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- Title
- Portrait of a Man
- Artist
- Anonymous British or American?
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1895.33
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- Portrait of a Lady
- Artist
- Johann Tischbein
- Physical Description
- An elegantly attired young woman is shown in a half-length portrait. Her hands are crossed in front of her at the wrist and she holds a partially open folding fan in her right hand. Her blue silk dress has long lace cuffs and a lace overlay at the shoulders and bodice. The bodice is also ornamented with silk bows of matching silk. At her neck is an elaborate pearl and lace choker; she has a matching pearl bracelet and seed pear earring. Her haif carries the blue of dress in the ornamentation at the crown of her head. Ribbons from her hair ornament cascade down either side of her bosom.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1715-1768
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1754
- Accession Number
- 1895.35
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- General Lafayette and Madame Roland Drawing a Plan for the Festival of the French Federation in 1791
- Artist
- Jean-Jacques Hauer
- Artist Life Dates
- 1751-1829
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1791
- Accession Number
- 1895.39
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- Benjamin West (1738-1820)
- Artist
- James Green
- Artist Life Dates
- 1771-1834
- Century
- Late 18th-Early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1771-1895
- Accession Number
- 1895.48
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
- Artist
- Mason Chamberlain
- Physical Description
- Franklin posing on red chair wiht pen and paper in hand, wearing a green outfit.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1727-1787
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760
- Accession Number
- 1895.79
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- Los Caprichos, plate 37: Si sabrá mas el discípulo? (Might not the pupil know more?)
- Artist
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- Artist Life Dates
- 1746-1828
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- plates etched 1797-1798; published 1799
- Accession Number
- 1930.12
- Medium and Support
- etching, aquatint and burin on paper
- Title
- Portrait of Francis Russel, the 2nd Earl of Bedford
- Artist
- Jacobus Houbraken
- Artist Life Dates
- 1698-1780
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1740
- Accession Number
- 1930.14
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Title
- Venetian Old Man, from "Raccolta di teste"
- Artist
- Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
- Artist Life Dates
- 1727 - 1804
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1757
- Accession Number
- 1930.23
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Asia Minor
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.45
- Medium and Support
- silk?
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1775
- Accession Number
- 1930.52
- Medium and Support
- hand-painted silk taffeta
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous French or Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.55
- Medium and Support
- silk with metallic thread
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous French or Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.56
- Medium and Support
- silk
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous Spanish
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.57
- Medium and Support
- silk
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian or Spanish
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.58
- Medium and Support
- silk and linen
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.59
- Medium and Support
- hand-painted and block-printed cotton
- Title
- Portrait of Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671)
- Artist
- Laurent Cars
- Physical Description
- A young man with long hair looks over his shoulder at the viewer through an illusionistically described stone octagonal aperture. A heavy satin cloth cascades from his right shoulder towards the viewer and through the opening. On the near side of this rusicated aperture are the palette, brushes, drawing folio and a book, indentifying the sitter as an artist, the identification further secured by the canvas on an easle seen behind the figure.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1699-1771
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1733
- Accession Number
- 1930.6
- Medium and Support
- engraving on heavy off-white laid paper
- Title
- Textile
- Artist
- Anonymous French or Flemish
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.62
- Medium and Support
- tapestry
- Title
- A Landscape, with Peasants and Cattle
- Artist
- Richard Earlom
- Artist Life Dates
- 1743-1822
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1776
- Accession Number
- 1930.9
- Medium and Support
- mezzotint on paper
- Title
- Heads of Angels: Miss Frances Isabella Gordon (1782-1831)
- Artist
- Joshua Reynolds
- Artist Life Dates
- 1723-1792
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- after 1782
- Accession Number
- 1932.6
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Title
- Portrait of Sir Thomas Hoby(?) (b. 1530)
- Artist
- Francesco Bartolozzi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1727-1815
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1792-1800
- Accession Number
- 1940.387
- Medium and Support
- color stipple engraving on paper
- Title
- Altar frontal
- Artist
- Anonymous Spanish
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1942.12
- Medium and Support
- metallic cloth with gold and polychrome embroidery
- Title
- Cut Velvet Hanging
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1725
- Accession Number
- 1942.13
- Medium and Support
- velvet
- Title
- Paestum Series. Pl. I. Vue de ce qui reste encore des murs de l'ancienne ville
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Artist Life Dates
- Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1778
- Accession Number
- 1942.16
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Title
- Views of Rome. 118. The Aqueduct of Nero Leading to the Palatine: a Branch of the Aqua Claudia
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Artist Life Dates
- Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1775
- Accession Number
- 1942.17
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Title
- Views of Rome. 72. The Tombs Attributed to Piso Licinianus and the Cornelii on the Appian Way
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Artist Life Dates
- Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1764
- Accession Number
- 1942.18
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Title
- Shiva and his family
- Artist
- India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
- Physical Description
- In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1800
- Accession Number
- 1942.4
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Title
- Seto Ware Oil Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This plate has durable body and protective glazed surface. Seven brown ring-like patterns (said to be modeled after horse eyes) decorate the inner rim of the large plate. The outermost edge is ringed in brown.
