The Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum

Allan Rohan Crite (American, 1910–2007), Play at Dark, 1935, oil on canvas board. Courtesy of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Foundation. 

The Milwaukee Lithographing and Engraving Company, 1852–1920, Lone Star Brewing Co., San Antonio, 1903, Colored lithograph on paper, 27 x 41 1/2 in. (68.6 x 105.4 cm), Museum purchase, 74.93

Relief with a herdsman and cow before a sanctuary, Roman, late 1st century B.C.-mid-1st century A.D., marble, 11 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (29.85 x 33.65 cm), State Collection of Antiquities and Glyptothek Munich, Photograph by Renate Kühling

Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871–1946), La Malinche (Young Girl of Yalala, Oaxaca), 1940. Oil paint on canvas; 50 x 40 1/2 in. Phoenix Art Museum: Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of Mexican Art, 1979.86. © The Alfredo Ramos Martínez Research Project, reproduced by permission

Wada, Waichisai III (1899-1975), Flower Basket, 1945-72, Madake, rattan, wood and urushi covered metal beads, Object: 12.5 x 11 x 12 in., Otōshi: 10.75 x 3.875 x 3.875 in., Tomobako: 13.25 x 11.75 x 13 in., 4.6 lb., Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, © Artist or artist estate, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation, photo by TAI Modern.

Portrait of a man, Roman, late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D., Marble, Lent by the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes.

Earthenware Jar from Tonalá, mid- 18th-late- 18th century, Burnished and painted earthenware, 33 1/2 × 22 3/8 × 13 13/16 in. (85.1 × 56.9 × 35.1 cm), Purchased with funds provided by the Lillie and Roy Cullen Endowment Fund, 2021.21

Wendy Red Star, Indian Summer - Four Seasons, 2006, Archival pigment print on sunset fiber rag, 23 x 26 in. (58.4 x 66 cm), Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2016  2016.46.1.1, Collection of The Newark Museum of Art 

Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723–1792), Mary, Lady Arundell of Wardour, ca. 1767–1768, Oil on canvas, 95 x 58 in. (241.3 x 147.3 cm), Purchased with funds provided by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 81.74

King sitting on a throne on Cylindar Vase with Human Figures, Belize, AD 650–750, earthenware and mineral paint, 7.3 x 6.2 in. (18.5 x 16 cm), L/27/189-9:264, Photo: The Mopan Valley Archaeology Project, Bernadette Cap

E. Charlton Fortune (American, 1886–1969), Feeding Chickens, Monterey, 1918, Oil on canvas, 28 x 26 in., Crocker Art Museum, Melza and Ted Barr Collection, 2010.9

Tomie Ohtake, Untitled, 1968, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.

Pair of Earrings, China (Miao), first half of the 20th century, Silver, each 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Promised gift from Elizabeth and Robert Lende, L.2020.23.34.a-b, Photo by Seale Studios

Terrell James, American, born 1955, The Game, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 66 x 66 in. San Antonio Museum of Art Purchased with The Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund, 2018.3. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Song Maojin (died after 1625), Winding Brook in "Fifty Views of Jichang Garden," Ming dynasty, early 17th century, Album leaf, ink and colors on silk, 13" x 11", Wuxi Museum, China (A-4049)

Kate Elizabeth Bunce, Musica, ca. 1895–97, Oil on canvas in original frame, 40 3/16 x 30 3/16 x 1 3/4 in., Presented by Sir John Holder, Bart., 1897 © Birmingham Museums Trust, Courtesy American Federation of Arts. 

Renée Cox, Chillin’ with Liberty, 1998, Cibachrome Print, 60 × 48 in., Courtesy of the artist, Photo courtesy of Long Gallery

Danny Lyon (American, born 1942), Sheriff Jim Clark arrests two SNCC voter registration workers on the steps of the federal building, Selma, Alabama, 1963, printed later, Gelatin silver print, h. 11 in. (27.9 cm); w. 14 in. (35.6 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Ernest Pomerantz and Marie Brenner, 2017.25.42, © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos

John Marin, American (Rutherford, New Jersey, 1870 – 1953, Cape Split, Maine), On Mount Desert, Maine, 1920, watercolor over graphite on textured watercolor paper, 14 x 16 ¾ in., Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of Norma B. Marin. 2013.018.142

Harry Bertoia (American, 1915-1978) Lounge Chair, 1951 Welded steel grid (black), wool cover (red), h. 30 in. (76.2 cm); w. 33 ½ in. (85 cm); d. 28 ¼ in. (71.7 cm) Collection of Kevin Keim Image © Kevin Keim Art © 2018 Estate of Harry Bertoia / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Marilyn Lanfear (American, born 1930), Diana’s Huipil with Una Talla and Handwoven Labels, 1987, h. 57 in. (144.8 cm); w. 29 in. (73.7 cm); d. 21 in. (53.3 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, Anonymous Donation, 95.11.

Ignacio Zuloaga (Spanish, 1870–1945), Young Village Bullfighters (Torerillos de pueblo), 1906, Oil on canvas, h. 77 9/16 in. (197 cm); w. 60 5/8 in. (154 cm), Colección Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, AS0819 © 2018 Estate of Ignacio Zuloaga, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. © Photographic Archives Museo Nacional

(L-R) Bowl with Ring Base and Face, Bowl with Pedestal Base and Face, Bowl with Tripod Teet, Mexico, Guanajuato region, Chupicuaro culture, Late Formative period Earthenware with slip, Gift of Ruth & George Judson, 2005.3.2, 2005.3.3, 2005.3.4, Photography by Peggy Tenison

Our Lady of Mercy, Late 19th Century, Ecuador, Oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Bentley

THE REPLY (CONTESTACION), ca. 1822, Valencia, Spain, Woodcut, Purchased with Funds from the Ford Motor Co., 2000.48.18a, Photography by Peggy Tenison