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		A Corridor in the Asylum, late May or early June 1889, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Black chalk and gouache on pink Ingres paper (48.190.2)

		Adoration of the Magi (Detail), ca. 1390, Austrian; From the Schlosskapelle, Ebreichsdorf, Austria, Pot-metal and colorless glass with silver stain and vitreous paint (1986.285.1,2)

		Antefix in the shape of a female head, ca. 625–600 B.C., South Italian; From Matauros, Terracotta (22.139.56)

		Antefix with the head of Medusa, 6th century B.C., Tarantine; Said to be from Taranto, Terracotta (26.60.73)

		Apse, 1175–1200, Spanish; From the Church of San Martin, Fuentidueña, Segovia, Limestone (L.58.86)

		Arch with Running Vines, Leaves, and Fruit, 500–600, Byzantine; Said to be from the Monastery of Apa Apollo, Bawit, Egypt, Limestone (29.9.2a-v)

		Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall, last quarter of 16th century, India, Gujarat, Patan, Teak with traces of color (16.133)

		Architectural Frieze, second quarter of 12th century, French; Possibly from the abbey church at Cluny, Burgundy, Limestone (1980.263.1)

		Architectural roundel, late 16th–early 17th century, India (Deccan, probably Bijapur), Sandstone, carved (1985.240.1)

		Ballcourt Marker, 3rd–7th century, Mexico; Teotihuacan, Stone (1980.418)

		Bedroom from Sagredo Palace, Venice, 18th century (ca. 1718), Stuccowork probably by Abbondio Stazio of Massagno (1675–1745) and Carpoforo Mazzetti (ca. 1684–1748); ceiling painting probably by Gasparo Diziani of Belluno (1689–1767), Italian (Venice), Wood, stucco, marble, glass (06.1335.1a-d)

		Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, ca. 1775–78, and later, French (Paris); Made in Paris, France, Oak and plaster, painted and gilded; bronze-gilt, mirror glass, oak flooring, etc.; (1972.276.1)wo

		Boucher aux Alentours (the Croome Court tapestry room), 1758–67, Jean-Germain Soufflot, François Boucher, Maurice Jacques, Louis Tessier; Woven in the basse-lisse workshop of Jacques Neilson at the Gobelins manufactory, 1764–71, French, Wool and silk (58.75.1-22)

		Cameo architectural panel, ca. 1–25 A.D.; Augustan–early Julio-Claudian, Roman, Glass (18.145.38a)

		Capital with Bust of the Archangel Michael, ca. 1250–1300, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, possibly from the Monastery of the Virgin Peribleptos ("All-Seeing"), now the Sulumanastir, a mosque, Marble (1983.167)

		Capital with Four Heads, ca. 1230, Southern Italy, Apulia, probably Troia, Limestone (55.66)

		Capital, with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, From the Abbey of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, France, Limestone (25.120.60)

		Capital, 10th century, Spain, probably Madinat al-Zahra’, Carved marble (30.95.134)

		Capital, 9th century; ^cAbbasid, Syria, Carved alabaster (36.68.1)

		Caryatid Veranda Post, 20th century, Olowe of Ise (Yoruba), Yoruba peoples; Nigeria, Wood, pigment (1996.558)

		Ceiling tile with geometric and floral designs, 6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion, Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.5)

		Central watchtower, architectural model, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st–early 3rd century China, Earthenware with green lead glaze (1984.397ab)

		Chapter House, 12th century, French; From the Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut, Gascony, Limestone (35.50)

		*Choir Screen (Reja)*, completed in 1764, Probably by Rafael Amezúa (Spanish), Wrought- and cold-chiseled iron, partly gilt; limestone, with traces of paint (56.234.1)

		Christ Giving the Keys to Peter, ca. 1315, German; Cologne, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (29.55.1,2)

		Cloister of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, before 1206 (with 14th-century additions), French (near Montpellier), Limestone (25.120.1-.134)

		Column surround with pensive woman, Eastern Javanese period, 14th–15th century, Indonesia (Java), Majapahit kingdom, Terracotta (1992.151)

		Composite Capital, Master G. A. with the Caltrop (Italian), From the Metropolitan Museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae magnificentiae (Mirror of Rome's Magnificence), Engraving (41.72[2.24])

		Cone mosaic, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period, Excavated at the "Columned Hall," Uruk, Mesopotamia, Clay, mud plaster (L.1995.48.2)

		Corbel with Female Head, early 13th century, Spain, Castilla-León, Frías (near Burgos), Parish Church of San Vicente Martír, Stone, polychromy (23.110.56)

		Cuxa Cloister, mid-12th century, French or Spanish; From the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (modern France), Marble (25.120.398,.399,.452)

