medium: iron

country: Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868)

subjects:
Arms and armor
Japan, possibly edo period (1615-1868)
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Puppy Playing with Shell on Cord, c. 1615–1868. Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868). Iron; diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1919.248


title: Stirrup (1 of 2)

medium: brass

country: England (?), 17th century

subjects:
Arms and armor
England , 17th century

source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

source_id: cleveland

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Stirrup (1 of 2), 1600s. England (?), 17th century. Brass; overall: 17.2 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1919.49.1


title: Cabasset

medium: steel, black paint, brass rosette rivets

country: Italy

subjects:
Arms and armor
Italy

credit_line: Cabasset, c. 1570. Italy. Steel, black paint, brass rosette rivets; overall: 18.4 x 25.7 x 21.6 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1919.56


title: Brocade on Tabby

date: mid 1700s

medium: brocade on tabby; silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile

credit_line: Brocade on Tabby, mid 1700s. France, mid-18th century, Period of Louis XV (1723-1774). Brocade on tabby; silk; overall: 43.5 x 49.5 cm (17 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Max Littwitz, 1919.836


title: Landscape: Sunset, after Corot

creator: Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)

medium: etching

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century
Landscapes

credit_line: Landscape: Sunset, after Corot, c. 1858. Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914), after Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875), August Delâtre (French, 1822–1907). Etching; image: 30.1 x 23.8 cm (11 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.659


title: The Grape Harvest

medium: etching and drypoint

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Published  L'Album of la Société des Aquafortistes in May, 1865.: The Grape Harvest, 1865. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878), Alfred Cadart (French, 1825–1875). Etching and drypoint; sheet: 27.5 x 44.1 cm (10 13/16 x 17 3/8 in.); platemark: 23.7 x 36.6 cm (9 5/16 x 14 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.665


title: The Shower

credit_line: The Shower, c. 1851. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Etching; sheet: 27.5 x 38.3 cm (10 13/16 x 15 1/16 in.); platemark: 19.6 x 26.1 cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.667


title: The Entombment

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: engraving

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: The Entombment, 1512. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1921.1173


title: The Resurrection

credit_line: The Resurrection, 1512. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1921.1175


subjects: Architecture Print Germany

credit_line: Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple, 1512. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1921.1176


title: They are Hot, Plate 13

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

medium: etching and aquatint

country: Spain

subjects: Print Spain

credit_line: Los Caprichos: They are Hot, Plate 13, 1799 (printed c. 1855). Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Etching and aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1922.608


title: The Passion: The Last Supper

country: Netherlands, 16th century

subjects:
Print
Netherlands, 16th century

credit_line: The Passion: The Last Supper, 1521. Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1923.55


title: Harmonious Times

creator: Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935)

medium: color lithograph

country: France, late 19th Century

subjects:
Print
France, late 19th century

credit_line: Harmonious Times, 1895–1896. Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935). Color lithograph; sheet: 50 x 37.6 cm (19 11/16 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.1053


medium: woodcut

credit_line: The Great Passion:  Title Page - Christ,  Man of Sorrows, c. 1497–1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King, 1926.111


credit_line: The Large Passion:  The Betrayal of Christ, 1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King, 1926.114


title: The Great Passion:  The Deposition

credit_line: The Great Passion:  The Deposition, c. 1497–1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King, 1926.119


title: Crusader's Vigil

medium: drypoint

country: America

subjects: Print America

credit_line: Crusader's Vigil, c. 1926. Rudolph Stanley-Brown (American, 1889–1944). Drypoint; image: 35.2 x 17.7 cm (13 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1926.173


title: The Great Jewish Bride

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

medium: etching with drypoint and engraving

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: The Great Jewish Bride, 1634. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching with drypoint and engraving; sheet: 23.1 x 18 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.); platemark: 22.1 x 17 cm (8 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Ralph King, 1926.477


title: The Proverbs:  A Way of Flying

credit_line: The Proverbs:  A Way of Flying, 1864. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Etching and aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grover Higgins, 1928.102.13


title: From Our Balcony

creator: Glenn Moore Shaw (American, 1891–1981)

medium: watercolor

country: America, Ohio, Cleveland

subjects:
Drawing
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: From Our Balcony, 1928. Glenn Moore Shaw (American, 1891–1981). Watercolor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1928.216


title: Cliffs, November

subjects: Drawing America

credit_line: Cliffs, November, 1926–27. Charles Sydney Hopkinson (American, 1869–1962). Watercolor; sheet: 38.7 x 54.6 cm (15 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1928.221


title: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

creator: Alpo S. Tuura (American, 1902–1928)

subjects:
Print
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, 1928. Alpo S. Tuura (American, 1902–1928). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1928.97


title: Dance of Death:  Adam Tilling the Ground

credit_line: Dance of Death:  Adam Tilling the Ground, c. 1526. Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.145


title: The Pool

creator: Whitney Atchley (American, 1908–1955)

medium: linoleum cut

credit_line: The Pool, 1930. Whitney Atchley (American, 1908–1955). Linoleum cut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1930.171


credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man:  Christ Bearing the Cross, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330.27


title: Near Étoile, Provence

creator: Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953)

medium: watercolor over graphite

country: England, 20th century

subjects:
Drawing
England, 20th century

credit_line: Near Étoile, Provence, c. 1896–1953. Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953). Watercolor over graphite; image: 13.2 x 23.8 cm (5 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.); sheet: 15.6 x 23.8 cm (6 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1938.59


title: Cupid

medium: aquatint

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Cupid, 1777. Jean François Janinet (French, 1752–1814). Aquatint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.168


title: The Optical Viewer

medium: etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor

credit_line: The Optical Viewer, c. 1794. Frédéric Cazenave (French, active 1793–1843), after Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845). Etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor; overall: 65 x 47.2 cm (25 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.171


title: Tobacco Pipe

medium: silver

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Tobacco Pipe, 1700s–mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Silver; overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Laurence H. Norton, Robert C. Norton, and Miriam Norton White in memory of Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Norton, 1939.303


title: Girl Candling Eggs

medium: lithograph

country: Germany, 19th century

subjects:
Print
Germany, 19th century

credit_line: Girl Candling Eggs, 1840. Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl (German, 1804–1877). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1940.1122


title: Amulet of Bes

date: 30 BCE–395 CE

medium: polychrome faience

credit_line: Amulet of Bes, 30 BCE–395 CE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE). Polychrome faience; average: 3.7 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm (1 7/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.650


title: Amulet of Bes

credit_line: Amulet of Bes, 30 BCE–395 CE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE). Polychrome faience; average: 3.7 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm (1 7/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.654


title: The Almonry

subjects:
Print
England, 20th century

credit_line: The Almonry, 1925. Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (British, 1876–1938). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.855


creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

medium: color woodblock print

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

credit_line: Picture of the Tenryu River near Mitsuke (Station 29), from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1833. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22.3 x 34.6 cm (8 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.985


title: John Singer Sargent

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

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

credit_line: John Singer Sargent, c. 1897. William Rothenstein (British, 1872–1945). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.521


title: Haymakers of Eragny

creator: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

medium: Zinc lithograph

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Haymakers of Eragny, c. 1896. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903). Zinc lithograph; image: 22 x 16.8 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.); sheet: 36.2 x 27.9 cm (14 1/4 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1942.1050


title: Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor

creator: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

medium: wood engraving

subjects:
Print
America
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, 1873. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1312


title: Chair, Sgabello type

date: late 1500s

medium: walnut

country: Italy, late 16th century

subjects:
Furniture and woodwork
Italy, late 16th century

credit_line: Chair, Sgabello type, late 1500s. Italy, late 16th century. Walnut; overall: 100.3 x 33.7 x 44.2 cm (39 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.610.2


title: Apostle Spoon: Saint James

country: England, London

subjects:
Silver
England, london

credit_line: Apostle Spoon: Saint James, 1634–35. England, London. Silver; overall: 18.8 cm (7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.807


medium: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

subjects: Iraq, baghdad, ilkhanid period (1256-1353)

credit_line: Episodes from the Reigns of Khusrau Parviz and Nushirwan from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), c. 1299. Iraq, Baghdad, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; image: 5 x 13.2 cm (1 15/16 x 5 3/16 in.); overall: 25 x 18.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.480


medium: opaque watercolor and ink on paper

credit_line: Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion, Illustration and Text, Persian Verses  (recto); Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India, Text Page, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1400–1410. Iran, possibly Tabriz or Shiraz, Timurid Period, early 15th century. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; image: 18.7 x 12.3 cm (7 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.); overall: 23.2 x 15.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.); text area: 18.2 x 12 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.486


title: Philippe Le Roy

creator: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)

medium: etching

country: Flanders

subjects: Print Flander

credit_line: Philippe Le Roy, 1630–33. Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1944.77


