silk (fiber)
Textile


title: Scroll

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

medium:
Center panel: silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in Chinese knot, satin, and stem stitches
Mount and fragments on lower ends of outer scroll: silk, satin damask weave
Cords: rayon, braided over cotton core

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Ming
Needlework (visual works)
Qing
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel with the Figures of Three Continents

creator: Italy

medium: Linen; plain weave; embroidered with silk in bullion, chain, crested chain, rosette chain, closed feather, long-armed cross, whipped long-armed cross, knot and stem stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Linen (material)
Embroidering
Silk (textile)
Plain weaving
Knotting
Needlework (visual works)


title: Scroll

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin stitches; couching; painted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Monkey
Animal
Satin weaving
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Painting (image making)
Embroidering
Couching (embroidering)
Paint
Gilt-paper-strip-wrapped silk
Silk (textile)
Weaving


title: Scroll

creator: Japan

medium: Mount and inner mount: Silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts; scroll panel: silk and cotton, satin weave; embroidered with silk in Chinese knot, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tying tape: cotton, plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Japanism
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Meiji
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

date: late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

medium: SIlk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in single back, Chinese knot, satin, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork, couching and paper-padded couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Scroll

medium: Mount and lower scroll bar fragments: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; center panel: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; couching and laidwork; painted; cord: rayon, braid over cotton cores

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Hanging (Furnishing Fabric)

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

medium: Silk, satin weave: embroidered with silk in split, satin, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; lined with linen, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Ming
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Qing
Silk (fiber)
Furnishing textile


title: Valance

creator: Probably Bali

date: Early 20th century

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with rayon in Cretan, individual back, and stem stitches

country: Bali

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Bali
Embroidering
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Rayon
Needlework (visual works)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Patterned side: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and wrapped cotton in back, Chinese knot, single satin and satin stitches; laidwork, paper padded laidwork and couching; Lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners: silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered form terminating in replied fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Meiji
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel

medium: Silk, satin weave; underlaid with pieced cotton, plain weaves; some printed; covered with paper; embroidered with wild silk and silk, silk-wrapped cotton, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in single satin, satin, stem, and  paper padded satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and padded couching; painted details


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); Lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Printed
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (shihôhi); corners: silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper cap; silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, replied fringe tassels

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Needlework (visual works)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: Plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Printed
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weaves (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched to size (Tachikiri awase); corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Printed
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave (shioze); dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen); patterned side: cotton, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with wrapped outlining wefts (tsuzure); paper interlining; Sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corners: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk fringe tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); corners: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton fringe tassels

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Needlework (visual works)
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); corners: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper-strip wrapped cotton, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton fringe tassels

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi); sewn with padded lining extending beyond front on all four sides (Yatsuzuma); corners: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Table Frontal

creator: Italy, Venice

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in satin padded satin, split and stem stitches; French knots, laidwork and couching; beaded with linen threads and glass beads; painted details

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Embroidering
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Painting (image making)
Laid work
Knotting
Couching (embroidering)
Wool (textile)
Silk (textile)
Paint
Toile (material)
Needlework (visual works)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with outlining wefts (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi); sewn with padded lining extending beyond front at center on all four sides (yatsuzuma); controlling stitches: silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners: silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper cap over cotton ball; silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton re-plied fringe tassels


title: Woman's Riding Jacket

creator: China

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

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, slit tapestry weave; edges with silk, rayon and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warp and patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave

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


title: Picture

medium: Silk, combined twill weave; embroidered with silk in knot, single satin, satin and stem stitches; painted; edges with silk and cotton, satin damask weave


title: Jacket

medium: Cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Cotton (textile)
Resist dyeing
Edo (japanese period)
Dye
Plain weaving
Weaving - printed


title: Picture

date: 18th/19th century, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

medium: Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton in satin, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Fragment (Dressing Fabric)

