Works of Art (60)
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Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), 1493,
Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German),
Engraver and Publisher: Michel Wolgemuth (German),
Author: Hartmann Schedel,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (21.36.145) |
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[Aesopus moralitus] Vita, Fabulae (The Moralized Aesop; Life, Fables): Folio 4v, Author: Aesop,
Translator and editor: Francesco del Tuppo,
Naples: Francesco del Tuppo, February 13, 1485,
Printed book with woodcut (or metalcut?) illustrations (31.62.9)
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Analytic Diagrams of Proportion and the Human Body: From L'idea della architettura universale (book 1, part 1, page 40), 1615,
Author: Vincenzo Scamozzi (Italian),
Venice: Printed by Giorgio Valentino for Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1615,
Woodcut illustration (42.60.2.40) |
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Apulegio volgare (Apuleius in the Vernacular): Signature E2v,
Author: Lucius Apuleius,
Translator: Matteo Maria Boiardo,
Venice: Nicolo daristotele da Ferrara & Vincenzo de Polo da Venetia, 1519, 2d ed. (1st ed., 1518),
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (56.608.1)
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Arabesque Interlace in Circle (signature B7) and Arabesque and Classical Ornament (signatures C6v and C7), ca. 1465–1527,
Font designed by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente; woodcuts engraved by Piron da Carpi,
From: Opera nuova che insegna a le donne a cuscire … laqual e intitolata Esempio di raccammi,
Publisher: Giovanantonio e i Fratelli da Sabbio, Venice, 1530 (35.75.3) |
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Aritmetica (Arithmetic): Signature a4,
Author: Filippo Calandri,
Florence: Lorenzo Morgiani & Johannes Petri, January 1, 1491/92,
Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations (19.24) |
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Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540, Michael Ostendorfer (German); Written by Petrus Apianus (German), Hand-colored woodcuts (25.17) |
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Biblia Italica (Italian Bible), Book 2: Frontispiece (signature AA1),
Translator: Niccolò Malermi (or Malerbì),
Venice: Giovanni Ragazzo for Lucantonio Giunta, October 15, 1490,
Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations, handcolored (33.66) |
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Celestial Map of the Northern Sky, 1515, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (51.537.1) |
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Celestial Map of the Southern Sky, 1515, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (51.537.2) |
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Cento favole morali (One Hundred Moral Tales): The Crow and the Serpent (page 35),
Author and illustrator: Giovanni Maria Verdizotti,
Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1570,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (48.165) |
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Crow and Heron, or Young Lovers Walking Together under an Umbrella in a Snowstorm, ca. 1769, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese), Polychrome woodcut print on paper (JP2453) |
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De re militari (On the Military Arts): Folios 161v and 162r.
Author: Roberto Valturio (Italian),
[Verona:] Johannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations printed separately (26.71.4) |
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Diogenes, mid-1520s, Ugo da Carpi (Italian), after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks, second state (17.50.1) |
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Evening Snow at Kanbara, Edo period, 1834, Ando Hiroshige (Japanese), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (JP2492)
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Fall of the Giants, 1638, Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, Bolognese), after Guido Reni (Italian, Bolognese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks, printed on four sheets (17.50.2) |
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Foreigners in the Drawing Room of a Foreign Merchant's House in Yokohama, Edo period, September 1861,
Gountei Sadahide (Japanese),
Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper (2007.49.131a–c) |
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (19.73.209) |
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The Garden of Love (two parts), Christoffel Jegher (Flemish), after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Woodcut (30.53.17a,b) |
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The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji), Edo period, ca. 1831–33, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese); Published by Eijudo, Polychrome ink and color on paper (JP1847), |
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A Group of Children Playing under the Plum Blossoms in the Snow, 1887, Hashimoto Chikanobu (Japanese), Woodblock print (JP3341) |
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Hercules and Antaeus, ca. 1516, Ugo da Carpi (Italian), after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (22.67.80) |
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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses, ca. 1518 (?), Ugo da Carpi (Italian); Designed by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (20.24.76) |
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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) |
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Kinryusan Temple at Asakusa: From the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Edo period, 1856,
Ando Hiroshige (Japanese),
Oban format, woodblock print; ink and color on paper (JP2519) |
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Kyoyu and Sofu, Edo period, 18th century,
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese),
"Stone rubbing" style woodblock print; ink on paper (JP1589) |
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La favorita del Turco (The Sultan's Favorite),
Cesare Vecellio (Italian, Venetian),
From: De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due …,
Publisher: Damiano Zenaro, Venice, 1590,
Printed book with woodcuts by Christoph Krieger [Cristoforo Guerra] (d. ca. 1590) (21.36.146) |
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La giostra di Giuliano de' Medici (The Joust of Giuliano de' Medici): Title page (signature 1a),
Author: Angelo Poliziano (Politian),
[Florence: Tubini, Alopa e Ghirlandi?, ca. 1495–1500],
Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations (25.30.22) |
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Lamenting the Death of Adonis, mid-16th century, After Luca Cambiaso (Italian), Woodcut (17.37.33) |
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Le Sorti … intitolate giardino di pensieri (The Fates … Entitled Garden of Ideas): Garden of Ideas (frontispiece), Author: Francesco Marcolini, with verses by Lodovico Dolce,
Venice: Francesco Marcolini, October 1540,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (37.37.23) |
