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Isthmian Region (Colombia), Tolima · 1–800 CE

Figural Pendant

Creator not recorded

ColombiaCentral and South America

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Nok-culture style region, unknown female ceramicist · thermoluminescence date 20–620 CE

Head

Creator not recorded

Peru, North Coast, Moche style · 200–550 CE

Portrait Head Vessel

Creator not recorded

Peru, North Coast, Moche style · c. 200–550 CE

Portrait Head Vessel

Creator not recorded

Costa RicaCentral and South America

Costa Rica · 300–500 CE

Mace Head

Creator not recorded

Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th Century · c. 400–700

Staff Head(?)

Creator not recorded

Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th CenturyCentral and South America

Korea · Late 6th century

Pensive Bodhisattva (Bongwan2789)

Creator not recorded

Northern India, Uttar Pradesh · 591

Standing Buddha

Creator not recorded

Central Thailand, Phetchabun province, possibly Si Thep · 600–650

Head of Male Deity, possibly Aiyanar

Creator not recorded

ThailandSoutheast Asia

Korea · Early 7th century

Pensive Bodhisattva (Deoksu3312)

Creator not recorded

Thailand, probably Shri Thep, Mon-Dvaravati style · 600s

Buddha

Creator not recorded

ThailandSoutheast Asia

Thailand, Sri Deb Style, Mon-Dvaravati period, c. 7th-8th Century · c. 600s

Plaque with Vishnu

Creator not recorded

ThailandSoutheast Asia

Guatemala, Quirigua, Maya style (250-900) · 600–900

Eccentric Flint

Creator not recorded

GuatemalaCentral and South America

Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region · c. 600–1100 (Thermoluminescence date, 995–1395)

Lidded Bowl with Iguana

Creator not recorded

Costa RicaCentral and South America

Cambodia · 650–99

Vishnu

Creator not recorded

CambodiaSoutheast Asia

Cambodia · 650–700

Vishnu

Creator not recorded

CambodiaSoutheast Asia

Egypt or Syria(?) · 650–850

Roundel from a Tunic with Palmette Tree

Creator not recorded

Egypt or Syria(?)Middle East and North Africa

Japan, Asuka period (538–710) · late 600s

Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)

Creator not recorded

Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief)

Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Department of the Petén, El Perú (also known as Waka'), Maya (250-900), Classic period (200-1000) · 692

Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief)

Creator not recorded

GuatemalaCentral and South America

Guatemala or Mexico, Usumacinta River region, Maya style · c. 795

Panel with Royal Woman

Creator not recorded

Guatemala or Mexico, Usumacinta River region, Maya styleCentral and South America

Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935) · 800s

Statue of Amitabha

Creator not recorded

Indonesia, Central Java, Chandi Suko, 9th century · 800s

Door Guardian, Mahakala

Creator not recorded

Indonesia, Central Java, Prambanam, Temple of Loro Jonggrang, early 10th Century · early 900s

Triad

Creator not recorded

Vietnam, Tra-Kieu, 1st half of 10th Century · 900–950

Elephant

Creator not recorded

VietnamSoutheast Asia

Vietnam (Champa) · 900s

Heraldic Lion

Creator not recorded

VietnamSoutheast Asia

Colombia, Tairona · c. 900–1550 (thermoluminescence date, 810–1310)

Double-Bat Bowl

Creator not recorded

ColombiaCentral and South America

Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

Nepal · 1000s-1100s

Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

Creator not recorded

Wine Ewer with Incised Bamboo Shoot Design

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) · 1100s

Wine Ewer with Incised Bamboo Shoot Design

Creator not recorded

Cambodia, probably Angkor · 1100s

Pair of naga finials

Creator not recorded

CambodiaSoutheast Asia

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) · 1100s

Knife Sheath

Creator not recorded

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) · 1100s–1200s

Floral-shaped Cup Stand

Creator not recorded

Floral-shaped Cup and Saucer with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) · 1100s-1200s

Floral-shaped Cup and Saucer with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design

Creator not recorded

China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) · 1127–1279

Bamboo and Ducks by a Rushing Stream

Ma Yuan

Watching the Deer by a Pine Shaded Stream

China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) · 1127–1279

Watching the Deer by a Pine Shaded Stream

Ma Yuan

Iran, Khurasan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194) · 1150–1200

