Marble statue of Aphrodite, 1st or 2nd century A.D. Roman, Imperial. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 1952 (52.11.5)

Figure (Uli), mid-19th–early 20th century. Papua New Guinea, Mandak-Barak area, New Ireland. Wood and paint. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Sarah d'Harnoncourt, 1977 (1977.455)

Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883). The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.51)

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, 1528–1588). Mars and Venus United by Love, 1570s. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910 (10.189)

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989). Madonna, 1958. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Drue Heinz, in memory of Henry J. Heinz II, 1987. © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. (1987.465)