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Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), Jean Cousin the Elder  French, Steel, gold, silver, leather, textile, French, possibly Paris
Designer Part of the decoration design by Jean Cousin the Elder
Designer Part of the decoration design possibly by Baptiste Pellerin
ca. 1555
Limestone head of a bearded man, Limestone, Cypriot
Cypriot
early 6th century BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
4500–4000 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to the Amasis Painter
ca. 550–530 BCE
Bronze figure of a boy in Eastern dress, Bronze, Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
mid-late 1st century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to the Amasis Painter
ca. 550–530 BCE
Silver-gilt bowl, Gilt silver, Cypriot
Cypriot
ca. 725–675 BCE
Nkisi (power figure), Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist), Wood, pigment, resin, iron, brass, tin, cloth, plant fiber cord, beads, cowrie shells, bone or ivory, arrows, leather, seeds, animal horn, Kongo peoples
Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
19th–first half of 20th century
Zemí cohoba stand, Taíno artist(s), Guaiacum wood, shell, Taíno
Taíno artist(s)
ca. 1000 CE
bisj (ancestor pole), Asmat artist(s), Wood, paint, fiber, sago palm leaves, Asmat people
Asmat artist(s)
late 1950s
Ancestor Figure, Wood, paint, fiber, ferrous metal, Sawos people
Sawos people
19th century or earlier
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Antonio Canova  Italian, Marble, Italian, Rome
Antonio Canova
Patron Commissioned by Count Jan and Countess Valeria Tarnowski
1804–6
Ugolino and His Sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux  French, Saint-Béat marble, French, Paris
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1865–67
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu  Japanese, Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Kano Sansetsu
1646
Wheat Field with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
1889
Ewer, Brass; raised, repoussé, inlaid with silver and a black compound
ca. 1180–1210
Guqin (古琴 ), Prince Lu  Chinese, Wood (wutong and zi), silk, jade, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, Chinese
Prince Lu
1634
Seated figure, Middle Niger artist, Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization
Middle Niger artist
13th century
The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone
completed by 10 B.C.
Head of a ruler, Copper alloy
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Yuny and His Wife Renenutet, Limestone, paint
ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Outside Row Standing Horse (Carousel Figure), Daniel Müller  American, born Germany, Basswood, paint, glass, steel, American
Daniel Müller
Manufacturer D.C. Müller & Bro.
ca. 1917
Mourning Victory from the Melvin Memorial, Daniel Chester French  American, Marble, American
Daniel Chester French
Carver Carved by Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studio
1906–8, carved 1912–15
Marble anthropoid sarcophagus, Parian marble, Graeco-Phoenician
Graeco-Phoenician
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Marble anthropoid sarcophagus, Parian marble, Graeco-Phoenician
Graeco-Phoenician
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta statuette of Eros flying, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
3rd century BCE
Plate with king hunting rams, Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlay, Sasanian
Sasanian
ca. mid-5th–mid-6th century CE
Male pombia (child of Poro) figure, Tyebara-Senufo artist, Wood, Senufo peoples, Tyebara group
Tyebara-Senufo artist
19th–mid-20th century
Finial from a Slit Gong (Atingting Kon), Wood, paint, Ambrym Island
Ambrym Island
early to mid-20th century