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

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, chevron twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in laidwork and couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Ming
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetail tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with “crepe-like” wefts (kabe-ito wefts); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Patterned side: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave with wrapping outing wefts (tsuzure)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Meiji
Needlework (visual works)
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Mon side: silk, plain weave with “crepe-like” effect (kabe-ito wefts) (kabe-ori); dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen); impressed; patterned side: silk and silver-and-gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave; silk, running “controlling” stitches; corners: silk, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped wood form and re-plied silk, fringe tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving - printed
Weaving
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Mon side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium:
Mon side: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered–paper strip wrapped cotton in laidwork and couching; patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered–paper strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure);
Sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corner: silk cords of 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core; 1:1 oblique interlaced over silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk replied fringe tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Meiji
Weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)

medium: Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); patterned side: silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); controlling stitches: silk, running “controlling stitches” along all edges; corners: silk, knotted fringe tassels

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Weaving
Meiji
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Silk (fiber)


title: Panel

medium: Silk, bands of satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and voided velvet

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


title: Fragment

medium:
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings;
Label: Silk, plain weave; painted

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


title: Fragment

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts


title: Cushion

medium: Silk, satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in back, Chinese knot, herringbone, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches; laidwork and couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Satin weaving
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (textile)
Gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip
Couching (embroidering)
Embroidering
Laid work


title: Sampler

creator: Germany

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Germany
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. C. Schweppe through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Fragment

creator: Iran (Persia)

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran
Isfahan
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Logan-Patten-Ryerson Collection


title: Fragments (Loincloth)

creator: Probably central coast, Peru

medium: slit tapestry

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Chancay
Weaving
Costume
Costume component
Latin american


title: Kesa

date: Meiji period (1868–1912), late 19th century

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 5:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with cotton, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Costume
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

medium: Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts some bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings; lined with silk, plain weave; silk cords

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Costume
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)


title: Fragment

creator: Egypt

date: Fatimid period (969–1171), late 11th/early 12th century

medium: Silk, tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Arts of the islamic world
Weaving
Fatimid
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Sutra Cover

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Ming
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
Silk (fiber)


title: Mary Magdalene

creator: Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino; Italian, c. 1492/95–1554)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Mary magdalene
Yellow (color)
Woman
Tree
Tree of life
Sky
Religious figure
Religion
Leave
Foliage
Cloud
Christianity
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Sixteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Goodman


title: Trepanning a Recruit

creator: George Morland (English, 1763–1804)

country: England

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Men
Women
Woman with children
Woman
Window
Weapon
Tree
Soldier
Music
Hat
Guns
Foliage
Drum
Drinking
Building
Beer
Babie
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
British
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clarke


title: Tobias and the Angel

creator: Pieter Mulier, II (Dutch, 1637–1701)

date: After 1684

country: Holland

subjects:
Oil on canva
Holland
Travel
Religion
Angel
Religious
Religious scene
Religious figure
Landscape
Road
Path
Tree
Animal
Mountain
Sheep
Bird
Youth
Man
Fish
Christian subject
Christianity
Biblical
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Silvio del Chicca


title: Appenine Landscape

creator: François Le Moyne (French, 1688-1737)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscapes
Leisure
Figure
Familie
Babie
Woman with children
Children
Cloud
Mountain
Sky
Rock
Water
River
Foliage
Woman
Man
Building
Tree
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Painting
Painting technique
Canva
Painting (image making)

credit_line: Bequest of Julius Lewis


title: Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha

creator: Master of Riglos (Spanish, active c. 1435–1460)

medium: Tempera on panel

subjects:
Painting
Spain
Saint
Women
Weapon
Virgin mary
Violence
Sword
Staff
Spear
Religious scene
Religious figure
Religious attire
Religious
Religion
Red (color)
Prayer
People
Mourning
Men
Martyr
Jesus
Interior
Horse
Gold (color)
Funeral
Figure
Dogs
Dog
Devotion
Death
Crucifixion
Crown
Cross
Coronation
Christianity
Christian subject
Children
Cave
Book
Black (color)
Bird
Biblical
Bible
Babie
Animal
Angel
Altar
Panel painting
Tempera
Woodworking
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Panel (wood)
Organic material
Spanish
Altarpiece
Paint
European painting

