Yvette Guilbert, 1894, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph with letterpress, on ivory laid paper, 269 × 180 mm (image), 384 × 388 mm (sheet, folded, appro×.)

Tampan (Ceremonial Cloth), 19th century, Indonesia, South Sumatra, Pasisir or coastal area, Indonesia, Cotton and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped hemp, plain weave with supplementary patterning…

Study for Lucain’s La Pharsale, Canto II, c. 1766, Hubert François Gravelot, French, 1699-1773, France, Pen and black ink, over touches of graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer…

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo (left), in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth…

Alcyonium mammillosum, Print, Alcyonium is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.

The Precincts of Naritasan Temple in Shimosa Province (Shimosa Naritasan keidai), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), 1859, Utagawa Hiroshige…

Fragment, 1750/75, France, Silk plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, 52.5 × 53.5 cm (20 5/8 × 21 1/8 in.)

Saleratus Jar, 1848, George Muk, American, c. 1813–after 1850, Bladensburg, Maryland, United States, Stoneware and salt glaze with cobalt oxide glaze, 16.8 × 12.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 in.)

Portrait of the Painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1750, Giovanni Marco Pitteri, Italian, 1702-1786, Venice, Engraving in black on paper, 450 x 343 mm (image/sheet, trimmed within plate mark)

Portrait of Louis Robert, 3 years old, 1843/44, Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875, France, Graphite, with stumping, on ivory laid paper, edge mounted to cream wove card,…

Samson and Delilah, 1545, Hans Brosamer, German, c. 1500-1554, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 80 x 97 mm (image/plate), 84 x 100 mm (sheet)

Sash or Scarf Fragment (?), 17th century, Turkey, Turkey, Embroidered., 167.2 x 14.3 cm (65 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)

Woman’s Head (turned to left), n.d., Anne Claude Philippe Caylus, French, 1692-1765, France, Etching and engraving on paper, 174 × 125 mm (image), 191 × 137 mm (plate), 216 × 158 mm (sheet)

Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1505, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Italian, 1483-1561, Italy, Oil, probably with some tempera, on panel, transferred to canvas, 68.2 × 49.2 cm (26 11/16 × 19 3/8 in.)

Pair of Childs Shoes, 1701/25, United States, Leather, pointed, Length: 4 1/2 in.

Paperweight, c. 1848–55, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Baccarat, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Portrait of G. F. Watts, R.A., 1879, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching on ivory wove paper, 185 × 134 mm (image/plate), 311 × 242 mm (sheet)

Fragment (Cover or Turban Cover), 17th century, Turkey, Turkey, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk in darning, double running, twined double running, and stem stitches, 101.2 x 60.3 cm (39…

Fuchu, 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. 24…

Hand Pavise with the Coat of Arms of the Teutonic Order, c. 1450, German, Germany, Fir, iron, hemp fiber, gesso, and pigment, 63.5 × 34.9 cm (25 × 18 3/4 in.)

Brooch Shaped as a Bow, 17th or 19th century, French, France, Silver gilt, enamel, and aquamarines, 4.4 × 5.2 cm (1 3/4 × 2 1/16 in.)

Ampelis cedrorum, Print, The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized, mostly brown, gray, and yellow…

Fragment, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.)/Arab period (641–969)/Fatimid period (969–1171), 3rd/ 10th century, Egypt, Egypt, 53 × 42.3 cm (20 7/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

The Virgin Mary Presented at the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin, n.d., Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching on paper, 63 × 43 mm (image), 68 × 44 mm (plate), 73 × 47 mm (sheet)

Balmoral Castle, mid–19th century, G. W. Wilson, Scottish, 1823–1893, Scotland, Albumen print, stereo, 7.6 x 7 cm (each image), 8.5 x 17.4 cm (card)

Partial Figure of a Pregnant Women, c. 1000–300 B.C., Japan, Earthenware, 14.7 × 6.9 × 3.8 cm (5 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1820, Designed by Philippe Wyngaert (Flemish, active c. 1820), France, Munster or Rouen, France, Cotton, plain weave, probably engraved roller printed, 50.9 × 83.8…

Writing on a Fan, 1765, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711-1785, Japan, Color woodblock print, koban, 8 x 6 1/2 in.

Quilt with Buildings, Animals, and Coats of Arms, c.1890, United States, New York, or Great Britain, New York, Appliquéd and embroidered quilt, dyed and printed cotton, wool and silk plain,…

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro as the Ghost of Koyo Hoshi, 19th century, Toyohara Kunichika, Japanese, 1835-1900, Japan, Color woodblock print, right sheet of oban triptych

Chancel to the Temple Church, c. 1809, Augustus Charles Pugin, English, born France, 1762-1832, England, Pen and brown ink with brush and gray and brown wash, on ivory wove paper, 318 × 202 mm

Magdalene in the Wilderness with Two Putti, n.d., François Perrier (French, 1590-1650), after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), France, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black…

Altar Frontal, 15th century (needlework: 17th century), Spain, 84 x 165.4 cm (33 x 65 1/8 in.)

