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- Title
- Dressing Spoon
- Artist
- James Taylor
- Artist Life Dates
- 18th c.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1736-1737
- Accession Number
- 1968/1.59
- Medium and Support
- silver
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Lady with Fan
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.328
- Medium and Support
- black and white chalk on blue paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Urn Decorated with Two Seated Putti, Rams' Heads as Handles, Garlands and Cornuc
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.50
- Medium and Support
- graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Kedarau
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.160
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.13
- Medium and Support
- red and black ink on very thin paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- The goddess Durga and her lion punish demons, folio from a "Devimahatmya" loose-leaf manuscript
- Artist
- Nepal
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1725
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.149
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold? on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Rooster on a Branch
- Artist
- Itô Jakuchû
- Artist Life Dates
- 1716-1800
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.156
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- 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
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- 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)
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Silk Embroidery, One of 5 fragments of a waistcoat
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1700-1770
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.267D
- Medium and Support
- satin silk weave backed with taffeta, leather linen and silk blue and chenile embroidery
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Le Garde-Manger
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
- Physical Description
- This black chalk drawing on gray-blue prepared laid paper is vertically oriented. The piece is a still life of the contents of a pantry portrayed within a lightly indicated arched niche. A rabbit and a fowl hang upside-down from a string, dominating the composition. Below them are, from left to right, two vessels, a prepared fowl, long root vegetables, and a wicker basket.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1686-1755
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1743
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.5
- Medium and Support
- black chalk, heightened with white on gray-blue prepared laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Powder blue and famille verte vase, Kangxi era; part of a garniture set
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.208
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Belan House, County Kildare
- Artist
- William Ashford
- Physical Description
- Painting shows a large country estate house. Situated in the middle distance, the house angles into space. At the near end is a dovecotte and at the furthest point is an arcade attaching the main house to another building that is obscured by trees. The foreground is framed by trees on either side, the lefthand tree is partially dead. At center in the foreground is an elegant party in a boat on a small lake. This group consists of two women and a man, hand outstretched indicating the scene of the house in the distance. In addition, two men in vests are also part of the group in the boat, one of whom is seated, the other is propelling the boat with an oar. Swans, with wings extended behind them, also grace the surface of the water.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1746-1824
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.19
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.166
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Bizarre Silk
- Artist
- Anonymous French?
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1710-1720
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.321
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Incarnations [Avataras] of Vishnu: Five through Eight
- Artist
- Bernard Picart
- Artist Life Dates
- 1673 - 1733
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1722
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.123
- Medium and Support
- copper plate engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Shallow dish with "Judgment of Paris" design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.19
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Ceres in Triumph; verso, Elegant Figure Walking in a Garden
- Artist
- Charles André Van Loo
- Artist Life Dates
- 1705-1765
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1705-1765
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.39
- Medium and Support
- pen, wash and black chalk
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Study of a Seated Male Nude
- Artist
- Ubaldo Gandolfi
- Physical Description
- A muscular young male nude, seen in profile from the left, sits on a rock in a vaguely suggested outdoor setting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1728-1781
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.199.1
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Views of Rome. 30. The Castel S. Angelo
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Artist Life Dates
- Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1754
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.122
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Portrait of Jonathan Mayhew
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Cipriani
- Artist Life Dates
- 1727-1785
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1767
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.135
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Eight-armed Durga Seated on a Ram
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.48
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- 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
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Nishiki Hyakunin Isshu Azuma Ori [Eastern Brocade Collection of 100 Poems by 100 Poets]: Murasaki Shikibu (classical author and poet, fl. ca. 1000)
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shunshô
- Artist Life Dates
- 1726 - 1792
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1774
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.54
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, page of book
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Sleeping Infant
- Artist
- François Boucher
- Physical Description
- This is a square format drawing done with white and black chalk against a grayish background. It shows a sleeping infant, wrapped in cloth, with hands clasped on its chest.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1703-1770
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1703-1770
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.77
- Medium and Support
- black and white chalk on gray paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Head of Shiva
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.124
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Bamboo and Orchids [Lan-chu t'u chou]
- Artist
- Zheng Xie (Chêng Hsieh)
- Physical Description
- A white hanging scroll with black ink. The plant that is the focal point of the painting takes up the middle, while an inscription runs along the right side. Stamps are seen on the bottom of both the right and left side of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1693-1765
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1740-1766
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.7
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Unfinished Design for a Painted Ceiling
- Artist
- Claude Gillot
- Artist Life Dates
- 1673-1722
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.18
- Medium and Support
- graphite, ink and watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Les adieux (Farewells), after J. M. Moreau, le jeaune (French, 1741-1814)
- Artist
- Robert Delaunay
- Artist Life Dates
- (1749 - 1814)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1777; published 1789
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.50
- Medium and Support
- engraving and etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Temple at Honjo (perspective picture)
- Artist
- Kitao Shigemasa
- Artist Life Dates
- (1739 - 1820)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.150
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus
- Artist
- Joseph Buzot
- Physical Description
- The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.82
- Medium and Support
- gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Bala-Krishna
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.133
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Jewelry Chest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.310
- Medium and Support
- wood with brass (?) fittings
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Landscape with Equestrian Statue, No. 20 from the set of 31, Vedute, altre pres
- Artist
- Canaletto
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1768
- Century
- 18th Century
- Object Creation Date
- published circa 1744
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.26
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- 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)
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Design for a Vertical Panel (1 of a set of 12)
- Artist
- Henri Salembier
- Artist Life Dates
- 1753-1820
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1781
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.69
- Medium and Support
- pen and black ink with black and brown wash
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Metallic Ribbon
- Artist
- Anonymous European
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.326A
- Medium and Support
- gold thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Two Designs of Ceilings, from a series of 10, 'Nouveau Livre de Plafonds Inventé
- Artist
- Carl Lespilliez
- Artist Life Dates
- 1723-1796
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723-1796
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.114
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- First Designs of Model Young Leaves: the Courtesan Karauta of the Chôjiya, accompanied by her attendants Matsuno and Takeno
- Artist
- Isoda Koryûsai
- Physical Description
- This is a color woodblock print of a courtesan and her two attendants. They are walking toward the left. The courtesan wears red and brown kimono with geometric designs and a pink cloak with plum tree and cloud design. Her green obi (sash), tied in front, has peacock feather and geometric patterns. Her hair is sculpted in the shape of “lantern” style, with the broad wings to the side of the head. Three large tortoise-shell comb and four pins adorn the hair. The two young attendants wear matching clothes and hair accessories; their kimono design has the same plum and cloud patterns as the courtesan but in brownish colors. Their obi is in green color with wavy stripes, loosely tied on their backs. They also have tortoise shell combs, hairpins, and ornaments in the shape of pine leaves. One attendant is looking at a ground, and other attendant toward the right. All three wear high platform sandals. There are artist’s signature and publisher’s seal on the lower left corner, as well as the title on the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1764 - 1788
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1777-1782
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.145
- Medium and Support
- Oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Noon
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Physical Description
- This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “NOON” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of adults and children in 18th century garb. The upper half shows the top of the buildings that line the street, including a shop, a brick building, and a church steeple in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1738
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.57
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- 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
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Seven Gods, with a Scroll on Which Appear the Two Characters, Good Luck and Long Life
- Artist
- Hosoda Eishi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756 - 1829
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.189
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Esther Before Ahasuerus
- Artist
- Robert Strange
- Physical Description
- The Persian king Ahasuerus sits at right on a throne, wearing a turban with a crown, a cape with ermine around the neck and shoulders, and a gold chain around his neck. He holds a slender scepter towards a woman in elaborate dress and crown, who has fainted at left. This woman, Queen Esther, is supported by two handmaidens who each looks towards the king.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1721-1792
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1767
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.18
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Bizarre Silk, Brocaded
- Artist
- Anonymous French or British?
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1700-1720
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.249
- Medium and Support
- brocade
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Illusionistic Decoration of a Cupola with Alternative Suggestions
- Artist
- Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1735-1817
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1772
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.60
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink with watercolor
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Powder blue and famille verte saucer dish, Kangxi era; part of a garniture set
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1662-1722
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.213
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with powder blue glaze, famile verte decoration on reserved areas
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- An Urn Decorated with Rosettes and Eagles Holding in their Beaks the Tails of Me
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.43
- Medium and Support
- graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Minavati
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.152
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- La Fête de la Federation
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Huet
- Artist Life Dates
- 1745-1811
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1791
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.336
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 2.65135
- Title
- Dorje Legpa Votive Plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bas-relief carving made of bone and in the shape of a lotus petal, depicting Pehar, a guardian of the Tibetan Buddhist faith, in wrathful form. At the base of the "petal" are the tops of mountains, with the waves of the sea visible between them; in the rounded part of the "petal," a border of flames encircles a dynamic image of Pehar, his garments flowing in the wind as he rides on a snow lion. The background behind Pehar is incised with closely spaced wavy lines, again suggesting flames.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.50
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 2.65135