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Background imageHousehold Collection: The Scullery Maid, c. 1738. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin

The Scullery Maid, c. 1738. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
The Scullery Maid, c. 1738

Background imageHousehold Collection: A Woman Reading, after Pieter Janssens Elinga, 1846-47. Creator: Francois Bonvin

A Woman Reading, after Pieter Janssens Elinga, 1846-47. Creator: Francois Bonvin
A Woman Reading, after Pieter Janssens Elinga, 1846-47

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Kitchen-God, 1922. Creator: Unknown

The Kitchen-God, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Kitchen-God, 1922. The Kitchen God is the most important of Chinese domestic gods who protect the hearth and family, recognised in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, and Taoism

Background imageHousehold Collection: Self-Portrait with a Harp, 1791. Creator: Rose Adelaide Ducreux

Self-Portrait with a Harp, 1791. Creator: Rose Adelaide Ducreux
Self-Portrait with a Harp, 1791

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown

The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Military, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies

Background imageHousehold Collection: Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), 1893. Creator: John Singer Sargent

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), 1893. Creator: John Singer Sargent
Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), 1893

Background imageHousehold Collection: Maternal Caress, c. 1891. Creator: Mary Cassatt

Maternal Caress, c. 1891. Creator: Mary Cassatt
Maternal Caress, c. 1891

Background imageHousehold Collection: Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael

Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael
Kitchen Scene, 1620s. meat on a skewer

Background imageHousehold Collection: Woman Reading a Letter, c.1663. Creator: Jan Vermeer

Woman Reading a Letter, c.1663. Creator: Jan Vermeer
Woman Reading a Letter, c.1663. Other Title(s): Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. In a quiet, private moment, a young woman stands, engrossed in reading a letter

Background imageHousehold Collection: Young Woman, with Puck the Dog, c.1885-c.1886. Creator: Thérèse Schwartze

Young Woman, with Puck the Dog, c.1885-c.1886. Creator: Thérèse Schwartze
Young Woman, with Puck the Dog, c.1885-c.1886

Background imageHousehold Collection: Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju), from the series 'Fashionable Japanese Versions of

Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of
Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju), from the series " Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)", c. 1770/72

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Highland Family, 1824. Creator: David Wilkie

The Highland Family, 1824. Creator: David Wilkie
The Highland Family, 1824

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown

The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds

Background imageHousehold Collection: Young Woman Sewing, 1879. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Young Woman Sewing, 1879. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Young Woman Sewing, 1879

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Prayer of the Spinner, 1645. Artist: Dou, Gerard (Gerrit) (1613-1675)

The Prayer of the Spinner, 1645. Artist: Dou, Gerard (Gerrit) (1613-1675)
The Prayer of the Spinner, 1645. Found in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Annunciation; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

The Annunciation; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530

Background imageHousehold Collection: Delilah Tying Samson's Hair to a Column: Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair

Delilah Tying Samson's Hair to a Column: Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410

Background imageHousehold Collection: January Calendar Page: Feasting and Warming: Aquarius; Spinola Hours

January Calendar Page: Feasting and Warming: Aquarius; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Holy Family; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450. Creator: Workshop of the Bedford Master

The Holy Family; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450. Creator: Workshop of the Bedford Master
The Holy Family; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450. Mary breastfeeds the infant Jesus as Joseph holds a pan over the fire

Background imageHousehold Collection: Beaker or Lamp, 4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Beaker or Lamp, 4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Beaker or Lamp, 4th century A.D. Additional Info: Free-blown vessel of pale green glass. The body is decorated with a band of dark blue blobs between two incised lines

Background imageHousehold Collection: A Japanese Couple and Their Child, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

A Japanese Couple and Their Child, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A Japanese Couple and Their Child, about 1873-1883

Background imageHousehold Collection: Scene in a Japanese House... about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Scene in a Japanese House... about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Scene in a Japanese House... about 1873-1883

Background imageHousehold Collection: A girl pouring sweet tea... about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

A girl pouring sweet tea... about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A girl pouring sweet tea... about 1873-1883

Background imageHousehold Collection: Festival of the God of Wealth, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Festival of the God of Wealth, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Festival of the God of Wealth, about 1873-1883

Background imageHousehold Collection: Festival of a star near the Milky Way, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Festival of a star near the Milky Way, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Festival of a star near the Milky Way, about 1873-1883

