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Cleveland Museum of Art · Feb 7, 2021 – May 16, 2021

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Works in this exhibition

Studies of a Seated Female, Child's Head, and Three Studies of a BabyRaphael · c. 1507–8
Green TaraAniko · c. 1260s, mounted 2020
Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s
Prestige Cap (mpu ngola)Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, or Cabinda (Angola), Kongo-style maker, possibly Yombe subgroup · late 1800s–early 1900s

Pine TreeGiovanni Segantini · c. 1897

Portrait Head of Emperor Vespasian, Recut from Head of NeroItaly, Roman · 64–79 CE

Statue of an AthleteItaly, Roman · 1–100 CE

Agni, God of FireIndia, Uttar Pradesh · c. 1000

Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Dionysos and Satyr (I); Satyrs and Maenads (A, B)Douris · c. 480 BCE

JarChina, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522–66) · 1522–66

Studies of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)Carletto Caliari · c. 1586

Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-ArrasJean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1871

Sketches of Virgin and ChildGiulio Campi · 1550–1600

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]Paolo Veronese · c. 1570

John the Baptist Being Carried to ZachariasFrancesco Granacci · c. 1510

Togatus FigureItaly, Roman · 1–200 CE

Pediment with the Face of Glory (Kirti-mukha)Northern India · c. 1000s

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)Paolo Veronese · c. 1580

Study for "The Romancer" (Le Conteur)Jean-Antoine Watteau · c. 1716

The GuitaristJean-Baptiste Pater · 1720s

Janiform Head FlaskRoman, probably Eastern Mediterranean · 100–400 CE

Nine Celestial Bodies (Navagraha)Central India · 700s

Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples from a CaveAdolf von Heydeck · 1820

Statuette of Tinia (Zeus)Etruscan · c. 500 BCE, perhaps with modern patina

Leaf from a Cocharelli Treatise on the Vices: Acedia and Her CourtItaly, Genoa · c. 1330

The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, RomeLéon Cogniet · 1817

Seated Woman Searching for FleasAdriaen van de Velde · c. 1671

The Lock at PontoiseCamille Pissarro · 1872

A View of Naples through a WindowFranz Ludwig Catel · 1824

JarKorea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · 1700s

Illumination Excised from a Choir Book: Two Female AngelsNiccolo di ser Sozzo Tegliacci · c. 1332

Chest for Storing GarmentsChina, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1400s

Study of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)Pierre Lenfant · 1700s

Studies of Hands (recto)Carletto Caliari · c. 1586

Three Studies of a Woman Wearing an Elaborate HeaddressAnonymous · c. 1500

Sky Study, ParisCharles Marville · 1856–57

Outer Staircase of a Gothic RuinDomenico Quaglio · 1830

Study of Hands (recto)Pierre Lenfant · 1700s

Sheet of Sketches (recto and verso)Théodore Géricault · 1819

Initial E from a Municipal Law Book: The Last JudgmentGermany, Regensburg · c. 1330

Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The AnnunciationEngland · c. 1325–50

Five Grotesque HeadsGaetano Gandolfi · 1750–1800

Rear View of Seated ManCarlo Vimercati · late 1600s?

The Garden of the Rousseau FamilyJames Ensor · 1885

Fallen Statue at the Ramesseum, ThebesFrancis Frith · 1857

Bridal Veil, YosemiteCarleton E. Watkins · 1865–66

Bodhisattva Manjushri: Lord of WisdomEast India, Bengal · 1000s–1100s

At the Window IIKarl Hofer · c. 1923

Miniature Votive StupaEastern India, Bihar · c. 1000s

Pair of Roundback Armchairs: Lohan TypeChina, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1600–1700s

The GardenJames McNeill Whistler · 1879–80

Study of HandsJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1842

Small Chest with Inner DrawersChina, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) · 1700s

Door Lintel (Pare)Pacific Islands, Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori people · 1800s

Sheet of Sketches (recto)Théodore Géricault · 1819

Torso of a WomanItaly, Roman · 100 BCE–400 CE, or modern, before 1927?

