Sunset Glow at Koganei Bridge (Koganei-bashi sekisho), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi), c. 1837/38, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese,…

Man Under a Laurel Tree, 1515/30, Agostino dei Musi (Italian, c. 1490-after 1536), after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), Italy, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 311 x…

Wheellock Gun, c. 1630/40, German, Germany, Steel, walnut, gilding, horn, and mother-of-pearl, L. 132 cm (52 in.)

Plate, c. 1750, England, Lambeth, Lambeth, Tin-glazed earthenware, Diam. 22.9 cm (9 in.)

Kusatsu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), c. 1806, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, Approx.…

Entrance of the Ambassador of Poland into Rome, 1633, Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Italy, Etching on ivory laid paper, 155 x 425 mm (image/plate), 210 x 560 mm (sheet)

Rosette from the Temple of Ramesses III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 20 (about 1186–1069 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, H. 1 cm (3/8 in.), diam. 5.5 cm (2 in.)

Camellia and basket, section of an untitled harimaze sheet, c. 1850s, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, section of harimaze sheet, 17.1 x 8 cm

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design, A.D. 1450/1521, Aztec (Mexica), Valley of Mexico, Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Ceramic, 1.6 x 2.5 cm (5/8 x 1 in.)

Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting a Harvest Scene, First Intermediate Period, Dynasties 9–10 (about 2060–2025 BC), Egyptian, Sakkara ?, Egypt, Limestone, 38.7 × 23.5 × 10.8 cm (15 1/4 × 9…

August in the Country—The Seashore, published August 27, 1859, Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916), United States, Wood engraving on paper,…

Water Container (Pan), Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050–771 B.C.), late 8th/early 7th century B.C., China, Bronze, H. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.), diam. 35.6 cm (14 in.)

Ayase no Yusho, from the series Bokusui Hakkei, c. 1769, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 25.9 x 19.4 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Coin Depicting the God Apollo, 261/246 BC, Greek, Ancient Greece, Copper, Diam. 1.7 cm, 5.11 g

Cross with Corpus, 1765/66, Italy, Rome, Leandro Gagliardi (Italian, 1729-1798), Italy, Gilt bronze, 95.3 × 31.4 cm (37 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)

Frontispiece from Emile Verhaeren’s Les Debacles, 1889, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 142 × 97 mm (image), 327 × 254 mm (sheet)

They Escape through the Flames, plate 41 from The Disasters of War, 1810/12, published 1863, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828, Spain, Etching and burin on ivory wove paper…

Ambassadeur du Siam, plate sixteen from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque, 1748, Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716-1809, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 196 × 132 mm (image), 204 × 136 mm…

The Dance at Auteuil, 1761, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, French, 1724-1780, France, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 132 × 79 mm (image), 140 × 83 mm (plate), 152 × 93 mm (sheet)

Teapot, 1832/35, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding, 13.7 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm (5 3/8 x 7 x 3 1/2 in.)

Anser segetum, Print, 1790-1796

The Corner of Luna Street, Chelsea Embankment, 1888–89, Theodore Roussel, French, worked in England, 1847-1926, England, Etching in black on ivory wove paper, 164 × 144 mm (image/plate), 171 ×…

Bishop Kneeling in Prayer, n.d., Follower of Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566-1651, France, Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), over graphite on…

The Dream has Ended in Death, from The Juror, 1887, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper collé, laid down on white wove paper, 237 × 187 mm…

Fragment of a Funerary Naiskos (Monument in the Shape of a Temple), about 330 BC, Greek, Athens, Athens, Marble, 152.4 × 111.8 × 33 cm (60 × 44 × 13 in.)

Panel, 1690s, France, Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp stripes of: plain weave, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing, and…

The Nativity with God the Father and Angels, after 1647, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609-1664, Italy, Etching on ivory laid paper, 295 x 207 mm (plate), 335 x 244 mm (sheet)

The Cousins, 1883, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching and drypoint in black on ivory wove paper, 432 x 268 mm (image), 444 x 279 mm (plate)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779, c. 1779, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章,…

Paperweight, c. 1848–55, George Bacchus & Sons, English, founded 1840, Birmingham, Glass, Diam. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Baccarat, Glass, Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

The Crucifixion, c. 1487, Carlo Crivelli, Italian, 1430/35-1495, Italy, Tempera on panel, 75 × 55.2 cm (29 1/2 × 21 3/4 in.), image (arched): 74 × 55.2 cm (29 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III, AD 240/241, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 2.2 cm, 3.94 g

Paperweight, 19th century, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, France, Glass, Diam. 6.2 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Ariadne, 1899, Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904, France, Lithograph in black on light gray chine, 157 × 120 mm (image), 328 × 238 mm (sheet)

Amulet of a Crocodile, Saite–Late Period (664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 1.9 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm (3/4 × 1/4 × 3/16 in.)

