Bradley Smith Collection (#8)

HYACINTHE RIGAUD (1649-1743). French painter. Oil on canvas, self portrait, 1701

FRANCE: BLACKSMITHS, c1600. French tapestry, early 16th century, depicting the Biblical figures Giohargius (left), inventor of the art of weighing, and Tubalcain, inventor of the art of iron-working

RENAISSANCE: CONCERT. French tapestry, early 16th century

MEXICO: IXMIQUILPAN FRESCO. Fresco painting of a fanciful battle scene, depicting an Aztec warrior fighting a horse with a human head, hands holding weapons and sandaled feet

MEXICO: MISSIONARIES. Mexican Indians converted to Christianity, while the bishop of New Spain officiates at a baptismal rite. Illumination from the Chronicles of Michoacan, by Pablo Beaumont, c1750

AZTEC ARTIST, c1540. Mexican Indian artists were taught to paint in the European style by Spanish missionaries. Drawing from the Codex Florentino, c1540, compiled by Bernardino de Sahagun (1499-1590)

MEXICO: TWELVE FRANCISCANS. Twelve Franciscans who arrived in Mexico in 1524 are depicted in one of the oldest European murals in Mexico, at the Convent of Huejotzingo, in Puebla, Mexico

LAST AZTEC EMPERORS. The three last emperors of the Aztecs before falling to the Spanish. Top to bottom: Montezuma II, Cuitlahuac, Cuauhtemoc

MEXICO: SPANISH CONQUEST. An Aztec defending an island against a Spanish conquistador (left), while above a Spanish priest baptizes an infant. Drawing from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, c1540

MEXICO: SPANISH CONQUEST. An Aztec warrior and a Spanish conquistador fight as a temple burns. Drawing from an original codex fragment, c1550-60

MEXICO: GUANAJUATO, c1850. Mexicans of various social classes enjoying the countryside near Guanajuato, Mexico. The Dam of La Olla (Presa de la Olla) is in the background

NEBEL: GUACHINANGO INDIANS. Guachinango Indians of the Guachinango region of Mexico. Hand-colored lithograph after a drawing by Don Carlos Nebel, 1830s

GERICAULT: IMPERIAL GUARD. An officer of the Imperial Guard of the Grand Army under Napoleon Bonaparte. Sketch, c1800, by Theodore Gericault

AUSTERLITZ: BIVOUAC, 1805. Bivouac of the 2nd Hussars of Napoleons Grand Army before the Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805. Watercolor, 1805, by Colonel Barbier, Commandant of the 2nd Hussars

FRANCE: VOLUNTEER, c1790. Departure of a French soldier. Oil on canvas, c1790, attributed to Watteau de Lille

FRANCE: NATIONAL GUARD. Officers of the National Guard urging citizens back to work. Watercolor, c1790

FRANCE: PAINTED SIGN. Outdoor sign for a wine merchant; a priest drinks with a soldier, and a bourgeois wears the tricolor republican cockade. Oil on wood, c1790

FRANCE: ALLEGORY, c1790. The Hope of Happiness Dedicated to the Nation. Louis XVI and his Minister of Finance Jacques Necker ride in the ship of state with Goodness and Truth

LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE (1644-1710). French noblewoman and mistress of Louis XIV from 1661-1667. Louise as Diana, goddess of the hunt. Oil on canvas, late 17th century, after Claude Lefebvre

FRANCE: GALLO-ROMAN MOSAIC. Gallo-Roman mosaic of circus games, c175 A. D
FRANCE: GALLO-ROMAN MOSAIC. Gallo-Roman mosaic of circus games, c175 A.D

AZTEC TRIBUTE LIST, c1540. Visual record of tributes the Aztecs collected from their subjects. Drawn on amatl paper, from the Matricula de Tributos, c1540

AZTEC: BURNING A TEMPLE. The burning of a temple, indicating the end of a 52-year cycle. Page from a copy of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, 1389-1399

AZTEC MIGRATION. Aztecs stopping on their way to Tenochtitlan from the homeland (Aztlan). Detail from the Migration Scroll of the Codex Boturini, c1400

MIXTEC WARRIORS. Three canoe-borne warriors (Eight Deer at center) cross a lake to attack an island. Sea monsters swim in the water below them. Detail from the Codex Zouche-Nutall, c1450

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1905. Japanese officer. Lithograph, c1905

JAPAN: FOREIGN SOLDIERS. Foreign soldiers (probably Russian) in Japan. Woodblock print, middle 19th century

MIXTEC RULER: EIGHT DEER. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, a powerful Mixtec ruler of the 11th century, in full warrior costume. Detail from the Codex Zouche-Nuttall, c1450

MIXTEC RULER: EIGHT DEER. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (left), a powerful Mixtec ruler of the 11th century, skinning an animal. Detail from the Codex Zuache-Nuttall, c1450

MEXICO: AZTEC CEREMONY. Aztec sun-raising ceremony, from the Codex Borgia, c1450

JAPAN: BATHHOUSE, c1850. Woodblock print, c1850

JAPAN: BATH, c1850. Woodblock print, c1850

JAPAN: KYOTO, 1730. Woodblock print, 1730

JAPAN: WESTERN DRESS. Japanese in Western dress. Wooblock print, 1870s

JAPAN: PARLIAMENT, 1890. First meeting of the Japanese Parliament. Woodblock print, triptych, 1890, by Shosai Ginko

JAPAN: UNIFORMS, 1904-5. Japanese military uniforms during the era of the Russo-Japanese War. Woodblock print, triptych, c1904-5

TOKYO: STREET SCENE, 1889. Japanese and foreigners stroll through the Yoshiwara section of Tokyo. Woodblock print, 1889, by Inoue

JAPAN: INDUSTRIAL FAIR. Electric lights at the entrance of the Fifth Industrial Fair, Ueno Park, Tokyo. Lithograph, 1907

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1905. Kite flown at Japanese headquarters signaling the surrender of Russian forces at Port Arthur on 2 January 1905. Lithograph, 1905

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1905. Battle near the city of Mukden, Manchuria, fought from 20 February to 10 March 1905. Lithograph, Japanese, 1905

AZTECS: RECREATION, c1540. An entertainer sings and beats a drum with a head of ocelot skin (top). Below him is a youth playing ball. Page from the Codex Mendoza, Aztec, c1540

MEXICO: MIXTECS. Codex drawing of the Mixtec culture of southern Mexico, c14th or 15th century

FRANCE: EXORCISM, c1400. A demon flies from the mouth of its victim during an exorcism. Detail from a French miniature, early 15th century

PIERRE de CASTELNAU (d. 1208). The Blessed Pierre of Luxembourg. Painting, c1470, from the school of Avignon

FRANCE: TRIAL BY COMBAT. Two bishops stand as judges during a duel in medieval France. Enamel champleve from Limoges, 14th century

NUNNERY, 13th CENTURY. French manuscript illumination, early 13th century, from the Miracles of Our Lady

AZTECS: DRINKING, c1540. Aztec elders were allowed to get drunk. The woman in the bottom drawing is moving toward a pot of pulque, a liquor made from the maguey cactus

LOUIS VII (1120?-1180). King of France, 1137-1180. With his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, at their wedding (left), and embarking on the Second Crusade

AZTEC DAILY LIFE, c1540. A father teaches his son how to carry firewood, to load and handle a canoe, and the catch fish with a net. Page from the Codex Mendoza, Aztec, c1540

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