Images at Librifly

Badge (probably from Horse Harness), 14th century, Spanish, Copper, gold, enamel, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Wt. 2 oz. (56.7 g), Miscellaneous-Badges

Fragment from a Rim with Vegetal Decoration, 9th–10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (8.5 x 17 cm), Ceramics

Automaton in the Form of a Triumphal Chariot Drawn by Four Horses, ca. 1760–70, British, Gilt bronze, brilliants, Length: 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, A spring-driven device above the right front wheel activates that wheel

Apparel made into cushion, 17th century, Spanish, Silk; metal, 19 x 25 in. (48.2 x 63.5 cm), Textiles-Miscellaneous

Landscape with a Girl, ca. 1890, Watercolor with traces of graphite on off-white laid paper with edges darkened from acid mat, 9 7/16 x 12 5/16 in. (23.9 x 31.2 cm), Drawings, Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer

The Architecture of Country Houses; including Designs for Cottages, Farm Houses, and Villas, 1850, Illustrations: lithography; letters and drawings inserted, 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 1 15/16 in. (24.1 x 15.6 x 5 cm), Drawings bv Alexander Jackson Davis

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 7 in. (17.8 cm); L. of head 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Cross, ca. 1100, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Cloisonne enamel (red and blue), 15/16 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. (2.36 x 2.07 x 0.31 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, This elegant pendant cross is representative of the finest objects for personal devotion

Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses, 8th–9th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 1/4 × 1 in., 1oz. (0.6 × 2.6 cm, 27g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, These objects are decorated with a cross and their respective weights in Greek

Ferret, 6th–7th century, Made in Niederbreisig, Germany, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 2 3/8 x 9/16 x 3/16 in. (6.1 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy

Plaque from Casket, first half 19th century, 14th century style (?), French, Ivory, Overall: 3 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 24.4 x 0.7 cm), Ivories

Piazza San Marco, Venice, ca. 1709, Oil on canvas, 19 7/8 x 47 1/4 in. (50.5 x 120 cm), Paintings, Luca Carlevaris (Italian, Udine 1663/65–1730 Venice), Populating the Piazza with energetic Venetians, Carlevaris gives this rendering of the

Panel with Coat of Arms, early 20th century (original dated 15th century), British, Watercolor, pencil on paper, Overall: (framed) 85 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (217.2 x 57.2 cm), Reproductions-Stained glass, Alfred A. Bradbury

Elodie (?), first quarter 19th century, French, Cotton, Overall: 103 1/2 x 83 in. (262.9 x 210.8 cm), Textiles-Printed

元 倪瓚 秋林野興圖 軸, Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), dated 1339, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 38 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (98.1 x 68.9 cm), Paintings, Ni Zan (Chinese, 1306–1374),

Folding armchair (sedia a Savonarola type), 15th century (textile); 19th century (chair, with earlier parts), Italian, Walnut, turned and carved; silk, H. approx. 98.2 cm, W. 64 cm, D. 55.2 cm; Cushion: 36 x 40 cm

John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893), 1880, Oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 44 in. (133.4 x 111.8 cm), Paintings, Léon Bonnat (French, Bayonne 1833–1922 Monchy-Saint-Eloi

Portrait of a Man in a Blue Coat, Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 19 5/8 in. (61.5 x 49.8 cm), Paintings, French Painter (early 19th century

Onna Ichidai Fūzoku Ehon Masukagami, 絵本十寸鑑, True Reflections on the Life and Manners of a Woman, Edo period (1615–1868), January 1748, Japan, Monochrome woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Overall: 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (22.2 ×

Roundel appliquéd to rectangular panel, 15th and 17th century, Italian or Spanish, linen, silk, and gilt metal thread appliquéd to silk cut velvet embroidered with silk and gilt metal thread in padded couching and couching of gilt metal

Ostrakon with a Letter from John, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (9.5 x 11.5 cm), Ceramics

Grapevine in the Wind, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), 16th century, Korea, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 34 1/2 in. × 19 in. (87.6 × 48.3 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, A wind-tossed grapevine, heavy with ripening fruit, is

Habitus variarum orbis gentium, 1581, Engravings, 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 11/16 in. (22.5 × 15 × 1.8 cm), Books, Julius Goltzius (Netherlandish, died ca. 1595), Abraham de Bruyn (Flemish, Antwerp 1540–1587 Cologne