The Lebaudy Trial, Mademoiselle Marsy Giving Evidence, 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper, 458 × 601…

Hamamuraya Roko, 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock print, aiban, 32.8 x 22.5 cm

Mirror Lake, Yosemite, California, 1894, B. W. Kilburn, American, 1827–1909, United States, Albumen silver print, stereo, 7.8 x 7.7 cm (each image), 8.8 x 17.8 cm (card)

Feeding Mug, c. 1780, Lowestoft Porcelain Factory, English, 1757-1802, Lowestoft, Soft-paste porcelain with blue transfer-printed decoration, 7.9 x 15.9 cm (3 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

Angelica and Medoro, c. 1570, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520-1582), after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, died 1601), Italy, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 299 x 209 mm

The Cardinal and Death, 1651, Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, c.1497-1543), Bohemia, Etching on ivory wove paper, 72 × 51 mm (sheet, trimmed within…

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Wood-block print, printed twice in orange and brown inks, over residual black ink, with wiping and…

Cardiff Castle from the West, 1776, Paul Sandby, English, 1731-1809, England, Aquatint, with etching, in brown on cream laid paper, 237 × 314 mm (plate), 320 × 463 mm (sheet)

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantius I, AD 293/306, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 2.7 cm, 8.77 g

The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando, 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 36.6 x 23.8 cm

Ageniosus militaris, Print, 1700-1880

Ale Porto del Dolo, 1735/43, Canaletto, Italian, 1697-1768, Italy, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 295 x 431 mm (plate), 431 x 586 mm (sheet)

Emblems for Royal Crown Lodge No. 22, 1810/15, English, 19th century, United States, Oil on panel, 63.5 × 80.7 cm (25 × 31 3/4 in.)

Parody of a daimyo procession, c. 1805/07, Utagawa Toyohiro, Japanese, 1773-1828, Japan, Color woodblock print, 1 of 12 sheets (see 1928.391-402), 24.2 x 9.7 cm

Waterloo Bridge, 1896, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on ivory laid paper, 172 x 127 mm (image), 303 x 178 mm (sheet)

Bridge Crossing the American River, California, 1864, Lawrence & Houseworth, American, active 1860s, United States, Albumen print, stereo, No. 209 from the series "California

Paul Cézanne, 1874, printed 1920, Camille Pissarro, French, 1830-1903, France, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 270 × 215 mm (image/plate), 465 × 297 mm (sheet)

August, A Tournament from George Cruikshank’s Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853, 1840, printed c. 1880, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published by Pickering & Chatto…

Napoleon Accompanied by his Good Men, Returning to France on March 1, 1815, March 20, 1815, Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770-1837), printed by Gottfried Engelmann (French,…

Jar, 1795, American, 18th/19th century, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Redware, 18.2 × 17.8 × 15.6 cm (7 3/8 × 7 × 6 1/8 in.)

Small Fluted Bottle with Neck in Form of a Figure Holding Arms to Chest, c. A.D. 200, Nayarit, Nayarit, Mexico, Nayarit state, Ceramic and pigment, 18.7 x 17.8 cm (7 3/8 x 7 in.)

Ceremonial Textile, End of the 19th century, Paminggir people, Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area, Kota Agung (?), Indonesia, Four panels joined, cotton, gilt-metal strip,…

Woman Dressing after Her Bath, c. 1755/65, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711-1785, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, benizuri-e, 68.8 x 10.2 cm

Argidia, Print, Argidia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

John Grove, 1895, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper, 207 x 154 mm (image), 250 x 182 mm (sheet), Fifth of November,…

Debut of the Valkyrie, 1879, Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904, France, Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on thick ivory wove paper, 231 × 311 mm (image), 334 × 450 mm (sheet)

Slant-Front Desk, 1745/49, Paris, France, Jacques Dubois (French, 1694–1763), France, Oak, pine, mahogany, kingwood, lacquer decoration, gilt bronze, leather, pewter, and iron, 92 × 78.2 × 46…

Standing Attendant (Tomb Figurine), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C., China, Wood with traces of polychrome pigments, 49.9 × 10.1 × 4.6 cm (19…

Ammonites pictus costatus, Print, Ammonoidea, Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to…

Chasuble, 1740/50, Italy, Piemonte, Italy, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches, laid work,…

Antilopa furcifer, Print, 1838

Landscape with Philemon and Baucis, from Large Landscapes, n.d., Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (Dutch, active in Flanders, c. 1586–1659), after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640), published by…

Towel or Napkin, 19th century, Turkey, Turkey, Towel, embroidered with floral and fruit scroll motif., 130.8 x 50.8 cm (51 1/2 x 20 in.)

