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Pendants and beads, Gold, Babylonian
Babylonian
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
L'Amour dans le globe; ou, L'Almanach volant, composé de petites pièces fugitives, légères ou galantes, en prose & en vers: avac un précis historique de l'origine du globe aérostatique, des expériences du Champ-de-Mars, de Versailles, de la Muette & des Tuileries, ainsi que vers & chansons y relatifs. Le tout enrichi de figures, Chez Desnos  French
Publisher Chez Desnos
1784
A Pair of Royal Earrings, Gold, India (probably Andhra Pradesh)
India (probably Andhra Pradesh)
ca. 1st century BCE
Grapevine and Squirrels, Unidentified artist, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Korea
Unidentified artist
early 19th century
Portrait of Sor Juana de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Domingo Ortiz  Mexican, Oil on canvas, New Spain (present-day Mexico)
Domingo Ortiz
1797
Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers, Silk tapestry (kesi), Eastern Central Asia
Eastern Central Asia
11th–12th century
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Albrecht Dürer  German, Oil on linden
Albrecht Dürer
probably 1519
Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), Peter Paul Rubens  Flemish, Oil on wood
Peter Paul Rubens
ca. 1635
The Adoration of the Magi, Giotto di Bondone  Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground
Giotto di Bondone
possibly ca. 1320
Lemuel Shaw, Southworth and Hawes  American, Daguerreotype
Photography Studio Southworth and Hawes
Albert Sands Southworth
Josiah Johnson Hawes
ca. 1850
Relief of the Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus, Limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding, French
French
1264–88
Documents concerning Parade: [Postcard from Satie to Cocteau (5)], Erik Satie  French
Author Erik Satie
Correspondent Jean Cocteau
1916–17
Madame Félix Gallois, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres  French, Graphite with touches of gold in oil to highlight jewelry, on buff wove paper.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1852
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Saotome Ietada  Japanese, Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, Japanese
Armorer Helmet bowl signed Saotome Ietada
Armorer Breastplate inscribed inside, Myōchin Munesuke
16th and 18th centuries
Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun  French, Oil on canvas
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1789
Blade for a Dagger (Tantō), Rai Kunitoshi  Japanese, Steel, Japanese
Swordsmith Blade inscribed by Rai Kunitoshi
ca. 1315–16
Column Statue of a King, Limestone, French
French
ca. 1150–60
Jalais Hill, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro  French, Oil on canvas
Camille Pissarro
1867
Nikare with his Wife and Daughter, Limestone, paint
ca. 2420–2389 BCE or later
Buddha Maitreya (Mile) Altarpiece, Gilt bronze, China
China
dated 524 (5th year of Zhengguang reign)
Spindle-back armchair, Ash, American
American
1640–80
Self-portrait, Simon Bening  Netherlandish, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment
Simon Bening
1558
Bust of the Virgin, Terracotta with paint, Bohemian
Bohemian
ca. 1390–95
Enameled and Gilded Bottle, Glass, greenish; blown, folded foot; enameled and gilded
late 13th century
Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi), Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist), Wood, iron, resin, ceramic, plant fiber, textile, pigment, Kongo peoples
Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
ca. 1880–1900
Buddha Shakyamuni as "Lord of the Munis", Distemper on cloth, Western Tibet, Guge
Western Tibet, Guge
mid-17th century
Seven ponds and a few raindrops, Ranjani Shettar  Indian, Muslin, stainless steel, tamarind and natural dyes
Ranjani Shettar
2017
Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56), Peter Peck  German, Steel, gold, wood (cherry), staghorn, German, Munich
Gunsmith Peter Peck
Etcher Ambrosius Gemlich
ca. 1540–45
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), Hans Holbein the Younger  German, Oil and gold on oak
Hans Holbein the Younger
1532
Sadaksari-Lokeshvara Surrounded by Manifestations and Monks, Distemper, gold and ink on cloth, Tibet
Tibet
late 15th century
Buddha, Limestone, India,  Andhra Pradesh
India, Andhra Pradesh
3rd century CE
Bodhisattva, probably Padmapani Lokeshvara, Gilt copper alloy, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
10th–11th century
Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: nach den Zeichnungen der von Deiner Majestat dem Konige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV Nach Diesen Landern Gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842–1845 Ausgefuhrten Wissenschaftlichen Expedition . . ., Richard Lepsius  German, Illustrated books, Leipzig, 1897–1913
Author Richard Lepsius
Author Edouard F. Naville
Author Ludwig Borchardt
1913
The Town on the Hill, New Almaden, Carleton E. Watkins  American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Carleton E. Watkins
1863
Hagar in the Wilderness, Camille Corot  French, Oil on canvas
Camille Corot
1835
Museum of Photography, Dayanita Singh  Indian, 81 framed inkjet prints and wood
Dayanita Singh
2013
Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II, Metagraywacke
360–343 BCE
Teapot, John Bartlam, Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, American
Manufacturer John Bartlam
ca. 1765–69
Contes et nouvelles de Bocace florentin : traduction libre, accommodée au gout de ce temps, & enrichie de figures en taille-douce gravées par Mr. Romain de Hooge, Giovanni Boccaccio  Italian
Multiple artists/makers
1697
Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi, `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi  Iranian, Ink and gold on paper; leather binding
Author `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
late 15th century
Magical Stela with Horus the Child, Metagraywacke
360–343 BCE
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon, Limestone, paint
ca. 1347–1330 BCE

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