The Sevso Treasure
Late fourth or early fifth century AD · Silver
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
The archive
The Records
One canonical page per artwork: what it is, where it was found, every owner it passed through, where it has been exhibited, what has been written about it, and what it has made at auction. Every claim carries a cited public source.
276 records
The Blacas Ewer
Rajab 629 AH / April-May 1232 CE · Sheet brass
British Museum, London
Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter
Early July 1863 · Albumen silver print from a wet collodion...
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division...
Plate 43 from Los Caprichos: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (El sueno de la razon produce monstruos)
Designed and etched 1797-1799 · Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Vinland Map
Uncertain. The parchment itself radiocarbon-dates to circa... · Ink
Jug Signed by Ennion
1st half of the 1st century CE · Glass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 166
The Piri Reis World Map of 1513
1513 · Ink and pigment in eight colors on...
Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Istanbul
The Sutton Hoo Helmet
early 7th century AD, most likely c. 600-625 · Iron cap and internal fittings
British Museum, London, Room 41