Meanwhile

Same years, different worlds

This is the beauty the collection exists to show: at any moment on the line, civilisations were making utterly different things at once. Read down for time, across for worlds.

One momentc. 20204 worlds, within a lifetime of each other
The Abduction of Sabines
Europe The Abduction of Sabines 1962 · National Gallery Prague
Marmi (gold ring)
Islamic world Marmi (gold ring) 1950–1973 CE · National Museum of Qatar
Men at Work
South Asia Men at Work 1979 · National Museum of the Philippines
Tree of Life
Africa Tree of Life 2004 · British Museum
Egypt & Nubia
The Ancient Near East
The Greek World
Rome
Europe
The Islamic World
East Asia & Tibet
South & Southeast Asia
Africa beyond the Nile
The Americas & Oceania
I4500–800 BCEThe First Makers
Egypt & Nubia · 26
Statue of the Scribe Mitri
False Door of the Mastaba of Izi
Exterior Coffin of Mesehti
Model of Funerary Boat of Ukhhotep
Mummy Mask of Mesehti
Statuette of a Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus ("William")
Statue of Amenemhat III
Colossal Statue of Ramesses II
Golden Throne
Guardian Statue with Khat Headdress
Guardian Statue with Nemes Headcloth
Model of Tutankhamun on a Funerary Bed
Obelisk of King Ramesses II
Pyramidion of an Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut
Royal Diadem
Statue of God Ptah, King Ramesses II & Goddess Sekhmet
Statue of Queen Hatshepsut
The Golden Burial Mask of Tutankhamun
Book of the Dead of Bakai
Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Head of a sphinx (pharaoh Amenhotep II)
Mourning Statue of Isis or Nephthys
Bust of Ramesses the Great
Mumienbrett und Innerer Sarg des Nes-pauti-taui
Anthropoid Coffin of an Amun-priestess
Near East · 36
Idol (pebble)
Neolithic Arrowhead
Goddess Figurine
White Cup
The Earliest Musical Instrument in Oman
Ubaid Clay Pot
Leather shoe from Areni-1 (world's oldest shoe)
Brick Bearing the Handprint of its Original Builder
Ninevite Clay Vase
Karas vessel from Shengavit
Ritual bowl from Shengavit
Bull's Head with Inlaid Eyes
Ceremonial bronze axe from Sachkhere
Gold lion figurine from Tsnori
Statuette of a Praying Figure
Necklace from the Karashamb tomb
Jewelled gold goblet from Trialeti (Kurgan XVII)
Fenestrated Axe
Pectoral of King Ip Shemou Abi
Statuette, gilded bronze
Clay Tablet with Case (Apil-Sin Period)
Statuette of a lion
Bronze standard from Brili
Dagger with a sheath from Lchashen
Sculptural group with a chariot from Lori Berd
Protoma in the Shape of a Bull's Head
Statuette of a goat
Statuette of a woman-idol from Metsamor
Sarcophagus of King Ahiram
Bird Plaque
Cuniform Tablet with Seal
Cuniform-Inscribed Slab
Mittanian Vessel
Neo-Assyrian Cuniform Tablet
Miniature sculpture of a chariot
Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)
Greek world · 9
The Karditsa "Thinker"
Cycladic Female Figure of Amorgos
Cycladic Harp Player
Boxers Fresco
Mask of Agamemnon
Spring Fresco
The Vapheio Cups
Linear B "Tripod Tablet"
Warrior Krater
Europe · 40
Neanderthal flute
Flint points and microliths from Pushkari
Female figurines carved from mammoth ivory
Ornamented bracelet of mammoth ivory from Mizyn
Lyngby-Type Reindeer-Antler Axe — oldest antler artefact in the East Baltic
Elk’s Head of Huittinen
Necklace of Animal-Tooth Pendants from the Donkalnis Shaman’s Grave
Wooden elk head sculpture
The Red-Haired Goddess (Crvenokosa)
Zoomorphic ceramic altar from Gradac (Vučedol)
Neolithic ceramic altar from the Ginova Tell
Ornamented stone vessel of the Surska culture
Composite sickles from Provadia-Solnitsata
Animal head dagger from Pyhäjoki
Clay anthropomorphic figure from Galabets, Pomorie
Ceramic house model from Tell Kodzhadermen
Gold anthropomorphic figurine from Kosharitsa
Binocular-shaped vessel from Khvoika’s excavations
Cucuteni Cult Altar from Trușești
Anthropomorphic figurines of the 4th millennium BCE
Model of a temple with polychrome painting
Wooden god
Neolithic Post Sculpture with a Carved Human Head
Amber Disc Amulet — the oldest sun symbol
Ritual Staff Topped with a Young Elk’s Head
Vučedol Dove (bird-shaped vessel from Vučedol)
Vučedol terrine with astral decoration
Idol from the Ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana Marshes)
Depas Amphikipellon (Trojan-type cups) from Mihalich
Silver floral earring from the Shumen region
Oak Dugout Canoe (Luotas) from Šventoji
The Norūnai Hoard — flint and stone battle-axes
Early Bronze Age silver hoard from the Petrich region
Disk-calendar of the Middle Dnipro culture