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society


title: Festival in Piazza Navona

creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691–1765)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Festival
Women
Wealth
People
Men
Flower
Figure
Fashion
Dogs
Dog
Decoration
Children
Animal
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Italian
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund


title: Portrait of Jeanne Wenz

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

subjects:
Painting
France
Portraits
Women
Table
Profile
Portraits: female subject
Pink (color)
Green (color)
Dresse
Chair
Black (color)
Emotion
Oil painting
Post-impressionism
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
French
European painting

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


title: Landscape

creator: Marcel Ordinaire (French, 1848–1896)

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscapes
River
Water
Rock
Tree
Mountain
Bridge
Hill
Sky
Cloud
House
Building
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
French
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Joseph Winterbotham


title: Nicolas Rubens, the Artist's Son

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

medium: Oil on panel

country: Flanders

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

credit_line: Max and Leola Epstein collection


title: Peasants and Horses

creator: Adolphe Schreyer (German, 1828–1899)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Germany
Peasant
Weather/season
Wagon
Rural life
Nature
Labor
Horse
Gate
Building
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
German
European painting

credit_line: Gift of the Irwin Family in memory of David Wickham Irwin


title: Landscape with Figures and Buildings

creator: French

date: 17th century

subjects:
Oil on canva
France
Landscapes
Building
Cloud
Figure
Hill
Men
Sky
Tree
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham


title: The Presentation in the Temple

creator: Stefano Pozzi (Italian, 1699–1768)

date: Date unknown

subjects:
Architecture
Painting
Italy
Christian subject
Holy family
Jesus
Virgin and child/madonna and child
Virgin mary
Religion
Religious
Religious scene
Religious figure
Christianity
Cherub
Angel
Cloud
Women
Men
Temple
Babie
Woman with children
Mother
Father
Sons
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
Italian
European painting

credit_line: Louise B. and Frank H. Woods Purchase Fund Income


title: Freeman Flower

creator: Joseph Highmore (English, 1692-1780)

subjects:
Oil on canva
England
Flowers
Portraits: male subject
Cloud
Sky
Tree
Foliage
Vase
Landscape
Man
Portrait
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
British
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of John and Dorothy Estabrook


title: Saint Jerome in Penitence

creator: Master of the Lille Adoration (Netherlandish, active about 1520–40)

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Painting
Netherland
Saint
Angel
Bible
Book
Christian subject
Christianity
Crucifixion
Hermit
Interior
Landscape
Language
Man
Religion
Religious
Skull
Oil paint (paint)
Panel painting
Paint
Oil on panel
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Wood (plant material)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Renaissance

credit_line: Gift of Suzette and Eugene Davidson


title: Maria Sheldon Scammon

creator: Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860–1920)

subjects:
Sweden
Oil painting (visual works)
Portrait
Woman
Portraits: female subject
Black (color)
Nineteenth century
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Painting
Paint
Canva
Oil on canva
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Jonathan Y. Scammon


title: Notre Dame de Paris

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

medium: Oil on composition board

subjects:
Painting
France
Landscape
Tree
Dog
Animal
Dogs
Pari
Church
Citie
Street
Bridge
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Board
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on board
French
European painting

credit_line: Potter Palmer Collection


title: Cherubs Floating on a Cloud

creator: Italian or Spanish

subjects:
Painting
Spain
Cherub
Babie
Angel
Children
Sky
Cloud
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Oil on canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Spanish
Canva
Painting (image making)
European painting

credit_line: James Deering bequest


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Artist unknown (French or Swiss, active 18th century)

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Oil on canva
Switzerland
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
France
French
Blue (color)
Woman
Headdresse
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting


title: Portrait of a Young Lady

creator: Paulus Moreelse (Dutch, 1571–1638)

subjects:
Oil on panel
Holland
Portraits
Portraits: female subject
Fashion
Jewelry
Luxury
Nobility
Wealth
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Paint
Organic material
Panel (wood)
Oil painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
Panel painting
European painting

credit_line: Max and Leola Epstein Collection


title: Mrs. Hugh Morgan and Her Daughter

creator: Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741–1807)

subjects:
Oil on canva
Switzerland
Mother and child
Luxury
Wealth
Red (color)
Tree
Landscape
Basket
Flower
Animal
Dog
Daughter
Mother
Girl
Children
Woman
Woman with children
Familie
Oil paint (paint)
Oil painting
Oil painting (visual works)
Paint
Canva
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting
Women artist
Women artist before 1800

