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Jo, La Belle Irlandaise

Jo, La Belle Irlandaise

Gustave Courbet  (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)

Date: 1865–66
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number: 29.100.63

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Wine-bottle cooler (seau à bouteille)

Wine-bottle cooler (seau à bouteille)

Vincennes Manufactory (French, ca. 1740–1756)

Date: 1753
Accession Number: 1970.230.4

The Coronation of the Virgin

The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)

Date: after 1595
Accession Number: 1971.155

Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)

Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)

Vasily Kandinsky (French (born Russia), Moscow 1866–1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Date: 1912
Accession Number: 49.70.1

Limestone head of a bearded man

Limestone head of a bearded man

Date: early 6th century B.C.
Accession Number: 74.51.2857

Striding Thoth

Striding Thoth

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.860

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