Hercules Between Virtue and Vice, 1849–52, Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863, France, Graphite on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper, 290 × 352 mm

Cossack Bodyguards of the Line, Kuban, Taman, Détroit de Yéni-Kaleb, October 9, 1837, 1846, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by Auguste Bry (French, 19th century),…

Pair of Cuffs, 1525/50, Italy, Linen, plain weave, cut and drawn work in interlocking lace and overcast stitches, darned and overcast bars, buttonhole ring picots, embroidered in bullion,…

Takashima Ohisa, c. 1795, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 38.0 x 25.8 cm

Fish and Bamboo, 1860s, Maezawa Otei, Japanese, 1827-?, Japan, Color woodblock print, surimono, 24.8 x 18.4 cm

Apache Indians, as they appear ready for the war-path, 1873, Timothy O’Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882), commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engineers,…

Untitled (Married Couple), 1852, probably American, 19th century, United States, Daguerreotype, 10.8 x 8.3 cm (plate), 11.9 x 9.6 x 1.4 cm (case), Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman in a Dark…

Tankard with Mansfeld Arms, 1590/1600, German, probably Saxony, Saxony, Colorless glass, enamel, H. 14 × 11.4 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)

A Musician with a Hermit, n.d., Moritz von Schwind, Austrian, 1804-1871, Austria, Etching on paper, 245 × 186 mm (image), 266 × 217 mm (plate), 440 × 303 mm (sheet)

Fragment, 17th century, Italy, Silk, cut, uncut, and voided velvet against plain weave foundation, 23 × 26.8 cm (9 × 10 1/2 in.)

Hydria (Water Jar), about 300 BC, Greek, possibly Apulia or Campania, Italy, Nola, terracotta, decorated in the black-glaze technique, 27.9 × 17.7 × 14.6 cm (11 × 7 × 5 3/4 in.)

Arctomys marmotta, Print, 1700-1880

Stallion (one of a pair), c. 1650, Italian, Italian, Bronze, patina, 7 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 8 in. (19.3 x 6.4 x 20.3 cm)

Jurojin, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin), c. 1769, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock…

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi), Edo period (1615–1868), 1735/40, Torii Kiyomasu II, Japanese, active early 18th century, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, hosoban, 29.6…

My Aim is Your Heart (valentine), 1840/49, John Windsor, English, 19th century, England, Collaged elements and gold paint on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, 135 × 90 mm (folded sheet)

Tsiganes Mountain Dwelling, 1841, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804-1860), printed by Auguste Bry (French, 19th century), published by Chez Gihaut Frères (French, 19th century),…

Cup and Saucer, c. 1825, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass, black, blown and gilded, Cup: 8.4 × 8.6 cm (3 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Crayon-Manner Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77, A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century), published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c.…

The Virgin Islands at Bezons (The Fishing Hole), 1850, Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878, France, Etching and roulette on cream Japanese paper, 188 × 156 mm (image), 188 × 158 mm…

Hercules and Hesione, c. 1630, Bartolomeo Salvestrini, attributed to, Italian, died 1630, Italy, Oil on canvas, 69 1/16 x 59 1/8 in. (175.4 x 150.2 cm)

Shawl Border Fragment, c. 1820, India, India, Wool, double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weave, main warp fringe, a: 40.6 x 127.2 cm (16 x 50 in.)

Flower Holder, c. 1790, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), H. 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.), diam. 12.7 cm (5 in.)

Coat of Arms of Sebald Beham, 1544, Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 69 x 59 mm (sheet, trimmed to image)

Female Musician, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), late 7th/early 8th century, China, Earthenware with polychrome pigments, 21.1 × 13.6 × 13.4 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.)

Soup Plate, c. 1790, English for the American market, Leeds, England, Creamware, Diam. 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.)

Coin Depicting the Nymph Parthenope, late 5th/4th century BC, Roman, Campania, minted in Neapolis, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 2 cm, 6.36 g

The Apostle Jean Journet, n.d., Gustave Courbet, French, 1819-1877, France, Lithograph in black on tan wove paper, 244 × 171 mm

Amulet of Pataikos, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 3.8 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm (1 1/2 × 5/8 × 1/2 in.)

