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Title: A Tramp Artist: John Singer Sargent (American [resident in England], 1856-1925) Date: ca. 1904-06 Genre: portraiture Period: Edwardian Movement: Impressionism Medium: watercolor Dimensions: 50.8 cm (20 in) high x 35.6 cm (14 in) wide Location: Brooklyn Museum
Title: A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning Artist: Thomas Cole (American [born England], 1801-1848) Date: 1844 Genre: landscape painting Medium: oil on canvas Location: Brooklyn Museum
The Adulterous Woman-Christ Writing Upon the Ground, James Tissot, between 1886 and 1894
Bedouins (watercolor), John Singer Sargent, ca. 1905-06
Merry Christmas (Yuletide Revels), William James Glackens, ca. 1910
Ivory double bell (egogo) from the Benin kingdom in present-day Edo State, Nigeria, depicting the oba (king) with his arms upheld by two attendants, possibly high priests. The oba wielded the egogo during the Emobo rite that concluded the Igue festival, using its sound to repel troublesome spirits. Artist unknown; early 16th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
The Good Shepherd, James Tissot, between 1886 and 1894
Figurine (glazed faience) of Pataikos, an Egyptian protective deity who took the form of a bandy-legged dwarf. Artist unknown; 664-30 BCE (Late Period or Ptolemaic). Now in the Brooklyn Museum.
Portrait (encaustic on wood) of a noblewoman from Roman Egypt. Artist unknown; ca. 150 CE (Antonine). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
The Kabuki Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Aku Shichibei Kagekiyo, Kunisada, 1861
Birch Trees, Abraham Manievich, 1911
View of the Kiribata (Paulownia Imperiales) Trees at Akasaka on a Rainy Evening (no. 119 part 4 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), Utagawa Hiroshige II, ca. 1859
Head (wood, lacquer, pigment, rock crystal, and metal) of a Buddhist Guardian. Unknown Japanese artist; 13th century (Kamakura period). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Ushabti (painted limestone) of Amunemhat. Artist unknown; ca. 1400-1336 BCE (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Mask of the Valley Ptarmigan (wood, feather, and pigments), of the Yup'ik people, Alaska. Artist unknown; late 19th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum.
Trumbash (throwing knife) with an ivory handle, of the Mangbetu people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maker unknown; late 19th century. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Terracotta male head from the Nok culture of present-day Nigeria. Artist unknown; ca. 550-50 BCE. Now in the Brooklyn Museum.
