Flounce, 19th century, Germany, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with linen yarns, pulled threadwork, embroidered in buttonhole, cross, crossed back, four-sided, herringbone, interlocking lace,…

Flower Holder, 1825/50, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Glazed earthenware with polychrome enamel decoration, H. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)

Close No. 115 High Street, 1868, Thomas Annan, Scottish, 1829–1887, Scotland, Photogravure, plate 7 from the book "The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow" (1900), 21.1 x 17.6 cm (image), 38.2 x 27.8…

Rocky Scene, n.d., Henry Bright, English, 1814-1873, England, Black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on gray tinted wove paper, 225 × 318 mm

Three-Part Garniture, c. 1850, England, Bristol, Bristol, Glass, 44.5 × 36.2 cm (17 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.)

Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1590, Palma Giovane (Jacopo Palma), Italian, c. 1548-1628, Italy, Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 32 in. (108 x 81.3 cm)

Fragment (Band), A.D. 800/1100, Possibly provincial Wari, Possibly central coast, Peru, Peru, Slit tapestry, 26.7 x 3.8 cm (10 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

Ring: Figure of Tawaret (Thoeris), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1390 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 0.5 cm (3/16 in.), diam. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

Allegorical Figure Representing America, 1746, Meissen Porcelain Factory, Germany, founded 1710, Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, German, 1706-1775, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain,…

Black-and-White Field Armor, c. 1560, Northern German, Northern Germany, Steel with paint and leather, H. 182.9 cm (72 in.)

Christ and the Disciples in the Field, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes and Hunting Scenes, 1584, Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, c. 1560–1618), after Hans Bol (Flemish,…

Two Panels, 1775/1800, France, Lyon, Lyon, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts, a: 125.2 x 62.5 cm (49 1/4 x…

Amulet of Pataikos, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21–25 (about 1069–664 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 7 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm (2 3/4 × 2 × 3/4 in.)

The Holy Family, 1758, Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, French, 1713-1789, France, Etching on paper, 392 × 362 mm

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), 730/720 BC, Greek, Athens, Athens, terracotta, 25 × 33 × 33.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 × 13 1/8 in.)

Fragment, c. 1705/06, France, Silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts, supplementary brocading wefts, and…

The Actor Ichiyama Shichizo I as Terute Hime in the play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1768, 1768, Torii Kiyomitsu I, Japanese, 1735–1785, Japan,…

Foliate Dish with Three Feet, Song dynasty (960–1279), China, Jun ware, stoneware with purple-blue glaze, H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.), diam. 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.)

Holland (Oranda koku), 1861, Utagawa Yoshikazu, Japanese, active c. 1850-70, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Mary Magdalene, 1540/50, Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino), Italian, c. 1492/95–1554, Brescia, Oil on canvas, 166 × 47 cm (65 3/8 × 18 1/2 in.)

Sam’l. Thomson, Botanist, n.d., Henry Williams, American, 1787-1830, United States, Engraving and stipple on cream wove paper, 104 x 179 mm (sheet)

A Snowy Gorge on the Fuji River, c. 1842, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797–1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, vertical oban diptych, 28 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.

Amulet of the Eye of Horus, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amunhotep III (about 1390–1352 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Ceramic, 1.4 × 1 × 0.5 cm (9/16 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.)

Portrait of Young Girl with Hat and Crop, n.d., Elizabeth Murray, English, c. 1815-1882, England, Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper, 251 mm × 170 mm

Hat Badge with the Head of Saint John the Baptist Adapted as a Pendant, c. 1500, French, France, Gold, enamel, and carnelian, 6.2 × 4.7 cm (2 7/16 × 1 7/8 in.), The Mousetrap, c. 1655,…

Study for the Vignette of Lucretius’s De la Nature des Choses, Vol. II, Book VI, c. 1768, Hubert François Gravelot, French, 1699-1773, France, Pen and black ink, over graphite, on gray laid…

A Portrait: Mildred Howells, 1894/96, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black with scraping, on ivory laid paper, 226 x 197 mm (image), 319 x 202…

Great Basinet (Kolbenturnierhelm), mid–19th century in 15th century style, German, Germany, Steel, H. 27.9 cm (11 in.)

Double Title Page of a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century, c.1550, Iran, Shiraz, Iran, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 28.6 x 34.7 cm (11 1/4 x 13…

Scaraboid: Duck with Head Resting on Back, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, 1 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm (3/8 × 3/4 × 9/16 in.)

Turtle, c. 1820, Antoine Louis Barye, French, 1795-1875, France, Bronze, 4.4 × 13.3 × 9.2 cm (1 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.)