Dalj Idol (anthropomorphic figurine)
Bronze axes from Tapaninkylä
Hoard of bronze objects of the Stanivska culture
Two appliqués
Prehistoric Gold Vessel from Biia
Dugout canoe from the Ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana Marshes)
East Asia · 20
Eagle-shaped Pottery Ding
Painted Pottery Basin with Fish and Human Face Design
Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Stone Axe Design
Jade Dragon
Bronze Sword with Argali-Head Pommel
Tripod ewer
Jade Cong Tube
Jade Gui Tablet
“Fu Hao” Owl-shaped Bronze Zun (wine vessel)
Houmuwu square cauldron (ding)
“Guo Ji Zi Bai” Bronze Pan (water container)
“Yu” Bronze Ding (Da Yu ding)
Duoyou Bronze Ding
Five-year Wei Bronze Ding
Yu Bronze Ding
Da Ke Ding (large bronze cauldron of Ke)
Chime Bells of Marquis Su of Jin (Jin Hou Su Zhong)
Ding Cauldron of Duke Mao
Pan Water Vessel of San
Zhong Chime Bell of Zong Zhou
South Asia · 11
Seal showing unicorn with 8 pictograms
Bull
Dancing Girl
Pasupati Seal
Seal showing man between two tigers
Toy Cart
Harappan Jar
Đào Thịnh Bronze Jar (Thạp)
Hoàng Hạ Bronze Drum
Ngọc Lũ Bronze Drum
Việt Khê Boat-shaped Coffin
Americas & Oceania · 6
Pacopampa stone feline sculpture (Felino Pacopampa)
Pacopampa stone stela of a supernatural woman (Estela Pacopampa)
Paracas embroidered funerary mantle (Manto Paracas)
Mask of Duality (Tlatilco)
The Acrobat of Tlatilco
Lapita Pottery
II800 BCE – 500 CEThe Classical World
Egypt & Nubia · 11
Egyptian mummy
Statuette of a Falcon
Zagreb Mummy
Mummy of the priest Nesmin (the Belgrade Mummy)
Ba-bird
Golden Necklace (Dendera Treasure Hoards)
Mummified Child in Gilded Cartonnage
Egyptian funerary mask
Rosetta Stone
Sarcophagus and Cartonnage of the Priest Hor-Djehuti and the Mummy of an Unknown Woman
The Temple of Dendur
Near East · 23
Bronze statuette of a woman on horseback from Mukhurcha
Statuette of the god Teisheba
Shield of King Rusa I
Ishtar Gate
Walking Lion from the Processional Way of Babylon
Bull-headed rhyton
Gold pectoral from Armavir
Gold bracelets with ram-head terminals from Vani
Gold necklace from Vani
Necklace with a Gorgon's Head
Statuette of a Child with a Phoenician Inscription
Vase of the Goddess Tanit
Gold pectoral and fibula from Vani
Gold phiale from Vani
Gold diadem with temple pendants from Vani
Gold earrings from the Akhalgori hoard
Gold temple pendants from the Akhalgori hoard
Bronze statuette of a satyr from Vani
Trilith (tripartite stone monument)
Plate
Gold necklace with medallion and scent-flask from Mtskheta
Agate amphoriskoi and dish from Mtskheta
Silver pinax from Armaziskhevi (Mtskheta)
Greek world · 31
Kouros of Sounion
Marble statue of a kouros (youth)
Sophilos Vase
Marble torso of a kouros
Kore of Phrasikleia
Greek-Illyrian helmet from Beli (Cres)
Kouros of Anavyssos
Figural kantharos from Olbia
Anthropoid Sarcophagus (Ford Collection)
Panathenaic Amphora
Bronze Statue of Zeus or Poseidon (Artemision Bronze)
The Grimani jug
The Parthenon Sculptures
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Fish dish from Nymphaion
Tribune of Eshmun
Vessel with Scythians
Statue of Venus
Lumbarda Psephisma
Cameo: Portraits of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II (The Gonzaga Cameo)
Statue of a Girl ("The Budapest Dancer")
Winged Victory of Samothrace
The Pergamon Altar
Mosaic with Alexandrine Parakeet
The Antikythera Mechanism
Jockey of Artemision
Medici Venus
Aphrodite, Pan and Eros
Bowl (funerary, Umm al-Ma‘a)
Tetradrachm of Tigranes the Great
Varvakeion Athena
Rome · 41
Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis (Zagreb Linen Book)
Boundary stone
Marble portrait of a woman (Empress Livia?) from Salona
Silver vessel hoard from Jabucje
Marble Pillar with Dionysian Reliefs
Statue of Livilla
Bronze bust of Pallas Athena from Svilengrad
Torso of a Roman emperor from Issa (Vis)
Wrestlers
Roman bronze oil lamp from Phong Tuk
Gemma Augustea
Imperial stone inscription
Sword with scabbard, Umm al-Ma‘a
Bronze portrait of Emperor Trajan's father
Parade helmet-mask from Kostol
The Market Gate of Miletus
Emona citizen
Crouching Venus
Painted Tomb from Tyre
Sarcophagus with the Legend of Achilleus
Bronze head of Mithras from Siscia
Terracotta toy (horse and cart) from Suhindol
The Piranesi Vase
Orpheus Mosaic
Statue of a Resting Satyr (Roman copy after Praxiteles)
Aphrodite (Venus of Taurida)
Statue of Fortuna from Oescus
Limestone sarcophagus from Ratiaria
Marble portrait of a woman (Crispina?) from Siscia
Portrait of a young woman, the “Solinjanka” (Plautilla?)
