Works of Art (115)
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Bust of Marie de France, ca. 1381, Jean de Liège (Franco-Netherlandish, Île-de-France, Saint-Denis, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Chapel of Notre-Dame-la-Blanche, Marble, lead insets, traces of polychromy (41.100.132) |
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Head of Constans, ca. 337340, Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Marble (67.107) |
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Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, late 4thearly 5th century, Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Marble (66.25) |
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Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Princess, 400450, Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Copper alloy, lead (1980.416ab) |
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Amélie de Montfort, 1868–69,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French),
France (Paris),
Terracotta (1989.289.2) |
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Andrew Jackson, 183435; this carving, 1839, Hiram Powers (American), Marble (94.14) |
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Andrew Jackson, ca. 1860, William Rumney (American), Pine, painted (1978.57) |
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Block statue of a governor, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (ca. 664–525 B.C.),
Egyptian,
Graywacke (1982.318) |
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Bust of a Nobleman, ca. 1695–1700,
C. Lacroix (Burgundian, active Genoa),
France or Italy,
Elephant ivory (2005.243) |
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Bust of a Young Girl, identified as Anne Audéoud of Geneva (1776–1840), 18th century (ca. 1779–81),
After a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Plaster (42.23.2) |
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Bust of Alexander Menshikov (ca. 1670–1729), ca. 1703–4,
Swiss, Austrian, or German artist (active Russia),
Red pine (pinus sylvestris), wrought iron (1996.7) |
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Bust of Francis I, 1529, Girolamo della Robbia (Italian), Glazed terracotta (41.100.245) |
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Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), after a model of 1778,
After a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
Plaster, painted to imitate terracotta (08.89.2a) |
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Bust of John Paul Jones (1747–1792), 1903, after a model of 1781,
After a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French,
Bronze (14.58.133) |
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Bust of Marsyas, ca. 1680–85,
Balthasar Permoser (German),
Marble, ebony socle inlaid with marble (2002.468) |
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Bust of Napoleon III, 1873,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Marble (1974.297) |
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Bust of Patroclus, 1843, William Henry Fox Talbot (British), Salted paper print from paper negative (1988.1159) |
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Bust of Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694–1778), 18th century (1778),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (1972.61) |
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Bust of Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694–1778), after a model of 1778,
After a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French,
Plaster, painted to imitate terracotta (08.89.1a) |
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Cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus, 4154; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Sardonyx (42.11.30) |
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Cameo, ca. 1835,
George W. Jamison (American), cameo cutter; William Rose (American), metalworker,
Helmet-conch shell, enamel, gold (2000.562) |
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Cardinal Scipione Borghese (15761633), 1632, Giuliano Finelli (Italian), Marble (53.201) |
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Cippus (funerary altar) of Cominia Tyche, ca. 9095 A.D.; Late Flavian, Roman, Marble (38.27) |
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Cleopatra, 1858; this carving, 1869, William Wetmore Story (American), Marble (88.5a-d) |
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Corbel with Female Head, early 13th century, Spain, Castilla-León, Frías (near Burgos), Parish Church of San Vicente Martír, Stone, polychromy (23.110.56) |
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Davida Johnson Clark, 1886, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Plaster, shellac (2003.303) |
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Double Capital, mid-12th century, France, Toulouse region, Languedoc (?), Marble (28.81) |
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Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known as Caligula, 3742; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (14.37) |
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Eva Rohr, 1872, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble; 18 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (47.3 x 23.5 x 16.5 cm) (1990.317) |
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Face of Senwosret III, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret III, ca. 18781840 B.C., Egyptian, Quartzite (26.7.1394) |
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Final Study of the Monument to Balzac, modeled 1897, this bronze cast 1972, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (1984.364.15) |
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Fragmentary head of a deity wearing a Dionysiac fillet, probably Julio-Claudian, ca. 1468 A.D.,
Roman; copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C.,
Marble, pigment, gilding (1992.11.66) |
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George Washington, 1795, Giuseppe Ceracchi (Italian), Made in Florence, Italy, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marble (14.58.235) |
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Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici (1642–1723) and Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1669–1713), ca. 1676–82,
Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian),
Marble (1993.332.1,.2) |
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Haremhab as a Scribe, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun or Aye, ca. 13361323 B.C., Egyptian, Granodiorite (23.10.1) |
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Head of a Bearded Man with a Garland Crown (Jupiter?), ca. 123050, Southern Italy, Limestone (L.2003.13) |
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Head of a bearded man, Imperial, 2nd century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (1993.342) |
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Head of a Cleric, ca. 145060, Eastern France, Red sandstone (47.42) |
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Head of a Grotesque, ca. 12001220, France, Champagne, Châlons-sur-Marne, Church of Notre-Dame-en-Vaux (?), Limestone (13.152.2) |
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Head of a king, probably Shapur II, 4th century; Sasanian period, Iran, Gilded silver (65.126) |
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Head of a Man Wearing a Cap or Helmet, possibly 2nd3rd century, Probably British Isles (Celtic), Fossiliferous limestone (2000.525.1) |
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Head of a man, 3rd4th century, Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster (gypsum) (1982.317.1) |