Girl Standing, 1875, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Drypoint with foul biting, with drypoint cancellation, in black ink on ivory laid paper, 277 x 152 mm (plate), 380…

Bedcover (Amish Plain Quilt), c.1890, United States, Ohio, Holmes County, Ohio, Cotton, plain weaves, pieced, backed with cotton, plain weave, cotton batting, quilted with cotton thread, 217.1 x…

He [The Narrator’s Dog] Kept His Eyes Fixed on Me With a Look So Strange, plate 3 of 6, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down…

No. 2: Chinese boys copying paintings and writing Japanese, from the series Children Say ‘This is Japan!’ and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o…

Corbel with Animal Mask with Teeth Fastened on Human Leg from the Monastery Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve, 1150/1200, French, Aquitaine, Limestone, 45.7 × 31.8 × 59.7 cm (18 × 12 1/2…

The Wounded Standard-Bearer, 1823–35, Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé, French, 1800-1866, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 404 × 335 mm (image), 514 × 396 mm (sheet)

Christ Seated Disputing with the Doctors, 1654, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on paper, 94 x 145 mm (image), 96 x 145 mm (sheet)

Bowl with Streak Pattern, Tang dynasty (618–906), first half of 8th century, China, Slip-coated earthenware with cobalt blue and lead green streaks, H. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.), diam. 9.4 cm (3 11/16…

Horn, Mid–/late 19th century, Kuba, Kasai region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wood, copper alloy, and iron, 39.4 × 44.5 × 11.4 cm (15 1/2…

Portfolio, title page and colophon for Vom Weyerberg, 1895, Heinrich Vogeler (German, 1872-1942), Fritz Mackensen (German, 1866-1953), Fritz Overbeck (German, 1869-1909), Hans Ende (German,…

Teapot, c. 1770, Worcester Porcelain Factory, Worcester, England, founded 1751, Worcester, Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, 17.1 x 19.7 cm (6 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)

Covered Goblet with Silhouette Bust of King Frederich the Great, c. 1795, Germany, Silesia, Warmbrunn, Decorated by Johann Sigismund Menzel (German, 1744-1810), Germany, Glass, H. 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

Shallow Foliate Bowl, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th century, Korea, Korea, Stoneware with celadon glaze, H. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.), diam. 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Seated Male Nude, c. 1873–77, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833-1898, England, Graphite on ivory wove paper, 253 × 178 mm

March 18, 1894, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923), published by Edouard Kleinmann (French, 1844-1927), France, Lithograph printed in black with 5 stenciled…

Panel, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Linen and wool, tapestry weave, 13.4 × 14.1 cm (5 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Franz-Josef-Quai No. 13, Zinshaus des Herrn Grafen Anton von Pergen, 1860s, Austrian, 19th century, Austria, Albumen print, 26.2 × 33.5 cm (image/paper), 42.7 × 61.2 cm (album page)

Chair, 1815/20, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Walnut and modern replacement upholstery, 93.5 × 48.5 × 48 cm (36 13/16 × 19 1/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

Acrobats Performing Before a Ruler (recto), Outdoor Scene with Group of Figures (verso), c. 1510, Attributed to Giovanni Antonio de’Sacchis, called Il Pordenone, Italian, c. 1483-1539, Italy,…

Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on thin ivory wove paper, 315 × 215 mm (sheet)

Head of a Male Deity (Deva), Angkor period, late 12th–early 13th century, Cambodia, Angkor Thom, Bayon Temple, Cambodia, Sandstone, 87.0 × 45.7 × 40.6 cm (34 1/4 × 18 × 16 in.)

Arca rhombea, Print

Narcissus in Winter, from the series Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana), c. 1792, Katsukawa Shuncho, Japanese, active c. 1780-1801, Japan, Color…

The Hanging, plate eleven from The Miseries of War, 1633, Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635), published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661), France, Etching on paper, 82 × 185 mm (plate), 120…

Scullery Maid, 1844, Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894, France, Etching on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 101 × 161 mm (image), 108 × 170 mm (chine), 144 × 209…

Fragment, 1750/1800, France or Italy, France, Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut voided velvet, 15.3 × 12 cm (6 × 4 3/4 in.)

Nymphs Bathing, 1642/48, Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612-1648, Italy, Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, 227 x 138 mm

Dish, c. 1755, Worcester Porcelain Factory, Worcester, England, founded 1751, Worcester, Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue decoration, Diam. 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)

Anoplosiagum, Print

Landscape with a Cottage and a Large Tree, 1641, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching on ivory laid paper, 127 x 320 mm (sheet, trimmed within plate mark)

Child’s Tunic, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.)/Arab period (641–969), 7th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Linen, compound twill weave, 50.8 × 34.3 cm (20 × 13 1/2 in.)

