Coin Portraying Empress Julia Mamaea, AD 222/235, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 2.8 cm, 17.51 g

Unidentified Biblical Scene (recto), Sketches (verso), n.d., Possibly Ciro Ferri (Italian, 1634-1689), or Luca Giordano (Italian, 1632-1705), or Baldassarre Franceschini (Italian, 1611-1690),…

Jo and Uba Greeting the Rising Sun, c. 1770/81, Utagawa Toyoharu, Japanese, 1735-1814, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.

Child’s Collar, Qing dynasty (1644– 1911), late 19th century, China, Silk, satin weaves, embroidered with silk in satin, split, and stem stitches, laidwork and couching, edged with silk,…

Yoke (For Child’s Dress), 1890, United States, Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, Linen, plain weave, embroidered in padded satin, straight overcast, buttonhole, back and seed stitches, punched work…

Paperweight, c. 1845/60, Saint-Louis, France, founded 1767, France, Glass, Diam. 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)

Fishermen Catching a Sea Monster, 1560/70, Adamo Scultori (Italian, c. 1530-1587), after Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499-1546), Italy, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 210 x 314 mm

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Julia Domna, AD 193/217, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.8 cm, 3.78 g

The Maniac, 1880, Fitz Hugh Lane, American, 1804-1865, United States, Lithograph on cream wove paper, folded, 336 x 255 mm

The Banqueting House, Whitehall, 1815, Richard Holmes Laurie, English, 1776/77-1858, England, Hand-colored aquatint on paper

Woodland with a Pond and Swans, 1897, Jan Toorop, Dutch, 1858-1928, Holland, Drypoint on cream vellum paper, 158 x 201 mm (plate), 232 x 294 mm (sheet)

The Art of Wrestling: Eighty-Five Pieces (Ringer Kunst: Fünff und Achtzig Stücke), 1539, Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, 1515-1586), written by Fabian von Auerswald (German, born 1462),…

Adam and Eve, 1895, Aristide Joseph-Bonaventure Maillol, French, 1861-1944, France, Zincograph in black on buff wove paper, 260 × 324 mm (plate), 284 × 380 mm (sheet)

The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos, from The Bulls of Bordeaux, 1825, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828, Spain, Lithographic crayon and scraper on ivory wove paper, 311 x…

Ammonites crassa, 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,…

The French Redoubt at Inkermann, 1855, Roger Fenton, English, 1819–1869, England, Salted paper print, plate 3 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856), 16 × 26.1 cm…

Bouquet, from Collection of New Flowers of Taste for the Manufacture of Persian Cloth, Invented and Drawn by Jean Pillement, 1765/70, Johann Heinrich Hess (Germany, born 1746), after…

Sampler, 19th century, Possibly France, France, Linen, plain weave, cutwork embroidered with cotton in overcast stitch, pulled threadwork embroidered with cotton in hem, interlocking and…

A Fan Peddler Showing his Wares to a Young Woman, c. 1765/70, Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 27.5 x 20.2 cm

Arachnothera hypogrammica, Print, The purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is the only species in the genus Kurochkinegramma.…

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

Amulet of the God Shu, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Faience, 2.25 × 1.25 × 1 cm (7/8 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.)

Bird on Pole on Stand, Geometric Period (800–600 BC), Greek, Thessaly, Greece, Bronze, 4.3 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm (1 11/16 × 1 × 5/16 in.)

Tile with Double-Arched Prayer Niche (Mihrab), Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), 13th century, Iran, probably Kashan, Iran, Fritware with molded decoration, in-glaze painting in cobalt-blue and…

Scaraboid: Cat, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Glazed steatite, 0.5 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm (3/16 × 5/16 × 1/4 in.)

A Cloudy Day in Venice, 1881, Samuel Colman, American, 1832-1920, United States, Etching on ivory laid paper, 125 x 193 mm (image), 127 x 195 mm (plate), 327 x 443 mm (sheet)

Bowl, c. 1770, Attributed to Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (redware), 10.2 × 19.7 × 19.7 cm (4 × 7 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

Persons, n.d., Charles George Lewis, English, 1808-1880, England, Sketchbook

Koganei in Musashi Province (Musashi Koganei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei), 1858, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color…

Statuette of a Cat’s Head, Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Bronze, 6 × 7 × 4.1 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in.)

