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Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1962). Dress, fall/winter 1965–66. Wool. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. William Rand, 1969 (C.I.69.23)

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680). Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, ca. 1616–17. Marble. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, Fletcher, Rogers, and Louis V. Bell Funds, and Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1976 (1976.92)

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Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). The Love Letter, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.49)

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Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884–1920). Jeanne Hébuterne, 1919. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nate B. Spingold, 1956 (56.184.2)

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Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675). Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 (89.15.21)

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Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973). Hat, winter 1937–38. Wool. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Rose Messing, 1974 (1974.139)

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1991—1973). Reading at a Table, 1934. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1995. © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (1996.403.1)

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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski) (French, 1908–2001). Nude Before a Mirror, 1955. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.155)

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Richard Prince (American, born 1949). Untitled (cowboy), 1989. Chromogenic print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, and Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2000 (2000.272)