Cavalier Drinking, n.d., Antonio Casanova y Estorach, Spanish, 1847-1896, Spain, Pen and black ink, over graphite, on cream wove paper, 246 x 159 mm

Spandrel with Rape of Orytheia Flanked by Hercules and Omphale, n.d., Possibly after Ciro Ferri, Italian, 1634-1689, Italy, Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk,…

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei, 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 37.9 x 25.0 cm

Cupids at War, n.d., Charles Eisen, French, 1720-1778, France, Ink or chalk wash on paper, 102 × 139 mm

Sibyl in the Clouds, after 1570, After Luca Cambiaso, Italian, 1527-1585, Italy, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, squared in red chalk, tipped onto ivory laid…

The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845, 1865, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching with burnishing on grayish-ivory China paper, 93 × 145 (image, including stray marks), 139 × 154…

Brook in the Clearing, 1862, Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878, France, Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper, 189 × 152 mm (image), 205 × 170 mm (sheet)

Adoration of the Shepherds, n.d., After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian, c. 1499-c. 1543, Italy, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white,…

Fan, 18th century, Louis XVI period (1774–1793), France, Carved ivory sticks encrusted with gold, painted paper mount, silver rivet, 29.2 cm 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)

No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), c. 1835/38, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color…

Two Lovers, Oshichi and Kichisaburo, c. 1708, Attributed to Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686-1764, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, o-oban, tan-e, 56.4 x 29.0 cm

Geisha and Maid on a Balcony Overlooking the Bay, c. 1783, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 69.4 x 12.3 cm

A Mountainous Landscape with a Stream, 1827, Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780–1850, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, surimono, 18.6 x 25.4 cm

Fragment, Louis XVI period, 1774–1792, late 18th century, France, Silk, brocaded plain compound cloth, 33.7 × 22.9 cm (13 1/4 × 9 in.)

Lucien Guitry, from Treize Lithographies, 1898, published before 1906, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph on ivory laid paper, 280 × 233 mm (image), 391 × 316 mm…

Bacchante with Infant Faun, Modeled 1894, cast after 1894, Frederick W. MacMonnies, American, 1863–1937, Cast by Jaboeuf et Rouard, Paris, France, United States, Bronze, H.: 86.3 cm (34 in.)

Anthochaera carunculata, Print, The red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) is a passerine bird native to southern Australia. At 33–37 cm in length, it is the second largest species of…

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1720s, Belgium, Flanders, Brussels, Flanders, Linen, bobbin part lace of a type known as "Brussels" with a plaited bar ground, 114.6 × 9.8 cm (45 × 3 7/8 in.)

Fisherman’s Shield, 1645, Germany, Silk, satin weave, embroidered with silk, Diam. 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

Teapot, 1760/75, England, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware), 17.2 × 10.2 cm (6 3/4 × 4 in.)

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century, Japan, silk, 115.6 x 215.9 cm (45 1/2 x 85 in.)

Toning the Bell, 1874, Walter Shirlaw, American, born Scotland, 1838–1909, Munich, Oil on canvas, 101.6 × 76.2 cm (40 × 30 in.)

Holy Family with Two Angels, 1609/10, Francesco Albani, after, Italian, 1578-1660, Italy, Graphite on tan laid paper, squared in graphite, edge mounted on cream wove card, 389 x 304 mm

Sparrow and wisteria, 1840s, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, kotanzaku, 13 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.

The Crystal Palace, 1871, Camille Pissarro, French, 1830-1903, France, Oil on canvas, 47.2 × 73.5 cm (19 × 29 in.), Pictures of East Anglian Life, 1883/87, printed 1888, Peter Henry Emerson,…

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Shizuka (Shizkua Gozen) Disguised as Tamazusa in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777, c.…

Plate Two from The Supreme Current Fashion, c. 1805, Pierre Nolasque Bergeret (French, 1782-1863), printed by chez Martinet (French, 19th century), France, Lithograph in black with hand-coloring…

Caricature of Henri Cassinelli (Rufus Croutinelli), c. 1858, Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926, France, Graphite on commercially prepared tan wove card, 130 × 85 mm

Coverlet, 1851, James Van Ness (American, 1811-1872), United States, New York, Wayne County, Palmyra, New York, Cotton and wool, plain weave double cloth, woven on loom with Jacquard attachment,…

Part of a Bed Set, 18th century, France, Nantes, France, Cotton, plain weave, block printed and painted, 280 × 65.2 cm (110 1/4 × 25 5/8 in.)

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Asuka Hill (Asukayama hanami), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho), c. 1832/34, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color…

The Boxers, 1818, Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824), printed by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836), France, Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper, 352…

Illustration to Life of Dion from La Seconda Parte delle Vite di Plutarcho di greco in latino & di latino in volgare tradotte, plate 85 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1538,…

John Colet, August 24, 1795, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper, 270 x 200 mm (image), 327…

Repose, 1890, Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926, United States, Etching on ivory laid paper, 231 x 168 mm (image/plate), 307 x 239 mm (sheet)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?), c. 1783/84, Katsukawa Shunjo, Japanese, died 1787, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, left sheet of triptych (?), 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12…

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri, c. 1785, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban triptych, 39.0 x 26.1 cm (right sheet), 38.5 x 25.4…

Louis XVI, 1790, Charles Clément Bervic (French, 1756-1822), after Antoine Francois Callet (French, 1741-1823), France, Engraving on paper, 634 × 480 mm (image), 750 × 570 mm (sheet)

The Day Dream, 1869, printed October 1890, Julia Margaret Cameron, English, 1815–1879, England, Photogravure, from "Sun Artists, Number 5" (1890), 21.6 × 15.5 cm (image), 38 × 28.2 cm (paper)

The Abduction of Helen, n.d., Barthel Beham, German, 1502-1540, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 24 x 116 (image/plate), 26 x 119 mm (sheet)

Christ Carried to the Tomb, c. 1645, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching and drypoint on white laid paper, 129 x 107 mm (image/plate), 133 x 113 mm (sheet)

The danger of being caught in a steeple chase, plate 12 from Pastorales, 1845, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879, France, Lithograph in black on white wove paper, 270 × 228 mm (image),…

Pillow Sham, c.1720, England, Cotton, plain weave, underlaid with linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in back, herringbone, running, and satin stitches, laid work,…

Autumnal Sun Set, 1831, David Lucas (English, 1802-1881), after John Constable (English, 1776-1837), England, Mezzotint on paper, 130 × 241 mm (image), 175 × 251 mm (plate), 294 × 440 mm (sheet)

Olga Bratt, 1892, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on ivory laid paper, 197 x 138 mm (image/plate), 371 x 243 mm (sheet)

Cupid Tied to a Tree, 1570/99, Attributed to Giorgio Picchi, Italian, c. 1560-1605, Italy, Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card, 138 x 99 mm

Peasant Mother and Child, c. 1895, Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926, United States, Etching and aquatint in green brown and black ink on white laid paper, 297 x 240 mm (image/plate), 445 x 280…

Kobo Daishi (Kukai) as a Boy (Chigo Daishi), 15th century, Japanese, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 86.7 x 48.9 cm (34 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)

Fragment, early 17th century, Italy, Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut, and voided velvet, 13.3 × 19.1 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Forget Me Not (valentine), c. 1850, George Kershaw, English, 19th century, England, Lithograph with hand-coloring on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (lace, folded), with blue wove paper insert,…

Amor Caritas, Modeled 1897, cast after 1899, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, born Ireland, 1848–1907, United States, Bronze, 131.4 × 80.7 cm (51 3/4 × 31 3/4 in.)

The One-Page Preface and Colophon from the illustrated book Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa), 1787, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, pages from…

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776, c. 1776, Katsukawa Shunsho…

And this too, plate 45 from The Disasters of War, 1812/15, published 1863, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828, Spain, Etching, aquatint or lavis, drypoint and burin on ivory…

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1599, Jan Saenredam (Netherlandish, 1565-1607), after Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566-1651), Holland, Engraving on ivory laid paper, 559 x 403 mm

Medallion with Petronia, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 5.1 × 4.3 × 0.8 cm (2 × 1 11/16 × 5/16 in.)

Sketch of Trees Near Bridge (recto), Sketch of Building (verso), n.d., Attributed to Richard Wilson, English, 1714-1782, England, Charcoal and graphite (recto), and charcoal (verso), on blue…

La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris, 1852, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching with drypoint on tan laid chine, hinged to ivory laid paper, 172 × 253 mm (image), 172 × 253 mm (plate), 182…

Sleeve Pieces, 1758, France, White taffeta with cut work pattern, W. 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, December 16, 1796, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Stipple engraving on cream wove paper, 191 x…

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine I, AD 310/311, Roman, minted in Trier, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 1.9 cm, 1.72 g

Covered Cosmetic Box with Floret Scrolls, Song (960–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), c. 12th/13th century, China, Jizhou-type ware, stoneware with olive-brown glaze and underglaze molded…

Amulet of the God Harpocrates (Standing), Late Period, Dynasty 26–31 (664–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 2.5 × 1 × 0.6 cm (1 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)

Hota Beach in Awa Province (Boshu Hota no kaigan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei), 1858, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color…

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

The Smolnoi Monastery, 1851/52, Roger Fenton, English, 1819–1869, England, Salted paper print, 17.1 × 21.5 cm (image/paper), 43.4 × 55 cm (mount)

Plaque with Arming of Achilles, 1790, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), Diam. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)

Before the Ballet Class, 1889–90, Georges-William Thornley (French, 1857-1935), after Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), printed by Atelier Becquet (French, 19th century), published by…

Hunting Hangar with Calendar Blade, blade dated 1534, hilt late 17th century, German, Munich, Munich, Steel with gilding, wood, and brass wire, L. 45.5 cm (17 7/8 in.)

Creamer, 1825/30, English for the American market, Staffordshire, England, Earthenware, H.: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)

The Grand Tournament: The Combat, 1627, Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635, France, Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 153 × 243 mm (plate), 172 × 259 mm (sheet)