Saints Mark and Marcellian Led to Their Execution, while Comforted by Saint Sebastian, 18th century, Paolo Caliari, called Paolo Veronese, Italian, 1528-1588, Italy, Pen and black ink with brush…

Goatherd, 1862, Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878, France, Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper, 341 × 271 mm (image), 364 × 292 mm (sheet)

Magdalen in the Desert, n.d., Attributed to François Perrier, French, 1590-1650, France, Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash and white gouache, over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid…

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II, c. 1771, Torii Kiyomitsu I, Japanese, 1735–1785, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

Selim 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

Polychrome Tiles Depicting Male and Female Figures in Contemporary Dress Surrounded by Abstract Foliage, 1700/1750, Talavera Poblana, Puebla, Mexico, Puebla state, Tin-glazed earthenware, W. 25.7…

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790, c. 1790, Katsukawa Shun’ei, Japanese, 1762-1819,…

Miniature Bottle-Shaped Vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) or later, China, Porcelain with mirror black glaze, H. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.), diam. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)

Gage Building: Horizontal Ornament from the Facade, 1898–1899, Designer: Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856-1924), Model by: Kristian Schneider (American, late 19th cen.), Cast by: Winslow…

Letter K, 1630, Peter Aubry, German, 1596-1668, Germany, Engraving on paper, 260 x 210 mm

Bow Fibula, Geometric Period (800–700 BC), Greek, Thessaly, Greece, Bronze, 3.2 × 5.4 × 1.1 cm (1 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 7/16 in.)

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Julius Caesar, 43 BC, Roman, minted in Rome, Italy, Silver, Diam. 2.1 cm, 3.66 g

Goblet, c. 1740, Germany, Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Glass, 24.1 x 8.3 cm (9 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Paperweight, Mid 19th century, Possibly France or Czech Republic, France, Glass, Diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Blasted Tree, 1850, Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823–1900, United States, Oil on canvas, 43.2 × 35.6 cm (17 × 14 in.)

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138/161, Roman, minted in Rome, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.9 cm, 2.98 g

The Battle of Zama, after 1567, After Cornelis Cort, Netherlandish, c. 1533–before April 22, 1578, Netherlands, Oil on panel, 23 1/4 × 16 13/16 in. (59 × 42.7 cm)

Leda and the Swan, published July 7, 1893, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923, France, Photorelief print in red and black with letterpress music/lyrics on ivory…

Untitled Trial Lithograph, 1900, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 260 × 240 mm (image), 358 × 275 mm (sheet)

Return of the Paris Diligence, published September 6, 1815, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), after George Humphrey (English, 1773-1831), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c.…

Woman Hanging Out Clothes, c. 1855, Jean François Millet, French, 1814-1875, France, Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper, 92 × 100 mm (image), 109 × 107 mm (sheet)

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Come, come a ball’s always the same, 1853, Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 194 × 162 mm (image), 359 × 271 mm…

Three Seated Figures (recto), Seated Man in Profile (verso), n.d., Unknown artist, Italian, 17th century, Italy, Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash on ivory laid paper (recto), and pen…

Finale of the Flying Dutchman, second plate, 1885, Henri Fantin-Latour, French, 1836-1904, France, Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on off-white wove paper, 418 × 305 mm…

Draped Model with Small Table, 1866/69, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Charcoal with touches of white chalk on brown wove paper laid down on ivory board, 367 x 275 mm

Fluted Vessel, Possibly in the Form of a Gourd, c. A.D. 200, Colima, Colima, Mexico, Colima state, Ceramic and pigment, 21 × 24.1 cm (8 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

The Nunobiki Waterfall, Sesshu Province (Sesshu Nunobiki no taki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), 1859, Utagawa Hiroshige II…

Boswell’s Tour of the Hebrides: Folio Cover, 1786, Thomas Rowlandson, English, 1756-1827, England, Portfolio cover

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: My husband’s latest passion, 1853, Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866, France, Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, 192 × 162 mm (image), 354 × 265 mm (sheet)

Mythological Subject, n.d., Attributed to Jacques Bellange, French, 1594-1638, France, Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on card, 191 × 170 mm

Lamp, 14th century, Egypt or Syria, Egypt, Glass painted with red, blue, pale green, and white enamels and gilding, 28.2 × 18.1 × 18.1 cm (11 1/16 × 7 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)

Denarius (Coin) Depicting a Helmeted Head, about 78 BC, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, DIam. 1.8 cm, 3.88 g

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

Danck-Predikatien, Gedaen over de laste slach by Worcheseter, op den 18 September 1651, 1651, Unknown Artist, Dutch, 17th century, Netherlands, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper and…

Two Female Figures with Child, 1530/45, Ascribed to Valerio Belli, Italian, c. 1468-1546, Italy, Red chalk with brush and brown wash, on buff laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on…

Kärnthner-Ring No. 13, Zinshaus des Herrn J. Montandon, 1860s, Austrian, 19th century, Austria, Albumen print, 29.8 × 33.1 cm (image/paper), 42.8 × 61.2 cm (album page)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), 1892/93, United States, Cotton, plain weave, roller printed, two loom widths pieced, 236 x 127.9 cm (92 7/8 x 50 3/8 in.)

Statuette of Herakles, 4th/3rd century BC, Etruscan, Etruria, Bronze, 7.5 × 5 × 1.25 cm (2 7/8 × 2 × 1/2 in.)

