Works of Art (366)
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Education of the Infant Bacchus, first half of 19th century,
Niccolò Amastini (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx; framed in gold with four perforations for attachment (40.20.30) |
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Female Figure, early 19th century,
Ha'apai Archipelago, Tonga,
Whale ivory (1979.206.1470) |
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Figure, 9th–11th century (?),
Marae 12, Mokumanamana (Necker Island), Hawai'i,
Vesicular basalt (1976.194) |
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Image (To'o) Representing the God 'Oro, 18th century,
Maohi (Tahitian) people, Tahiti, French Polynesia,
Wood, coconut husk fiber, traces of feathers (1979.206.1481) |
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Male Figure (Tiki), 18th–early 19th century,
Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia,
Wood (1979.206.1466) |
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Panel with the Triumph of Dionysus, 4th century; Early Byzantine
Egyptian; Said to be from Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt
Undyed linen and purple wool, tapestry weave; 8 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (21.9 x 34 cm)
Gift of George F. Baker, 1890 (90.5.873) |
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Thalia, probably second quarter of 19th century,
Giuseppe Girometti (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx (40.20.38) |
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Aegis of Sekhmet or Bastet, Third Intermediate Period and later (ca. 1070–332 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (10.130.2055) |
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Allegory of the Planets and Continents, sketch, 1752, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1977.1.3) |
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Amitabha Triad, Koryô dynasty, ca. 13th century, Unidentified artist, Korea, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk (30.76.298) |
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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) |
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Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Signed by Andokides, as potter; Attributed to the Andokides Painter (red-figure decoration); Attributed to Psiax (black-figure decoration), Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.6) |
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Annibale Carracci Introduces Painting to Apollo and Minerva, Pietro Aquila (Italian), after a drawing by Carlo Maratta (Italian), Etching (51.501.2593) |
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Anubis, Dynasty 26–30 (ca. 688–332 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (04.2.151) |
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Apollo and Daphne, ca. 1538–40, Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Medulich or Meldolla) (Italian, Venetian), Etching (26.70.3[195]) |
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Apollo and Diana, ca. 1500–1505, Jacopo de' Barbari (Italian), Engraving (20.92.2) |
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Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus, 1784, Raphael Morghen (Italian, Neapolitan), after Anton Raphael Mengs (German), Engraving and etching (28.22.36) |
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Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus, ca. 1514–20, Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian), after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Engraving (17.37.150) |
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Apollo Belvedere,ca. 1530–34, Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian), Engraving (49.97.114) |
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Apollo Slays the Python and Quarrels with Cupid: From the series The Story of Apollo and Daphne, mid-16th century, Master of the Die, after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Engraving (49.97.323) |
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Apollo, 1588, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Engraving (51.501.3) |
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Apollo, ca. 1595–97, Adriaen de Vries (Netherlandish), Bronze (41.190.534) |
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Apollo, Marsyas, and the Judgment of Midas, 1582, Melchior Meier (German, active Tuscany), Engraving (41.1.210) |
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Apollo, Pan, and a Putto Blowing a Horn, 1560s, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), after Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bolognese), Engraving (49.95.161) |
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Apollo, Pegasus, and the Hippocrene Spring, mid-16th century, Angiolo Falconetto (Italian), after Giulio Romano (Italian, Roman, ca. 1499–1546), Etching (49.95.286) |
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Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, sketch for a ceiling painting, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1980.363) |
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Ardhanarishvara (Composite of Shiva and Parvati), Pre-Angkor period, 7th–8th century,
Cambodia,
Bronze (1993.387.4) |
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Armorial Plate (Tondino), ca. 1520–25 (or 1519?), Nicolò da Urbino (probably Nicola di Bagriele Sbarage) (Italian), Majolica (1975.1.1019) |
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Aryballos, ca. 570 B.C.; black-figure, Greek, Attic, Signed by Nearchos as potter, Terracotta (26.49) |
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Aureus of Septimius Severus, with a portrait of Julia Domna, ca. 193–96 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Gold (99.35.218) |
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Autumn, ca. 1594, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, red-brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white (61.25.2) |
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Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion Seated in Royal Ease, Angkor period, Khmer style of Banteay Srei, fourth quarter of 10th–first quarter of 11th century, Cambodia or Thailand, Bronze with silver inlay (1992.336) |
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Bacchanal with a Wine Vat, ca. 1490, After Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Paduan), Italian, Engraving (1986.1159) |
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Bell krater depicting the return of Persephone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Persephone Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (28.57.23) |
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Belt buckle, ca. 1868, California Jewelry Company, manufacturer; William Cummings, patentee, American
Gold, champlevé enamel (2000.571) |
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Bes image, Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1070–712 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (26.7.878) |
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Birth of Cupid, Master of Flora (Italian, Fontainebleau), Oil on wood (41.48) |
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Birth of the Buddha, Kushan period, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, probably Takht-i-Bahi), Stone (1987.417.1) |
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The Birth of Venus, 1875,
Alexandre Cabanel (French9),
Oil on canvas (94.24.1) |
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Black Thanka with Goddess Lha Mo, late 16th century, Tibet, Distemper on cloth (1983.510.1) |
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Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Tikshna-Manjushri), Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403–1424), China, Gilt brass (2001.59) |
