Crossing near the Watermill, 1807, Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, 1736-1810), after Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682), France, Etching on paper, 247 × 346 mm (image), 288 × 372 mm…

Covered Beaker with Coat of Arms and Hunting Scene, c. 1730, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Bohemia, Glass with engraved gold leaf decoration, 22 × 7.3 cm (8 5/8 × 2 7/8 in.)

Sleeve Band, Roman period (30 B.C.–641 A.D.), 5th/6th century, Coptic, Egypt, Egypt, Wool, tapestry weave, 22.2 × 13.7 cm (8 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

Square Dish with Flared, Scalloped Sides and Floral and Butterfly Design, Liao dynasty (907–1125), 11th century, China, Earthenware with lead green glaze and underglaze molded decoration, 2.1…

View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secretariat, from Views of Rome, 1750/59, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching on heavy ivory laid…

Wine Can, c. 1760, Johann Georg Teufel, German, active 1756-1782, Germany, München, Pewter, 27.9 x 14 cm (11 x 5 1/2 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…

The Virgin and Child on a Crescent Moon, 1553, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502-c.1560, Germany, Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, 117 x 75 mm (image/plate/sheet)

Vinaigrette, c. 1815/16, Marked CJB, London, England, London, Silver, 3.5 x 4.5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Follis (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Justin I or Justinian I, 6th century AD, Byzantine, minted in Constantinople, Constantinople, Bronze, Diam. 3 cm, 16.43 g

False Glory, c. 1885, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Various charcoals, with incising, stumping, wiping, erasing, and subtractive brushwork, on pale-pink wove paper altered to a pale,…

Hunting Cleaver (Waidpraxe) of Ernst August II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1755/58, German, Germany, Steel, bronze, gilding, horn, wood, leather, and silk, Cleaver: Overall L. 36.2…

Bedcover, c. 1850, United States, Cotton, plain weave, pieced, appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, quilted, backed with cotton, plain weave, 210.1 x 211.4 cm (82 3/4 x 83 1/4 in.)

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776, c. 1776, Katsukawa Shunsho…

Arachnothera crassirostris, Print, The thick-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera crassirostris) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,…

January, Twelfth Night Drawing Characters from George Cruikshank’s Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left), 1841, printed c. 1880, George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878),…

Headdress, 17th century, Netherlands, Friesland, Netherlands, Silver gilt, 19.1 x 16.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)

Seated Female Figure, 800/400 B.C., Olmec, Gulf Coast, Mexico, México, Ceramic and pigment with cinnabar, H. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Yvette Guilbert, 1894, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901, France, Lithograph with letterpress, on ivory laid paper, 299 × 143 mm (image), 382 × 384 mm (sheet, folded, appro×.)

Stater (Coin) Depicting Pegasus, 350/338 BC, Greek, minted in Corinth, Corinth, Silver, Diam. 2.2 cm, 8.48 g

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

Modern Masks, 1889, Félicien Rops, Belgian, 1833-1898, Belgium, Photogravure in dark brown retouched with soft varnish (vernis mou), roulette and blue handcoloring on thick cream wove paper, 290…

Assumption of the Virgin, n.d., Italian, Second half of the 16th Century, Italy, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on tan laid paper, pricked for transfer, laid down on cream laid card…

Portrait of Renoir, 1877, Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, French, 1823-1902, France, Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper, 160 × 118 mm (plate), 367 × 267 mm (sheet)

Paperweight, 19th century, Clichy, France, 1837-1885, Clichy, Glass, Diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Helen, Ennoia, plate 10 of 24, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in gray-green on heavy ivory wove paper, 93 × 83 mm (image), 261 × 178 mm (sheet)

Chez les Maories: Sauvageries (At Home with the Maori: Savage Things), 1893, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Watercolor, with traces of black crayon and graphite, on tapa, partially laid…

The Courtesans Nioteru, Namiji, and Omi of the Ogiya, 1785, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, right sheet of oban triptych, 39.6 x 26.5 cm

Violet Sargent, Modeled 1890, cast c. 1908, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, born Ireland, 1848–1907, New Hampshire, Bronze, 127 × 87 cm (50 × 34 1/4 in.)