Farm Scene with Boys Bundling Wood, 1755, Louis Simon Lempereur, French, 1728-1807, France, Etching on white paper, 183 × 258 mm

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, France, Glass, Diam. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

The Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of Daionji (Daionji mae, Tagawaya), from the series Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo komei kaitei zukushi), c. 1838/40, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重,…

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya), c. 1794/95, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock print,…

Nihonbashi: Procession Departing (Nihonbashi, gyoretsu furidashi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Hoeido Tokaido,…

A Forest Interior, with a Seated Figure, n.d., Herman Saftleven, Dutch, 1609-1685, Netherlands, Black chalk and brush and brown wash, with touches of black crayon and traces of opaque white…

Crossing the River at Sano, 18th century, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686-1764, Japan, Woodblock print, hosoban, ishizuri-e, 31.2 × 15.7 cm

Fragments from a Bedcover made of Petticoat Borders, Late 18th century, France, Cotton, plain weave, embroidered with wool threads in chain stitch, quilted, 87.8 × 246.5 cm (34 1/2 × 97 in.)

Halberd, 17th century, German, Germany, Steel and wood (oak and ash), L. 223.5 cm (88 in.)

Angel Speeding Abraham, n.d., Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658), after Jacopo Bassano (Italian, 1510-1592), Holland, Engraving on paper

Fan, c. 1875, England, Black lace mount, plain tortoise shell sticks and guards, shell loop, and a metal rivet, 26.7 cm 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)

One of a Pair of Ramma (Transom) Panels from the Hooden, 1893, Takamura Koun, Japanese, 1852-1934, Japan, Wood with polychrome, 95 × 280 × 20 cm (37 1/4 × 110 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

Fragment (From a Border), 1601/50, Italy, Linen, plain weave, embroidered in padded overcast and satin stitches, cut and drawn work embroidered in double hem, double faggot, hem, and overcast…

Celt Pendant Depicting an Abstract Figure with a Tall Headdress, A.D. 1/500, Nicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, Nicoya, Jade, H. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)

View Taken at Bas-Meudon, 1952, Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878, France, Etching on ivory wove paper, 105 × 203 mm (image), 192 × 243 mm (sheet)

On the Thames, n.d., William Leighton Leitch, Scottish, 1804-1883, Scotland, Pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper, laid down on board, 69 x 91 mm

Nihon Bridge and Edo Bridge (Nihonbashi, Edobashi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan,…

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, 3 in.

The Abandoned Village, c. 1885, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 114 × 202 mm (plate), 147 × 217 mm (sheet)

Landscape, c. 1835, Théodore Rousseau, French, 1812–1867, France, Oil on canvas, 13 1/16 × 17 1/16 in. (33.2 × 43.4 cm)

Act VI (Rokudanme), from the series Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura), c. 1791/94, Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai), Japanese,…

Fragment (Skirt or Sari), 18th century, India, Rajasthan, India, Satin, embroidered, 79.1 x 134.3 cm (31 1/8 x 52 7/8 in.)

The Bag-Piper, 1514, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 116 x 74 mm (image), 119 x 78 mm (sheet)

Angel, Sainte-Chapelle, 1853/54, Auguste Mestral, French, 1812–1884, France, Salted paper print, 33.4 × 20.7 cm (image/paper), 51.5 × 40.2 cm (mount)

Burning Autumn Maple Leaves, 1765, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 26.5 x 19.8 cm (10 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Caney the Clown, 1877, John Thomson, Scottish, 1837–1921, Scotland, Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London

Altar Frontal, 17th century, Italy, Linen, plain weave, embroidered in silk, 309.9 x 64.2 cm (122 x 25 1/4 in.)

Theology, plate 30 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465, Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, Italian, active c. 1465, Italy, Engraving in black on cream laid paper, 180 x 100 mm (plate), 185 x 106 mm (sheet)

Fragment, 1850/1900, England, Wool, felted, embroidered with wool and silk yarns in satin, single satin, and stem stitches, French knobs, edged with linen, wool, and cotton, in piled coils, 59.6…

Two Smokers, c. 1845, Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894, Léon Subercaze (French, active 1840s), France, Etching on buff chine, tipped onto ivory wove card, 139 × 100 mm (image), 147 × 103…

The Actor Sawamura Tamagashira as a Strolling Musician in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790, c. 1790, Katsukawa Shun’ei, Japanese,…

Coin Depicting the Hero Herakles, 4th century BC and later, Greek, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 2.3 cm, 10.62 g

Weislingen Held Prisoner by Goetz, 1821, Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863, France, Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on white wove paper, 280 × 208 mm (image), 565 × 400…

Plate, 1700/20, Netherlands, Delft, Delft, Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware), Diam. 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)

Military Prison, 1827, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by François le Villain (French, active 19th century), published by Éditeur Chez Frérot (French, active 19th…

Sugar Bowl, 1834, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain and gilding, 11.8 x 10.5 cm (4 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

Horsemen in Combat, 1865, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 102 × 139 mm (plate), 375 × 285 mm (sheet)

Whistler with the White Lock, 1876/79, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint in black ink on pale green laid paper faded to off-white, 117 x 80 mm…