All Artworks

The Starry Night

Oil on canvas · 1889 CE

Virupaksha Temple Ceiling Frescoes (Vijayanagara, c. 15th century)

fresco (lime-based wall painting on prepared ceiling surface) · 1400–1500 CE

Aztec Sun Stone

basalt relief sculpture · 1427–1479 CE

Nataraja (Shiva as Lord of Dance)

bronze (lost-wax casting) · 900–1100 CE

Holy Trinity (Rublev Trinity)

egg tempera on wood panel · 1422–1427 CE

David

marble sculpture · 1501–1504 CE

Nkisi Nkondi Power Figure

wood, iron nails and blades, resin, organic materials (bilongo charge) · 1700–1900 CE

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt

albumen silver print · 1864 CE

Fountain

glazed porcelain urinal (readymade) · 1917 CE

Bodhisattva Padmapani, Ajanta Cave 1 (fresco secco)

fresco secco (mineral pigments applied on dry lime-plaster ground) · 475–480 CE

Bodhisattva Guanyin with Attendants (Dunhuang Cave 17 silk painting)

mineral pigments on silk · 850–975 CE

The Last Supper

1495–1498 CE

Palace Door Panels (Ogoga of Ikere), by Olowe of Ise

carved iroko wood (or similar hardwood) · 1910–1914 CE

Untitled (Photogram)

gelatin silver photogram (cameraless photograph) · 1925–1928 CE

Scythian Gold Pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla

gold (repoussé, granulation, filigree, casting) · -350–-325 CE

Afrasiab Palace Murals (Sogdian court painting)

mineral pigments on lime plaster (fresco secco / dry fresco) · 648–651 CE

The Wilton Diptych

egg tempera and gold leaf on oak panels · 1395–1399 CE

The Arnolfini Portrait

oil on oak panel · 1434 CE

Machu Picchu

ashlar masonry / dry-stone polished granite architecture · 1450–1532 CE

Self-Portrait

Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel · CE

Book of Kells, Chi Rho Page (Folio 34r)

egg tempera and ink on vellum · 780–820 CE

Commemorative Head of an Oba (Benin, c. 16th century)

cast brass (leaded bronze) · 1500–1600 CE

Sarcophagus Lid of K'inich Janaab' Pakal I (Palenque)

limestone relief sculpture · 683 CE

Borobudur Buddha

800–850 CE

Self-Portrait at the Age of 28 (Fur-Collared)

oil on lime panel · 1500 CE

Wheel of Life (Bhavachakra) Thangka

mineral pigments on prepared cotton cloth, mounted on silk brocade · 1700–1800 CE

Sanchi Stupa 1, East Torana (East Gateway)

sandstone relief carving · -50–50 CE

Sigiriya Rock Fresco, Apsara Panel (c. 477–495 CE)

fresco (lime-plaster on rock face, mineral pigments) · 477–495 CE

Ibn Muqla: Canonical Calligraphy Specimen (al-khat al-mansub), c.900–930 CE

Black ink (carbon black or iron-gall) on vellum or early paper; reed pen (qalam) · 900–930 CE

Bete Giyorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela

volcanic rock (monolithic rock-hewn architecture) · 1181–1221 CE

Great Zimbabwe Soapstone Bird (c. 14th–15th century)

carved soapstone (steatite) · 1300–1450 CE

Mamluk Quran: Illuminated Carpet Page (shamsa/unwan), c.1300–1325 CE

Gold, ultramarine blue (lapis lazuli), cinnabar red, and carbon black on vellum or paper; Quranic text in muhaqqaq script with reed pen; geometric illumination by specialist illuminators (mudhahhibun) · 1300–1325 CE

School Scene (Madrasa), from the Bustan of Sa'di — Bihzad, 1489

Opaque watercolor (gouache), gold, and ink on paper; Persian manuscript format · 1489 CE

Rain, Steam and Speed — The Great Western Railway

oil on canvas · 1844 CE

The Scream

tempera, pastel, and crayon on cardboard · 1893 CE

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

oil on canvas · 1897 CE

Black Square

oil on linen · 1915 CE

Dong Son Bronze Drum (Heger Type I, c. 500–100 BCE)

bronze (lost-wax and piece-mold casting) · -500–100 CE

Parthenon Frieze (Elgin Marbles)

Pentelic marble relief · -447–-432 CE

Djenné Equestrian Figure

terracotta · 1200–1400 CE

Goryeo Avatamsaka Sutra (Illuminated Manuscript, c. 1340)

gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper · 1320–1360 CE

The Calling of Saint Matthew

oil on canvas · 1599–1600 CE

Irises

oil on canvas · 1889 CE

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

Oil, silver, and gold on canvas · 1907 CE

Parthenon Frieze (Elgin Marbles)

marble relief sculpture · -447–-432 CE

Travelers Among Mountains and Streams

ink on silk hanging scroll · 990–1010 CE

Dresden Codex

bark paper (amate), hieroglyphic painting with mineral pigments · 1000–1200 CE

Ife Bronze Head (Brass Portrait Head, c. 12th–14th century)

cast brass (zinc-brass alloy) · 1100–1400 CE

Genji Monogatari Emaki (The Tale of Genji Illustrated Scrolls)

Ink and color on paper scroll · 1120–1140 CE

Benin Plaque: Warrior Chief with Attendants (c. 1550–1680)

cast brass (leaded bronze) · 1550–1680 CE

Hamzanama — Hamza's Army Attacks a Stronghold (folio, c.1562–1577)

opaque watercolor and gold on cloth-backed paper · 1562–1577 CE

Babur Supervising the Garden of Fidelity

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper · 1588–1595 CE

Kongo Crucifix (Nkangi Kiditu), c. 17th century

cast brass (leaded bronze) · 1600–1700 CE

David with the Head of Goliath

oil on canvas · 1610 CE

Imam Mosque (Masjid-i Shah / Masjid-i Imam), Isfahan, 1611–1629

Fired brick, lime plaster, seven-color haft-rangi polychrome tile mosaic, mosaic faience (muarrak), marble, muqarnas (honeycomb vaulting) · 1611–1629 CE

The Night Watch

oil on canvas · 1642 CE

Rasamanjari Manuscript Page (Bundi School, c. 1660–1680)

opaque watercolor and gold on paper · 1660–1680 CE

Kuba Palm Wine Cup (Mbwoongntey)

carved wood, sometimes with pigment or metal inlay · 1700–1900 CE

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

1831–1833 CE

The Stone Breakers

oil on canvas · 1849 CE

Wandjina Rock Paintings, Kimberley Region

rock pigment (ochre, white clay/kaolin, charcoal) on sandstone — periodically refreshed · -4000–2026 CE