Bronze statuette of Hercules from Tamnic (Hercules Epitrapezios)
Remains of a Roman organ (pipes from Golubac)
Sarcophagus of Bellerophon
The Abduction of Europe (mosaic)
Roman pectoral from Ritopek
Water-Distribution Table of Lamasba
Ivory dolls
Sarcophagus of the Seven Miracles of Christ
The Jonah Sarcophagus
The Biertan Donarium
Dowry Deed of a Married Woman (Albertini Tablet)
Europe · 24
Askos with bull-shaped handle from Kaptol
Ceramic tripod from Kaptol
Gold jewellery of the Stična princess
Vače Situla
Sword from Pereshchepyne
Bronze amphora with strainer from Ruets
Gold signet ring from the Svetitsa Tumulus
Necklaces from the Melitopol kurgan
Silver-gilt rhyton from Rozovets
Bronze finial with a figure of Papaeus
Getic Gold Helmet from Coțofenești
Thraco-Getic Silver Rhyton from Poroina Mare
Silver calyx-cup from Varbitsa
The Ciumești Helmet (Celtic, with bird-of-prey crest)
Silver braided torc
Loughnashade Horn
The Broighter Collar
Dacian Gold Spiral Bracelets from Sarmizegetusa Regia
The Jealousy Mosaic
The Pietroasa Treasure („Cloșca cu puii de aur”)
Capital of a memorial column from Dvin
Stela from Harichavank
Princely Tombs of Apahida (Gepid)
Byzantine Jewellery Treasure
East Asia · 16
Bronze Pan (basin) of Zi Zhong Jiang
“King Fuchai of Wu” Bronze Sword
Ox-shaped Zun (bronze wine warmer)
Bronze He (pouring vessel) of King Fuchai of Wu
Shang Yang Fangsheng (Shang Yang square measure)
Xiongnu Embroidered Felt Rug from Noyon Uul
Gilt-and-silvered Bronze Bamboo-section Incense Burner
Bronze Rhino-shaped Zun (wine vessel) Inlaid with Gold and Silver Cloud Designs
Empress's Seal Jade Seal
Painted Bronze Lamp in the shape of Goose Carrying Fish
Bronze Bell ("Dōtaku")
Dotaku (Bronze Bell) with Flowing-Water Pattern
White Jade Belt Buckle (Xianbeitou) with Dragon Design
Gold Crown from Geumnyeongchong Tomb
Gold Crown from Seobongchong Tomb
Iron Sword with a Silver Inlay Inscription
South Asia · 8
Bronze drum (mahoratuek)
Lạch Trường Bronze Lamp (Kneeling-Man Lamp)
Head of Nyorai (Tathagata)
Seated Kubera
Emaciated Buddha head and torso
Võ Cạnh Stele
Ekamukha Sivalinga
Standing Vishnu
Africa · 2
Coin of King Massinissa
Coin of King Juba II
Americas & Oceania · 22
Ceremonial textile from the Río Loa
Huehuetéotl, the Old Fire God (Cuicuilco)
Whistling bottle: feline and mouse (Vicús)
Female-form flask from Malagana (Alcarraza con forma femenina)
Moche 14-karat gold headdress frontal ornament with dragons (Adorno Frontal de Oro Mochica)
Moche 18-karat gold headdress frontal ornament with feline head (Adorno Frontal de Oro Mochica)
Moche flaring vase of the mythical journeys of Ai Apaec (Viajes de Ai Apaec)
Moche gold headdress frontal ornament with fanged human head (Adorno Frontal de Oro Mochica)
Moche portrait vessel of a priest (Huaco Retrato Sacerdote Mochica)
Moche Sacrifice Ceremony bottle (Ceremonia del Sacrificio Mochica)
Moche sculptural vessel of a reclining woman (Mujer Receptora Mochica)
Moche sculptural vessel of an ancestor (Ancestro Mochica)
Moche stirrup-spout bottle of Ai Apaec, Lord of the Underworld (Ai Apaec Mundo de Abajo)
Moche stirrup-spout bottle of the hero Ai Apaec (Ai Apaec - Botella Mochica)
Nasca ceramic drum (Tambor Nasca)
Huehuetéotl Brazier (Teotihuacan)
Effigy of a Tlalchichi dog (Colima)
Carved stone monolith (Monolito Bagaces)
Anthropomorphic stone face (Alamito culture)
Olla-challa (cooking pot), Pitrén culture
Muisca cup with serpent figures (Copa Muisca con representaciones de serpientes)
Muisca diadem with three bird figures (Diadema o corona muisca)
III500–1300Faith and Empire
Egypt & Nubia · 2
Wall Painting: St Anne
Wall Painting: Bishop Petros under the Protection of St Peter the Apostle
Europe · 45
Prestige of the Germanic world – Jewellery and ornaments
Wooden traps
Snake buckle
Sword from Pappilanmäki, Eura
Bronze statuette of a warrior
The Sutton Hoo Helmet
The 'Tara' Brooch
Derrynaflan Silver Paten
The Ardagh Chalice
The Bell of St Patrick and its Shrine
The Faddan More Psalter
Altar-screen beam with the +SVMME inscription from Lobor
Derrynaflan Chalice
Brooch from Laitila
Ceramic icon of St. Theodore from Patleina
Altar-screen beam with the inscription of Duke Branimir
Ceramic tablet with Cyrillic inscription from Veliki Preslav
Plinth brick with the image of a trident
Bead necklace
Brooch for tunics
Hnefi, chess piece
Relief of the Hodegetria
Tombstone of the ichirgou-boyla Mostich
Hammer of Þór (Thor)
Cross pendant from Taskula
Þór (Thor)
Lead seal of Prince Yaroslav the Wise
The Dinogetia Engolpion (Gold Reliquary Cross)
Grave number 56 from Luistari, Eura
Bishop's crosier
The Lismore Crozier
Treasure of Halikko
Ufsakristur, figure of Christ
Aquamanile
Blacksmith's tongs
Cross of Cong
Baldishol tapestry
Lewis Chessmen
