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Gilded-wood bench before 1807 Thomas Hope British, born Holland A member of a wealthy banking family and sophisticated patron of the arts

The Old Musician by Edouard Manet (4991505941)
The Old Musician by Edouard Manet ) The Old Musician title QS:P1476,en:The Old Musician  label QS:Len,The Old Musician  label QS:Les,El viejo musico label QS:Lfr,Le Vieux Musicien label QS

Side chair 1879-82 Herter Brothers This is one of several side chairs known to survive from the dining room Christian Herter designed for William H

A Hypocrite and a Slanderer ca. 1770-83 Franz Xaver Messerschmidt German Messerschmidt, the leading sculptor at the court in Vienna in the 1760s, was forced, for personal and professional reasons

Four-Cornered Hat 7th-10th century Wari Finely woven, brightly colored hats, customarily featuring a square crown, four sides, and four pointed tips

Study for a Triumphal Arch (recto); Alternate Study for a Triumphal Arch (verso) ca. 1800 Hubert Robert French This drawing was originally part of an album that contained 152 sketches made by Hubert

Roundel with radiating palmettes ca. 6th century A. D. Sasanian Written sources describe the Taq-I Kisra
Roundel with radiating palmettes ca. 6th century A.D. Sasanian Written sources describe the Taq-I Kisra, the winter palace of the Sasanian emperor Khusrau I (r)

Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso) 1435-38 Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)

Matching Shells (Kai-awase), "Kisen Hōshi, " from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi) ca

Laceing [sic] a Dandy January 26, 1819 Anonymous, British, 19th century British Dandies needed help to achieve the silhouette that contemporary fashion demanded around 1820

Allegory of America ca. 1587-89 Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish This drawing is preparatory for the first engraved plate in the series Nova Reperta

Dining Chair 1865-1875 Austria. While architect and interior designer Theophil Hansen incorporated classical elements into his furniture designs

Pope Pius IX (1792-1878, reigned from 1848) early 1870s A. Latry et Cie. Made of bois durci (hardened wood) this portrait medallion of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878; reigned 1846-1878)

Armchair 1897 Scotland. Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed this armchair in 1897 for Catherine Cranstonis Argyle Street Tearooms in Glasgow

Hydria (Water Jar) 450 BCE. This hydria, or water jar, depicts three fully clothed and wreathed women quietly engaged in feminine activities

Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off 1801-1811 Spain. When the dreaded bandit El Maragato was seized in 1806 by the humble monk Pedro de Zaldivia

Woman Reading 1880-1881 France. During the late nineteenth century, Parisian cafEs were the gathering places of artists and writers and were ideal locations for observing the urban scene

Boiserie from the Hotel Lauzun ca. 1770, with one modern panel French, Paris The oak paneling in this room was acquired in the late nineteenth century by Baron Frederic-Jerome Pichon (1812-1896)

Portrait of Abram Jacob Messir 1841 Sir David Wilkie British, Scottish Wilkie reenergized British genre painting before travelling to Turkey and the Holy Land in 1840 to seek new subjects

Side chair ca. 1875 Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company This side chair, along with a matching armchair and cabinet, was made for Pottier

Stirrup Spout Bottle with Felines 4th-7th century Moche This stirrup-spout bottle, made by potters of Peru's Moche culture between the 5th and 8th centuries A.D

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure grasping a tree; winged sun disc above ca. 8th century B. C
Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure grasping a tree; winged sun disc above ca. 8th century B.C. Assyrian In contrast to the grand

Female Figure 12th-10th century B. C. Tlatilco This solid, hand-modeled ceramic figurine is tan in color
Female Figure 12th-10th century B.C. Tlatilco This solid, hand-modeled ceramic figurine is tan in color and painted with a red pigment

Steatite dish ca. 1st century B. C. -1st century A. D. Egyptian, Ptolemaic or Roman The figures in relief represent
Steatite dish ca. 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Egyptian, Ptolemaic or Roman The figures in relief represent the goddess Isis-Sothis sitting astride a large dog, symbol of the dog star Sirius

Salisbury Plain with Old Sarum in the Distance, Wiltshire 1810-62 William Turner of Oxford British Washes of mauve and blue

Architectural roundel with radiating palmettes ca. 6th century A. D. Sasanian When this wheel-shaped window was
Architectural roundel with radiating palmettes ca. 6th century A.D. Sasanian When this wheel-shaped window was excavated at the site of Ma'aridh II in the Ctesiphon area, it was in pieces

Seventeenth Century Lady ca. 1895 William Merritt Chase American A consummate eclectic, Chase borrowed freely from old masters such as Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Diego Velazquez

Allegory of the Months February and March 1579-1635 Joos de Momper the Younger Netherlandish This colorful landscape by Joos de Momper is an allegory of the months February and March

Female Figure 12th-9th century B. C. Tlatilco This solid, hand-modeled ceramic figurine is made of reddish tan clay
Female Figure 12th-9th century B.C. Tlatilco This solid, hand-modeled ceramic figurine is made of reddish tan clay and painted with a red pigment

Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard ca. mid-2nd millennium B. C
Cylinder seal and modern impression: male worshiper, dog surmounted by a standard ca. mid-2nd millennium B.C. Kassite Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium B.C

Adeline Ravoux, 1890. Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Oil on fabric; framed: 72. 5 x 73. 5 x 8
Adeline Ravoux, 1890. Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Oil on fabric; framed: 72.5 x 73.5 x 8.5 cm (28 9/16 x 28 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 50.2 x 50.5 cm (19 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)

Waka Poem with Printed Gold-and-Silver Underpainting of Cypress Fronds early 17th century Calligraphy by Hon'ami K
Waka Poem with Printed Gold-and-Silver Underpainting of Cypress Fronds early 17th century Calligraphy by Hon'ami K?etsu ????

Pin ca. 3rd-7th century A. D. Sasanian This long, thin, bronze pin has an annular decoration near the head
Pin ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian This long, thin, bronze pin has an annular decoration near the head. The head is damaged so it is unclear what shape it would have taken

Cranes ca. 1760 Soga Sh?haku ???? Two cranes, one striding aggressively forward with open beak, the other with its head gracefully lowered as if in submission

Galatea Married - Restored by Mr. Punch from one of the Elgin Bas-Reliefs representing the fragment of a Wheel (Punch)
Galatea Married - Restored by Mr. Punch from one of the Elgin Bas-Reliefs representing the fragment of a Wheel (Punch, or the London Charivari, April 14, 1866, p)

The Third-Class Carriage ca. 1862-64 Honore Daumier French As a graphic artist and painter, Daumier chronicled the impact of industrialization on modern urban life in mid-nineteenth-century Paris

A Chiel Among Them (recto); Amusements for the Sea-side (verso) (Punch, or the London Charivari, September 20, 1873)
A Chiel Among Them (recto); Amusements for the Sea-side (verso) (Punch, or the London Charivari, September 20, 1873, pp. 113-14)

Earspoon ca. 3rd-7th century A. D. Sasanian Made of bronze, this small ear spoon has a thin handle
Earspoon ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian Made of bronze, this small ear spoon has a thin handle. It is undecorated except for two small rings flanking a bulb near the bowl

Our Manoeuvres - Captain of Skirmishers Addresses a Lance-Corporal (recto); Sad, But a Fact! (verso) (Punch, or the London Charivari, September 20, 1873, pp)

Caricature of a Man's Head, Seen in Profile (in Album of Woodcuts Collected by Arthur Heseltine) ca
Caricature of a Man's Head, Seen in Profile (in Album of Woodcuts Collected by Arthur Heseltine) ca. 1873 Anonymous, British

Incantation bowl with Mandaic inscription ca. 5th-6th century A. D. Sasanian This bowl made of a reddish buff ware has
Incantation bowl with Mandaic inscription ca. 5th-6th century A.D. Sasanian This bowl made of a reddish buff ware has a Mandaic inscription painted in black in concentric circles in its inside

The Late Horace Vernet, from "Illustrated London News" January 31, 1863 After Nadar Based on a photograph this wood engraved portrait of Horace Vernet appeared in the "Illustrated

Richard Humphreys, the Celebrated Boxer Who Never Was Conquered 1788 John Young British This colored mezzotint is based on Hoppner's portrait (MMA 53.113)

Medal cabinet ca. 1814-18 George Bullock British This cabinet was made during the Regency period in Britain (when the country was ruled by the future George IV)

Lekythos ca. 1875-77 Chelsea Keramic Art Works The Chelsea Keramic Art Works was the first American ceramics firm to designate itself an "art pottery." It was founded in Chelsea

Plate (one of a pair) ca. 1525 or later Style of Nicola da Urbino Italian These two footed bowls (see also 65. 6)
Plate (one of a pair) ca. 1525 or later Style of Nicola da Urbino Italian These two footed bowls (see also 65.6.7), or coppe

Shallow bowl with Ruggiero ca. 1525 Italian, possibly Urbino These two footed bowls (see also 65. 6)
Shallow bowl with Ruggiero ca. 1525 Italian, possibly Urbino These two footed bowls (see also 65.6.8), or coppe, are part of one of the most striking series of maiolica produced in the 1520s

Armchair ca. 1875-76 Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company This armchair, along with a matching side chair and cabinet

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