Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque (c. 700–1550): Art, History and Details
Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 700–1550, hammered gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
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Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 700–1550, hammered gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Cup at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1735, Opal glass. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto); Music and Text (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1300, Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribu

Fragment with confronted sphinxes in roundels from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1200–43, Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and

Pyramus and Thisbe at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1510, chiaroscuro woodcut. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Baptism of Christ at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1580s, oil on canvas. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Mask at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1–550 CE, stone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Seated Boy at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1914, black crayon. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Seated Female Nude (Emma Story Bellows) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: after 1910, black lithographic crayon with traces of stylus (above head). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Yvette Guilbert at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1894, black crayon. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Defeating the Centaurs at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1542, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Receiving the Garment Steeped in Nessus' Blood at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1542, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Abducting Iole at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1544, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Dragging Cerberus from the Underworld at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1545, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Conquering Troy at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1545, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1300, Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection hist

Bifolio from a Gradual: Music and Text (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1300, Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Lernean Hydra at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1545, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gades at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1545, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Killing the Giant Cacus at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1545, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Crushing Antaeus at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1545, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1548, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on his Pyre at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1548, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Jacques Luc Barbier-Valbonne at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1796, Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white gouache on beige wove paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hanging fragment with boar head at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 600s–early 700s, Wool and linen: tapestry weave. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Duck's Head from a Large Curtain at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 200s CE, tapestry weave: wool. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Samite with roundels of rosettes at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 700s-800s, samite: silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Ikat tiraz at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 900s, Cotton and gold leaf: resist-dyed warp (ikat); plain weave with inscription. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Quilted cap with star-patterned silk at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1000s, lampas: silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Fragment with jewel-like silk at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 800s, Silk: plain weave, brocaded. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Striped tiraz at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1049–50, plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Tiraz with gold, probably from a wide sleeve at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1013–1020, plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Tiraz with gold at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1094–1101, plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Fragment with tripartite band at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1000s–1100s, Silk warp and cotton weft (mulham): plain weave; gold leaf and ink. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Fragment with gold leaf lions at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1000s–1100s, Silk warp and cotton weft (mulham): plain weave; gold leaf, block printed. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Shell with Inlaid Feline at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 100 BCE–700 CE, Spondylus shell with shell, stone, and gold inlay. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Gothic Marriage Chest at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1500–1525, wood with painting and gilding. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1170–80, gilded copper, champlevé enamel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Esaias (Isaiah) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1170–80, gilded copper, champlevé enamel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Plaque with Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Heliseus (Elisha) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1170–80, gilded copper, champlevé enamel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.