Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,690 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,402 of them are available online. There are 1,461 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Johann Andreas Pfeffel I

Plate 7from Unterschiedliche neue Inventionen von Geschmuckh Zierathen und Galanterien (Various New Inventions for Jewelry, Ornaments, and Trinkets)

Ottavio Leoni

Portrait of Tomasso Salini called Mao, Roman Painter

Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a straw raincoat (godai Ichikawa Danjuro), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

With a single arrow-shot Tametomo sinks the finest ship of Mochimitsu as his mistress Sasaraye and his retainer Oniyasha and islanders look on in pride (Chinzei hachiro Minamoto no tametomo), Edo (Japanese period)