Border or Ribbon, c. 1830, France, Silk and cotton, two-faced, two-color complementary warp weave of warp-float faced twill weave with areas of complementary warp-floats and of warp-float faced…

Entertainers of the Tachibana, from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase), c. 1784, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan,…

Historia, Modernitas, Pictura sacra, Homer, from A Life, 1884, Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920), printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century), Germany, Zincograph in black on cream laid paper, 135…

Christ Disputing with the Doctors: A Sketch, 1652, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, Holland, Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, 127 x 215 mm (image/plate), 132 x 220 mm (sheet)

Letter W, 1630, Peter Aubry, German, 1596-1668, Germany, Engraving on paper, 235 x 198 mm

Maud Cassel (Mrs. Ashley), 1898, Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, Sweden, Etching on tan wove paper, 180 x 129 mm (image/plate), 328 x 253 mm (sheet)

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric), 1830/40, England, Cotton, plain weave, engraved roller and block printed, 38.7 × 65 cm (25 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)

The Butterfly and the Pond, 1868, Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885, France, Lithograph (etching transfer) in black on tan-toned cream wove paper, 180 × 112 mm (image), 290 × 218 mm (sheet)

The British Headquarters, 1855, Roger Fenton, English, 1819–1869, England, Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856), 15.5 × 26.5 cm…

Zuni Indian Girl, with water olla, 1873, Timothy O’Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882), commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army,…

In the Shadow Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them, plate 6 of 24, 1896, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph in black on ivory China paper…

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill, c. 1787, Chobunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Japan, Color woodblock print, right sheet of oban triptych (left sheet: 1939.2195, keyblock proof…

Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), c. 1830/33, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849, Japan,…

Fragment, Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800, Japan, Plain compound twill, silk and gilt paper, 2 1/2 strips to m.m., 24.2 x 26.7 cm (9 1/2 x 10 1/2 in) (per old card)

The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca. Inferno, canto V, 1827, printed c. 1892, William Blake, English, 1757-1827, England, Hand-colored engraving on India paper, laid down on wove…

Untitled (Mother with Dead Child), 1839/60, Probably American, 19th century, United States, Daguerreotype, 8.3 x 7 cm (plate), 9.3 x 8 x 1.5 cm (case)

The Wooded Path, n.d., Anthoni Waterlo, Dutch, 1609-1690, Holland, Etching on paper, 153 x 203 mm (image), 157 x 208 mm (sheet)

Harvest of Grapes, plate two 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 × 433 (plate)

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…

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

The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, c. 1660, Pietro da Cortona, Italian, 1596-1669, Italy, Pen and brown ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card, 310 x 190 mm

Smiling Figurine, c. 1000–300 B.C., Japan, Earthenware, H. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no Kawakatsu in the play Keisei Asakusa no Kane, performed at the Ichimura…

Saint Jerome, c. 1631, Jan Georg van Vliet, Dutch, c. 1610-after 1635, Holland, Etching on cream laid paper, 345 x 221 mm (image), 402 x 227 mm (sheet)

Bedcover (Cherry Trees and Robins Bride’s Quilt), 1820/50, United States, Appliquéd quilt, dyed and undyed plain weave cotton fabrics, 193.2 x 192.7 cm (76 1/8 x 75 7/8 in.)

Shaped Border, 1860s/80s, England or France, England, Cotton, linen, and silk, machine-made lace of a type known as "Leavers

Auricular Cell, 1894, Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916, France, Lithograph, with scraping on stone, in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, 269 × 251 mm (image/primary…

Manuscript cover with God Vishnu and Goddess Durga on a Snow Lion, 18th century, Nepal, Nepal, Pigments on wood, 9.5 x 38 cm (3 3/4 x 15 in.)

Untitled, 1844/64, E. Jacobs, American, 1813–1892, United States, Daguerreotype, 10.8 x 8.3 cm (plate), 12 x 10.7 x 1.6 cm (case)

Edward, Lord Thurlow, 1782, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815), after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792), Italy, Etching, engraving, and stipple engraving on off-white paper, 428 x 343…

Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris, 1852, Charles Meryon, French, 1821-1868, France, Etching on verdâtre (greenish) China paper, 244 × 130 mm (image), 244 × 130 mm (plate), 284 × 159 mm (sheet)

Yo Semite Falls, height 2,634 feet, c. 1876, J. J. Reilly & Co., American, active late 1870s, United States, Albumen print, stereo, from the series "Yo Semite Valley, Cal.

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

Matelasse (Pieces from dress 1923.1639a), 1880/90, France, Garnet velvet with moss green satin allover design of single large roses. Velvet, satin and wool., 31 × 12.5 cm (12 1/4 × 5 in.)

