title: Strolling near Mihashi in Ueno

creator: Chobunsai Eishi

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych


title: Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple (Seki), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

creator: Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban

country: Japan

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

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

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


title: Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen) (Tomimoto Toyohina) (picture-riddle)


title: The Asahiya Widow, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")

medium: Color woodblock print


title: Tatsumi Roko, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")


title: Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")


title: Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"


title: Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

creator: Attributed to Katsukawa Shun’ei

date: About 1791

medium: Color woodblock print; aiban

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


title: Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: (right) Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo, (left) and Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章


title: Actors Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Osada Tarô Kagemune and Sawamura Sôjûrû III as Komatsu no Shigemori in “Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves” (Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji)

creator: Attributed to Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章

date: About 1785


title: The Bamboo-Blind Shell (Sudaregai), from an untitled series of shells

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban

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


title: Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Takamura of Onoteruya (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuromushi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)

creator: Katsukawa Shunko I

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition


title: Musicians from Tamaya Yahachi and hobby-horse dancers from Daimon Fujiya, from the series "Comic Performances by the Entertainers of the Pleasure Quarters at the Niwaka Festival (Seiro geiko niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

creator: Isoda Koryusai

medium: Color woodblock print; uncut chuban diptych


title: Young Woman Emerging from a Bathhouse

medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e


title: The Hand-Drum Player, from an untitled series of five musicians

creator: Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa


title: Young Man on Horseback and Two Women Watching from a Window


title: Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms

medium: Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (right sheet: 1925.3087)

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


title: Woman playing shamisen, from an untitled series of women at leisure

creator: Utagawa Toyohiro


title: The White Falcon

creator: Isoda Koryūsai

medium: Color woodblock print; ishizuri-e


title: The actor Otani Tokuji I as manservant Sodesuke

creator: Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽


title: Archery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)"


title: The actor Arashi Ryuzo II as Ishibe no Kinkichi, the moneylender


title: The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu


title: The actor Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin


title: Segawa Kikunojo lll in the Role of Courtesan Katsuragi


title: The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Tomita Hyotaro (Shodai Ichikawa Omezo no Tomita Hyotaro)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e


title: The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma


title: The Nine Old Men of Mount Xiang (Kozan kyuro), from the series "A Set of Ten Famous Numbers for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisu juban)"

creator: Yashima Gakutei

medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono


title: The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tsukuba, Wife of Yoshioki (Shodai Nakayama Tomisaburo no Yoshioki Midai Tsukuba Gozen)


title: Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

date: Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788

subjects:
Architecture
Print
Japan
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Asian art


title: Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (left sheet: 1925.3103)


medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych (right sheet: 1925.3104)


title: Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken

medium: Color woodblock print; oban yoko-e


title: Ichikawa Omezo

creator: Utagawa Kunimasa


title: Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Skeleton, Spirit of the Renegade Monk Seigen, and Iwai Hanshirō IV as the Cherry Princess, in “Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Saga” (Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga)

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 (Japanese, 1726-1792)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers
Skeletons & bones
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art
Halloween


title: The Jewel River at Ide, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers


title: The First Day of Business (Akinai hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

creator: Torii Kiyonaga

medium: Color woodblock print; oban, page from an illustrated book


title: The First Bath of the New Year (Yudono hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"


title: Young Woman after a Bath

creator: Ishikawa Toyonobu

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; wide hashira-e, beni-e


title: The Tenth Month (Jugatsu), from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"


title: Two Geisha Struggling for a Letter (Fumi no arasoi), from the series "Flowers of Nakasu (Nakasu no hana)"


title: Miyanoshita, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"


title: Visitors to Enoshima

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych


title: Out for a Walk, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

medium: Color woodblock print; oban


title: The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi and Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae in "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

creator: Okumura Masanobu

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e


title: Writing on a Fan

medium: Color woodblock print; koban


title: The Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716

creator: Torii Kiyomasu I

medium: Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

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


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II holding an umbrella

medium: Color woodblock print; o-hosoban, benizuri-e


title: Young Couple in Front of a Screen


title: Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a puppeteer

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban (left half of a horizontal oban), benizuri-e


title: Perspective Picture of a Large Room (Senjojiki uki-e no zu)

creator: Attributed to Ishikawa Toyonobu

medium: Color woodblock print; oban yoko-e, benizuri-e


title: Parody of Komachi praying for rain

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban, benizuri-e


title: The Actor Anegawa Daikichi as Ayame no Mae in the play "Miyo no Hana Yunzei Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1760

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu I


title: Cherry Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill

medium: Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych


title: Arrival of the Korean Embassy in Edo

creator: Torii Kiyonobu I

medium: Woodblock print; oban sumizuri-e, 1 of 6 sheets from a 12-sheet composition (see 1925.2334a-f)


title: Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2656)


title: The Tengu King Training his Pupils

creator: Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu

medium: Woodblock print


title: Portrait of Eijudo at Seventy-One

creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国

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


title: Calling upon the Lady Tamakazura, from the illustrated book "Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukishi)"

creator: Hishikawa Moronobu

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


title: Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)"

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban

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


title: Fishing, from the series "A Set of Ten Beauties in Flowerlike Styles (Enshoku hana fuzoku ju awase)"


title: Asuka no Suika, form the series "Eight Scenes of Edo (Koto hakkei)"


title: The Actors Nakamura Takesaburō as Kewaizaka no Shōshō and IchikawaDanjurō II as Soga Gorō

medium: Woodblock print; ō-ōban yoko-e, sumizuri-e

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


title: The Pope's Palace, Avignon

creator: Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880) and

medium: Albumen print

country: France

subjects:
Albumen silver print
France
Photographic process
Photography
Photograph

credit_line: Gift of Joel Snyder


title: Oil Bottle with Scrollwork

creator: Korea

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), mid–12th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with overglaze iron-painted decoration; gold repair

country: Korea

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Conical Bowl with Peony Flowers

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), early 12th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded and incised decoration

country: North Korea

subjects:
Bowl
North korea
Flowers
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Vase with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), mid–13th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of black and white clays

subjects:
Vase
Korea
Flowers
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Bowl with Phoenix

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze incised decoration

subjects:
Bowl
Korea
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Covered Cosmetic Box with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads

subjects:
Stoneware
Korea
Flowers
Korean (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Bowl with Stylized Peonies

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze carved and inlaid decoration of black and white clays


title: Oil Bottle with Cranes and Stylized Clouds

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), late 13th century


title: Bowl with Lotus Design


title: Lobed Cup and Stand with Floral Sprays and Stylized Leaves

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze carved and incised decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Korea
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Fluted Bowl with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads

subjects:
Bowl
Korea
Flowers
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Covered Box

medium: Stoneware with celadon glaze and red and white slip

subjects:
Stoneware
Korea
Korean (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Oil Bottle with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea
Flowers
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Bowl with Cranes and Chrysanthemum Flower Heads

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), late 14th century

subjects:
Bowl
Korea
Flowers
Stoneware
Korean (culture or style)
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Bowl

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), early 11th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarians from Mrs. T. J. Martin.


title: Bowl with Phoenix

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Bowl with Lotus Design

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze carved decoration

credit_line: Purchased from the Field Museum


title: Jar with Dragon Chasing Flaming Pearl

date: Joseon dynasty(1392–1910), 17th century

medium: Stoneware painted in underglaze iron brown

subjects:
Stoneware
Korea
Korean (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Cup Stand with Overlapping Petals and Floral Sprays

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), late 12th/13th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea
Flowers
Asian art


title: Bowl

date: Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), 12th century

medium: Stoneware conical bowl with celadon glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
Korea
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of Margaret O. Gentles


title: Foliate and Lobed Dish with Floral Sprays

medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

country: South Korea

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
South korea
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Decorative arts

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


title: Bowl with Floral Design

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
Korea
Flowers
Ceramic
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Otto Madlener


title: Low Bowl with Cranes and Floral Design

date: 18th–19th century

subjects: Ceramic Korea Flowers


title: Red Lacquer Box

date: Joseon Dynasty

medium: lacquered and decorated leather, brass ring handles and hasp

subjects:
Lacquerware
Korea
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Philip Pinsof (one-sixth interest in 1961) for 56 items


title: Bowl with Floral Design

subjects:
Porcelain
Korea
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Covered Cosmetic Box

creator: Korea or China

country: China

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art


title: Bowl with Cranes Amidst Clouds

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Oil Bottle

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), late 12th century


title: Bowl with Peony Flowers


title: Low Bowl with Phoenix


title: Cup Stand with Floral Design


date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 13th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze inlaid decoration of white clay


title: Bowl

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware


title: Oil Bottle

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 11th century


title: Bowl with Floral Scrolls and Clouds


title: Bowl with Cranes Amidst Clouds


title: Lobed Bowl with Peony Flowers


title: Fluted Small Bowl


title: Bowl with Peony Flowers


title: Bowl with Peony Flowers


title: Bowl

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware and underglaze incised decoration


title: Cup with Floral Design


title: Bowl with Chrysanthemum Flower Heads and Clouds

date: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 14th century


title: Oil Bottle with Chrysanthemum Flowers Heads


title: Luohan: Pindola Bharadvaja

creator: Artist unknown, after Guanxiu (Chinese, 832-912)

date: Qing dynasty (1644-1911), stone engraving 1757; rubbing 19th century?

medium: Ink rubbing on paper

subjects:
Rubbing
China
Paper (fiber product)
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Margaret Day Blake


title: Memorial Stele for the Buddhist Master Daoyin (Ink Rubbings)

creator: Calligraphy attributed to Qiu Ying

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911); Jiaqing–Daoguang reigns, c. 1796–1850

medium: Album of rubbings, ink on paper

subjects:
Calligraphy
China
Paper (fiber product)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Rubbing
Asian art
Book

credit_line: Oriental Fund


creator: Artist unknown

subjects:
Calligraphy
China
Paper (fiber product)
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Book
Ink
Rubbing


title: Pair of Standing Dishes

creator: Pietro Paola Spagna (Italian, 1793-1861)

medium: Gilt silver

country: Rome

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Rome
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Chasing
Napoleonic
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Engraving (incising)
Empire
Neoclassicism

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hickox


title: Pair of Compotiers

creator: Possibly Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot

medium: Bronze gilt and crystal

country: Paris

subjects:
Silver
Pari
Minerals & gems
Borghese service
Bronze
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Glass
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Pair of Compotiers

subjects:
Silver
Pari
Minerals & gems
Borghese service
Bronze
Gilding
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Crystal (lead glass)
Lead glass
Glass
Metallizing
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Pair of Bonbon Dishes

creator: Paris, France

medium: Silver gilt and glass

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Sugar
Borghese service
Dining
Vermeil
Chasing
Neoclassicism
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Glass
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Rococo revival


title: Pair of Platters

creator: Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot

medium: Gilded silver

subjects:
Vessel for serving food
Pari
Ships & the sea
Dining
Silver gilt
Neoclassicism
Silver
Dish (vessel)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Empire


title: Epergne

creator: Possibly Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751-1843)

medium: Gilded bronze and glass

subjects:
Metalwork
Pari
Borghese service
Bronze
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Pair of Platters

subjects:
Vessel for serving food
Pari
Ships & the sea
Dining
Silver
Dish (vessel)
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Pair of Chop Plates

creator: Scheggi Brothers (Italian, active 1796-1830)

country: Florence

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Florence
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Vermeil
Repoussé
Empire
Silver
Plate (general, dish)
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Gilding
Engraving (incising)
Neoclassicism


title: Set of Tablespoons (14), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

creator: Martin-Guillaume Biennais

subjects:
Flatware
Pari
Borghese service
Spoon
Metalwork


title: Set of Dinner Forks (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

creator: Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843)

subjects:
Silver
Pari
Borghese service
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Set of Dinner Forks (14), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Flatware
Pari
Borghese service
Fork (flatware)
Metalwork


title: Set of Dinner Knives (14), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

medium: Gilded silver and steel blades

subjects:
Flatware
Pari
Borghese service
Knive
Metalwork


title: Set of Dinner Knives (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Dessert Spoons (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Dessert Spoons (2), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Dessert Fork, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Dessert Forks (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Dessert Knives (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Dessert Knives (2), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Berry Spoons (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Silver
Pari
Fruits
Borghese service
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Set of Berry Spoons (2), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Flatware
Pari
Fruits
Borghese service
Spoon
Metalwork


title: Set of Salt Spoons (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Set of Salt Spoons (2), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Silver
Rome
Borghese service
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Set of Tablespoons (10), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese


title: Bell-Shaped Huqqa Base with Floral Design

creator: India

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Zinc alloy inlaid with copper and silver (bidriware)

country: Hyderabad

subjects:
Equipment for smoking and tobacco use
Hyderabad
Flowers
South asian
Zinc alloy
Silver
Mughal
Indian (south asian)
Asian
Copper
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Louise Lutz


title: Fitted Chest with Floral and Grape-Leaf Motifs

medium: Iron inlaid with silver in the kuftgari technique

country: India

subjects:
Steel
India
Flowers
Iron (metal)
South asian
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Owen B. Jones


title: Altarpiece with Twenty-Second Jaina Tirthankara Neminatha Surrounded by Twenty-Three Other Tirthankaras

medium: Brass inlaid with silver

subjects:
Brass
India
Jain
Gods (deities)
Religion
Jaina
Jainism
Brass (alloy)
South asian
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Altarpiece with the First Jaina Tirthankara Rishabhanatha Surrounded by Twenty-Three Other Tirthankaras

medium: Brass inlaid with copper and silver

subjects:
Brass
India
Jain
Gods (deities)
Religion
Jaina
Jainism
Brass (alloy)
South asian
Metalwork
Asian art
Sculpture


title: Man's Portable Amulet Shrine (Ga'u)

creator: Tibet

date: 18th century

medium: Silver with partial gilding and copper

country: Tibet

subjects:
Silver
Tibet
Himalayan
Metalwork
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Betel-Leaf Container (Pandan)

date: 19th century

medium: Silver

subjects:
Silver
India
South asian
Metal
Container
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Michael Phillips and Juliana Maio


title: Ritual Stand with Lion Supports

date: 15th/16th century

medium: Copper and wood

subjects:
Metal
Tibet
Copper
Himalayan
Ceremonial object
Asian art
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pratapaditya Pal


title: Shaivite Saint Aiyannar, Seated in Lotus Pose (Padmasana)

date: 11th century

medium: Granite

country: Kerala

subjects:
Stone
Kerala
Granite (rock)
Sculpture
Asian art
Print

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Altar Table with Mandala of Female Tantric Enlightened Being (Vajrayogini)

medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on wood

subjects:
Wood
Tibet
Sculpture
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Altar Table with Mandala of Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life

subjects:
Watercolor
Tibet
Painting
Asian art
Arts of asia 100


title: Vajracharya Priest's Crown

creator: Nepal

medium: Gilt copper worked in repoussé

country: Nepal

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Nepal
Himalayan
Asian art
Costume


title: Guardian of the Directions (Lokapala)

creator: Pakistan

date: 4th century

medium: Schist

country: Pakistan

subjects:
Schist
Pakistan
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Shiva Embracing Parvati

date: c. 13th century

medium: Bronze

country: Tamil Nadu

subjects:
Bronze
Tamil nadu
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: God Shiva Seated with His Consort Parvati

date: 14th century

subjects:
Bronze
Kerala
South asian
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Pair of Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

creator: Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764-1843)

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Repoussé
Napoleonic
Silver
Vessel for serving food
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Gilding
Engraving (incising)
Metalworking
Empire
Neoclassicism


title: Bowl Depicting Incised and Painted Abstract Crouching Figure

creator: Paracas

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Peru

subjects:
Bowl
Peru
Vessel
Ceramic
Paraca
Earthenware
Andean
Inorganic material
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Ande
South american
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings


title: Incense Burner

creator: Syria

medium: Brass with pierced and engraved decoration

country: Syria

subjects:
Metal
Syria
Brass (alloy)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
Asian art
Decorative arts
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Gift of Kirkor Minassian


title: Protector Deity Begtse Chen

creator: Tibet or Mongolia

medium: Gilt copper alloy with traces of orange pigment

subjects:
Metal
Tibet
Copper
Himalayan
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Samuel M. Nickerson fund


title: Guhyasamaja Manjuvajra, an Esoteric Form of Bodhisattva Manjushri

date: Pala period, 12th century

medium: Brass with silver, copper, turquoise, and coral inlay

country: Bihar

subjects:
Brass
Bihar
Corals & anemones
Brass (alloy)
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Guy H. Mitchell


title: Shallow Bowl Inscribed with Blessing

creator: Iran

date: 17th century

medium: Tin-plated copper with engraved decoration

country: Iran

subjects:
Bowl
Iran
Copper
Isfahan
Metal
Dish (vessel)
Vessel
Asian art
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson collection


title: Armband Amulet (Bazuband) Inscribed "In the Name of God"

date: Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), 19th century, dated 1832 (1248 A.H.)