Roundback Armchair: Lohan TypeChina, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1600s–1700s

Field with Young Trees in the ForegroundPiet Mondrian · c. 1907

Virgin Nursing the Christ ChildFrance, Île de France · c. 1370

Gorget (Rei Miro)Pacific Islands, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · 1800s

Leaf Excised from an Antiphonary: Initial Q with Saints Peter and PaulSouth Flanders · c. 1325

Virgin and Child with SaintsItaly, Venice · c. 1510

At the Sea SideJames Tissot · 1880

Prestige robe (riga)Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, probably Hausa-style or Nupe-style weavers and embroiders · late 1800s–by 1910

Portrait of a Woman as Saint CatherinePier Francesco Foschi · c. 1560

Self-Portrait Drawing at a WindowRembrandt van Rijn · 1648

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Initial D: Massacre of the Innocents (1 of 2 Excised Leaves)Northeastern France or Flanders · c. 1300–1330

Architectural SceneMesoamerica, West Mexico, Nayarit · 200 BCE–300 CE

Female FigurineMesoamerica, Veracruz, Huastec, Panuco Style · 300–600 CE

Fragment of a Mold for Arretine BowlItaly, Roman · 27 BCE–14 CE

Neck Pendant (Hei-tiki)Pacific Islands, Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori people · 1800s

Children at PlayXia Kui · 1508

Fragment of a Goat's HeadGreece · c. 500–475 BCE

Portrait of a WomanJan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn · 1620s

Woman's SkirtAfrica, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbuun-style weavers and embroiderers · late 1800s–about 1906–12

Female FigurineMesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · 400–100 BCE

Fragment of a furnishing textileAfrica, North Africa, Morocco, Azemmour, Moroccan embroiderer · possibly 1700s or 1800s

Mother-and-Child FigurineMexico, Aztec · 1325–1521

Panel from a Head Covering (‘Ajar)Africa, North Africa, Tunisia, probably Testour or Tunis, Tunisian weaver · probably 1800s or early 1900s

Female Holding A Bowl FigurineMesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · 600 BCE–250 CE

Roundback Armchair: Lohan TypeChina, Jiangsu province, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1600s–1700s

Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and ProphetsItaly, Florence (?) · c. 1300–1340

Prater LandscapeFerdinand Georg Waldmüller · c. 1831

Pitcher with HandleRoman, Syro-Palestinian · 300s CE or later

Oil Flask in the Shape of a BullGreek, Corinthian or modern forgery · 600–575 BCE or 1900s CE

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, SwitzerlandJean-Léon Gérôme · 1850s

Foot from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup)Greece, Athens · c. 480 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 449–440 BCE

View from My Window in Rome (recto)Carl Ludwig Tischbein · c. 1819

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 480–449 BCE

Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (recto) and Text (verso)Bohemia · c. 1330–40

Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal FriezesShoe Lane Painter · 600s–500s BCE, with modern painting and incision

Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander III [The Great] (obverse); Athena (reverse)Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), reign of Ptolemy I (303–282 BCE), minted at Alexandria · 306 BCE

Low Table (kang zhuo) with Dragons in CloudsChina, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) · 1600s–1700s

Vessel in the Shape of a Wild BoarItaly, Etruscan or modern forgery · 700–500 BCE or 1900s CE

Landscape at Saint-André, Near MarseillesPaul Guigou · c. 1865

Châteauvieux-sur-SuranAntoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier · 1848

Shallow Ribbed BowlRoman, Eastern Mediterranean · 50 BCE–100 CE

Corinthian HelmetGreece · 500–475 BCE or modern (before 1926)

Evening Mood-LidingöEugène Jansson · 1900

Female FigurineMexico, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · c. 400–100 BCE

Miniature from a Mariegola: The FlagellationLorenzo Veneziano · c. 1365–75

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the WellWorkshop of Giovanni della Robbia (Italian, 1469–1529/30) · c. 1500–1530

Handle from Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup)Greece, Athens · c. 480 BCE

Carved BracketsSouth India, probably Madurai · 1600s

Female Figurine RattleMexico, Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya · 600–900

Bottle-Shaped VaseChina, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Jiaqing reign (1796–1820) · 1796–1820

Leaf from a Gradual: Historiated Initial R: The Resurrection (recto) and Initial D (verso)Italy, Naples · mid-1300s

Side TableChina, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) · 1600s

Two-headed Female FigurineMesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco · 1200–400 BCE

Geometrically Patterned Female FigureMesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · 400–100 BCE

Standing Female FigurineMesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco · 1200–400 BCE

