Index Classification: Subject Matter/Theme

Spring

Seasons, Spring

Works of Art (53)

	Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpina, 1805–12, Francesco Rosaspina (Italian), after an oil painting by Francesco Albani (Italian), Engraving and etching (45.78.123)
	Apple Blossoms, 1873, Charles-François Daubigny (French), Oil on canvas (25.110.3)
	Autumn, 1745, Nicolas-Sébastien Adam le Jeune (French) and Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French), Paris, Marble (66.29.2)
	Bamboo in the Four Seasons, Muromachi period (1392–1573), Attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese), Pair of six-panel folding screens; color, ink, and gold on paper (1975.268.44,45)
	Belt slide, Jin–Yuan dynasty, 12th–14th century, China, Jade (Nephrite) (1991.483)
	Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, Momoyama period, early 17th century, Kano School, Japan, Pair of six-fold screens; color on gold-leafed paper (1987.342.1,2)
	Black Iris, 1926, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (69.278.1)
	Boating, 1874, Édouard Manet (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.115)
	Coat, spring/summer 1953, Christian Dior (French); Christian Dior Haute Couture (French), Silk (C.I.57.62.1a-c)
	Curtained screen (kicho) and utensils for the incense ceremony, Edo period, 19th century, Kubo Shunman (Japanese), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (JP2003)
	Daffodil textile, 1883–1900, Associated Artists (New York City), Printed cotton velvet (28.70.25)
	Dress, spring/summer 2003, Alexander McQueen (British), Shredded ivory silk chiffon and tiered silk organza (2003.462)
	Dressing gown, ca. 1880, Japanese for Western market, Quilted blue silk (1970.83a,b) Dressing gown, late 1880s, Japanese for Western market, Quilted brown silk (1975.227.7a,b)
	Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden, Ming dynasty, ca. 1437, After Xie Huan, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk (1989.141.3)
	The Emperor's Carpet (detail), mid-16th century, Iran (probably Herat), Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), asymmetrically knotted pile (43.121.1)
	Eternal Spring, also known as Eternal Springtime, probably modeled 1881, this marble executed 1906–7, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (17.120.184)
	The Fairy Tree at Colinton, ca. 1846, David Octavius Hill (Scottish,); Robert Adamson (Scottish), Salted paper print from paper negative (1997.382.29)
	Flora, probably early 1650s, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch), Oil on canvas (26.101.10)
	The Flowering Orchard, 1888, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Oil on canvas (56.13)
	The Golden Age, 1605, Joachim Wtewael (Dutch), Oil on copper (1993.333)
	Incense boxes (kogo) with a wrapping cloth (fukusa), Edo period, 1808, Japan, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (JP2113)
	Incense game utensils, Edo period, Ryuryukio Shinsai (Japanese), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (JP2065)
	Landscape of the Four Seasons, Muromachi period, early 16th century, Kangaku Shinso (Soami) (Japanese), Pair of six-fold screens, ink on paper (41.59.1,2)
	Landscapes after Ancient Masters, Qing dynasty, dated 1674 and 1677, Wang Hui (Chinese) and Wang Shimin (Chinese), Album of 12 paintings; ink and color on paper; 10 paintings by Wang Hui (1989.141.4)
	Landscapes Painted for Yuweng, Qing dynasty, dated 1673, Fan Qi (Chinese), Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper (1989.363.131)
	Medallion with Return from a Spring Outing, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 16th–early 17th century, China, Ivory (1993.176)
	Miniature Tunic (Uncu), 17th–18th century, Bolivia (Potosí), Cotton, camelid hair, silk, metal (2007.470)
	Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers, 3rd–4th century, Roman or Byzantine; Probably from North Africa, Tesserae (26.68)
	Narcissus, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), Zhao Mengjian (Chinese), Handscroll; ink on paper (1973.120.4)
	The Old Plum, Edo period, ca. 1645, Attributed to Kano Sansetsu (Japanese), Four sliding door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold leaf on paper (1975.268.48a-d)
	Olive Orchard, 1889, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Oil on canvas (1998.325.1)
	Planting Chrysanthemums, Ming dynasty Lu Zhi (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink and pale color on paper (1986.266.3)
	Poem page mounted as a hanging scroll, Momoyama period, dated 1606, Painting by Tawaraya Sotatsu (Japanese); Calligraphy by Hon'ami Koetsu (Japanese), Ink on paper decorated with gold and silver (1975.268.59)
	Poet's-narcissus textile, 1883–1900, Associated Artists (New York City), Printed linen (28.70.5)
	Quatrain on Spring's Radiance, Southern Song dynasty, Yang Meizi (Chinese; empress to Ningzong), Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk (1989.363.12)
	Snow Flowers, 1951, Henri Matisse (French), Watercolor and gouache on cut and pasted papers (1999.363.46)
	Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1369, Lu Guang (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink on paper (1982.2.2)
	Spring Offerings, dated 1919, Wu Changshi (Wu Changshuo) (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Signed: "Anji Wu Changshi in his seventy-sixth year" (1988.324.2)
	"Spring," 1754, Mary Wright (American), Possibly Sarah Osborn's school, Newport, Rhode Island, Wool and silk on linen (46.155)
	Springtime, ca. 1894–99, Maurice Denis (French), Oil on canvas (1999.180.2ab)
	Stationery box, Momoyama period, early 17th century, Japan, Lacquer, with sprinkled gold decoration in Kodaiji style, inlaid with gold and silver foil (1987.82ab)
	Tapestry Square with the Head of Spring, 4th–5th century; Early Byzantine, Egyptian, Polychrome wool, linen (90.5.848)
	Terms: Figures of Flora and Priapus, 1616 Pietro Bernini (Italian), Originally in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, Rome, Marble
	Tondo: Prudence, ca. 1475, Andrea della Robbia (Italian), Italian (Florence), Terracotta with tinted tin-enamel glazes (21.116)
	[Tree Study, Forest of Fontainebleau], ca. 1856, Gustave Le Gray (French), Albumen silver print from glass negative (1987.1011)
	Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons Sarcophagus, ca. 260–270, Roman, Marble (55.11.5)
	Two Birds on a Wintry Tree, Song dynasty, 13th century, Formerly Attributed to Lidi (Chinese), Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk (1989.363.15)
	Vase with peaches, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, 18th century, China, Porcelain with overglaze enamels (17.120.194)
	Venus and Adonis, ca. 1556–57, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (53.522.28)
	Viewing Plum Blossoms by Moonlight, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), Ma Yuan (Chinese), Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk (1986.493.2)
	Water Deity (Chalchihuitlicue), 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Stone (00.5.72)
	Welcoming Spring, Ming dynasty, 15th century, China, Embroidery on silk gauze (1981.410)
	Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode), Momoyama period, late 16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper (29.100.493–4)