Works of Art (117)
 |
Christ Crucified between the Virgin and Saint John, 14th century,
Probably French,
Onyx; mounted, probably a pendant in gold with enamel and rock crystal (40.20.59) |
 |
Adam, modeled in 1880; this bronze case in 1910, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (11.173.1) |
 |
Apollo, ca. 1595–97, Adriaen de Vries (Netherlandish), Bronze (41.190.534) |
 |
Aquamanile in the Form of a Mounted Knight, late 13th century, German; Made in Saxony, Bronze (64.101.1492) |
 |
Aquamanile: Aristotle Ridden by Phyllis, ca. 1400, Southern Netherlands or Eastern France (Lorraine), Bronze (1975.1.1416) |
 |
Astronomical Table Clock, second quarter of 16th century, German; Made in Augsburg, Case of gilt bronze and gilt brass; movement of gilt brass and steel (17.190.747) |
 |
Belt Buckle, 550–600, Visigothic, Copper alloy, cells inset with garnets, glass, lapis lazuli, and cuttlefish bone (1988.305 ab) |
 |
Box mirror with the head of Pan, late 4th century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek, Bronze (25.78.44a-d) |
 |
The Bronze Age, also known as The Vanquished, modeled 1876, this bronze cast ca. 1906, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (07.127) |
 |
Bronze footbath with stand, late 5th–early 4th century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (38.11.5a,b)
|
 |
Bronze hydria (water jar), 4th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek, Bronze (44.11.9) |
 |
Bronze hydria (water jar), 5th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek (06.1078) |
 |
Bronze hydria (water jar), late 7th–early 6th century B.C.,
Greek, Bronze (1995.92) |
 |
Bronze hydria (water jar), mid-5th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek, Bronze (26.50) |
 |
Bronze kylix (drinking cup), 4th–3rd century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (07.286.97) |
 |
Bronze oinochoe, mid-6th century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (1997.158)
|
 |
Bronze pointed neck-amphora with stand, ca. 500–450 B.C.,
Greek, Bronze (2004.171a,b)
|
 |
Bronze rod tripod stand, early 6th century B.C.
Greek,
Bronze (1997.145.1)
|
 |
Bronze waterspout in the form of a lion mask, ca. 100 B.C.–100 A.D.; late Hellenistic or early Roman; Greco-Roman style, Greco-Roman; From Cyprus, Bronze (74.51.5677) |
 |
Buckle with Seated Couple, ca. 1200, Mosan, Gilded bronze (47.101.48) |
 |
Buckle, Buckle, 2nd century B.C.; European Iron Age, Celto-Iberian; Spain, Leaded bronze, silver, iron (1990.62 ab) |
 |
The Burghers of Calais, modeled 1884–95; this bronze cast 1985, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (1989.407) |
 |
Candlesticks, 1735–50,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze (1999.370.1a,b,.2a,b)
|
 |
Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1570–90,
Venice,
Beech wood, partially gilded and painted rosewood veneer; gold powder, gold leaf, silver flakes, silver-gilt, bronze, and yellow metal (57.25ab) |
 |
Chariot, ca. 550–525 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, ivory (03.23.1) |
 |
Cista with Amazonomachy, 4th–3rd centuries B.C., Italic, Bronze (96.18.1) |
 |
Cista with Herakles Amazonomachy, 4th–3rd centuries B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.2) |
 |
Coins of Titus, Trajan, and Hadrian, 80–81, 105–7, 134–38 A.D.; Flavian, Trajanic, Hadrianic, Roman, Bronze and gold (99.35.177) |
 |
Curb Bit, ca. 1350, Spanish, Iron, bronze, enameled and gilt (04.3.478a,b) |
 |
Dancer in the Role of Harlequin, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1884–85, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 39/A (29.100.411) |
 |
Dancer Looking at the Sole of Her Right Foot, cast in 1920 from a plaster cast of ca. 1900, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 40/A (29.100.377) |
 |
David with the Head of Goliath, 15th century (1470–80),
Bartolomeo Bellano (Italian, Paduan),
Gilt bronze, oil gilding of later date (64.304.1) |
 |
Diadem, 1200–800 B.C.; Bronze Age, East-central Europe, Carpathian Basin region, Copper alloy (2000.281.1) |
 |
Dragonesque Brooch, 1st century, Provincial Roman, probably made in Britain,> Bronze with champlevé enamel (1980.450) |
 |
Dressed Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward, cast in 1920 from a wax and cork sculpture modeled possibly ca. 1895 or later, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 51/A (29.100.392) |
 |
Ecce Puer (Behold the Child), 1906, Medardo Rosso (Italian), Bronze (1990.304) |
 |
Ewer, 7th–6th century B.C., Phoenician; [Spain?], Bronze (55.121.1) |
 |
Female bust, second quarter of 18th century,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.118)
|
 |
Final Study of the Monument to Balzac, modeled 1897, this bronze cast 1972, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (1984.364.15) |