Romanesque relief head from Rudina
The Valþjófsstaðir door
The Miroslav Gospel (Miroslavljevo jevandjelje)
Spindle whorl
Leaf from a vellum manuscript
Cross of Dom Sancho I
The Mocking of Christ
Islamic world · 12
The Sinaw Hoard
Mshatta Facade
Cusped bowl
Bronze Oil Lamp
Earthenware jar with three handles, Murwab
Glazed Ceramic Jar
Rosewater Sprinkler
Minbar of the Great Mosque of Algiers
Glazed Sgraffito Bowls
Mihrab from the Beyhekim Mosque, Konya
Mihrab from Kashan
Mamluk Jewellery
East Asia · 74
Male Haniwa Figurine
Pensive Bodhisattva
Pensive Bodhisattva
Gold Crown (Altan Titem)
Gold Ewer (Altan Dombo)
Silver Deer (Möngön Buga)
Tomb Sculpture ("Haniwa"): Warrior in "Keikō" Armor
Stele depicting Buddha, Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya
Standing statue of Buddha from Qingzhou
Changsha bowl with underglaze iron-brown and copper-green decoration
Envoys Mural
Gilt Beast-head Agate Rhyton
Gilt Silver Flask with Dancing Horse Holding a Cup
Gilt Silver Lidded Jar with Parrot Design
Gold Bowls with Mandarin Duck and Lotus-petal Designs (Pair)
Green Décor Hu Ewer with snake-shaped long handle and dragon head lid
Guardião chinês (Chinese Guardian)
Hunting Procession Mural
Palace Ladies Mural
Polo Players Mural
Sancai-glazed Camel with Musicians
Shangyu Tie (letter in cursive script), handscroll
Tang Watchtower Murals (Pair)
Plaque with Buddhas and attendants
Gilt-bronze Standing Bhaisajyaguru Buddha
"Sutra on the Wise and Foolish" (Called "Ōjōmu")
Stone Standing Amitabha Buddha from Gamsansa Temple Site
Ku Sun Tie (Bitter Bamboo-shoots), handscroll
Gao Yi Tu (Noble Recluses), handscroll
Changsha Ovoid Jar with four indentations and two vertical lugs (green-glazed)
Four-lobed dish with floral design
Celadon Ewer
Celadon Ewer with Phoenix-shaped Handle and Inverted Filling
Bronze Kundika with Silver Inlaid Landscape Design
Celadon Incense Burner with Girin Decoration
Celadon Lidded Prunus Vase with Incised Peony and Inlaid Wrapping Cloth Design
Celadon Lidded Prunus Vase with Inlaid Cloud and Crane Design
Lion of Sohar
Qingbai bowl
Lotus-shaped Warming Bowl in Ru Celadon
Narcissus Basin with Bluish-green Ru Glaze
Recumbent Child Pillow in White Glaze
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
Landscape with Figures (Senzui byōbu)
Shaka (Sakyamuni) Rising from the Gold Coffin
Kokin Wakashu Anthology(Surviving Portion of Vol. XII)
Antler-Reinforced Composite Bow
Pair of Iron Stirrups
Seated Amida (Amitabha) in Meditation
Early Spring
The Cold Food Observance
Transcription of Key Passages of the Surangama Sutra, handscroll
Celadon Fish Dragon-Shaped Ewer
Tenmoku-Type Teabowl with Tortoiseshell Effect and Phoenix Design
Yamai no Soshi (Diseases and Deformities)
Kokin Wakashu Poetry Anthology, Gen'ei Version
Scroll of Hungry Ghosts
The Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva Kannon
Whispering Pines in Myriad Valleys
Kesi Tapestry: Ducks in a Lotus Pond
Ge Ware Celadon Five-footed Washer
Tales of Hungry Ghosts (Gaki zōshi)
Wakan Roeishu Anthology
Red and White Cotton Rosemallow
Portraits of Court Nobles
Yuima-koji
Cast-Iron Cart-Hub (Tsön) from Kharkhorum
“The Emperor Escapes to Rokuhara” from "The Illustrated Tale of Heiji"
The Buddha Descending from the Mountain
Cup
Seated Guanyin riding qilin with acolytes
Maitreya (the Future Buddha)
South Asia · 36
Visnu
Standing Buddha
Oval Vessel
Terracotta brick inscribed with the Ye Dhamma verse
Four-armed Vishnu image
Dharmachakra (Wheel of the Law)
Devi
Statue of the Goddess Durga
First-Sermon Buddha (Luang Pho Sila Khao)
Standing Buddha (Sailendra Style)
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Padmapani), upper torso
Elephant Vessel
Four-armed Ganesha from Candi Singhasari
Six-armed Bodhisattva Cunda
Laguna Copperplate Inscription
Nataraja
Standing Buddha
Mother and Child
Manjusri Sikhadara
Muteran Treasure Hoard
Sri Canasa Inscription
Lintel
Standing Parvati
Crowned Buddha in dharmachakra
Reclining Visnu
Standing Adorned Buddha
Jar
Vessel for prahok
Kendi (ewer) in the form of Ganesha
Buddhist Triad
Jayavarman VII
Standing Surya
Vân Bản Bell
Garudhamukha Lancana (Garuda Statue)
Celengan (Terracotta Money Box)
Ramkhamhaeng Inscription (Inscription No. 1)
Africa · 3
Great Zimbabwe
Gede Ruins
The Zimbabwe Birds
Americas & Oceania · 25
Zapotec Funerary Urn (Goddess 2J)
Maya Cylindrical Vase
Stela of Quetzalcóatl (Xochicalco)
Wooden snuff tablet with kneeling figure
Four-pointed hat (gorro de cuatro puntas), Tiwanaku
Calima anthropomorphic vessel ('gritón') (Vasija antropomorfa Calima)
Stela 6 of Aguateca (ruler Tan Te' K'inich), Maya
Wari funerary bundle with gold mask (Fardo Huari)
Male human figure (Manta culture)
Pre-Columbian musical instruments of the Diquís (ocarinas)