Oinochoe, chous, Classical, ca. 420 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, 2 5/8 × 2 in. (6.7 × 5.2 cm), Vases

Fragment, ca. 946–74, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Textiles-Woven

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767–1830), 1830, French, Bronze, Overall (irregular diameter, confirmed): 5 5/8 × 5 9/16 × 1 1/16 in. (14.2 × 14.2 × 2.7 cm), Medals and Plaquettes, Medalist: Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French,

Porte et Cheminée de la Salle du Billard à Versailles, 18th century, Engraving, Overall: 13 x 9 1/8 x 3/16 in. (33 x 23.2 x 0.5 cm), Books

Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanonē), dated August 1645, Japanese, Steel, L. 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm); L. of head 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Four fragments of a terracotta kylix:Komast cup (drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 570 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, Other (A): 1 5/8 x 3 x 4 1/8 in. (4.1 x 7.6 x 10.4 cm), Vases, Komasts (revelers), a: parts of 3 komasts and

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); L. of head 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Wt. 0.7 oz. (19.8 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Studs, mid-19th century, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Gold and coral, Studs: 5/8 x 3/4 in. (1.6 x 1.9 cm), Jewelry, Ball, Black & Co. (American, New York, 1851–1874), This pair of studs with applied circular

Netsuke, 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Netsuke

Bead ornaments, triangular, 14, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other (average of each): 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/16 in. (1.3 × 1.3 × 0.2 cm), Gold and Silver

Bifolium with Foliated Initial C, from a Gradual, second half 15th century, Made in Florence, Italy, Italian, Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Overall (bifolio closed): 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 in. (54.3 x 37.9 cm), Manuscripts and

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); L. of head 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Joseph (from a nativity), 18th century, Formerly considered made in Mexico; Made in Guatemala, Guatemalan, Wood, polychromed and gilded; silver-gilt; glass, H. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm.), Sculpture

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 5 5/16 x 4 1/2 in. (13.5 x 11.5 cm), Ceramics

Token, 1834, Probably copper, Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Metal

Arrowhead (Yanonē), 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); L. of head 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Bowl, Akkadian, ca. 2350–2150 B.C., Syria, Tell Brak, Ceramic, 3.31 in. (8.41 cm), Ceramics-Vessels

Crooked Knife, 1889, United States or Canada, Canada or New England, Wood, metal, pigment, H. 5 1/2 x W. 8 in. (14 x 20.3 cm), Wood-Implements

Fragment, probably 8th–12th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, stucco; carved, sporadic pigment, L 11cm x W 12 x H 2.5, Stucco

God with four ram heads facing in four directions, probably Khnum, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 11 × W. 2.5 × D. 1.4 cm (4 5/16 × 1 × 9/16 in.), The god has four ram heads, each facing in a

Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira), 18th century, Japanese, Iron, gold, silver, Fuchi (a); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 0.7 oz. (19.8 g); kashira (b); H. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Wt. 0.6 oz. (17 g), Sword Furniture-Fuchi-Kashira

Stand, ca. 1743–45, German, Augsburg, Silver gilt, Overall: H. 1 3/16 x W. 7 1/16 x D. 4 3/8 in. (3 x 17.9 x 11.1 cm), Metalwork-Silver

Boudoir clock, Clockmaker: Firm of Jaquet-Droz & Leschot, London and Geneva (1752–1791), ca. 1784–91, British, London with Swiss, Geneva case, Gold, enamel, 8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in. (21.4 × 13.3 cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Firm of

Vase fragments, Roman, Terracotta, width of A 2 13/16in. (7.1cm), Vases, Fragments of a yellowish glazed flask

Ring, Gold, Other: 3/4 × 3/4 × 5/8 in. (1.9 × 2 × 1.6 cm), Gold and Silver

Bracelet, Gold, Diameter: 1 5/8 × 3/8 in. (4.1 × 1 cm), Gold and Silver

Arrowhead (Yanonē), ca. 1615–1868, Japanese, Steel, L. 10 in. (25.4 cm); L. of head 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g), Archery Equipment-Arrowheads

Fisherman's Lodge At Mount Xisai, 南宋 李結 西塞漁社圖 卷, Song dynasty (960–1279), ca. 1170, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Image (a): 16 in. × 53 3/4 in. (40.6 × 136.5 cm), Paintings, Li Jie (Chinese, 1124–