medium: Steel with pierced decoration

subjects:
Metal
Iran
Steel
Isfahan
Jewelry
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Costume
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Frank G. Logan, Henry J. Patten, and Martin A. Ryerson


title: Box

date: 19th/20th century

medium: Silver, nephrite jade, caboshon rubies, and aventurine green

subjects:
Box
Nepal
Silver
Himalayan
Nephrite
Jade
Ruby
Aventurine
Metal
Decorative object/ornament
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Unrestricted Gift from Mrs. Daniel Green


title: Dagger (Katar)

medium: Steel and gold

subjects:
Arms
India
Steel
South asian
Asian art
Knife weapon
Weapon
Decorative arts

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Portrait of Lama Tsongkhapa

medium: Gold

subjects:
Gold
Tibet
Portraits
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D., in memory of Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman


title: Dagger with Lion-Head Pommel

date: 17th/18th century

medium: Bronze with applied gold, silver, and gemstones

subjects:
Bronze
India
South asian
Metalwork
Asian art
Knife weapon
Weapon
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf in memory of Everett McNear


title: Six-Armed God Ganesha

medium: Bronze with traces of red pigment

subjects:
Bronze
Nepal
Ganesha
Gods (deities)
Religion
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Dagger (Katar)

subjects:
Metal
India
Steel
South asian
Weapon
Asian art
Knife weapon
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner III


title: Lotus-Shaped Altar Bowl Stand

medium: Silver

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Tibet
Silver
Himalayan
Metal
Asian art
Ritual object

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Otto Madlener


title: Lotus-Shaped Altar Bowl Stand

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Tibet
Silver
Himalayan
Metal
Vessel
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Jambhala, the God of Wealth, Seated on a Dragon

creator: Eastern Tibet

date: 15th century

medium: Ivory with traces of gilding and pigment

subjects:
Ivory
Tibet
Himalayan
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Bequest of Arthur Rubloff


title: Fragment of a Plaque with Dancing Ganesha and the Mother Goddesses Brahmani and Maheshvari

date: c. 10th/11th century

medium: Copper repoussé

subjects:
Copper
Nepal
Repoussé
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: Helen A. Regenstein Endowment


title: Fragment of a Plaque with Dancing Mother Goddesses Varahi, Kaumari and Chamunda

subjects:
Copper
Nepal
Repoussé
Himalayan
Asian art
Metal
Sculpture


title: Walking Elephant with Floral Caparison

medium: Ivory

country: Deccan

subjects:
Ivory
Deccan
Flowers
Animal
South asian
Sculpture
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Gun Powder Flask

creator: Turkey

date: Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), c. 1780

medium: Gilded copper and ivory

country: Ottoman Empire

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Ottoman empire
Copper
Ivory
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Margrette Dornbusch Fund


title: Pen Case with Dragons and Foliate Design

medium: Gilt iron

subjects:
Gold
Tibet
Gilding
Iron (metal)
Himalayan
Writing equipment
Metal
Container
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Pen Case with Dragons and Foliate Design with Inscription

medium: Gilt iron, paper

subjects:
Gold
Tibet
Gilding
Paper (fiber product)
Writing equipment
Paper
Metal
Container
Asian art
Iron (metal)
Decorative arts


title: Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya and Vessel Overflowing with Foliage (Purnagata)

creator: Tibet or Nepal

medium: Gilt copper worked in repousse

subjects:
Vessel
Tibet
Ships & the sea
Copper
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Ritual Flaying Knife (Kartrika)

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Tibet
Iron (metal)
Himalayan
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Ritual Peg (phurbu)

medium: Bronze, crystal, jade, opal and turquoise, with gilding and semiprecious stones

subjects:
Ceremonial object
Tibet
Minerals & gems
Bronze
Himalayan
Asian art
Ritual object


title: Goddess White Tara with Kneeling Donor at Base

date: c. 12th century

medium: Phyllite

country: Central Tibet

subjects:
Stone (unidentified)
Central tibet
Phyllite
Himalayan
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Buddhist God Mahakala

medium: Stone with pigment

subjects:
Stone (unidentified)
Tibet
Stone
Himalayan
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Goddess Green Tara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)

date: 16th century

medium: Gilt copper alloy

subjects:
Copper
Nepal
Copper alloy
Himalayan
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art


title: Dagger with Tiger-Head Pommel

date: 18th/19th century

medium: Steel blade; hilt of quartz (?) underlaid with red resin and inset in the kundan technique, with gold leaf and polychrome enamel (minakari)

country: Northern India

subjects:
Steel
Northern india
South asian
Deccani
Indian (south asian)
Metal
Weapon
Asian art
Knife weapon
Decorative arts
Arts of asia 100


title: Curved Dagger (Khanjar) with Ram-Head Pommel

medium: Watered steel inlaid with gold and silver in the kuftgari technique

subjects:
Steel
India
South asian
Mughal
Indian (south asian)
Asian
Metal
Weapon
Asian art
Knife weapon
Armor


title: Buddha with Left Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)

medium: Bronze

subjects:
Bronze
Tamil nadu
Metal
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf


title: Furniture Leg with Princely Equestrian Figure

date: c. 16th/17th century

medium: Patinated ivory

country: Odisha

subjects:
Ivory
Odisha
Furniture
South asian
Asian art
Sculpture


title: Furniture Leg with Dancing Nature spirits (Yakshis)

date: c. 17th century

subjects:
Ivory
Odisha
South asian
Sculpture
Asian art
Furniture


title: Knife (Kard) with Battling Elephants, Rhinoceros and Lions on the sheath

date: 18th century

medium: Watered steel, ivory, and pierced and chased gold, wood and velvet

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
India
South asian
Armor


title: Candelabra (one of a pair), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

creator: Marked by Martin-Guillaume Biennais (born France, 1764–1843)

medium: Gilded silver and gilded bronze

country: Paris

subjects:
Candleholder - candelabra
Pari
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Chasing
Napoleonic
Repoussé
Candleholder
Silver
Bronze
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Gilding
Appliqué (technique)
Engraving (incising)
Metalworking
Empire
Neoclassicism

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hickox


title: Warming Dish (one of a pair), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

medium: Gilded silver and gilded copper

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Repoussé
Napoleonic
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Gilding
Appliqué (technique)
Chasing
Metalworking
Empire
Neoclassicism


title: Pair of Circular Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

medium: Gilded silver

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Repoussé
Napoleonic
Silver
Vessel for serving food
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Gilding
Engraving (incising)
Metalworking
Empire
Neoclassicism


title: Double Salt (one of a pair), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Napoleonic
Chasing
Vermeil
Empire
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Engraving (incising)
Casting (process)
Appliqué (technique)
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Neoclassicism


title: Sauceboat and Stand (one of a pair), from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Pari
Ships & the sea
Borghese service
Dining
Napoleon
Vermeil
Chasing
Napoleonic
Silver
Silver gilt
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Engraving (incising)
Empire
Neoclassicism


title: The Twin Brothers Ludwig and Emil Schulthess

creator: Hans Jakob Oeri

medium: Black chalk on ivory wove paper, fixed

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Print and drawing
Switzerland
Paper
Drawing
Chalk

credit_line: Regenstein Endowment Fund


title: Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus in his Carpentry Shop

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

country: Italy

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Wash
Coating (material)
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Landscape with a Waterfall

creator: Hendrick Goltzius

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks printed in beige and green on ivory laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Woodcut
Netherland
Landscapes
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