Coyote Warrior (Guerrero Coyote)
Wall tapestry with pelicans and fish (Chimú)
El árbol de la Vida (Tree of Life), Chancay culture
Huastec Effigy Vessel
Hoa Hakananai'a
Pyro-engraved gourd bowl
Seated figure of a sukíe (shaman-healer), Costa Rica
West Mexican Effigy Pipe
Perforated moa egg
Ehécatl, God of Wind
Mask of Chalchiuhtlicue
Stone Box of Motecuhzoma II
Xipe Tótec
Xiuhtecuhtli, God of Fire
Xochipilli
IV1300–1500Toward the Renaissance
Europe · 53
Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels and saints (Ognissanti Maestà)
Drinking horn
Hunting-scene bas-relief from Spitakavor church
The Ohrid Double Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria and the Annunciation
Annunciation with St. Maxima and St. Ansanus
Beautiful Madonna from Wrocław
Grudziądz Polyptych
Anjou Legendarium
Sword from the Ljubljanica
Altar frontal from Draflastaðir
The “Flag of Stephen the Great” (St George Embroidery)
Elf pot
The Annunciation
Turin–Milan Hours
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
The Annunciation
Kalanti altarpiece
Cardinal Niccolò Albergati
Pietà
Saint Barbara
São Jerônimo penitente no deserto (St Jerome Penitent in the Desert)
Hours of Étienne Chevalier
Holy Mary
The Death of the Virgin
St. Augustine
Man of Sorrows (Vir Dolorum)
St. Vincent Panels
Ceremonial Armchair (said to be of King Afonso V)
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Danse Macabre
Imperial Doors from a church in Ohrid (Carske dveri)
The Duke and Duchess of Urbino Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza
The Dead Christ supported by an Angel
Madonna and the Child (The Benois Madonna)
Annunciation Polyptych with the Unicorn
Spring
Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to Giovanna degli Albizzi
Adoration of the Magi (San Donato in Scopeto)
Birth of Venus
The Portuguese Chapel, Malindi
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and an Angel
The Madonna and Child (The Litta Madonna)
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer
Calvary with a Donor
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
Sodre Astrolabe
Vasco da Gama Pillar (Padrão)
Ressurreição de Cristo (The Resurrection of Christ)
Islamic world · 5
Alhambra Dome
Marinid Alms Measure (Mudd) of Abu al-Hasan
Decorated glazed dish
Lārīn (Ṭawīla) coin
Dragon and Phoenix Carpet
East Asia · 13
Saddharmapundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra) in Silver on Oak Paper, Volumes 5 and 6
"The Eccentrics Hanshan and Shide" (From a Scroll of Zen Paintings)
Blade for a Long Sword ("Tachi"), Named “Koryū Kagemitsu”
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (Master Wuyong Scroll)
Ten-story Stone Pagoda from Gyeongcheonsa Temple Site
Gold ewer with dragon and phoenix design
Huanghuali Round-backed Folding Chair
Kaibu no Mo(Women's Formal Pantaloon-Skirt with Seashore Motif)
Inkstone Box with Poetry-Inspired Seashore Design in Maki'e and Silver Inlay
Domaru Armor Laced with Black Leather Thongs and Purple Red and White Cords
White Porcelain Jar with Cloud and Dragon Design in Underglaze Iron
Iron-Plated Leather Boots (Yaltsan Gutal)
Chicken Cup in Doucai Painted Enamels
South Asia · 11
Panji Relief
Kalpawreksa Relief
Bronze Shiva (Sukhothai)
Nakhon Chum Inscription (Inscription No. 3)
Môn Hạ Sảnh Seal (Sảnh Môn Hạ Bronze Seal)
Gaja-Lakshmi
Phra Buddha Sihing
Adorned Buddha
Standing Lokesvara
Blue-and-White Vase with Swan Design
Phra Hai Sok (Lanna Buddha)
Africa · 1
The Ife Head
Americas & Oceania · 6
Chimú bimetallic ceremonial bowl (Cuenco Bimetálico Chimú)
Chimú gold crown (Corona de Oro Chimú)
Chimú gold pectoral (Pectoral de Oro Chimú)
Aztec Double-Headed Serpent
Quipu (knotted-cord recording device), Inka
Miniature gold llama figurine (Inka)
V1500–1600The Renaissance
Europe · 82
As tentações de santo Antão (The Temptations of St Anthony)
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
Temptations of St. Anthony
Portrait of a Young Man
Mounted Warrior
Carved cup
Popinjay
St. Leonard
Two-Headed Fountain
Portrait of a Young Man (The "Broccardo" Portrait)
Judith
Madonna and Child (The Conestabile Madonna)
Holy Family, known as the “Doni Tondo”
The Madonna of the Meadow
Belém Monstrance
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (The Esterházy Madonna)
The Crucifixion
Reliquary
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
The Holy Kinship
The Cardinal
Saint John the Baptist
Hell
Triptych with the Legend of St Stanislaus the Bishop
Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini
Abduction on a Unicorn
Passion Altarpiece (Altarpiece of Antonius) Right and Left Wing
Book of Hours, said to be of King Dom Manuel I
Emperor Maximilian I
St. Jerome
The Dead Christ in the Tomb
Supper at Emmaus
Martin Luther, theologian, reformer