Feline Incense Burner

Creator not recorded

Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

Japan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

Creator not recorded

China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) · late 1100s–early 1200s

Drinking in the Moonlight

Attributed to Ma Yuan

Iran, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194) · 1200–1221

The Wade Cup with Animated Script

Creator not recorded

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) · 1235

Arhat

Creator not recorded

China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) · 1300s

Bamboo in the Wind

Puming

ChinaEast AsiaLiterati painting

China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) · 1271–1368

Bamboo, Rocks, and Lonely Orchids

Zhao Mengfu

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China · Yuan dynasty (1271–1368); exact date uncertain

Orchids and Rock

Puming

China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) · c. 1302–3

River Village: Fisherman's Joy

Zhao Mengfu

ChinaEast AsiaLiterati painting

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) · 1300s

Buddhist Ritual Bell

Creator not recorded

Africa, West Africa, Mali, probably Djenné-Djenno, Inland Niger Delta culture-style maker · possibly 1300s–1600s

Male Figure

Creator not recorded

MaliSub-Saharan Africa

China · ca. 1310

Twin Pines, Level Distance

Zhao Mengfu

France, Paris · c. 1320–40

Table Fountain

Creator not recorded

FranceEuropeGothic

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) · 1330–35

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

Creator not recorded

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) · 1330–35

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

Creator not recorded

Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) · 1330–35

Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Creator not recorded

Image not displayed

China · 1343

Orchids and Bamboo

Puming

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · 1400s

Amitabha Triad

Creator not recorded

Nepal · 1400s

Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri)

Creator not recorded

Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200–1460s · 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability)

Loincloth

Creator not recorded

Italy · second half 1400s

Head of a Young Man

Filippino Lippi

Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1468

Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan

Shen Zhou

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Italy · 1470–1475

Adoration of the Magi

Sandro Botticelli

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · late 1400s–early 1500s

Listening to the Qin

Attributed to Tang Yin

Japan · Late 15th–early 16th century

Autumn and Winter Landscapes

Sesshū Tōyō

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Italy · c. 1485

The Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli

Italy · c. 1490

St. Jerome in His Study

Filippino Lippi

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Italy · c. 1490

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Sandro Botticelli

ItalyEuropeRenaissance

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret

Italy · c. 1488–93

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret

Filippino Lippi

ItalyEuropeRenaissance

Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt)

Germany, Würzburg, late 15th Century · c. 1495

Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt)

Tilman Riemenschneider

Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · after 1490

Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou

The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · after 1490

The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou

Nepal · c. 1500

Royal Female Donor

Creator not recorded

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1500

Flowering Crab Apple

Shen Zhou

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1500–1510

Scholar-Hermits in the Autumn Mountains

Tang Yin

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · early 1500s

Mountain Market, Clear with Rising Mist

Creator not recorded

Japan · 16th century

Pine Forest

Hasegawa Tōhaku

Vietnam · 1500s–1600s

Covered Jar

Creator not recorded

VietnamSoutheast Asia

Germany, Würzburg, 16th century · 1502–8

Saint Lawrence

Tilman Riemenschneider

GermanyEuropeGothic

Germany, Würzburg, 16th century · 1502–8

Saint Stephen

Tilman Riemenschneider

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1506

Mount Hua

Tang Yin

Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)

China, Suzhou, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) · c. 1525

Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)

Wen Zhengming

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Ottoman Turkey, Istanbul · mid-1500s

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Attributed to Sahkulu

TurkeyMiddle East and North Africa

Italy · c. 1572

Fata Morgana

Creator not recorded

Turkey, Iznik, Ottoman period (1299–1922) · c. 1535–40

Large Dish with Artichokes

Creator not recorded

TurkeyMiddle East and North Africa

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati

Italy · 1533–34

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati

Lorenzo Lotto

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · late 1530s

Old Pine Tree

Wen Zhengming

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1548

Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley

Wen Zhengming

Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao)

Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild · possibly mid-1500s or early 1600s

Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao)

Creator not recorded

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1551

Old Trees by a Wintry Brook

Wen Zhengming

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]

Italy, Venice · c. 1570

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]

Paolo Veronese

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1575; border added probably 1700s

A Mughal courtier

Creator not recorded

IndiaSouth AsiaMughal painting

Italy, Venice · after c. 1571

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo

Paolo Veronese

Christ, St. Paul, and the Twelve Apostles

Netherlands, 16th century · c. 1578

Christ, St. Paul, and the Twelve Apostles

Hendrick Goltzius

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)

