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Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760โ1849)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; 10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.; ca. 1830โ32
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 JP1847
Egypt, Middle Kingdom
Faience, ca. 1961โ1878 BCE
Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917 17.9.1
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853โ1890)
Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 36 3/4 in., 1889
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 1993.132
Claude Monet (French, 1840โ1926)
Oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 29 in., 1899
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 29.100.113
Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872โ1944)
Oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in., 1921
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 1999.363.57
French and South Netherlandish
Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 1495โ1505
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 37.80.6
Auguste Renoir (French, 1841โ1919)
Oil on canvas, 26 x 21 7/8 in., 1881
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 2003.20.10
British
Canvas worked with silk thread; tent, Gobelin, and couching stitches; first half 17th century
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 64.101.1305
Mesopotamia, Babylon (modern Hillah)
Ceramic, glaze; ca. 604โ562 BCE
Fletcher Fund, 1931 31.13.2
Painting attributed to Bichitr (Indian, active ca. 1610โ60)
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 18 1/8 x 12 5/8 in., ca. 1640
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1996 1996.98a
Painting by Habiballah of Sava (Iranian, active ca. 1590โ1610)
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; 11 7/8 x 8 in.; ca. 1601โ6
Purchase, Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, The Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection, Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, and Richard S. Perkins and Margaret Mushekian Gifts, 1992 1992.51
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862โ1918)
Oil on canvas, 59 x 43 1/2 in., 1912โ13
Gift of Andrรฉ and Clara Mertens, in memory of her mother, Jenny Pulitzer Steiner, 1964 64.148
Indonesia (Java)
Bronze, ca. 14th century
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 1987.142.259
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1745โ1784)
Soft-paste porcelain, 1753โ58
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Garbat, 1961 61.107.432
China
Marble, Ming dynasty (1368โ1644)
Gift of Mrs. Vincent Astor, 1979 1979.457.1
China
Marble, Ming dynasty (1368โ1644)
Gift of Mrs. Vincent Astor, 1979 1979.457.2
Iran, said to be from Ziwiye
Glazed ceramic, ca. 8thโ7th century BCE
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951 51.29.1
Iran, said to be from Ziwiye
Glazed ceramic, ca. 8thโ7th century BCE
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955 55.121.2
Proto-Elamite, Southwestern Iran
Silver, ca. 3100โ2900 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1947 47.100.89
Assyrian; Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Gypsum alabaster, ca. 883โ859 BCE
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932 32.143.2
Assyrian; Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Gypsum alabaster, ca. 883โ859 BCE
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1931 31.72.2
Assyrian; Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Gypsum alabaster, ca. 883โ859 BCE
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 17.190.2081
From Egypt, Old Kingdom
Granite, ca. 2458โ2446 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1910 10.175.137
Charles K. Wilkinson (American, 1897โ1986)
Tempera on Paper; 11 5/16 x 12 1/2 in.; 1920โ21, original ca. 1479โ1458 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1930 30.4.99
Charles K. Wilkinson (American, 1897โ1986)
Tempera on paper; 18 11/16 x 12 3/16 in.; 1922, original 1479โ1425 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1930 30.4.53
From Egypt, Early Dynastic Period
Granite, ca. 2880 BCE
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1960; Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1975 60.144
Antoine-Emile Bourdelle (French, 1861โ1929)
Gilt bronze, 1909
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Millett, 1924 24.232
Probably by Jean-Pierre Defrance (French, 1694โ1768)
Limestone, ca. 1750โ60
Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1964 64.93.3
Probably by Jean-Pierre Defrance (French, 1694โ1768)
Limestone, ca. 1750โ60
Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1964 64.93.2
Made in Iran
Wood (teak), carved; dated [8]70 AH/1466 CE
Rogers Fund, 1935 35.127a, b
Made in India
Red sandstone; pierced, carved; second half 16th century
Rogers Fund, 1993 1993.67.2
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
Granite, paint, ca. 1479โ1458 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1931 31.3.166
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
Indurated Limestone, ca. 1336โ1327 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1950 50.6
Egypt, Ptolemaic Period
Leaded bronze, 332โ30 BCE
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1956 56.16.1
Egypt, Predynastic, Late Naqada lโNaqada II
Pottery, ca. 3700โ3450 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1910 10.176.113
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21
Wood, gesso, paint, varnish, ca. 1000โ945 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1925 25.3.182a, b
Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 30
Faience, 360โ343 BCE
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 26.7.996
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22-25
Faience, ca. 945โ664 BCE
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 26.7.971
Egypt, Late Period, Saite Period, Dynasty 26
Faience, 664โ525 BCE
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 26.7.874
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
Pottery, white cream slip, paint, ca. 1390โ1352 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1911 11.215.460
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
Ivory (elephant), ca. 1390โ1352 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1940 40.2.1
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822โ1899)
Oil on canvas, 14 1/2 x 18 in., ca. 1856.
