Mace, 1480/1500, German, Germany, Steeel, iron, wood, and fish skin, L. 49.2 cm (19 3/8 in.)

Shimosa Province: Asakura Togo and Hitachi Province: Oguri’s Wife Kohagi, from the series Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi), 1852, Utagawa…

Ceiling Design with Psyche and Mercury, n.d., Attributed to Pietro Liberi, Italian, 1614-1687, Italy, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored),…

Fragment (From an Orphrey Band), 15th century, Germany, Cologne, Cologne, Silk, linen, and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, bands of four color complementary weft, weft-float-faced 1:2 'S'…

Panel, 1733/35, In the style of Jean Revel (French, 1684–1751), France, Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in twill interlacings and plain interlacings…

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

Nocturne: Palaces, 1879/80, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Cancelled copper plate, 290 x 195 mm (sight-through mat window), Ladies, Flowers, and Rocks, Qing…

Coin Depicting a Male Head, before 190 BC (?), Greek, minted in Hephaistia, Lemnos, Ancient Greece, Bronze, Diam. 1.7 cm, 2.94 g

Fifth of November, 1895, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on cream wove Japanese vellum, 166 x 165 mm (image), 312 x 231 mm (sheet)

Striking Arguments, January 1898, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923, France, Lithograph in black on thick ivory wove paper, 355 × 295 mm, 550 × 434 mm (sheet)

Border, Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.)/Arab period (641–969), 6th/8th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Wool and linen, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and wrapped…

Bird’s Eye View (South), 1873, Lovejoy & Foster, American, active 1870s, United States, Toned gelatin silver print, stereo, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity

Punchinello, c. 1850, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, French, 1815-1891, France, Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper, 158 × 81 mm (image), 278 × 182 mm (sheet)

Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns), 1503, Aztec (Mexica), Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Basalt, 55.9 × 66 × 22.9 cm (22 × 26 × 9 in.)

Plain, c. 1885, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 118 × 178 mm (plate), 165 × 237 mm (sheet)

Beauty Reading a Letter, c. 1758, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711–1785, Japan, Color woodblock print, o-oban, benizuri-e, 43.4 x 31.2 cm (12 1/8 x 17 in.)

Denarius Serratus (Coin) Depicting the God Jupiter, about 81 BC, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.8 cm, 3.70 g

Decorated Initial E with Flowers from a Choir Book, 14th century or modern, c. 1920, European, Europe, Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum, 63 × 71 mm

Divan of Hafiz, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century, dated c. 1540–1550, Iran, Iran, Cover: bound in leather, tooled, applied gold and black pigment, interior: ink, gold and opaque…

The Satyr with the Cynical Smile, plate 5 of 8 from Les Origines, 1883, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on light gray China paper, laid down on white wove paper, 242…

Amonoceratites glossoidea, Print

The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses Because of the Stench. Inferno, canto XXIX, 1827, printed c. 1892, William Blake, English, 1757-1827, England, Hand-colored…

Paperweight, 1848, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, France, Glass, Diam. 7.9 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Renaissance Window, 1888, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on Japanese paper, 177 x 127 mm (image, trimmed…

From the Hatton Fern Album, c. 1850, Anonymous, English, 19th Century, England, Cyanotype fern study and original fern template, 37.4 × 26 cm (template paper), 23.3 × 18 cm (cyanotype image),…

The Ghost of the Great General Tamichi (Daishogun Tamichi no rei), from the series A Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals (Dai Nihon meisho kagami), 1880, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese,…

Les Invalides du Sentiment: Elle a joué Zaïre, 1853, Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 217 × 185 mm (image), 365 × 267 mm (sheet)

Frontispiece, plate one from Hudibras, February 1725/26, William Hogarth, English, 1697-1764, England, Etching and engraving in black on cream paper edge mounted on cream wove paper, 240 × 347…

Shoe, 16th century, England, London, England, Leather, slashed toe and strap, 24 × 10 × 5 cm (9 7/16 × 3 15/16 × 2 in.)

Yoke-Back Armchair, Late Ming or early Qing dynasty, 17th century, China, Huanghuali wood with pine seat boards and woven cane seat, 113.7 × 57.9 × 52.7 cm (44 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 20 3/4 in.)

