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Coffeepot, François Thomas Germain  French, Silver with ebony handle, French, Paris
François Thomas Germain
1757
La Crainte des Traits de l'Amour, Jean-Louis Lemoyne, Marble, French, Paris
Jean-Louis Lemoyne
1739–40
Ugolino and His Sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux  French, Saint-Béat marble, French, Paris
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1865–67
Platter, Bernard Palissy  French, Lead-glazed earthenware, French, Paris
Bernard Palissy
last quarter 16th century
Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse, Carved, painted, and gilded oak, French, Paris
French, Paris
ca. 1774, with later additions
The Farnese Table, Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola  Italian, Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1565–73
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Georges Jacob  French, Carved and gilded walnut; embroidered silk satin, French, Paris
Georges Jacob
Joseph-François-Xavier Baudoin
ca. 1780–85
Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole), Sèvres Manufactory  French, Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, French, Sèvres
Multiple artists/makers
1757
Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, Marble of Macael (Sierra de Filabres), Spanish, Almería
Spanish, Almería
1506–15
Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire, Hard-paste porcelain, gilded silver, British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain
British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain
Chinese porcelain 1573– ca. 1585, British mounts ca. 1585
Medal cabinet, William Vile  British, Mahogany with carved and applied decoration, British
William Vile
John Cobb
1760–61
Seasons and Elements (Air) (set of four), Charles Le Brun  French, Canvas; silk, wool, and metal-thread embroidery in tent stitch (316 stitches per sq. inch, 49 stitches per sq. cm.), French, Paris
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1683
Bowl with The Virgin and the Unicorn and arms of Matthias Corvinus and Beatrice of Aragon, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Pesaro
Italian, Pesaro
probably ca. 1486–88
Toilet set in original leather case, Fourteen identified German (Augsburg) goldsmiths and other German artisans; Japanese (Imari) porcelain maker, Gilt silver, hard-paste porcelain, cut glass, walnut, carved and partially gilt coniferous wood, blind-tooled and partially gilt leather, partially gilt steel and iron, textiles, moiré paper, hog's bristle, German, Augsburg
Fourteen identified German (Augsburg) goldsmiths and other German artisans; Japanese (Imari) porcelain maker
ca. 1743–45
Rothschild lamp, Andrea Briosco, called Riccio  Italian, Bronze, on a later wood base, Italian, Padua
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio
ca. 1510–20
A Hypocrite and a Slanderer, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt  German, Tin alloy, Austrian, probably Pressburg (Bratislava)
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
ca. 1770–83
Hunters in a Landscape, Anonymous, 16th century, Wool, silk (14 warps per inch; 5-6 per cm), British, probably London
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1575–95
Monumental vase, Georges Hoentschel  French, Glazed stoneware, French, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye
Georges Hoentschel
Emile Grittel
1899–1900
Madonna and Child with Angels, Antonio Rossellino  Italian, Marble with gilt details on halo and dress, Italian, Florence
Antonio Rossellino
ca. 1455–60
Celestial globe with clockwork, Gerhard Emmoser  German, Case: partially gilded silver, gilded brass; movement: brass, steel, Austrian, Vienna
Gerhard Emmoser
1579
Goblet, Glass, enameled and gilded, Italian, Venice, Murano
Italian, Venice, Murano
ca. 1475–1500 (modern foot)
Shrine, Matthias Walbaum  German, Ebony, silver, gilded silver, gouache on parchment, German, Augsburg
Matthias Walbaum
Anton Mozart
1598–1600
The Backgammon Players, Philip Webb  British, Painted pine, oil paint on leather, brass, copper, British
Multiple artists/makers
1861
Coin cabinet, Charles Percier  French, Mahogany (probably Swietenia mahagoni), applied and inlaid silver, French, Paris
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1809–19
Adam, Auguste Rodin  French, Bronze, French, Paris
Auguste Rodin
modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910
Honoré de Balzac, Auguste Rodin  French, Terracotta, French
Auguste Rodin
1891
Triton, Giambologna  Netherlandish, Bronze, Italian, Florence
Giambologna
1590s
The Intoxication of Wine, Clodion (Claude Michel)  French, Terracotta, French, Paris
Clodion (Claude Michel)
ca. 1780–90
The Deluge, Valentin Bousch  French, Glass, painted and stained, French, Lorraine, Metz
Valentin Bousch
1531
Processional cross, Partly gilt silver, niello, and copper with traces of gilding, over wood, Italian, Florence
Italian, Florence
ca. 1460–80
Bedroom from the Sagredo Palace, Abbondio Stazio  Swiss, Wood, stucco, marble, glass, Italian, Venice
Abbondio Stazio
Carpoforo Mazzetti Tencalla
ca. 1720 or later
Ewer, Lead-glazed earthenware inlaid with slip, with molded ornament, French, Saint-Porchaire or Paris
French, Saint-Porchaire or Paris
ca. 1550
Ewer (Brocca), Medici Porcelain Manufactory  Italian, Soft-paste porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, Italian, Florence
Medici Porcelain Manufactory
ca. 1575–87
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener  French, Oak veneered with ebony and 17th-century Japanese lacquer; interiors veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top; velvet (not original), French, Paris
Jean Henri Riesener
1783
Stove, David II Pfau, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware), Swiss, Winterthur
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1684–85
Display dish with Charles II (1630–1685) in a tree, Thomas Toft, Slip-decorated earthenware, British, Staffordshire
Thomas Toft
ca. 1680
Sabine Houdon (1787–1836), Jean Antoine Houdon  French, White marble on gray marble socle, French, Paris
Jean Antoine Houdon
1788
Dining room from Lansdowne House, Robert Adam  British, Scottish, Wood, plaster, stone, British
Multiple artists/makers
1766–69
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Edgar Degas  French, Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood, French, Paris
Edgar Degas
A. A. Hébrard
1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu)
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Antonio Canova  Italian, Marble, Italian, Rome
Antonio Canova
Count Jan and Countess Valeria Tarnowski
1804–6