Adam and Eve

engraving · 1504 CE

Supper at Emmaus

oil on canvas · 1601 CE

Untitled (Skull)

Acrylic, spray paint and oilstick on canvas · 1982 CE

Nazca Lines — Hummingbird Geoglyph

geoglyph — subtractive ground technique; removal of reddish iron-oxide surface pebbles to expose lighter yellow-grey soil. Continuous unbroken line approximately 96m long, created by piling removed pebbles on either side of the cleared path. · -200–600 CE

Alexander Mosaic

opus vermiculatum floor mosaic (stone and glass tesserae) · -120–-80 CE

Garima Gospels (c. 330–650 CE)

vellum (goatskin), ink, tempera pigments · 330–650 CE

Tri-color Glazed Horse (Tang Sancai)

lead-glazed earthenware (sancai tri-color glaze: amber, green, cream/white) · 700–750 CE

Travelers Among Mountains and Streams

ink on silk hanging scroll · 990–1020 CE

Bagan Temple Murals — Pagan Dynasty (c.11th–13th century)

Fresco secco and tempera on lime plaster; architectural mural painting · 1050–1300 CE

Ethiopian Processional Cross (c. 14th–15th century)

cast bronze or brass · 1300–1500 CE

Iznik ceramic tiles, Süleymaniye Mosque

fritware ceramic tile · 1550–1570 CE

Narcissus

oil on canvas · 1597–1599 CE

Las Meninas

oil on canvas · 1656 CE

Dogon Seated Couple (c. 19th century or earlier)

wood (typically hard local wood, possibly iron or copper detail) · 1700–1900 CE

Maori Hei-Tiki Pendant (c.18th century)

Nephrite jade (pounamu / New Zealand greenstone); carved and polished without metal tools · 1700–1800 CE

Te Hau-ki-Tūranga Wharenui

wood carving (kauri and totara), pigment, flax weaving (tukutuku panels) · 1842–1845 CE

The Sower

oil on canvas · 1888 CE

Black on Black

oil on canvas · 1918 CE

Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow

oil on canvas · 1930 CE

Earth's Skin

Reclaimed aluminium bottle caps and liquor-bottle seals joined with copper wire · 2007 CE

Landscape

Oil on canvas · CE

Inca Royal Tunic (Uncu) with Tocapu Patterns

tapestry-woven camelid fibre (alpaca and/or vicuña) with cotton warp; cumbi (fine weave) technique · 1450–1532 CE

Haida Totem Pole, Skidegate Village, c.1878

red cedar (Thuja plicata), carved and painted with traditional pigments · 1870–1885 CE

Woman I

Oil on canvas · 1950–1952 CE

Girl with a Pearl Earring

oil on canvas · c.1665 CE

Olmec Colossal Head No. 1 (San Lorenzo)

basalt (volcanic stone) · -1000–-900 CE

Bonampak Murals (Structure 1)

mineral pigment on lime plaster (fresco secco over lime ground) · 785–795 CE

Devata bas-relief panels, Angkor Wat

sandstone bas-relief · 1113–1150 CE

Primavera

tempera on panel · 1477–1482 CE

The Birth of Venus

tempera on canvas · 1484–1486 CE

The Milkmaid

oil on canvas · c.1657–c.1658 CE

The Wedding at Cana

oil on canvas · 1562–1563 CE

Portrait of Innocent X

oil on canvas · 1650 CE

The Return of the Prodigal Son

oil on canvas · 1661–1669 CE

Ashanti Gold Weight (Abrammuo) / Kuduo Vessel

cast brass (copper-zinc alloy) · 1700–1900 CE

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

oil on canvas · 1818 CE

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat

1887 CE

Weeping Woman

oil on canvas · 1937 CE

Portrait of a Man

watercolor on ivory in a silver gilt mount and wooden frame · CE

Untitled

drypoint on laid paper · CE

Dancing Girl (Mohenjo-daro)

bronze, lost-wax cast · -2300–-1750 CE

Minoan Snake Goddess

faience (glazed quartz composite) · -1650–-1550 CE

Bayeux Tapestry

Wool embroidery on linen (ten distinct colours of wool: terracotta, buff, olive green, blue-green, black, dark blue, dark green, golden yellow, grey-blue, and a red-orange) · 1066–1082 CE

Deesis Mosaic, Hagia Sophia

glass tesserae mosaic · 1261–1280 CE

Maestà (Duccio di Buoninsegna)

Tempera and gold on wood panel · 1308–1311 CE

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (Limbourg Brothers)

Vellum, tempera and gold leaf, ink (manuscript illumination) · 1412–1416 CE

The Ghent Altarpiece

oil on oak panel · 1425–1432 CE

The Seduction of Yusuf

opaque watercolor and gold on paper (leaf from the Bustan of Sa'di) · 1488 CE

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

fresco · 1508–1512 CE

The School of Athens

fresco · 1509–1511 CE

Melencolia I

engraving · 1514 CE

The Ambassadors

oil on oak panel · 1533 CE

Judith Beheading Holofernes

oil on canvas · 1598–1599 CE

Pair of Ivory Leopards (Benin Kingdom, c. 17th century)

ivory with copper inlay · 1600–1700 CE

The Descent from the Cross

oil on panel · 1612–1614 CE

Liberty Leading the People

oil on canvas · 1830 CE

Madame X

1883–1884 CE

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

oil on canvas · 1907 CE

The Persistence of Memory

oil on canvas · 1931 CE

Sunflower Seeds

100 million hand-crafted and hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds · 2010 CE

Tang Horse Figurine (c. 700–750 CE)

glazed earthenware (sancai three-color glaze: amber, green, cream/white) · 700–750 CE

Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

dry-stone architecture · 1100–1450 CE

Angkor Wat — Battle of Kurukshetra Bas-Relief (c. 1113–1150)

sandstone bas-relief · 1113–1150 CE

Moai of Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), c.1400–1650

volcanic tuff (ignimbrite/scoria) from Rano Raraku crater quarry; some moai had separately carved coral eyes (now mostly missing) · 1400–1650 CE

Aztec Feathered Headdress (Penacho de Moctezuma)

quetzal feathers, cotinga feathers, roseate spoonbill feathers, plain chachalaca feathers, gold ornaments, cotton fabric, cane frame · 1470–1521 CE