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778, Italy, Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper, 543 x 394 mm (image), 550…

Panel (Bedcover?), 18th century, Greece, Cyclades Islands, Naxos, Náxos, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk in running stitches (pattern darning), two panels joined in weft direction, 225.5…

Self-Portrait in a Dark Cloth Coat and Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared Coat, c. 1817, Jean Antoine Laurent (French, 1763-1832), printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant…

Man with Dog in Forest, n.d., Unknown artist, probably English, 18th century, England, Black crayon on ivory laid paper, 265 × 374 mm

Crossing the Sumida River on New Year’s Day, 1830s, Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780–1850, Japan, Color woodblock print, shikishiban, surimono, 21.1 x 18.2 cm

Relief Fragments Depicting a Winged Woman and Two Deer, Early 1st century AD, Roman, Monte Palatino, Stucco, pigment, and gold, 40.2 × 55 cm (15 7/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

Panel, c. 1880/90, England, Linen, plain weave, block printed, 292.1 × 167.1 cm (115 × 66 in.)

Saint Luke, plate three from The Four Evangelists, 1588, Jacob de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565-1629), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617), Netherlands, Engraving in black on laid paper, 150 mm…

Panel, 1575/1600, Italy, Silk, satin damask weave with warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, 52.2 x 55.5 cm (20 1/2 x 21 7/8 in.)

Woman in a Cape, 1889, Albert Besnard, French, 1849-1934, France, Etching, drypoint and roulette on ivory laid paper, 232 × 157 mm (image/plate), 325 × 250 mm (sheet)

Summer, 1873, Attributed to Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French, 1824-1898, France, Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, with a border in silver paint and pen and black ink, on cream wove…

Sojo Henjo, from the series One Hundred Satirical Poems (Kyoka neboke hyakushu), 19th century, Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, Japanese, 1797-1858, Japan, Color woodblock print, chutanzaku, 38 ×…

Gendarme, 1855, James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, United States, Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper, 132 x 65 mm

Coverlet, 1849, United States, Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings, edged with plain weave with extended ground weft cut fringe, woven on…

Goat Island, Lighthouse, 1864/67, Black & Case (active 1864–67), James Wallace Black (American, 1825–1896), United States, Albumen print, 5.4 x 7.7 cm (image), 6.1 x 10.1 cm (card)

The Honors of the Sitting, published January 30, 1805, Charles WIlliams (English, active 1797-1830), published by S. W. Fores (English, active 1785-1825), England, Hand-colored etching on ivory…

Draped Figure, c. 1640, Giovanni Gia (Attributed to), Italian, 17th century, Italy, Bronze, 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)

Yashoda Chastises Her Foster Son, the Youthful Krishna, page from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1600, India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, India, Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with…

Roman Campagna with Figures, 1756, Richard Wilson, English, 1714-1782, England, Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to brown), 169 × 216 mm

Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)—No. 43, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tokaido,…

Knocking the snow from a pair of clogs, c. 1730s, Torii Kiyomasu II, Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?), Japan, Hand-colored woodblock print, hosoban, urushi-e, 31.8 x 14.9 cm (12 1/2 x 6 in.)

The Anglers, c. 1647, Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch, 1610-1685, Holland, Etching in black on cream laid paper, 110 x 161 mm (image), 115 x 167 mm (sheet, trimmed within plate mark)

Bingham Canon, Telegraph Mine, near Salt Lake Utah, n.d., C. W. Carter, American, 1832–1918, United States, Albumen print, stereo, 9.4 x 8 cm (each image), 10 x 17.6 cm (card)

Three Warriors, one seated on a foreground rock holding a staff, the secnd standing behind him and pointing, the third seen as a face behind them, from Figurine series, n.d., Salvator Rosa,…

Slendang (Shawl), 19th century, Indonesia, Java, Java, Cotton, batik dyed, 263 x 52.2 cm (103 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)

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…

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl, 13th/14th century, Byzantine, Serres, Greece, Constantinople, Glazed terracotta, H. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.), w. at widest point: 11 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Anthotribus, Print

Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gallienus, AD 260/268, Roman, minted in Asia, Roman Empire, Silver, Diam. 2.2 cm, 4.17 g

Medallion with Arethusa, Early 19th century, Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759, Burslem, Stoneware (jasperware), Diam. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)

Bowl, Mounts: 17th century, European, Europe, Jasper, silver, and emeralds, Diam. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.), 4.4 × 9.7 cm (1 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.)

Anser cygnoides, Print, The swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is a large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and southeastern Russia. It is migratory and…

Tall Bottle with Stopper, c. 1771, Spain, Glass with gilt decoration, 26 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm (10 1/4 x 4 x 3 in.)

Statuette of a Jackal, Saite Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Copper alloy, 9.5 × 17.5 × 5.1 cm (3 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 2 in.)

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, France, Wood-block print in black ink, with hand-applied red, blue, green, yellow, red-orange,…

Gunner’s Stiletto, 17th century, Italian, Italy, Steel, iron, horn, and brass, L. 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)

Mosquito Net for a Baby, c. 1794/95, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban