Female Figure, 500/300 B.C., Chupícuaro, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Mexico, México, Ceramic and pigment, 12.1 x 5.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 in.), Female Figure, 500/300 B.C., Chupícuaro, Formative…

Bridge and Ruined Tower, n.d., Johann Christoph Erhard, German, 1795-1822, Germany, Graphite on cream wove paper, 199 x 254 mm

Academic Nude, Seen from the Back, 1862, Paul Cézanne, French, 1839–1906, France, Charcoal and black chalk, with stumping and erasing, and graphite sketches and notations, on tan laid paper,…

Sword (Pappenheimer Rapier), c. 1630, Dutch, Netherlands, Steel, silver, gilding, wood, and leather, 122.2 × 25.4 cm (48 1/8 × 10 in.)

Bowl, mid–1st century AD, Roman, probably from the Eastern Mediterranean, Mediterranean Region, Glass, mold-blown technique, H. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.), diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as an Incarnation of the Dragon King in the Play Saki Masuya Ume on Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in te Eleventh Month, 1778, c. 1778, Katsukawa…

Mise-en-carte (Point-paper), 1764, Designed by L. Galy Gallien et Compe (1761–1770), France, Ink and gouache on hand drawn graph paper, 42.9 × 53.05 cm (16 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.)

View of Mount Fuji at sunrise on New Year’s Day, c. 1772, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790, Japan, Color woodblock print, chuban, 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.

Aix sponsa, Print, The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl., 1700-1880

Sunset and Moonrise, c. 1832, Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775-1851, England, Watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board, 294 × 455 mm

Divination Mirror, 900/600 B.C., Chavín-Cupisnique, North coast, Peru, North Coast, Anthracite, 9.5 × 10.2 cm (3 3/4 × 4 in.)

Panel, 1825/75, France, Cotton, plain weave, block printed, a: 269.1 × 80.6 cm (106 × 31 3/4 in.)

Barmouth, the Quay and Ty Gwyn, 1860/94, Francis Bedford, English, 1816–1894, England, Albumen print, 16.1 × 21.1 cm (image/paper)

Fragment, Greco–Roman period (30 B.C.–641 A.D.), 3th/4th century, Egypt, Akhmin, Egypt, Linen and wool, slit tapestry weave, 31.8 × 15.2 cm (12 1/2 × 6 in.)

The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei, 1794, Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 37.7 x 24.3 cm

January – Last Year’s Bills from George Cruikshank’s Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left), 1837, printed c. 1880, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), published…

Fragment (Dress Fabric), 18th century, Iran (Persia), Iran, Brocaded ribbed cloth, silk and gold wound on yellow silk core, 20.3 x 29.2 cm (8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Fragment, Early 17th century, Italy, cisele voided cloth velvet, 19.4 x 18.3 cm (7 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

The Ghosts of the Heike Appear in Daimotsu Bay in Settsu Province (Sesshu Daimotsu no ura Heike onryo arawaruru zu), 1847/52, Katsushika Hokui (Fukao Hokui), Japanese, active c. 1830-40, Japan,…

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantine I or Emperor Constantine II, AD 307/337, Roman, Roman Empire, Bronze, Diam. 1.7 cm, 2.98 g

Altar piece (part of a chasuble), 17th century, Spain, White satin embroidered with couched rose, blue, and gold cord. Red velvet orphrey., 101.8 x 170.7 cm (40 1/8 x 67 1/4 in.)

Statuette of the Goddess Neith, Third Intermediate–Late Period, Dynasties 22–30 (about 945–332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Bronze, 23 × 9 × 4.5 cm (9 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/4)

Portrait of Madame Giacomelli, 1817–20, Dominique-Vivant Denon, French, 1747-1825, France, Lithograph in black on buff laid paper, 179 × 110 mm (image), 226 × 171 mm (sheet)

Nakamura Sukegoro I holding a sword, c. 1757, Torii Kiyoshige, Japanese, active c. 1728-63, Japan, Color woodblock print, o-hosoban, benizuri-e, 14 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1844/80, Japan, Heri, jô, yô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with…

Moso (Chinese: Meng Zong), from the series Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko), c. 1770/72, Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, 1735-1790,…

Scarab: Wish Formula of Amon-Re, Middle Kingdom (1991–1720 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Ceramic, 0.6 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm (1/4 × 5/8 × 1/2 in.)