Italy, Venice · c. 1580

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)

Paolo Veronese

Italy · c. 1580

The Annunciation

Paolo Veronese

Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1590

Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

Creator not recorded

Netherlands, 16th century · 1589

The Great Hercules or 'Knollenman'

Hendrick Goltzius

NetherlandsEuropeMannerism

Netherlands, 16th century · 1592

The Farnesian Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius

Four Small Landscapes: No.4, Cliff on the Seashore

Netherlands, 16th century · c. 1600

Four Small Landscapes: No.4, Cliff on the Seashore

Hendrick Goltzius

Italy · 1597

The Musicians

Caravaggio

Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722) · 1600–1625

Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread

Creator not recorded

Pair of Deity Earrings with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back)

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley · 1600s or 1700s

Pair of Deity Earrings with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back)

Creator not recorded

Image not displayed

Italy · 1601

The Supper at Emmaus

Caravaggio

Italy, Naples · 1606–7

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Caravaggio

ItalyEuropeBaroque

The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel

France · c. 1611–13

The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel

Jacques Bellange

FranceEuropeMannerism

France · c. 1613–16

The Annunciation

Jacques Bellange

Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt

Flanders · c. 1615

Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens

France · c. 1615

The Three Magi: Melchior

Jacques Bellange

Flanders · c. 1620–25

Portrait of Isabella Brant

Peter Paul Rubens

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir

IndiaSouth AsiaMughal painting

Mughal India · c. 1627

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir

Creator not recorded

Flanders · c. 1623–25

A Genoese Lady with Her Child

Anthony van Dyck

Netherlands · c. 1629 or 1632

A Young Man with a Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn

Flanders · 1630–33

Frans Snyders

Anthony van Dyck

Flanders · 1630–33

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Anthony van Dyck

Reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines (recto) Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

Flanders · c. 1632/35

Reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines (recto) Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens

Netherlands · 1634

Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman

Frans Hals

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

Flanders · c. 1639

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

Peter Paul Rubens

Netherlands · c. 1640–45

Tobias Healing His Father's Blindness

Rembrandt van Rijn

Landscape with a Cottage and Hay Barn: Oblong

Netherlands · 1641

Landscape with a Cottage and Hay Barn: Oblong

Rembrandt van Rijn

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) · 1642–1707

Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

Shitao

France · 1645

Saint Peter Repentant

Georges de La Tour

Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber or Southwestern India, Deccan · 1650–80

Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

Creator not recorded

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber or Southwestern India, DeccanSouth AsiaRajput painting

Netherlands · 1653

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt van Rijn

NetherlandsEuropeBaroque

Netherlands · c. 1655–60

A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat

Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1662

Rocks, Orchid, and Bamboo

Shitao

The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus

Netherlands · c. 1662–65

The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus

Rembrandt van Rijn

Italy · ca. 1670s

Allegory of Autumn (Bacchus)

Filippo Parodi

Italy · c. 1675

Sleeping Christ Child

Filippo Parodi

ItalyEuropeBaroque

Ghana, Akan-style sculpture, unknown female ceramicist · late 1600s–early 1700s

Memorial head (nsodie)

Creator not recorded

GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1700

Plum Tree

Ogata Kōrin

JapanEast AsiaRinpa

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Italy · completed 1683

Tomb of Francesco Morosini

Filippo Parodi

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar · c. 1695

Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

Creator not recorded

IndiaSouth AsiaRajput painting

Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1700

Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves

Ogata Kōrin

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1697

Spring Mist over Jiangnan

Shitao

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · 1700s

Jar with Dragon Design

Creator not recorded

Japan · 18th century

Writing Box with the Yatsuhashi Bridge

Ogata Kōrin

Japan · 18th century

Kimono (Kosode) with Autumn Grasses

Ogata Kōrin

Polynesia, Fiji Islands, 18th-19th Century · 1700s-1800s

Club

Creator not recorded

FijiOceania

Japan · after 1709

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1715–30 or after

Chrysanthemums by a Stream

Possibly by Ogata Kōrin

JapanEast AsiaRinpa

France · 1728–29

Gold Box

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

France, Paris · 1735–38

Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

FranceEuropeRococo

France · c. 1740

Candlestick

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · late 1700s or early 1800s

Landscape with Streams and Mountains

Creator not recorded

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1700s–early 1800s

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

Utagawa Toyokuni

France · c. 1775

The Empty Quiver

Nicolas Delaunay

France · 1771

In the Grotto of Merlin, the Magician

Nicolas Delaunay

France · c. 1781

Invocation to Love

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

FranceEuropeNeoclassicism

France · 1777–78

Snuff Box (Tabatière)