Salvator Mundi

1490–1510 CE

Assumption of the Virgin

oil on panel · 1516–1518 CE

Venus of Urbino

oil on canvas · 1538 CE

Judith Slaying Holofernes

oil on canvas · 1614–1620 CE

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings (c. 1615–1618)

opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper · 1615–1618 CE

Joseon White Porcelain Moon Jar (Dalhangari), c. 17th–18th century (type example)

white porcelain (baekja), wood-fired · 1650–1800 CE

Bathsheba at Her Bath

oil on canvas · 1654 CE

Portrait of Jan Six

oil on canvas · 1654 CE

Oath of the Horatii

oil on canvas · 1784 CE

Death of Marat

oil on canvas · 1793 CE

La Grande Odalisque

oil on canvas · 1814 CE

The Raft of the Medusa

oil on canvas · 1818–1819 CE

The Slave Ship

oil on canvas · 1840 CE

Olympia

oil on canvas · 1863 CE

Water Lilies

oil on canvas · 1906 CE

Water Lilies (Nymphéas), 1906

oil on canvas · 1906 CE

Nymphéas (Water Lilies, Orangerie cycle)

oil on canvas · 1914–1926 CE

Infinity Mirror Room — Phalli's Field

Mirrors, sewn and stuffed fabric protrusions (originally white cotton with red polka dots), electric lighting · 1965 CE

A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby

Raw sugar, polystyrene, chicken-wire armature, resin (small attendant figures in molasses-tinted resin) · 2014 CE

Jar

CE

Portrait of a Woman

oil on wood · CE

Amaravati Stupa Relief — Buddha's First Sermon (c. 2nd century CE)

white limestone/marble relief · 100–200 CE

Goryeo Celadon Ewer with Dragon-Head Spout (c. 12th century)

celadon (stoneware with jade-green glaze), sanggam inlay · 1100–1180 CE

Coatlicue (Earth Mother)

basalt sculpture · 1450–1521 CE

Isenheim Altarpiece

oil on limewood panel · 1512–1516 CE

Knight, Death and the Devil

engraving · 1513 CE

Akbar Taming the Mad Elephant Hawaii

1586 CE

Hawaiian Featherwork Cape ('Ahu 'Ula), c.1750–1810

feathers ('i'iwi red, 'ō'ō yellow/black) attached with olonā (Touchardia latifolia) fiber cordage to woven olonā base netting; occasional inclusion of mamo (Drepanis pacifica) yellow feathers in highest-status pieces · 1750–1810 CE

Inuit Polar Bear Transformation Mask, Arctic Canada, c.1800–1850

carved walrus ivory and/or caribou bone; sinew lashing; natural pigments (soot black, ochre, white from kaolin or ground shell); optional wooden inlay elements · 1800–1850 CE

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

oil on canvas · 1863 CE

Jupiter and Semele

oil on canvas · 1894–1895 CE

Departure

oil on canvas (triptych, three panels) · 1932–1935 CE

Campbell's Soup Cans

synthetic polymer paint on 32 canvases · 1962 CE

Et in Arcadia Ego

oil on canvas · c.1637–c.1638 CE

Teotihuacan Tlaloc Paradise Mural (Tepantitla compound)

mineral pigment on lime plaster (fresco technique) · 450–550 CE

Sistine Madonna

oil on canvas · 1512 CE

Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (1524–1565)

opaque watercolor and gold on paper; text in Persian nasta'liq script · 1524–1565 CE

Shin Saimdang — Grass and Insects Screen (Chochungdo, c. 1541–1551)

ink and light mineral pigments on silk · 1541–1551 CE

Razmnama — Persian Mahabharata (c. 1584–1586)

opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper · 1584–1586 CE

Old Woman Frying Eggs

oil on canvas · 1618 CE

The Water Seller of Seville

oil on canvas · 1618–1622 CE

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

oil on canvas · 1632 CE

The Surrender of Breda

oil on canvas · 1634–1635 CE

Belshazzar's Feast

oil on canvas · 1635–1638 CE

Self-Portrait at the Age of 34

oil on canvas · 1640 CE

Rokeby Venus

oil on canvas · 1647–1651 CE

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

oil on canvas · 1653 CE

The Jewish Bride

oil on canvas · 1665–1669 CE

Self-Portrait with Two Circles

oil on canvas · 1665–1669 CE

Geumgang jeondo

1734 CE

The Colossus

oil on canvas · 1808–1812 CE

The Third of May 1808

oil on canvas · 1814 CE

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

oil on canvas · 1842 CE

Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory)

oil on canvas · 1843 CE

Impression, Sunrise

oil on canvas · 1872 CE

The Potato Eaters

oil on canvas · 1885 CE

The Vision after the Sermon

oil on canvas · 1888 CE

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

oil on canvas · 1889 CE

Almond Blossom

oil on canvas · 1890 CE

Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight)

oil on canvas · 1894 CE

Boulevard Montmartre, Morning, Cloudy Weather (1897) — Pissarro

Oil on canvas · 1897 CE

The Japanese Footbridge

oil on canvas · 1899 CE

London, Houses of Parliament

oil on canvas · 1903 CE

Ma Jolie

oil on canvas · 1911–1912 CE

Girl Before a Mirror

oil on canvas · 1932 CE

The Jungle

gouache on paper mounted on canvas · 1943 CE

No. 61 (Rust and Blue)

oil on canvas · 1953 CE

Adoration of the Magi

oil on canvas · CE

Head of Gudea

-2090 CE

Discobolus (Myron, c. 450 BCE) — Roman copies

Bronze original (lost); surviving works in marble (Roman copies, 1st–2nd century CE) · -460–-440 CE

Laocoön and His Sons

Marble (Pentelic or Parian marble), sculptural group · -200–-20 CE

Emperor Justinian and His Retinue (San Vitale Mosaic)

glass tesserae mosaic on plaster · 540–548 CE

Seokguram Bonjon

751–774 CE

Prambanan Temple Complex (c. 850 CE)

andesite stone architecture and sculpture · 850–900 CE

Head, possibly a King (Ife)

1100–1500 CE

Alhambra — Hall of the Two Sisters (Sala de las Dos Hermanas, c. 1354–1391)

carved and painted stucco (muqarnas vault), marble, glazed ceramic tile dado (zellij), carved wood ceiling · 1354–1391 CE

Alhambra — Court of the Lions (Patio de los Leones, c. 1370–1391 CE)

carved marble (columns, fountain, basin), carved and gilded stucco (arcades, archivolts), glazed ceramic tile dado (zellij), carved and painted wood (ceilings) · 1370–1391 CE

The Rongxi Studio

Ink on paper, hanging scroll · 1372 CE

Inca Qero (Ceremonial Drinking Cup)

carved hardwood (queñoa or other Andean hardwood) with incised and resin-inlaid polychrome decoration · 1400–1600 CE

Benin Ivory Mask

1500–1550 CE

Head of a Queen Mother (Iyoba Idia), early 16th century — British Museum

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1500–1550 CE

Young Hare

watercolor and gouache on paper · 1502 CE

Praying Hands

pen and ink with white heightening on blue prepared paper · 1508 CE

Venus and Cupid

oil on canvas · 1509 CE

Hunters in the Snow (Winter)

oil on oak panel · 1565 CE

The Last Supper (Tintoretto)

oil on canvas · 1592–1594 CE

Tawaraya Sotatsu — Wind God and Thunder God Screens (Fujin Raijin-zu Byobu, c. 1639)

ink, mineral pigments, and gold leaf on paper; pair of two-panel folding screens · 1620–1639 CE

Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

oil on canvas · 1750 CE

Kangra School — Ramayana Series (c. 1775–1820)

opaque watercolor and gold on paper · 1775–1820 CE

The Parasol

oil on canvas · 1777 CE

Los Caprichos

etching and aquatint · 1797–1799 CE

Witches' Sabbath

oil on canvas · 1798 CE

Family of Charles IV

oil on canvas · 1800–1801 CE

Saturn Devouring His Son

oil mural transferred to canvas · 1819–1823 CE

The Fighting Temeraire

oil on canvas · 1839 CE

Ophelia

oil on canvas · 1851–1852 CE

The Gleaners

oil on canvas · 1857 CE

Barge Haulers on the Volga

oil on canvas · 1870–1873 CE

The Thinker

bronze · 1880–1882 CE

Strawberry Thief

indigo discharge-printed cotton · 1883 CE

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

oil on canvas · 1884–1886 CE

The Garden

watercolor on paper · 1895–1896 CE

London Bridge

oil on canvas · 1906 CE

The Steerage

photogravure · 1907 CE

The Dance

oil on canvas · 1909–1910 CE

History of Mexico (National Palace Murals)

true fresco · 1929–1951 CE

American Gothic

oil on beaverboard · 1930 CE

Epic of American Civilization

true fresco on plaster · 1932–1934 CE

Weaving

1936 CE

Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)

oil on canvas · 1955 CE

Leda and the Swan

oil, house paint, crayon on canvas · 1962 CE

Shot Sage Blue Marilyn

Silkscreen ink and acrylic on canvas · 1964 CE

A Bigger Splash

Acrylic on canvas · 1967 CE

The Studio

oil on canvas · 1969 CE

Pool with Two Figures

Acrylic on canvas · 1971 CE

Dustheads

Acrylic, oil stick, and metallic paint on canvas · 1982 CE

Untitled (Boxer)

Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas · 1982 CE

In This Case

Acrylic and oil stick on canvas · 1983 CE

October 18, 1977

oil on canvas (15 paintings) · 1988 CE

The Holy Virgin Mary

mixed media: oil paint, acrylic, polyester resin, paper collage, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas, mounted on elephant dung supports · 1996 CE

Mahishasura

Oil on canvas · 1996 CE

Nelson's Ship in a Bottle

Glass, steel, fibreglass, Dutch wax-printed cotton, rope, wood · 2010 CE

The Family

cast bronze · 2019 CE

The Ardabil Carpet

CE

Standard of Ur

Lapis lazuli, shell (white limestone), red limestone, and bitumen on wood · -2600–-2400 CE

Stele of Hammurabi

Black diorite, bas-relief and cuneiform inscription · -1754–-1750 CE

Tutankhamun's Gold Death Mask

Gold (2 mm thick), lapis lazuli, quartz, obsidian, turquoise, faience, carnelian, glass · -1323 CE

Lanzón Stele (Great Image of Chavín)

carved granite monolith · -900–-200 CE

Assyrian Lion Hunt Reliefs (Nineveh, North Palace)

Alabaster gypsum, carved bas-relief, original polychromy (traces) · -650–-630 CE

Ishtar Gate

Glazed ceramic bricks, molded relief tiles, mudbrick core · -605–-562 CE

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Pentelic marble (figure); grey Lartos marble (ship prow base) · -200–-180 CE

Augustus of Prima Porta

Marble (Lunate/Parian marble), traces of original polychromy · -20–14 CE

Anuradhapura Moonstone — Mahasena Palace Steps (c. 7th–10th century CE)

limestone relief carving · 600–950 CE

Taima Mandala (Taema Mandara), c. 763 CE

woven tapestry (silk, hemp, plant fibre) · 763 CE

Pyxis of al-Mughira (968 CE)

carved elephant ivory with pigment traces · 968 CE

Auspicious Cranes

Ink and colour on silk, handscroll · 1112 CE

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (Frolicking Animals and Humans), c. 1150–1250

ink on paper, four handscrolls · 1150–1250 CE

Santa Trinita Madonna (Cimabue)

Tempera and gold on wood panel · 1280–1290 CE

Mérode Altarpiece

oil on oak panel · 1425–1428 CE

Sesshu Toyo — Haboku-Sansui (Splashed Ink Landscape, 1495)

ink on paper, hanging scroll · 1495 CE

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

woodcut on paper · 1498 CE

Oba Head (Memorial Head), 16th century — British Museum

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1500–1600 CE

Plaque with Warrior Chief (16th–17th century) — British Museum

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1550–1650 CE

Leopard Aquamanile (Water Vessel), 17th century — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1600–1700 CE

Oba on Horseback (17th century) — British Museum

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1600–1700 CE

Palace Plaque with Court Officials (17th century) — British Museum

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1600–1700 CE

Flight into Egypt

oil on copper · 1609 CE

Portrait of Shah Jahan (c. 1631)

opaque watercolor and gold on paper · 1628–1635 CE

Joseon Minhwa Tiger Painting (민화 호랑이, c. 18th century)

ink and mineral pigments on paper or hemp cloth · 1700–1800 CE

Twelve Prophets (Profetas de Congonhas)

soapstone (soap-stone / steatite) · 1800–1805 CE

View of Stalheim

oil on canvas · 1842 CE

The Light of the World

oil on canvas over panel · 1851–1856 CE

The Horse Fair

oil on canvas · 1852–1855 CE

Spolarium — Juan Luna (1884)

Oil on canvas · 1884 CE

The Child's Bath

oil on canvas · 1893 CE

Jane Avril

colour lithograph · 1893 CE

Gismonda

colour lithograph · 1894 CE

Street, Dresden

oil on canvas · 1908 CE

The Family

oil on canvas (unfinished) · 1918 CE

Figure

oil on plywood · 1921 CE

Rayograph (Untitled)

photogram (cameraless photography) · 1922 CE

Making Basi — Fernando Amorsolo (c.1924)

Oil on canvas · 1924 CE

The Treachery of Images

oil on canvas · 1929 CE

Rice Picking — Nguyễn Phan Chánh (1931)

Silk painting; ink and colors on silk · 1931 CE

Fallingwater

reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel · 1935–1939 CE

Vir Heroicus Sublimis

oil on canvas · 1950–1951 CE

Flag

encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood · 1954–1955 CE

The Seasons

oil and house paint on canvas · 1957 CE

Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)