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Bowl, 6th–9th century,
Peru; Wari,
Ceramic (1979.206.385) |
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Box mirror with the head of Pan, late 4th century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek, Bronze (25.78.44a-d) |
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Box with Sleeping Eros, 300s, Roman or Byzantine; Said to have been found in Tartus, Syria, Silver (47.100.33) |
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Bracteate, 5th–6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583) |
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Brahma (Pômch’ôn), Chosôn dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korean, Hanging scroll, ink and color on hemp (21.57) |
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Bridal Chamber of Herse, Tapestry, ca. 1550, Workshop of Willem de Pannemaker (Flemish), Made/manufactured: Brussels, Southern Netherlands, Wool, silk, silver (41.190.135) |
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Bronze hydria (water jar), 4th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek, Bronze (44.11.9) |
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Broth Bowl and Cover (scodella and tagliere), ca. 1530–40, Baldassare Manara (Italian), Maiolica (1975.1.1043a) |
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Buddha Amitayus attended by bodhisattvas, 11th century, Tibet, Distemper on cloth (1989.284) |
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Buddha sheltered by a naga, Angkor period, 12th century, Cambodia, Bronze (1987.424.19ab) |
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Buddha, Gupta period, second half of 6th century, India (probably Bihar), Bronze (69.222) |
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Buddha, probably Vairochana (Piluzhena), Liao dynasty, early 11th century,
China,
Gilt bronze (2006.284) |
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Buddha's Descent from the Trayastrimsha Heaven, Ikshvaku period, second half of 3rd century, India, Andhra Pradesh, Nagarjunakonda, Limestone (28.31) |
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Buddha's First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. 3rd century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) Gray schist (1980.527.4) |
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Buddhist Guardian Mahabala, Eastern Javanese period, 11th century, Indonesia (Java), Bronze (1995.570.4) |
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Buddhist Guardian: Chandamaharoshana, 15th century, Nepal, Distemper and gold on cloth (1994.452) |
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Buddhist Sage, dated 1928, Wang Zhen (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper (1986.267.156) |
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Bust of Hevajra, Angkor period, Khmer style of the Bayon, late 12th–early 13th century, Cambodia, Stone (36.96.4) |
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Calyx-krater (vessel for mixing wine and water) depicting Herakles, Theseus, and Perithous in Hades, ca. 450–440 B.C.; red-figure,
Greek; Attic,
Attributed to the Nekyia Painter,
Terracotta (08.258.21) |
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Cameo with Hercules, ca. 1220, Probably made in southern Italy, Sardonyx with modern gold frame (38.150.23) |
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Candelabrum with Stand, 1838,
Paul Storr (British),
Silver, (1976.423-h) |
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Censer Cover (Xantil), 13th–15th century, Mexico; Tehuacá Ceramic, pigment (1978.412.10) |
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Censer Support, 8th–9th century, Mexico; Maya, Ceramic (1978.412.99) |
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Centerpiece, ca. 1775–80, Italian; Cozzi factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1977.216.37) |
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Chair panel of Thutmose IV, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV, ca. 1400–1390 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Cedar (30.8.45) |
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Chamunda, the Horrific Destroyer of Evil, 10th–11th century, India, Madhya Pradesh, Sandstone (1989.121) |
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Cista with Herakles Amazonomachy, 4th–3rd centuries B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.2) |
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Coffin set of Henettawy, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Psusennes I, ca. 1040–992 B.C., Egyptian; From Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Gessoed and painted wood (25.3.182–184) |
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Column-krater with artist painting a marble statue of Herakles, ca. 350–320 B.C.; Red-figure, Greek, South Italian, Apulian,
Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348, Terracotta (50.11.4) |
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Column-krater, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to Lydos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.11) |
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Contest between Athena and Poseidon, ca. 1543, Antonio Fantuzzi (Italian, Bolognese), after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florentine), Etching; sheet, trimmed to platemark (49.97.589) |
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Cosmetic container in the form of a Bes image holding the cap of a kohl tube, Late Period, Dynasty 27, ca. 525–404 B.C., Egyptian, Faience (1989.281.94) |
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Cult image of the God Ptah, Dynasty 22–early Dynasty 26 (ca. 945–600 B.C.),
Egyptian,
Lapis lazuli (2007.24) |
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Cupid with the Arms of Mars, ca. 1547–62, Adamo Scultori (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (49.97.479) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: Ishtar image and a worshipper below a canopy flanked by winged genies, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, modeled style, Mesopotamia, Chalcedony (1989.361.1) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression: worshipper approaching bearded god, 1820–1730 B.C.; Classic Syrian I style, Syria, Hematite (1991.368.5) |
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Cylinder seal with a battle of the gods, ca. 2220–2159 B.C.; Akkadian, Mesopotamia, Kish, Lapis lazuli (L.1992.23.4) |
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Dancing four-armed Ganesha, 16th–17th century Nepal Gilt copper alloy (1992.384) |
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The Death of the Buddha, Kushan period, 3rd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Gray schist (L.1993.69.4) |
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Death of the Demoness Putana: Page from a dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Krishna), ca. 1610, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper (2002.176) |
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Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan), Kamakura period, 14th century, Unidentified artist, Kyoto, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, gold, and color on silk (12.134.10) |
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Deified king (?), Angkor period, second half of 11th century; Khmer style of the Baphuon, Cambodia, Gilt bronze with silver inlay (1988.355) |
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Deity as Standard Bearer, 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Stone (00.5.8) |
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Deity Figure (Cihuateotl), 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Stone (00.5.30) |