title: The Country Neighbors

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

medium: etching, drypoint and aquatint

credit_line: The Country Neighbors, 1879–1880. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching, drypoint and aquatint; sheet: 15.2 x 19.8 cm (6 x 7 13/16 in.); platemark: 13.5 x 18 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1947.455


title: Bowl

medium: jade

credit_line: Bowl, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Jade; diameter: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner, 1947.537.2


title: Vessel with Condor and Human Head

medium: pottery

country: Peru, Tiwanaku style

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru, tiwanaku style
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Vessel with Condor and Human Head, 400–1000. Peru, Tiwanaku style. Pottery; overall: 10.4 x 5.5 x 10.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1949.558


title: St. John on the Island of Patmos

medium: woodcut

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: St. John on the Island of Patmos. Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480/85–after 1526). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.240


title: The Sibyls:  The Delphian Sibyl

medium: engraving

country: Italy, Florence

subjects:
Print
Italy, florence

credit_line: The Sibyls:  The Delphian Sibyl, 1400s. Attributed to Francesco Rosselli (Italian, 1448-about 1513). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry D. Kendrick, 1950.499


title: Autumn

creator: Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886)

medium: oil on wood panel

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Autumn, c. 1867–1869. Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886). Oil on wood panel; unframed: 39.9 x 60.3 cm (15 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William G. Mather, 1951.328


title: Catherine Bunbury

creator: James Watson (British, 1740–1790)

medium: mezzotint

country: England, 18th century

subjects:
Print
England, 18th century

credit_line: Catherine Bunbury, 1778. James Watson (British, 1740–1790), after Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792). Mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward B. Greene, 1951.409


creator: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

medium: zincograph

credit_line: Volpini Suite: Old Women of Arles (Les Vieilles Filles [Arles]), 1889. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Zincograph; sheet: 50 x 65 cm (19 11/16 x 25 9/16 in.); image: 19.2 x 20.9 cm (7 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1954.55.11


creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

medium: black crayon

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Battle Scene with Armored Figures on Horseback (recto) Two Seated Women (verso), 1856–60. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Black crayon; sheet: 17 x 21.3 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Elma M. Schniewind in memory of her brother, Dr. Frank J. Geib, 1955.139


title: Frog Ornament

medium: shell, stone, gold

country: Peru, Moche

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jewelry
Peru, moche
Reptiles & amphibians
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Frog Ornament, 50–800 CE. Peru, Moche. Shell, stone, gold; overall: 3.6 x 10.7 x 10.6 cm (1 7/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1955.178


title: Flower Vase (Bouquetier)

creator: Aprey Pottery Factory (French)

medium: faience

subjects: Ceramic France Flowers

credit_line: Flower Vase (Bouquetier), c. 1775. Aprey Pottery Factory (French). Faience; overall: 12.7 x 13.4 cm (5 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1961.6


title: Plate

medium: porcelain

country: France, Vincennes

subjects:
Ceramic
France, vincenne

credit_line: Plate, c. 1748–51. Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56). Porcelain; diameter: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1961.7.2


title: Vase

creator: René Lalique (French, 1860–1945)

medium: glass

country: France, 20th century

subjects:
Glass
France, 20th century

credit_line: Vase, c. 1930. Firm of René Lalique (French, 1860–1945). Glass; overall: 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Arthur L. Brockway, 1963.247


title: Incense Burner with Floral Scroll

date: early to mid-1800s

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

credit_line: Incense Burner with Floral Scroll, early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration (Hizen ware, Nabeshima style); diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); with cover: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); without cover: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.270.a


title: Incense Burner with Floral Scroll (lid)

medium: bronze

credit_line: Incense Burner with Floral Scroll (lid), early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Bronze; diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); with cover: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); without cover: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.270.b


title: Coffee Pot

medium: glazed stoneware with silver colored metal mounts

country: Belgium, Namur(?), 18th century

subjects:
Ceramic
Belgium, namur , 18th century

credit_line: Coffee Pot, c. 1780. Belgium, Namur(?), 18th century. Glazed stoneware with silver colored metal mounts; overall: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.535


title: Pick

medium: silver

country: Germany

subjects: Silver Germany

credit_line: Pick, 1500s. Germany. Silver; overall: 12.1 x 1 cm (4 3/4 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., 1970.113


title: River Gods

creator: Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673)

medium: etching

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: River Gods, c. 1660s. Copy after Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Prescott for the fiftieth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1970.172


title: Jade Bird Pendant

date: c. 1000–mid 900s BCE

medium: nephrite

subjects: China, western zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 bce)

credit_line: Jade Bird Pendant, c. 1000–mid 900s BCE. China, Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE). Nephrite; overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom, 1972.38


title: Crow on a Pomegranate

medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper

country: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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

credit_line: Crow on a Pomegranate, 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; overall: 30 x 28 cm (11 13/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1974.30


title: Screel Hill and Urr Water from Kypford

creator: Frank Short (British, 1857–1945)

medium: etching and mezzotint

country: England, 20th century

subjects:
Print
England, 20th century

credit_line: Screel Hill and Urr Water from Kypford. Frank Short (British, 1857–1945). Etching and mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals, 1975.142


title: Female Figure

medium: soapstone

credit_line: Female Figure, 1500s. Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro-style maker. Soapstone; overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.153


title: Nude Figure in a Niche

creator: Théodore Rivière (French, 1857–1912)

medium: white marble

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

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

credit_line: Nude Figure in a Niche, c. 1870 – 1912. Théodore Rivière (French, 1857–1912). White marble; overall: 25.4 x 16.2 x 8.9 cm (10 x 6 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1978.119


creator: Konoe Nobutada (Japanese, 1565–1614)

date: late 1500s-early 1600s

medium: ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

country: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

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

credit_line: Portion of a Poetry Anthology: Cicada, from "Shinsen Roeishu", late 1500s-early 1600s. Konoe Nobutada (Japanese, 1565–1614). Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper; overall: 20.7 x 17.9 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Shigemi Komatsu, 1978.87


title: By the Window

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

medium: platinum print with crayon

country: America

subjects: Photograph America

credit_line: By the Window, 1896. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Platinum print with crayon; image: 18.3 x 13.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.132


title: Julia Hall McCune

medium: platinum print with pencil

credit_line: Julia Hall McCune, 1903. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Platinum print with pencil; image: 23 x 18.7 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.150


title: Box with Reclining Huntress

creator: Mennecy Factory (French)

medium: soft-paste porcelain mounted in silver

country: France, Mennecy, 18th century

subjects:
Ceramic
France, mennecy, 18th century

credit_line: Box with Reclining Huntress, c. 1753. Mennecy Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain mounted in silver; overall: 7.1 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm (2 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1983.57


title: Unknown Woman

medium: salted paper print from calotype negative

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
England, 19th century

credit_line: Unknown Woman, c. 1844. David Octavius Hill (British, 1802–1870), and Robert Adamson (British, 1821–1848). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 20.3 x 14.5 cm (8 x 5 11/16 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1984.167


title: Chioggia, Under the Marina

creator: Carlo Naya (Italian, 1816–1882)

medium: albumen print

country: Italy, 19th century

subjects:
Photograph
Italy, 19th century

credit_line: Chioggia, Under the Marina, c. 1870. Carlo Naya (Italian, 1816–1882). Albumen print; image: 18.3 x 23.9 cm (7 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.); matted: 30.6 x 35.6 cm (12 1/16 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry H. Hawley, 1986.169


medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

credit_line: Geographical & Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Expedition of 1873, led by Lt. George M. Wheeler: Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock, N.M., No. 3, 1873. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, 1840–1882). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 20.5 x 27.6 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann, 1987.178


title: At Raglan Castle

creator: F.D. (British)

credit_line: At Raglan Castle, c. 1858. F.D. (British). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 26.6 x 30 cm (10 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1988.240


medium: Bound Volume

subjects: Germany Landscapes

credit_line: Album with Views of Rome and Surroundings, Landscape Studies, c. 1830s-70s. Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp (German, 1794–1876). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1989.13


title: Bird Study: Bohemian Waxwing

creator: George Edwards (British, 1694–1773)

medium: watercolor with gouache

subjects:
Drawing
England, 18th century
Birds

credit_line: Bird Study: Bohemian Waxwing, c. 1714–73. George Edwards (British, 1694–1773). Watercolor with gouache; sheet: 28.3 x 20.6 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.230


title: Tripod Bowl with Painted Underside

medium: pottery with burnished, colored slips

subjects: Mexico, oaxaca, mixtec, 13th-16th century

credit_line: Tripod Bowl with Painted Underside, 1200–1519. Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec, 13th-16th century. Pottery with burnished, colored slips; diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); overall: 8.5 x 17.5 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.214