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. L. E. Block


title: In the Heather

creator: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)

subjects:
Painting
France
Women
Water
Tree
Nude
Nature
Flower
Bathing
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
European painting

credit_line: Bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick


title: Hyacinth Awaiting His Turn to Throw the Discus

creator: François-Joseph Bosio (French, 1768-1845)

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Large scale
France
Greek mythology
Nude
Youth
Man
Greek
Mythical
Mythological figure
Mythology
Nineteenth century
Casting (process)
Bronze
Sculpting
Firing (heating)
French
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Sculpture

credit_line: Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection; Major Acquisitions Fund


title: Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Memory of the Orient

creator: Alberto Pasini (Italian, 1826-1899)

subjects:
Painting
Italy
Architecture
Architechture
Figure
Arche
Sculpture
Animal
Horse
Soldier
Men
Bird
Mosaic
Dome
Textile
Guns
Weapon
Nineteenth century
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Romantic
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
Italian
European painting

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: A Rushy Shore

creator: Peter Henry Emerson

medium: Platinum print, pl. XXXV from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)

subjects:
Platinum print
England
Landscapes
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund


title: Two Plant Specimens

creator: William Henry Fox Talbot

medium: Photogenic drawing

subjects:
Botany
Salted paper print
England
Flower
Plant
Photographic processe
Negative (photographs)
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph
Essential

credit_line: Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: On the River Bure

medium: Platinum print, frontispiece from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)


title: Julia Jackson

creator: Julia Margaret Cameron

medium: Albumen print

subjects:
Albumen silver print
England
Portrait
Portraits: female subject
Photography
Profile
Woman
Photographic process
Photograph
Women artist

credit_line: The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund


title: Untitled (Portrait of a Man Reading a Newspaper and Wearing a Top Hat)

creator: Unknown maker

medium: Daguerreotype

country: United States

subjects:
Portrait
United state
Lundberg collection
Portraits: male subject
Male
Photography
Reading
Photographic processe
Photograph
Photographic process
Daguerreotype
Daguerreotype (process)
Photographic technique

credit_line: The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Leonian Charitable Trust


title: Adoration of the Shepherds

creator: After Parmigianino

medium: Black chalk heightened with white gouache, on gray green ground, on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Black chalk
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Coating (material)
Laid paper
Ground (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Farm with Thatched Roof Near Stone Bridge

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Graphite, heightened with lead white (discolored), on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove card

country: United Kingdom

subjects:
Graphite
United kingdom
Paper (fiber product)
Wove paper
Lead white
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: St. Andrew

creator: Conte Anton Maria Zanetti

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in brown and black on ivory laid paper

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

credit_line: Hamill Fund


title: Mytton Hall

creator: Francis Seymour Haden

medium: Drypoint in brown ink on ivory laid paper

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: A Night Reconnaissance

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)

date: published October 26, 1861

medium: Wood engraving on paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Arthur and Hilda Wenig


title: The Organ Player and His Wife

creator: Israhel van Meckenem the Younger

medium: Engraving on buff laid paper

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

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: Amusement du Sultan (The Amusement of the Sultan)

creator: Michel-Honoré Bounieu

medium: Mezzotint on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

subjects:
Mezzotint
France
Paper (fiber product)
Engraving (printing process)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing

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


title: Box

creator: Woodworker unknown (American, 19th century)

medium: White pine and maple

subjects:
Case furniture
United state
Box
Furniture
Decorative arts
Lidded box
Pine
Woodworking
Shaker
Maple
American decorative arts
American arts
Woodwork
White pine
Folk art

credit_line: Thorne Rooms Exhibition Fund


title: Wide-Necked Bowl with Rows of Abstract Masks and Trophy Heads

creator: Nazca

date: 180 BCE–500 CE

medium: Ceramic and pigment

subjects:
Bowl
Peru
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Earthenware
Inorganic material
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Pigment
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: A Friendly Warning