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Deity Figure (Zemí), 13th–15th century, Dominican Republic; Taino, Sandstone (1979.206.1209) |
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Deity Figure (Zemí), 15th–16th century, Dominican Republic; Taino people, Ironwood, shell (1979.206.380) |
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Deity Figure, 3rd–6th century, Honduras; Maya, Jade (jadeite), cinnabar (1979.206.1069) |
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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe: From a set of The Horses, early 1630s, Francis Cleyn; Woven at the Mortlake manufactory, 1650–70, English, Wool and silk (36.149.1) |
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Diana and Actaeon, 1836,
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French),
Oil on canvas (1975.1.162) |
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Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1590–95, Made by Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white heightening, over traces of black chalk (1997.93) |
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Diana and Cupid, 1761, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (1982.438) |
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Diana and Her Nymphs: From a set of Mythological Scenes, 1644, Laurent de La Hyre; Probably woven in the workshop of Hippolyte de Comans in the Faubourg Saint-Marcel, Paris, before 1662, French (Paris) Wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (20.44.3) |
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Diana the Huntress, after 1526,
Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli) (Italian, Milanese),
Oil on wood 1989.21 |
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Diana, 1888–89; this cast, 1890, Frederick William MacMonnies (American), Bronze (27.21.9) |
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Diana, 1892–93; this cast, 1928, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze, gilt (28.101) |
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Diana, 1893–94; this cast, 1894 or after, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (1985.353) |
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Diana: From the series Gods in Niches, 1526, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, Veronese or Parmese), after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florentine), Engraving, as retouched by Franceso Villamena (Italian) (49.97.233) |
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Dish: The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche, 1558, Pierre Reymond (French), Enamel on copper (1984.195) |
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Disk with a herm of Dionysos in relief, Early Imperial, third quarter of 1st century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble, pigment (26.60.27) |
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The Dream of Aeneas, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Neapolitan), Oil on canvas (65.118) |
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The Dream of Queen Maya, Kushan period, 1st century A.D., Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, probably Takht-i-Bahi), Schist (1976.402) |
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Drowning of Britomartis, 1547–59, Probably designed by Jean Cousin the Elder (French); possibly woven by Pierre II Blasse and Jacques Langlois (both French), Wool and silk (42.57.1) |
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Endymion sarcophagus, Mid-Imperial, Severan, early 3rd century A.D.,
Roman, Marble (47.100.4) |
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The Fall of Phaeton: From the series The Metamorphoses, ca. 1588, Anonymous engraver, after Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Engraving (49.97.662) |
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The Fall of Phaeton: From the series The Metamorphoses, ca. 1588, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Pen and red-brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, indented for transfer (1992.376) |
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Fall of the Giants, 1638, Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, Bolognese), after Guido Reni (Italian, Bolognese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks, printed on four sheets (17.50.2) |
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Fall of the Giants, ca. 1530s–40s, Attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli (Italian, active Bologna), after Perino del Vaga (Italian), Engraving (49.95.8) |
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Farnese Hercules,1562, Jacob Bos (Netherlandish, born 's Hertogenbosch), Published by Antonio Lafréri (French), From the Metropolitan Museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae magnificentiae (Mirror of Rome's Magnificence), Engraving (41.72[2.63]) |
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Fasting Siddhartha, Kushan period, ca. 3rd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist (1987.218.5) |
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Feast of the Gods at the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1587, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), after Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Engraving, printed from three plates on three attached sheets; second state of four (2000.113) |
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Fierce Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom, 10th century, Nepal, Gilt copper alloy with color and gold paint (1982.220.13) |
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Figure of Magu with a fawn, Qing dynasty or early Republic, late 19th–early 20th century, China; Dehua ware, Fujian Province, Porcelain with clear glaze (34.13) |
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Figure Pendant, 10th–16th century, Colombia (Tairona), Cast gold (69.7.10) |
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Four deities from a Vajradhatu (Diamond World) Mandala, Eastern Javanese period, fourth quarter of 10th–first half of 11th century, Indonesia (Java, Nganjuk), Bronze (1987.142.5, 7-9) |
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Four-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, ca. second quarter of 8th century, Prakhon Chai, Buriram Province, Thailand, Bronze with silver and black glass or obsidian inlay in eyes (67.234) |
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Fragment from the Eleusinian Relief, ca. 27 B.C.–14 A.D.; Augustan, Fragments of a Roman copy set in a plaster cast of the original Greek relief of ca. 350–325 B.C., Marble (14.130.9) |
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Fragmentary head of a deity wearing a Dionysiac fillet, probably Julio-Claudian, ca. 14–68 A.D.,
Roman; copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C.,
Marble, pigment, gilding (1992.11.66) |
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Funerary urn (hunping), Western Jin dynasty, ca. 250–300, China, Earthenware with green glaze (1992.165.21) |
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Game Piece, 12th century, German (Probably made in Cologne), Walrus ivory (16.106) |
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The Garden of Venus, ca. 1631–37, Pietro Testa (Italian, Roman), Etching (26.70.3[44]) |
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God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, 360–343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (34.2.1) |
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Goddess Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo-Demon Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini), 14th–15th century, Nepal, Gilt copper alloy, inlaid with semiprecious stones (1986.498) |