		Dado fragment, 9th–10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Stucco, painted (40.170.176)

		Dado panel, first half of 15th century; Mamluk, Egypt, Polychrome marble mosaic (1970.327.8)

		Dining Room from Lansdowne House, 18th century (1765–68), London, England, Wood, plaster, and stone (32.12)

		Dish in the Form of a Temple, 3rd–5th century, Roman or Byzantine; Found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa), Rock crystal (55.135.5)

		Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b)

		Door, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Iran or Central Asia, Wood with traces of pigment (23.67.7)

		Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean, ca. 1250, French, Limestone with traces of polychromy (32.147)

		Doorway, carved in the 1000s, assembled in 1100s or 1200s, Central Italian; Sangemini, from the abbey church of San Nicolò, Marble (47.100.45)

		Double Capital, mid-12th century, France, Toulouse region, Languedoc (?), Marble (28.81)

		"Dutch" door, 1772, American, Gumwood, oak (34.79a,b)

		Eagle Relief, 10th–13th century, Mexico; Toltec, Andesite/dacite, paint (93.27.2)

		Ericstan for John J. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York (rear elevation), 1855–59, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.10)

		Foliate Ornament, ca. 1470, Master W with the Key (Netherlandish), Engraving (29.16.1)

		Foundation peg in the shape of the forepart of a lion, 2200–2000 B.C., Probably Tell Mozan (ancient Urkish), northeastern Syria, Bronze (48.180)

		Fountain, 17th century, Attributed to India, Deccan, Cast bronze (1997.150)

		Fragment from a Lintel or Frieze with Cross and Rosette Medallions, ca. 500–600, Byzantine; Said to be from the Monastery of Apa Jeremias, Saqqara (found in the neighboring village of Mitrahina), Limestone (10.176.37)

		Fragment of a Lintel, 400–550, Byzantine; Probably made in Roman Syria, Limestone (69.15)

		Fragment of a Sarcophagus, 700s?, Frankish; From the Monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, southwestern France, Stone (25.120.590)

		Frieze Fragment (possibly from an altar), 18th century, Bolivian, Silver (1978.303.7)

		Frieze tile, A.H. [Shawwa] 707/March–April 1308 A.D., Iran (Kashan); Made for the tomb complex of ^cAbd al-Samad in Natanz, Iran, Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (12.44)

		Funerary Stela with Architectural Frame, 500–700, Byzantine; Probably from Armant, Egypt, Limestone with red, green, and black paint (36.2.6)

		Gravestone with funerary banquet, 2nd–3rd century, Excavated at Palmyra, Syria, Limestone (02.29.1)

		Hammamet with Its Mosque, 1914, Paul Klee (German), Watercolor and pencil on paper (1984.315.4)

		Head of King David, ca. 1145, France, Paris, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, south portal of west facade (Saint Anne Portal), Limestone (38.180)

		*Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)*, 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.2)

		Inscribed slab, first half of 8th century, Syria, Limestone (66.81)

		Interior of a Mughal Tomb, or Hammam, Furnished in the English Taste, ca. 1830–40, India (Delhi), Opaque watercolor on paper (1994.71)

		Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, ca. 1220–1230, Crusader; From Castle Montfort/Starkenberg, Limestone (28.99.1)

		Living room from the Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota, 1912–14, Made by Frank Lloyd Wright (American) (1972.60.1)

		Loggia from Laurelton Hall, Oyster Bay, New York, ca. 1905, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American), Limestone, ceramic, glass (1978.10.1)

		Magical stela, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, ca. 360–343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (50.85)

		Maitreya altarpiece, 5th year of the Zhengguang era, dated 524; Northern Wei dynasty, Hebei Province, China, Gilt bronze (38.158.1a-n)

		Man of Sorrows and the Mater dolorosa, ca. 1480, Strassburger Werkstattgemeinschaft (Lautenbach Master), German (Swabia); From the chapter house of Constance Cathedral, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (1998.215a,b)

		Metal plaque, 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Steel, cut and pierced (1987.14)

		Mihrab, 1354, Isfahan, Iran, Mosaic of monochrome-glaze tiles on composite body set on plaster (39.20)

		Mosque lamp, late 16th century, Turkey; Iznik, Composite body, painted and glazed (14.40.731)

		Narbonne Arch, 12th century, French, Marble (22.58.1)

		Nur al-Din Room, dated 1119 A.H. / 1707 A.D.; Ottoman, Attributed to Damascus, Syria, Wood, marble, stucco, glass, mother-of-pearl, ceramics, tile, stone, iron, colors, gold (1970.170)

		Ornamental Panel, 1521, Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian), Engraving; sheet, trimmed within platemark (49.95.41)