Background imageHousehold Collection: Cooking rice, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Cooking rice, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Cooking rice, about 1873-1883. Woman pouring rice into a rice cooker while another woman (with a baby strapped to her back) sorts rice and a third woman chops something

Background imageHousehold Collection: A Flower Vendor, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

A Flower Vendor, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A Flower Vendor, about 1873-1883. Two women sitting on a stoop, talking to a man standing next to an array of potted plants. Another man sits to one side, smoking

Background imageHousehold Collection: A Japanese Household, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

A Japanese Household, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A Japanese Household, about 1873-1883. Two women sitting near a fire. One holds a wooden tool and some grain; the other is holding a baby and tending to the fire under a pot

Background imageHousehold Collection: A father playing with his child, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

A father playing with his child, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A father playing with his child, about 1873-1883. A man making faces in a frame while a woman lifts a paper screen. A child sits across from the reclining man

Background imageHousehold Collection: Making mochi, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Making mochi, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Making mochi, about 1873-1883. A man and two women standing around a wooden container, pounding at the contents

Background imageHousehold Collection: Cleaning House, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Cleaning House, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Cleaning House, about 1873-1883. A group of people moving various household goods and beating woven mats

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Additional Info: This mold-made object presents a man squatting on the ground, barefoot, with his arms between his splayed legs

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp in the Form of a Comic Mask, A.D. 75-125. Creator: Unknown

Lamp in the Form of a Comic Mask, A.D. 75-125. Creator: Unknown
Lamp in the Form of a Comic Mask, A.D. 75-125. Additional Info: The body of this Roman lamp takes the form of a comic mask set on a low turned foot

Background imageHousehold Collection: Double-spouted Hanging Lamp with the Figure of a Comic Actor

Double-spouted Hanging Lamp with the Figure of a Comic Actor, 125-100 B.C. Additional Info: A seated comic actor forms the main part of the body of this Hellenistic oil-burning lamp

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Eagle, sometimes interpreted as parrot, standing to right

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus.Two-nozzled suspension lamp. Low body with vertical sides. No shoulder

Background imageHousehold Collection: Fragment of a Fresco Panel with a Meal Preparation, A.D. 1-79. Creator: Unknown

Fragment of a Fresco Panel with a Meal Preparation, A.D. 1-79. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Fresco Panel with a Meal Preparation, A.D. 1-79

Background imageHousehold Collection: The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse), 1761. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse), 1761. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse), 1761

Background imageHousehold Collection: Horse Stable, about 1654. Creator: Gerard Terborch II

Horse Stable, about 1654. Creator: Gerard Terborch II
Horse Stable, about 1654. Additional Info: A dappled grey horse feeds at a manger while a man brushes his coat

Background imageHousehold Collection: Family Group in an Interior, about 1658-1660. Creator: Gerritsz Quiringh van Brekelenkam

Family Group in an Interior, about 1658-1660. Creator: Gerritsz Quiringh van Brekelenkam
Family Group in an Interior, about 1658-1660. Just finishing a Sunday meal, the members of this well-to-do family may be getting ready to return to church

Background imageHousehold Collection: Selling medicine to kill rats, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

Selling medicine to kill rats, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Selling medicine to kill rats, about 1873-1883. Two women seated on a platform watching a man walk past holding a banner

Background imageHousehold Collection: A Japanese family in their garden, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I

A Japanese family in their garden, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A Japanese family in their garden, about 1873-1883. Three adults and a girl seated on rocks and a chair surrounded by trees, flowering bushes, and potted plants

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments), 3rd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments), 3rd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments), 3rd century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Erotic scene

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp Fragment (Handle Ornament), 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp Fragment (Handle Ornament), 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp Fragment (Handle Ornament), 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Flat ornament handle with part of ring behind

Background imageHousehold Collection: A Well, 1870s-1890s. Creator: Kusakabe Kimbei

A Well, 1870s-1890s. Creator: Kusakabe Kimbei
A Well, 1870s-1890s. A woman standing next to a water well, holding a wooden bucket and a long pole

Background imageHousehold Collection: Girls at Home, 1870s-1890s. Creator: Kusakabe Kimbei