François Chazeray

France · 1782

The Swing

Nicolas Delaunay

FranceEuropeRococo

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France · 1784–1789

Gold-lined Japanese-style Lacquer Bonbonnière

François Chazeray

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1790

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō

Utagawa Toyokuni

Image not displayed

France · 1787–1788

Vari-colour Gold Bonbonnière

François Chazeray

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1793

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

Kitagawa Utamaro

England, 19th century · c. 1793

Hereford Cathedral

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1797

Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall

Utagawa Toyokuni

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1793–97

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Utagawa Toyokuni

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1798

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties

Kitagawa Utamaro

England, 19th century · c. 1800–37

Landscape with Trees Surrounding a Pond

John Constable

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1796–97

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1790s

Cherry Blossoms in the Wind

Utagawa Toyokuni

England, 19th century · c. 1802–07

Settee

Thomas Hope

EnglandEuropeNeoclassicism

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1799

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai

When Day Breaks We Will Be Off, Plate 71

Spain · 1799

When Day Breaks We Will Be Off, Plate 71

Francisco de Goya

SpainEurope

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England · ca. 1802

Chandelier

Thomas Hope

Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa ? · early 1800s

Panel

Creator not recorded

Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa ?Oceania

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba · early to mid-1800s

Staff of Office

Creator not recorded

Democratic Republic of CongoSub-Saharan Africa

Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori people, 19th century · 1800s

Treasure Box (Wakahuia)

Creator not recorded

New ZealandOceania

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Akan-style artist · 1800s

Gold Weight (abrammuo): Geometric Form

Creator not recorded

GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Tami Islands, 19th century · 1800s

Bowl

Creator not recorded

Pacific Islands, Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori people · 1800s

Neck Pendant (Hei-tiki)

Creator not recorded

New ZealandOceania

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, 19th century · 1800s

Ancestral Figure

Creator not recorded

Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, 19th century · 1800s

Tapis (Garment)

Creator not recorded

Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, 19th century · 1800s

Tampan Pasisir (Ship Cloth)

Creator not recorded

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · late 1800s

Seven Jeweled Mountain

Creator not recorded

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Benue River Valley, Unidentified maker · probably 1800s

Male figure

Creator not recorded

Woman Reading a Letter (from the series Seven Episodes in the Life of Komachi in the Floating World)

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1806

Woman Reading a Letter (from the series Seven Episodes in the Life of Komachi in the Floating World)

Kitagawa Utamaro

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England · c. 1807

Chair

Thomas Hope

England, 19th century · 1814

Solitude

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Cooling Off at Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo, a Pentaptych (Edo Ryôgoku suzumi no zu, gomai tsuzuki)

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1811

Cooling Off at Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo, a Pentaptych (Edo Ryôgoku suzumi no zu, gomai tsuzuki)

Utagawa Toyokuni

England, 19th century · c. 1821

Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow

John Constable

Spain · 1819

Portrait of Don Juan Antonio Cuervo

Francisco de Goya

SpainEurope

Japan · ca. 1830–32

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai

JapanEast AsiaUkiyo-e

France, 19th century · 1822

The Crayfish of Longchamps

Eugène Delacroix

Spain · 1824–25

Woman Reading to Two Children

Francisco de Goya

SpainEurope

Rori Hakucho Chojun (from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan)

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1820s

Rori Hakucho Chojun (from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1830

A Low Tide Pentaptych

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1831

Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Hiroshige

England, 19th century · 1828

Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead

John Constable

Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s

Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)

Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s

South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai

JapanEast AsiaUkiyo-e

Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s

Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

France · 1832

A Young Black Woman Fetching Water

Eugène Delacroix

FranceEuropeRomanticism

Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1833

Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige

JapanEast AsiaUkiyo-e

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

England, 19th century · 1835

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1835–36

Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1835–36

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai

Picture of Light Rain on the Embankment of the Sumida River, from the series A New Selection of Famous Places in Edo