		Orthostat relief: hunting scene, 850–830 B.C.; Neo-Hittite period, Excavated at south wall of Temple Palace, Tell Halaf, northern Syria, Basalt (43.135.2)

		Pagode: Costumes Parisiennes, 1914, Étienne Drian (French), Hand-colored print (LY62.38.1[20])

		Pair of doors, 9th century; ^cAbbasid, Iraq, Carved wood (31.119.1,.2)

		Pair of doors, ca. 1325–1330; Mamluk, Egypt (Cairo), Wood inlaid with carved ivory panels (91.1.2064)

		Panel from a Tree of Jesse Window, 14th century, German (Swabia), Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint (22.25a-f)

		Panel with a Griffin, 1250–1300, Byzantine; Possibly from Greece or the Balkans, Marble (2000.81)

		Panel: striding lion, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, Excavated at Wall of Processional Way, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Glazed brick (31.13.2)

		Panel, 10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Stucco, applied and carved (probably originally polychromed) (40.170.441)

		Panel, 14th century; Marinid, Morocco, Carved and polychromed wood (1985.241)

		Panel, Marquetry, second half of 8th century; ^cAbbasid, Egypt, Fig wood and bone (37.103)

		Panel, probably 13th century, Egypt or Syria, Carved wood with traces of pigments and gilt (30.112.3)

		Paneling and chimneypiece, 17th century (ca. 1600), From a room in a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, Oak and stone (65.182.1,.2)

		Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh House, ca. 1758; painting ca. 1770-80, King George County, Virginia (16.112)

		Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, 1506–15 Spanish (41.190.482)

		Pillar with Capital, 800s, South Italian, Marble (18.70.21)

		Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, ca. 1170–1180, Italian; Made in Tuscany, White Carrara marble, grayish marble (62.189)

		Portion of a Pilaster Capital with an Acrobat, ca. 1150–1170, French; From the Abbey of Saint-Martin-de-Savigny (now destroyed), near Lyon, Limestone (47.101.25)

		Project for a Wall Tomb for Pope Julius II, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint or black chalk and ruling (62.93.1)

		Rafter finial in the shape of a dragon head and wind chime, Late Unified Silla–early Koryô dynasty, 10th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (1999.263ab)

		Reconstruction of the hall of a building excavated in Nishapur, called Sabz Pushan, 10th century

		Relief of Apries, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Apries, ca. 589–570 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (09.183.1a)

		Relief: king and eunuch attendant, 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.4)

		Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, 358–338 B.C.; Achaemenid period, reign of Artaxerxes III, Excavated at Persepolis, southwestern Iran, Limestone (34.158)

		Reliefs from the Tomb of Nes-peka-shuty, Late Period, early Dynasty 26, late reign of Psamtik I, ca. 656–610 B.C., Egyptian; Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Limestone (23.3.468)

		Room from Kirtlington Park, 1742–48, English, Wood, plaster, and marble (32.53.1)

		Room from the Hart House, 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts (36.127)

		Room from the Hewlett House, ca. 1740–60, Woodbury, New York (10.183)

		Room from the Powel House, 1765–66; remodeled 1769–71, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (18.87.1-.4)

		Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics, 1244–1247, French; From the Church of St. Germain-des-Prés, Paris, Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint (24.167a–k)

		Section of a pilaster with acanthus scrolls, first half of 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (10.210.28)

		Shoin Room

		Spout in the shape of a man's head, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Glazed ceramic (56.56)

		Stained-Glass Panel, ca. 1245–1248, France, Tours, Ambulatory of the Cathedral of Saint-Gatien, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (37.173.3)

		Stained-Glass Window, with Grisaille Decoration, ca. 1325, French; From the abbey church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France, Pot-metal and colorless glass, with silver stain and vitreous paint (1984.199.1–11 and 48.183.2)

		Stained-glass window, 1912, Made by Frank Lloyd Wright (American), Glass, zinc (67.231.1)

		Stained-glass window, ca. 1656, Evert Duyckinck (American), Painted glass (52.77.46)

		Staircase, ca. 1677–80, Attributed to Edmund Pearce (English), From Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, England (destroyed 1922), Pine, ash, oak (32.152)

		Standing man, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gray stone (51.72.1)

		Stove, ca. 1684–85, Attributed to the pottery of David II Pfau; Possibly assisted by Hans Heinrich III Pfau; Decoration after designs by Tobias Stimmer and Christoph Murer, Swiss (Winterthur), Faience (tin-enameled earthenware) (06.968.2)

		Study for the Fonte Gaia, Siena, Jacopo della Quercia (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on vellum (49.141)

		Temple of Dendur, Roman period, ca. 15 B.C., Egyptian; Dendur, Nubia, Sandstone (68.154)

