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Amphoriskos (flask) in the form of a bird-man, late 5th century B.C.; Classical, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1999.68)
At the Lapin Agile, 1905, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (1992.391)
The Ballet from Robert le Diable, 1871, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.552)
Calyx-krater depicting a phlyax masquerading as a reveler, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Konnakis Group, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta (51.11.2)
Calyx-krater with theatrical scene, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Tarporley Painter, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta (24.97.104)
Circus Sideshow, 1887–88, Georges-Pierre Seurat (French, Oil on canvas (61.101.17)
Colosseum, mid-16th century, Italian school, Published by Antonio Lafréri (French), From the Metropolitan Museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae magnificentiae (Mirror of Rome's Magnificence), Engraving (41.72[1.59])
Elizabeth Farren (born ca. 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, 1790, Sir Thomas Lawrence (British), Oil on canvas (50.135.5)
Eva Rohr, 1872, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble; 18 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (47.3 x 23.5 x 16.5 cm) (1990.317)
The Fair at Bezons, ca. 1733, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater (French), Oil on canvas (49.7.52)
Figure of Pulcinella, ca. 1755–65, Italian or Spanish; Capodimonte or Buen Retiro, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.264)
The French Comedians, 1720–21, Jean Antoine Watteau (French, Oil on canvas (49.7.54)
Hanging with theatrical subject (detail) (detail), Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Silk and metallic thread embroidery on wool tabb (59.190)
Harlequin, 1901, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (60.87)
Harlequina, 18th century (ca. 1759), Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss); Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, German (Neudeck-Nymphenburg), Hard-paste porcelain (1974.356.524)
Harlequina, 18th century (ca. 1759), Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss); Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, German (Neudeck-Nymphenburg), Hard-paste porcelain (1974.356.525)
The Hermit of Passy, 1863, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French), Albumen silver print painted in gouache, (2005.100.395)
[Lette Eisenhauer Ascending Ladder in The Courtyard, a Happening by Allan Kaprow, New York City], 1962, Lawrence N. Shustak (American, Gelatin silver print (2002.334); [William Mahin, Lette Eisenhauer, and Charles Simon Atop Giant "Mountain" Construction in The Courtyard, a Happening by Allan Kaprow, New York City], 1962, Lawrence N. Shustak (American), Gelatin silver print (2002.335); [Lette Eisenhauer Descending from Giant "Mountain" Construction After Performance of The Courtyard, a Happening by Allan Kaprow, New York City], 1962, Lawrence N. Shustak (American), Gelatin silver print (2002.336)
The Lonely Life, 1992, Jack Pierson (American), Chromogenic print (2000.379)
Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772), 1757, François-Hubert Drouais (French), Oil on canvas (17.120.210)
[Man Whittling a Stick], early 1850s, Unknown Artist, American School, Daguerreotype (1999.481.1)
Mantle, 1870–75, French, White wool serge couched with metallic braid (46.25.4); Opera cloak, 1850s, American, Ivory silk faille embroidered with gold soutache braid (C.I.53.2); Dolman, ca. 1870, American (?), While silk poplin and braid (C.I.38.102)
Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc, 1909, Alphonse Mucha (Czech), Oil on canvas (20.33)
Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.605)
Mezzetin, probably 1718–20, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (34.138)
Mlle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris, 1877–78, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Lithograph on wove paper (only state) (19.29.3)
Monkey Group, ca. 1770, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.157); Harlequin and Harlequin Dressed as Colombine, ca. 1770–80, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.158)
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, 1891, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in four colors; three sheets of wove paper (32.88.12)
Mrs. William Morris (Jane Burden, 1840–1914), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British), Red, black, and white chalk on paper (47.66)
Mukudj Mask, 19th–20th century, Punu peoples; Gabon, Wood, pigment, kaolin (2000.177)
Otani Oniji II, dated 1794, Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese), Polychrome woodcut print on paper (JP2822)
Outdoor Theater, Colorado Springs, 1968, Robert Adams (American), Gelatin silver print (1971.531.6)
Pierrot Laughing, 1855, Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) (French); Adrien Tournachon (French), Coated salted paper print from glass negative (1998.57)
Pity, second impression, ca. 1795, William Blake (British), Color print finished with pen and ink and watercolor, sheet, (58.603)
Plate, ca. 1740, French, Faience (tin-enameled earthenware); Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) (17.190.1867)
Portia (Kate Dolan), 1886, Sir John Everett Millais (British), Oil on canvas (06.1328)
Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.69)
Red Grooms' The Burning Building, 1960, John Cohen (American), Gelatin silver print (1997.503.1)
Relief of a dancing maenad, ca. 27 B.C.–14 A.D.; Augustan, Roman copy of a Greek relief attributed to Kallimachos, ca. 425–400 B.C., Pentelic marble (35.11.3)
Relief portrait of Carlo Bertinazzi, ca. 1770, Italian; Perhaps Cozzi factory, Hard-paste porcelain (66.92)
The Scene of the Two Carriages, Claude Gillot (French), Pen and black ink, brush and red wash (2006.93)
The Semicircular Water Theater of the Villa Mondragone: From Le fontane di Roma, part 2, Le fontane delle ville di Frascati (plate 18), 1691, Artist: Giovanni Battista Falda (Italian), Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, 1691, Etching; (1991.1073.145.18)
The Singer in Green, ca. 1884, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Pastel on light blue laid paper (61.101.7)
Three Kabuki Actors [from right to left]: Iwai Hanshiro V (1776–1847), Segawa Kikunojo (1802–1832), and Onoe Kikugoro III (1784–1849), Edo period, ca. 1823, Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese), Surimono, woodblock print; ink and color on paper (2001.715.4)
Two roundels with theater masks, early 1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Terracotta (1999.316ab)

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