Works of Art (44)
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Amphoriskos (flask) in the form of a bird-man, late 5th century B.C.; Classical,
Greek, Attic,
Terracotta (1999.68) |
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At the Lapin Agile, 1905, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (1992.391) |
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The Ballet from Robert le Diable, 1871,
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.552) |
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Calyx-krater depicting a phlyax masquerading as a reveler, ca. 400390 B.C.; Red-figure,
Attributed to the Konnakis Group,
Greek, South Italian, Apulian,
Terracotta (51.11.2) |
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Calyx-krater with theatrical scene, ca. 400390 B.C.; Red-figure,
Attributed to the Tarporley Painter,
Greek, South Italian, Apulian,
Terracotta (24.97.104) |
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Circus Sideshow, 188788, Georges-Pierre Seurat (French, Oil on canvas (61.101.17) |
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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]) |
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Elizabeth Farren (born ca. 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, 1790, Sir Thomas Lawrence (British), Oil on canvas (50.135.5) |
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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) |
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The Fair at Bezons, ca. 1733, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater (French), Oil on canvas (49.7.52) |
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Figure of Pulcinella, ca. 175565, Italian or Spanish; Capodimonte or Buen Retiro, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.264) |
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The French Comedians, 172021, Jean Antoine Watteau (French, Oil on canvas (49.7.54) |
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Hanging with theatrical subject (detail) (detail), Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Silk and metallic thread embroidery on wool tabb (59.190) |
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Harlequin, 1901,
Pablo Picasso (Spanish),
Oil on canvas (60.87) |
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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) |
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The Hermit of Passy, 1863,
Pierre-Louis Pierson (French),
Albumen silver print painted in gouache, (2005.100.395)
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[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)
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The Lonely Life, 1992,
Jack Pierson (American),
Chromogenic print (2000.379) |
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Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 17271772), 1757,
François-Hubert Drouais (French),
Oil on canvas (17.120.210) |
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[Man Whittling a Stick], early 1850s, Unknown Artist, American School, Daguerreotype (1999.481.1) |
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Mantle, 187075, 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) |
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Maude Adams (18721953) as Joan of Arc, 1909,
Alphonse Mucha (Czech),
Oil on canvas (20.33) |
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Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.605) |
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Mezzetin, probably 171820, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (34.138) |
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Mlle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris, 187778, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Lithograph on wove paper (only state) (19.29.3) |
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Monkey Group, ca. 1770, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.157); Harlequin and Harlequin Dressed as Colombine, ca. 177080, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.158) |
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Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, 1891,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French),
Lithograph printed in four colors; three sheets of wove paper (32.88.12) |
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Mrs. William Morris (Jane Burden, 18401914),
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British),
Red, black, and white chalk on paper (47.66) |
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Mukudj Mask, 19th20th century, Punu peoples; Gabon, Wood, pigment, kaolin (2000.177) |
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Otani Oniji II, dated 1794, Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese), Polychrome woodcut print on paper (JP2822) |
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Outdoor Theater, Colorado Springs, 1968, Robert Adams (American), Gelatin silver print (1971.531.6) |
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Pierrot Laughing, 1855, Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) (French); Adrien Tournachon (French), Coated salted paper print from glass negative (1998.57) |
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Pity, second impression, ca. 1795, William Blake (British), Color print finished with pen and ink and watercolor, sheet, (58.603) |
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Plate, ca. 1740, French, Faience (tin-enameled earthenware); Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) (17.190.1867) |
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Portia (Kate Dolan), 1886, Sir John Everett Millais (British), Oil on canvas (06.1328) |
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Psykter, ca. 520510 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.69) |
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Red Grooms' The Burning Building, 1960, John Cohen (American), Gelatin silver print (1997.503.1) |
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Relief of a dancing maenad, ca. 27 B.C.14 A.D.; Augustan, Roman copy of a Greek relief attributed to Kallimachos, ca. 425400 B.C., Pentelic marble (35.11.3) |
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Relief portrait of Carlo Bertinazzi, ca. 1770, Italian; Perhaps Cozzi factory, Hard-paste porcelain (66.92) |
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The Scene of the Two Carriages,
Claude Gillot (French),
Pen and black ink, brush and red wash (2006.93) |
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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) |
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The Singer in Green, ca. 1884,
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French),
Pastel on light blue laid paper (61.101.7) |
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Three Kabuki Actors [from right to left]: Iwai Hanshiro V (17761847), Segawa Kikunojo (18021832), and Onoe Kikugoro III (17841849), Edo period, ca. 1823, Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese), Surimono, woodblock print; ink and color on paper (2001.715.4) |
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Two roundels with theater masks, early 1st century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Terracotta (1999.316ab) |
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Thematic Essays (48)
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