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The Puritan

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

Date: 1883–86, cast 1899 or after
Accession Number: 39.65.53

Mary Sylvester

Joseph Blackburn (active 1752–ca. 1778)

Date: 1754
Accession Number: 16.68.2

Wheat Fields

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam)

Date: ca. 1670
Accession Number: 14.40.623

Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome)

Date: 1658
Accession Number: 1997.156

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florence 1444/45–1510 Florence)

Date: early 1490s
Accession Number: 14.40.642

Ewer and Plateau

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831–present)

Date: 1901
Accession Number: 1974.214.26a, b

Caftan

Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)

Date: ca. 1930
Accession Number: C.I.50.44

Ensemble

Jacques Doucet (French, Paris 1853–1929 Paris)

Date: 1920–23
Accession Number: 1975.15a–c

Kushite priest wearing garment with leopard's head and tassels, subsequently adapted for a king

Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 2010.259

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft)

Date: ca. 1662
Accession Number: 89.15.21

The Backgammon Players

Philip Webb (1831–1915)

Date: 1861
Accession Number: 26.54

Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque (?)

Date: ca. 700 B.C.
Accession Number: 2008.353

Circus Sideshow

Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris)

Date: 1887–88
Accession Number: 61.101.17

The Businessman Max Roesberg, Dresden

Otto Dix (German, Untenhaus 1891–1969 Singen)

Date: 1922
Accession Number: 1992.146

Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles

John Vanderlyn (American, Kingston, New York 1775–1852 Kingston, New York)

Date: 1818–19
Accession Number: 52.184

"L'Eléphant Blanc"

House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

Date: spring/summer 1958
Accession Number: 1977.329.5a, b

Paten with Abraham and Melchizedek

Hans Wertinger (German, Landschut ca. 1465–1533 Landshut)

Date: 1498
Accession Number: 2008.278

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Osservanza Master (Italian, Siena, active second quarter 15th century)

Date: ca. 1435
Accession Number: 1975.1.27

Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper

Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 1989.281.20

Avenue des Gobelins

Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris)

Date: 1927
Accession Number: 1994.271

The Titan's Goblet

Thomas Cole (American, Lancashire 1801–1848 Catskill, New York)

Date: 1833
Accession Number: 04.29.2

Rosewater Ewer

Possibly by Johann Erhard Heiglen (German, before 1687–1757)

Date: ca. 1730
Accession Number: 1977.1.11

Untitled

Charles Ray (American, born Chicago, Illinois, 1953)

Date: 1973, printed 1989
Accession Number: 1995.474

Fragmentary Face of King Khafre

Date: ca. 2520–2494 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.1392

El Morocco

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984)

Date: 1955
Accession Number: 1992.5107

Spout in the form of a man's head

Date: ca. A.D. 1st–2nd century
Accession Number: 56.56

"Negress" Lying Down

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)

Date: 1658
Accession Number: 29.107.28

Ritual Board (Wenena gerua)

Date: ca. 1950
Accession Number: 1978.412.741

Hat

Mr. John, Inc. (American, 1948–1970)

Date: ca. 1951
Accession Number: 2000.625.2

Ensemble

House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952)

Date: fall/winter 1963–64
Accession Number: 1979.435.10a, b