title: Patolu

date: 19th century

medium: tabby weave, double ikat; silk and cotton

country: India, Gujarat, 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India, gujarat, 19th century

credit_line: Patolu, 19th century. India, Gujarat, 19th century. Tabby weave, double ikat; silk and cotton; overall: 475 x 120 cm (187 x 47 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Art Alliance, 1990.92


medium: cloisonné enamel

subjects: Enamel Flowers

credit_line: Pair of Snuff Bottles with Floral Scrolls (鼻煙壺), 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Cloisonné enamel; overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1991.128


title: God the Father with Angels and Cherubs

date: 1758 or after

medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; traces of framing lines in silver paint

country: Italy, 18th century

subjects:
Drawing
Italy, 18th century

credit_line: God the Father with Angels and Cherubs, 1758 or after. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; traces of framing lines in silver paint ; sheet: 28.1 x 19.8 cm (11 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.); secondary support: 34.4 x 25.2 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1991.324


medium: lithograph

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Picturesque and Romantic Journeys in Old France: Ruins of the Palace of the White Queen, 1824. Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781–1850). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Louise S. Richards, 1992.29


title: Goodyear Zeppelin Air Dock

creator: John Csosz (American, 1879–1969)

medium: etching

subjects: Print America

credit_line: Goodyear Zeppelin Air Dock, 1930. John Csosz (American, 1879–1969). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth E. Adomeit, 1994.327


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

medium: photogravure

subjects: Portfolio America

credit_line: The North American Indian: being a series of Portfolios picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska: Portfolio III, Plate 95: In the Land of the Sioux, 1905. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952), The University Press. Photogravure. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by Mrs. James H. Hoyt, Elton Hoyt, II, and Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather in memory of James H. Hoyt, 1995.203.23.20


title: Bridge Street, Chester

creator: Augustus Kelham (British, 1819–1897)

credit_line: Bridge Street, Chester, 1865. Augustus Kelham (British, 1819–1897). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 16.7 x 21.7 cm (6 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.246


medium: albumen print from wax paper negative

subjects:
Photograph
France, 19th century

credit_line: Rural Scene with Stone Building and Cross, c. 1857. Charles-Fortunat-Paul-Casimir Perier (French, 1812–1897). Albumen print from wax paper negative; image: 19.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.247


title: Magpies and Wild Rabbits

creator: Li Yong (Chinese, active 1200s)

medium: album leaf, ink and light color on silk

country: China, Song dynasty (960-1279)

subjects:
Painting
China, song dynasty (960-1279)

credit_line: Magpies and Wild Rabbits, 1200s. Li Yong (Chinese, active 1200s). Album leaf, ink and light color on silk; painting only: 25 x 24.5 cm (9 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1997.87


title: Dutch Riverscape

credit_line: Dutch Riverscape, c. 1860–89. Ludovic Napoléon, Vicomte Lepic (French, 1839–1889). Etching; sheet: 30.4 x 45.3 cm (11 15/16 x 17 13/16 in.); platemark: 23.6 x 31.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2004.228


title: Parakeets (Perruches) Bowl

medium: glass

subjects:
Glass
France, 20th century

credit_line: Parakeets (Perruches) Bowl, 1931. René Lalique (French, 1860–1945). Glass; overall: 10.5 x 25 cm (4 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 2009.457


title: Albert Wolff in His Study

medium: oil on panel

subjects:
Painting
France, 19th century

credit_line: Albert Wolff in His Study, 1881. Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848–1884). Oil on panel; unframed: 32 x 27 cm (12 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2010.22


title: Hunting Plug Bayonet with Eating Utensils

creator: German, Saxony

medium: Horn, silver, gold, and sharkskin (sheath)

subjects:
Combination weapon
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

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

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Pair of Tassets

creator: European

date: 17th century

medium: Steel and leather

country: Europe

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Shaffron

creator: Northern Italian, Milan

country: Milan

subjects:
Horse equipment
Milan
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate with Associated Fauld

creator: Northern German

country: Northern Germany

subjects:
Suit-element
Northern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Breastplate with Associated Fauld

creator: Italian (?), possibly German

medium: Steel

subjects:
Suit-element
Italy
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Cup-Hilted Rapier

creator: Italian

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Italy
Steel
Iron alloy
Metal
Inorganic material
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Höchst Factory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

country: Höchst

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Höchst
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Isadore Jacobson in memory of her husband, Isadore Jacobson


title: Parrying Dagger

medium: Steel, wood, and silver

country: Italy

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Pair of Cowters

creator: Northern German (probably)

medium: has been associated with armor 2150 - 1982.2398a-g; arm defenses separated - do not belong


title: Cavalry Sword with Calendar Blade

creator: German

date: mid–17th century

medium: Steel, wood, and brass

country: Germany

subjects:
Edged weapon-sword
Germany
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
Brass (alloy)
Copper alloy
Nonferrous metal
Metal
Inorganic material
Steel
Iron alloy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Chess Piece: Knight

medium: Hard-paste porcelain

subjects:
Porcelain
Höchst
Hard-paste porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Strause.


title: The Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror

creator: Charles Louis-Lucien Muller (French, 1815–1892)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: France

subjects:
Painting
France
Terror
Men
Women
Children
Chair
Soldier
Book
Woman with children
Babie
Dresse
French
Prisoner
Prison
Roll call
Suit
Textile
Oil paint (paint)
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Oil painting (visual works)
European painting
Oil on canva
War
Canva
Oil painting


title: The Welcome Cupid

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration

subjects:
Sculpture
Höchst
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Bought from Art Exchange, A. Neuberger and A. Beckhardt, NY. Gift of Antiquarian Society


title: Flintlock Gun

creator: Sardinian

medium: Iron, wood, and steel

country: Sardinia

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Sardinia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Parrying Dagger

creator: Spanish

medium: Steel, wood, copper, and iron

country: Spain

subjects:
Edged weapon-dagger
Spain
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Teapot

creator: Weesp Porcelain Factory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

country: Weesp

subjects:
Teapot
Weesp
Hard-paste porcelain
Teaware
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Alfred D. Pell


title: Shaffron

creator: Southern German, Nuremberg

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Horse equipment
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Tall-Case Clock

creator: Movement by George Stevens

medium: Japanned pine

country: Hindon

subjects:
Clock
Hindon
Furniture
European decorative arts

credit_line: Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial Fund


title: Miquelet Fowling Gun

creator: Central Italian; Naples

medium: Steel, iron, silver, burl walnut, and maple

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Italy
Arms and armor
Arms

credit_line: George F. Harding Fund


title: Flintlock Fowling Gun with Miquelet Lock

creator: Augustin Hortiz

medium: Steel, iron, brass, gold, silver, walnut, velvet, and horn

country: Madrid

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Madrid
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Incendiary Quoit (Throwing Ring)

creator: Austrian

date: 17th Century

medium: Pitch-covered material, match cord

country: Austria

subjects:
Arms and armor, miscellaneous
Austria
Arms and armor
Arms


title: Wheellock Rifle

medium: Steel, fruitwood, and staghorn

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Austria
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Rifle

medium: Steel, gilded brass, iron, wood, and horn

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Bill (Ronca)

date: 16th century

medium: Steel, wood, silk, and brass

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor
Silk (fiber)


title: Bill (Ronca)

medium: Steel, wood (oak), brass, and damask

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Italy
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Friuli Spear

medium: Steel and wood (oak)


title: Military Trident


title: Incendiary Coil ("Crown of Fire")

creator: European, Austrian

date: 16th/18th century


title: Cartridge Box

creator: German, Saxony

medium: Wood, buckram, leather, and iron

country: Saxony

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Saxony
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Bullet Mold for a Light Artillery Piece

creator: Austrian, Tyrol

date: 18th century

medium: Brass, iron

country: Tyrol

subjects:
Firearm-accessory
Tyrol
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock "Hand Mortar" Gun

medium: Steel, brass, iron, and walnut


title: Flintlock Blunderbuss with a Folding Butt

creator: Nicola Duna, Locksmith

medium: Walnut, ash, horn, iron, and steel

country: Brescia

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Brescia
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Flintlock Blunderbuss with Spring-Bayonet

creator: English

medium: Brass, steel, walnut, and oak

country: England

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
England
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Miniature Model of a Wall Gun

medium: Brass, wood, ivory, and ebony

subjects:
Firearm-cannon
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Rifle

creator: Rudolf Danner

medium: Steel, brass, fruitwood, and staghorn

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Model of a Bronze Field Cannon

creator: Central European

medium: Bronze, wood, and iron

country: Central Europe

subjects:
Firearm-cannon
Central europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Miquelet Carbine

creator: Spanish; Ripoll

medium: Steel, iron, walnut

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Spain
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Gun of Tschinke Form

