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Floral Tent Panel

Date: ca. 1635
Accession Number: 1981.321

Edwin Davis French, A Memorial: His Life, His Art

Author: Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1862–1935)

Date: 1908
Accession Number: 201.9F88 B73

Before Dinner

Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)

Date: 1924
Accession Number: 1975.1.156

Jacket

Date: ca. 1616
Accession Number: 23.170.1

Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daisho)

Long sword (katana) blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)

Date: long sword blade, dated 1440; short sword blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Accession Number: 36.120.417a, b, .418a–c

Evening dress

Date: 1804–5
Accession Number: 1983.6.1

Wine Ewer with Design of Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields

Date: ca. 1596
Accession Number: 1980.6

Goa Stone and Gold Case

Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Accession Number: 2004.244a–d

Evening dress

House of Patou (French, founded 1919)

Date: 1987
Accession Number: 1994.278

Helmet Mask (Temes Mbalmbal)

Date: mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1697

Blue Green Red

Ellsworth Kelly (American, born Newburgh, New York, 1923)

Date: 1963
Accession Number: 63.73

At the Seaside

William Merritt Chase (American, Williamsburg, Indiana 1849–1916 New York)

Date: ca. 1892
Accession Number: 67.187.123

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)

Date: ca. 1835
Accession Number: 99.31

Male Figure: Court Official

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.32

Bronze statue of Eros sleeping

Date: 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Accession Number: 43.11.4

S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood

Author: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (American, New York 1822–1904 New York)

Date: 1800s
Accession Number: 201.9 Av32

Bacchanal

Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)

Date: ca. 1635–36
Accession Number: 1998.225

Maria-Luisa (dite Coré)

House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

Date: spring/summer 1998
Accession Number: 1999.494a–h

Dress

Date: ca. 1872
Accession Number: 2003.426a, b

Guitar

Attributed to Matteo Sellas (German, Füssen ca. 1599–1654 Venice)

Date: ca. 1630–50
Accession Number: 1990.103

Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.1413a, b

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

Date: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 29.3.2

Swan-Neck Glass Bottle

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 17.190.829

The Freedman

John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York)

Date: 1863, cast 1891
Accession Number: 1979.394

Bowl with Eagle

Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan

Date: ca. 1000
Accession Number: 63.178.1

Outer Coffin of Henettawy (F)

Date: ca. 990–930 B.C.
Accession Number: 25.3.182a, b

Seated female

Date: ca. 5600–5000 B.C.
Accession Number: 1985.84

Seated goddess with a child

Date: ca. 14th–13th century B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.12

Feathered Hanging

Date: 7th–8th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.467

Human-headed winged bull and winged lion (lamassu)

Date: ca. 883–859 B.C.
Accession Number: 32.143.1–.2

Seated Figure

Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Accession Number: 1982.231

Evening dress

Callot Soeurs (French, active 1895–1937)

Date: 1910–14
Accession Number: 1981.380.2

Female Dancer

Date: 2nd century B.C.
Accession Number: 1992.165.19

Dizi

Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Accession Number: 65.149 a, b

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"

Date: second half 9th–mid-10th century
Accession Number: 2004.88

Mask

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira (Japanese, Edo period, 1673–1745)

Date: dated 1745
Accession Number: 19.115.2

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.22

Mandala of Yamantaka-Vajrabhairava

Date: ca. 1330–32
Accession Number: 1992.54

Woman's Wearing Blanket

Date: early 20th century
Accession Number: 2002.602.7

Alto Recorder in F

I. B. Gahn

Date: ca. 1700
Accession Number: 89.4.909

Tulips panel

Candace Wheeler (American, Delhi, New York 1827–1923 New York)

Date: 1883–87
Accession Number: 28.34.2

Column Statue of a King

Date: ca. 1150–60
Accession Number: 20.157

Embroidered sampler

Rebekah S. Munro (1780–1803)

Date: ca. 1791
Accession Number: 1984.331.13

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Accession Number: 17.190.858

A Stallion

Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610)

Date: ca. 1601–6
Accession Number: 1992.51

Report from Rockport

Stuart Davis (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1892–1964 New York)

Date: 1940
Accession Number: 1992.24.1

Bust of Pseudo-Seneca

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)

Date: 1600-1626
Accession Number: 1975.1.843

Dress

Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1961)

Date: fall/winter 1965–66
Accession Number: C.I.69.23

Summer Morning

David Lucas (British, Northamptonshire 1802–1881 London)

Date: ca. 1830
Accession Number: 39.68.27

Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals

Date: ca. 3200–3100 B.C.
Accession Number: 30.8.224