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


title: Landscape with a Waterfall

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks printed in green on cream laid paper


title: Landscape with a Shepherd Couple

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks printed in green on ivory laid paper


title: Cliff on a Seashore

subjects:
Woodcut
Netherland
Paper
Print
Print and drawing


title: Standing Young Man with a Cane

medium: Woodcut in black printed on blue paper with white heightening (partially discolored)


title: Standing Young Man with a Cane

medium: Woodcut in black on cream laid paper


title: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, from The Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in beige-green on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Print
Netherland
Paper
Print and drawing
Woodcut
Ink
Laid paper


title: Standing Young Man with a Cane

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in yellow on ivory laid paper


medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in tones of gray on ivory laid paper


title: Oceanus, from The Deities


medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in orange-brown on ivory laid paper


title: Oceanus, from The Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in tan and ochre on ivory laid paper


title: Oceanus, from The Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in tan and green on ivory laid paper


title: Tethys, from The Deities


title: Pluto, from The Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in ochre and brown on ivory laid paper


title: Pluto, from The Deities


title: Proserpine, from The Deities


title: Proserpine, from The Deities


title: Helios, from The Deities


title: Helios, from The Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in yellow and green on ivory laid paper


title: Bacchus


title: Nox, from The Deities


title: Nox, from The Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in two shades of beige-gray on ivory laid paper


title: Nox, plate seven from Demogorgon and the Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black and two shades of gray on paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Alfred E. Hamill


title: Aether, plate six from Demogorgon and the Deities


title: Oceanus, plate two from Demogorgon and the Deities


title: Pluto, plate four from Demogorgon and the Deities


title: Proserpine, plate five from Demogorgon and the Deities


medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in black, ochre, and green on paper


medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks of black, ochre and olive green, on ivory laid paper


title: Cliff on a Seashore, from Four Small Landscapes

creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, ochre, and green on cream laid paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Netherland
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Landscape with a Waterfall, from Four Small Landscapes

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, ochre, and green with additions of white gouache on blue ivory laid paper


title: Gillis van Breen

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, ochre, and brown, on cream laid paper


medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in yellow, green, and black on paper

credit_line: Hamill Fund


title: Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, plate one from Demogorgon and the Deities

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, green, and buff on paper

credit_line: Print and Drawing Club Fund


title: Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist Before Herod

creator: Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Medieval
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Manuscript
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Resurrection of Christ

creator: Giacinto Boccanera

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Wash
Black chalk
Chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Laid paper


title: Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine Forest

creator: Soga Shōhaku 曾我 蕭白

medium: Pair of six panel screens; ink and light colors on paper

country: Japan

credit_line: Through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson


title: Standing Franciscan Saint Holding Crucifix

creator: Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Il Baciccio

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, and red chalk and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove board

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Detail Study for The Assumption of St. Agnes

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on tan laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing
Paper


title: Flora

medium: Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and blue wash, on gray brown laid paper

subjects:
Botany
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Iron gall ink
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: David with Goliath's Head and Sword

creator: Giovanni Battista Paggi

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white and traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Ink with wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Graphite
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Brown wash
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Pomona

creator: Attributed to Giovanni Giacomo Sementi

medium: Black chalk with stumping and black chalk wash on ten sheets of tan laid paper pieced onto secondary support

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund


title: Viewing Plum Blossoms with Warm Wine 溫酒賞梅圖

creator: Yuan Jiang 袁江 (Chinese, active 1688–1746)

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk

country: China

subjects:
Hanging scroll
China
Flowers
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Naomi Donnelley


title: Cecrops' Daughters Uncover Erichthonius (recto); A Battle Scene (verso)

creator: Probably after Anthonie van Montfoort Blocklandt

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto and verso), on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
Netherland
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Woman and Dog

medium: Red chalk on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Immaculate Conception

creator: Unknown artist (Italian, 17th century)

medium: Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

country: France

subjects:
Chalk
France
Red chalk
Paper
Laid paper
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)


title: The Virgin Appearing to Saint Filippo Neri and His Pupils

creator: Francesco Fontebasso

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper, laid down on white cardboard

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Bequest of Harold Joachim


title: Cavalry Skirmish

creator: Attributed to Joseph François Parrocel

medium: Brush and brown wash, heightened with gum arabic and lead white (discolored), with black chalk over graphite, on brown wove paper

subjects:
Brush and wash
France
Wash
Paper
Wove paper
Chalk
Lead white
Gum arabic
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)


title: Fragment (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: France

medium: Plain weave cotton, roller printed. Lined with plain weave cotton. Edged with a binding tape. Gathered at top into curtain with metal rings on twill tape.

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

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Watering Horses near Windmill

creator: Unknown artist (Dutch, 17th century?)

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Wash
Graphite
Laid paper
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Plaque

creator: Henri Cros

medium: Pâte-de-verre

subjects:
Sculpture
France
Ceramic
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Glass


title: The Origin of Painting (The Corinthian Maid)

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Black chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on ivory laid paper, edge mounted on cream card

subjects:
Chalk
France
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Inorganic material
White chalk
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Study for Pius IV Investing Cosimo I as Grand Master of the Order of Saint Stephen (?)

creator: Domenico Cresti, called Passignano

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper laid down in album

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Large Blue Glass Bottle Vase

creator: China

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

medium: Glass

subjects:
Vase
China
Glass
Japanese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art


title: Bottle with Stopper

creator: Spain

medium: Glass with gilt decoration

country: Spain

subjects:
Glass
Spain
European decorative arts


title: Tall Bottle with Stopper


title: Candlestick

medium: Glass; blown and molded

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
France
Glass
Candleholder
European decorative arts


title: Abraham's Sacrifice (recto and verso)

creator: Guillaume Courtois, called Il Borgognone

medium: Red chalk on buff laid paper (recto) and pen and brown ink, with red chalk (verso), tipped onto cream laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Red chalk
Laid paper
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)


title: The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban

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

credit_line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection


title: Jelly Glass

creator: England

country: England

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Cruet

creator: Possibly Normandie, France

date: Mid 18th century

subjects:
Glass
France
European decorative arts


title: Bottle

subjects:
Glass
England
European decorative arts


title: Classical Landscape - Tivoli

creator: Style of Claude Lorrain

medium: Pen and ink on paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of David Adler


title: Jar

date: 16th to 17th century


title: The Courtship of Washington

creator: John C. McRae

medium: Engraving on ivory wove paper

country: United States

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

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


title: Pitcher

creator: Italy, Venice

date: Possibly 18th century

country: Venice

subjects:
Pitcher (vessel)
Venice
Ships & the sea
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts


title: Pitcher

creator: Italy

date: 17th century

subjects:
Pitcher (vessel)
Italy
Ships & the sea
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts


title: Julia Jackson

creator: attributed to Oscar Rejlander (English, born Sweden, 1813–1875)

medium: Albumen print

subjects:
Albumen silver print
England
Portrait
Portraits: female subject
Photography
Dress
Woman
Oval
Photographic process
Photograph

credit_line: The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund


title: Female Peasant Riding Donkey

creator: Giraudon’s Artist

subjects:
Photograph
France
Albumen silver print
Photography

credit_line: Arnold Crane and D. Wendell Fentress Memorial Funds


title: Beach with Fishing Boats (recto); Landscape with Farmer Plowing a Field (verso)

creator: Eugène Louis Boudin

medium: Pastel on (recto) and charcoal (verso) on grayish-tan wove paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Kate L. Brewster


title: Flowers of All Seasons

creator: Artist Unknown

date: Mid–17th century

medium: Pair six-panel screen; Ink, color and gold on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Flowers
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Gold leaf
Ink
Painting
Asian art


title: Flowers of All Seasons

creator: Japan

medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold on paper


title: Study for a Sculpture of the Agony in the Garden

creator: Carlo Giuseppe Ratti

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, with touches of brush and red gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Ink
Paper
Wash
Black chalk
Chalk
Laid paper
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)


title: Tunic

creator: Paracas

date: 200 BCE-1 BCE

medium: Wool (camelid), simple looping; applied wool (camelid) braided neck edging; and unspun wool fringe