Silkscreen ink and silver paint on canvas · 1963 CE

Gestation

Acrylic on canvas · 1990 CE

MAXXI — Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo

reinforced concrete, steel, glass · 2003–2009 CE

Arganona Maryam prayer book

CE

Colossi of Memnon

Quartzite sandstone (quarried from Gebel el-Silsila) · -1370–-1350 CE

Book of the Dead of Hunefer

Ink and pigment on papyrus · -1290–-1270 CE

Mathura Buddha — Seated Figure (c. 2nd–3rd century CE)

red spotted sandstone (Sikri sandstone) · 100–300 CE

Hunminjeongeum Manuscript (1446)

woodblock-printed manuscript on paper (hanji) · 1446 CE

Hip Ornament with Mask of Oba (16th century) — Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1500–1600 CE

Palace Plaque — Royal Messenger, 16th century — Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (restituted 2022)

Cast brass · 1500–1600 CE

Pendant Mask of Queen Mother Idia, early 16th century — British Museum

Ivory, iron, copper alloy · 1500–1530 CE

Safavid Hunting Carpet (c. 1522–1525), Kunsthistorisches Museum

silk pile on cotton foundation; gold and silver metallic thread (zarbaft) · 1522–1525 CE

Hornblower (Attendant Figure), 16th–17th century — Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1550–1680 CE

Palace Plaque — Oba Flanked by Two Chiefs, 16th century — Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Cast brass · 1550–1650 CE

Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (c. 1555–1560 CE)

opaque watercolor and gold on paper · 1555–1560 CE

Oba Head (Memorial Head), 17th century — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1600–1700 CE

Joseon Portrait of a Merit Subject (Gongsinjeonsang, c. 17th century)

ink and mineral pigments on silk · 1600–1680 CE

Youth Reading (Riza Abbasi, c. 1625–1626 CE)

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper · 1625–1626 CE

Fang Reliquary Head (Byeri)

carved wood (often okoumé or iroko), sometimes with metal sheet, oil patina · 1800–1900 CE

The Hay Wain

oil on canvas · 1821 CE

Gargantua

lithograph · 1831 CE

Boulevard du Temple

daguerreotype · 1838–1839 CE

The Third-Class Carriage

oil on canvas · 1862–1864 CE

Beata Beatrix

oil on canvas · 1864–1870 CE

The Cradle

oil on canvas · 1872 CE

The Dance Class

oil on canvas · 1874 CE

The Golden Stairs

oil on canvas · 1876–1880 CE

Sagrada Familia

stone, reinforced concrete, steel · 1882–? CE

Unknown Woman

oil on canvas · 1883 CE

Starry Night over the Rhône

oil on canvas · 1888 CE

The Bedroom (first version)

oil on canvas · 1888 CE

The Aino Myth

oil on canvas · 1891 CE

At the Moulin Rouge

oil on canvas · 1892–1895 CE

The Peacock Skirt

pen and ink on paper · 1893 CE

The Three Brides

charcoal and chalk on brown paper · 1893 CE

The Wounded Angel

tempera on canvas · 1903 CE

Bharat Mata (Mother India)

Watercolor on paper · 1905 CE

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

oil and gold leaf on canvas · 1907 CE

Villa Savoye

reinforced concrete · 1929–1931 CE

White Relief

oil on carved board · 1935 CE

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

stainless steel over welded steel frame · 1935–1937 CE

Migrant Mother

gelatin silver print · 1936 CE

Landscape — Nguyễn Gia Trí (c.1940)

Sơn mài (Vietnamese lacquer painting); natural lacquer on wooden board with eggshell, mother-of-pearl, and gold leaf inlay · 1939–1944 CE

Broadway Boogie-Woogie

oil on canvas · 1942–1943 CE

Crucifixion

Oil on board · 1959 CE

Orange Marilyn

Silkscreen ink and acrylic on canvas · 1962 CE

Turquoise Marilyn

Silkscreen ink on canvas · 1964 CE

Streets of Hanoi — Bùi Xuân Phái (c.1970s)

Oil on canvas or board · 1970–1979 CE

Untitled (1982)

Acrylic, oil paintstick on canvas mounted on tied wood supports · 1982 CE

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

glass, steel, silicone, formaldehyde solution, shark (Carcharodon carcharias) · 1991 CE

Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say

colour C-prints · 1992–1993 CE

Inopportune: Stage One

Nine cars (Ford Taurus), light tubes, electrical components · 2004 CE

Dusasa II

Reclaimed aluminium bottle caps and copper wire · 2007 CE

Persepolis Relief — Procession of Nations (Apadana Staircase)

Carved limestone relief, traces of polychromy · -520–-465 CE

Admonitions of the Court Instructress

Ink and colour on silk, handscroll · 344–406 CE

Vienna Genesis

Purple-dyed vellum, silver and gold ink, tempera miniatures · 500–599 CE

Mshatta Palace Façade (c. 743–744 CE)

carved limestone relief (in situ construction: basalt and limestone) · 743–744 CE

Theotokos and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia Apse

glass tesserae mosaic on curved plaster conch · 867 CE

Harbaville Triptych

Ivory (elephant ivory), carved in two registers front; incised back · 940–960 CE

Fatimid Rock Crystal Ewer (c. 975–1025 CE)

carved rock crystal (quartz) · 975–1025 CE

Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring

Ink and light colour on silk, album leaf · 1190–1200 CE

Pure and Remote Views of Streams and Mountains

Ink on paper, handscroll · 1195–1210 CE

Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs), 1217–1218 CE

opaque watercolor and ink on paper; Arabic text in naskh script · 1217–1218 CE

Sainte-Chapelle Stained Glass Cycle

leaded stained glass (pot-metal glass, grisaille, painted details) · 1242–1248 CE

Baptistère de Saint Louis

Hammered brass, inlaid with gold and silver (damascening) · 1290–1320 CE

Autumn Colors on the Que and Hua Mountains

Ink and colour on paper, handscroll · 1296 CE

Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), c. 1307–1314 CE

opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper; Persian text in naskh script · 1307–1314 CE

Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux

grisaille and colour illumination on vellum · 1324–1328 CE

Annunciation with Saints Ansanus and Maxima

tempera and gold leaf on panel · 1333 CE

Fishermen

Ink on paper, album leaf · 1352 CE

Lofty Mount Lu

Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll · 1467 CE

Hornblower Figure, 16th century — Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Cast brass · 1500–1600 CE

Court Plaque Depicting a Portuguese Soldier, 16th century

Cast brass · 1500–1600 CE

Trophy Head from Battlefield Context, 16th century — Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Cast brass · 1500–1600 CE