creator: Polish, Silesia, Teschen

medium: Ebony, horn, and ivory

country: Teschen

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Teschen
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Two-Shot, Superimposed-Charge, Double Wheel-Lock Rifle and Spring Gun

creator: Southern German

medium: Steel, iron, copper, wood, and ivory

country: Southern Germany

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Southern germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Hunting Rifle

medium: Steel, gilded brass, iron, wood, horn, and mother-of-pearl


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Germany

date: Late 18th century

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and gilding

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Germany
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Double-Barreled Flintlock Fowling Piece

creator: Joseph Manton

medium: Steel, iron, walnut, and platinum


title: Matchlock Musket

creator: German

medium: Walnut and steel


title: Matchlock Musket

medium: Wood (walnut) and steel


title: Wheellock Rifle

creator: Hans Heller (Possibly), Locksmitih

medium: Walnut, iron, brass, and steel


title: Wheellock Gun

creator: Franco-German; Possibly Alsace

date: c. 1610, with later 19th century embellishment

medium: Steel, fruitwood, gilding, horn, and ivory


title: Wheellock Sporting Rifle

creator: Barrel: Johan Bichler

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

country: Augsburg

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Augsburg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Percussion Fowling Piece

creator: Attributed to Berthon-Perrin

medium: Walnut, steel, silver, and baleen

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
France
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock-Matchlock Gun

creator: German; Thuringia (Possibly Suhl)

medium: Steel, walnut, and horn

country: Suhl

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Suhl
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wall Gun (Barrel)

creator: German or Austrian

medium: Iron and wood

country: Germany


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Frankenthal Porcelain Factory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

country: Frankenthal

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Frankenthal
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Ceramic
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frank L. Sulzberger and her children, Lester E. Frankenthal III, Charles P.A. Frankenthal, and Katharine F. McMillen through the Antiquarian Society


title: Baltic Snaplock Rifle

creator: Polish and Swedish

medium: Steel, brass, iron, wood, horn, and mother-of-pearl

country: Poland

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Poland
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke)

medium: Steel, brass, walnut, horn, and mother-of-pearl


title: Wheellock Rifle

medium: Steel, iron, walnut, horn, and mother-of-pearl

subjects:
Firearm-long gun
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Salt Cellar

creator: Johann Fredrich Lück

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

subjects:
Tableware
Frankenthal
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
European decorative arts


title: Cuisse and Poleyn for Right Leg

medium: Steel

subjects:
Suit-element
Southern germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Covered Dish with Attached Stand

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Frankenthal
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Tableware
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Bustin


title: Cuisse and Poleyn for the Left Leg

creator: European

country: Europe

subjects:
Suit-element
Europe
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Cream Pot with Lid

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel and gilding


title: Shishak

creator: Possibly Caucasus or Turkey

country: Caucasus Mountains

subjects:
Helmet
Caucasus mountain
Arts of the islamic world
Raising (metal forming process)
Steel
Iron
Metal
Caucasian
Turkish
Armor
Arms and armor
Engraving (incising)
Metalworking


title: Chair (one of a pair)

creator: Canton (now Guangzhou), China

medium: Padauk and modern textile

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Furniture
China
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts
Chair
Textile

credit_line: Kay and Frederick Krehbiel Endowment Fund


title: Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Finger Ring

creator: Egyptian

date: late Dynasty 18, about 1390–1295 BCE

medium: Faience

country: Egypt

subjects:
Ring (jewelry)
Egypt
Eye of horus
Eyes
Hieroglyph
Faience (composite material)
New kingdom
Ceramic
Jewelry
Ancient art
Egyptian
Costume
Faïence (composite material)
Ancient
Eighteenth dynasty

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


title: Armchair

creator: Gustav Friedrich Hetsch (Danish, 1788-1864)

medium: Mahogany and beech

country: Copenhagen

subjects:
Chair
Copenhagen
Europe
Furniture
Mahogany
Gothic revival
European decorative arts
Beech

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Diane Rex Kelly


title: Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
Frankenthal
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Eugene D. Buchanan


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Ludwigsburg Porcelain Factory

country: Ludwigsburg

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Ludwigsburg
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic


title: Fire Screen

creator: Designed by William Arthur Smith Benson (English, 1854-1924)

medium: Copper and brass

subjects:
Fireplace equipment
England
Copper
Arts and craft movement
European decorative arts
Metalwork

credit_line: Through prior acquisition of Margaret Day Blake


title: Armchair

creator: Michael Thonet

date: Designed 1848/50; Made c. 1860

medium: Bentwood, caning

country: Austria

subjects:
Seating
Austria
Furniture
European decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Samuel G. Rautbord


title: Box

creator: Erhard & Söhne

medium: Rosewood; brass inlay and mounts

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Germany
Rosewood
Art nouveau
Brass (alloy)
Wood (plant material)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Fell


title: Armchair

creator: England

medium: Gessoed and gilt beechwood, modern upholstery

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
Rococo
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Reuben Trane


title: Urn

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, monochrome black, and gilding

subjects:
Porcelain
Frankenthal
Hard-paste porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge


title: Chair

creator: Attributed to Giles Grendey (born England, 1693–1780)

medium: Beech, paint, gilding, varnish, and rattan

subjects:
Chair
Furniture
Wood (plant material)
Seating

credit_line: Gift of Neville and John Bryan


title: Slant-Front Desk

creator: Attributed to Heinrich Ludwig Rohde (German, 1683–1755) or Ferdinand Plitzner (German, 1678–1724)

medium: Marquetry with maple, amaranth, mahogany, and walnut on spruce and oak

subjects:
Desk
Germany
Furniture
Maple
Wood (plant material)
Mahogany
Case furniture
Walnut
Spruce
Oak

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Kathryn Gilbertson, Kay and Frederick Krehbiel, Doris and Stanford Marks, Mrs. Eric Oldberg, Harry Root, and Melinda and Paul Sullivan; through prior acquisition of Robert Allerton;  European Decorative Arts Purchase Fund


title: Urn

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, black monochrome, and gilding


title: Shepherd Girl Holding Sheep

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration

subjects:
Sculpture
Frankenthal
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic


title: Harlequin Family Clock

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

country: Meissen

subjects:
Sculpture
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society


title: Settee (one of a pair)

medium: Gilt beechwood and modern upholstery

country: England

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
European decorative arts

credit_line: Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial Fund


title: Powder Flask

creator: German

date: Mid-17th century or 19th century in the 17th century style

medium: Antler, bone, leather, iron, textile, and gold thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Firearm-accessory
Germany
Skeletons & bones
Arms
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: The Keeper of the Flock

creator: Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)

medium: Oil on canvas

country: France

subjects:
Painting
France
Rural life
Woman
Sky
Sheep
Pastoral
Farm
Cloud
Animal
Century of progress
World' fair
Chicago world' fair
Barbizon school
Oil painting
Oil paint (paint)
Nineteenth century
Painting technique
Painting (image making)
Paint
Canva
French
Oil painting (visual works)
Oil on canva
European painting

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection


title: Bowl

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

subjects:
Bowl
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Tableware
Dish (vessel)
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Cup and Saucer

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and polychrome enamels

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Isadore Jacobson in memory of her husband, Isadore Jacobson


title: Plate with Silenus and Putti

creator: Engraving after Hans Baldung

date: 18th century; engraving probably 19th century

medium: Pewter

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Germany
Pewter
Dish (vessel)
Metalwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of the Katherine Legge Memorial


title: Cup and Saucer


title: Plate with Applied Flowers

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Meissen
Flowers
Hard-paste porcelain
Tableware
Dish (vessel)
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts


title: Armchair

creator: Designed by Owen Jones (born England, 1809–1874)

medium: Mahogany, purpleheart, ebony, harewood, holly, brass, and modern upholstery

country: London

subjects:
Seating
London
Design
Furniture
Armchair
Mahogany
Design reform
Marquetry
Wood (plant material)
European decorative arts
Moorish
Orientalizing
Joinery

credit_line: Harry and Maribel G. Blum Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varley, and Joseph V. Vizcarra endowments; European Decorative Arts Purchase funds; through prior acquisitions of Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Margaret Day Blake, Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, Mr. William M. Drake, Jr. and Mrs. A. B. Dick III in memory of their mother, Elizabeth Keays Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Isham, Mrs. Paul B. Magnuson in memory of her mother, Mrs. Leverett Thompson, Mrs. Truman Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Byron Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester D. Tripp


title: Candlestick (one of a pair)

creator: P. J. Joiris

country: Liège

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
Liège
Pewter
Candleholder
Metalwork
European decorative arts

credit_line: The William Owen Goodman and Erna Sawyer Goodman Collection


title: Box with Fortress of Sonnenstein

creator: Johann Heinrich Stobwasser

medium: Paper maché and black lacquer with painted cover

subjects:
Box
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Papier-mâché
Lacquer
Paper
European decorative arts
Metalwork

