Fragment, Early 17th century, Italy, cisele voided satin velvet, 24.7 x 14.9 cm (9 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

Assumption of the Virgin, n.d., After Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713), or possibly Raymond de Lafage (French, 1656-1690), France, Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid…

Covered Flagon with Chain, c. 1750, Pierre Main, Swiss, active 1716- c. 1750, Switzerland, Wallis, Pewter, 41.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm (16 1/4 x 10 x 10 in)

The Bird in Yonder Cage Confined (valentine), c. 1850, Unknown Artist, English, 19th century, England, Lithograph with hand-coloring on embossed off-white wove paper, 256 × 207 mm (folded sheet)

Sketches of Heads, Eyes, Ear, and Mouth, 1600/11, Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane, Italian, c. 1548-1628, Italy, Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper, 69 x…

Yvette Guilbert, 1894, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph with letterpress, on ivory laid paper, 313 × 176 mm (image), 383 × 383 mm (sheet, folded, appro×.)

Mask of Medusa (Masque de Méduse), 1862, Adolphe Braun, French, 1811–1877, France, Albumen print, 47.4 × 36.3 cm (image/paper), 61.4 × 48.1 cm (mount)

Bowl with Lotus Design, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), Korea, Korea, Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze carved decoration, H. 5.8 cm (2 1/4 in.), diam. 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.)

Wine Ewer, 1780/85, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Etruria, Staffordshire, England, Burslem, Stoneware (basaltware), 39.4 × 17.8 cm (15 1/2 × 7 in.)

Saint Catherine of Siena, 1510/15, Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro), Italian, active 1504–28, Italy, Tempera and oil on panel, 107.8 × 50.3 cm (42 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)

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

Maturity, 1887, Félicien Rops, Belgian, 1833-1898, Belgium, Aquatint, soft varnish ("vernis mou") and drypoint on cream laid paper, 174 × 133 mm (image), 191 × 149 mm (plate), 256 × 187 mm (sheet)

Charles Brandon, 1798, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Color stipple engraving on paper, 72 × 66 mm (image), 188 × 173 mm…

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in Unidentified Roles, c. 1768/70, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 30.9 x 14.7 cm (12 3/16…

Study for One of the Fates, c. 1865, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833-1898, England, Charcoal on white wove paper, 402 × 288 mm

Oh, Law! from George Cruikshank’s Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left), 1843, printed c. 1880, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published by Pickering & Chatto…

Amulet of a Cape Hare, Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 1.25 × 2.25 × .75 cm (1/2 × 1/4 × 3/8 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1845–60, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Umegae in the play Hiragana Seisuiki, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1764, 1764, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese,…

Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration, c. 1735, Nishimura Shigenobu, Japanese, active c. 1723-47, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, left sheet of hosoban diptych, urushi-e, 12 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

Gustave Doré, 1856/58, Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon), French, 1820–1910, France, Albumen print, 23.6 × 18.7 cm (image/paper)

Pepper Shaker, Late 18th century, Possibly Netherlands, Netherlands, Pewter, 14 x 5.7 cm (5 1/2 x 2 1/4 (base) in.)

Double Lappets, 1701/25, Eastern Europe or Russia, Eastern Europe, Linen, bobbin straight lace, 130.2 × 12.6 cm (51 1/4 × 5 in.)

The Four Naked Women, 1497, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 189 × 134 mm (image/plate), 190 × 135 mm (sheet)

Chicago Pitcher, 1893, Manufactured by W. T. Copeland and Sons, English, 1847-1970, England, Salt-glazed stoneware, 21 × 22.2 × 17.5 cm (8 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé, 1891, printed 1919, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Etching, drypoint and engraving in brown-black on cream Japanese laid paper, 183 × 145 mm (plate), 330…

Woman Wearing Black Hood in Front of the Hatsutaka Teahouse, c. 1783, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 68.5 x 11.0 cm

Illuminated Manuscript Leaf, c. 1450, Italian, Italy, Manuscript cutting with round gothic inscriptions in black, red and blue inks, and decorations in red and blue inks, on vellum, 162 x 117 mm

Large Leaf Verdure with Proscenium, Animals, and Birds, 1525/50, Southern Netherlands, Southern Netherlands, Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave, 523.2 x 288.9 cm (206 x 113…

From Spenser’s Fairy Queene, published June 1811, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by T. Hodgetts (English), England, Etching and engraving in brown on ivory laid…

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Domitian, AD 88/89, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.8 cm, 3.21 g

The Siege of La Rochelle, plate one, 1631, Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635), printed by Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris, France, Reproductions of etchings, 568 × 445 mm (image), 571 × 450…

The Eighth Month (Sogetsu), from the series Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juni tsuki), c. 1770/72, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, koban, 5 x 5 1/2 in.

