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Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)

Hashimoto Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Date: 1897
Accession Number: JP3568
Slit Gong Beater

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1795
Plate

Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
Date: ca. 1828–ca. 1846
Accession Number: 14.102.11
Casket with Scenes from Romance

Date: ca. 1310–1330
Accession Number: 17.190.173a, b
Column Base

Date: ca. 1130–1140
Accession Number: 25.120.641
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)
Date: ca. 1627
Accession Number: 1997.117.6
Evening dress

James Galanos (American, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1924)
Date: 1966
Accession Number: 1976.364
Candlestick (candeliere)

Date: mid-17th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1112
Flask

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 04.6.30a–c
Golden oriole (one of a pair)

Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Date: 1740–41
Accession Number: 64.101.10
Plan "della nuova Galleria"

Giovanni Battista Silvestri (Italian, Florence, 1796–1873)
Date: 1796–1873
Accession Number: 34.14.1
Presentation vase

New England Glass Company (1818–1888)
Date: 1843
Accession Number: 1980.69
Vase

Accession Number: 79.2.238
The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Date: ca. 1650
Accession Number: 1973.311.3
Hairpin

Date: 200-500
Accession Number: 17.191.216
[Opening Night, Metropolitan Opera: Men in Top Hats]

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984)
Date: 1955
Accession Number: 1992.5032
Band

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1555
Coin

Date: probably 8th century
Accession Number: 39.40.127.282
Box

Date: 1675–1700
Accession Number: 66.190.2
[The Averted Head - A Study in Flesh Tones]

Joseph T. Keiley (American, 1869–1914)
Date: 1899
Accession Number: 33.43.179

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Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)
Hashimoto Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Date: 1897
Accession Number: JP3568
Slit Gong Beater
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1795
Plate
Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
Date: ca. 1828–ca. 1846
Accession Number: 14.102.11
Casket with Scenes from Romance
Date: ca. 1310–1330
Accession Number: 17.190.173a, b
Column Base
Date: ca. 1130–1140
Accession Number: 25.120.641
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)
Date: ca. 1627
Accession Number: 1997.117.6
Evening dress
James Galanos (American, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1924)
Date: 1966
Accession Number: 1976.364
Candlestick (candeliere)
Date: mid-17th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1112
Flask
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 04.6.30a–c
Golden oriole (one of a pair)
Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Date: 1740–41
Accession Number: 64.101.10
Plan "della nuova Galleria"
Giovanni Battista Silvestri (Italian, Florence, 1796–1873)
Date: 1796–1873
Accession Number: 34.14.1
Presentation vase
New England Glass Company (1818–1888)
Date: 1843
Accession Number: 1980.69
Vase
Accession Number: 79.2.238
The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Date: ca. 1650
Accession Number: 1973.311.3
Hairpin
Date: 200-500
Accession Number: 17.191.216
[Opening Night, Metropolitan Opera: Men in Top Hats]
Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984)
Date: 1955
Accession Number: 1992.5032
Band
Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 09.50.1555
Coin
Date: probably 8th century
Accession Number: 39.40.127.282
Box
Date: 1675–1700
Accession Number: 66.190.2
[The Averted Head - A Study in Flesh Tones]
Joseph T. Keiley (American, 1869–1914)
Date: 1899
Accession Number: 33.43.179