 |
First Arabesque Penchée, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably before ca. 1890, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 2/A (29.100.398) |
 |
Fountain Figure of a Winged Infant, ca. 1440, Italian (Florence), Gilt bronze (1983.356) |
 |
Front of a cuirass, 4th century B.C., Greek, Apulian, Bronze (1992.180.3a) |
 |
The Genius of the Dance, 1872,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Bronze (1970.171) |
 |
Girl Braiding Her Hair, 1600–1610,
Barthélemy Prieur (French),
Bronze with red-brown lacquer patina (1982.60.126)
|
 |
Grotesque, 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Hellenistic, Greek, Bronze, (12.229.6) |
 |
Handle of a hydria, early 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (06.1093) |
 |
Head of a griffin from a cauldron, third quarter of 7th century B.C.,
Greek (from Olympia),
Bronze (1972.118.54) |
 |
Head of a youth, third quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical, Greek, Bronze (29.48) |
 |
Helmet (Spangenhelm), 6th century, Ostrogothic, Bronze-gilt, iron (42.50.1) |
 |
Helmet, late 7th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Cretan, Bronze (1989.281.49) |
 |
Horse at Trough, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture of probably ca. 1866–68, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 13/A (29.100.433) |
 |
Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled after 1878, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 49/A (29.100.428) |
 |
Horse with Head Lowered, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1883–90, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 22/A (29.100.430) |
 |
Incense burner, 11th century, Spain (Andalusia), Cast bronze, openwork and incised (67.178.3a,b) |
 |
Incense Burner, ca. 1530–40, Northern Italian (probably Padua), Bronze with dark brown lacquer patina (1982.60.108) |
 |
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) |
 |
Large cista, mid-4th century B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.1) |
 |
Ligula
Roman,
Bronze (17.230.110) |
 |
Lion, cast 1000–1100,
Probably South Italy,
Bronze (originally gilded and inlaid) (L.2000.84) |
 |
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer; cast in 1922 from a mixed-media sculpture modeled ca. 1879–80, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, partly tinted, with cotton skirt and satin hair ribbon, on a wooden base (29.100.370) |
 |
Madeleine, II, 1903, Henri Matisse (French), Bronze (2002.456.115) |
 |
Mantel clock, ca. 1750,
ST Germain for Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (French); Gosselin à Paris, possibly Jean-Philippe (French) or Jean-Baptiste Gosselin (French, active Paris),
Bronze, originally gilded or silvered, enameled dial (37.160.9)
|
 |
Mantel clock, ca. 1780–90,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)
|
 |
Medallion with a griffin fighting an Arimaspian, 4th century B.C., Italic; Praeneste, Bronze (10.230.1) |
 |
Mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, ca. 460–450 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Argive, Bronze (1972.118.78) |
 |
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) |
 |
Monstrance Clock or Mirror Clock, ca. 1570, Made in Nuremberg, Germany, Case of gilt bronze; dial of gilt brass; movement of steel (17.190.639) |
 |
Mourning Virgin, from a Crucifixion Group, ca. 1585–90, Manner of Germain Pilon (French), Gilt bronze (1998.437) |
 |
The Old Courtesan, modeled 1887, this bronze cast 1910,
Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (11.173.3) |
 |
Orpheus and Eurydice, probably modeled before 1887, executed 1893, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (10.63.2) |
 |
Pair of candelabra, modeled in 1840, Antoine-Louis Barye (French), Bronze (10.108.1a,b) |
 |
Pair of eyes, 5th century B.C. or later Probably Greek Bronze, marble, frit, quartz, and obsidian (1991.11.3a,b) |
 |
Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1740–50,
Chinese porcelain with French mounts,
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts (1984.471.3,.4)
|
 |
Paris, ca. 1500, Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) (Italian), Bronze, partly gilt and silvered (55.93) |
 |
Patera handle in the form of a youth, ca. late 6th century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (2005.457) |
 |
Plaque of Mithras slaying the bull, mid-Imperial, 2nd or early 3rd century A.D.,
Roman,
Bronze (1997.145.3) |
 |
Pope Alexander VII, Fabio Chigi (1599–1667, r. 1655–1667), 1667, Melchiore Caffa (Maltese), Bronze (57.20) |
 |
Pope Innocent X, Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (1574–1655, r. 1644–1655), second half of 17th century, After Alessandro Algardi (Italian), Bronze (08.49) |