Standing Female FigurineMesoamerica, Central Mexico, Tlatilco · 1200–400 BCE

View from My Window in Rome (recto) Soldier in a Landscape (verso)Carl Ludwig Tischbein · c. 1817

Headdress (beniqa)Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer · 1800s

Standing figurine holding an animal (dog?)Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Colima or Jalisco state, possibly Tuxcacueso-Ortices municipality · 300 BCE–300 CE

Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles (obverse); Zeus (reverse)Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great] · 336–323 BCE

Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Chain of WomenPatras Painter · c. 590–560 BCE, with modern repainting and reincising

Back Skirt/Sitting Pad (negbe)Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu-style makers · by 1928

Adoration of the MagiTitian · 1500s

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse)Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia) · 465–449 BCE

Canal in Autumn (Gisors)Henri Le Sidaner · 1913

Tetradrachm: Owl, Crescent Moon, Olive Branch (reverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 480–449 BCE

Wall Hanging (msimsim)Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Tétouan, Moroccan weaver(s) · 1800s

Historiated Initial (O) Excised from an Antiphonary: The Donor, Gorus Fucci, Kneels before ChristItaly, Arezzo(?) · c. 1300–1350

Shallow Ribbed BowlRoman, Eastern Mediterranean · 50 BCE–100 CE

Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated WomanClaude-Joseph Vernet · 1700s

CurtainAfrica, North Africa, Tunisia, Djerba, Tunisian weaver(s) and embroiderer(s) · 1600s–1700s

Flat Male FigureMesoamerica, West Mexico, Colima · 200 BCE–300 CE

Curtain (one of a pair)Africa, North Africa, Tunisia, Djerba, Tunisian weaver(s) and embroiderer(s) · 1600s–1700s

Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Owl, Panathenaic Amphora, Triptolemos in Chariot, within Wreath (reverse)Greece (?) · 1838–1916

Two Female HeadsAbraham Bloemaert · 1600–1650

Evening at the WindowAlphonse Legros · 1884

Heddle Pulley (Bo Nun Amuin mask)Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver · 1900s

Carved BracketSouth India, probably Madurai · 1600s

Circular Altar with Hermes and Pallas AthenaRoman, said to be from Corfu, Greece · 100 BCE–100 CE

Mold for a Male HeadItaly, Roman · 1–300 CE

GarmentAfrica, North Africa, Egypt, Aswan, unidentified makers · c. 1890s

Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Animal FriezesSt. Louis Painter · c. 600–580 BCE

Saltillo SarapeMexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region · c. 1820–50

Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 449–407 BCE

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles (obverse); Zeus (reverse)Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great] · 336–323 BCE

Stater: Lion (obverse); Incuse Punches (reverse)Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) · 600–550 BCE

Male FigurineMesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · 400–100 BCE

Bottom cover, from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu · Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Saltillo SarapeMexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region · c. 1840–60

Carved BracketSouth India, probably Madurai · 1600s

Back Skirt/Sitting Pad (negbe)Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu-style makers · by 1928

Seated Male Holding Chief’s BatonMesoamerica, West Mexico, Nayarit · 200 BCE–300 CE

Stater: Head of Bearded Herakles (obverse); Horse (reverse)Greek, Macedonian, probably minted at Pella (Macedonia), reign of Amyntas III · 389–369 BCE

Shallow Ribbed BowlRoman, Eastern Mediterranean · 50 BCE–100 CE

Seated Figurine Wearing a BraceletMesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · 300 BCE–300 CE

Amphoriskos (Small Amphora)Roman · 50–100 CE

Man's GarmentAfrica, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Dida-style weavers and dyers · possibly early 1900s

Drachm: Head of Herakles (obverse); Club, Bow Case (reverse)Greek, minted at Erythrai (Ionia) · 387–300 BCE

The SunlightTure Nikolaus Cederström · 1890s

Sunshine in an InteriorPeter Vilhelm Ilsted · 1920

Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo (obverse); Head of Lion (reverse)Greek, minted at Leontinoi (Sicily) · 466–422 BCE

Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Head of Athena Parthenos (obverse)Greece (?) · 1838–1916

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Electrotype Replica of Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse)Greece (?) · 1838–1916

Fragment of Round SegmentumAfrica, North Africa, Egypt, Coptic-style weaver(s) · 400s–600s CE

Hemidrachm: Chimaera (obverse); Dove (reverse)Greek, minted at Sikyon (Peloponnesos) · 400–323 BCE