Panel (Dress Fabric), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Mid–18th century, China, Silk, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning complementary ground wefts bound in twill interlacings…

The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as Satsuma Gengobei and Arashi Ryuzo II as Mawashi-otoko Yasuke in the play Edo Sunago Kichirei Soga, performed at the Miyako Theater on the first month, 1795, c.…

Academic Male Nude Representing Hercules with Nessus’s Robe (recto and verso), n.d., After Baccio Bandinelli, Italian, 1493-1560, Italy, Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto…

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series Murasaki Shikibu’s Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta), 1857, Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV), Japanese, 1823–1880, Japan, Color…

Mars Driven Away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva, 1589, Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602), after Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (Italian, 1519-1594), Italy, Engraving in black on…

Arch of Septimius Severus. 1. Temple of Concord. 2. Ascent to the Capitoline Hill, plate 13 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments, 1748, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian,…

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine I, AD 321, Roman, minted in Arles, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 1.9 cm, 3.07 g

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Hadrian, AD 128/132, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3.4 cm, 23.39 g

Bust of Sleeping Cupid, 1627/53, Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, c. 1599-c. 1676), after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), Italy, Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in grayish-green and black on…

Plate, 1771, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, founded 1740, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, dark blue ground, polychrome enamels, and gilding, Diam. 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

The Resurrection (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1830, Designed by Alexandre Buquet (French, 1802–1865), France, Rouen, Rouen, Cotton, plain weave, roller printed, 241.3 x 217.2 cm (95 x 85 1/2 in.)

Coin Portraying Philip the Arab, AD 244/249, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, DIam. 3 cm, 18.59 g

Fishermen Drying Nets on Scheveningen Beach, early 1630s, Simon de Vlieger, Dutch, c. 1600/01-1653, Holland, Black and white chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper, 285 x 444 mm…

Cat Arching Its Back, 1898, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923, France, Drypoint from a zinc plate on ivory laid paper, 76 × 141 mm (image/plate), 222 × 306 mm…

Sash (?), 18th century, Turkey, Turkey, Embroidered, 125 x 48.5 cm (49 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.)

Long Life to the Troops!, July 28, 1830, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by Chez Gihaut Frères (French, 19th century), France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 142…

Sigismonda, published June 4, 1795, Benjamin Smith (English, d. 1833), after William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764), published by J. & J. Boydell (English, 1719-1804), England, Engraving in black on…

Portrait of a French Military Officer, c. 1855, French, mid-19th century, France, Salted paper print, 27.8 × 21.7 cm (image, sight), 45.7 × 35.6 cm (mount)

The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens, 1893, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black with stumping, on cream laid paper, 182 x…

Ornamental Fitting with Crouching Felines (one of pair), 6th/4th century B.C., Northeastern China, China, Bronze, 5.8 × 28.5 cm (2 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Cushion Cover, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800, Manchu, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot,…

Stand for Candelabrum (Torchère), 1685/90, France, Paris, France, Caned, gessoed, and gilded oak, 181.9 × 55.2 × 41.9 cm (71 5/8 × 21 7/8 × 16 1/2 in.)

Fragment of Mother Goddesses (Matrika) Panel with Indrani and Chamunda, 10th/11th century, Nepal, Nepal, Copper repoussé, 17.3 x 26.5 x 10.1 cm ( 6 13/16 x 10 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Denis Talon, 1656, Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623-1678, France, Engraving on paper, 371 × 291 mm

Close No. 29 Gallowgate, 1868, Thomas Annan, Scottish, 1829–1887, Scotland, Photogravure, plate 21 from the book "The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow" (1900), 22.2 x 17.7 cm (image), 37.9 x 27.8…

God Shiva as the Supreme Teacher (Dakshinamurti), 10th century, India, Tamil Nadu, Kodumbalur, Kodumbalur, Granite, 134.7 × 48.3 × 40.0 cm (53 × 19 × 15 3/4 in.)

Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Pancharaksha Depicting the Five Protective Goddesses, 15th century, Nepal, Nepal, Pigments and metallic paint on wood, 5.1 x 34.6 x 0.6 cm (2 x 13 5/8 x 1/4 in.)

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku), c. 1772/80, Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese, 1739-1820, Japan, Color…

Cowroid: Head of Hathor Flanked by Uraeui, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Steatite, H. 0.6 cm ( 1/4 in.), diam. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)

Groom, Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D.), first half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and traces of pigments, 58.5 × 25.0 × 17.5 cm (23 × 9 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

The Moored Boat, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande, 1862, Johan Barthold Jongkind, Dutch, 1819-1891, Netherlands, Etching in brownish-black on ivory laid paper, 167 x 206 mm…

Coin Depicting the Hero Hercules, AD 138/192, Roman, Izmir, Bronze, Diam. 1.7 cm, 3.00 g

Agrilus, Print, Agrilus is a genus of jewel beetles, notable for having the largest number of species (about 3000) of any single genus in the animal kingdom.