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Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), Author: Hartmann Schedel, Illustrators: Michael Wolgemut (German), and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493, Woodcut illustrations with printed text; bound volume (1981.1178.29) |
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Meditationes passionis Christi; Devote meditatione sopra la passione del nostro Signore (Devout Meditations on the Passion of Our Lord): The Raising of Lazarus, opening page (folios 1v and 2r),
Author: Pseudo-Bonaventura,
Venice: Hieronymus de Sanctis & Cornelio, 1487,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (33.17) |
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Midnight: The Hours of the Rat; Mother and Sleepy Child, Edo period, ca. 1790,
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese),
Polychrome woodblock print (JP1278) |
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Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land): From Noa Noa (Fragrance), 1893–94,
Paul Gauguin (French),
Woodcut printed in color on wove paper, lined in silk (36.6.4) |
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The Nineteenth House Outside the City: From Tutte l'opere d'architettura (book 7, page 47), 1584,
Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian),
Venice: Francesco de' Franceschi, 1584,
Woodcut illustration (24.45.3.47) |
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Otani Oniji II, dated 1794, Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese), Polychrome woodcut print on paper (JP2822) |
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Ovidio metamorphoseos vulgare (Ovid's Metamorphoses in the Vernacular), by Giovanni Bonsignore, 2d ed. (Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1501), Woodcut illustrations by 15th-century Venetian school (22.16) |
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Predica del arte del ben morire (Sermon on the Art of Dying Well): Title page (signature a1),
Author: Girolamo Savonarola,
[Florence: Ant. Tubini, shortly after 1500], 4th ed.,
Book with printed text and four woodcut illustrations (25.30.95) |
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Procession of Süleyman the Magnificent through the Hippodrome, 1533, Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish), Woodcut, single sheet from a frieze printed on ten sheets (28.85.7a) |
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Quatriregio (Four Realms): Signatures B2v and B3,
Author: Federico Frezzi,
Florence: For Piero Pacini da Pescia, July 26, 1508,
Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations (21.4.1) |
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The Rape of Ganymede, 1505–15, Giovanni Battista Palumba (Master IB with the Bird) (Italian, active northern Italy and Rome), Woodcut (25.2.9) |
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The Rape of Proserpina, Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, Vicenzan), Woodcut (22.73.3[152]) |
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The Rape of the Sabines, 1585, Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantuan), after a bronze relief by Jean Boulogne, called Giambologna (Flemish), Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks, on three paper panels (22.73.3[73–75]) |
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Rustic Gate: From Tutte l'opere d'architettura, book 6, Libro estraordinario (page 17), 1584,
Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian),
Venice: Francesco de' Franceschi, 1584,
Woodcut illustration with letterpress text (24.45.3.17) |
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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 1525–30, Italian School, after Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Woodcut (22.73.119) |
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Samson Rending the Lion, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (24.63.111) |
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Scene of Witchcraft, 1510, Hans Baldung, called Grien (German), Chiaroscuro woodcut in two blocks, printed in gray and black (41.1.201) |
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Sleeping Cupid, mid-17th century, Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, Bolognese), after Guido Reni (Italian, Bolognese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (22.73.3[107]) |
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Sphaera Mundi [with other tracts]: Sphaera cum Theorcis Disputationibus Johannis Regiomontani contra Cremonensium Deliramenta Theoricas: Signatures 11v and 22,
Authors: Johannes de Sacrobosco (John Holybush, died 1256); Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller of Königsberg, Georg von Peuerbach,
[Venice:] Erhard Ratdolt, 1485,
Printed books with woodcut illustrations printed in one, two, and three colors of ink (17.45) |
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Stanze: Signature a1,
Author: Pietro Aretino,
Venice: Francesco Marcolini, January 23, 1537,
Printed book with frontispiece printed as a chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (37.37.2) |
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Station of Otsu: From the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (The "Reisho Tokaido"), Edo period, ca. 1848–49,
Ando Hiroshige (Japanese),
Polychrome woodblock print (JP804) |
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Storia di due amanti (Tale of Two Lovers): Title page (signature a1),
Author: Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II),
Florence: Pacini, [ca. 1495],
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (25.30.17) |
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Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532,
Venice,
Woodcut on paper (42.41.1) |
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Three Kabuki Actors [from right to left]: Iwai Hanshiro V (1776–1847), Segawa Kikunojo (1802–1832), and Onoe Kikugoro III (1784–1849), Edo period, ca. 1823, Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese), Surimono, woodblock print; ink and color on paper (2001.715.4) |
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Triompho di Fortuna (Triumph of Fortune): Frontispiece (woodcut printed in black and red ink),
Author: Sigismondo Fanti,
Venice: Agostino Zani for Giacomo Giunta, 1526,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (25.7) |
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Villa Almerico (Villa Rotonda): From I quattro libri dell'architettura (book 2, page 19), 1570,
Author: Andrea Palladio (Andrea di Pietro della Gondola) (Italian),
Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570,
Woodcut illustration with letterpress text (41.100.126.19) |
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Villa Barbaro at Maser: From I quattro libri dell'architettura (book 2, page 51), 1570,
Author: Andrea Palladio (Andrea di Pietro della Gondola) (Italian),
Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570,
Woodcut illustration with letterpress text (41.100.126.51) |
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Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse, 1498, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (18.65.8) |
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Woodblock for Samson Rending the Lion, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Pearwood (19.73.255) |
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Thematic Essays (24)
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