Sauceboat from the St. Andrew Service, 1744/55, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, founded 1710, Germany, Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding, 12.7 × 24.6 × 21.6 cm (5 ×…

Fragment, Mamluk period (1250– 1517), 13th/14th century, Egypt, Egypt, 8.7 × 9 cm (3 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)

Clement de Jonghe, Printseller, 1651, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on paper, 208 x 162 mm (image/plate), 213 x 166 mm (sheet)

Halberd, c. 1500, German or Swiss, Germany, Steel and oak, Blade L. 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.)

Maternal Indulgence, n.d., Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792), S. Freudeberg (Swiss, 1745-1801), France, Etching and engraving in black ink on white laid paper, 354 × 250 mm (image), 373 × 268…

Napoleon III, 1860–69, Mayer and Pierson, French, active 1855–1878, France, Albumen print, 8.7 × 5.4 cm (image/paper), 10.4 × 6 cm (mount)

Oannes: I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms, plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series), 1896, Odilon Redon, French,…

Perspective Picture of the Night Attack from Act XI of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura juichidanme youchi no uki-e), c. 1791/94, Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai), Japanese,…

The Dance, 1898, Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper, 433 × 322 mm (image/chine), 631 × 478 mm (sheet)

Double-Flowered Cherry: Motoura of the Minami Yamasakiya (Minami Yamasakiya uchi Motoura, Yaezakura), from the series Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana ni yosu),…

H. R. H. Prince Eugen of Sweden, 1891, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 134 x 96 mm (image), 139 x 101 mm (plate), 282 x 228 mm (sheet)

Retaie, 1881, Otto Henry Bacher, American, 1856-1909, United States, Etching in black on off-white wove paper, 292x 206 mm (image/sheet, cut within plate mark)

Heur et Malheur, 1787, Philibert Louis Debucourt, French, 1755-1832, France, Aquatint on paper, 308 × 253 mm (image), 390 × 285 mm (sheet)

Aramides concolor, Print, Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae., 1820-1863

Situla, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (664–30 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Bronze, H. 18 cm (7 1/8 in.), diam. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)

Plate with Narcissus, Echo, Cupid, c. 1530, Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, active about 1525-1542), Urbino, Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Diameter: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)

Ri: The Well Curb, from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari), c. 1772/73, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792, Japan, Color…

Venus, 1859, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on cream laid paper, 150 x 227 mm (image/plate), 189 x 278 mm (sheet)

A Backwater, c. 1877, Francis Seymour Haden, English, 1818-1910, England, Drypoint on ivory laid paper, 139 × 204 mm (image/plate), 207 × 308 mm (sheet)

Beaker, 1698, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass, H. 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 140/143, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3.7 cm, 23.03 g

Fragment, early 19th century, United States, Sample of stripe and check patterns of blue, white and tan, 9 x 46.7 cm (3 9/16 x 18 3/8 in.)

Panel, 1850/70, France, Lyon, Lyon, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain and twill weaves, woven on loom with Jacquard attachment, 142.5…

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth), Meiji period (1868–1912), late 19th century, Japan, Wool, plain weave, resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome), 71.1 x 73.8 cm (28 x 29 1/8 in.)

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa no Zenji Yasumura, in the Play Kono Hana Yotsugi no Hachi no Ki, Performed at…

Five Putti at Play, n.d., Jacob de Wit, Dutch, 1695-1754, Holland, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on buff laid paper, tipped onto…

Seal with Quadruped, Geometric Period (800–600 BC), Greek, Thessaly, Thessaly, Bronze, 4.1 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm (1 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

Footed Dish with Lotus Medallion and Cloud Scrolls, Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.), first half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with impressed decoration and three-color (sancai) lead glazes, H.…

Adam and Eve, 1543, Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550), after Barthel Beham (German, 1502-1540), Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 82 x 57 mm (image/plate), 84 x 58 mm (sheet)

Ara hyacinthina, Print, 1842-1855

Emma, Girl from Mora, 1897, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 225 x 175 mm (image/plate), 400 x 300 mm (sheet)