Livre de Moresques, page 8 (recto), 1546, Woodcut, Overall: 12 x 8 5/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm), Francesco di Pellegrino (Italian, born Florence, died 1552), This book of moresques…

Pin, 7th century, Made in Northern France, Frankish, Copper alloy, 'tinned' surface, Overall: 8 1/16 x 5/16 in. (20.4 x 0.8 cm), Metalwork-Copper, Pins were used to secure a veil or to hold a…

Design for the Bay of an Arcade with Female Figures at the Base and an Arch with a Putto in the Spandrel, 1500–1700, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint, and stylus ruling,…

Design for a Cassone (Recto), Design for a Tomb (Verso), ca. 1530–60, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash (recto and verso), sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 in. (41 x 27.2 cm), Anonymous,…

Study for a Mantel and Overmantel, n.d., Red and black chalk, 14 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (35.9 x 20 cm.), Drawings, Laurent Hubert (French, died ca. 1780)

Bottle with Lotus Scroll, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), late 13th–early 14th century, China, Porcelain with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Jingdezhen Qingbai ware), H. 11 in. (27.9…

'The Thief Falls Through the Skylight in the Bedroom', Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 12.5 in. high 8.87 in. wide…

The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1290–1300, Made in Altenberg-an-der-Lahn, Hesse, Germany, German, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint, 30 1/4 × 14 in. (76.8 × 35.6 cm), Glass-Stained, The…

Serpent, 18th century (?), Italy, Italian, Wood, leather, brass, ivory, Length 822 mm., Diam. of bell 120 mm., Length of mouthpiece 60 mm., Length of crook, ca. 355 mm., Aerophone-Lip…

Henry. Émile. (auteur de l'attentat de l'Hotel St-Lazare), 1890–94, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.) each, Photographs, Alphonse…

Houses at Sorrento, mid-19th century, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 11/16 in. (26.1 x 34.7 cm), Drawings, Thomas Hartley Cromek (British, London…

Footed beaker, mid-17th century, Hungarian, Brassó, Silver, partly gilded, Overall: 7 3/16 x 3 9/16 in. (18.3 x 9 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The proximity of Hungary to the Ottoman Empire may explain…

Holy Family with Saints, ca. 1550–54, Etching, Prints, Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice), In Mariette Album, folio 32

Feline Vessel, 4th–2nd century B.C., Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas, Ceramic, postfired paint, H. 6 7/8 x W. 3 5/8 x D. 8 1/4 in. (17.5 x 9.2 x 21 cm), Ceramics-Containers

Sheet of figure studies, 19th century, Pen and brown ink, 4 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (12.6 x 18.8 cm), Drawings, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808–1876 Menton)

Corpus Christi, before 1555, Etching and engraving, sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in. (25 x 18.5 cm) trimmed to platemark, lower margin trimmed, Prints, Battista Franco (Italian, Venice ca.…

Dress, 4th century, Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Linen, wool, Overall: 43 5/16 × 82 11/16 in. (110 × 210 cm), Textiles-Costumes-Secular

'Six Devotional Scenes', Folio from the Bellini Album, ca. 1600, Attributed to Italy or the Netherlands, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm), Codices

Animal-Head Brooch, 1000–1100, Made in Gotland, Sweden, Viking, Cast copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 2 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in. (5.7 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The island of…

Bust of a Bearded Old Man, 1521, Pen and black ink, sheet: 5 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (14 x 10.4 cm), Drawings, Urs Graf (Swiss, Solothurn ca. 1485–1529/30 Basel)

[Doorway Into Crumbling Brick Building], 1850s, Albumen silver print from paper negative, Photographs, Unknown

Un Mari Pour Rire, n.d., Black chalk, watercolor, heightened with white, Oval sheet: 13 1/8 x 17 11/16 in. (33.3 x 44.9 cm), Drawings, Paul-Émile-Anthony Morlon (French, Sully-sur-Loire, 1845–1905)

Pretiosa Gemma delle virtuose donne, page 21 (recto), 1600

Benoit. Joseph, Alexandre. 33 ans, né le 9/6/61 à Paris XIIIe. Potier d'étain. Anarchiste. 2/7/94. , 1894, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16…