A Horse Affrighted by a Lion, September 25, 1777, George Stubbs, English, 1724-1806, England, Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 341 × 459 mm (image), 365 × 477 mm (sheet)

Perversity, 1891, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Etching on ivory laid paper, 210 × 165 mm (plate), 310 × 240 mm (sheet)

Study for a Portrait of Marguérite de Gas, 1859/60, Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917, France, Graphite on ivory wove paper, 325 × 235 mm

Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa, 1845, Samuel Palmer, English, 1805-1881, United Kingdom, Watercolor, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted to…

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kongara Doji in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780, c. 1780, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川…

Portrait of a Woman, n.d., Unknown artist, English, 18th century, England, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 350 × 290 mm

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

Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle, 510/485 BC, Greek, Aegina, Silver, Diam. 2 cm, 12.06 g

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi, 1855, Utagawa School, Japanese, 19th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban

Landscape with a Luteplayer, 1627, Unknown artist, after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (Italian, c. 1606-1680), after Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576), Venice, Etching on ivory laid paper, 343 x 470…

The Farm Yard with the Cock, plate 17 from Liber Studiorum, published March 29, 1809, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by Charles Turner (English, 1773-1847),…

Camellia in Vase and Tea-utensil Box, 1820s, Rintei, Japanese, 19th century, Japan, Color woodblock print, shikishiban, surimono, 22.2 x 19.4 cm (8 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.)

Sleep, 1898, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 125 × 125 mm (image), 224 × 165 mm (chine), 433 × 313 mm (sheet)

Dead Toreador, 1867–68, Édouard Manet, French, 1832-1883, France, Etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on buff laid paper, 97 × 195 mm (image), 108 × 205 mm (plate), 157 × 233 mm (sheet)

Comic Scene I, n.d., George Cruikshank, English, 1792-1878, England, Pen and ink on paper, 75 × 115 mm

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III, Possibly as Ono no Komachi, in the Final Part of Act Five of the Play Komachi-mura Shibai no Shogatsu (Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater), Performed at…

Agathidium, Print, Agathidium is a genus of beetles in the family Leiodidae.

Krishna Fluting for the Gopis, Late 18th or early 19th century, India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Opaque watercolor, gold and tin alloy on paper, 65 x 49.2 cm (25 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.)

Osen of the Kagiya teahouse and an assistant reading a novelette, c. 1769/70, Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信, Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, Japan, Color woodblock print, hashira-e, 25 x 5 in.

Sutra Cover, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590’s, China, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, 1:1 plain gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas…

Champagne Flute, 19th century, J. & L. Lobmeyr, Austrian, founded 1822, Vienna, Glass, clear and blown with quadri-lobed bowl, H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Long Housewife, 19th century, England, Silk, plain weave, embroidered with silk, appliquéd, 13.9 × 45.8 cm (5 1/2 × 18 in.)

Pleasure Boat at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku suzumibune), section of a sheet from the series Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Harimaze Koto meisho), 1852, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重,…

The Farm Yard with the Cock, plate 17 from Liber Studiorum, published March 29, 1809, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775-1851), Engraved by Charles Turner (English, 1773-1847),…

Pendant with Venus and Cupid, third quarter of the 19th century, Northern European, Europe, Gold, enamel, and pearl, 8.2 × 4.7 cm (3 1/4 × 1 7/8 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…

Mouth of the Old River Stort, 1880s, Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936, England, Photogravure, plate XVIII from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's…

Border, 1750/1800, Italy, probably Abruzzi, Italy, Linen, bobbin straight lace, 8.8 x 256.7 cm (3 3/8 x 101 in.)

The Drawing Lesson, 1749, Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707-1783), after Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779), France, Engraving in black on cream laid paper, 251 × 309 mm…

Crossing the Forty-eight Rapids on Akiba Road in Totomi Province (Akiba kaido shijuhachi segoshi, Totomi), section of sheet no. 4 from the series Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi…

The Rape, plate eight from Woman, c. 1886, Albert Besnard, French, 1849-1934, France, Etching on cream Japanese paper, 319 × 247 mm (image), 345 × 265 mm (plate), 390 × 310 mm (sheet)

Fragment (Border), 1760s, Italy, Burano, Burano, Linen, needle lace, 5.2 × 46 cm (2 × 18 1/8 in.)

Chair, c. 1735, Attributed to Giles Grendey (English, 1693–1780), England, Wood with red and gold lacquer decoration and caned seat, 105.3 × 58.4 × 55.2 cm (41 1/2 × 23 × 21 3/4 in.)

Sketching, 1861, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory wove paper, 120 x 166 mm (plate), 135 x 235 mm (sheet)

Antilope cervicapra, Print, 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 of…

The Shoemaker, 1896, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Transfer lithograph in various black inks, with stumping, on grayish ivory China paper, 158 x 221 mm (image), 338 x…

Clay filter with design of elephant, Fatimid dynasty (969–1171), 11th–12th century, Egypt, Fustat, Masr al-`Atiqah, Earthenware, carved and punched, 2.5 × 7.9 cm (1 × 3 1/8 in.)

