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Vase with Scenes of Daily Life , Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

Vase with Scenes of Daily Life

China
early 18th century
Six Noh Performances in Scenes from Daily Life, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan
Six Noh Performances in Scenes from Daily Life
Japan
late 17th–early 18th century
Lute Player and Harpist, from Scenes of Daily Life, Israhel van Meckenem German, Engraving
Lute Player and Harpist, from Scenes of Daily Life
Israhel van Meckenem
n.d.
Couple Seated on a Bed, from Scenes of Daily Life, Israhel van Meckenem German, Engraving
Couple Seated on a Bed, from Scenes of Daily Life
Israhel van Meckenem
n.d.
The Falconer and the Lady, from "Scenes of Daily Life", Israhel van Meckenem German, Engraving
The Falconer and the Lady, from "Scenes of Daily Life"
Israhel van Meckenem
ca. 1495
[Personal Travel Album Made by the Dowager Empress Maria Feoderovna Showing Events in the Daily Life of the Russian Imperial Family], Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna Russian, Gelatin silver prints; photomechanical prints
[Personal Travel Album Made by the Dowager Empress Maria Feoderovna Showing Events in the Daily Life of the Russian Imperial Family]
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1916
[Personal Travel Album Made by the Dowager Empress Maria Feoderovna Showing Events in the Daily Life of the Russian Imperial Family]
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1916
Jaipur, India, Henri Cartier-Bresson French, Gelatin silver print
Jaipur, India
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1948
Kusatsu: Famous Post House (Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Kusatsu: Famous Post House (Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1833–34
The Kitchen, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Right-hand sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan
The Kitchen
Kitagawa Utamaro
1795
Men Preparing Fish, Hugh R. Hopgood, Tempera on Paper
Men Preparing Fish
Hugh R. Hopgood
1914–1915; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE
Scenes of the Four Seasons in Kyoto, Genki (Komai Ki) Japanese, Handscroll; ink and color on silk, Japan
Scenes of the Four Seasons in Kyoto
Genki (Komai Ki)
1778
Bucolic scene in winter with pack donkey (one of a pair), Glass, Italian
Bucolic scene in winter with pack donkey (one of a pair)
Italian
late 17th century
Sealing wax case (étui), Jean Ducrollay, Gold, enamel, French, Paris
Sealing wax case (étui)
Probably by Jean Ducrollay
1756–62
[Woman Preparing Pineapples in Kitchen Courtyard, Havana], Walker Evans American, Film negative
[Woman Preparing Pineapples in Kitchen Courtyard, Havana]
Walker Evans
1933
[Women Stacking Carrots], Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut French, Salted paper print from paper negative
[Women Stacking Carrots]
Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut
1854–56
Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1833–34
Nihon bashi, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Nihon bashi
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1848–49
New York Daily News, William Michael Harnett American, Oil on wood, American
New York Daily News
William Michael Harnett
1888
[638 Views of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Commissioned by Fortune Magazine for "In Bridgeport's War Factories," Published September, Walker Evans American, Film negative
[638 Views of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Commissioned by Fortune Magazine for "In Bridgeport's War Factories," Published September
Walker Evans
May 19(?)–July 6, 1941
Saturday Night, Philip von Saltza American, Watercolor and pen and black and brown inks over graphite on paper mounted on board
Saturday Night
Philip von Saltza
1938
Sifting Meal, Tomb of Rekhmire, Nina de Garis Davies, Paper, tempera paint, ink
Sifting Meal, Tomb of Rekhmire
Nina de Garis Davies
ca. 1479–1396 BCE
The Nursery, Thomas Rowlandson British, Hand-colored etching
The Nursery
Thomas Rowlandson
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London
1799?
Laundress at an Artesian Well, Johann Christoph Erhard German, Etching; fourth state
Laundress at an Artesian Well
Johann Christoph Erhard
1817
Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea, James McNeill Whistler American, Transfer lithograph with scraping, printed in black ink on grayish India paper mounted on off white plate paper; first state of two (Chicago)
Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea
James McNeill Whistler
1890
Country Fair, Pierre Charles Lévesque French, Etching
Country Fair
Pierre Charles Lévesque
After François Boucher
1762
The Spectacle Seller, Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, Etching
The Spectacle Seller
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
Peasant Paying his Bill, Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, Etching
Peasant Paying his Bill
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
The Blessing, Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, Etching
The Blessing
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
Peasant Paying his Bill, Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, Etching
Peasant Paying his Bill
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
Swiss scenes, Oberkampf Manufactory French, Cotton, French, Jouy-en-Josas
Swiss scenes
Manufactory Oberkampf Manufactory
Designer Demarne
1813
Preparing Dough, Tomb of Rekhmire, Nina de Garis Davies, Paper, tempera paint, ink
Preparing Dough, Tomb of Rekhmire
Nina de Garis Davies
ca. 1479–1396 BCE
[Group of 42 Stereograph Views From the London Stereoscopic Company, 1860-1870, Many Hand-Colored to Illustrate Books], London Stereoscopic Company British, Albumen silver prints
[Group of 42 Stereograph Views From the London Stereoscopic Company, 1860-1870, Many Hand-Colored to Illustrate Books]
Multiple artists/makers
1860–70
A Domestic Scene: Woman Warming Clothes and Children in Front of a Fire, Vincenzio Vangelisti Italian, Mixed method engraving and etching
A Domestic Scene: Woman Warming Clothes and Children in Front of a Fire
Vincenzio Vangelisti
After Annibale Carracci
1738? or 1744–98
London Buses, Lill Tschudi Swiss, Color linocut
London Buses
Lill Tschudi
blocks cut 1949
Traffic, 7th Avenue Subway, Hendrik (Henry) J. Glintenkamp American, Wood engraving
Traffic, 7th Avenue Subway
Hendrik (Henry) J. Glintenkamp
Publisher PWAP
1934
The Humpbacked Violinist, Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, Etching
The Humpbacked Violinist
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
A woman making a tortilla while carrying a child on her back, Jean Charlot French, Color lithograph on zinc
A woman making a tortilla while carrying a child on her back
Jean Charlot
1941
Plate 11: a group of people outdoors, from "Customs and Pastimes of the Spanish People", Francisco Lameyer y Berenguer Spanish, Etching
Plate 11: a group of people outdoors, from "Customs and Pastimes of the Spanish People"
Francisco Lameyer y Berenguer
1850
Times Square, Rudy Burckhardt American, born Switzerland, Gelatin silver print
Times Square
Rudy Burckhardt
ca. 1938, printed later
Old Aquarium, Mabel Dwight American, Lithograph
Old Aquarium
Mabel Dwight
Publisher Published by WPA
1936
The Small Household, Jacques Gabriel Huquier French, Etching and engraving
The Small Household
Jacques Gabriel Huquier
After François Boucher
mid to late 18th century

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