Works of Art (51)
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The Accommodations of Desire, 1929, Salvador Dali (Spanish), Oil and cut-and-pasted printed paper on cardboard (1999.363.16) |
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Ancestral Couple (Ana Deo), 19th–early 20th century,
Nage people, central Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia,
Wood (2006.510) |
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Apollo Slays the Python and Quarrels with Cupid: From the series The Story of Apollo and Daphne, mid-16th century, Master of the Die, after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Engraving (49.97.323) |
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Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6) |
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Case (étui) with an amorous inscription, 1450–1500,
Italy,
Leather (cuir bouilli) over a wooden core, red cord (50.53.1) |
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Cupid with the Arms of Mars, ca. 154762, Adamo Scultori (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (49.97.479) |
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Curiosity, ca. 1660,
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (49.7.38) |
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Diana and Cupid, 1761, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (1982.438) |
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Eurydice, ca. 1510–16,
Attributed to Antonio Lombardo (Italian, Ferrarese),
Marble (17.190.737) |
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Ewer with profile busts of a man and a woman, ca. 1520,
Possibly workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian),
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), with luster (27.97.39) |
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Feast of the Gods at the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1587, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), after Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Engraving, printed from three plates on three attached sheets; second state of four (2000.113) |
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Habiti delle donne venetiane (Costumes of Venetian Women), ca. 1591–1609,
Giacomo Franco (Italian),
Published Venice: Giacomo Franco
Printed book with engraved plates (34.68) |
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love), Author: Francesco Colonna, Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1499, Woodcut illustrations with printed text; bound volume (23.73.1) |
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Hystoria di due amanti (Tale of Two Lovers), ca. 1500,
Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Italian, Sienese),
Alessandro Braccesi, translator,
Published Florence: Piero Pacini da Pescia,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (25.30.17) |
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Interior with a Young Couple, early 1660s,
Pieter de Hooch (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (14.40.613) |
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Jewel with gold letters spelling amor, mid-15th century,
Franco-Flemish,
Gold, pearls, diamond, emerald paste (57.26.1) |
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Laila and Majnun at School: Page from the Khamsa of Nizami (Quintet of Nizami), A.H. 835 /1431–32 A.D.,
Artist: possibly Mir Khalil; calligrapher: Ja'far,
Herat, present-day Afghanistan,
Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper (1994.232.4) |
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Lamenting the Death of Adonis, mid-16th century, After Luca Cambiaso (Italian), Woodcut (17.37.33) |
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Landscape with Perseus and Andromeda: From the "Mythological Room" of the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase, last decade of 1st century B.C.; Augustan, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (20.192.16) |
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Lovers, ca. 152530, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Etching, first state; sheet, trimmed to platemark (26.70.3 [102]) |
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The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660,
Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (46.13.2)
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Low-footed bowl with bust of a woman, ca. 1530,
Urbino or Castel Durante,
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (1975.1.1084) |
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Mantel clock, ca. 178090,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)
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Mars and Venus United by Love, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (10.189) |
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Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 13501375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160) |
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Musidora, 181335, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on wood (21.48) |
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Omnia vincit Amor, 1599, Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bolognese) (17.3.1853) |
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Pair of low-footed bowls with busts of Ruggieri and Filomena, ca. 1520–25,
Italy; Urbino or Castel Durante,
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (65.6.7, 8) |
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Pen box, late 17thearly 18th century,
India, possibly Deccan or Kashmir,
Lacquered papier-mâché with gold leaf (2002.416a,b) |
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Pendant with facing couple (obverse) and sacred monogram (reverse), 15th century,
Italy,
Silver gilt, niello (17.190.965) |
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Plaster model for Cupid and Psyche, 18th century (1794), Antonio Canova (Italian), Rome, Italy, Plaster (05.46) |
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Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini; and Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, ca. 1485–90,
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane,
Tempera on panel (1975.1.95, 96) |
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The Power of Cupid (Jupiter Disarmed), ca. 153050, Master of the Die (active Rome), after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Engraving (49.97.328) |
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Psiche Curieuse, mid-1770s, Giovanni David (Italian), Etching and aquatint (1976.629) |
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Roundel with mock Triumph of Love, ca. 1510–20,
Perhaps Castel Durante or elsewhere in the Marches,
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (1975.1.1025) |
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Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Peter Paul (born 1637), mid- to late 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish),
Oil on wood (1981.238) |
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Sentimental Conversation, 1660s,
Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam (Dutch),
Oil on wood (32.100.19) |
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The Swing, 177779, Hubert Robert (French), Oil on canvas (17.190.27) |
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Terracotta Figure of Isis-Aphrodite, Roman period, 2nd3rd century,
Egyptian,
Alluvial clay; brown, black, red, and pink paint on white englobe (1991.76) |
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Textile Tent Divider, 19th20th century, Sudan; Beja peoples, Cotton, leather, beads, cowrie shells, palm leaf (1996.455) |
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The Toilet of Venus, 1751, François Boucher (French), Oil on canvas (20.155.9) |
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The Triumph of Love, ca. 148590, Francesco Rosselli (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (25.2.33) |
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Two Lovers, 1630; Safavid, Riza cAbbasi (ca. 15651635), Isfahan, Iran, Tempera and gilt paint on paper (50.164) |
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Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 14951505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts (37.80.6) |
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Venus and Adonis, ca. 155657, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (53.522.28) |
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Venus and Adonis, mid- or late 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on canvas (37.162) |
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Venus and the Lute Player, ca. 156570, Titian and Workshop (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (36.29) |
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Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses, early 17th century, Giovanni Luigi Valesio (Italian), Engraving (17.50.16[188]) |
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Vulcan at His Forge with Mars and Venus, 1543, Enea Vico (Italian), after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Engraving (49.97.351) |
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Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart"), 1623,
Frans Hals (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (14.40.602)
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Young Woman with a Pink, ca. 148590,
Attributed to Hans Memling (Netherlandish),
Oil on wood (49.7.23) |
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Thematic Essays (22)
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