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Air, from The Four Elements; Jan van de Velde; After Willem Buytewech

Title: Air, from The Four Elements
Artist: Jan van de Velde
Artist Life Dates: active 1593-1641
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1620
Accession Number: 1994/2.41
Medium and Support: etching and engraving on thin, slightly textured off-white laid paper
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Portrait of Innocent XI; Girolamo Lucenti

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Title: Portrait of Innocent XI
Artist: Girolamo Lucenti
Artist Life Dates: c. 1625-1698
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1608
Accession Number: 2008/2.219
Medium and Support: cast bronze
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Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (John 6:5-14); Alonso Cano

Title: Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (John 6:5-14)
Artist: Alonso Cano
Physical Description: This drawing is done in brownish ink and wash against a light background, has a narrow horizontal format. It shows a group of figures clustered into the right half of the composition. The central figure is a bearded man, seated under a tree, gazing upward as he holds a loaf of bread in one hand and raises his other hand up in the air. The other figures- two men, a woman and a child- are looking at him intently .
Artist Life Dates: 1601-1667
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1652-1657
Accession Number: 1951/2.31
Medium and Support: pen, bistre and wash on white paper
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Calligraphy; Wang Duo

Title: Calligraphy
Artist: Wang Duo
Artist Life Dates: 1592-1652
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1620-1652
Accession Number: 1974/1.243
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on satin
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Shallow bowl with bands of turquoise glaze and central floral pattern; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Shallow bowl with bands of turquoise glaze and central floral pattern
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.159
Medium and Support: fritware with turquoise glaze
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Landscape; Chen Guan (Ch'en Kuan)

Title: Landscape
Artist: Chen Guan (Ch'en Kuan)
Artist Life Dates: 1608-1638
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1637
Accession Number: 1991/2.88
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
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Bodhidharma, from triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma and Deshan; Yiran Xingrong (J. Itsunen)

Title: Bodhidharma, from triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma and Deshan
Artist: Yiran Xingrong (J. Itsunen)
Artist Life Dates: 1601-1668
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1658
Accession Number: 1975/2.182
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
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The Music Lesson (Musikalishe Unterhaltung); Caspar Netscher

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Title: The Music Lesson (Musikalishe Unterhaltung)
Artist: Caspar Netscher
Physical Description: A panel portrait of two men and two women. One man plays a mandolin while the other watches one of the women. The woman he is watching is standing by the table and holding a dog. The second woman is sitting next to the mandolin player and reading.
Artist Life Dates: 1639(?)-1684
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1665
Accession Number: 2011/2.179
Medium and Support: oil on panel
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Landscape with Town Gate and Ramparts; Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Title: Landscape with Town Gate and Ramparts
Artist: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
Artist Life Dates: 1591 - 1666
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1970/2.28
Medium and Support: pen and brown ink on cream paper, laid down
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Coin; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Coin
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1644-1662
Accession Number: 1982/1.249
Medium and Support: copper
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Le Ménétrier et le Petit Vielleur; Le Violon et le Petit Vielleur ; (The Fiddler and Hurdy-gurdy Boy); Adriaen Jansz van Ostade

Title: Le Ménétrier et le Petit Vielleur; Le Violon et le Petit Vielleur; (The Fiddler and Hurdy-gurdy Boy)
Artist: Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Artist Life Dates: 1610-1685
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1660
Accession Number: 1949/1.114
Medium and Support: etching, engraving and drypoint on paper
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Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design; Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan

Title: Blue-and-white jar with floral and leaf design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan
Physical Description: A medium size, well potted jar with round shoulder and shorter neck. Inside is not totally glazed. On the body, pine, bamboo, and plum trees are finely painted with blue underglaze. Then a translucent glaze is applied, which turns into milky, white color. It has three floral decorations on the shoulder; the decoration is originated in functional elements of “ears” to which ropes were tied for transportation. The neck has a band of double lines and spray design of peony flowers and leaves. The rim of the neck is unglazed. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. Some imperfections of glaze are seen toward the bottom. Glaze is scraped off on one part. Many speckles on the surface.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1643
Accession Number: 1964/1.99
Medium and Support: porcelain, blue underglaze painting
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Vase, Tz'u Chou Ware; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Vase, Tz'u Chou Ware
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 17th century
Accession Number: 1993/1.85
Medium and Support: stoneware with white slip and iron painted designs
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The Parables. The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire. (Matt. 20); Crispin van de Passe