The Judgement of Paris
Chain mail of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (Cota de malla de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada)
The Crouching Boy
Portrait of a Young Man
Suit of armour by Valentin Siebenbürger
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)
Melancholy
Jane Seymour
Betrothal portrait of Anne of Cleves
Saliera
Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni
The Washing of the Feet
Hercules' Fight with the Centaurs
Venus, Cupid and Jealousy
Christ among the Doctors in the Temple
Icon of St Simeon and St Sava
Isabella de' Medici
Danae
The Adoration of the Magi
Autobiography of Sigismund (Žiga) Herberstein
Danaë and the Shower of Gold
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Summer
The Tower of Babel
Hunters in the Snow (Winter)
Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap
The Census at Bethlehem
The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist
Peasant Wedding
The Expulsion of Money-lenders from the Temple
The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest
Guðbrandur's Bible
Automaton in the Form of a Ship
The Fall of the Titans
The Massacre of the Innocents
Fort Jesus
The Fortune Teller
Hendrick Goltzius (?), Fortuna
Apostle (book), Vilnius, after 1595
Lute-Player
Anunciação (The Annunciation)
Bacchus
Cana drinking horn
Islamic world · 4
Votive Fresco of Neagoe Basarab and His Family
Manuscript Page from the Golestan of Sa’di
Hasan’s cloak
Tile Panel, Alfiz
East Asia · 6
Painting of a Dog and Puppies
View of Ama-no-hashidate
Pine Forest
Pot
Cypress Trees
Tachi Sword
South Asia · 3
Tep Pranam
Padrão of Sunda Kalapa
Debus Implements
Africa · 3
Salt Cellar
Thimlich Ohinga
Haikata Arabic Well (Kisima cha Asili cha Haikataa)
Americas & Oceania · 1
Mere pounamu (greenstone striking weapon) "Amokura"
VI1600–1700The Baroque Age
Europe · 67
The Annunciation
Jesús en el Huerto de los Olivos
Death of the Virgin
Hetman’s mace (bulava)
Breverl
Mask from Stóra-Borg
Alegoría de la Fortuna y la Virtud
Decorative Ewer with Seychelles Nut
Still Life with Game, Vegetables and Fruit
Astrolabe attributed to Samuel de Champlain
Megiser’s multilingual dictionary
Trotting Horse
Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
The Elevation of the Cross
Lidded Ewer
Calendar (rímtal)
The Judgement of Solomon
Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)
Tavern Scene
Saint Dominic and Saint Francis Protecting the World from the Wrath of Christ
The Satyr and the Peasant
Concert of Birds
Retrato do conde-duque de Olivares (Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares)
David with the Head of Goliath before Saul
Supper at Emmaus
Boy Playing the Flute
Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son
The Apotheosis of St. Thomas of Aquino
The Martyrdom of Saint Livinus
St. Catherine of Alexandria
Marten and Oopjen
Retrato de mujer joven
A Lamb
Danaë
Saturn devouring a Son
Didactic Gospels, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, 1637
Self-Portrait
Jacob's Dream
Portrait of Nicolaes van Bambeeck
The Night Watch
A Girl with a Rooster
Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)
The Threatened Swan
The Kitchen Maid
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Bathsheba with King David's Letter
The Spinners, or the Fable of Arachne
Las Meninas
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Infanta Margarita in a Blue Dress
Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon
The Milkmaid
The Astronomer
The Foundation of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The Patrician's Dream
Isaac and Rebecca, Known as 'The Jewish Bride'
The Art of Painting
Return of the Prodigal Son
The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
Pronk Still Life
Pochette (pocket violin)
Universal of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, 1690
Model of the William Rex
Islamic world · 1
Aleppo Room
East Asia · 8
Water Fowl in the Lotus Pond
Cooling Off
Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version)
Writing Box, Pontoon bridge design in "maki-e" lacquer
Okuni Kabuki Screen
Namban Folding Screens
Jadeite Cabbage
Meat-shaped Stone
South Asia · 3
Niello silver bowl with Himavanta animals
Tứ Kỳ Pagoda Stone Incense Pillar (Cây hương chùa Tứ Kỳ)
Nam Giao Temple Stele
Africa · 1
Dhlodhlo / Danan'mombe National Monument
VII1700–1800The Age of Reason
Europe · 24
Grand Piano
Holy Communion
Table Centrepiece
Kostanjevica goblet
Figurines of Chinese
The Peacock Clock
The Lady with the Veil. The Artist's Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust
The Lock
Carpet from the burial of Hetman Danylo Apostol
View of Warsaw from the Terrace of the Royal Castle
Venus in Her Chariot
The Wounded Philoctetes