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Goddess Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon, Mahisha (Mahishasuramardini), Pala period, 12th century, Bangladesh or India, Argillite (1993.7) |
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Goddess with Foliage, 1942, Wifredo Lam (Cuban), Gouache on paper (2002.456.32) |
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The Great Departure and the Temptation of the Buddha, Ikshvaku period, ca. first half of 3rd century, India (Andra Pradesh, Nagarjunakonda), Limestone (28.105 |
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The Great Hercules, 1589, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Engraving (46.140.28) |
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Hanging (?) fragment, 4th–3rd century B.C.,
Peru; Chavín,
Painted cotton (1987.394.704) |
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Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari [Krishna]), Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, ca. 1590–95; Mughal, Attributed to India, Ink and colors on paper (28.63.1) |
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Head of a Bearded Man with a Garland Crown (Jupiter?), ca. 1230–50, Southern Italy, Limestone (L.2003.13) |
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Head of a Buddha, second half of 6th century,
Angkor Borei, Cambodia,
Stone (2005.512) |
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Head of a Rain God, 10th–11th century, Mexico; Maya-Toltec, Limestone (1978.412.24) |
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Head of a Water Deity, 15th–early 16th century,
Mexico; Aztec, Basalt (00.5.44) |
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Head of Athena, Hellenistic, late 3rd–2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Marble (1996.178) |
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Head of herm, 1st or 2nd century A.D.; Imperial Roman, Copy of a Greek work of the late 5th century B.C., Marble (03.12.4) |
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Head of Krishna, ca. 1800, Attributed to Sahib Ram, India (Rajasthan, Jaipur), Ink and watercolors on paper (1918.85.2) |
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Head of Krishna(?), Si Thep style, 7th century,
Thailand (Phetchabun Province),
Stone (1993.201) |
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Hekateion, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble (1987.11.2) |
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Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto), 16th century; Momoyama period, Japanese, Lacquered iron (36.25.81) |
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Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (63.74) |
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Helmet, 1350–1450,
Mongolian or Chinese,
Iron and gold (2005.270) |
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Helmet, 15th–17th century,
Mongolian,
Iron and gold (1999.120)
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Helmet, probably mid- to late 17th century,
Chinese,
Iron, gold, silver, and textile (1997.18) |
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Hercules and Achelous in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1524–25, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, Veronese or Parmese), after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (49.50.208) |
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Hercules and Antaeus, ca. 1516, Ugo da Carpi (Italian), after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (22.67.80) |
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Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna, ca. 1500–1520, Robetta (Cristofano di Michele Martini) (Italian, Florentine), after Antonio Pollaiuolo (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (27.20.2) |
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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses, ca. 1518 (?), Ugo da Carpi (Italian); Designed by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (20.24.76) |
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Hercules Farnese, ca. 1592 (published and dated 1617), Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Engraving (17.37.59) |
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The Hope Dionysos, late 1st century A.D., with 18th-century restoration by Vincenzo Pacetti; Imperial, Roman, Marble (1990.247)
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Hunchback Holding Staff, 10th–12th century, Mexico; Huastec, Stone (1978.412.17) |
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Hydria (water jar) depicting Herakles with women, a satyr, and Pan in the Garden of the Hesperides, early 4th century B.C.; red-figure,
Greek; Attic,
Attributed to the Hesperides Painter,
Terracotta (24.97.5) |
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Hydria (water jar) with the infant Herakles strangling snakes sent by the goddess Hera, ca. 460–450 B.C.; red-figure,
Greek; Attic,
Attributed to the Nausicaä Painter,
Terracotta (25.28) |
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Illuminated pages from a dispersed Dharani manuscript, 14th–15th century, Tibet (Zhalu monastery), Inks and color on paper (1986.509.1a,b) |
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Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Koryô dynasty, ca. 1340, Unidentified artist, Koreang book, gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper (1994.207) |
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Incised Celt, 10th–6th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Jade (jadeite) (1978.412.5) |
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Intaglio with the head of Asklepios, 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.,
Roman,
Carnelian (81.6.94) |
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Iphicles and Hercules Attacked by Snakes, mid-15th century,
Italy; Padua,
Terracotta (2006.453) |
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Iris, Messenger of the Gods, also known as Another Voice, Called Iris, modeled ca. 1895, this bronze cast 1965, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze, on a black marble base (1984.364.7) |
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Judgment of Paris, ca. 1510–20, Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian); Designed by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian), Italian, Engraving (19.74.1) |
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Judgment of Paris, possibly ca. 1528, Lucas Cranach the Elder (German), Oil on wood (28.221) |
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Khonsu's anthropoid coffins, New Kingdom, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el-Medina, western Thebes, Gessoed and painted wood (86.1.1,.2) |
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King Sahure and a Nome God, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2458–2446 B.C., Egyptian, Gneiss (18.2.4) |
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Kneeling female, Angkor period, second half of 11th century; Khmer style of the Baphuon, Cambodia, Bronze with silver inlay and traces of gold (1972.147) |
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Kneeling statue of Amenemope-em-hat, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Psamtik I, ca. 664–610 B.C., Egyptian; Apparently from Memphis, Ptah temple, Graywacke (24.2.2) |
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Krishna Battles the Armies of the Demon Naraka: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu), ca. 1520–30, India, Delhi-Agra area, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper (1985.34) |
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Krishna battling the horse demon Keshi, Gupta period, 5th century, Uttar Pradesh, India, Terracotta (1991.300) |
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Krishna on Garuda, Central Javanese period, second half of 9th century, Java, Indonesia, Bronze (1992.135) |