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Super/natural
Ocucaje
Camelid wool
Peruvian
Early horizon
Paraca
Pre-columbian
Weaving
Costume
Andean
Ande
Latin american

credit_line: Simeon B. Williams Fund


title: Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

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

medium: Engraving in black on off-white laid paper

country: Flanders

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

credit_line: Gift of Langdon Pearse


title: St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

creator: Jusepe de Ribera

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

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

credit_line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection


title: Saint Peter in the Desert

medium: Etching on paper

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

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left

creator: Hendrick Goltzius

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Netherland
War
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

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


title: Plate Two, from Entrance of the Ambassador of Poland into Rome

creator: Stefano della Bella

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

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

credit_line: Stanley Field, Joseph Brooks Fair, and Print and Department Funds


title: Plate One, from Entrance of the Ambassador of Poland into Rome

credit_line: Stanley Field, Joseph Brooks Fair, and Prints and Drawings Department Funds


title: Black Horseman

medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. George B. Young and Prints and Drawings Purchase Account


title: The Captain of the Infantry

medium: Engraving and etching in black on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
Netherland
Ink
Paper
Print
Laid paper
Engraving
Etching

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


title: Hungarian Horseman


title: Polish Horseman


title: Standard Bearer, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II

creator: Jacques de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565–1629)

medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Netherland
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

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


title: Drummer, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II


title: Musketeer, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II


title: Soldier, Armed with Broadsword and Shield, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II


title: Pikeman, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II


title: Abduction of the Sabines

creator: Attributed to Giuseppe Angeli (Italian, c. 1709-1798)

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects:
Oil on canva
Italy
Violence
Ruin
Classicism
Men
Roman
Rome
Women
Canva
Oil painting
Oil
Oil paint (paint)
Painting
Painting (image making)
Painting technique
European painting

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


title: Emperor's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

creator: Manchu

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; painted details; sleeves: bands of silk, plain weave and of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; edging and closures: silk, cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, satin damask weave; sleeves lined with cotton, plain weave; metal buttons

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

credit_line: Gift of the Orientals


title: Angel Appearing to Saint Dominic

creator: After Giacinto Calandrucci (?)

medium: Black chalk, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Wash
Coating (material)
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Assumption of the Virgin

creator: After Giacinto Calandrucci

date: after 1703

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Brown ink
Colored ink
Ink
Coating (material)
Brown wash
Wash
White gouache
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Three Putti and Dog in a Landscape

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Grotesque Battle, from Combats and Triumphs

creator: Etienne Delaune

medium: Engraving on paper

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

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: Battle of Horsemen and Foot Soldiers, from Combats and Triumphs

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


title: Triumphal March, from Combats and Triumphs


title: Two Sketches: Mule Carrying Baskets, Pair of Yoked Oxen

creator: Attributed to Remigio Cantagallina

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Flander
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Teapot

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

medium: Glass

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
Teapot
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Wine Glass

creator: Attributed to Baccarat Glassworks

date: Mid 19th century

medium: Glass with gilding

subjects:
Drinking vessel
France
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Alfred D. Pell


title: Creamer

creator: France or United States

date: 19th century

subjects:
Glass
France
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Uchikake

creator: Japan

medium: Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; resist and tie-dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin stitches; laidwork and couching; lining: silk, plain weave; sleeve edge and fuki padded with silk

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

credit_line: Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays


title: Carafe

medium: Glass; red and white enamels

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts


title: Perfume Bottle with Stopper

creator: Baccarat Glassworks (Cristalleries de Baccarat)

date: Late 19th century

country: Lunéville

subjects:
Glass
Lunéville
European decorative arts

credit_line: Lucy B. Kretschmer Collection


title: Cup

creator: Emile Gallé

medium: Glass with enamels and gilding

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles A. Kerr and Mrs. Latham Jacobs.


title: Saucer


title: Demitasse Cup and Saucer

creator: Austria, Vienna

country: Austria

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Austria
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Kelvyn G. Lilley


title: Manuscript Cover with Six Seated Buddhas with Various Hand Gestures (Mudras)

creator: Nepal

date: 12th century

medium: Pigments and metallic paint on wood

country: Nepal

subjects:
Manuscript
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Metallic paint
Pigment
Ritual object

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund


title: Rebirth of the Nun Anyo

creator: Artist unknown

date: Early 18th century

medium: Six-panel screen (one of a pair); Ink, colors, and gold on paper

subjects:
Screen
Japan
Buddhism
Religion
Paper (fiber product)
Painting

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation


title: A pope receiving a book from angels

creator: Unknown artist (Genoese ?, 18th century)

medium: Pen and red brown ink with brush and brown wash and gouache, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on ivory laid paper, partially laid down

subjects:
Graphite
Italy
Squaring (transferring technique)
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Gouache
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra)

subjects:
Painting
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan

credit_line: Gift of Nancy Wiener; Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund


title: Manuscript Cover from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)


subjects:
Painting
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Manuscript
Metallic paint
Pigment


title: Boy with Hand on His Head and Profile of Old Man

medium: Charcoal heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
England
Paper (fiber product)
Charcoal
Plant material
Chalk stick
White chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Nativity

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Figures at an Altar

creator: Giuseppe Diamantini

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red and black chalk on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Glaive-Halberd

creator: German (Bavaria)

medium: Steel, wood (oak), and iron

country: Germany

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Fragment (Band)

creator: Possibly provincial Wari

medium: Slit tapestry

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

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Band Fragment

creator: Possibly Lambayeque

medium: cotton and wool (camelid), slit and interlocking tapestry weave

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


title: Fragment (Border)

creator: Chimú

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Chimú
Weaving
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Loincloth Fragment

creator: Probably central coast, Peru

medium: Slit tapestry, applied fringe.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Weaving
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing
Costume component
Latin american


title: Miniature Vessel

creator: Inca

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Southern Peru

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
Ships & the sea
Plant-derived motif
Offering
Vessel
Ceramic
Inca
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Painting (image making)
Miniature
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Single Spout Vessel in the Form of the Head of a Llama

country: Peruvian North Coast

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Chimú
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Earthenware
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Double Vessel with a Seated Figure

medium: Ceramic

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea
Figure (representations)
Gesture
Vessel
Ceramic
Chimú
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Inca
Earthenware
Art of the america
Ande
Burnishing (polishing)
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Feline Vessel with Stirrup Spout

creator: Ceramist unknown (Chimú)

subjects:
Peru
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Nazca
Inorganic material
Art of the america
Earthenware
Arts of the america
Ande
South american
Andean
Latin american


title: Miniature Tray Depicting a Frog

country: Southern Highlands

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern highland
Reptiles & amphibians
Offering
Frog
Ritual object
Vessel
Ceramic
Inca
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Painting (image making)
Miniature
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Reduced-scale Vessel

country: Peruvian South Coast

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast
Ships & the sea
Ritual object
Offering
Drinking
Vessel
Ceramic
Ica
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Painting (image making)
Miniature
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Fragment (Loincloth)

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft cut fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume - weaving
Peru
Anthropomorphic figure
Abstract motif
Grid
Headdresse
Male
Staff
Stepped motif
Chimú
Cotton (fiber)
Slit tapestry weaving
Weaving
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Textile
Andean
Ande
Costume
Garment
Camelid wool
Wool (hair)
Plain weaving
Costume component
Latin american


title: Fish

creator: Rimac

medium: Cotton, slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts

subjects:
Fish
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Animal
Super/natural
Pre-columbian
Weaving
Chancay
Late intermediate period
America
Latin american


title: Loincloth Panel

creator: Chancay

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrapping outlining wefts; joined with wool, cross knit loop stitches to twined warp extended weft cut fringe

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


title: Fragment

creator: Peru, Possibly Rimac Valley, central coast

medium: Wool (camelid), three-color complementary warp weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Latin american


title: Patch

creator: Lambayeque


title: Fragment

creator: Probably north or central coast, Peru

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Chancay
Weaving
Latin american


title: Drinking at Night

creator: Tang Yin

medium: Handscroll; ink on paper

country: China

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Paper (fiber product)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Handscroll
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation


title: Jar with Bands of Geometric Motifs and Abstract Birds

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
Birds
Vessel
Ceramic
Ica
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Pigment
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Miniature Vessel in the Form of a Reclining Animal

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Ceramic
Ica
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Pigment
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Flute with Incised Geometric Motif and Mouth in the Form of a Human Head