The Months: February and March, late 16th–early 17th century, Pen and brown ink and watercolor, sheet: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm), Drawings, Joos de Momper the Younger (Netherlandish,…

Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Keystone Battery, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs

Baroness von W. of Vienna, 1900s, Platinum print, Photographs, Frank Eugene (American, New York 1865–1936 Munich)

Le petit Russe, 1860s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913)

Drawings and Prints, Book Ornament & Architecture, Livre de Moresques, page 13 (verso), Publisher, Artist, Published by, Previously published by, Hiérosme de Gormont, Cornelis Bos, Francesco…

[Stereograph Still-life of Game with Rake and Onion Jar], 1854 or later, Daguerreotype, Image: 7.1 x 6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.), each, Photographs, T. R. Williams (British, born 1825)

Seascape with Seven Figures and a Dog, 18th century, Brush and gray wash, watercolor. Some remains of black chalk., 2 3/4 x 3 13/16 in. (7 x 9.7 cm), Drawings, Nicolaas Aartman (Dutch,…

宋 官窯青瓷直頸瓶, Vase, Song dynasty (960–1279), China, Stoneware with blue-green glaze (Guan-ware), H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Ceramics

鷺鴉蒔絵印籠, Inrō with Herons among Reeds (obverse); Crow (reverse), Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, Silver, gold togidashimaki-e, black lacquer, hiramaki-e on gold ground,…

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century, China, Ivory, H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm), Ivories

清 墨晶瑞獸, Figure of a fantastic animal, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China, Black crystal, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Hardstone

Study of Nude Figure in Front View Looking Upward; Study of Torso and Left Arm, 17th century, Red chalk on light brown paper, 10-3/16 x 7-3/16 in. (25.8 x 18.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous,…

雁蒔絵笄, Lacquer Hairpin with Geese, Meiji period (1868–1912), second half of the 19th century, Japan, Lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e on gold ground, L. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Lacquer

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, New Künstlichs Modelbuch (Page 4 recto), Publisher, Bernhard Jobin, Swiss, Porrentruy (Jura) before 1545–1593/1597 Strasbourg,…

Vase, 1800–1900, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Probably earthenware, 14 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 4 in. (37.8 x 17.5 x 10.2 cm), Ceramics

Tombstone of al-Khatun Fatima bint Zahir al-Din, 11th–12th century, Said to be from Iran, Marble; carved, H. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm), Sculpture, Although carved stones of this type have been…

Gold trumpet-shaped earrings, Classical, 4th–3rd century B.C., Etruscan, Gold, Diam.: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm), Gold and Silver, Hollow gold with a minimal use of filigree to decorate the flaring knobs.

Design for a frame (recto); Design for a cassone (verso), early 16th century, pen, brown ink and wash, Overall: 16 1/16 x 10 3/4 in. (40.8 x 27.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 16th…

Seal with knob in the shape of a wheel, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle period (1403–24), dated 1424, China, Ivory, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); D. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm),…

Weekly Calendar, 1822, Pen and blank ink, watercolor, ca. 16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in. (43 x 35 cm), Drawings, Joseph Anton Koch (Austrian, Obergibeln bei Elbigenalp 1768–1839 Rome)

Decanter, ca. 1867, Made in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States, American, Blown glass, H. 19 in. (48.3 cm), Glass, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (American, 1825–1888, Sandwich, Massachusetts)

Miss Lilian C. Wiver in Her Workshop, 1900s, Platinum print, Photographs, Frank Eugene (American, New York 1865–1936 Munich)

Drawings and Prints, Print, Thesis Print in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of 1530, Artist and publisher, Artist, After, Johann Gottfried Boeck, Christoph…

Sauce Dish, 1870–90, Made in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Pressed purple marble glass, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm), Glass, Challinor, Taylor and Company…

Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 12.5 in. high 8.87 in. wide (31.8 cm high 22.6 cm wide), Codices

Allatoona from the Etawah, 1860s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902)