The Faggot-Makers, c. 1878, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper, 385 × 275 mm (image/plate), 433 × 314 mm (sheet)

Fragment, 1601/25, Italy, cisele voided cloth velvet, 21.2cm x 23.1 cm ( 8 11/16 x 9 1/16)

Sacrifice of Isaac, c. 1656, After Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (Italian, 1519-1594), or Pedro de Valpuesta (Spanish, 1614-1668), Italy, Brush and brown ink and wash, heightened with…

Statue of Cupid, n.d., Unknown artist, possibly 18th century, Unknown Place, Red chalk on ivory laid paper, 332 × 191 mm

Coin Portraying Emperor Crispus, AD 323/324, Roman, minted in Trier, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 2 cm, 3.39 g

Fountain at St. Sulpice, 1851, Charles Marville, French, 1813–1879, France, Salted paper print, 20.7 × 15.8 cm (image/paper), 21.8 × 16.7 cm (first mount), 49.4 × 39.3 cm (second mount)

Panel and Fragment, c. 1840, Europe or United States, Europe, Silk, plain weave self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground weft floats, satin and twill interlacings, "watered" (moiré), a:…

Psyche’s Father Consulting the Oracle, 1530/40, Agostino dei Musi (Italian, c. 1490-after 1536), after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592), in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called…

Jug with Cover, 1810/20, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration, H. 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)

Bowl with Winding Strokes, Southern Song (1127–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 12th/14th century, China, Jizhou ware, light grey stoneware with dark brown glaze and painting in overglaze…

Statuette of Osiris, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Steatite, 19.3 × 4.1 × 10.2 cm (7 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 4 in.)

Genius of Time, plate 32 from Genii and Virtues, c. 1465, Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, Italian, active c. 1465, Italy, Engraving on paper, 178 x 100 mm (plate), 183 x 105 mm (sheet)

Screen: Winter (Panel One), c. 1820, France, Block-printed, color on paper, 172.4 × 72.4 cm (67 7/8 × 28 1/2 in.)

Plate 34 of 38 from Oeuvres de J. B. Huet, 1796–99, Jean Baptiste Huet, French, 1745-1811, France, Etching on paper, 480 × 350 mm

Orphrey Depicting the Resurrection of St. Mary, 1450/1500, Italy, Silk, gold gilt strip wound around linen fiber core, integrated weave of warp-float faced satin weave and twill weave with…

Agelaius phoeniceus, Print, The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from…

A Man Shooting with a Blowpipe, illustration for the Conch Shell (Horagai), from the series A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase), 1821, Katsushika Hokusai…

Sponge Box, 1833, Probably Pieter Kuijlenburg, Dutch, active c. 1818-c. 1834, Probably Schoonhoven, Netherlands, Netherlands, Silver, 3.8 x 3.2 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)

Table Napkin Commemorating the Marriage of Louis XIV (1638–1715) and Marie-Therese (1638–1683) in 1660, c. 1660, France, Linen, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces: initials…

Blanket, c. 1865/75, Navajo (Diné), United States, New Mexico, New Mexico, Wool, single interlocking tapestry weave, twined selvages, heading and finish terminating in tassels, 132.7 x 84 cm (52…

Cast-Iron Billy, 1877, John Thomson, Scottish, 1837–1921, Scotland, Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London

Kesa, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century, Japan, Japan

The Ferry, 1887, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photoetching, pl. XXV from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew"…

Plate from l’Assommoir (man proposing a toast at table with five other people), 1878, Gaston La Touche, French, 1854-1913, France, Drypoint and plate tone on ivory laid paper, 183 × 238 mm…

Mask, Late 19th century, Sha or Kulere, Nigeria, Coastal West Africa, Nigeria, Wood and rubber, H. 64.8 cm (25 1/2 in.)

Five Hundred Luohans, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century, Artist unknown (spurious signature of Li Gonglin, 1049－1106）, Chinese, China, Handscroll, ink and colors on paper

Cinerary Urn of Plautia Hesperis, 1st century AD, Roman, Italy, Marble, a (urn): 18.7 × 33.3 ×31.4cm (7 3/8 × 13 1/8 × 13 3/8 in), Head of an Old Woman, n.d., Cornelis Visscher, Dutch, c.…

Eye of the God Horus (Wedjat) Amulet, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (1991–1784 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Carnelian, 2.5 × 1.75 × .25 cm (1 × 11/16 × 1/8 in.)

For the Third Time of Asking, 1870/91, Charles Keene, English, 1823-1891, England, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and touches of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on…

Alcedo euryzona, Print, The blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona), is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland…

Lingering Snow at Asukayama (Asukayama no bosetsu), 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,…

Peasant Women from Near Boulogne, 1873, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching on cream laid paper, 228 × 149 mm (plate), 362 × 251 mm (sheet)

Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), 1827/40, Designed by George Zipelius (French, 1808-1890) after Sulpice Guillaume Chevallier, called Gavarni (French, 1804-1866), France, Cotton,…

Panel, 1750/1800, France, Silk and gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave, with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, 67.5 × 55 cm (26 1/2 × 21 5/8 in.)

Trouser Band, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900, Han-Chinese, China, Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze., 15.8 × 33.7 cm (6 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)

Fragment (From a Hanging), 18th century, Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, Náxos, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk in running stitches (pattern darning), 52.6 x 44.7 cm (20 5/8 x 17 5/8 in.)

Statuette of Sobek, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30 (664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Copper alloy, 16.7 × 4.5 × 5 cm (6 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 2 in.)

Fish Slice, c. 1830/60, Newell Harding & Co., American, 1859–1862, Haverhill, Massachusetts, Boston, Silver, L. 28 cm (11 in.)

Close Helmet for the Tourney, c. 1560, South German, Landshut, Landshut, Steel and leather, H. 25.4 cm (10 in.)

Mule Driver, n.d., Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbó, Spanish, 1838-1874, Spain, Etching on paper, 105 x 70 mm (plate)

Ichikawa Omezo, 1794, Utagawa Kunimasa, Japanese, 1773-1810, Publisher: Yo-Ya Eikichi, Japanese, 19th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 37.3 x 25.4 cm

Study No. 1: Mr. Thomas Way, 1896, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in black on grayish white chine, laid down on white plate paper, 187 x 119 mm…

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp, c. 1830/35, Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780–1850, Japan, Color woodblock print, shikishiban diptych, surimono, 8 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.

Plate five, from A Harlot’s Progress, 1732, William Hogarth, English, 1697-1764, England, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 303 × 375 mm (image), 324 × 392 mm (plate), 434 × 527 mm (sheet)

Young Woman Writing or Drawing, n.d., Attributed to Elisabetta Sirani, Italian, 1638-1665, Italy, Red chalk on cream laid paper, 280 x 199 mm

As (Coin) Portraying Emperor Licinius, AD 308/324, Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexandria, Bronze, Diam. 2.4 cm, 6.69 g

Summer Afternoon, 1895, Hans am Ende, German, 1864-1918, Germany, Etching and aquatint with brown ink on cream wove paper, 190 × 355 mm (image), 223 × 374 mm (plate), 352 × 509 mm (sheet)

Nocturne: Shipping, 1879/80, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Drypoint in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper, 156 x 220 mm (plate), 161 x 224 mm (sheet)

Portrait Bust of a Cardinal, n.d., Style of Claude Mellan, French, 1598-1688, France, Black chalk on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper, 115 × 97 mm

Ni: Akutagawa, 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…

Carpet Fragments, 1860/80, United States, Wool, plain weave, tied and free double cloth, main warp fringe, a: 250.3 x 90.7 cm (98 1/2 x 35 3/4 in.)

Close No. 118 High Street, 1868, Thomas Annan, Scottish, 1829–1887, Scotland, Photogravure, plate 6 from the book "The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow" (1900), 21.7 x 17.6 cm (image), 38 x 27.7…

Profile Portrait of the Printers Brunet and Lasteyrie, 1816, Dominique-Vivant Denon, French, 1747-1825, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 120 × 152 mm (image), 210 × 290 mm (sheet)

Goten Hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido (Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), c. 1830/33, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎,…

Alauda arvensis, Print, The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a passerine bird in the lark family Alaudidae. It is a wide-spread species found across Europe and Asia with introduced populations…

Anas boschas, Print, The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New…

The Diplomat and the Anthill, Illustration for Fables and Tales by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans, 1868, Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885, France, Lithograph (etching transfer) on cream China…

Untitled, 1857, Gustave Le Gray, French, 1820–1884, France, Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordianus, AD 241, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 3.1 cm, 17.97 g

Bust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist?), 1630/40, Francesco Mochi, Italian, 1580-1654, Italy, Marble, on variegated black marble socle, 40.5 × 33 × 29 cm (15 7/8 × 13 × 11 3/8 in.)

Bust of Homer, c. 1790, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), Height with base: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.), W: 7.6 cm (3 in.), base height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)

Coverlet, 1840/45, United States, Ohio, Ohio, Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth with main warp and extended ground weft fringe, woven on loom with Jacquard attachment, 223.5 x 190.5 cm (88…

Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog, early 1760s, Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese, 1739-1820, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, mizu-e, 11 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.

Teapot, c. 1820, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Earthenware with silver lustre decoration, H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)

Antilope kudu, 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 member…

Anna Thibaud, from Le Café-Concert, 1893, Henri-Gabriel Ibels (French, 1867-1936), printed by Edward Ancourt & Cie (French, 19th-20th century), published by L’Estampe originale (French,…

Nicolas Potier de Novion, 1657, Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623-1678, France, Engraving on paper, 363 × 266 mm

Anodonta cygnea, Print, The swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea, is a large species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Trouser Band, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900, Han-Chinese, China, embroidered on gauze, 21 × 42.4 cm (8 1/4 × 16 5/8 in.)

Allegorical Figure of Europe, 1770/80, Derby Porcelain Manufactory, England, 1750-1848, Derby, Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding, H. 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.), base diam. 12 cm (4…