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Vessel
Ceramic
Chimú
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Earthenware
Musical instrument
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Drinking Vessel (Kero)

medium: Wood and pigment

subjects:
Wood
Southern peru
Ships & the sea
Vessel
Wood (plant material)
Incising
Inca
Plant material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Pigment
Arts of the america
Andean
Ande
Latin american


title: Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

creator: Tiwanaku-Wari

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
People
Face
Vessel
Ceramic
Tiahuanaco
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Middle horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Huari
Ande
Painting (image making)
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Fragment

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with supplementary weft slit closure; edged with cotton, plain weave and with cotton, cross-knit loop stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Inca
Weaving
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Latin american


title: Fragment (Possibly From a Tunic)

creator: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Weaving
Latin american


title: Panel

medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave

subjects:
Weaving
Peru
Bird
Animal
Staff
Fish
Anthropomorphic figure
Geometric motif
Headdresse
Human
Super/natural
Lambayeque
Slit tapestry weaving
Cotton (fiber)
Pre-columbian
Middle horizon
America
Textile
Wool (hair)
Camelid wool
Latin american


title: Fragment (Border)

creator: Possibly Chancay

medium: Cotton and wool; slit tapestry on plain woven cloth


title: Tassel

creator: Peru, Possibly central coast


title: Fragments

creator: Possibly central or south coast, Peru


title: Wooden Spindle with Needlework Decoration

medium: Wood

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Spindle (textile working equipment)
Peru
Textile working equipment
Accessorie (object genre)
Textile
Latin american


title: Cup with a Seated Figure

creator: Chimú or Moche

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
People
Hairstyle
Offering
Vessel
Ceramic
Modeling (forming)
Moche
Inorganic material
Mochica
Early intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Earthenware
Art of the america
Andean
Ande
Burnishing (polishing)
Miniature
Arts of the america
South american
Latin american


title: Nature Print of Moonwort and Adder's Tongue Ferns, plate 51 from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland

creator: Henry Bradbury

medium: Nature printing, from an electrotyped lead plate, inked à la poupée, on off-white wove paper

subjects:
Monotype
England
Ferns
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Troy M. Corrence


title: Standing Beauty

creator: Artist unknown

medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

country: Japan

subjects:
Hanging scroll
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Gold leaf
Ink
Painting
Asian art

credit_line: Frederick W. and Nathalie C. Gookin Endowment


title: Beauty Turning Her Head

creator: Hishikawa Moronobu

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper

subjects:
Asian art
Japan
Ink
Scroll
Hanging scroll
Color on paper

credit_line: Anonymous Gift


title: Panel

subjects:
Weaving
Peru
Bird
Animal
Fish
Human
Anthropomorphic figure
Staff
Headdresse
Geometric motif
Super/natural
Lambayeque
Slit tapestry weaving
Cotton (fiber)
Pre-columbian
Middle horizon
America
Textile
Wool (hair)
Camelid wool
Latin american


title: Boy Holding Staff

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove board

country: Italy

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Laid paper
Red chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Commemorative Head

creator: Edo, Court of Benin

date: Probably mid–17th/mid–18th century

medium: Terracotta

country: Nigeria

subjects:
Earthenware
Nigeria
Head
Terracotta
Edo (african)
Arts of africa
Inorganic material
Ceramic
Sculpture
African art
Coastal west africa

credit_line: Gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection


title: View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

creator: Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912

medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper

country: Chicago

subjects:
Graphite
Chicago
Architecture
Paper (fiber product)
Architectural drawing

credit_line: On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago


title: A Study of Bound Male Figures being Manhandled, and Various Putti, One Holding a Palm Frond

creator: Circle of Agostino Carracci

medium: Pen and brown iron-gall ink on cream laid paper

subjects:
Italy
Palms
Paper (fiber product)
Drawing (visual works)
Paper
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Sepia Holding Company, LLC


title: Double Vessel with a Foot-Massage Scene

creator: Chimú

medium: Ceramic

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea
Figure (representations)
Ritual
Vessel
Ceramic
Chimú
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Inca
Earthenware
Art of the america
Ande
Burnishing (polishing)
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Scene from the Iliad: Confrontation of Two Warriors

creator: Possibly Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, 1771-1844)

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and touches of black crayon on cream laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Descent Into Limbo

creator: possibly Style of Domenico Maria Canuti

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Tomb of Pope Gregory XIV in Saint Peter's

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Wash
Graphite
Laid paper
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Sketches of Head, Hands, Shoulder, and Feet

creator: Style of Agostino Masucci

medium: Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

subjects:
Italy
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
White chalk
Print and drawing


title: Entombment

creator: Michael Köck (Austrian, 1760-1825)

medium: Black chalk on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

subjects:
Graphite
Austria
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers of the Five Transcendant Buddhas

creator: Nepal

medium: Pigments and metallic paint on wood

subjects:
Ritual object
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan

credit_line: Gift of Nancy Wiener


title: One of a Pair of Magical Charms (Dharani) Manuscript Covers

medium: Pigment and metallic paint on wood

subjects:
Manuscript
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Metallic paint
Pigment
Ritual object


subjects:
Manuscript
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Metallic paint
Pigment
Wood
Ritual object


title: Study for Hercules Slaying the Serpent Ladon in the Garden of the Hesperides

creator: Andrea Lilio

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), over red chalk, on ivory laid paper, indented for transfer; laid down on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Allegory of Painting

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash,  squared in red chalk, on ivory laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper and blue laid paper

subjects:
Mythology
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Squaring (transferring technique)
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Allegory of Geometry

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash,  squared in red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper


title: Putto with Garland

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, squared in red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper

subjects:
Italy
Drawing (visual works)
Squaring (transferring technique)
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Chalk
Print and drawing


title: Putto with Garland


title: Putto with Garland

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper

subjects:
Italy
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Print and drawing


title: One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)

date: late 17th century

credit_line: Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan


title: Royal Cap (Orikogbofo)

creator: Yoruba

date: 20th century

medium: Glass, cloth, and string

subjects:
Hat
Nigeria
Royalty
Glass bead
Beadwork
Yoruba
String
Glass
Cloth
Arts of africa
African art
Costume
Coastal west africa

credit_line: Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young


title: One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers of the Five Transcendent Buddhas


title: Royal Cap (Orikogbofo)

date: Early/mid–20th century


title: One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddha Overcoming Temptation Surrounded by Disciples

date: 18th century


title: Manuscript Cover from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)

date: 13th century

medium: Pigments, metallic paint on wood, and metal

subjects:
Manuscript
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Metal
Metallic paint
Pigment
Ritual object


title: Manuscript Cover from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)

medium: Pigments on wood

subjects:
Manuscript
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Pigment
Ritual object


title: Manuscript Cover with Buddha, Two Bodhisattvas and Two Protective Deities (Lokapalas)


subjects:
Manuscript
Nepal
Wood (plant material)
Himalayan
Wood
Pigment
Ritual object


title: Beaker

creator: Inca

date: Late 15th–early 16th century

medium: Gold

country: Ica Valley

subjects:
Vessel
Ica valley
Ships & the sea
Ritual object
Abstract figure
Offering
Gold
Hammering
Ica
Metal
Nonferrous metal
Inorganic material
Late intermediate period
Pre-columbian
America
Art of the america
Ande
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

creator: Tiwanaku-Wari

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Pacheco

subjects:
Earthenware
Pacheco
People
Face
Vessel
Ceramic
Tiahuanaco
Modeling (forming)
Inorganic material
Paint
Coating (material)
Middle horizon
Pre-columbian
America
Huari
Ande
Painting (image making)
Art of the america
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Drinking Cup (Kero) with an Abstracted Masked Figure

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


title: Pair of Stepped Beakers

medium: Gold and copper alloy

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Peruvian south coast
Ships & the sea
Offering
Stepped motif
Ritual object
Gold
Inca
Copper alloy
Art of the america
America
Ande
Vessel
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Pair of Beakers Depicting Birds in a Cornfield