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Kshitigarbha (Chijang), Koryô dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korea, Hanging scroll; gold and color on silk (29.160.32) |
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Kumano shrine mandala, Nanbokucho period (1336–92),
Japan,
Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold on silk (2006.521) |
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Kylix (drinking cup), ca. 470 B.C.; Classical, white-ground, Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1979.11.15) |
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Kylix, ca. 540–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.62) |
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La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), 1845,
Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian),
Marble (03.11a–d) |
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Lament of the Art of Painting, ca. 1572–78, Cornelis Cort (Flemish), after Federico Zuccaro (Italian), Engraving from two plates (1988.1086) |
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Lamenting the Death of Adonis, mid-16th century, After Luca Cambiaso (Italian), Woodcut (17.37.33) |
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Le Bassin d'Apollon (The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles): From the series Veues des plus Beaux Lieux de France et d'Italie . . ., 1680s, Adam Perelle (French), Nicolas Langlois, Paris, Etching (52.519.84.88) |
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Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 450 B.C.; white-ground, Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (21.88.17) |
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Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 460–450 B.C.; red-figure Attributed to the Nikon Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (53.224) |
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Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 480–470 B.C.; red-figure Attributed to the Tithonos Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (25.78.2) |
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Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 500 B.C.; black-figure on white ground,
Attributed to the Sappho Painter,
Greek, Attic,
Terracotta (41.162.29) |
 |
Lekythos depicting Poseidon pursuing Amymone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (17.230.35) |
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Linga with one face (Ekamukhalinga), Shahi period, 9th century, Afghanistan, Marble (1980.415) |
 |
Lotus Sutra, Heian period, 12th century, Japan, Gold on indigo-dyed paper (65.216.1) |
 |
Loving couple (mithuna), Eastern Ganga dynasty, 13th century, Orissa, India, Ferruginous stone (1970.44) |
 |
Lunette with Buddha surrounded by adorants, 5th–6th century,
Hadda, Afghanistan,
Stucco (2005.314) |
 |
The Madytos Jewelry, ca. 330–300 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Said to be from Madytos,
Gold (06.1217.1-.13) |
 |
Magical stela, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, ca. 360–343 B.C., Egyptian, Greywacke (50.85) |
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Maitreya altarpiece, 5th year of the Zhengguang era, dated 524; Northern Wei dynasty, Hebei Province, China, Gilt bronze (38.158.1a-n) |
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Maize Deity (Chicomecoatl), 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Basalt (00.5.51) |
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Mandala of Chandra (God of the Moon), late 14th–early 15th century, Nepal, Distemper on cloth (1981.465) |
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Mandala of Jnanadakini , late 14th century, Tibet (a Sakya monastery), Distemper on cloth (1987.16) |
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Manjuvajra Mandala, Pala period (ca. 700–1200), 11th century, Bangladesh or India (West Bengal), Black stone (57.51.6) |
 |
Mantle, 2nd–1st century B.C.,
Peru; Ocucaje,
Wool (1986.488.1) |
 |
Manuscript cover with Vishnu flanked by Lakshmi and Sarasvati, 14th century Nepal Distemper on wood (1986.494.2) |
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Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo, 1641, Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (1981.317) |
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Marriage necklace (kalata uru), late 19th century, India (Tamil Nadu, Chettiar), Gold strung on black thread (1991.32.3) |
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The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, ca. 1550,
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Medulich or Meldolla) (Italian, Venetian),
Oil on wood (1973.116) |
 |
Mars and Venus United by Love, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (10.189) |
 |
Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshipper, 8th–7th century B.C., Urartian; Eastern Anatolia, Silver, gold foil (1989.281.20) |
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Menat of Taharqo, Late Period, Dynasty 25, reign of Taharqo, ca. 690–664 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Faience (41.160.104) |
 |
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, 1624, Nicolas Poussin (French), Oil on canvas (71.56) |
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Minerva and the Muses, mid-16th century, Emilian (?) school, Etching and drypoint (27.78.2[99]) |
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Minerva Protecting the Young King of Rome, 1811,
Joseph-Antoine Romagnési (French),
Plaster, painted to resemble yellowish stone; green marbleized wood (frame only) (27.191.2) |
 |
Minerva, 18th century (1766), Clodion (Claude Michel) (French), Rome, Italy, Terracotta (1975.312.6) |
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Mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl, second half of 6th century B.C.,
Laconian; Said to be from southern Italy,
Bronze (38.11.3) |
 |
Molded plaque with a king or god carrying a mace, 2000–1700 B.C.; Isin-Larsa-Old Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (32.39.2) |
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The Musicians, ca. 1595, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Lombard), Oil on canvas (52.81) |
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Naval Battle between Trojans and Greeks, 1538, Giovanni Battista Scultori (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving printed in brown ink (53.600.996)fi |
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Neck from a vessel depicting the goddess Hathor flanked by felines, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Silver, gold (30.8.370) |
 |
Neck-amphora (jar), ca. 530 B.C.; Attic, black-figure,
Attributed to an artist near Exekias,
Greek,
Terracotta (98.8.13) |
 |
Nepthysis, Horus, and Isis, Dynasty 26 (ca. 688–525 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (17.194.2444) |
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Nolan neck-amphora with triple handles, ca. 470–460 B.C.; red-figure,
Attributed to the Achilles Painter,
Greek, Attic,
Terracotta (25.189.2) |
 |
Nude female with birdlike face holding an infant, ca. 1450–1200 B.C.; Late Cypriot II; Base-Ring Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Nicosia–Ayia Paraskevi, Terracotta (74.51.1542) |
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Nude goddess figurine, [late 8th–7th century B.C.?], Excavated at Tell el-Duweir (ancient Lachish), southern Levant, Ceramic (34.126.53) |
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Omnia vincit Amor, 1599, Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bolognese) (17.3.1853) |
 |
Openwork stamp seals, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), Copper alloy (1984.4) |
