Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Angelica Kauffmann

Portrait of Stanislas III Poniatowski

Francesco Vanni

Study for Fall of Simon Magus

Felice Giani

Vestal Virgins Showing the Will of Augustus to Tiberius and the Senate

An ink and wash drawing of scenes from Saint Joseph’s life, including Jesus’ birth and childhood. The scenes are presented within an ornate wall with figurative sculptures at the top.

Marco Tullio Montagna

Scenes from the Life of Saint Joseph

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus

Study for The Last Judgment

Francis Towne

A View near Dolgelly with Part of Cader Idris

Francesco Guardi

Villa Loredan a Paese (Villa Loredan at Paese)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Totsuka (戸塚), Edo Period

Woodblock print depicting two barefoot figures against misty mountain scenery. The hunched woman has black trays of food in each hand and the child carries a black box.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hiratsuka: Ferry at the Banyū River (平塚萬入川舟渡 Hiratsuka Banyūgawa funawatari), Edo Period

Woodblock print of a figure crouching next to a woven net beside a walking figure eating a skewer and balancing a spear on their shoulder, overtop a coastal scene.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanagawa: Panoramic View from Kanagawadai toward Yokohama Honmaku (神奈川従金川台　芒横浜本牧眺望 Kanagawadai yori Yokohama Honmaku chōbō), Edo Period

A pen and ink drawing of Hercules and other figures in a physical. Floating in the sky above and behind him are three female allegories: Victory, Honor, and Fame.

Carlo Maratti

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

A sketchy brown pen and ink study of an older, dapper gentlemen surrounded by a mass of ill-defined bowing supplicants. The image is overlaid with a grid, presumably for transfer.

James Gillray

Study for An Old English Gentleman Pester’d by Servants Wanting Places

Jan van Goyen

A Village Street with Peasants

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Pheasant and Chrysanthemums, Edo Period

A long-tailed, black bird swoops downward towards thin branches rising from the bottom, blooming with pink flowers and small green leaves. A red artist’s stamp sits to the right.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Long-tailed Bird and Peach Blossoms, Edo Period

A small red, gold and white bird perches on a thin branch rising from gray foliage besides a tall, dark stalk of bamboo. A block of calligraphy floats above.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great Tit and Rose of Sharon, Edo Period

Tall vertical composition depicting a small brown bird perched on a thin branch with deep orange and green toned leaves in front of a light blue waterfall.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Brown-eared Bulbul and Maples, Edo Period

In a thin vertical frame a butterfly swoops down towards tall stems with blooming orange flowers and slim leaves that reach up towards the light calligraphy by the top.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Butterfly and Pinks, Edo Period

A snail resting on a deep green leaf besides small orange blooms below delicate calligraphy gazes off into the distance of a light blue gradient.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Snail and Hardy Begonia, Edo Period