- Century
- late 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1942.5
- Medium and Support
- stoneware, gray with iron and white slip painting with clear glaze
- Title
- Writing Box (Suzuri-bako)
- Artist
- Ogata Kôrin
- Physical Description
- An elegant writing box, which originally came with a paperknife, a water-dropper, and a stone for grinding the ink. Black laquer with poetic motifs formed out of abalone shells, gold, silver and corroded lead.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1661-1716
- Accession Number
- 1942.7
- Medium and Support
- black and gold lacquer on wood
- Title
- Young Girl Crossing a Bridge on a Windy Day; Calendar Print: Parody of "Crossing at the Sano Ford" (Hashi wo wataru musume: Egoyomi, Mitate Sano no watari)
- Artist
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Artist Life Dates
- 1725-1770
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1765
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.155
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, medium-size (chûban)
- Title
- Autumn Wind, from the Furyu rokkasen (The Six Elegant Poets) series
- Artist
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Physical Description
- A young woman hurries across a bridge, using one of her sleeves to shield her head from the strong wind. Plants around her bend in the force of the wind, and tree branches lose their leaves. An Uta poem by Bunya-no-Yasuhide graces the top register.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1725-1770
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1768
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.156
- Medium and Support
- chûban (medium size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
- Title
- Young Woman Lacing a Hawking Gauntlet
- Artist
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Artist Life Dates
- 1725-1770
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1765-1770
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.158
- Medium and Support
- Pillar-format full color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)
- Title
- Beauties of the East as Reflected in Fashions (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)
- Artist
- Torii Kiyonaga
- Artist Life Dates
- 1752 - 1815
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1784
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.159
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, ôban-e size
- Title
- An Outing near Mimeguri Shrine
- Artist
- Torii Kiyonaga
- Artist Life Dates
- 1752 - 1815
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1787
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.160
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- A Young Woman Carrying an Open Parasol
- Artist
- Torii Kiyonaga
- Artist Life Dates
- 1752 - 1815
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1783
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.161
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- Three Poems of the Dusk (Sanseki no waka): Courtesan Tying Her Sash
- Artist
- Torii Kiyonaga
- Artist Life Dates
- 1752 - 1815
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1785
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.162
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Masuzô as Shintokumaru
- Artist
- Torii Kiyotsune
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Edo, c. 1757 - 1780, Edo)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.164
- Medium and Support
- two color woodblock print (benizuri e)
- Title
- A young woman carrying a basket of eggplants, with Mt Fuji in the background
- Artist
- Isoda Koryûsai
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1764 - 1788
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1764-1788
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.165
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, pillar print
- Title
- Courtesan Tasting a Morning-glory Bud
- Artist
- Isoda Koryûsai
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1764 - 1788
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 1770
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.166
- Medium and Support
- Pillar-format full-color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)
- Title
- Chôzan of the Chôjiya House and Her Attendants
- Artist
- Isoda Koryûsai
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1764 - 1788
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1770s
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.167
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- A Tea-house Girl from the Iseya
- Artist
- Isoda Koryûsai
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1764 - 1788
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1778
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.168
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Title
- Ushiwakamaru and Jôrurihime (mitate)
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shunchô
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1780 - 1795
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1780 - 1795
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.170
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, hashira-e format
- Title
- A Woman and a Servant Preparing Greens
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shunchô
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1780 - 1795
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780-1795
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.171
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper, hashira-e size
- Title
- Courtesan and her retinue on an outing (part of triptych)
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Physical Description
- An image of three older women and two young girls standing together outside of a building. The woman to the left wears a plain kimono of black stripes and a green obi. The two women in the center wear layered kimono of orange shades, with the woman on the right wearing star burst designs and the woman on the left wearing a fan and flower design. The two young girls also wear kimono of orange and a different style of star burst pattern. In the background is a scene of trees and a pond.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 1780
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.173
- Medium and Support
- large full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, large-format (ôban), part of triptych
- Title
- Recovering a Shuttlecock: A New Year's Scene
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 1780
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.174
- Medium and Support
- pillar-format full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, pillar-format (hashira e)
- Title
- Sode ga ura, the Bay of Sleeves
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790 - circa 1806
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.180
- Medium and Support
- large full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, large-format (ôban), triptych
- Title
- Sode ga ura, the Bay of Sleeves, part of triptych
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 1790s - mid 1790s
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.181
- Medium and Support
- Large full-color woodblock print (ôban nishiki e), triptych
- Title
- Sode ga ura, the Bay of Sleeves, part of triptych
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 1790s - mid 1790s
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.182
- Medium and Support
- Large full-color woodblock print (ôban nishiki e), triptych
- Title
- Courtesans of the Chôjiya: Hinatsuru and Her Attendant
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Physical Description
- The kneeling figure in the foreground is grand courtesan Hinatsuru. Her kamuro (attendant) is arranging a vase of chrysanthemums beside her. The circular inset contains a poet and his poem addressed to the two of them:
- In its wake
- The autumn grasses wither.
- Indeed, the mountain wind
- Has now become a gale.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.184
- Medium and Support
- Ôban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
- Title
- Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Physical Description
- This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.
- The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1754-1806
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1798
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.185
- Medium and Support
- oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych
- Title
- Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Physical Description
- This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.
- The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1754-1806
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1798
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.186
- Medium and Support
- oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych