Artistic Medium Collection

Silver repoussé and gilt copper

46 Masterpieces Cataloged

Tiered Offering Mandala of the Goddess of Wealth (Vasudhara)

Nepal, 19th century

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Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia

León, Spain, 1100–50

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Cabinet

Cabinet: Augsburg (now Germany); internal panels: Eger, Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic), c. 1640–50

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The Emperor Sailing from The Story of the Emperor of China

After a design by Guy-Louis Vernansal (French, 1648–1729) and others Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of Pierre and Etienne Filleul (codirectors, 1711–22) France, Beauvais, 1716/22

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Sideboard

Designed by Edward William Godwin (English, 1833-1886) Made by William Watt (English, 1834-1885) London, Designed 1867, made c. 1876

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Cup in the Form of a Horse and Rider

Hans Ludwig Kienle (born Ulm [now Germany], 1591–1653) Ulm (now Germany), 1630

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Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai)

Paminggir people Lampung area, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th century

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Two-Handled Covered Cup

Cornelius Kierstede (American, 1674–1757) New York, 1698–1720

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Pitcher

Design attributed to Edward C. Moore (American, 1827–1891) Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837) New York, 1878

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The Wade Cup with Animated Script

Unknown Artist, 1200–1221

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Krishna's Butter Ball, Mahabalipuram

Unidentified Photographer, c. 1900s

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Untitled (young boy with lace collar and toy rifle)

Reutlinger Studios (French, active 1850s-1937), 1880s–90s

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Untitled (young boy with lace collar and toy rifle)

Reutlinger Studios (French, active 1850s-1937), 1880–99

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Saint Dorothy

Hans Springinklee (German, 1540), c. 1519–20

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Young Woman Holding Roses

James Arthur (American, born Canada, 1855–1912), 1897

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Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole

Nadar (French, 1820–1910), c. 1880–83

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Composition

Jaromír Funke (Czech, 1896–1945), 1927–1929

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Seventy-Two Peaks Under the Blue Sky with Mount Furong

Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811), 1785

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The White Path Between Two Rivers

Unknown Artist, 1200s

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Denarius (Coin) Depicting the God Apollo

Roman, minted in Rome, 90 BCE

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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus

Roman; minted in Lugdunum (now Lyon, France), 2 BCE-4 CE

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Coin Depicting Cow Suckling Calf

Greek; Illyria, 229-100 BCE

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Demetrius II Nikator of Syria

Greek, minted in Tyre, 130-129 BCE, Reign of Demetrius II Nikator of Syria, 145–139 BCE and 129–125 BCE

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena

Greek, about 163 BCE

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Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist

Weddeghe Velstede (German, active 1432-73) container: Egyptian, 1433; container: 900/1200

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Georgia O'Keeffe—Torso

Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946, 1918

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

Greek; minted in Ephesus, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), 297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace

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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Julius Caesar

Roman; minted in Rome, 42 BCE, issued by L. Mussidius Longus

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Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child

Spain, El Burgo de Osma, 1460-1470

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Fragment

France, c. 1750

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Queen Cleopatra VII

Roman; minted in Eastern Mediterranean (possibly Antioch, Syria), 37-33 BCE, issued by Mark Antony

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Fragment

Italy, 1650/1700

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Buddha Seated in Meditation

Thailand, Cambodia or Laos, 18th–19th century

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Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba before King Solomon

England, 1601/50

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Cupid's Hunting Fields

Sir Edward Burne-Jones English, 1833-1898, 1885

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Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691, 1654/81

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Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina

Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940, 1908

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Italian Family, Chicago

Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940, 1910

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Orphrey Band

Probably England, 1375/1400

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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Hadrian

Roman, minted in Rome, 134-138

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Christ Presented to the People

Lucas van Leyden

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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels

Master of Varlungo

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Scenes from a Legend; Coats of Arms

Master of Charles of Durazzo

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Three Female Saints

Russian Painter

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Saints Boris and Gleb

Russian Painter

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The Resurrection

Spanish (Aragonese) Painter

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