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1830s or early 1840s

Picture of Light Rain on the Embankment of the Sumida River, from the series A New Selection of Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

England, 19th century · 1845

Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Indonesia, Java, North Coast, mid-19th century · mid-1800s

Sarong

Creator not recorded

United States · 1847

The Power of Music

William Sidney Mount

Jean Journet Departing for the Conquest of Universal Harmony

France, 19th century · 1850

Jean Journet Departing for the Conquest of Universal Harmony

Gustave Courbet

Indonesia, Borneo · c. 1900

Knife (Mandau) and scabbard

Creator not recorded

England, 19th century · 1851

Study for "The Hireling Shepherd"

William Holman Hunt

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1854

Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

India · 1855–62

Caves of Karlie: No. 1, The Approach

William Johnson

Four Studies of the Head of a Young Italian Woman

France, 19th century · 1856

Four Studies of the Head of a Young Italian Woman

Edgar Degas

England · 1856

The Blind Girl

John Everett Millais

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1857

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1857

The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer)

France · 1857

Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer)

Gustave Courbet

France, 19th century · 1858

Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest

Eugène Delacroix

FranceEuropeRomanticism

Pine Groves of Miho in Suruga, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1858

Pine Groves of Miho in Suruga, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige

First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia

America · 1859

First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia

Frederick DeBourg Richards

United States · 1860

Twilight in the Wilderness

Frederic Edwin Church

France, 19th century · c. 1868

Melancholy

Odilon Redon

Canada · 1860s

Falls of Niagara

Alexander Henderson

CanadaNorth America

England, 19th century · 1862

Susanna Anderson Rose

Frederick Sandys

England · 1862

The Travelling Companions

Augustus Leopold Egg

France, 19th century · 1863

Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau)

Gustave Courbet

France, 19th century · 1864

Romaine Lacaux

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

United States · 1864

The Brierwood Pipe

Winslow Homer

France, 19th century · 1864

Spring Flowers

Claude Monet

United States · modeled 1864, carved c. 1870

The Sleeping Faun

Creator not recorded

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and His Children in 1853

France · 1865

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and His Children in 1853

Gustave Courbet

France · 1865–69

Three Bathers

Gustave Courbet

France, 19th century · 1866

La Roche-Guyon

Camille Pissarro

Image not displayed

England · 1866–1868

Medea

Frederick Sandys

France · 1867–68

A Siesta during the Hay Harvest

Gustave Courbet

England, 19th century · 1868

Mary Walker Waugh

William Holman Hunt

United States · 1868

Indian Combat

Edmonia Lewis

France, 19th century · c. 1868–73

The Red Kerchief

Claude Monet

America, late 19th-early 20th Century · 1908

The Patio

John Singer Sargent

France, 19th century · 1870s

Mother and Child (recto)

Paul Gauguin

Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir with Sons and Courtiers

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms · 1870s

Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir with Sons and Courtiers

Bourne & Shepherd

England, 19th century · 1871

The Coral Necklace

Frederick Sandys

France, 19th century · 1871–76

Sheet of Studies

Paul Cezanne

France, 19th century · 1872

The Lock at Pontoise

Camille Pissarro

France, 19th century · 1873

Reading

Berthe Morisot

United States · 1873

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

Thomas Eakins

Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting

France, 19th century · c. 1878–80

Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting

Edgar Degas

Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kalighat · c. 1890

Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album

Creator not recorded

IndiaSouth AsiaKalighat painting

English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat · c. 1890

English Babu (Native Indian Clerk) Holding a Hookah

Creator not recorded

IndiaSouth AsiaKalighat painting

Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana blacksmith · late 1800s–early 1900s

Head of a Hobbyhorse (korèdugaso)

Creator not recorded

MaliSub-Saharan Africa

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, or Cabinda (Angola), Kongo-style maker, possibly Yombe subgroup · late 1800s–early 1900s

Prestige Cap (mpu ngola)

Creator not recorded

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, or Cabinda (Angola), Kongo-style maker, possibly Yombe subgroupSub-Saharan Africa

France, 19th century · c. 1881

The Mender

Camille Pissarro

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

France, 19th century · 1877

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

Gustave Courbet

France, 19th century · c. 1877–80

Mademoiselle Louise Riesener in a Hat

Berthe Morisot

View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India

India · 1878

View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India

Nicholas & Co.

Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise

France, 19th century · 1879

Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro

England, 19-20th Century · 1879

The Father's Leave-Taking

William Holman Hunt

America · 1879–80

The Garden

James McNeill Whistler

America · 1880

Two Doorways

James McNeill Whistler

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Songye-style carver and nganga (priest) · late 1800s–early 1900s

Male Figure (nkishi)

Creator not recorded

Democratic Republic of CongoSub-Saharan Africa

Laundress and Her Child (Aline and Pierre)

France, 19th century · c. 1886

Laundress and Her Child (Aline and Pierre)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

France, 19th century · 1882

Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

Claude Monet

England · 1882

Proserpine

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Netherlands · 1883

Landscape with Wheelbarrow

Vincent van Gogh

France, 19th century · c. 1883–84

Study for "Bathers at Asnières"

Georges Seurat

America · c. 1889

After-Dinner Coffee (recto)

Mary Cassatt

France, 19th century · c. 1890

Estérel Village

Edgar Degas

France, 19th century · c. 1891

Portrait of a Woman

Edmond François Aman-Jean

FranceEuropeSymbolism

France · 1887

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat

Vincent van Gogh

France, 19th century · 1887–88

At the Concert Parisien

Georges Seurat

FranceEuropeNeo-Impressionism

France, 19th century · 1888

Gardener's House at Antibes

Claude Monet

France, 19th century · c. 1893

Under the Flowers

Edmond François Aman-Jean

The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot Drawing with Her Daughter)

France, 19th century · 1889

The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot Drawing with Her Daughter)

Berthe Morisot

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)

Netherlands · 1889

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)

Vincent van Gogh

Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy

Netherlands · 1889

Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy

Vincent van Gogh

America · 1889

Leaping Trout

Winslow Homer

France, 19th century · 1889

In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)

Paul Gauguin

France · 1889

Wheat Field with Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh

France, 19th century · 1890

The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue

Paul Cezanne

Netherlands · 1890

Dr. Gachet

Vincent van Gogh

NetherlandsEuropePost-Impressionism

Netherlands · 1890

Adeline Ravoux

Vincent van Gogh

France, 19th century · 1890

Young Saint John

Berthe Morisot

France · 1890–91

In the Omnibus

Mary Cassatt

FranceNorth America

France, 19th century · c. 1895

Frieze of Dancers

Edgar Degas

France, 19th century · 1891

Head of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin

Image not displayed

France · 1891

The Circus

Georges Seurat

France, 19th century · c. 1896

The Pink Cloud

Henri-Edmond Cross

France, 19th century · 1893

The Wing

Odilon Redon

France, 19th century · c. 1898

Girl with Long Hair

Edmond François Aman-Jean

France, late 19th-early 20th Century · c. 1895–1900

The Brook

Paul Cezanne

America, New York · c. 1900

Woodbine Table Lamp

Clara Wolcott Driscoll

America · c. 1900

The Dancer, No. 1

James McNeill Whistler

Burkina Faso, Ghana, or Côte d’Ivoire, Lobi–style artist · c. 1900

Figure (baàthíl)

Creator not recorded

Burkina Faso, Ghana, or Côte d’Ivoire, Lobi–style artistSub-Saharan Africa

France, late 19th-early 20th century · c. 1900

On the River

Henri-Edmond Cross

United StatesNorth AmericaArt Nouveau

America · c. 1900–1920

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase

Creator not recorded

United States · c. 1896–1908

The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)

Albert Pinkham Ryder

The Promenade (Landscape with Cypresses)

France, 19th century · 1897

The Promenade (Landscape with Cypresses)

Henri-Edmond Cross

FranceEuropeNeo-Impressionism

United States · 1898

Portrait of Lisa Colt Curtis

John Singer Sargent

France · c. 1903–10

Orpheus

Odilon Redon

FranceEuropeSymbolism

France, late 19th-early 20th Century · c. 1904

Mount Sainte-Victoire

Paul Cezanne

United States · 1900–1903

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

Winslow Homer

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Idoma-style carver · early 1900s

Headdress

Creator not recorded

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ejagham-style maker · early 1900s

Headdress

Creator not recorded

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf, Elema District, 20th century · before 1930

Spirit Board

Creator not recorded

Melanesia, New Guinea, Massim Area, Trobriand Islands, 20th century · before 1930

Club

Creator not recorded

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker · 1900s

Ifá diviner's necklace (òdìgbà Ifá)

Creator not recorded

Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver · early to mid-1900s

Headdress (chi wara)

Creator not recorded

MaliSub-Saharan Africa

Oceania, Melanesia, Fiji Islands · Before 1971

Tapa Cloth

Creator not recorded

FijiOceania

Oceania, Melanesia, Fiji Islands · Before 1971

Tapa Cloth

Creator not recorded

FijiOceania

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Nupe-style pottery, unknown female potter · 1900s

Water Transport Jar

Creator not recorded

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Abelam People, 20th century · 1900s

Yam Mask

Creator not recorded

Australia, Western Arnhem Land, 20th century · 1900s

Kangaroo

Creator not recorded

AustraliaOceania

America, late 18th-19th Century · 1901

After the Bath

Mary Cassatt

United StatesNorth AmericaImpressionism

France, 20th century · 1902

Fishmarket

Camille Pissarro

France, late 19th–early 20th century · 1902

The Call

Paul Gauguin

America, New York · c. 1902–10

Indian Basket Lamp

Tiffany Studios

America, New York · c. 1902–10

"Pony" Wisteria Lamp

Clara Wolcott Driscoll

United StatesNorth AmericaArt Nouveau

Field with Young Trees in the Foreground

Netherlands · c. 1907

Field with Young Trees in the Foreground

Piet Mondrian

France, 20th century · 1905

Young Woman Arranging Her Earring

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Netherlands, early 20th Century · 1905

Landscape at Loosduinen

Piet Mondrian

America · c. 1905–10

Peony Floor Lamp with a Bamboo Base

Probably by Clara Wolcott Driscoll

Untitled (Semi-Circle of Children, Central Girl Dressed as an Angel Holding the Baby Jesus)

Costa RicaCentral and South America

Costa Rica · c. 1910s

Untitled (Semi-Circle of Children, Central Girl Dressed as an Angel Holding the Baby Jesus)

Andrés and Francisco Hernández

Germany, 20th century · 1906

Die Bettlerin

Ernst Barlach

Germany, 20th century · 1908

The Sea near Staberhuk

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

United States · 1909

Stag at Sharkey's

George Bellows

Germany, 20th century · 1909

Wrestlers in a Circus

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

GermanyEuropeExpressionism

Germany, 20th century · c. 1914

On the Street

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

France, Paris · c. 1916

Still Life

María Blanchard

FranceEuropeCubism

America · 1912

Design for United States Currency

Kenyon Cox

England · 1912

Night with her Train of Stars

Edward Robert Hughes

Image not displayed

France · 1913–1915

Woman with a Fan

María Blanchard

France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26

Water Lilies (Agapanthus)

Claude Monet

JapanEast AsiaSosaku-hanga

Japan · c. 1915–1955

Mother and Child

Koshiro Onchi

France, 20th century · 1916

Vase of Flowers

Odilon Redon

Studies of a Soldier Drinking, for Gassed (recto); Studies of a Male Nude (verso)

America · 1918–19

Studies of a Soldier Drinking, for Gassed (recto); Studies of a Male Nude (verso)

John Singer Sargent

France, 20th century · c. 1923

Night Café

Louis Marcoussis

FranceEuropeCubism

Germany, 20th century · 1920

Little Dance

Kurt Schwitters

GermanyEuropeDada

France, 20th century · 1920

The Bar

Louis Marcoussis

Germany, 20th century · 1923

Merz 3 Portfolio: Plate 1

Kurt Schwitters

GermanyEuropeDada

Germany, 20th century · 1924

Wehrlin, Facing front

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Image not displayed

Germany · 1924

Merz Drawing

Kurt Schwitters

Image not displayed

France · 1925

Young Woman Combing Her Hair

María Blanchard

NetherlandsEuropeDe Stijl

Netherlands · 1927

Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue

Piet Mondrian

Germany, 20th century · 1928

Singing Man

Ernst Barlach

GermanyEuropeExpressionism

Image not displayed

France · 1930

Stairway with Figure

Louis Marcoussis

Germany, 20th century · 1931

Hope and Despair II

Ernst Barlach

Image not displayed

Japan · 1934

Umi no dowa (Fairy Tales of the Sea)

Koshiro Onchi

Image not displayed

Japan · 1951

Lyric No. 14 (Ode to the Spring)

Koshiro Onchi