Portrait of Martin Luther

oil on panel · 1529 CE

Beyan-i Menazil-i Sefer-i Irakeyn (1537)

opaque watercolor and ink on paper; Ottoman Turkish text · 1537 CE

Ottoman Iznik Tile Panel, Topkapi Palace Harem (c. 16th century)

fritware ceramic tile with cobalt blue, turquoise, and tomato red underglaze painting on opaque white slip ground · 1540–1570 CE

Ottoman Mosque Lamp (Iznik, c. 1549 CE)

Iznik fritware, underglaze cobalt-blue and white, with gilt metal suspension fittings · 1549 CE

Palace Plaque — Warrior with Shield, 16th century — Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (restituted 2022)

Cast brass · 1550–1650 CE

Saltcellar with European and African Figures (late 16th century) — Chatsworth House

Carved elephant ivory · 1550–1600 CE

Kano Eitoku — Chinese Lions Screen (Karajishi-zu Byobu, c. 1590)

ink, mineral pigments, and gold leaf on paper; six-panel folding screen · 1585–1590 CE

Akbarnama (c. 1590–1596 CE) — Workshop of Basawan and others

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; Persian text in nasta'liq script · 1590–1596 CE

Hasegawa Tohaku — Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu), c. 1595

ink on paper, six-panel folding screen (pair of two screens) · 1590–1600 CE

Cock (Altar Figure), 17th century — British Museum

Cast brass · 1600–1700 CE

Elephant Head Bronze Altar Piece, 17th century — Museum am Rothenbaum Hamburg

Cast brass · 1600–1700 CE

A Dervish and a Weaver (Govardhan, c. 1620 CE)

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper · 1615–1625 CE

Lotus and Rocks

Ink on paper · 1685–1700 CE

Commemorative Head of Oba (18th century) — National Museum, Lagos

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1700–1800 CE

Ogata Korin — Red and White Plum Blossoms (Kōhaku Baizu), c. 1714–1716

ink, mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf on paper, two-panel folding screen pair · 1714–1716 CE

Album of Ahmed III — Levni (c. 1720 CE)

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper · 1718–1725 CE

Nishikawa Sukenobu — Bijin-ga Illustration from Hyakunin Jorō Shinasadame (c. 1723)

woodblock-printed illustrated book (ehon), monochrome ink on paper · 1720–1730 CE

A Rake's Progress

oil on canvas (paintings); engraving on copper (prints) · 1732–1735 CE

Marriage A-la-Mode

oil on canvas · 1743–1745 CE

Mr and Mrs Andrews

oil on canvas · 1748–1750 CE

Ito Jakuchu — Colorful Realm of Living Beings (Doshoku Sai-e, c. 1757–1766)

mineral pigments on silk, 30 hanging scrolls · 1757–1766 CE

Whistlejacket

oil on canvas · 1761–1762 CE

An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump

oil on canvas · 1768 CE

Itō Jakuchū — Vegetable Nirvana (Yasai Nehan-zu), 1780

ink and mineral pigments on silk, hanging scroll · 1780 CE

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse

oil on canvas · 1784 CE

Kitagawa Utamaro — Ten Studies in Female Physiognomy (Fujin sōgaku jittai), c. 1792–1793

polychrome woodblock prints with mica (kira) background, ōban format · 1792–1793 CE

Hwaseong Fortress (화성, 1794–1796)

stone masonry, fired brick, timber · 1794–1796 CE

The Sea of Ice

oil on canvas · 1823–1824 CE

A View near Volterra

oil on canvas · 1838 CE

Utagawa Hiroshige — One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo Hyakkei), 1856–1858

polychrome woodblock prints (nishiki-e), ōban vertical format · 1856–1858 CE

Morning of the Streltsy Execution

oil on canvas · 1878–1881 CE

Gates of Hell

bronze · 1880–1917 CE

Isle of the Dead

oil on panel · 1880 CE

Galaxy of Musicians (Gandharvas)

Oil on canvas · 1885–1900 CE

Girl with Peaches

oil on canvas · 1887 CE

I Lock My Door Upon Myself

oil on canvas · 1891 CE

Summer Evening on the South Beach at Skagen

oil on canvas · 1893 CE

Beethoven Frieze

casein paint, gold leaf, semi-precious stones, charcoal, graphite, and plaster on lath · 1901–1902 CE

Judith I

oil on canvas with gilt bronze frame · 1901 CE

Two Riders on the Beach (c.1901–1903) — Max Liebermann

Oil on canvas · 1901–1903 CE

Casa Batllo

stone, iron, ceramic tile, glass · 1904–1906 CE

The Joy of Life

oil on canvas · 1905–1906 CE

Yokoyama Taikan — Floating Lights (Ryūtō), c. 1909

mineral pigments on silk, hanging scroll · 1909 CE

The City Rises

oil on canvas · 1910 CE

Violin and Candlestick

oil on canvas · 1910 CE

Portrait of Picasso

oil on canvas · 1912 CE

Self-Portrait with Physalis

oil on panel · 1912 CE

Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin

oil on canvas with sequins · 1912 CE

Abstract Speed + Sound

oil on panel with painted artist-designed frame · 1913–1914 CE

The Cyclist

oil on canvas · 1913 CE

Street, Berlin

oil on canvas · 1913 CE

The Bride of the Wind

oil on canvas · 1914 CE

Apple Tree II (c.1916) — Gustav Klimt (Bloch-Bauer collection)

Oil on canvas · 1916 CE

Suprematist Composition

oil on canvas · 1916 CE

Painterly Architectonics

oil on board · 1916–1917 CE

Cathedral (Bauhaus Manifesto woodcut)

woodcut on paper · 1919 CE

Proun 19D

gouache, oil, and varnish on canvas · 1920–1922 CE

The Elephant Celebes

oil on canvas · 1921 CE

Three Musicians

oil on canvas · 1921 CE

Light-Space Modulator

steel, plastics, glass, and electric motor · 1922–1930 CE

The Resurrection, Cookham

oil on canvas · 1924–1927 CE

Counter-Composition V

oil on canvas · 1924 CE

The Birth of the World

oil on canvas · 1925 CE

Workers' Club

wood, painted furniture, and designed objects — total environment · 1925 CE

Around the Fish

oil and tempera on board mounted on canvas · 1926 CE

The Defense of Petrograd

oil on canvas · 1927–1928 CE

Drago

watercolor on paper · 1927 CE

Barcelona Pavilion

steel, glass, marble, travertine · 1929 CE

Galloping Horse

Ink on paper, hanging scroll · 1930–1953 CE

Ad Parnassum

oil and casein on canvas · 1932 CE

Bauhaus Stairway

oil on canvas · 1932 CE

Regatta at Cowes

oil on canvas · 1934 CE

Man at the Crossroads (Man, Controller of the Universe)

fresco · 1934 CE

Recumbent Figure

green Hornton stone · 1938 CE

The Two Fridas

oil on canvas · 1939 CE

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

oil on canvas · 1940 CE

Totes Meer (Dead Sea)

oil on canvas · 1940–1941 CE

Indefinite Divisibility

oil on canvas · 1942 CE

The Broken Column

oil on masonite · 1944 CE

Cuauhtémoc Against the Myth

pyroxylin (nitrocellulose lacquer / Duco paint) on celotex and masonite panels · 1944 CE