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Communion Cup

creator: James Dixon & Sons

country: Sheffield

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Sheffield
Ships & the sea
Pewter
Metalwork
European decorative arts


title: Soup Plate

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Porcelain
Tableware
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
European decorative arts

credit_line: The Delia Spencer Field Collection, gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge


title: Side Chair

creator: Giles Grendey (English, 1693–1780)

medium: Walnut and 18th-century replacement upholstery

subjects:
Chair
England
Furniture
Walnut
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mrs. Edgar J. Uihlein Fund


title: Table

creator: Germany, Berlin

medium: Burl maple, fir or pine, gilt bronze, and marble

country: Berlin

subjects:
Table
Berlin
Furniture
Maple
European decorative arts

credit_line: Through prior acquisitions of the Antiquarian Society through Mrs. Ralph Clarkson in memory of Ralph Clarkson, Emily Crane Chadbourne, Mrs. C. Morse Ely through the Antiquarian Society, Anne Rickcords Galt, Mrs. John L. Kellogg, Rudy S. Marx in memory of parents Max and Emmy Marx, Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, Mrs. C. Phillip Miller, Mrs. I. Newton Perry, Thomas B. Walton, M. M. Warsaw, and Mrs. Henry C. Wood


title: Teapot

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded 1710)

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

subjects:
Teapot
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Teaware
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edgar J. Uihlein through the Antiquarian Society


title: Plate

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Tableware
Dish (vessel)
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Marie Streicher in memory of her sister, Mrs. Anna von Hartmann


title: Side Chair

creator: London

medium: Black lacquer and gilded beechwood

subjects:
Chair
London
Furniture
Seating
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Colburn through the Antiquarian Society


title: Settee (one of a pair)

medium: Carved and gilded beechwood, modern upholstery

subjects:
Seating
England
Furniture
European decorative arts


title: Armchair

creator: Designed by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (English, 1851-1942) for Pownall Hall, Cheshire

medium: Satinwood and brass, with original printed cotton upholstery

subjects:
Furniture
England
Upholstering
Satinwood
Aesthetic movement
Brass (alloy)
Cotton (textile)
Modern movement
Design reform

credit_line: John H. and Neville Bryan Fund, prior gift of Mrs. Emma B. Hodge and Mrs. Jane E. Ball in memory of Amelia Blaxius, Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hull


title: Cup and Saucer

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with gilt decoration

country: Germany

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Germany
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Gift in memory of Ernest Hoefer from Mr. and Mrs. Merrill C. Norris


title: Cabinet

medium: Mahogany, toile or papier-mâché, gilded composition, marble

subjects:
Case furniture
England
Furniture
Mahogany
Wood (plant material)
Plant material
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour III


title: Oval Tray

subjects:
Porcelain
Meissen
Hard-paste porcelain
Ceramic
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. C. Phillip Miller


title: Adarga (Shield)

creator: Spanish

medium: Iron

country: Spain

subjects:
Shield
Spain
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Processional Axe

creator: Swiss, possibly Indonesian(?)

date: 19th century (?) in 16th century style

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

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Europe
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Halberd

medium: edged weapon-staff

subjects:
Edged weapon-staff
Germany
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Side Chair

medium: Painted and gilded beechwood, modern upholstery


title: Panel

creator: India

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in back, chain, open chain, four-sided, Holbein, Maltese cross, Roumanian, and raised Roumanian stitches; embellished with pieces of mirror; some selvages present

country: India

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

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles Collection


title: Mortar on Carriage

creator: German, Nuremberg

medium: Bronze, iron, and wood

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Firearm-cannon
Nuremberg
Arms
Arms and armor


title: Jousting Lance

date: 18th century, possibly 16th century

medium: Iron, wood (pine), gesso, and paint


title: Infantry Pike

creator: European

date: 19th century in 17th century style

medium: Wood and steel

country: Europe


title: Two-handled Cup and Saucer

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

medium: Hard-paste porcelain and gilding

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

credit_line: Gift of Alfred Duane Pell


title: Cup and Saucer

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Isadore Jacobson in memory of her husband, Isadore Jacobson


title: Tilting Gauntlet for the Left Hand (Manifer)

medium: Steel

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Spain
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Fragments with Roundel and Stripe Pattern

creator: Italy or Spain

date: 13th-14th century

medium: Linen and silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Fragment of Woven Silk

creator: Possibly France

date: 15th century

medium: Silk, three color complementary weft-float faced twill weave with inner warps

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


title: Darning Sampler

creator: Possibly Maria de Bruÿn (Dutch, active early 19th century)

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered in darning and cross stitches

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Netherland
Repair
Crosse
Rectangle
Text
Cotton (fiber)
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler
Cotton (textile)
Cross-stitching
Needleworking
Plain weaving

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


title: Roundel Fragment Depicting Aphrodite

creator: Egypt

date: 6th-8th century

medium: Linen and wool, tapestry weave; embroidery

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Linen (material)
Tapestry weaving
Coptic (historically identified as)
Weaving
Roman period (egyptian)
Wool (textile)
Embroidering
Arabian

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


title: Fragment of a Funerary Shroud

date: Roman Period (30 BCE–395 CE), 2nd–3rd century

medium: Linen, plain weave; painted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Mummie
Egyptian
Plain weaving
Linen (material)
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Sonnenschein


title: Fragment of Striped Silk

date: 13th-15th century

medium: Linen and silk; plain weave, bands of weft-faced plain weave with paired warps, bands of twill weave; stripes of warp-faced plain weave and supplementary warp and weft float weaves

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Arabian
Weaving
Mamluk
Ayyubid
Fatimid


title: Fragment with Roundel Pattern

creator: Spain

medium: Silk and gilt animal substrate wrapped silk, weft-faced three- and four- color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps and areas of detached plain weave of inner warps and complementary ground wefts (red)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Arts of the islamic world
Weaving
Hispano-moresque
Medieval
European
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith


title: Woven Silk Fragment Supplemented with Drawing

creator: Paul Schulze (German, 1854-1928)

date: Fragment: 14th century; drawing: 19th century

medium: Watercolor with opaque and metallic gold watercolor over pen and crimson and black ink with a swatch of compound twill satin, plain weave, on brown wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Speculative
Pomegranate
Eagle
Nest
Sun
Swan
Tree
Weaving


title: Woman's Overskirt

creator: Bushong, Kuba

date: 19th century

medium: Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects: Kuba (democratic republic of congo style

credit_line: Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn


title: Child's Tunic

medium: Wool and linen; slit tapestry weave; edged with braided binding and plied warp fringe; embellished with woven cord

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Egypt
Coptic (historically identified as)
Weaving
Roman period (egyptian)
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing
Embellished


title: Family Record

creator: Harriot Augusta Raymond (American, 1808-1887)

date: about 1819

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

country: Boston

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Boston
Family
Poetry
Birth
Death
Familie
Flower
Leave
Marriages/wedding
Record of event
Vine
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler
Silk (fiber)
Women artist

credit_line: Gift of Sarah E. Raymond Fitzwilliam


title: Fragment From the Chasuble of San Valero

date: 13th century

medium: Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, weft-faced three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Arts of the islamic world
Weaving
Moorish
Liturgical
Silk (fiber)


title: Headcloth Fragment

creator: Chancay

date: 11th-15th century

medium: Over-twist cotton, gauze weave; embroidered with cotton in simple looping stitch

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Feline
Geometric
Supernatural
Super/natural
Chancay
Weaving
Clothing
Costume
Andean
Latin american

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Fragment with Step-Fret Design

creator: Nasca

date: 9th-12th century

medium: Cotton; plain weave with supplementary brocading warps and wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru
Geometric motif
Cotton (fiber)
Weaving
Nasca
Andean
Ande
Pre-columbian
Cotton (textile)
Plain weaving
Latin american

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Fragment of a Dress Fabric

creator: Persia (present-day Iran)

date: Probably Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 1601–25

medium: Silk and silver-strip-wrapped silk; double cloth

country: Persia

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

credit_line: Oriental Art Sundry Fund


title: Fragment of Ply-Split Interlacement

creator: Possibly Nasca

medium: Wool (camelid), oblique interlacing with plied elements (“ply-split braid”)