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887 87.15.77
Wallerant Vaillant (Flemish, 1623โ1677)
Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 25 in.
Purchase, George T. Delacorte Jr. Gift, 1957 57.104
Attributed to Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620โ1691)
Oil on wood, 17 1/4 x 21 1/2 in., 1635โ39.
Bequest of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, in memory of her father, George Griswold, 1934 34.83.1
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686โ1755)
Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 31 3/4 in., 1753.
Purchase, 1871 71.57
William Bell Scott (British, 1811โ1890)
Gouache (bodycolor), heightened with gum arabic, 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in., 1865โ90.
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020 2021.16.5
Giacomo Ceruti (Italian, 1698โ1767)
Oil on canvas, 38 x 28 1/2 in., 1740s.
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1930 30.15
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795โ1875)
Oil on canvas, 10 3/4 x 14 in., ca. 1850โ65.
Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2015 2015.438
Edgar Degas (French, 1834โ1917)
Pastel on wood, 11 7/8 x 16 in., ca. 1885โ88.
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1999, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 1999.288.3
Horace Vernet (French, 1789โ1863)
Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 21 1/4 in., 1820.
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887 87.15.47
Khem Karan
Attributed to India. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, page: H. 12 1/4 in., W. 18 1/2 in.; painting: H. 7 3/4 in., W. 10 3/4 in; mat: H. 19 1/4 in., W. 14 1/4 in.; 16thโ17th century.
Fletcher Fund, 1925 25.68.4
Thรฉodore Gรฉricault (French, 1791โ1824)
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 in., 1820 or later.
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in honor of Mercedes Bass, 2019 2019.141.11
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797โ1858)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 13 27/32 x 9 1/4 in., 4th month, Horse year 1858.
Rogers Fund, 1914 JP58
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797โ1861)
Triptych of woodblock-printed books (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, oban triptych: each H. 14 3/4 in.; W. 9 7/8 in., 1843โ47.
Fletcher Fund, 1929 JP1565
Suzuki Harunobu ้ดๆจๆฅไฟก (Japanese, 1725โ1770)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with embossing (karazuri); ink and color on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in., ca. 1766.
Fletcher Fund, 1929 JP1506
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797โ1858)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 13 1/16 x 8 11/16 in., 1857.
Rogers Fund, 1914 JP60
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797โ1858)
Uncut triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 9 1/4 x 14 1/2 in., ca. 1833.
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936 JP2495
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760โ1849)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), image: 9 x 11 1/2 in., ca. 1832.
The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911 JP745
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797โ1858)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/8 x 9 1/16 in., ca. 1857.
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918 JP646
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797โ1858)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, image: 14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in., 1857.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Sherr, 1956 JP3174
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797โ1858)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, image: 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in., 1858.
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918 JP642
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japanese, 1826โ1869)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/8 in.; W. 9 1/2 in., 1859.
Rogers Fund, 1918 JP236
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757โ1820)
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, 7 15/16 x 7 1/8 in., 19th century.
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 JP2354
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853โ1890)
Reed pen and brown ink, wax crayon, and watercolor, over graphite on wove paper, 12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in., ca. June 20, 1888.
Gift of Emanie Philips, 1962 62.151
Edouard Manet (French, 1832โ1883)
Etching and aquatint; third (final) state; posthumous edition, plate: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in., sheet: 13 1/4 x 8 7/8 in., 1869.
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005 2007.49.508
Edgar Degas (French, 1834โ1917)
Pastel and charcoal on blue-gray wove paper, sheet: 19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in., ca. 1880.
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2001, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 2001.202.2
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853โ1890)
Reed pen, quill, and brown ink over graphite on wove paper, sheet: 9 9/16 x 12 1/2 in., ca. July 15, 1888.
Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1948 48.190.1
Claude Monet (French, 1840โ1926)
Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 32 1/2 in., 1876.
Bequest of Loula D. Lasker, New York City, 1961 59.206
Edgar Degas (French, 1834โ1917)
Pastel on light blue laid paper, 23 3/4 x 18 1/4 in., ca. 1884.
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 61.101.7
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853โ1890)
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 1/2 in., 1887.
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967 67.187.70a
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841โ1895)
Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in., ca. 1883.
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967 67.187.89
Paul Cรฉzanne (French, 1839โ1906)
Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in., 1892โ94.
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 1993.400.2
Paul Cรฉzanne (French, 1839โ1906)
Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 32 1/8 in., 1882โ85.
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 29.100.64
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