Backplate of a Belt Buckle, 6th–7th century, Frankish, Iron, silver and brass inlay, Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 5/16 in. (4.5 x 4.2 x 0.8 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Tripod Bird Bowl, 3rd–4th century, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, H. 9 3/4 x W. 7 3/8in. (24.8 x 18.7cm), Ceramics-Containers, A favored vessel type of the Maya lowlands was one made in the shape of a tropical bird, perhaps a

Carpet, probably 18th century, Attributed to Iran, Azerbaijan, Cotton (warp and weft); wool (pile); symmetrically knotted pile, L. 78 x W. 49 in. (198.1 x 124.5 cm), Textiles-Rugs

Bead, Glass, Height: 7/16 x 5/8 in. (1.2 x 1.7 cm), Glass

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Cherubim, 1435–40, Italian, Siena, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 56 1/2 x 27 3/8 in. (143.5 x 69.5 cm), Paintings, Osservanza Master (Italian, Siena, active second quarter 15th century), This

Temple Pendant with Two Birds Flanking a Tree of Life (front) and Geometric and Vegetal Motifs (back), 11th–12th century, Made in Kiev, Kievan Rus', Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 9/16 in. (5.4 x 4.8 x 1.5 cm),

Dish, second quarter 16th century, Made in Turkey, Iznik, Stonepaste; painted under transparent glaze, H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), Ceramics

Ostrakon, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 2 3/8 x 2 5/16 in. (6 x 5.8 cm), Ceramics

Escutcheon plate, 16th century, German, Iron, Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1/4 in. (8.3 x 7.5 x 0.7 cm), Metalwork-Iron

Animal Ornament, 390–450, Peru, Moche (Loma Negra), Gilded copper, H x W: 4 1/2 x 4 7/16in. (11.4 x 11.3cm), Metal-Ornaments

Mary (from a nativity), 18th century, Formerly considered made in Mexico; Made in Guatemala, Guatemalan, Wood, polychromed and gilded; silver-gilt; glass, H. 20 in. (50.8 cm.), Sculpture

Ostrakon, 7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in. (7.1 x 7.1 cm), Ceramics

Helmet (Hachi), dated 1472, Japanese, Iron, copper, lacquer, H 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm), Helmets

Mirror, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), China, Bronze, Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Mirrors

Gold earring with head of a bull, Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Other: 5/8 x 1/4 x 11/16 in. (1.6 x 0.7 x 1.8 cm), Gold and Silver

Two Scale Balance Beams, 9th–11th century, Peru, Lambayeque (Sicán), Copper (cast), H. 1 1/2 x . 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 6.3cm), Metal-Implements

Lady Dressing Her Hair, late 18th century, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 6.87 in. high 3.94 in. wide (17.5 cm high 10 cm wide), Codices

Ring, Silver, Diameter: 11/16 × 3/16 in. (1.8 × 0.5 cm), Gold and Silver

Cuirass (Breastplate and Backplate), early 18th century, French, Steel, gold, brass, textile, leather, breastplate: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.5 cm); W. 12 3/4 in. (32.3 cm); Wt. 15 lb. (6804 g); backplate: H. 16 1/2 in. (42 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.4

Vase fragment, Roman, Terracotta, 1 13/16 × 1 1/2 × 3/4 in. (4.6 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm), Vases, Fragment of handle of yellow enamelled vase

Pectoral Disk, 11th–16th century, Panama, Veraguas (?), Gold (hammered), leather (case), Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Veraguas

Ostrakon, 580–640, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 3 1/16 x 3 7/16 in. (7.8 x 8.7 cm), Ceramics

The Woman in the Waves, 1868, Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65.4 x 54 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), Between 1864 and 1868 Courbet undertook a series of paintings of the female nude. He

Spherical knop, late 12th century, Made in Rhineland, Germany, German, Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 11/16 in. (13.7 x 9.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev

Alfonso II d'Este (1533–1597), Duke of Ferrara, late 16th century, Ferrara, Italian, Ferrara, Oil on canvas, 47 x 35 3/4 in. (119.4 x 90.8 cm), Paintings, Italian (Ferrarese) Painter (late 16th century