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


title: Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valero

medium: Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk; weft-faced four-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps and areas of detached plain interlacing of inner warps with complementary ground wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Arts of the islamic world
Weaving
Hispano-islamic
Medieval
European
Liturgical
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Howell B. Erminger, Jr., Potter Palmer, R. T. Crane Jr., and Florence D. Bartlett


title: Vestment for a First-Degree Taoist Priest

creator: Han-Chinese

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century; inscribed 1793

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, peacock-feather-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching; appliquéd with forms of silk, plain weaves between two layers of paper, some with gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered paper, and embroidered with silk in chain and knot stitches, needle looping with laid thread and darned bars, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; lined with ramie, plain weave; metal button

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Satin weaving
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (textile)
Appliqué (technique)
Cotton (textile)
Couching (embroidering)
Embroidering
Gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip
Laid work
Peacock-feather-wrapped silk
Plain weaving
Weaving
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alexander F. Stevenson through the Antiquarian Society


title: Fragment of Velvet

creator: Possibly Tabriz, Iran (Persia)

medium: Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with weft-float faced 1:2 "Z" twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and with supplementary warps forming cut voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Persia
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving - velvet
Gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk

credit_line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund


title: Fragment of a Vestment

creator: Armenia

date: 16th century

medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts

country: Armenia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Armenia
Satin weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk


title: Fragment of Woven Silk

medium: Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen; warp-float faced chevron twill weave of two-color complementary wefts with inner warps

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


title: Fragment of a Block-Printed Silk

creator: Central Europe, probably Germany

medium: Silk, plain weave; block printed

country: Central Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Central europe
Weaving - printed
Silk (fiber)


title: Woven Silk Fragment

creator: Iran

date: About 1930–50, imitation of a 10th- or 11th-century pattern

medium: Silk, twill compound weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran
Saveh
Weaving
Seljuk
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Harold T. Martin, Mrs. Noah Van Cleef, and Mrs. Daniel Green


title: Ceremonial Skirt

date: Late 19th century

medium: Raffia, plain weaves; pieced; appliquéd with plain weaves in pearl stitches; embroidered in pearl stitches; edged with bands of cotton, warp-stripe warp-float faced twill weave; cotton, plain weave; pieced and hemmed in slip and pearl stitches; and cotton, warp-float faced alternating float weave; joined with raffia in pearl and twisted insertion stitches

credit_line: Edward E. Ayer Endowment, a memorial to Charles L. Hutchinson by his great friend and admirer; Samuel P. Avery and Maurice D. Galleher endowments


title: Funerary Hanging (Kosa Sin)

creator: T'ai Lue

medium: Cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

country: Laos

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Laos
Laotian
Plain weaving
Cotton (textile)
Weaving - printed
Brocading
Costume
Silk (textile)

credit_line: Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment


title: Boy's Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand

creator: German, possibly Brunswick

medium: Steel

country: Brunswick

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Brunswick
Armor
Arms and armor

credit_line: George F. Harding Collection


title: Fragment of an Altar Cloth

creator: Bhutan

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

medium: 289 small squares of silk, 7:1 satin damask weave, 7:1 satin weave, 4:1 satin damask weave, 4:1 satin weave, 4:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave, and 3:1 twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave and plain weave; pieced; edged with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, 7:3 float weave self-patterned by ground weft floats

country: Bhutan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Bhutan
Satin damask weaving
East asian
Paper (fiber product)
Silk (textile)
Satin weaving
Twill weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Asian

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Year 2000 Silkworm Travel Group


title: Border Fragment

date: Late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Linen, plain weave; silk pulled thread work embroidery and edged with darning stitches

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain
Flower
Cherub
Urns
Linen (material)
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)
Plain weaving

credit_line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society


title: Patolu

creator: Gujarat, India

date: 18th-19th century

medium: Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk or bast fiber, strips of plain weave and stripes of warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat), plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk or bast fiber brocading wefts; main warp fringe

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Indonesian
Weaving - printed
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection


title: Patolu

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Silk and silver-metal-strip-wrapped silk, stripes of warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat), plain weave, stripes of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave, bands of plain weave and bands of open warps; plied and knotted main warp fringe


title: Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai)

creator: Paminggir people

medium: Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe

country: Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia
Boat
Figure (representations)
Seas
Wave
Plain weaving
Indonesian
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Ritual object
Essential


title: Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai)

medium: Cotton, silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Indonesia
Paper (fiber product)
Indonesian
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Ritual object


title: Mourning Sampler

creator: Made by members of the Smith and Humphreys families at Miss Field’s School

date: About 1815

medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in tent, cross, long, stem, whip, and couching stitches

country: Massachusetts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Massachusett
Mourning
Embroidering
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Silk (textile)
Needlework (visual works)
Sampler

credit_line: Barbara Notz Hines Memorial Fund; Elizabeth M. Schultz Endowment


title: Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand

creator: German

medium: Steel, brass, and leather

country: Germany

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Germany
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand

creator: Southern German, Nuremberg

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Suit-gauntlet
Nuremberg
Armor
Arms and armor


title: Offering Table

medium: limestone, originally painted

credit_line: Offering Table, 1069–656 BCE. Egypt, probably Thebes, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE) or later. Limestone, originally painted; overall: 24 x 25.5 x 6.4 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.654


title: Cornflower Inlay

medium: polychrome faience

subjects: Egypt, new kingdom (1540–1069 bce), dynasty 18

credit_line: Cornflower Inlay, 1350–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Polychrome faience; overall: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.707


title: Bowl

medium: jade

credit_line: Bowl, 1662–1722. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1661-1722). Jade; overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1915.402


title: Side Panel of a Bedspread

medium: embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground

subjects: Greece, sporade islands, skyros, 18th century

credit_line: Side Panel of a Bedspread, 1700s. Greece, Sporades Islands, Skyros, 18th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 241.3 x 57.1 cm (95 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1272


title: Small Sword

medium: steel, gilded with wood

country: France, Paris

subjects:
Arms and armor
France, pari

credit_line: Small Sword, c. 1750–1770. France, Paris. Steel, gilded with wood; overall: 103.2 cm (40 5/8 in.); blade: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.); guard: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1496


title: Hauberk

medium: riveted steel rings

country: Turkey (?), 15th century

subjects:
Arms and armor
Turkey , 15th century

credit_line: Hauberk, 1400s. Turkey (?), 15th century. Riveted steel rings; diameter: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); overall: 91.5 cm (36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1890


title: Dr. John W. Francis

creator: Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906)

medium: oil on canvas

country: America

subjects: Painting America

credit_line: Dr. John W. Francis, 1857. Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906). Oil on canvas; unframed: 76 x 66 cm (29 15/16 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1916.2063


title: Carpenter's Plane

date: early 1600s

medium: wood

country: Italy, early 17th century

subjects:
Tool and equipment
Italy, early 17th century

credit_line: Carpenter's Plane, early 1600s. Italy, early 17th century. Wood; overall: 62.3 cm (24 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Dudley P. Allen, 1916.23


title: Virgin and Child

medium: tempera and gold on wood

country: Byzantine (Dalmatian?), 15th century

subjects:
Painting
Byzantine (dalmatian ), 15th century

credit_line: Virgin and Child, 1400s. Byzantine (Dalmatian?), 15th century. Tempera and gold on wood; framed: 63.5 x 50.8 x 10.2 cm (25 x 20 x 4 in.); unframed: 38.5 x 29.3 cm (15 3/16 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection, 1916.778


title: Hat

medium: plain-twined hazel with decoration in beargrass

credit_line: Hat, c  1875–1917. California, late 19th- early 20th century. Plain-twined hazel with decoration in beargrass; diameter: 9 x 18 cm (3 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.472


title: Mirror

medium: bronze

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Mirror, 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Bronze; diameter: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1917.669


title: Wearing Cloth

medium: batik; cotton

country: Indonesia, Java, 19th century

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

credit_line: Wearing Cloth, 1800s. Indonesia, Java, 19th century. Batik; cotton; overall: 204.4 x 106.1 cm (80 1/2 x 41 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1918.38


title: Sword Guard

medium: iron, gold, and mother-of-pearl

subjects:
Arms and armor
Japan, edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Sword Guard, 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Iron, gold, and mother-of-pearl; overall: 6.8 x 7.6 cm (2 11/16 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1919.363


title: Stirrup (2 of 2)

medium: brass

country: England (?), 17th century

subjects:
Arms and armor
England , 17th century

credit_line: Stirrup (2 of 2), 1600s. England (?), 17th century. Brass; overall: 17.2 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1919.49.2


title: Vessel

medium: black ware

country: Peru, Chimú

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru, chimú
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Vessel, 1300–1400. Peru, Chimú. Black ware; overall: 18.7 x 11.9 x 16.2 cm (7 3/8 x 4 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Arthur P. Ginn, 1920.260


title: The Bathers

medium: etching

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: The Bathers, c. 1847. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Etching; sheet: 22.1 x 31.3 cm (8 11/16 x 12 5/16 in.); platemark: 13.9 x 18.1 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.678