Bust Portraits of Actors in Folding Fans: Ichikawa Danjuro V, Segawa Kikunojo III, Ichikawa Monnosuke II (right, top to bottom), Nakamura Nakazo I, Matsumoto Koshiro IV, Bando Mitsugoro II (left,…

The Black Cat, 1862, Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, France, Etching and plate tone on ivory laid paper, 274 × 371 mm (plate), 359 × 526 mm (sheet)

Mitsuke: View of the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34,…

Paperweight, c. 1848–55, Baccarat, France, founded 1764, Lunéville, Glass, Diam. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

Evening Rain at Shukaku, the actor Nakamura Nakazo as Sadakuro, from an untitled series of actor prints, 1780, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 25.0 x 18.5 cm

Amphitoe cancellata, Print

Flintlock Powder Tester, 1810/20, Gunsmith: Guillaume Berleur (Flemish), Liège, early 19th century, Belgium, Steel, brass, flint, leather, and walnut, L. 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)

Hat Badge with a Cameo of a Laureate Head, 1550/1600 with later modifications, Italian, Northern Italy, Agate, gold, and enamel, 4.2 × 3.2 cm (1 3/16 × 1 in.)

Male Head, n.d., Possibly after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 1475-1564, Italy, Pen and black and brown ink, on cream laid paper, hinged on to cream wove paper, 62 x 76 mm

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors), Performed at the Morita Theater…

Panel, c. 1770, England, Spitalfields, Spitalfields, Silk, plain weave with patterning warps and patterning and brocading wefts, 113.3 x 50.5 cm (44 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)

Picture of a Banquet of People of Five Nations at the Gankiro Teahouse (Gokakoku gankiro ni oite sakamori no zu), 1860, Ochiai Yoshiiku, Japanese, 1833–1904, Japan, Color woodblock prints,…

Ewer, 1885, Designed by Ernest Chaplet, French, 1835-1909, Made by L’Atelier Haviland de la rue Blomet, Auteuil, Paris, 1882-1886, Auteuil, Enameled stoneware, H. 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.)

Aptinus, Print, Aptinus is a genus of ground beetle native to Europe and the Near East. It contains the following species:

The Mortuary, Paris, 1854, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching and drypoint in warm brown on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper, 232 × 206 mm (image), 232 × 206 mm (plate), 296 × 255…

Antilope gnu, Print, The black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is one of the two closely related wildebeest species. It is a member of the genus Connochaetes and family Bovidae.…

Flintlock Blunderbuss with Spring-Bayonet, 1820, English, England, Brass, steel, walnut, and oak, L. bayonet e×tended 76.2 cm (30 in.)

Plaque with Bacchanalian Figure, 1769/80, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), Overall: 16.2 × 11.9 cm (6 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Fragment with the Gyr Family Coat of Arms, 14th century, Germany, Cologne, Cologne, Wool and linen, three and four color complementary weft, weft-float faced twill weave with inner warps, 59.9 ×…

Herring Dish, c. 1740, Dirk van den Bergh, Netherlands, 18th century, Delft, Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware), 11.25 × 10 cm (28.6 × 3 15/16 in.)

Tripod Vessel with Squared Handles, Wheel Patterns at Neck, Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), c. 12th century, China, Stoneware with molded/applied relief and iron brown…

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Juno, about 87 or 83 BC, Roman, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 1.7 cm, 3.74 g

Portrait of Sebastiano Resta, 1738, Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755, Italy, Etching on paper, 279 x 178 mm

Plate One, from A New Book of Ornaments, 1704, Simon Gribelin II, French, 1661-1733, France, Engraving on ivory laid paper, 196 × 161 mm (image/plate), 195 × 233 mm (sheet)

Mephisto from the Opera Faust, 1870/86, Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli, French, 1824-1886, France, Oil on panel, 15 1/8 × 10 5/16 in. (38.5 × 26.2 cm)

Arachnothera uropygialis, Print, Spiderhunter, The spiderhunters are birds of the genus Arachnothera, part of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains thirteen species found in the…

Paperweight, 1847, Pietro Bigaglia (Italian, 1786-1878), Italy, Glass, 2 1/8 in.

Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians, Cañon de Chelle, New Mexico. Squaw weaving blankets. The native loom. The blankets made are of the best quality, and impervious to water, 1873,…

Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a puppeteer, c. 1749, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711-1785, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban (left half of a horizontal oban), benizuri-e, 12 1/2 x 9 in.

Roben Falls at Oyama in Sagami Province (Soshu Oyama Roben no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), c. 1833, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎,…

Border, 1870s, England or France, England, Silk, Leavers machine lace, 11.3 × 192 cm (4 1/2 × 75 1/2 in.)

Four-Armed Bodhisattva, 9th/10th century, Indonesia, Central Java, Central Java, Bronze, 10.8 × 5.8 × 4.6 cm (4 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)