Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• World Regions
  • All World Regions
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Africa
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Central America
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Central and North Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • East Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Europe
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • North America
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Oceania
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • South America
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • South and Southeast Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • West Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
• Timelines
  • 8,000–2,000 b.c.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 2,000–1,000 b.c.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1,000 b.c.–1 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1–500 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 500–1,000 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1,000–1400 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1400–1600 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1600–1800 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1800–1900 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1900 a.d.–present
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
• Thematic Essays
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    • African Art
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    • Art of the Americas
    • Asian Art
    • Byzantine Art
    • Egyptian Art
    • European Art
    • Greek and Roman Art
    • Islamic Art
    • Medieval Art
    • Oceanic/Pacific Art
    • Prehistory
  • Browse by Geographical Region
    • Africa
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    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • Browse by Time Period
    • 20,000–8000 B.C.
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
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    • American Decorative Arts
    • American Paintings and Sculpture
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    • Asian Art
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    • Objects Conservation
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    • Scientific Research
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• Works of Art
• Index

Artist Index: Brown, Henry Kirke (American, 1814–1886)

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Works of Art (3) Choosing of the Arrow, 1849, Henry Kirke Brown (American), Copper alloy (2005.405a–d) Filatrice, 1850; this cast, after 1850, Henry Kirke Brown (American), Bronze (1993.13) Panther and Cubs, ca. 1850–55, Henry Kirke Brown (American), Bronze (1992.372)

Thematic Essays (4) American Bronze Casting American Relief Sculpture Bronze Statuettes of the American West, 1850–1915 From Model to Monument: American Public Sculpture, 1865–1915