title: A Squall at Trouville

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

medium: etching, aquatint, roulette and drypoint

credit_line: A Squall at Trouville, 1874. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching, aquatint, roulette and drypoint ; sheet: 30.3 x 44.8 cm (11 15/16 x 17 5/8 in.); platemark: 16.2 x 24.3 cm (6 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.704


title: Rain and Umbrella

credit_line: Rain and Umbrella, c. 1875. Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898). Etching; sheet: 22.5 x 14.8 cm (8 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.); platemark: 11.9 x 7.8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial, 1920.705


title: Christ before Caiaphas

creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

medium: engraving

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Christ before Caiaphas, 1512. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1921.1164


title: The Evening Star

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

medium: lithograph

credit_line: The Evening Star, 1877. Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1921.27


creator: Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860)

credit_line: Dernière Charge des Lanciers Rouges à Waterloo, c. 1834. Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.259


title: Murder of Edith Cavell

creator: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)

subjects: Print America

credit_line: Murder of Edith Cavell, 1918. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1923.204


title: A Tournament

creator: Josse Amman (Swiss, 1539–1591)

medium: woodcut

country: Switzerland, worked in Germany, 16th century

subjects: Switzerland, worked in germany, 16th century

credit_line: A Tournament, 1565. Josse Amman (Swiss, 1539–1591). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1923.72


title: The Duet

credit_line: The Duet, 1894. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1924.11


creator: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian)

medium: engraving printed on two sheets

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

subjects:
Mythology
Print
Italy, late 15th-early 16th century

credit_line: Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity: Virtus Deserta, c. 1500–1505. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian), after Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506). Engraving printed on two sheets. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1925.155.b


title: Part of a Skirt (Ghagra)

date: 1800s–early 1900s

medium: silk thread on silk ground, embroidery

country: Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh

subjects:
Embroidery
Western india, gujarat, kachchh

credit_line: Part of a Skirt (Ghagra), 1800s–early 1900s. Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh. Silk thread on silk ground, embroidery; overall: 75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1925.516


title: The Iron Fence

country: America, Ohio, Cleveland

subjects:
Print
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: The Iron Fence, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904–1971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.173


title: The Bathers

credit_line: The Bathers, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904–1971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.174


title: Lampas fragment with foliate medallions

medium: lampas: silk

country: Spain, Granada, Nasrid period

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

credit_line: Lampas fragment with foliate medallions, 1300–1499. Spain, Granada, Nasrid period. Lampas: silk; average: 36.8 x 21.6 cm (14 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.379


title: Wet Little Italy

creator: Alpo S. Tuura (American, 1902–1928)

medium: conté crayon on wove paper

subjects:
Drawing
America, ohio, cleveland

credit_line: Wet Little Italy, 1927. Alpo S. Tuura (American, 1902–1928). Conté crayon on wove paper; sheet: 30.4 x 40.5 cm (11 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1928.95


country: Spain, probably Almeria

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Spain, probably almeria

credit_line: Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe, 1200s. Spain, probably Almeria. Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft, silk and silver thread; average: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.906


title: Brinjal Bowl

medium: white porcelain

credit_line: Brinjal Bowl, 1368–1644. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to Qing dynasty (1644–1911). White porcelain. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1930.316


title: Milliner

creator: Karl Hofer (German, 1878–1955)

country: Germany, 20th century

subjects:
Print
Germany, 20th century

credit_line: Milliner, 1922. Karl Hofer (German, 1878–1955). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1931.270


title: The Fall and Redemption of Man

country: Germany

credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330


credit_line: The Fall and Redemption of Man:  Chirst on the Mount of Olives, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1932.330.19


title: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

creator: Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648)

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1610. Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1935.17


title: Table Cover

date: late 1600s - early 1700s

medium: satin weave, brocaded; silk and metal thread

country: Italy, Venice

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy, venice

credit_line: Table Cover, late 1600s - early 1700s. Italy, Venice. Satin weave, brocaded; silk and metal thread; overall: 170.2 x 102.2 cm (67 x 40 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.152


title: Inro

date: early 1800s

medium: lacquer

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

credit_line: Inro, early 1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer; overall: 5.8 x 8 cm (2 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Laurence H. Norton, Robert C. Norton, and Miriam Norton White in memory of Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Norton, 1939.347


title: Arab of the Desert

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

credit_line: Arab of the Desert, 1817. Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1940.1118


title: Portrait of a Man with a Cleft Lip

creator: Anson Dickinson (American, 1779–1852)

date: early 1820s

medium: watercolor on ivory

country: America

subjects:
Portrait miniature
America
Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of a Man with a Cleft Lip, early 1820s. Anson Dickinson (American, 1779–1852). Watercolor on ivory; framed: 9 x 7 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 8.5 x 6.6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1220


title: Statuette of Harpocrates

medium: bronze, solid cast

credit_line: Statuette of Harpocrates, 305–30 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Bronze, solid cast; overall: 13.6 x 4.5 x 6.8 cm (5 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.668


title: An Attack by a Tiger

credit_line: An Attack by a Tiger, 1830. Louis Candide Boulanger (French, 1806–1867). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.194


title: Madame Eugène Carrière (large plate)

creator: Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906)

credit_line: Madame Eugène Carrière (large plate), 1893. Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906). Lithograph; sheet: 52.2 x 42.7 cm (20 9/16 x 16 13/16 in.); image: 39.2 x 34 cm (15 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.196


title: Album for 1835:  Carré enfoncé...

credit_line: Album for 1835:  Carré enfoncé..., 1835. Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.246


title: Caresse - moi danc, chéri

creator: Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)

country: France, late 19th-early 20th Century

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

credit_line: Caresse - moi danc, chéri, 1902. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Lithograph; sheet: 32.3 x 19.2 cm (12 11/16 x 7 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.248


creator: Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836)

medium: lithograph, hand colored

credit_line: Mounted Artilleryman Leading Three Horses, c. 1800–1836. Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836). Lithograph, hand colored. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.250


title: View at Villa d'Este, Tivoli

creator: Claude Thiénon (French, 1772–1846)

credit_line: View at Villa d'Este, Tivoli, 1817. Claude Thiénon (French, 1772–1846). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twenty-fifth anniversary gift,  Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1941.261


title: Senator Thomas Hart Benton

medium: oil on wood

subjects: Painting America

credit_line: Senator Thomas Hart Benton, 1820s. Matthew Harris Jouett (American, 1787/88–1827). Oil on wood; unframed: 71.4 x 59.6 cm (28 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Otto Miller, 1941.597


title: Garden Seat

medium: porcelain, Fahua ware

credit_line: Garden Seat, 1368–1644. China, Jiangxi Province, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Porcelain, Fahua ware; overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.704


title: Pear-Shaped Vase

medium: porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

credit_line: Pear-Shaped Vase, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign (1723-35). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.727


title: Allegory

creator: Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)

date: 1898, published 1899

medium: color lithograph

country: France, 20th century

subjects:
Mythology
Print
France, 20th century

credit_line: Love: Allegory, 1898, published 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Color lithograph; image: 26.7 x 41 cm (10 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.); sheet: 40.2 x 53.4 cm (15 13/16 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1944.428


title: Border Fragment with Birds and Flowers

date: 100 BCE–700 CE

medium: camelid fiber, cross-knit looping (reversible)

country: Peru, South Coast, Nasca

subjects:
Embroidery
Peru, south coast, nasca
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Border Fragment with Birds and Flowers, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Camelid fiber, cross-knit looping (reversible); overall: 6.3 x 14.6 cm (2 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1948.479


title: Border Fragment with Birds and Flowers

credit_line: Border Fragment with Birds and Flowers, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Camelid fiber, cross-knit looping (reversible); overall: 5.4 x 8.9 cm (2 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1948.482


title: Saucer

medium: porcelain

country: Austria, Vienna

subjects:
Ceramic
Austria, vienna

credit_line: Saucer, c. 1800. Austria, Vienna. Porcelain; diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950.387.b


title: Silk Fragment

medium: lampas weave, silk and gold thread

country: Italy, last third of the 14th century

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

credit_line: Silk Fragment, 1360–1399. Italy, last third of the 14th century. Lampas weave, silk and gold thread; overall: 11.1 x 24.1 cm (4 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.5.a


title: Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo

medium: etching

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy Portraits

credit_line: Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo, 1547. Giulio Bonasone (Italian, c. 1510–after 1576). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1952.202


title: Bowl with Peony Decoration

credit_line: Bowl with Peony Decoration, 1426–35. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Xuande mark and reign (1425–35). Porcelain; diameter: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); overall: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.372


