Art, objects and design: documented collection guides from open museums.
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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Caracalla at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
The Millinery Shop at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Double-Sided Votive Relief at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 305–30 BCE, limestone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 715–656 BCE, terracotta. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Dupondius (Coin) Portraying Antonia at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Border Fragment at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Coin Portraying Emperor Tetricus I at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Double-Sided Votive Relief at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 305–30 BCE, limestone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Landscape with Saint John on Patmos at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1500s or later, oil on canvas. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Laocoön at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Rapier at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1630–50, steel; blued, gilded, and perforated blade. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 715–656 BCE, terracotta. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Cup-Hilted Rapier at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c.1610–30, steel, pierced, chased and chiseled; wire ferrules on leather-covered wood grip. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Gold-Thread Embroidered Cover at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, silk, gilt-metal, silver-metal, paper, cotton padding; satin weave, embroidery. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Zeus Amarios at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
The Family Concert at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Stéphane Mallarmé at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Mephistopheles Flying, from Faust at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Box for the tapestry scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1736–95, Hardwood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Basin Depicting a Cistern, Tower and Domed Building at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Water Ewer (He) at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Scabbard at the Cleveland Museum of Art: before 1916, Wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Komos (Revel) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 500 BCE, ceramic. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 715–656 BCE, terracotta. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Bowl at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1200s, fritware with luster-painted design. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
A Resting Herd at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 715–656 BCE, terracotta. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Woman at Her Toilette at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Mirror with Images of Daoist Deities at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Adoration of the Shepherds at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1510, oil on wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Meta-Discourse on the Teachings from the Treasury (Abidharmakosha-Bhashya) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1100s, handscroll; gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Pillow Sword at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1650, steel, pierced; leather and wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Vries, Frederik de (died 1613) son of the painter Dirck de Vries, pupil of Goltzius, with Goltzius's dog at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Eagles at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1368–1644, Ink and color on silk panel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher) at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1500s, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Door (right) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1400s, gilded and painted wood (pine). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.