creator: Thomas Hicks

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Painting
United state
Oil paint (paint)
Realism
Organic material
American arts

credit_line: A. A. McKay Fund


title: Handle Spout Jug with Quadruped Motifs

creator: Moche

date: 100 BCE–500 CE

country: Peruvian North Coast

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast
Mammals
Vessel
Ceramic
Moche
Inorganic material
Art of the america
Pigment
Arts of the america
Ande
South american
Andean
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings


title: Figure of a Feline, Possibly a Finial for a Pin

creator: Chimú

subjects:
Metal
Peruvian north coast
Bronze
Chimú
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Sculpture
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Nathan Cummings, Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. George Kratzmer, and Mrs. Claire B. Zeisler; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund


title: Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads

creator: Olmec

medium: Earthenware with kaolin slip and cinnabar

country: Mexico

subjects:
Earthenware
Mexico
Servingware
Bird
Vulture
Vessel
Ceramic
Olmec
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Mesoamerican
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Painting (image making)
Arts of the america
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith


title: Desk and Bookcase

creator: Artist unknown (American, 18th century)

medium: Mahogany and white pine

country: Salem

subjects:
Desk
Salem
Furniture
Mahogany
Pine
American decorative arts
American arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society


title: Christ

creator: José Benito Ortega

medium: Wood, fabric, gesso, and paint

country: New Mexico

subjects:
Sculpture
New mexico
People
Portrait
Wood (plant material)
Folk art
Plant material
American arts

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund


title: Fire Screen

creator: Artist unknown (American, 19th century)

medium: Bird's eye maple and New England white pine

country: Boston

subjects:
Furniture accessory
Boston
Birds
Maple
Pine
American decorative arts
American arts
Furniture

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Frank L. Sulzberger


title: Polychrome Jar

creator: Artist unknown (Zuni)

subjects:
Earthenware
New mexico
Geometric
Hatching
Diamond shape
Swirl motif
Abstract figure
Bird
Spiral
Vessel
Terracotta
Zuñi
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Pueblo
Native american
America
Ceramic
Southwest
Native north american
Painting (image making)
Art of the america
Arts of the america

credit_line: Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim Jr. Fund


title: Sammelband containing De Symmetria Partium (1532), De Varietate Figurarum (1534), Etliche underricht zu befestigung der Stett Schloss und Flecke (1527), and  Underweysung der Messung (1538)

creator: Albrecht Dürer

medium: Book of letterpress text and woodcut illustrations on cream laid paper, extra-illustrated with a woodcut in black on ivory laid paper, tipped in after the front flyleaf; in full alum-tawed pigskin over beveled wooden boards, sewn on raised thongs, blind tooled ‘all-over’ with small tools, with two brass hook-clasp fastenings and hand-sewn headbands

subjects:
Woodcut
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Book
Print and drawing


title: Dish

creator: Designed by William De Morgan (English, 1839 - 1917)

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
England
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Arts and craft movement
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Decorative Arts Purchase Fund


title: Wall Pocket

creator: Wedgwood Manufactory

medium: Earthenware with lustre decoration

country: Staffordshire

subjects:
Lustreware (moonlight luster)
Staffordshire
Earthenware
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Oval Dish

creator: Paris, France

date: Mid 19th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica)

country: Paris

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Alfred Duane Pell


title: Small bottle-shaped vase

creator: China

date: Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, late 17th/early 18th century

medium: Stoneware with light warm grey glaze

country: China

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Nihon Bridge: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson


title: Portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danzo V as Tamaya Shinbei in the play "Sato-gayoi Tosei Sugata" (The Latest Fashion, to Frequent a House of Ill-Fame)

creator: Toyokowa Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 19th century)

medium: Color woodblock print

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woodblock print
Japan
Portraits
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Purchased from Robert G. Sawers. Nathalie Gookin purchased with funds provided by in memory of Frederick W. Gookin


title: The Ghosts of the Heike Appear in Daimotsu Bay in Settsu Province (Sesshu Daimotsu no ura Heike onryo arawaruru zu)

creator: Katsushika Hokui (Fukao Hokui)

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

credit_line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.