Title: The Parables. The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire. (Matt. 20)
Artist: Crispin van de Passe
Artist Life Dates: c.1565-1637
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1604
Accession Number: 1957/1.46
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
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Karatsu Ware (?), Two-handled Pitcher; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Karatsu Ware (?), Two-handled Pitcher
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: mid 17th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.74
Medium and Support: stoneware with underglaze design
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Amoenissimae Effigies. Plate 16. Drachenfelss; Wenceslaus Hollar

Title: Amoenissimae Effigies. Plate 16. Drachenfelss
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist Life Dates: 1607-1677
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1635
Accession Number: 1950/1.191
Medium and Support: etching on paper
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The Discovery of Mars and Venus; Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert

Title: The Discovery of Mars and Venus
Artist: Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert
Physical Description: A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.
Artist Life Dates: active 1602-1621
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1602-1621
Accession Number: 1969/2.158
Medium and Support: bronze
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Descent from the Cross by Torchlight; Rembrandt van Rijn

Title: Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Artist Life Dates: 1606-1669
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1654
Accession Number: 1991/2.77
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Mist Clearing Over a Mountain Village, formerly attributed to Hasegawa Nobuharu (Shinshun; later, Tôhaku); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Mist Clearing Over a Mountain Village, formerly attributed to Hasegawa Nobuharu (Shinshun; later, Tôhaku)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: This is a vertical format painting surrounded by green and gold fabric. It is painted in tones of black with some areas of pink and blue color. It depicts a landscape scene with a cluster of small houses nestled in a craggy mountainous area. There is a river that runs through the landscape with two figures crossing a small footbridge. Other figures are shown in the open area of the village. The trees and vegetation are painted with short abbreviated brushstriokes.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: late 16th century - early 17th century
Accession Number: 1967/2.5
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
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Tobias and the Angel; Wenceslaus Hollar

Title: Tobias and the Angel
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist Life Dates: 1607-1677
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 2005/1.429
Medium and Support: etching on paper
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The Seated Violinist; Cornelis Dusart

Title: The Seated Violinist
Artist: Cornelis Dusart
Physical Description: This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.
Artist Life Dates: 1660-1704
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1685
Accession Number: 1992/2.18
Medium and Support: etching on laid paper
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Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5.; Stefano della Bella

Title: Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5.
Artist: Stefano della Bella
Artist Life Dates: 1610-1664
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1648
Accession Number: 1980/2.229
Medium and Support: etching on paper
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Democritus in Meditation; Salvator Rosa

Title: Democritus in Meditation
Artist: Salvator Rosa
Physical Description: A bearded man sits in a cemetery upon a stone block and leans on a sarcophagus with his head in his hand. A book sits in his lap. Sarcophagi, obelisks, and funerary urns surround him. The bones and body parts of humans and animals along with a discarded helmet and books are strewn across the foreground.
Artist Life Dates: 1615-1673
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1673
Accession Number: 1959/1.126
Medium and Support: etching with drypoint on laid paper
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The Cynic Philosopher Crates; Domenico Fetti

Title: The Cynic Philosopher Crates
Artist: Domenico Fetti
Physical Description: This painting shows a man seated on a bench, facing the viewer. He leans forward slightly and his right hand reaches across his body to point toward a group of coins on the ground. He is dressed in tattered clothing and his feet are bare. The bench where he is seated is inscribed with the letters: P. Q. P. C. /T. T. This is an outdoor scene with open sky in the background and some vegetation on a ledge above him, but there are no details to indicate the exact location. Another man is shown in the background at the right, walking hunched over and using a staff. There is a strong contrast between dark and light in this painting. The figure of the walking man and the dark shapes of buildings are outlined against the light backdrop of the sky. A strong warm light, from the left side of the painting, highlights the knees, hand and upper body of the seated man.
Artist Life Dates: (ca. 1589 - 1624)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1600-1624
Accession Number: 1966/2.2
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
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Bust of a Satyr; Massimiliano Soldani Benzi