creator: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

medium: zincograph

country: France, 19th century

subjects:
Print
France, 19th century

credit_line: Volpini Suite:  Breton Women by a Gate (Bretonnes à la Barrière), 1889. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Zincograph; sheet: 50 x 65 cm (19 11/16 x 25 9/16 in.); image: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1954.55.4


date: late 1400s

medium: tempera and gold on parchment

subjects:
Manuscript
Italy, venice

credit_line: Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion, late 1400s. Italy, Venice. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.75


title: Fragment

medium: interlocking warp and weft: wool

country: Peru, South Coast, Nasca-Huari style

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Peru, south coast, nasca-huari style

credit_line: Fragment, c. 600–700. Peru, South Coast, Nasca-Huari style. Interlocking warp and weft: wool; average: 45.1 x 89.6 cm (17 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1957.340


title: Covered Flat Jar

medium: glazed buff stoneware, Guan ware

credit_line: Covered Flat Jar, 1127–1279. China, Hangzhou, Suburban Altar Kiln, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Glazed buff stoneware, Guan ware; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1957.45


title: (Parvati) Devi

medium: granite

country: South India, Chola period (900–1200s)

subjects:
Sculpture
South india, chola period (900–1200s)

credit_line: (Parvati) Devi, 1000s. South India, Chola period (900–1200s). Granite; overall: 116.8 x 48.3 x 25.4 cm (46 x 19 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1959.44


title: Deer Eating Corn Pendant

medium: cast gold

credit_line: Deer Eating Corn Pendant, c. 1000–1550. Southern Costa Rica, (Diquís Region), Diquís Style, 11th-16th century. Cast gold; overall: 5.4 x 9.6 x 4.8 cm (2 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls, 1962.254


title: Mithuna (Loving Couple)

medium: ivory

country: India, Orissa, early 14th Century

subjects:
Ivory
India, orissa, early 14th century

credit_line: Mithuna (Loving Couple), c. 1300. India, Orissa, early 14th Century. Ivory; overall: 9 x 6.4 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1964.102


title: Teapot with Birds and Flowers (base)

country: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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

credit_line: Teapot with Birds and Flowers (base) (色絵花鳥文水注), 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel (Arita ware); height with lid: 13.3 x 7.8 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.250.a


date: late 1600s

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

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

credit_line: Covered Jar with Chrysanthemums, Peonies, and Plum (lid), late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); overall: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.259.b


title: Perfume Bottle

medium: Favrile glass with gilt metal cover

country: America, New York

subjects:
Glass
America, new york

credit_line: Perfume Bottle, c. 1905–10. Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32). Favrile glass with gilt metal cover; overall: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ellen Wade Chinn, Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick and J. H. Wade III in memory of their mother Irene Love Wade, 1966.379


title: Rabbit

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

date: late 1800s-early 1900s

medium: jade, (bowemite?), rubies

country: Russia, St. Petersburg

credit_line: Rabbit, late 1800s-early 1900s. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Jade, (bowemite?), rubies; overall: 4.2 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm (1 5/8 x 2 x 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.449


title: Cigarette Case

medium: silver gilt, enamel over engine-turned ground, moonstone set in gold

credit_line: Cigarette Case, 1896–1903. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver gilt, enamel over engine-turned ground, moonstone set in gold; overall: 2 x 9.6 x 6.1 cm (13/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.469


title: Swivel Seal

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

date: before 1896

medium: gold mounts, yellow stone (or glass)

credit_line: Swivel Seal, before 1896. Firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903). Gold mounts, yellow stone (or glass); overall: 4.4 x 3.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.488


title: Judith with the Head of Holofernes

medium: terracotta

subjects:
Sculpture
France, 19th century

credit_line: Judith with the Head of Holofernes, mid-1800s. France, 19th century. Terracotta; overall: 41.4 x 16.5 x 13 cm (16 5/16 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1967.30


title: Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo

medium: bronze

country: Nepal

subjects: Sculpture Nepal

credit_line: Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo, 1500s. Nepal. Bronze; overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Doris and Ed Wiener, 1968.268


title: Farm with Pigs Foraging

creator: Henry Edridge (British, 1769–1821)

medium: wash and graphite on paper

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

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

credit_line: Farm with Pigs Foraging, c. 1789–1821. Henry Edridge (British, 1769–1821). Wash and graphite on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Marshall, 1972.310


title: Cream Jug

creator: Harvey Lewis (American, 1835)

medium: silver

country: America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

subjects:
Silver
America, pennsylvania, philadelphia

credit_line: Cream Jug, c. 1811–25. Harvey Lewis (American, 1835). Silver; overall: 18 x 15.1 cm (7 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Margaret Virginia Tozzer, 1972.348


title: Carmen

date: last half 1800s

medium: black crayon

subjects:
Drawing
France, 19th century

credit_line: Carmen, last half 1800s. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898). Black crayon; sheet: 31.4 x 24.1 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); secondary support: 33.4 x 24.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, 1974.234


title: Basilisk

medium: compound twill weave, silk

subjects: Byzantium, byzantine period, 12th century

credit_line: Basilisk, 1100s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century. Compound twill weave, silk; overall: 34.6 x 26.4 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.); mounted: 44.5 x 35.6 cm (17 1/2 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1974.99


title: James MacNeill Whistler

creator: Mortimer Menpes (British, 1860–1938)

medium: drypoint

country: England, 19th century

subjects:
Print
England, 19th century

credit_line: James MacNeill Whistler. Mortimer Menpes (British, 1860–1938). Drypoint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Prescott, 1975.146


title: Sunset over Autumn Mountains

creator: Hoashi Kyōu (Japanese, 1810–1884)

medium: hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

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

credit_line: Sunset over Autumn Mountains, 1869. Hoashi Kyōu (Japanese, 1810–1884). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk; mounted: 214.9 x 68.8 cm (84 5/8 x 27 1/16 in.); painting: 126.9 x 55.2 cm (49 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Meldrum, 1976.151


title: Apparel from a Dalmatic

date: early 1500s

medium: embroidery; silk and metallic threads

country: Italy, early 16th century

subjects:
Embroidery
Italy, early 16th century

credit_line: Apparel from a Dalmatic, early 1500s. Italy, early 16th century. Embroidery; silk and metallic threads; average: 42.3 x 55 cm (16 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson, 1977.169


creator: Édouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912)

medium: graphite and pen and black ink

credit_line: Soldiers Resting (recto); Sketch of a Man with Upraised Arm and Sketch of a Helmet (verso), 1878. Édouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912). Graphite and pen and black ink; sheet: 34.4 x 25.8 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1978.133


title: What Shall I Say?

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

medium: platinum print with graphite

country: America

subjects: Photograph America

credit_line: What Shall I Say?, 1896. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Platinum print with graphite; image: 14.9 x 19 cm (5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.131


title: Julia Hall McCune

medium: platinum print

credit_line: Julia Hall McCune, c. 1900. Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Platinum print; image: 22.3 x 16.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.139


title: The Arbor

medium: photogravure

credit_line: Camera Work, no. 23: The Arbor, 1906 (printed 1908). Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925). Photogravure; image: 20.7 x 15.4 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.); paper: 21.1 x 15.8 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory, 1980.158


medium: bone

country: Israel, possibly Jericho

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ivory
Israel, possibly jericho
Birds
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Stylized Bird:  Decorative Inlay for a Box, c. 2000 BCE. Israel, possibly Jericho. Bone; overall: 3.4 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm (1 5/16 x 3/4 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner, 1980.46


title: Sari

medium: silk and gold brocade

country: India, Benares, 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India, benares, 19th century

credit_line: Sari, 1800s. India, Benares, 19th century. Silk and gold brocade; overall: 466.5 x 109.8 cm (183 11/16 x 43 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1981.218


title: Epidauros

creator: Carl Rottmann (German, 1797–1850)

medium: pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite

country: Germany, 19th century

subjects:
Drawing
Germany, 19th century

credit_line: Epidauros, c. 1843. Carl Rottmann (German, 1797–1850). Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite; sheet: 43.9 x 35.2 cm (17 5/16 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1984.60


title: Aesop

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

medium: etching

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

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

credit_line: Aesop, 1778. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828), after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Leona E. Prasse, 1985.130


title: Risshi by the Sea Watching Birds

medium: fan painting; color on paper

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

credit_line: Risshi by the Sea Watching Birds, late 1700s–1849. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Fan painting; color on paper; framed: 40.7 x 63.5 cm (16 x 25 in.); overall: 19.5 x 51.5 cm (7 11/16 x 20 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.263


creator: Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824)

medium: color woodblock print

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

credit_line: Chushingura: Act XI (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty), c. 1790s. Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761–1824). Color woodblock print; image: 29.2 x 40.7 cm (11 1/2 x 16 in.); with margins: 33.5 x 45.8 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.338.11