Amor and Psyche
Self-portrait
The Death of Marat
The Waterfall Sarpsfossen
The Naked Maja
The Ryberg Family
Emperor’s throne
Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo ante los muros de Sevilla
Retrato do cardeal don Luis Maria de Borbon y Vallabriga (Portrait of Cardinal Don Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga)
Islamic world · 4
Glass bracelets, Al Huailah
Pearl diver's weight
Damascus Room
Qur'an Endowed by Abdi Pasha
East Asia · 11
Portrait of Shin Im
White Porcelain Jar with Grapevine and Monkey Pattern
Samurai armour
Writing Box with the Eight-Plank Bridge, Lacquered wood with "maki-e", lead, and mother-of-pearl
Famille-rose Vase with Bats and Peaches
A Hundred Steeds
Revolving Vase with Swimming Goldfish
Fragments from 'Nanking Cargo'
Cocks and Hens
South Asia · 13
Multi-armed Quan Am (Avalokiteshvara)
Silver Bowl with Design in Relief, Depicting the Tale of a Golden Deer
Gold Seal 'Đại Việt Quốc Nguyễn Chúa Vĩnh Trấn Chi Bảo'
Covered bencharong jar with na-khop and garuda-clutching-naga design
Khon mask head of Hanuman
Phutthan throne of the Front Palace
Reclining Buddha in ivory
Rock-crystal Buddha image
Sandalwood Buddha (Phra Kaen Chan)
Seven-headed naga sculpture
Ivory carving of Durga slaying Mahishasura
Busabok Kroen throne
Great Victory Chariot (Phra Maha Phichai Ratcharot)
Africa · 1
The Akan Drum
Americas & Oceania · 6
Virgin of the Apocalypse with angels (Virgen del Apocalipsis y ángeles)
Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Virgen del Rosario de Chiquinquirá)
Hei tiki (pendant in human form)
Cook's Hawaiian feathered cape
Card table used by Francisco de Paula Santander (Mesa de tresillo de Santander)
HMS Bounty Relics
VIII1800–1900The Restless Century
Europe · 82
Classical Composition: Bacchanal
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne
The Water Carrier ("La Aguadora")
The Three Graces
The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or "The Executions"
Girardoni-system repeating air rifle
Saturn
Decorative vase “Riton” (Kyiv-Mezhyhiria faience)
Singer Gertrud Elisabeth Mara
Shark harpoon
Cristo abençoador (Christ Blessing)
Morning View of Østerbro
Egoist tea set (Volokytyne porcelain)
View from Stalheim
The Beautiful Rosine
The Cellist (Self-portrait)
Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord
Ploughing in the Nivernais
Janez Avguštin Puhar, Self-portrait
Bridal trinket crown
At a Window in the Artist's Studio
Hunger, Madness and Crime
Drawing by Sölvi Helgason (Sólon Íslandus)
Festive costume (skautbúningur)
La Nymphe surprise (La ninfa sorprendida)
Life in the Baðstofa
Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl
Mother Anthony's Tavern
Peace and War (copy after Rubens)
A amazona - Retrato de Marie Lefébure (The Horsewoman - Portrait of Marie Lefébure)
Insurgent Patrol (Insurgent Picket)
The Battle of Grunwald
The Faithful Guardian
Island of the Dead
A condessa Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec (The Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec)
The Adornment of the Bride by Paja Jovanovic (Kicenje neveste)
Rosa e azul - As meninas Cahen d'Anvers (Pink and Blue - The Cahen d'Anvers Girls)
Dusk
Blue Interior
Scandalized Masks
Bringing Home the Body of King Karl XII of Sweden
The Burghers of Calais
Castles in the Air
The Sick Child
Albertine to See the Police Surgeon
Étretat in the Rain
Self-Portrait
Le Moulin de la Galette
Diligent Hands by Uros Predic (Vredne rucice)
Fritillaries in a Copper Vase
Self-Portrait
Portrait of the Painter Oda Krohg, b. Lasson
Madame Cézanne em vermelho (Madame Cézanne in Red)
Landscape from Brittany
Self-Portrait
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Passeio ao crepúsculo (Evening Promenade)
A canoa sobre o Epte (The Canoe on the Epte)
Marguerite Gachet at the Piano
Pontus
Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski
The Hammerman
Le Lit
A Funeral
Vahine no te miti (Femme a la mer)
Taras Shevchenko, “Kobzar” (1893 Lviv edition)
The Scream
Woman Holding a Fruit; Where Are You Going? (Eu haere ia oe)
Play and Dance
The Caresses
The Christian Dirce
“Varpas”, no. 6 (1898) — first printing of the Lithuanian national anthem
Deux danseuses jaunes et roses (Amarillo y rosa)
Portrait of Ida, the Artist's Wife
Capsheaves
Boys Bathing at Skagen. Summer Evening
The Attack
Urn with the heart of Brother Gabriel Giraud
Islamic world · 7
Oryx Figurine
Basket (Shelbadan)
Milk churn (Isga)
Plate (Suhfa)
Ottoman Gold Dinar Struck at Algiers
1885 Photograph Album of Oman, Iraq and India
A Poem on the Anatomy of the Eye (Qasida fi Tashrih al-Ayn)
East Asia · 5
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Dusk Scene
Portrait of Takami Senseki
Embroidered Satin Vest (Khantaaz)