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Ovidio metamorphoseos vulgare (Ovid's Metamorphoses in the Vernacular), by Giovanni Bonsignore, 2d ed. (Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1501), Woodcut illustrations by 15th-century Venetian school (22.16) |
 |
Pair of candelabra, modeled in 1840, Antoine-Louis Barye (French), Bronze (10.108.1a,b) |
 |
Pair of flintlock pistols, 1800–1801, Samuel Brunn (English); Michael Barnett (English), Steel, wood, silver, gold (1992.330.1-.2) |
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Pair of manuscript covers with Buddhist deities, late 11th century, Nepal, Distemper on wood (1976.192.1-2) |
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Pan Reclining before a Large Vase, published 1648, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ("Il Grechetto") (Italian), Etching (17.50.17[464]) |
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Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (07.286.79) |
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Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (16.71) |
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Panel from a Buddhist ritual crown, late 13th–early 14th century, Tibet, Distemper on wood (1997.152) |
 |
Panjara Mahakala, late 14th–early 15th century, Tibet, Steatite with color and gilding (L.1994.6.5) |
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Part of a throne with deity on a bull, late 8th–7th century B.C.; Urartian style, Probably Toprakkale, eastern Anatolia, Bronze (50.163) |
 |
Pedestal Bowl, 13th–16th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Ceramic (1979.206.377) |
 |
Pendant, ca. 1550–75, Flemish or German (Cologne?), Boxwood and various woods for marquetry, partly stained (17.190.310) |
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Pensive Bodhisattva, Three Kingdoms period, mid-7th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (2003.222) |
 |
Plaque of Mithras slaying the bull, mid-Imperial, 2nd or early 3rd century A.D.,
Roman,
Bronze (1997.145.3) |
 |
Plaque with scenes from the life of the Buddha, Pala or Pagan period, 12th century, India or Burma. Mudstone (1982.233) |
 |
Plaque with the goddess Durga and attendants, Shunga period, 1st century B.C., Chandraketugarh, West Bengal, India, Terracotta (1990.281) |
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Plaque: Hercules Overcoming the Centaur Nessus, ca. 1570–80, Annibale Fontana (Italian, Milanese), Rock crystal in enameled gold frame of later date (32.100.237) |
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Plaster model for Cupid and Psyche, 18th century (1794), Antonio Canova (Italian), Rome, Italy, Plaster (05.46) |
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Posthumous Portrait of a queen as Parvati, Eastern Javanese period, ca. early 14th century, Indonesia (Java), Andesite (2001.407) |
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The Power of Cupid (Jupiter Disarmed), ca. 1530–50, Master of the Die (active Rome), after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Engraving (49.97.328) |
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Poynter Apollo, 1501–3, Albrecht Dürer (German), Pen and brown and black ink (63.212) |
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Psiche Curieuse, mid-1770s, Giovanni David (Italian), Etching and aquatint (1976.629) |
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Pyxis with the Triumph of Dionysos in India, mid-500s, Byzantine; Possibly made in Syria, said to have been found in Rome, Ivory (17.190.56) |
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Quatriregio (Four Realms): Signatures B2v and B3,
Author: Federico Frezzi,
Florence: For Piero Pacini da Pescia, July 26, 1508,
Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations (21.4.1) |
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Rain God Mask, 13th–14th century, Mexico; Mixtec, Serpentine (1979.206.1062) |
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The Rape of Ganymede, 1505–15, Giovanni Battista Palumba (Master IB with the Bird) (Italian, active northern Italy and Rome), Woodcut (25.2.9) |
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The Rape of Ganymede, ca. 1500–1505, Giulio Campagnola (Italian, Paduan), Engraving (37.3.10) |
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The Rape of Proserpina, ca. 1750, Italian; Doccia, Hard-paste porcelain (1997.377) |
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The Rape of Proserpina, ca. 1760–95, Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, Bolognese), Etching (60.611.66) |
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The Rape of Proserpina, Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, Vicenzan), Woodcut (22.73.3[152]) |
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Relief of a woman and youth reclining, late 6th–early 5th century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Amber (17.190.2067) |
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Relief of King Amenemhat I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1981–1952 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Painted limestone (08.200.5) |
 |
Relief with an archaistic Hermes, 1st century A.D., Roman, Marble (1991.11.8) |
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Reliquary (?) with scenes from the life of the Buddha, ca. 10th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) or Pakistan, Bone with traces of color and gold paint (1985.392.1) |
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The Return of Neptune, ca. 1754, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (59.198) |
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Ring stone with four goddesses and four date palms, Mauryan period, 3rd–2nd century B.C., India, Stone (2000.284.10) |
 |
Ring with head of Herakles, late 4th–3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Gold (10.132.1) |
 |
Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts, cassone panel, ca. 1465, Master of the Argonauts (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on wood, gilt ornaments (09.136.2) |
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Seated Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Anuradhapura period, ca. late 7th–first half of 8th century, Sri Lanka, Bronze (1987.142.65) |
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Seated bodhisattva, Yuan dynasty, late 13th–early 14th century; Qingbai ware, China, Probably from kilns in the vicinity of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, Porcelain with relief decoration under bluish white glaze (51.166) |
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Seated Buddha Akshobhya (?), the Imperturbable Buddha of the East, 9th–10th century, Tibet, Gilt copper (1995.106) |
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Seated Buddha Amoghasiddhi, the Transcendent Buddha of the North, late 10th–early 11th century, India (Himachal Pradesh, ancient kingdoms of Tibet), Silver and bronze with copper inlay and traces of gold foil (1984.211) |
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Seated Buddha, 15th century; Sukhothai style, Thailand, Bronze (2002.131) |
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Seated Buddha, 8th–early 9th century,
Burma; Pyu kingdom,
Bronze (2006.53) |
 |
Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. 650, China, Dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigments (19.186) |
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Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty, early 8th century, China, Gilt bronze (43.24.3) |
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Seated Crowned and jeweled Buddha, Pala period, late 10th century; Kurkihar style, Bihar, India, Bronze with silver, lapis lazuli, and rock-crystal inlays (1993.311 ab) |
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Seated four-armed Vishnu, Pandya dynasty, second half of 8th–early 9th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Granite (1984.296) |