Mary of Burgundy, modeled before 1844 (early cast c. 1850), Jean-Auguste Barre, French, 1811-1896, Cast by: Susse Frères, Éditeurs, French, 19th century, France, Bronze, 52.1 × 45.7 × 22.9 cm…

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Philip the Arab, AD 246, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3 cm, 21.22 g

The Good Old Days (also known as The London and York Royal Mail Coach), After 1879, Thomas Stevens (English, 1828–1888), England, Coventry, Coventry, Silk, plain weave with supplementary…

Winter—A Skating Scene, published January 25, 1868, Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916), United States, Wood engraving on paper, 228 x 346…

Quinarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Victory, about 43/42 BC, Roman, minted in Gallia Transalpina, Italy, Silver, Diam. 1.3 cm, 1.64 g

Border, 1601/25, Probably Italy, Italy, Linen, needle lace worked on a laid and plaited thread grid, Reticello pattern, 13.8 x 65.8 cm (5 1/2 x 25 7/8 in.)

The Baptism of Christ and Forest Scene from Leven Christi (Life of Christ), Plate 43 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1495, portfolio assembled 1929, Unknown Artist (Gouda or…

Band, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Linen and wool, tapestry weave, 9.5 × 14.6 cm (3 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

Portrait of Nell Gwyn as a Shedherdess Garlanding a Lamb, c. 1678, Herman Hendrik Quiter (German, 1628-1708), after Peter Lely (Dutch, active in England, 1618–1680), Germany, Mezzotint in black…

Temptation or the Apple, n.d., Félicien Rops, Belgian, 1833-1898, Belgium, Heliogravure, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper, 181 × 134 mm (image), 250 × 171 mm (plate), 453 × 339 mm…

Covered Goblet (Pokal), c. 1730, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Double-walled glass with gold leaf decoration, H. 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.), diam. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

Casket with Scenes of David and Solomon, 1513-after 1584, Attributed to the workshop of Pierre Reymond, French, Limoges, Painted enamel on copper, gilded bronze mounts, 16.5 × 10.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4…

At Sea by Night, from Mélodies de Désiré Dihau, 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph on cream wove paper, 258 × 206 mm (image), 527 × 384 mm (sheet)

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: His Majesty the King of beasts, 1852, Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 202 × 160 mm (image), 360 × 243 mm (sheet)

Goblet, Erligang period or Early Shang dynasty, 16th/mid–15th centry BC, China, Bronze, H. 21.1 cm (8 5/8 in.), diam. 11.2 cm (4 3/8 in.)

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)

Julia Jackson, April 1867, Julia Margaret Cameron, English, 1815–1879, England, Albumen print, 24.9 × 19.9 cm (image/paper, oval), 37.1 × 29.3 cm (mount)

The Canal: Morning, c. 1877, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching and drypoint on light gray laid paper, 170 × 256 mm (plate), 248 × 368 mm (sheet)

Saint in Glory, n.d., Unknown artist, Italian, 18th century, Italy, Red chalk on buff laid paper, 335 x 205 mm

Fragment, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century, Egypt, Egypt, Linen and wool, tapestry weave, 22.9 × 5.1 cm (9 × 2 in.)

Cameo with Portrait of John Wesley, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 2.1 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm (13/16 × 9/16 × 1/4 in.)

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya Watching Her Attendants Play Cat’s Cradle, c. 1773/75, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 28 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.

Food container, Western Zhou dynasty ( 1046–771 BC ), 2nd half of 11th century BC, China, Bronze, H. 27.0 cm (10 3/4 in.), diam. at lip: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)

- I wonder why this beast is following me all the time… I’ll happily be paying 6 sous to jump on a bus, plate 1 from Émotions De Chasse, 1854, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879,…

Agrion, Print

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, France, Glass, Diam. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)

Statuette of an Ibis Head, Late Period (664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Bronze, 16.2 × 20.3 × 4.8 cm (6 3/8 × 8 × 1 7/8 in.)

Panel (For a Bedcover), 17th century, Greece, Epirus Province or Ionian Islands, Greece, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk in running (pattern darning), split, and stem stitches, edged…

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy I, 367/284 BC, Greco-Egyptian, Ancient Mediterranean, Silver, Diam. 2.6 cm, 13.80 g

Soliman Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1815, John Young, English, 1755-1825, England, Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper, 375 × 253 mm

John L. Sullivan Quilt, c. 1890, United States, probably Illinois, Illinois, Pieced and embroidered crazy quilt top, dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic, plain, twill, satin, velvet…

Julia Jackson, 1864, Julia Margaret Cameron, English, 1815–1879, England, Albumen print collage, 20.8 × 18.1 cm (image/paper/mount)

Plate from Illustrations to Popular Songs, 1822, Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851), published by Thomas McLean (English, active 1790-1860), England, Soft ground etching with hand-coloring and…

Wooded Landscape with Traveler in Foreground, n.d., Attributed to Ercole Bazzicaluva, Italian, c.1610-after 1641, Italy, Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, 135 x…