Confederate Earthworks, Centreville, Virginia, 1862, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902), James F. Gibson (American, born 1828)

Esemplario di Lauori..., page 7 (verso), August 1, 1532, Woodcut, Overall: 8 7/16 x 6 5/16 in. (21.5 x 16 cm), Originally published by Giovanni Andrea Vavassore, Italian, active 16th century,…

Design for a Cabinet in an Interior Setting, 1870–80, Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, with metallic paint. On thin tracing paper mounted on cardboard with decorative framing lines in…

Water Jar (Mizusashi) with Pine Trees, 伝尾形乾山　松文水差, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1720, Japan, Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide; lacquer cover, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam.…

Drawings and Prints, Book Prints Ornament & Architecture, Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 11 (verso), Publisher, Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515–1588, Venice, Pagano, Matteo, Italian, 1515,…

'Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40, Made in India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/16…

Bottle, Throne with Figures, 1300–1500, Peru, Chimú, Silver, H. 9 1/4 x W. 4 3/8 x D. 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 11.1 x 16.5 cm), Metal-Containers, This dazzling silver bottle evokes the enigmatic…

Saucer, 1815–30, Made in Paris, France, French, Porcelain, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Ceramics

Standing Virgin and Child, ca. 1470, Made in probably Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Boxwood, tinted lips and eyes, 13 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. (33.6 x 13 x 9.1 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Attributed to…

Perfume vase, ca. 1761, British, Chelsea, Soft-paste porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 17 × 11 1/2 × 7 in., 6.3lb. (43.2 × 29.2 × 17.8 cm, 2.8577kg), Ceramics-Porcelain, Vases with perforations…

Holy Family, 17th century, Red chalk on cream laid paper with stylus-incised lines. Ruled framing outline in red chalk, 7-11/16 x 6 in. (19.5 x 15.2 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian,…

Neptune from the 'Doria Grotesques', designed 1545, woven ca. 1550, Flemish, probably Brussels, Wool and silk (7-8 warps per cm.), Overall: 128 15/16 x 128 15/16 in. (327.5 x 327.5 cm),…

The Marriage of the Virgin (Lunette), 1580–1600, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light brown paper, 9 3/4 x 14 13/16in. (24.8 x 37.7cm), Drawings, Giorgio Picchi,…

Unlabeled Plan of the Tempio della Speranza (same Building as Accession Number ), 1710–27, Pen and black-brown ink, brush and light gray wash, over ruling in graphite, 17-5/8 x 13-1/16 in. (44.8…

[Man with a Bucket on his Arm], 1880s–90s, Tintype, Image: 8.5 x 6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American)

Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... title page (recto), after 1527, Woodcut, Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (17.5 x 14.5 cm), Printed by Willem…

Bronze perfume dipper, Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century BC., Etruscan, Bronze, Other: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Bronzes, The pin is surmounted by a statuette of a woman.

Drawings and Prints, Album Print Ornament & Architecture, Copies after the 'Livre contenant passement de moresques' (plate 12), Artist, After, Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, French, Paris…

Venetian Street Scene, 19th century, Watercolor and graphite, Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 9/16 in. (17.3 × 21.7 cm), Drawings, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (British, Paris 1821–1906 Oaklands, London)

Drawings and Prints, Book Prints Ornament & Architecture, Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 3 (recto), Publisher, Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515–1588, Venice, Pagano, Matteo, Italian, 1515,…

Pheasant and Grouse, ca. 1865, Carbon print, Image: 80.3 x 47.5 cm (31 5/8 x 18 11/16 in.), Photographs, Adolphe Braun (French, Besançon 1811–1877 Dornach)

Disk Brooch, late 6th century, Frankish, Silver-gilt on iron core, garnet, mother of pearl, Overall: 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.6 cm), Metalwork-Silver

The Flagellation, first half 14th century, Italian, Romagna, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (19.7 x 13.3 cm); Painted Surface (excluding painted borders): 7 3/8 x 4 5/8…

[Civil War View], 1860s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Thomas C. Roche (American, 1826–1895) , et al

[Family Seated by Thatched Hut, South America], 1850s, Salted paper print from glass negative, 16.7 x 21.0 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.), Photographs, Unknown