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Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century, India, Orissa, Ivory (64.102) |
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Seated Ganesha, ca. 15th century; Sukhothai or Lan Na style, Thailand, Bronze (1983.512) |
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Seated goddess with a child, Hittite Empire, Old Hittite; 15th–13th century B.C.,
Anatolia, central region,
Gold, (1989.281.12) |
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Seated Jain Tirthankara, Solanki period, ca. first half 11th century, India, Gujarat or Rajasthan, White marble (1992.131) |
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Seated six-armed Shiva as Conquerer of Death (Mrtyunjaya), Pala period, 12th century, Bangladesh or India (west Bengal), Black stone (1991.421) |
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Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana, Central Javanese period, ca. late 9th century, Indonesia, Java, Bronze (1987.142.23) |
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Shadakshari Lokeshvara with Deities and Monks, late 15th century, Tibet, Distemper and gold on cloth (1985.390.3) |
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Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Page from a dispersed Rasamanjari (Essence of the Experience of Delight), dated 1694–95, Devidasa of Nurpur, India (Punjab Hills, Basohli), Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper (57.185.2) |
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), Chola period, ca. 11th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Copper alloy (1987.80.1) |
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Shiva as Sadashiva or Mahesha, Chola period, 10th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Granite (27.79) |
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Shiva seated with Uma (Uma-Maheshvaramurti), 11th century, Nepal, Copper alloy (1987.218.1) |
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Sleeping Cupid, mid-17th century, Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, Bolognese), after Guido Reni (Italian, Bolognese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (22.73.3[107]) |
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"Smiling Figure", 7th–8th century, Mexico, Remojadas, Ceramic (1979.206.1211) |
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Smiting god wearing an Egyptian atef crown, 15th–14th century B.C., Levant, Bronze (1986.42) |
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Sobek as a crocodile, early Ptolemaic Period (ca. 304–247 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (1989.281.96) |
 |
Spouted Vessel, 3rd–1st century B.C., Mexico; Monte Albán, Ceramic (1979.206.947) |
 |
Stamp scarab seal with winged figures, 6th–5th century B.C., Levant or Syria, Green jasper (41.160.162) |
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Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, 9th–10th century, Nepal, Copper alloy with gilding and color (1982.220.12) |
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Standing Bodhisattva Padmapani, 11th–12th century, Nepal, Gilt copper alloy, inlaid with semiprecious stones (1982.220.2) |
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Standing bodhisattva, 8th–9th century, Nepal, Gilt copper alloy (1981.59) |
 |
Standing Brahma, Angkor period, ca. first quarter of 10th century; Khmer style of the Bakheng, Cambodia, Stone (36.96.3) |
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Standing Buddha, 8th–9th century; Mon style, Thailand, Bronze with high tin content, or silver alloy (1993.387.6) |
 |
Standing Buddha, ca. 6th century, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, Bronze (1981.188ab) |
 |
Standing Buddha, Gupta period, 5th century, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mottled red sandstone (1979.6) |
 |
Standing Buddha, Northern Wei dynasty, mid-5th century, China, Gilt bronze (26.123) |
 |
Standing Buddha, Pagan period, 12th–13th century, Burma, Bronze with silver inlay (1993.235.1) |
 |
Standing Buddha, Polonnaruva period, 11th–12th century, Sri Lanka, Gilt bronze (1993.387.8) |
 |
Standing Buddha, probably Shakyamuni, 5th–6th century, Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, India, Bronze (1998.414) |
 |
Standing Buddha, Unified Silla dynasty, 8th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (12.37.136) |
 |
Standing female deity, probably Durga, Pre-Angkor period, Prasat Andet style, ca. last quarter of 7th–beginning of 8th century, Cambodia, Stone (2000.531) |
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Standing four-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, ca. 9th century; Peninsular or Shrivijaya style, Thailand, Bronze (1982.64) |
 |
Standing Four-armed goddess Durga, late 9th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir), Stone (1984.488) |
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Standing four-armed Vishnu, Pre-Angkor period, ca. second half of 7th century, Vietnam (Mekong Delta area), Stone (1992.53) |
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Standing Ganesha, Pre-Angkor period, Prasat Andet style, second half of 7th century,
Cambodia,
Stone (1982.220.7) |
 |
Standing Hanuman, Chola period, 11th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Copper Alloy (1982.220.9) |
 |
Standing Hari-Hara, Pre-Angkor period, Prasat Andet style, late 7th–early 8th century,
Cambodia or Vietnam,
Stone (1977.241) |
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Standing Parvati, Chola period, ca. first quarter of 10th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Copper alloy (57.51.3) |
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Standing Shiva or temple guardian (dvarapala), ca. first half of 10th century; Cham style of Khoung My or Mi Son, Vietnam (Champa), Stone (1987.478) |
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Standing Tara, 14th century, Nepal, Gilt copper alloy with color, inlaid with semiprecious stones (66.179) |
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Standing Vajrapani, Licchavi period, 6th–7th century, Nepal, Copper alloy (L.1993.51.5) |
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Standing Vishnu as Keshava, Hoysala period, first quarter of 12th century, Karnataka (probably Belur), India, Stone (18.41) |
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Standing Vishnu, 10th century Nepal Gilt copper alloy (1986.501.8) |
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Stater with head of Alexander the Great, 286–281 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Lysimachos, Pella,
Gold (52.127.4) |
 |
Statue of Aphrodite holding winged Eros, late 4th century B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2464) |
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Statue of Aphrodite, 1st or 2nd century A.D.,
Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C.,
Marble (52.11.5) |
 |
Statue of Aphrodite, 2nd century B.C.; Late Hellenistic,
Greek,
Marble (2006.509)
|
 |
Statue of Eros sleeping, Hellenistic or Augustan, 3rd century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.,
Greek or Roman,
Bronze (43.11.4) |
 |
Statue of Herakles seated on a rock, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D.,
Roman; adaptation of a Greek statue of the late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.,
Marble (11.55) |
 |
Statuette of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945–715 B.C., Egyptian, Gold (26.7.1412) |
 |
Statuette of Aphrodite, ca. 150–100 B.C.,
Greek, late Hellenistic; variant of the 4th century B.C. Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles,
Bronze (12.173) |
 |
Statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions, Imperial, second half of 2nd century A.D.,
Roman,
Bronze (97.22.24), |