Corps de Dame

oil on canvas with heavy impasto · 1950 CE

Woman III

Oil on canvas · 1952–1953 CE

Interchange

Oil on canvas · 1955 CE

IKB 79

dry pigment and synthetic resin on cardboard on wood · 1959 CE

Spatial Concept, Waiting

oil on canvas with incised cut · 1960 CE

Vietnamese War-Era Propaganda Poster (c.1960s–1970s)

Screenprint, lithograph, or gouache on paper · 1960–1975 CE

Single Form

bronze · 1961–1964 CE

Orange, Red, Yellow

oil on canvas · 1961 CE

The Big Night Down the Drain

oil on canvas · 1962–1963 CE

Eight Elvises

Silkscreen ink on canvas · 1963 CE

Whaam!

magna on canvas · 1963 CE

29.01.64

Oil on canvas · 1964 CE

One and Three Chairs

folding chair; gelatin silver photograph of chair; photographic enlargement of dictionary definition of 'chair' · 1965 CE

Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J.

gelatin silver print · 1967 CE

Taro Okamoto — Tower of the Sun (Taiyō no Tō), 1970

reinforced concrete, steel, mosaic, fibreglass · 1970 CE

Shapolsky et al. Manhattan Real Estate Holdings, a Real-Time Social System, as of May 1, 1971

142 black-and-white photographs of buildings and documents, 2 maps, 6 data sheets; gelatin silver prints and photostat · 1971 CE

01.03.73

Oil on canvas · 1973 CE

Warlugulong — Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1976)

Synthetic polymer (acrylic) paint on canvas · 1976 CE

Untitled Film Still #21

gelatin silver photograph · 1978 CE

Tilted Arc

Cor-Ten (weathering) steel · 1981 CE

Church of the Light

board-formed reinforced concrete · 1987–1989 CE

Earth's Creation (Emily Kame Kngwarreye, 1994)

acrylic on canvas · 1994 CE

Libération

Oil on canvas · 1995 CE

Shibboleth

Concrete floor intervention (crack running 167 m through Turbine Hall floor) · 2007 CE

The Seated (I, II, III, IV)

bronze · 2019 CE

Rabbula Gospels (Illuminated Manuscript)

tempera and gold on vellum (parchment) · 586 CE

Wari Feathered Tunic (Unku)

Cotton plain-weave ground with attached macaw, parrot, and tropical bird feathers; feathers bound with cotton thread to warp elements · 600–1000 CE

Todai-ji Great Buddha (Nara Daibutsu), 743 CE

gilt bronze · 743–752 CE

Samarra Wall Paintings (c. 836–883 CE)

pigment on plaster (tempera or secco technique on stucco ground) · 836–883 CE

Taíno Zemí (Three-Pointed Stone Figure)

carved limestone, volcanic stone, wood, shell, bone, or cotton · 1000–1500 CE

Goryeo Celadon Melon-Shaped Ewer (Chamoe-hyeong Celadon), c. 12th century

stoneware with celadon (pale blue-green) glaze · 1100–1200 CE

Vladimir Mother of God (Icon)

tempera on lime wood panel · 1125–1132 CE

Chartres Cathedral — North Rose Window (Rose de France)

Stained glass, lead cames, stone tracery (limestone) · 1215–1230 CE

Morgan Bible (Crusader Bible / Picture Bible of Louis IX)

tempera, gold leaf, silver on vellum · 1244–1254 CE

Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel)

Fresco (buon fresco, applied wet plaster) · 1304–1306 CE

Birth of the Virgin

tempera and gold on panel · 1342 CE

Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden)

oil on oak panel · 1430–1435 CE

Commemorative Head of an Oba, early 16th century — Art Institute of Chicago

Cast brass (leaded bronze alloy) · 1500–1530 CE

Oba Coral Regalia — Court Necklace Assembly, 16th century — Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde Leiden

Coral beads, thread, metalwork · 1500–1700 CE

Tao Gu Presents a Poem

Ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll · 1510–1520 CE

Kalon Mosque — Bukhara Tilework Program (c. 1514)

glazed and unglazed ceramic tile (kashi), including mosaic faience and painted tile; lapis lazuli blue, turquoise, white, and manganese black · 1514–1530 CE

Palace Plaque — Bowman in Combat Dress, 16th–17th century — Weltmuseum Wien

Cast brass · 1550–1680 CE

Cypress and Rock

Ink on paper, album leaf · 1550–1559 CE

Ceremonial Staff (Eben), 17th century — Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

Iron with cast brass fittings and inlay · 1600–1700 CE

Palace Plaque Depicting Olokun (River/Sea Deity), 17th century

Cast brass · 1600–1700 CE

Thangka of Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava) — Tibet, c. 17th century

mineral pigment (lapis lazuli, malachite, vermilion, gold, lamp black) on prepared cotton cloth (thangka) · 1600–1699 CE

Qingbian Mountains

Ink on paper, hanging scroll · 1617 CE

One Hundred Horses

Ink and colour on silk, handscroll · 1728 CE

Maruyama Okyo — Cranes (Tsuru-zu byōbu), c. 1772

ink and mineral pigments on paper, six-panel folding screen pair · 1772 CE

The Hülsenbeck Children

oil on canvas · 1805–1806 CE

Work

oil on canvas · 1852–1865 CE

Battle of Grunwald

oil on canvas · 1875–1878 CE

The Convalescent

oil on canvas · 1888 CE

The Night

oil on canvas · 1889–1890 CE

Kuroda Seiki — Morning Toilette (Chōsō), 1893

oil on canvas · 1893 CE

Rue Saint-Honoré, Afternoon, Rain Effect (1898) — Pissarro

Oil on canvas · 1898 CE

Dance Around the Golden Calf

oil on canvas · 1910 CE

Self-Portrait as Soldier

oil on canvas · 1915 CE

Still Life with Fruit and Bottle (c.1916) — Henri Matisse (Gurlitt collection pattern)

Oil on canvas · 1916 CE

Nu couché

oil on canvas · 1917–1918 CE

Angelus Novus

ink, chalk, and watercolor on paper · 1920 CE

A Negra (The Black Woman)

oil on canvas · 1923 CE

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

oil and pastel on Masonite, three panels · 1944 CE

Full Fathom Five

oil on canvas with nails, tacks, buttons, key, coins, cigarettes, matches · 1947 CE

Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park

fresco · 1947–1948 CE

Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)

enamel on canvas · 1950 CE

City Landscape

oil on canvas · 1955 CE

Monogram

oil, paper, fabric, printed paper, printed reproductions, metal, wood, rubber shoe heel, and tennis ball on canvas with oil on Angora goat with rubber tyre on wood platform mounted on four casters · 1955–1959 CE

Mahoning

oil and paper collage on canvas · 1956 CE

Cubi XII

stainless steel · 1963 CE

Equivalent VIII

120 firebricks · 1966 CE

Ema (Nude on a Staircase)

oil on canvas · 1966 CE

The Pack

VW microbus, 24 wooden sledges, felt, fat, flashlights · 1969 CE

Honey Ant Dreaming (Papunya Tula, c.1971)

acrylic and enamel paint on school wall, later transitioning to board and canvas · 1971 CE

Sabel Series — Benedicto Cabrera (BenCab) (1972–ongoing)

Oil on canvas; etching and aquatint; mixed media (series spans multiple media) · 1972–present CE

Nam June Paik — TV Buddha, 1974

closed-circuit video installation: antique bronze Buddha statue, CCTV camera, television monitor · 1974 CE

Bindu

Acrylic on canvas · 1980 CE

Margarethe

oil and straw on canvas · 1981 CE

Shulamite

oil, acrylic, emulsion, shellac, and straw on canvas · 1983 CE

Yoshitomo Nara — The Girl with the Knife in Her Hand, 1991

acrylic on canvas · 1991 CE

House

concrete (cast of interior of Victorian terraced house) · 1993 CE

Balloon Dog (Orange)

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent colour coating · 1994–2000 CE

Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

oil on canvas · 1995 CE

Untitled

Oil on canvas · 1995 CE

What Else Could We Talk About

installation: fabric banners soaked in victims' blood, water used to wash corpses, mops, gallery attendants performing daily ritual · 2009 CE

At the Fountain

Oil on canvas, mounted on board · CE

Jomon Dogu Figurine (type example, c. 1000–300 BCE)

fired clay (earthenware) · -1000–-300 CE

Utrecht Psalter

brown ink drawings on vellum · 820–835 CE

Night Revels of Han Xizai

Ink and colour on silk, handscroll · 943–960 CE

Gero Cross

painted oak (polychrome wood sculpture) · 965–970 CE

Cloisters Cross (Bury St Edmunds Cross)

walrus ivory (carving) · 1150–1160 CE

Phra Phuttha Sihing (พระพุทธสิหิงค์) — c.13th century

Bronze; gilded bronze · 1200–1400 CE

Ceremonial Sword of State (Ada), 17th century — National Museum Lagos

Iron blade, brass handle and scabbard fittings · 1600–1700 CE

Peach Blossom Spring

Ink and colour on paper · 1697–1707 CE

Ramakien Mural Cycle — Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok (1784–1786)

Fresco secco (lime plaster with mineral pigments); architectural mural painting · 1784–1786 CE

Portrait of Wu Changshuo

Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll · 1888 CE

Shrimps

Ink on paper, album leaf or hanging scroll · 1910–1955 CE

Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors

oil on canvas · 1911–1912 CE

Auto-Portrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)

oil on panel · 1929 CE

Zebra

gouache on paper · 1937–1938 CE

Guerra e Paz (War and Peace)

painted ceramic tile (azulejo) · 1952–1956 CE

Juanito Laguna aprende a leer (Juanito Laguna Learns to Read)

mixed media collage (oil paint, found materials: tin, wire, fabric, corrugated metal on hardboard) · 1961 CE

I Like America and America Likes Me

live performance: felt, coyote, 50 copies of the Wall Street Journal (changed daily), walking stick, flashlight, gloves · 1974 CE

Supermarkets

mixed media on canvas (offset dots, pigment, lacquer) · 1976 CE

Hiroshi Sugimoto — Theaters (series), 1978–present

large-format gelatin silver print · 1978–present CE

Nichols Canyon

Oil on canvas · 1980 CE

Untitled #96

chromogenic colour photograph · 1981 CE

Gold Mine, Serra Pelada, Para, Brazil

gelatin silver print · 1986 CE

Corps etranger (Foreign Body)

Video installation: cylindrical wooden structure, two video projectors, four-channel sound · 1994 CE

Mask Series No. 6

Oil on canvas · 1996 CE

Bharat Mata

Oil on canvas · 2005 CE

Bridging Home

steel structure with translucent polyester fabric, steel supports · 2010 CE

The Repair from Occident to Extra-Occidental Cultures

Slide projection of archival photographs, tables, printed matter · 2012 CE

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Oil on panel, over traces of underdrawing in black · CE

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Oil on copper · CE

Landscape with Thatched Cottages

Oil on wood · CE

The Good Samaritan

Oil on wood · CE

The Smoker

Oil on wood · CE

Summer, from "The Four Seasons"

Etching; first state of two · CE

The Dance

Oil on canvas · CE

The Swing

Oil on canvas · CE

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

Oil on canvas · CE

The Resurrection

Engraving; first state of three; hand colored in gold, red, green blue yellow, brown and white. · CE

The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa

Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood · CE

The Harvesters

Oil on wood · CE

The Rabbit Hunt

Etching · CE

Teabowl

Hard-paste porcelain · CE

Self-Portrait — Affandi (c.1970s)

Oil on canvas; applied directly from tube with fingers and palms (impasto technique) · 1970–1979 CE

Dancing in Colombia

oil on canvas · 1980 CE

Dark Mirror

animated video, installation · 2005 CE

Portrait of a Gentleman

Watercolor on ivory · CE

Laura

Engraving · CE

Two cardinals

Etching · CE

Coat of Arms

Pen and black ink, watercolor, traces of black chalk · CE

Saint Paul

Etching · CE

The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family

Etching · CE

Grand Canal, Venice

Graphite · CE

Old Man

Wood engraving block · CE

Bell

Bronze and brass · CE

Lays of Ancient Rome

Illustrations: wood engraving · CE

The New Ballad

Etching · CE

Untitled

Lithograph and silkscreen with embossed plate · CE

Landscape

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite · CE

A Portrait (Lord Petersham)

Hand-colored etching · CE

Don Juan, Vol. 1

Illustration: etching and engraving · CE

Diner 25 mai 1896

Chromolithography · CE

Menu du 23 mai 1896

Chromolithography · CE

Cabinet

Mahogany, maple veneer, brass, copper, mother-of-pearl, and glass · CE

Table

Probably purpleheart, yellow poplar, inlaid woods, brass · CE

No. 1012 Environs de Bonneville

Albumen silver print with applied color · CE

No. 1050 Cascade de Bérard

Albumen silver print with applied color · CE

No. 971 [illegible]

Albumen silver print with applied color · CE