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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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Wagtail and Wisteria (鶺鴒藤 Fuji sekirei), possibly

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Sparrows and Morning Glories, Edo Period

A brown owl perched on a branch among clusters of pine needles, with eyes closed against a soft blue sky. To the right is thin flowing calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Horned Owl Pine, and Crescent Moon, Edo Period

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Flower Arrangement with Red Plum, Edo Period

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Apollo and the Hours

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher Reeds, and East Asian Water Lily, Edo Period

Narrow vertical composition of three brown geese descending towards deep blue waving horizons and clouds under a pale moon against a light gray backdrop. Below is a red artists stamp.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wild Geese Flying across the Moon, Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Crane's Nest and Rising Sun, Edo Period

A composition of large blooming flowers in soft gradients of blue, orange, and yellow, set against lush foliage and framed within a rounded shape.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hibiscus (芙蓉 Fuyō), Edo Period

Jasper Johns

Numbers

Joseph Pennell

The Cathedral of Canterbury from Christ’s Church Gateway

A pen and ink with brown wash drawing of Christ’s body being taken down from the Cross by his followers and Mary. The Cross is centered in the drawing.

Ubaldo Gandolfi

Deposition

Thin vertical branches with small pink blossoms against a twilight blue sky and glowing moon. Interspersed between the branches is flowing calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Moon and Plum, Edo Period

A large white egret with a puffed-out chest surrounded by tall, dark-green blades of grass beneath a gray sky. A block of calligraphy floats above to the left.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Little Egret and Softstem Bulrush, Edo Period

Sebastian Schyz

Double-sided sheet: Recto: Perseus and Andromeda; Verso: Man in a hat with four lines of verse and the word 'Enswih'

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher Reeds, and East Asian Water Lily, Edo Period

An illusionistic drawing of sheets of printed papers haphazardly piled on a speckled green surface. The papers look convincingly three dimensional but are in fact renderings on a two-dimensional surface.

Willem Robart

Trompe l’Oeil with Printed Matter

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Roses, Edo Period

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

The Badminton Victory

Two black and white birds swoop above curling blue waves in a tall vertical frame below floating calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Barn Swallows above Waves, Edo Period