Girls at Home, 1870s-1890s. Creator: Kusakabe Kimbei
Girls at Home, 1870s-1890s. Two girls sitting near a stove making tea

Background imageHousehold Collection: Japanese Mother and Children, 1897. Creator: Ogawa Kazumasa

Japanese Mother and Children, 1897. Creator: Ogawa Kazumasa
Japanese Mother and Children, 1897

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Additional Info: This globular lamp in the shape of a Black African male's head was made with a mold

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 4th century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 4th century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 4th century B.C.-4th century A.D

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Leaf-shaped handle ornament with large looped plain ring behind

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Additional Info: The heart-shaped, smiling face of a Black African on this mold-made lamp fixes its gaze at the viewer

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 150-50 B.C. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 150-50 B.C. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 150-50 B.C. Additional Info: This mold-made lamp takes the form of a Black African male's head with corkscrew curls. He has a slim face, with large flat nostrils and full lips

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Wide ribbon handle with median groove separating two bands of slanted notches on upper part

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D

Background imageHousehold Collection: Sleeping Beauties, 1866-1867. Creator: Felice Beato

Sleeping Beauties, 1866-1867. Creator: Felice Beato
Sleeping Beauties, 1866-1867. Two sleeping women under a quilt

Background imageHousehold Collection: Family scene at table, about 1857. Creator: Joseph John Elliott

Family scene at table, about 1857. Creator: Joseph John Elliott
Family scene at table, about 1857

Background imageHousehold Collection: Woman Using Cosmetics, 1866-1867. Creator: Felice Beato

Woman Using Cosmetics, 1866-1867. Creator: Felice Beato
Woman Using Cosmetics, 1866-1867. Seated woman applying make-up in a mirror

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Much powdery gold mica. Right and left sides molded separately and joined; the bottom is a separate slab. Ring handle on top for transport

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Two sandaled feet close to one another; a strap between the first and second toe of each foot forks into two parts fixed to the sole of the crepida

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Ring handle with one groove in the back of the bed, supporting a kind of bowl pierced by a filling-hole

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 2nd century A.D

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Additional Info: Handle and ornament most likely molded and added after casting of body; sharp curves finished postcasting

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with a herringbone-pattern

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 5th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 5th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 5th century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Male face with knit eyebrows, flat nose, and moustache: Bes with an angry expression

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp in the Form of a Reclining Comic Actor, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp in the Form of a Reclining Comic Actor, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp in the Form of a Reclining Comic Actor, 2nd century A.D. Additional Info: A drunkenly reclining, masked and costumed actor forms the body of this Roman lamp

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st-4th century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 3rd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 3rd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 3rd century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Meleager and the Calydonian boar

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, second half of 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, second half of 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, second half of 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Rays from filling-hole. Plastic ornament handle representing eagle with square spread wings; ring behind

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus.Two-nozzled suspension lamp. Central filling-hole has a sunken lip for the missing lid

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, second half of 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, second half of 1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, second half of 1st century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Scorpion to right, its claws surrounding the filling-hole

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp and Stand, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp and Stand, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp and Stand, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Triangular ornament handle with palmette above and acanthus leaves below; plain ring behind

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, late 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, late 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, late 2nd century A.D. Additional Info: Discus Iconography: Plain discus.Lampstand/incense-burner consisting of a hollow body fixed on a circular spreading base and surmounted by a bowl

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp with Mask overlaid with gold foil, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp with Mask overlaid with gold foil, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp with Mask overlaid with gold foil, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Additional Info: Miniature lamp with interior made of an indeterminate substance, over which gold foil has been applied

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 2nd century A.D

Background imageHousehold Collection: Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown

Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Creator: Unknown
Lamp, 2nd century A.D. Additional Info: Moldmade

Background imageHousehold Collection: Oil Lamp with a Representation of the Port of Alexandria, A.D. 175-230. Creator: Unknown

Oil Lamp with a Representation of the Port of Alexandria, A.D. 175-230. Creator: Unknown
Oil Lamp with a Representation of the Port of Alexandria, A.D. 175-230

Background imageHousehold Collection: Statton Modern, John Wanamaker's

Statton Modern, John Wanamaker's, business in Great Neck, 1951

Background imageHousehold Collection: Ludwig Baumann, Grand Central Palace Exhibit

Ludwig Baumann, Grand Central Palace Exhibit, 1951



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