Crédits
Box (He) with Pair of Pheasants in Peonies
China, Chinese, Late Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644
Carved red lacquer on wood core
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Terk (M.80.96.1a-b) (www.lacma.org)
Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
The Japanese Footbridge
1899
Oil on canvas
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington (www.nga.gov)
Auguste Rodin (France, 1840-1917)
Eve
France, first modelled circa 1881, this cast 1968 (Musée Rodin 9/12)
Bronze
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation (M.73.108.2) (www.lacma.org)
Kazimir Malevich (Russian, born Ukraine, 1878-1935)
Painterly Realism of a Football Player - Color Masses in the 4th Dimension
Summer/fall 1915
Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gifts of Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; Mrs. Albert D. Lasker in memory of her husband, Albert D. Lasker; and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 2011.1 (www.artic.edu)
Mappemonde
Covens et Mortier, Amsterdam, 1742
Hand colored engraved double hemisphere map
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Rao Chattarsal of Bundi (?), Folio from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Possibly Balchand (India, circa 1596-1640)
Mir Ali (1500-1544)
India, Mughal empire (verso); Iran (recto), 1640-1650 (verso), 1500-1544 (recto)
Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase (M.83.1.3) (www.lacma.org)
Nicolas Regnier (Niccolò Renieri) (Flanders, active Italy, 1591-1667)
Divine Inspiration of Music
Holland, circa 1640
Oil on canvas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick, Mr. and Mrs. Jo Swerling, Mathilda L. Calnan from the estate of Charles Alexander Loeser, Mr. and Mrs. David Bright, Alexander M. Lewyt, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, Isaacs Brothers Company, anonymous donor in memory of Mary M. Edmunds, William Randolph Hearst Collection, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection, and Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund by exchange (82.7) (www.lacma.org)