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds, ca. 1590, Pen and brown ink and grey wash with white heightening, Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.6 cm), Drawings, Friedrich…

Holy Family, 18th century, Black chalk, 14-1/2 x 9-1/2 in, Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Covered Sugar Bowl, 1780–1820, Possibly made in England; Possibly made in United States, American or British, Blown pattern-molded lead glass, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Glass

Marble portrait bust of a woman, Severan, ca. A.D. 193–211, Roman, Marble, H. 26 in. (66 cm), Stone Sculpture, Said to be from the Greek islands. In the early third century A.D., some marble…

Wooded Landscape with Cottage, Cows and Sheep, ca. 1770, Black chalk, pen and black ink, blue and brown washes, heightened with white gouache, Sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22.4 × 32 cm),…

Equal-Arm Brooch, 7th–8th century, Made in Northern France (?), Frankish, Copper alloy, glass beads, wax, Overall: 1 11/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in. (4.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, Modelbuch aller Art Nehens vn Stickens (Page 9v), Publisher, Christian Egenolff, German, Hadamar 1502–1555 Frankfurt, Egenolff,…

Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 48 (recto), 1603, Woodcut, Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (24 x 16.5 cm), Designed by Federic…

Procession at Memphis, 18th century, Pen and brown ink over red chalk underdrawing, squared in black chalk, 8 7/8 x 7 in. (22.6 x 17.8 cm), Drawings, Michel François Dandré-Bardon (French,…

Sake bottle, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Stoneware (Ko-Kiyomizu ware), H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm), Ceramics

Snuff Bottle with Eight Horses, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th–early 19th century, China, Chalcedony, H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Snuff Bottles

Bronze oinochoe (jug), Classical, 5th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 11 15/16 in. (30.3 cm), Bronzes, This type of beaked jug was probably produced in Vulci. It was exported to many sites in…

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 24 (recto), Author, Engraver, Dedicatee, Publisher, Title by, Dedicated to, Published by, Matthias…

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 55 (recto), 1588, Woodcut, Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm), Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound…

Christ and the Pilgrims of Emmaus, ca. 1827, Graphite, partly wiped, sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 11/16 in. (27.2 x 22 cm), Drawings, (Johann Heinrich) Ferdinand Olivier (German, Dessau 1785–1841 Munich)

A Man Riding on a Donkey, 1840–50, brush and ink and watercolor on wove paper, sheet: 9 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (23.2 x 23.5 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Peruvian, 19th century

Two female penguins, n.d., graphite, gouache, watercolor, traces of graphite framing lines, mounted, sheet: 12 1/16 x 7 11/16 in. (30.7 x 19.5 cm), Drawings, Sergey Sudeykin (Russian, Smolensk…

Fish appliqué, Roman Period, late 3rd to 4th Century A.D., From Egypt, Glass, H. 1.5 × L. 4.5 × T. 1 cm (9/16 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.)

Drawings and Prints, Books Prints Ornament & Architecture, La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 4 (recto), Author, Engraver, Dedicatee, Publisher, Title by, Dedicated to, Published by, Matthias…

Buckle, second half 5th–6th century, Mediterranean, Bronze gilt, glass, garnets and malachite, Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 9/16 in. (4.5 x 6 x 4.4 x 1.5 cm), Metalwork-Bronze

Christ Enthroned with Saints, ca. 1325, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Irregular, 7 1/2 x 9 in. (19.1 x 22.9 cm), Paintings, Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1290–1348 Florence),…

Dongfang Shuo stealing peaches of longevity, 清 琥珀東方朔偷桃擺件, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China, Amber, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Amber, Dongfang Shuo was…

Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva, 1780–90, Pen and brown ink, brush with gray, blue, green and pink watercolor, over graphite or lead, on…

[La Comtesse at Table holding Fan], 1860s, Salted paper print from glass negative, 54.9 x 36.2 cm (21 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.), Photographs, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913)

Marble and limestone statue of an attendant, Hellenistic, late 4th or 3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Marble and limestone, H.: 48 7/16 in. (123 cm), Stone Sculpture, This…