Seated Female FigurineMesoamerica, Guanajuato or Michoacán, Chupícuaro · 600 BCE–250 CE

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse)Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia) · 465–449 BCE

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Standing FigurineMesoamerica, West Mexico, Michoacán · 200 BCE–300 CE

Studies of a Costume, Sleeve, and HandPietro Longhi · c. 1747

ScarfAfrica, North Africa, Egypt, Assiut, Egyptian maker · early 1900s

Seated Male FigurineMesoamerica, Veracruz, Remojadas Style · 500–900

Landscape with Rider on White HorseJean Achille Benouville · 1846

Tetradrachm: Owl (reverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 449–407 BCE

Tunic Fragment with SegmentumAfrica, North Africa, Egypt, Coptic-style weaver(s) · c. 500

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Shakyamuni with the Sixteen Benevolent DeitiesJapan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92) · mid- to late 1300s

Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse); Incuse Square (reverse)Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia) · 387–326 BCE

Venice: Saint Mark's Looking toward San Giorgio Maggiore, in MoonlightCarlo Naya · c. 1870

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Tetradrachm: Owl, standing, r., crescent moon and olive branch above (reverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 449–440 BCE

White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Mourners at TombGreek, Attic · c. 400s BCE, with modern painting

Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo (obverse); Lion (reverse)Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) · c. 334–323 BCE

Haverstraw BaySanford Robinson Gifford · 1868

Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom SutraJapan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s

Saltillo SarapeMexico, Coahuila state, Saltillo Region · c. 1820

Stater: Head of Athena (obverse); Lion (reverse)Greek, minted at Hyele (South Italy) · c. 340–334 BC

Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia) · 387–326 BCE

Stater: Head of Bearded Herakles (obverse)Greek, Macedonian, probably minted at Pella (Macedonia), reign of Amyntas III · 389–369 BCE

Hemidrachm: Dove (reverse)Greek, minted at Sikyon (Peloponnesos) · 400–323 BCE

Tetradrachm: Zeus (reverse)Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great] · 336–323 BCE

Drachm: Forepart of Lion, r. (obverse)Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia) · 465–449 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander III [The Great] (obverse)Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), reign of Ptolemy I (303–282 BCE), minted at Alexandria · 306 BCE

Stater: Head of Athena (obverse)Greek, minted at Hyele (South Italy) · c. 340–334 BC

Drachm: Head of Aphrodite, r., within incuse square (reverse)Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia) · 465–449 BCE

Stater: Lion, crouching, l., looking behind, within frame (obverse)Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) · 600–550 BCE

Stater: Three incuse punches (reverse)Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) · 600–550 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Lion, Barley, Riverfish (reverse)Greek, minted at Leontinoi (Sicily) · 466–422 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena, r. (obverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 449–440 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles (obverse)Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great] · 336–323 BCE

Tetradrachm: Athena Promachos, advancing right holding spear and shield; helmet and eagle right (reverse)Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), reign of Ptolemy I Soter (303–282 BCE) · 310–305 BCE

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse)Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia) · 465–449 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo, laureate (obverse)Greek, minted at Leontinoi (Sicily) · 466–422 BCE

Tetradrachm: Zeus, Seated, l., Holding Staff and Eagle, Torch Left (reverse)Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great] · 336–323 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 480–449 BCE

Hecte: Incuse Square, Quartered (reverse)Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia) · 387–326 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles, r., with Lion Skin (obverse)Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), reign of Alexander III [The Great] · 336–323 BCE

Stater: Horse (reverse)Greek, Macedonian, probably minted at Pella (Macedonia), reign of Amyntas III · 389–369 BCE

Tetradrachm: Lion (reverse)Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) · c. 334–323 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse)Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) · 449–407 BCE

Stater: Lion, owl (reverse)Greek, minted at Hyele (South Italy) · c. 340–334 BC

Drachm: Club, Bow Case, Kantharos (reverse)Greek, minted at Erythrai (Ionia) · 387–300 BCE

Drachm: Head of Aphrodite within Incuse Square (reverse)Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia) · 465–449 BCE

Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo, l., laureate (obverse)Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) · c. 334–323 BCE

Hemidrachm: Chimaera (obverse)Greek, minted at Sikyon (Peloponnesos) · 400–323 BCE

Drachm: Head of Herakles (obverse)Greek, minted at Erythrai (Ionia) · 387–300 BCE