 |
Portrait bust of a Roman matron, mid-1st century A.D.; Late Julio-Claudian, Roman, Bronze (52.11.6) |
 |
Portrait medallion of Süleyman the Magnificent, after 1521,
Probably Venice,
Bronze (18.70.8) |
 |
Portrait statue of a boy, Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Bronze (14.130.1) |
 |
Psykter with lid and two swinging handles, late 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (60.11.3a,b) |
 |
Reclining Figure, No. 4, 1954–55, Henry Moore (British), Bronze (1995.600) |
 |
Reclining Nude, II, 1927, Henri Matisse (French), Bronze (1996.403.16) |
 |
Satyr, Statuette, 16th century (ca. 1506–8), Il Riccio (Andrea Briosco) (Italian, Paduan), Made in Padua, Italy, Bronze (1982.45) |
 |
Serpentine Brooch, 6th century B.C.; Iron Age, Halstatt period, Copper alloy (1992.280.3) |
 |
Set of four wall brackets, 18th century (ca. 1788),
Made under the direction of Jean Hauré (French), cast either by Étienne-Jean Forestier (French) or his brother Pierre-Auguste (French), chased by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French),
Gilt bronze (1979.172.3-6)
|
 |
Spanish Dance, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1884, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 45/A, (29.100.395) |
 |
Square-Headed Brooch, 6th century, Anglo-Saxon, Copper alloy with gilding and niello inlay (1985.209) |
 |
Statue of an athlete finishing a jump, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Bronze (08.258.11) |
 |
Statue of Eros sleeping, Hellenistic or Augustan, 3rd century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.,
Greek or Roman,
Bronze (43.11.4) |
 |
Statuette of a diskos thrower, ca. 480–460 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Bronze (07.286.87) |
 |
Statuette of a draped man, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Hellenistic or Early Imperial, Greek or Roman, Bronze, (07.286.96) |
 |
Statuette of a horse, 8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (21.88.24) |
 |
Statuette of a man and centaur, ca. 750 B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (17.190.2072) |
 |
Statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand, Early Imperial, Augustan, late 1st century B.C.,
Roman,
Marble (10.231.1) |
 |
Statuette of a standing maiden, late 6th century B.C., Etruscan; Italy, Etruria, Bronze (17.190.2066) |
 |
Statuette of a veiled and masked dancer, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (1972.118.95)
|
 |
Statuette of an African (known as Ethiopian), 3rd–2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (18.145.10) |
 |
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 Saint Agnes after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), third quarter of 17th century, Cast after a terracotta sketch-model for one of the statues over the colonnades of Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Bronze, brown natural patina, traces of red-gold lacquer (1978.202) |
 |
Tabernacle of Cherves, ca. 1220–1230, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper and champlevé enamel (17.190.735) |
 |
Three Men Walking II, 1949, Alberto Giacometti (Swiss), Bronze (1999.363.22) |
 |
Torque (Neck Ring), 4th–3rd century B.C.; European Iron Age, Celtic, Copper alloy (17.194.1919) |
 |
Torso of a youth, Roman overcast of a Greek bronze statue of the early 5th century B.C., Bronze (20.194) |
 |
Triton, 16th century (1560–70), Giovanni Bologna, called Giambologna, Made in Florence, Italy, Bronze (14.40.689) |
 |
The Tub, cast in 1920 from the original mixed-media sculpture of 1888–89, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 26/A (29.100.419) |
 |
Two portraits of Trebonianus Gallus, 251–53 A.D., Roman, Bronze (05.30, 05.47) |
 |
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, Umberto Boccioni (Italian), Bronze (1990.38.3) |
 |
Vase or clock ornament, ca. 1770,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.316)
|
 |
The Victory of the Maréchal de Villars at Denain, 1806, modified 1818,
Louis-Simon Boizot (French); cast by Pierre-Phillipe Thomire (French)
Bronze (1978.55) |
 |
Woman Getting Out of the Bath, cast in 1920 from a wax fragment, now destroyed, but modeled probably ca. 1883–90, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 71/A (29.100.383) |
 |
Woman Seated in an Armchair Wiping Her Left Armpit, cast in 1920 from a sculpture made of wax, cork, and wood probably ca. 1895, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French),Bronze, number 43/A (29.100.415) |
 |
Woman Stretching, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1885 or earlier, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 53/A (29.100.393) |
 |
Woman's Head, 1909, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Bronze (1996.403.6) |
|
Thematic Essays (30)
|