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Ica valley
Birds
Ships & the sea
Landscape
Agriculture
Animal
Offering
Ritual object
Vessel
Gold
Inca
Art of the america
America
Ande
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Ear Ornaments with Ibis

medium: Gold with garnet inlay

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ear ornament
Ica valley
Bird
Animal
Gold
Inca
Jewelry
Garnet
Art of the america
America
Ande
Costume
Arts of the america
Andean
Latin american


title: Book of Woven Coverlet Designs (Draft)

creator: Owned by Daniel Stephenson (American, born England, 1823-92)

medium: Paper; sepia ink

country: United States

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
United state
Coverlet
Paper (fiber product)
Book
Accessorie (object genre)

credit_line: Brewster Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Germany

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Maurice Rothschild


title: Sampler

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


title: Sampler

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


title: Sampler

creator: Executed by Maria Beiser (Germany, active c. 1852)

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool

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


title: Sampler

medium: Linen and silk; embroidered


title: Sampler

creator: Possibly Netherlands

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered in linen and silk in cross, satin ground running back and feathered hem stitches and simple trellis overcast fillings; three edges finished in feathered hem stitch

country: Netherlands

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


title: Sampler

medium: Wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk yarns in Algerian eye, back, compound cross, cross, double or Smyrna cross, flame, flat, eye, Greek cross filling, herringbone, Jacquard, Rococo, running, satin, and surface satin stitches

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


title: Sampler

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Gloon (b. 1806/07)

medium: Linen; embroidered with silk

country: England

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


title: Sampler

medium: Linen; embroidered with wool and silk


title: Head in Three-Quarter Profile (recto); Standing Young Man Pointing Left and Sketches of Feet, Arm (verso)

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Red chalk (recto) and black chalk with pen and brown ink and red chalk (verso) on cream laid paper

country: Florence

subjects:
Chalk
Florence
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Sampler

creator: Elisha Ryan (Irish, born 1837/38)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; cutwork embroidered with wool in overcast stitch; embroidered with silk and wool in cross, long-armed cross, outline, satin and stem stitches

country: Ireland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Ireland
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Katherine Togerty Hannigan


title: Lot and His Daughters

creator: Jan Harmensz Muller

medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Netherland
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

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


title: The Last Supper, plate one from The Passion of Christ

creator: Hendrick Goltzius

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Netherland
Paper (fiber product)
Portfolio
Print and drawing
Print

credit_line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection


title: The Betrayal of Christ, plate three from The Passion of Christ

medium: Engraving in black ink on cream paper

subjects:
Engraving
Netherland
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing
Portfolio
Print


title: Christ Before Caiaphas, plate four from The Passion of Christ

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


title: Christ on the Cross, plate ten from the Passion of Christ

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


title: The Flagellation, plate six from The Passion of Christ


title: The Resurrection, plate twelve from The Passion of Christ


title: The Entombment, plate eleven from The Passion of Christ


title: Fool Holding a Staff (Tis om te lachen)

creator: Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
Netherland
Ink
Laid paper
Engraving
Paper
Print

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


title: Marriage for Worldly Love, from Three Kinds of Marriages

country: Flanders

subjects:
Print and drawing
Flander
Paper
Print
Engraving

credit_line: Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust


title: Marriage for Spiritual Love, from Three Kinds of Marriages


title: The Three Fates

creator: Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)

subjects:
Print
Netherland
Paper
Engraving
Print and drawing


title: Marriage for Wealth, from Three Kinds of Marriages


title: The Triumph of the Sea-Gods

creator: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538)

country: Germany

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer


title: Christ Before Pilate, plate five from The Passion of Christ

medium: Engraving in black in on cream laid paper


title: The Agony in the Garden, plate two from The Passion of Christ

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


title: Ecce Homo, plate eight from The Passion of Christ


title: The Crowning with Thorns, plate seven from The Passion of Christ


title: Portrait of Albert Fransz. Schatter

subjects:
Print and drawing
Netherland
Portraits
Ink
Laid paper
Engraving
Paper
Print


title: Christ Carrying the Cross, plate nine from the Passion of Christ

medium: Engraving in black on buff laid paper


title: Two Borders on Parchment (Incomplete)

creator: Italy, Venice or Burano

medium: Silk, sisal on parchment, needle lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Flower
Sisal
Needlework - lace
Lace - needle
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased


title: Wandle Blättchen mandle hin, Wo ich in Gedanken bin (valentine)

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Watercolor and collaged elements, with gold paint on embossed ivory card

subjects:
Valentine
Germany
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Emma B. Hodge


title: Untitled Valentine (Pink Flower)

medium: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on buff wove paper

subjects:
Valentine
Germany
Flowers
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing
Paper


title: Untitled Valentine (Robin on a Branch)

medium: Collaged elements with watercolor on ivory wove paper, laid down on card (partially removed)

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


title: Dein Leben Befter (valentine)

medium: Collaged element and watercolor on buff laid paper


title: Closed Burgonet

creator: Pierre du Coudroy (Flemish, born France, 1560-about 1626)

date: about 1610

medium: Steel, silver, and leather

country: Brussels

subjects:
Suit-helmet
Brussel
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Corrido:The Death Room of a Sentenced Man

creator: José Guadalupe Posada

medium: Relief engraving on typemetal on paper

country: Mexico

subjects:
Relief etching
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: Execution by Firing Squad


title: The Death of General Gonzales


title: The Automobile

medium: Relief etching on zinc on paper

credit_line: Anonymous gift


title: Bullfighters


title: The Band


title: The Butcher

medium: Wood engraving on paper


title: The Burial


title: The "Typical"


title: The Doctor's Office


title: Devils in the Graveyard

medium: Relief print on paper


title: The Dandies


title: I Saw You Again


title: Gambler


title: Mexican Clown, no 6


title: Illustration for a Story


title: The Police


title: Mexican Clown, no. 5


title: The Impromptu Doctor


title: Portrait

medium: Engraving on typemetal on paper

subjects:
Relief etching
Mexico
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Saint George


title: The Devil Butts With His Head


title: The Streetcleaners


title: To Die Dreaming

date: 1890s, printed in the 20th century

medium: Photo-relief etching on paper


title: The Popular Toastmaster


title: From Torreón to Lerdo


title: The Veterinarian


title: Most Holy Virgin of Solitude

date: published 1903

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on zinc on paper

credit_line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment


title: The Tap Dance

date: published c. 1918


title: Laments of a Helpless Orphan

creator: Manuel Manilla


title: Pretty Girls


title: Dispute of Spouses who are Always Angry

creator: Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada


title: Very Extravagant Verses


title: The Great Halley's Comet

date: 1899, published 1910

medium: Double sided relief engraving on zinc on paper

subjects:
Astronomy
Woodcut
Mexico
Text
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Madame, Your Little Rabbit...

creator: Attributed to Manuel Manilla


title: Horrible Murder!

medium: Photo-relief etching on tan wove paper


title: In Honor of the Lord of Wonders


title: Horrible Murder!

subjects:
Relief etching
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing
Print
Latin american


title: The Streetcleaners

subjects:
Print
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: The Centennial of Mexico's Independence in the Year 1910

medium: Photo relief etching on green wove paper


title: Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers

medium: Photo relief etching on pink wove paper


title: True Verses about Lino Zamora

creator: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913)

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching on pink wove paper


title: The Derailment in Palo Blanco

medium: Zincograph on paper


title: Murder of Don Francisco Aguirre


title: Dispute of Spouses who are Always Angry


title: New Verses from Carlos Coronado


title: Gift from Calaveras


title: Very Terrible Example!

medium: Relief engraving on wove paper


title: Already the Authority...

subjects:
Relief etching
Mexico
Text
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Cupid's Calavera


title: Verses of Valentin Mancera


title: The Calavera of the Peoples' Editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

subjects:
Woodcut
Mexico
Text
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: The Comet


title: The Calavera of Cholera


title: Corrido of Juan Dimio


title: Pachuquenian Calavera

medium: Photo relief etching with relief etching (smaller images) on red wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Corrido of A Brave Oaxacan


title: True Portrait of Our Lord of the Hospital

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Mexico
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Lottery Game