Shepherd Playing the Flute, 1774, Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822), after Claude Lorrain (French, 1600-1682), England, Mezzotint in brown on cream laid paper, 191 × 258 mm (image), 207 × 259…

Winter, 1644, Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech, 1607-1677, Bohemia, Etching on ivory laid paper, 161 × 121 mm (image, trimmed within platemark at bottom), 162 × 122 mm (sheet)

Pair of Salts, 1765/85, Thomas Shields, American, 1742–1819, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Silver, Ea. 4.1 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm (1 5/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.), 1989.61.1: 99.1 g, 1989.61.2: 95.1 g

After the Antique (?): Head of a Satyr, n.d., Unknown Artist, Italian, 1500-1599, Italy, Red chalk, on ivory laid paper, 75 x 66 mm (max.)

Lady and Cavalier, n.d., Eugène François Marie Joseph Devéria, French, 1805-1865, France, Graphite, on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream, perimeter mounted on cream board, 240 × 204 mm

Surprised, 1898, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 247 x 178 mm (image/plate), 362 x 278 mm (sheet)

Ten Studies of Tahitian Figures, 1891/93, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Brush and brown inks (originally purple), with watercolor, on parchment, 240 × 314 mm

Scarab: Menkheperra (Thutmose III), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Thutmose III (about 1479–1425 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, 1.3 × 1 × 0.5 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 3/16 in)

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Fuji Sakon (?) in the Play Egara Tenjin Risho Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1789 (?), c. 1789, Katsukawa Shunsen,…

Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull, plate 32 from The Art of Bullfighting, 1814/16, published 1816, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828,…

Ceremonial Cloth (Sacred Heirloom Textile), Possibly 15th/16th century, India, Gujarat, India, Cotton, plain weave, block-printed resist, mordant dyed, 524.5 x 97.8 cm (206 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)

The Nativity, from Life of the Virgin, 1470/75, Martin Schongauer, German, c. 1450-1491, Germany, Engraving in black on cream laid paper, 255 × 166 mm (image/sheet, cut to platemark)

Group of Nine Standing Figures, 1524/27, Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, Italian, 1503-1540, Italy, Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid…

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, Diam. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Antilope crispa, Print, Blackbuck, The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole extant…

Altar Frontal, 17th century, Italy, 373.38 x 76.8 cm (147 x 30 1/4 in.)

The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid, plate 16 from The Art of Bullfighting, 1814/16, published 1816, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828, Spain, Etching,…

Panel, c. 1738/42, France, Silk, plain weave with patterning warps and patterning and brocading wefts, 102 × 53.6 cm (40 1/8 × 21 1/8 in.)

The Celestial Art, 1894, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 316 × 256 mm (image/chine), 453 × 349 mm (sheet)

Fragment, 13th century, Spain or Italy or Germany, Spain, Silk, linen, and gilt animal substrate wrapped linen, two-color complementary weft, weft-float faced twill weave with inner warps, 16.8 x…

Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc)(Furnishing Fabric), 1839/40, After a sculpture by Marie Christine d’Orléans (French, 1813–1839), France, Alsace, France, Cotton, plain weave, engraved roller…

Man in Eighteenth-Century Dress, Seated at Table and Reading, n.d., Charles Bargue, French, 1826-1883, France, Black crayon on ivory wove paper, 252 × 178 mm

Ara macao, Print, The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large red, yellow, and blue Central and South American parrot, a member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native…

Study for Exhibition Room, Somerset House, from Microcosm of London, c. 1808, Augustus Charles Pugin, English, born France, 1762-1832, England, Graphite on cream wove paper, 185 × 248 mm

Portfolio Cover, for Six Marines, 1833, Eugène Isabey (French, 1803-1886), printed by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836), France, Bi-fold portfolio cover with lithograph image and…

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hannya no Goro in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776, c. 1776, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川…

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 1750/55, England, Spitalfields, England, Silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal strips, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning…

Untitled (Black Sailor), 1875/99, Chute & Brooks, Uruguayan, active 1870s–1880s, Uruguay, Albumen print, 15 x 10.2 cm (image), 16.4 x 10.6 cm (card)

Sunday Morning, 1892/94, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 276 x 196 mm (image/plate), 448 x 330 mm (sheet)

Riva, No. 2, 1879/80, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint with foul biting, with drypoint cancellation, in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper, 208 x 305…

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789, c. 1789, Katsukawa Shun’ei,…

Illustration from Margarita philosophica, plate 35 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1517, assembled into portfolio 1937, Unknown Artist (German, 16th century), assembled by Max…

Paperweight, c. 1846–55, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, Saint-Louis, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Argulus foliaceus, Print, Argulus foliaceus (or Monoculus foliaceus Linnaeus, 1758 name) is a species of crustaceans in the family Argulidae, the fish lice. It is sometimes called the common…

Saint Valentine’s Day—The Old Story in All Lands, published February 22, 1868, Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916), United States,…

Waitress at the Minatoya Teahouse, c. 1769, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 31.3 × 13.8 cm (12 5/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Coverlet, 1839, Jonathan Garber (American, born 1807), United States, Maryland, Frederick County, Maryland, Cotton and wool, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and…

The Very Skilful Student of Falces, Wrapped in his Cape, Tricks the Bull with the Play of his Body, plate 14 from The Art of Bullfighting, 1814/16, published 1816, Francisco José de Goya y…

Musical Chime, Qing dynasty, inscribed and dated 26th year of Qianlong period (1761), China, Jade with gilt decoration

Coin Depicting the God Apollo, 3rd/2nd century BC, Greek, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 1.2 cm, 1.15 g

Fragment, A.D. 1476/1532, Chuquibamba, Peru, Probably south coast, Peru, Wool (camelid), interlocking tapestry weave with inserts of complementary weft weave, 62.2 x 99.5 cm (24 1/2 x 39 1/8 in.)

Bowl with Boys Playing amid Peony Blossoms, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century, China, Ding ware, porcelain with underglaze molded decoration, metal rim, H. 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.), diam. 21.0 cm…

Cuff Band, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Wool, tapestry weave, 8.4 × 22.2 cm (3 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

The Brine Maidens of Suma, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki), c. 1783/84, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 38.3 x 25.5 cm

Rectangular Plaque, Eastern Zhou dynasty, c. 770–256 B.C., 5th century B.C., China, Jade, 4 1/8 × 15/16 × 1/8 in.

Autumn, from The Four Seasons, 1641, Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech, 1607-1677, Bohemia, Etching on gray wove paper, 248 × 179 mm (plate), 251 × 183 mm (sheet)

Are you coming to announce victory?… hurry up and give me the details!…., plate 77 from Actualités, 1859, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879, France, Lithograph in black on cream…

Orphrey Panel (Depicting the Nativity), 1450/1500, Italy, Florence, Florence, Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and…

Inaba Province: Karo, Koyama (Inaba, Karo Koyama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1853, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858,…

Amphiprion chrysogaster, Print, Amphiprion chrysogaster, the Mauritian anemonefish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is endemic to…

Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar, 1855/56, Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926, France, Black and red chalk, with touches of colored chalks, on blue wove paper (discolored to blue-gray), laid down…

Fishermen, 1880, Robert Blyth (English, 1750-1784), after John Hamilton Mortimer (English, 1740-1779), England, Etching on cream laid paper, 369 × 420 mm (sheet), Our Father (Das Vater Unser),…

French Woman Admiring Goldfish at a Shop in Yokohama (Yokohama no shokan ni Furansujin kingyo wo moteasobu zu), 1861, Utagawa Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Amulet of a Djed Pillar, Third Intermediate Period–Ptolemaic Period (about 1069–30 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 2.2 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm (7/8 × 3/8 × 1/8 in.)

Wine Glass and Cover, c. 1730, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass with engraved gold leaf decoration, 24.8 × 7.6 cm (9 3/4 × 3 in.)

And On Every Side Are Columns of Basalt,…the Light Falls From the Vaulted Roof, plate 3 of 24, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down…

Entrance of the Ambassador of Poland into Rome, 1633, Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610-1664, Italy, Etching on ivory laid paper, 155 x 426 mm (image/plate), 210 x 560 mm (sheet)

Schöne Figuren vor alle Fabeln Esopi (Aesop’s Fables), plate eleven from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1566, assembled into portfolio 1937, Virgil Solis, the elder (German,…

Panel, Empire period, c. 1810, France, Lyon, France, Silk, satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, 299.8 × 55.5 cm (118 × 21 7/8 in.)

Fragment, 1625/50, Italy, silk, 161/2 x 28 cm (6 1/2 x 11 in.)

Coverlet, 1842, United States, Indiana, Union County, Indiana, Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth, woven on loom with Jacquard attachment, two loom widths joined, fringed, 230.8 x 193 cm (90…

The Madame B Album, 1870s, Marie-Blanche-Hennelle Fournier, French, 1831–1906, France, Albumen prints with watercolor (in album), 29.2 × 41.9 cm

1. Arch of Titus. 2. Villa Farnese. 3. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [the Supporter]. 4. Arch of Septimius Severus. 5. Temple of Peace, plate six from Some Views of Triumphal Arches…

Paperweight, 1847, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Lunéville, Glass, Diam. 10.2 cm (4 in.)

La Chasse au cerf et au sanglier (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1780, Engraved by Johann Elias Ridinger (German, 1698-1767) and others after Philip Wouverman (Dutch, 1619-1668), Manufactured by…

Miracle of the Deer of Saint Bassiano, from a Choir Book, 1500/10, Master B. F. (possibly Francesco Binasco), Italian (Lombardy), about 1490-about 1545, Italy, Opaque watercolor and shell gold…

The Fan, 1879, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black ink on ivory plate paper, 205 x 160 mm (image), 267 x 192 mm (sheet)