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A group of fighting Romans is in the left foreground; three standing see a lying one. At right is the battle of the elephant with the soldier. A trunk is roughly outlined below. In the left background is a box in which Hannibal is seated surrounded by standing persons. In the right background are fighting soldiers at the beginning of a street.

Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Romans Fighting an Elephant, ca. 1590
pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-158

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Verso, at left: A house of three stories and an attic shows rustic work, the door and three windows, the central of which is larger than the others. the upper floors have four windows each. At right: the outline is a segment. Gabriel approaches from left the Virgin, who is sitting beside a lectern. A bed and fireplace are at the long sides of the room, a piece of furniture at the back wall. Recto, in opposite direction, left: the facade has been enriched. The central windows in the ground floor have been enlarged and get the same frame as the central one had. A balcony is in front of the two central windows of the main floor. Paintings are suggested. The charges of the coat of arms of the owner are apparently two standing dolphins. Right, vertically: Christ stands in the center of a hall administering the communion to a kneeling person. Eleven more kneel at left forming a semi-circle. The table and some spectators are at right. A colonnade is at the back, allowing for a view of the building.

Drawing, Page of a sketchbook; Elevation of Palace, Annunciation, Last...
pen and brown ink, brown wash on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2642

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Six men are making canons: one is a fireman working in a room in the back; two finish canons with chisel and hammer (one an almost completed canon, the other - a muzzle); two more men on the obverse; the sixth man stands beside a polished cannon holding an oblong object. Metal is streaming from a square hole in the wall in the left central plane; a ladder and a wheel are at right. The caption, near lower center, reads "Fondiera".

Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Pulvis Pyrius (The Foundry), ca. 1590
pen and ink, brush and gray wash, bistre, on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-298

This object was made by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus.
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cup And Saucer (Netherlands), ca. 1900

Cup And Saucer (Netherlands), ca. 1900
earthenware.
Gift of Justin G. Schiller.
1994-66-33-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

A thatched cottage behind a large tree, left, on the edge of a swamp; a church spire in right distance, seen in evening light.

Print, Thatched Cottage by a Swamp in Evening Light, ca. 1650
etching on white laid paper.
Gift of Milton Einstein.
1959-49-144

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A canal, spanned by two stone bridges, runs through a town. A thatched hut, left, and a stone building, surmounted by a town, right. Figures in the scene.

Drawing, Town on a Canal, 1750–70
graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and bistre wash on cream paper.
Gift of Milton Einstein.
1959-49-218

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A female figure on the left side and a male figure on the right, surrounded by spot motifs of flowering plants. At the bottom center, a basket of fruit with a bird perched on top, flanked by the letters S and H. Two crowns at upper edge. A narrow wavy border on all four sides.

Sampler (Netherlands), 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation.
Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection.
1970-28-24

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Straight-edged fragment with a Valenciennes ground in a large, solidly massed floral design.

Fragment (Netherlands), late 17th century
linen.
1896-2-7

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Border with shallow scallops and Valenciennes ground. Each scallop is filled with a flower motif.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Circular plate with deep cavetto, standing on short foot rim; painted in underglaze blue on white with overall scene of 4 figures in landscape (two seated, two standing), 2 large trees on right, a windmill and onion-domed tower background, spongework leaves.

Plate (Netherlands), ca. 1720–40
tin-glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-60

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Straight-edged fragment with Valenciennes ground in a large, solidly massed floral design.

Fragment (Netherlands), late 17th century
linen.
1896-2-6

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A dilapidated cottage at left, an old lock at right. Mud flats in middle distance. At horizon, a silhouette of a village. Some birds in the evening sky.

Print, The Sluice-Gate, Cottage Near Mud Flats, in the Evening, ca. 1650
etching on white laid paper.
Gift of Milton Einstein.
1959-49-156

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Circular bowl (a) with incurved lower section. Flat base. Molded flange handles with engraved transverse lines and four stylized rectangles. Flat cover (b) with bezel. Two sets of concentric rings engraved on surface. Brass ball finial.

Sugar Bowl And Lid (Netherlands), ca. 1903
brass.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1986-14-3-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Flat circular top with raised gadrooned border at outer rim, on hollow stemmed domed base; painted in underglaze blue on white, on base with floral reserves on leafy border, on top with central rosette surrounded by scroll, lambrequin, and gadrooned borders, on underside with 4 groups of 4 dots.

Salver (Netherlands), 1691–1721
tin-glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-61

This object was made by Lambertus Van Eenhoorn and Metalen Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory).
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

8-sided rectangular bowl, sides slightly flared, scalloped rim, sides cut with series of widely-spaced vertical lines; tall looped silver handle withshaped edges and engraved arabesques.

Bowl (Netherlands), ca. 1860
glass, silver.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-81

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Decorated with green and ochre four-pointed geometric star and linear bands on cream ground.

Creamer (Netherlands), ca. 1908
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Justin G. Schiller.
1994-66-3

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.