 |
Statuette of Herakles, last quarter of 6th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Bronze (28.77) |
 |
Statuette of Isis and Horus, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 304–30 B.C., Egyptian, Egyptian faience (55.121.5) |
 |
Statuette of the god Anubis as embalmer, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–30 B.C., Egyptian, Wood with gesso and paint (38.5) |
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Statuette of the goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–30 B.C., Egyptian, Glassy faience (26.7.1193) |
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Stela with a four-armed Vishnu, 10th–11th century, India, Punjab, Sandstone (68.46) |
 |
Stele of Shabaqo, Late Period, Dynasty 25, reign of Shabaqo, ca. 712–698 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Limestone (55.144.6) |
 |
Studies for the Movements of Water, Male Nude Sheathing or Unsheathing a Sword, and Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Frontal View (recto); Study of Hercules Holding a Club Seen in Rear View (verso), 1506–8, Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Charcoal or soft black chalk; pen and dark brown ink, on off-white laid paper (2000.328a,b) |
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Study for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies (?) (verso), 1642–44, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian), Drawing in red chalk, background tinted with an almost imperceptible pale brown wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso) (1973.265) |
 |
Taweret, Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (04.2.365) |
 |
Temple strut with a devata standing on a hermit sage, 13th century, Nepal, Wood (1988.148.2) |
 |
Terracotta Figure of Isis-Aphrodite, Roman period, 2nd–3rd century,
Egyptian,
Alluvial clay; brown, black, red, and pink paint on white englobe (1991.76) |
 |
Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, 300–280 B.C.; Seleucid, Iran, excavated at Pasargadae, Silver (1974.105.9) |
 |
Themis (goddess of custom and law), second half of 4th century B.C., Greek, Marble (03.12.17) |
 |
Three female figures, ca.1400–1300 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Mycenaean, Terracotta (35.11.16-.18) |
 |
Three-Cornered Stone with Face, 13th–15th century, Dominican Republic; Taino, Fossiliferous limestone (1997.35.2) |
 |
Tile mosaic of Isis, Imperial, 2nd century A.D.,
Roman,
Tesserae (45.16.2) |
 |
The Titian's Goblet, 1833, Thomas Cole (American), Oil on canvas (04.29.2) |
 |
The Toilet of Venus, 1751, François Boucher (French), Oil on canvas (20.155.9) |
 |
Torso of a standing bodhisattva, Kushan period, ca. late 1st–2nd century, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, Schist (1995.419) |
 |
Torso of draped, flying Nike, late 5th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta (07.286.23) |
 |
Tray, 1806–7,
Digby Scott (English), Benjamin Smith (English), partners,
Silver-gilt, (1977.436.3) |
 |
Triton Sounding a Conch Shell, ca. 1597–1602, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Black chalk on blue paper (1970.15) |
 |
Triton, 16th century (1560–70), Giovanni Bologna, called Giambologna, Made in Florence, Italy, Bronze (14.40.689) |
 |
Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons Sarcophagus, ca. 260–270,
Roman,
Phrygian marble (55.11.5) |
 |
The Triumph of Love, ca. 1485–90, Francesco Rosselli (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (25.2.33) |
 |
Tunic with Panels of Dionysian Figures, 400–500, Byzantine; Said to be from Panopolis (now Akhmim), Egypt, Linen, undyed, with wool panels in tapestry weave (26.9.9) |
 |
Vase, 18th century (1780), Made by Wedgwood and Co., Etruria/Staffordshire, England, Black basalt (66.17) |
 |
Vase, late 18th century, John Flaxman (English); Made by Josiah Wedgewood and Sons, Etruria/Staffordshire, England, Jasperware (09.194.7) |
 |
Venetian Woman with Moveable Skirt, late 16th century, Italian School, Engraving (55.503.30) |
 |
Venus and Adonis, ca. 1556–57, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (53.522.28) |
 |
Venus and Adonis, mid- or late 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on canvas (37.162) |
 |
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (49.7.16) |
 |
Venus and Cupid, possibly mid-1520s, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1986.138) |
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Venus and the Lute Player, ca. 1565–70, Titian and Workshop (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (36.29) |
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Venus Entrusting an Infant to Time, ca. 1758, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Etching (57.619.5) |
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Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses, early 17th century, Giovanni Luigi Valesio (Italian), Engraving (17.50.16[188]) |
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Venus Wounded by the Rose's Thorn, ca. 1516, Marco Dente da Ravenna (Italian), after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian) or Giulio Romano (Italian, Roman), Engraving (1986.1180.213) |
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Vertumnus and Pomona, ca. 1760–70, François Boucher (French), Brown chalk (60.176.2) |
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Vessel with Mythological Scene, 8th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1978.412.206) |
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Victory, 1892–1903; this cast, 1912 or after (by 1916), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze, gilt (17.90.1) |
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Vishnu as Para Vasudeva–Narayana, last quarter of 8th century, ndia (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir), Stone (1991.301) |
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Votive panels, Kushan dynasty, ca. 3rd century A.D., Bactria (northern Afghanistan), Terracotta and gouache (2000.42.2,4) |
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Vulcan at His Forge with Mars and Venus, 1543, Enea Vico (Italian), after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Engraving (49.97.351) |
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Wakamiya of the Kasuga Shrine, Kamakura period, 13th century, Unidentified artist, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold leaf on silk (1997.113) |
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Water Deity (Chalchihuitlicue), 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Stone (00.5.72) |
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Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, Koryô dynasty, early 14th century, Unidentified artist, Korea, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk (14.76.6) |
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Welcoming Descent of Amida and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, Nanbokucho period, late 14th century, Unidentified artist, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk (42.25.37) |
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Wisdom King Fudo (Fudo Myo-o), Heian period, 12th century, Kyoto, Japan, Joined-woodblock construction with pigments (1975.268.163) |
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Yama, mid-17th–early 18th century, Tibet, Ink, distemper, and gold on cloth (69.71) |
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Yamantaka Mandala with imperial portraits, Yuan dynasty, 1330–1332, China, Silk tapestry (kesi) (1992.54) |
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Yong Zin Khon Shogpel: Seventh Abbot of Ngor Monastery (Sakya Sect), 16th century, Tibet, Distemper and gold on cloth (1971.189) |
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Zao Gongen, Heian period, 11th–?12th century, Japan, Gilt bronze (1975.268.155) |
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