Gilt-Bronze Yamantaka (Yamandag)
South Asia · 6
Cảnh Thịnh Bronze Drum
Kinnari Box
Pedestal
Ragamala
Jade Seal 'Đại Nam Thụ Thiên Vĩnh Mệnh Truyền Quốc Tỷ'
Spoliarium
Africa · 5
Flissa Sabre
Kabyle Fibula (Ibzim / Tabzimt)
Woven Haik (Woman's Wrap)
Old Bulawayo
Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Americas & Oceania · 25
Waka 'Teremoe' (canoe hull)
Australia's first bank note
Simón Bolívar
Model canoe made by the Odawa chief Assiginak
Rafael Pombo as a child (Rafael Pombo)
Te Hau ki Tūranga
Te Tākinga pātaka (carved storehouse)
Haida House Pole
Kahu huruhuru (feather cloak) of Mākereti Papakura
Kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak)
Retrato de Manuelita Rosas
Skull attributed to the criminal 'Doctor Russi' (Cráneo del 'Doctor Russi')
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Moema
Reverend Thomas Baker Relics
Maori girl
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
Retrato de Doña Carlota Ferreira de Regunaga
Le lever de la bonne (El despertar de la criada)
Bella Vista
La vuelta del malón
Después de la Batalla de Curupaytí
Sin pan y sin trabajo
Sleigh by the McLaughlin Carriage Company
Retrato del Sr. Juan Carlos Muñoz
IX1900 – todayInto Our Time
Europe · 53
Kopitljaček (jumping jack)
Absinthe Drinker
Polish Hamlet – Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski
Eugen Schauman’s (1875–1904) shirt
Retrato de Suzanne Bloch (Portrait of Suzanne Bloch)
Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line
The Two Brothers
Woman in a Chemise
The Gospel Writer by Djordje Krstic (Pisac jevandjelja)
The Dyke
Dance
Animal Destinies
The Bride of the Wind
Self-Portrait
Bather (La Baigneuse) by Auguste Renoir
Meditation
Railroad Workers at Høvik
Retrato de Leopold Zborowski (Portrait of Léopold Zborowski)
Flag of the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia Regiment, 1917
Alice
Lake Pühajärv
Lopokova in her Dressing-room
President’s chain
Street in Tallinn (Aida Street)
Venice (Ships in Venice)
Armchair, "MR 20"
"Celestial Globe"
Hell (Põrgu)
Femme allongée (Mujer acostada)
The Preacher
Kalevipoeg's Journey to the North (Voyage to the End of the World)
Horror
Sarenka (Fawn) Children’s Stool
Atelier Fauni’s Moomin characters
The Empire of Light
Monstrance Designed by Kazys Varnelis (1957)
Chair, "The Drop"
Laocoön
THE HEARTH (Feuerstätte)
Lithuanian Tricolour Flag from the Gediminas Castle Tower (1989)
Maternity grant – protection for mothers and children
Islamic world · 6
The Coronation Crown of Queen Marie
Marmi (gold ring)
Amouage 'Gold' Frankincense Perfume Flasks
Model of the Jewel of Muscat
Model of the Magan Boat
The Will Letter of Sultan Qaboos bin Said
South Asia · 9
Gelang Aceh (Aceh Bracelet)
Kain Koffo (Abaca Textile)
Keris
El Asesinato del Gobernador Bustamante (The Assassination of Governor Bustamante)
Đường Kách Mệnh (The Revolutionary Path)
Dalagang Bukid (The Country Lass)
Prison Diary (Ngục trung nhật ký / Nhật ký trong tù)
Handwritten Draft of President Ho Chi Minh's "Appeal to National Resistance"
Men at Work
Africa · 11
The Hanging Place of the Maji Maji War Heroes (Eneo la manyongeo, Songea)
N'tabeni
Still Life
Street Scene
Lake Kivu, Congo
Landscape in the Nude
The original Uhuru Torch (Mwenge halisi wa Uhuru)
The Revelation of St John
Untitled
Giant squid model (Architeuthis)
Tree of Life
Americas & Oceania · 45
Moss bag baby carrier (Gwich’in)
Kultrún (Mapuche shaman's drum)
Darby and Joan [Ina Te Papatahi, Ngāpuhi]
Estudio (Study)
The hilltop
Mawson's sledge
Dinámica del viento
A estudante (The Student)
Cerro Largo (La Aguada)
Paisaje de ciudad (City Landscape)
Zíngaras (Gypsy Women)
Partido de fútbol (Football Match)
Pupo
Mother and child figure (Solomon Islands)
Las glicinas (The Wisterias)
Recreo (Recess)
Candombe
Phar Lap's Skeleton (Horse, Equus caballus)
Eugenio Peña (portrait)
Cinco moças de Guaratinguetá (Five Girls from Guaratinguetá)
O lavrador de café (The Coffee Farmer)
Primeros pasos
Ngatu (tapa cloth)
La calle (The Street)
Buzzy Bee (toy)
Tutusoma, Arhuaco hat (Tutusoma, sombrero arhuaco)
Kofán feather crown (Corona de plumas)
Clothing worn by Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on the day of his death (Prendas de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán)
El payaso con globo (The Clown with a Balloon)
Porto I (Port I)
Northland panels
Paisaje de Bogotá (Bogotá Landscape)
El niño de Vallecas (Fernando Botero)
Espiral (Spiral)
Construcción (Construction)
Battle of Boyacá (Batalla de Boyacá)
Untitled
Foxtrot
Britten V1000 motorcycle
Morning Star (Gambeh Then')
Clara Hughes's Olympic bicycle
'ie toga dress with tuiga
Sky Woman
Starblanket II
'namaxsala (To Travel in a Boat Together)

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