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list of illustrations

Images appearing on this website are details of artworks, from the public domain, and/​or from Open Access sources.

Unidentified Navajo Artist: Chief’s blanket
Unidentified Navajo Artist. Chief’s blanket, ca. 1865. Wool, 56 × 66 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Margot Ernst, in cele­bra­tion of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019.373.5
Lorenzetti: Allegory of Good Government

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian, ca. 1290 – 1348). Allegory of Good Government, 1338. Fresco, 7.7 × 14.4m. Sala dei Nove, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena

Mihrab, from Isfahan, Iran
Mihrab (Persian, 1354 – 1355), from Isfahan, Iran. Mosaic of poly­chrome-glazed cut tiles on stonepaste body; set into mortar. H. 343.1 cm. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 39.20
Sherman: Untitled Film Still #21

Cindy Sherman (American, born 1954). Untitled Film Still #21, 1978. Gelatin silver print, 18.7 × 23.9 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1992.5147

Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II
Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II and the Goddess Hathor (Egyptian, ca. 2010 – 2000 BCE). Limestone, paint, 36 × 98 cm. Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1907. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 07.230.2
Mogao Cave 257 Dunhuang

Mogao Cave 257, 6th century. Dunhuang, Gansu province, China

Caillebotte: Paris Street; Rainy Day

Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848 – 1894). Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Oil on canvas, 212.2 × 276.2 cm. Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1964.336

Carved relief: Mahabalipuram temples, India
Carved relief, 7th – 8th century. Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram temples, India
Vermeer: Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632 – 1675). Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662. Oil on canvas, 18 × 16 in. Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 89.15.21

Women on a Bridge Tossing Fans into a River

Women on a Bridge Tossing Fans into a River. Edo period (1615 – 1868). Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper. 66 3⁄4 in. × 12 ft. 2 1⁄8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2015.300.110

Richter: Cage 1

Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932). Cage 1, 2006. Oil on canvas, 290 × 290 cm. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, New York.

Velázquez: Las Meninas

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 – 1660). Las Meninas, 1656. Oil on canvas, 318 x 276 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid

Frank: Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey

Robert Frank (American, born 1924). Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955. Gelatin silver, 21.3 × 32.4 cm. Private collec­tion, San Francisco

Pantheon, Rome
Pantheon, Rome, ca. 113 – 125 CE
Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis. Byzantine, 550 – 550 CE. Marble and glass, 151.1 × 199.7 × 2.5 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Fletcher Fund, 1998; Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Dodge Fund, and Rogers Fund, 1998.69; 1999.99
Terracotta kylix
Terracotta kylix (Greek, ca. 500 BCE). Terracotta; red-figure. H. 11.2 cm; diam. 26.9cm. Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1986. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986.322.1
Albers: Homage to the Square

Josef Albers (188‑1976). Homage to the Square, 1969. Oil on Masonite, 40.4 × 40.3 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Gifts, The Josef Albers Foundation, Inc., 91.3891

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath
Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Constantinople, 629 – 30. Silver, 49.4 × 6.6 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 17.190.396