		*Temple strut with a devata* standing on a hermit sage**, 13th century, Nepal, Wood (1988.148.2)

		*Tent door hanging (ensi)*, early 19th century, Turkoman/Saryk, Central Asia, Wool, cotton (22.100.42)

		Textile Tent Divider, 19th–20th century, Sudan; Beja peoples, Cotton, leather, beads, cowrie shells, palm leaf (1996.455)

		The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Nantes, Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917), Plate III of Les cathédrales de France, published in an edition of 50 (Paris, 1914) (126.6/R61)

		The Old Plum, Edo period, ca. 1645, Attributed to Kano Sansetsu (Japanese), Four sliding door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold leaf on paper (1975.268.48a-d)

		The Round Tower: Plate 3 of Carceri, ca. 1749–60, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian), Italian, Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing (37.45.3(27))

		Tile from a mihrab, A.H. 722/1322–23 A.D., Iran, Fritware, underglaze painted (1983.345)

		Tile from a squinch, second half of 14th century; Timurid, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Earthenware, glazed (20.120.189)

		Tile panel, early 14th century (probably 1310), Hasan ibn ^cAli ibn Ahmad Babavaih Iran (Kashan), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (09.87)

		Tile with arabesque decoration, early 15th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Bursa), Carved, glaze-painted, and gilded earthenware (1998.246)

		Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67)

		Tomb Plaque, 400–800, Byzantine or Visigothic; Probably made in Spain, Terracotta (1985.147)

		Two Columns, 400–600, French; Toulouse, from the Church of Notre-Dame de la Daurade, Marble (21.172.1-2)

		Two Grisaille Panels, 1320–1324, French; Paris, from the Chapel of Saint-Louis, north aisle, royal abbey of Saint-Denis, Pot-metal and white glass, silver stain (1982.433.3,4)

		Vanderbilt Mantelpiece, ca. 1881–83, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble, mosaic, oak, and cast iron (25.234)

		Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples, from Julien-David Le Roy's Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce (1758): Plate 20 of Della magnificenza ed architettura de' romani, 1761, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian), Engraving (41.71.1.7.20)

		*Veue du chasteau de Versailles (View of Versailles, garden facade): From the series Veues des plus Beaux Lieux de France et d'Italie* . . .**, 1680s, Adam Perelle (French), Israël Silvestre (French), Nicolas Langlois, Paris, Etching (20.41.126)

		Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels, 1440–1446, German; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous glass, silver stain (37.52.1–6)

		Virgin of the Apocalypse, ca. 1480–1490, Circle of the Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet, German; Middle Rhineland, Colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1982.47.1)

		Votive panels, Kushan dynasty, ca. 3rd century A.D., Bactria (northern Afghanistan), Terracotta and gouache (2000.42.2,4)

		Wall panel, first quarter of 17th century; Safavid, Probably from a garden pavilion in Isfahan, Iran Composite body, 28 square tiles, painted and glazed in cuerda seca technique over white slip, set on plaster (03.9a-c)

		Window, 17th century, Egypt or Syria, Stained glass (93.26.3,4)

		Woodwork from the Ballroom at Gadsby's Tavern, 1792–93, Alexandria, Virginia (17.116.1-5)

		Woodwork from the Great Hall of Van Rensselaer Manor House, 1765–69, Albany, New York (28.143); Doors from the Great Hall of Van Rensselaer Manor House, 1765–69, Albany, New York (31.95.1-2,6); Wallpaper, ca. 1768, Tempera on watercolor paper (28.224)

		Woodwork of a Room from the Colden House, 1767, Coldenham, New York (40.127)

		Writing board with an architectural drawing, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C., Egyptian; From western Thebes, Plastered and painted wood (14.108)

		Architectural Ornament, late 19th–early 20th century, Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, Wood, paint (1988.143.68)

		Doorboard (Jovo or *Tale*), late 19th–early 20th century, Kanak peoples, northern Grande Terre Island, New Caledonia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1758)

		Gable Ornament (P'naret), mid-20th century, Big Nambas people, Malakula Island, Vanuatu, Fern wood (1979.206.1584)

		House Post (Tomok), 19th–early 20th century, Yami people, Botel Tobago (Lan Yü) Island, Taiwan, Wood, paint (1995.65.2)

		Housepost, late 19th–early 20th century, Auguena village, Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands, Wood (1986.486)

		Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love), Author: Francesco Colonna, Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1499, Woodcut illustrations with printed text; bound volume (23.73.1)

		Jali screen (one of a pair), second half of 16th century; Mughal, Probably from Fatehpur Sikri, India, Carved red sandstone (1993.67.2)