title: Tales of Ise

creator: Artist unknown (Japanese)

medium: Woodblock-printed book; 1 vol.

subjects: Book Japan

credit_line: Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Yui: Satta Peak (Yui, Satta mine), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido


title: Standing Beauty

creator: Kaigetsudo Anchi

date: About 1714

medium: Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, kakemono-e

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art
Woodblock


title: The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I in his rice cracker shop

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu I

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban


title: Oiso no Tora and Shosho Playing Instruments

creator: Nishimura Shigenaga

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban


title: Model of a Coffin with Figures

date: Han dynasty or earlier

medium: Earhtenware with molded decoration

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

credit_line: Bequest of Kate S. Buckingham


title: Winter Flowers: Chrysanthemums, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho

medium: Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

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

credit_line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Yanone Goro in the Play Kuruwa-gayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章


title: Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"


title: Covered Vase with Floral Scrolls

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Qingbai ware; stoneware with underglaze mold-impressed decoration

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Russell Tyson


title: Articulated crab

creator: Artist Unkown

date: Active 19th century

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Bronze
Japan
Crustaceans
Japanese (culture or style)
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Metalwork

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Allan Mitchell


title: Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Roma

creator: Roman

medium: Silver

country: Roman Empire

subjects:
Coin
Roman empire
Goddesse
Silver
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of William F. Dunham


title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

creator: Roman, minted in Thessalonike

subjects:
Coin
Roman empire
Alexander the great
Silver
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Ancient


title: Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine II Caesar

subjects:
Coin
Roman empire
Portrait
Bronze
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Ancient


title: Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Ceres

date: about 63 BCE


title: Coin Portraying Emperor Nero

subjects:
Coin
Roman empire
Portrait
Bronze
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art


title: Denarius (Coin) Portraying Macrinus

date: 217 (December)

country: Rome

subjects:
Coin
Rome
Portrait
Silver
Striking (metalworking)
Imperial (roman)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Roman (ancient, style or period)

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Coin Depicting a Shield

creator: Greek

date: 239-229 BCE, issued by King Demetrius II

country: Greece

subjects:
Coin
Greece
Bronze
Greek
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Ancient art
Struck
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze


title: Kylix (Drinking Cup)

creator: Greek; Athens

medium: terracotta, black-figure

country: Athens

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Athen
Ships & the sea
Palmette
Terracotta
Greek
Ceramic
Attic
Vessel
Ancient art
Black-figure
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of John Astley-Cock


title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gallienus

creator: Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

medium: Billon

country: Egypt

subjects:
Coin
Egypt
Portrait
Man
Billon
Roman period (egyptian)
Silver alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Greco-roman (egyptian)
Ancient art

credit_line: Gift of Robert L. Grover


title: Lekythos (Oil Jar)

date: about 440 BCE

medium: terracotta, white-ground

subjects:
Vessel
Athen
Ships & the sea
Writing
Terracotta
High classical
Earthenware
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Classical
Attic
White-ground
Ancient art
Ancient

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


title: Bowl

date: 1st-2nd century

medium: Glass

country: Italy

subjects:
Glass
Italy
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Vessel
Ancient art
Ancient

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Cosmetic Container

creator: Ancient Mediterranean

date: 4th-6th century

medium: Glass, blown technique

country: Mediterranean Region

subjects:
Glass
Mediterranean region
Container
Ancient
Vessel
Ancient art

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


title: Fragment of an Inlay Depicting a Rosette

date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE

medium: Glass, mosaic glass technique

subjects:
Glass
Italy
Decoration
Roman (ancient, style or period)
Inlay
Ancient art
Decorative arts
Ancient


title: Plaque with Nero

creator: Wedgwood Manufactory

medium: Stoneware (jasperware)

country: Burslem

subjects:
Sculpture
Burslem
Jasper ware
Stoneware
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood


title: Tray

creator: China

medium: Polychrome enamel on copper

subjects:
Tray
China
Copper
Enamel
European decorative arts
Metalwork

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, polychrome enamels, and gilding

country: Vincennes

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Vincenne
Ships & the sea
Soft-paste porcelain
Teaware
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norman Chatain in memory of Professor Alfred Chatain