View from Wilmots Hill, Kent, 1830/1835, Samuel Palmer, English, 1805-1881, England, Watercolor over black chalk on cream wove paper, 246 × 365 mm

Wall Hanging Composed of Three Panels, 1825/75, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Silk, warp-faced plain weave, warp-dyed (ikat), binding: plain weave, lining on reverse: cotton, warp-float faced…

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the thunder god, an incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, performed at the Morita Theater in the third month, 1780, c. 1780,…

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in an Unidentified Role, c. 1773, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 30.6 x 12.9 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

St. John with the Lamb, c. 1520, Unknown Netherlandish artist, possibly Jan Claudius de Cock (Flemish, 1668-1736), Netherlands, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black…

Head of an Old Man, n.d., Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish, 1618-1682, Spain, Black chalk transfer on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory card, 249 x 182 mm

Sheepfold at Sunset, 1881, Félix Hilaire Buhot, French, 1847-1898, France, Etching, drypoint and aquatint on cream chine, hinged to white wove paper, 135 × 271 mm (plate), 139 × 275 mm (chine),…

View of the Temple of the Camenae, from Views of Rome, 1773, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid paper, 469 x 704 mm (image), 478 x 714 mm (plate), 560…

Moses with the Tables of the Law, n.d., Ludolph Büsinck (German, 1585-1648), after G.L’Allemand, Germany, Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks on paper, 390 x 283 mm

Coin Depicting a Bundle of Twigs, Hashmonean Dynasty (136–135 BC), reign of Simon Macccabeus, Judaean, Israel, Bronze, Diam. 2 cm, 5.11 g

Medallion with Cupid Singing, Late 18th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), 8.6 × 6.8 × 1 cm (3 3/8 × 2 11/16 × 3/8 in.)

Don’t Be Afraid, My Friend, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle, 1776, Isidor-Stanislas Helman (French, 1743-1806 or 1809), after Jean Michel Moreau…

Untitled (67), c. 1890, edited by Ferdinando Ongania, Italian, 1842–1911, Italy, Photogravure, No. 67 from the portfolio "Calli, Canali e Isole della Laguna

Scarf, 19th century, India, India, Silk, tye-dyed, 231.1 x 83.9 cm (91 x 33 in.)

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

Runner, Possibly 18th century, Switzerland, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with linen in back, buttonhole, double stitch, double feather, feather, hem, herringbone, satin, and stem stitches,…

Long-tailed bird and hibiscus, 1830s–1840s, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, chutanzaku, 34.5 x 11.5 cm

Fragment, c. 1750, France, Silk, silvered-metal strips, and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, weft-rib plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and patterning wefts, 45.1 × 54 cm (17 3/4 ×…

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo in Komuso Attire in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1783, c. 1783, Katsukawa Shunsho…

Untitled, 1866/99, Bonnie J. Brown, American, 19th century, United States, Matte collodion print, 14.1 x 9.8 cm (image), 16.5 x 10.8 cm (card)

Standing Putto Holding Tablet, n.d., Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone (Italian, 1556-1641), or Style of Domenico Piola (Italian, 1627-1793), or Lodovico Carracci (Italian, 1555-1619), Italy, Pen…

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773, c. 1773,…

Ely Cathedral: Choir to West, 1891, Frederick H. Evans, English, 1853–1943, England, Lantern slide, 8.2 × 8.2 cm

Sideboard, 1868/80, Daniel Pabst, American, 1826–1910, Philadelphia, United States, Walnut and burled elm, 256.5 × 185.4 × 62.2 cm (101 × 73 × 24 1/2 in.)

Bands (From Tunic Cuff), Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 4th/6th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Wool, tapestry weave, 10.3 × 25.5 cm (4 × 10 in.)

Return from the Vineyards, plate three of four from Le Travaux de la Vendange, 1750, Joseph–Marie Vien, the Elder, French, 1716-1809, France, Etching on paper, 160 × 425 mm (image), 170 ×…

Fragment (Border), 1601/50, Italy, probably Genoa, Italy, Linen, bobbin straight lace, 9.1 x 28.7 cm ( 3 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)

Paperweight, c. 1848–52, Possibly Bohemian, Czech Republic, Glass, Diam. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Landscape with the Temptation of Christ, n.d., Possibly Angeluccio (Italian, active 1645-1650), or possibly after Claude Lorrain (French, 1600-1682), France, Pen and brown ink, with brush and…

Mr. Joliv…., plate 346 from Célébrités de la Caricature, 1833, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879, France, Lithograph in black on white wove paper, 279 × 199 mm (image), 333 × 255…

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Nagao Terutora in the Play Kuruma-gakari Tekuda no Gumbai, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1783, c. 1783, Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川…

Fall Games—the Apple-Bee, published November 26, 1859, Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916), United States, Wood engraving on paper, 243 x 352…

Saddle Cover, 19th century, Caucasus, Karabagh District, Caucasus, Wool, plain weave with supplementary weft wrapping (sumakh), plaited and knotted warp fringe, 141 × 75.2 cm (55 1/2 × 29 5/8 in.)

Classical Landscape with Two Women and a Man on a Path, 1660/70, Attributed to Jean François Millet I, called Francisque Millet, French, 1642-1679, France, Oil on canvas, 29.5 × 44.1 cm (11 5/8…

Sir William Sherington, February 10, 1795, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543), Italy, Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper, 296 x 195…

The Magpie, 1843, Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878, France, Etching and engraving on white wove paper, 170 × 125 mm (image), 300 × 195 mm (sheet)