Title: Bust of a Satyr
Artist: Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
Physical Description: This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
Artist Life Dates: 1656-1740
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1695
Accession Number: 1970/1.193
Medium and Support: bronze on wood base
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Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 2003/2.59.5
Medium and Support: cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
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Plum Blossom; Attributed Kanô Tan'yû; Attributed to

Title: Plum Blossom
Artist: Attributed Kanô Tan'yû
Artist Life Dates: (Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1980/2.162
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series; India, Rajasthan, Mewar School; Attributed to

Title: Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series
Artist: India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Physical Description: Brightly colored painting with three primary registers. The uppermost and smallest register contains a poem. The lower two are larger and similar in size. The bottommost depicts stairs, architectural structures, snakes, and flowering plants. Above, the middle register frames a seated man under a canopy-like architectural form, who reaches out to grasp the wrist of a woman. Behind her is a flowering tree, and and the far right, and open door.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1630
Accession Number: 1980/2.242
Medium and Support: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Chasuble (Back); Anonymous French

Title: Chasuble (Back)
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.14
Medium and Support: embroidery silk and brocade
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Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot

Title: Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1633
Accession Number: 1972/2.358
Medium and Support: etching on paper
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Scène de pillage d'une maison de paysans; Jacques Callot

Title: Scène de pillage d'une maison de paysans
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates: 1592-1635
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1627-1628
Accession Number: 1970/1.192
Medium and Support: black chalk and bistre wash
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The Annunciation; Juan de Valdés Leal

Title: The Annunciation
Artist: Juan de Valdés Leal
Physical Description: An angel, draped with a flowing red mantle, descends on the left from a bank of clouds. He holds a scepter and twisting scroll in his left hand while he points with his right toward a white dove encircled by a halo of light that descends toward a woman dressed in long robes and a veil. She sits, holding a book open on the lectern before her, and draws back slightly with her right hand raised and her eyes downcast. Six cherubim sit above on the edge of the cloudbank, which opens to reveal a male figure barely visible in the blinding light that fills the cloud.
Artist Life Dates: 1622-1690
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1661
Accession Number: 1962/1.99
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
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The Hermit Tao Yuanming Enjoying Chrysanthemums; Li Shida (Li Shih-ta)

Title: The Hermit Tao Yuanming Enjoying Chrysanthemums
Artist: Li Shida (Li Shih-ta)
Physical Description: Inscription: Painted in the fall of 1619. Li Shida; Two seals of the artist; Ten collectors’ seals, including five imperial seals of the Qing dynasty; Tao Yuanming intently watches an attendant water the chrysanthemums. His brushwork is detailed and the composition elegant.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1573 - 1619)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1619
Accession Number: 1960/1.184
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Topographical View of Oldenburg in Holstein (Aldenburgum Holsatise.); Anonymous German?

Title: Topographical View of Oldenburg in Holstein (Aldenburgum Holsatise.)
Artist: Anonymous German?
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1600-1650?
Accession Number: 1949/1.108
Medium and Support: etching on paper
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Squat bottle with everted rim; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Squat bottle with everted rim
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A squat bottle with everted rim.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.90
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
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Saint Joseph and the Christ Child; Vicente Gómez

Title: Saint Joseph and the Christ Child
Artist: Vicente Gómez
Artist Life Dates: c. 1637 - c. 1680
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1674
Accession Number: 1960/2.14
Medium and Support: pen and black ink on ivory laid paper
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The Holy Family; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Title: The Holy Family
Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Artist Life Dates: 1609-1664
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1645-1649
Accession Number: 1959/1.81
Medium and Support: pen, brown ink and wash
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Bird on a Plum Branch; Wang Wu

Title: Bird on a Plum Branch
Artist: Wang Wu
Artist Life Dates: 1632-1690
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1632-1690
Accession Number: 1965/2.58
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with St. Jerome (?); Anonymous Italian (Bolognese)

Title: The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with St. Jerome (?)
Artist: Anonymous Italian (Bolognese)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1970/2.59
Medium and Support: pen, brown ink, brown wash and black chalk
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Landscape with a Bather; Landscape with Lake and Castle on a Hilltop (verso); Giovanni Grimaldi

Title: Landscape with a Bather; Landscape with Lake and Castle on a Hilltop (verso)
Artist: Giovanni Grimaldi
Artist Life Dates: 1606-1680
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.34
Medium and Support: pen, bistre ink and wash with graphite indications on white paper
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