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper


title: The Thundering Calavera of the Modern Bells

medium: Photo relief etching on yellow wove paper


title: Sensitive Death

medium: Lithograph on paper


title: A Humorous Calavera

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on zinc and typemetal on paper


title: The Dragon of Corpus Christi

medium: Photo relief etching on wove paper


title: Calaveras of Artisans

medium: Relief print on paper


title: Prayer Dedicated to the Shadow of Saint Peter

medium: Relief etching on paper


title: Calavera Pachuqueña


title: A Noisy Gathering of Calaveras


title: The Terrible Night


title: Extraordinary Miracle

subjects:
Woodcut
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Saint Camilo de Lelis


title: The New Coyote


title: Game of the Goose

medium: Relief engraving on zinc on paper


title: The Charlatan Smugglers Dice Game


title: I Am Don Juan Tenorio


title: The Tourist Calavera


title: Cupid's Calavera

medium: Relief engraving on typemetal on paper


title: Little Rosen, the Lions, and the Toad. A Tale


title: The Jealous Wife


title: The Mexican Party


title: Madero Folk Songs: Even the Ground Trembled


title: Patriotic Speeches


title: Oaxacan Songs


title: The Rumba

medium: Relief etching in red and black on paper


title: Fatal Tango!

medium: Relief etching on zinc on paper


title: Interesting News


title: Terrible Crime Never Before Seen! Woman worse than the wild beasts!! A little girl with clothing sewn to her body

medium: Photo relief etching on tan wove paper

credit_line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment, Joseph Brooks Fair and John H. Wrenn Memorial collections


title: Alejandra


title: The Strikers of Orizaba


title: Crime Never Before Seen!


title: The Continuation, Sirs, of the Forecasts


title: Horrible Murder!


title: The Woman with 100 Husbands


title: Relox Cathedral


title: The Spicy Little Calaveras, green and pink

medium: Photo relief etching on peach wove paper


title: The Snail


title: Dance


title: Crazy Machine!


title: The Sky for a Kiss


title: The Great Flood


title: The Big Dance, The Reservists

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on zinc [recto] and typemetal [verso] on paper


title: The Terrible Attempt Against the King of Spain


title: Corrido of the Lottery


title: New and Diverse Verses


title: The Great Ascension

medium: Double-sided relief etching on zinc and typemetal on paper


title: Corrido of the Cockroach


title: The Farewell of a Man From Pachuca


title: The Chinese Woman: Folk Songs


title: The American Mosquito

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper


title: Horrible and Frightening Event!


title: Horrible News!


title: Incredible Event: Woman Turns to Stone


title: The Soldier's Farewell


title: Strange and Unheard of Event! A Pig with the Face of a Man, Eyes of a Fish, and a Horn on His Forehead!

subjects:
Fish
Woodcut
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: A Neighborhood Dispute

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on zinc on paper


title: Amazing Event: Occured In Saint Michael of Mezquital...


title: A Woman Who Gave Birth to Three Children and Four Animals


title: The Continuation, Sirs, of the Forecasts...

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on typemetal (recto) and zinc (verso) on paper


title: Very Interesting News

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper


title: Lamentable and Frightening Example that Happened in the Town of Barca

medium: Relief engraving on wove paper


title: First and Second Part of the Verses...

medium: Lithograph on paper


title: I Love You So Much


title: The Heavens for a Kiss

medium: Zinc engraving in black on paper (double-sided)


title: Horrible Crime Committed by Juan Riesca

medium: Photo relief etching on on tan wove paper


title: Maria the Traitor


title: The Bicycle


title: Merry Verse about the Mexican Revolution


title: The Fear of Guanajuato!


title: Triumphant Cuba


title: The Independence Bell


title: Great Triumphal March

medium: Photo relief etching with engraving on wove paper


title: Crime Never Before Seen! (Tomás Sanchez)


title: Jarocho Corridor

medium: Relief etching on paper


title: Moral Lesson and Most Certain Event


title: To Hear the Sad Cries of the baby Duck with Teresa


title: The Bells of the New Courtyard Clock

medium: Relief engraving on zinc on paper


title: Shocking and Terrible Occurrence

medium: Relief etching on wove paper


title: Calavera Tapatia

creator: Attributed to Manuel Manilla (Mexican, 1830-c. 1900)

medium: Double-sided relief print on paper


title: Calavera of Pouring Forth

medium: Double-sided relief engravings on zinc and typemetal on paper


title: Calavera Tapatia

creator: Manuel Manilla (Mexican, 1830-c.1900)


title: The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato

medium: Relief engraving on typemetal on paper


title: Flood of Calaveras!

medium: Photo relief etching on yellow wove paper, discolored


title: I Am Don Juan Tenorio


title: Mountain Man

subjects:
Engraving
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: The Calm Evening

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on typemetal on paper


title: My Old Mother-in-Law is Always Ready to Scold without Any Reason

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching on violet wove paper


title: Electric Light Arrives

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching on green wove paper


title: The Infernal Calavera


title: Here is the Calavera, Gentlemen, of all the Little Do-Gooders


title: All the Little Boys Ask for Their Tarasca

medium: Double-sided relief engraving on paper


title: Great Comet and Fiery Blaze

medium: Relief engraving (left) and photo-relief etching, with engraving on green wove paper

subjects:
Astronomy
Woodcut
Mexico
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: March Dedicated to General C. Porfirio Diaz

medium: Relief engraving or photo relief etching (left) and photo relief etching (right) on green wove paper


title: The Disappointment Suffered by Don Chepito


title: The Great Calavera

medium: Relief print on paper


title: Game of the Coyote

creator: Follower of José Guadalupe Posada


title: Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista

date: printed 1944

medium: Relief etching from a zinc plate on grayish-ivory China paper

subjects:
Etching
Mexico
Chicago
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Walter S. Brewster to the Print and Drawing Club


subjects:
Relief etching
Mexico
Chicago
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club


medium: Relief etching from a zinc plate on ivory Japanese paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Mexico
Chicago
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing
Latin american


title: Biscuit or Sugar Paste Mold

creator: Russia

date: Early to mid 18th century

medium: Wood

country: Russia

subjects:
Wood
Russia
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Biscuit Mold: Adam and Eve Expelled from the Gates of Eden

creator: Germany or Netherlands

date: Possibly 17th century

subjects:
Wood
Germany
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts
Decorative arts


title: Wall Panel: Toilette of Venus

creator: France

medium: Block-printed paper

country: France

subjects:
Wallpaper
France
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of David Adler, Jr.


title: Bowl Fragment with Arabic Inscription

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
Inscription
Writing
Ceramic
Sgraffito (technique)
Mamluk
Fostat
Bowl
Earthenware
Glazed earthenware
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson collection


title: Vessel Fragment with Polo Stick Emblem

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Ships & the sea
Polo
Green (color)
Yellow (color)
Ceramic
Mamluk
Fostat
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed earthenware
Slip
Islamic (culture or style)

credit_line: Logan-Patten-Ryerson Collection


title: Vessel Fragment with Bird Decoration

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

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Birds
Ships & the sea
Blue (color)
Inscription
Ceramic
Mamluk
Earthenware
Fostat
Ancient art
Islamic (culture or style)


title: Vessel Fragment

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Ships & the sea
Floral motif
Ceramic
Sgraffito (technique)
Mamluk
Fostat
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed earthenware
Slip
Islamic (culture or style)


title: Bowl Fragment with Rosette Emblem

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Ships & the sea
Floral motif
Green (color)
Inscription
Sgraffito (technique)
Mamluk
Ceramic
Fostat
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed earthenware
Slip
Islamic (culture or style)


title: Vessel Fragment with Fleur-de-lis Emblems

subjects:
Vessel
Old cairo
Ships & the sea
Fleur de lis
Sgraffito (technique)
Mamluk
Ceramic
Fostat
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed earthenware
Slip
Islamic (culture or style)


title: Harlequin Table

creator: China, for Export Market

medium: Rosewood or padouk; brass mounts

country: China

subjects:
Table
China
Furniture
Rosewood
Padouk
Brass (alloy)
European decorative arts

credit_line: William T. Baker Fund


title: Wall Fountain and Basin

creator: Sceaux Faience Manufactory (1748–1810)

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware and polychrome enamels

country: Sceaux

subjects:
Earthenware
Sceaux
Rococo
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Enamel
Coating (material)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Kay and Frederick Krehbiel, Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Michael A. Bradshaw and Kenneth S. Harris, Annette M. Chapin, Richard T. Crane, Jr., Memorial, and European Decorative Arts endowment funds; through prior acquisition of Mrs. Harold T. Martin