Fragment of a terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Archaic, last quarter of 6th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, Other: 1 5/16 x 1 13/16 x 1/8 in. (3.3 x 4.6 x 0.4 cm), Vases

Earring with ball pendant and paste setting, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Gold, glass paste, Other: 5/16 x 3/8 x 7/8 in. (0.8 x 0.9 x 2.2 cm), Gold and Silver

The Holy Family with Saint Anne, ca. 1500, South Netherlandish, Linen warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, Overall: 41 3/4 x 55in. (106.1 x 139.7cm), Textiles-Tapestries

Temperance, 1760, Fresco, transferred to canvas, Oval, 55 7/8 x 48 in. (141.9 x 121.9 cm), Paintings, Workshop of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid), This detached fresco is from a series of four ovals that were

Ostrakon with a Letter from Kos to Elias, 600, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Pottery fragment with ink inscription, 4 1/8 x 4 7/16 in. (10.5 x 11.2 cm), Ceramics

Seated Figure, 2nd century B.C.–A.D. 3rd century, Peru, Huaylas Province, Recuay, Stone, H. 25 × W. 17 1/2 × D. 8 in. (63.5 × 44.45 × 20.32 cm), Stone-Sculpture

Ornament of the Marquis de Lafayette, 1775–1800, Made in France, Brass, Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm), Metal

Pipe, 100 B.C.–A.D. 300, United States, Illinois, Hopewellian, Ceramic, H. 2 1/4 x W. 5 5/8 x D. 2 in. (5.7 x 14.3 x 5.1 cm), Ceramics-Implements

Jug, early Islamic, ca. 9th–10th century A.D., Iran, Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Islamic, Ceramic, 3.94 in. (10.01 cm), Ceramics-Vessels

Earring, crescent-shaped, Gold, Other: 11/16 × 3/4 × 1/8 in. (1.7 × 2 × 0.4 cm), Gold and Silver

Circular Fragment with a Vine Scroll Motif, 1000–1100, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, diam. 11/16 x 3/16 in. (diam. 1.7 x .4 cm), Enamels-Cloisonn

Historiae Venetae. Libri XII, 1551, Printed book with woodcut illustration on title page and engraved portrait., 12 3/4 × 8 15/16 × 1 3/4 in. (32.4 × 22.7 × 4.5 cm), Books

Pair of chair seat covers, third quarter 18th century, probably French, Painted and woven silk, Overall: 28 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (72.4 × 80 cm

Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki), 18th century, Japanese, Gold, Menuki (a); L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g); menuki (b); L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 0.3 oz. (8.5 g), Sword Furniture-Menuki

The Banks of the Seine at Conflans, ca. 1865–70, Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (46.4 x 55.6 cm), Paintings, Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris), In 1868, about the time this work was painted, the aspiring artist Odilon

San Pietro di Castello, ca. 1804–28, Pen and brown ink, gray wash, 4 7/8 x 8 5/16 in. (12.4 x 21.1 cm), Drawings, Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?)), This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1490, Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, Overall 17 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (45.4 x 35.9 cm); painted surface 17 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (43.8 x 34.3 cm), Paintings, Cosimo Rosselli (Italian,

Pair of Ear Pendants, 13th–16th century, Colombia, Sonso, Gold, H. 9 5/8 x Diam. 3 3/4 in. (24.4 x 9/5 cm), Metal-Ornaments

Figure, 14th–early 15th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Stone, Height: 13 in. (33 cm), Stone-Sculpture

Lidded Trunk, 1840–50, Canada, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, Micmac, Birchbark, wood, spruce root, quill, H. 7 5/8 x W. 12 1/4 x D. 9 1/2 in. (19.4 x 31.1 x 24.1 cm), Wood-Sculpture

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, 1494?, Tempera on wood, Overall 19 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (50.2 x 37.1 cm); painted surface 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (48.6 x 35.9 cm), Paintings, Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del

Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Emma (1765–1815), Lady Hamilton, 1804, Ivory, Diameter 1 1/4 in. (32 mm), Miniatures, Adam Buck (Irish, Cork 1759–1833 London

Earring-hook type, with disc and pendant, Gold, Other: 1/4 × 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (0.7 × 0.8 × 2.8 cm), Gold and Silver

A Footman Sleeping, 1871, Oil on wood, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.9 x 26 cm), Paintings, Charles Bargue (French, Paris 1825/26–1883 Paris