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Head of a Priest, 4th century B.C.,
Egyptian,
Basalt (1989.281.102) |
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Head of a Princess, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, 13521336 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Quartzite and paint (2005.363) |
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Head of a Ptolemaic queen, Hellenistic, ca. 270–250 B.C.,>
Greek,
Marble (2002.66) |
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Head of a ruler, ca. 23002000 B.C., Iran or Mesopotamia, Arsenical copper (47.100.80) |
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Head of a youth, third quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical, Greek, Bronze (29.48) |
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Head of Ahmose I, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Ahmose I (ca. 15501525 B.C.),
Egyptian,
Limestone (2006.270)
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Head of an Apostle, ca. 12801300, Upper Rhineland, probably Strasbourg, Red sandstone (2004.453) |
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Head of Athena, Hellenistic, late 3rd–early 2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Marble (1996.178) |
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Head of Augustus, Roman Period, 2720 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Blue-green (glassy?) faience (26.7.1428) |
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Head of Balzac, 1891, Auguste Rodin (French), Terracotta (12.11.1) |
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Head of Christ, late 15thearly 16th century, Netherlands, North Brabant, Limestone, traces of wood (1983.406) |
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Head of Epikouros, Imperial, 2nd century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (11.90) |
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Head of Joseph, ca. 1230,
France; Chartres,
Limestone with traces of polychrome (2007.143)
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Head, 1960, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (1990.192) |
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Hiawatha, 187172; carved 1874, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble (2001.641) |
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Intaglio portrait of a young woman, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Sard (74.51.4236) |
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Intaglio with a portrait of the empress Julia Domna, ca. 205210; Severan, Roman, Beryl (25.78.90) |
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John Barnard, 1744, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish), English, Marble (1976.330) |
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Joseph, Chief of the Nez Percé Indians, 1889; this cast, 1906, Olin Levi Warner (American), Bronze (06.313) |
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Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1880; this cast, 1910, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (12.76.4) |
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King Sahure and a Nome God, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 24582446 B.C., Egyptian, Gneiss (18.2.4) |
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The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer; cast in 1922 from a mixed-media sculpture modeled ca. 187980, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, partly tinted, with cotton skirt and satin hair ribbon, on a wooden base (29.100.370) |
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Louise Adele Gould, 1904, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble (32.62.1) |
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Madame X, ca. 1907, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (11.173.6) |
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Memorial Head, 17th century, Ghana; Akan, Twifo region, Hemang city, Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments (1978.412.563) |
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Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer (Mariana Griswold), 1888; this cast, 1890, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (17.104) |
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Mrs. Stanford White (Bessie Springs Smith), 1884; this carving, by 1888, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble (1976.388) |
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Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory, iron, copper (?) (1978.412.323) |
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Philippe VI, Jeanne de Bourgogne, and Jean de France in Prayer, ca. 13401350, French, Marble (17.190.387,388,392) |
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Pope Alexander VII, Fabio Chigi (15991667, r. 16551667), 1667, Melchiore Caffa (Maltese), Bronze (57.20) |
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Pope Innocent X, Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (15741655, r. 16441655), second half of 17th century, After Alessandro Algardi (Italian), Bronze (08.49) |
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Portrait bust of a bearded man, ca. 15075 A.D.; Antonine, Roman, Marble (1998.209) |
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Portrait bust of a man, 1st century B.C.; Republican, Roman, Marble (12.233) |
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Portrait bust of a Roman matron, mid-1st century A.D.; Late Julio-Claudian, Roman, Bronze (52.11.6) |
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Portrait bust of a woman, 200230 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Marble (18.145.39) |
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Portrait bust of Denis Diderot (1713–1784), 18th century (signed and dated 1773),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (1974.291) |
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Portrait head of an elderly woman, Late Republican or Early Imperial, Augustan, ca. 4020 B.C.,
Roman,
Marble, pigment (2000.38)
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Portrait head of the Emperor Augustus, ca. 1437; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (07.286.115) |
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Portrait head of the emperor Constantine I, ca. 324337; Constantinian; Late Antique period, Roman, Marble (26.229) |
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Portrait head of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (called Caracalla), ca. 217230; Late Severan, Roman, Marble (40.11.1a) |
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Portrait medallion of Süleyman the Magnificent, after 1521,
Probably Venice,
Bronze (18.70.8) |
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Portrait Medallion: Carchesius, dated 1541, Attributed to Hans Kels the Younger, South German (Augsburg), Boxwood (17.190.487) |
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Portrait Medallion: Clara Rosenberger, mid-16th century, South German, Honestone (17.190.468) |
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Portrait Medals: Empress Maria and Emperor Maximillian II, dated 1575, Monogrammed "AN:AB" for Antonio Abondio (Italian) Silver, uniface (1989.12.2,3) |
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Portrait of Daniel, Archbishop of Mainz, dated 1568, Monogrammed by the Master H.K V.B, South German or Middle-Rhenish, Honestone (17.190.488) |
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Portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius, 138161; Antonine, Roman, Marble (33.11.3) |
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Portrait sculpture of a Zen priest, Muromachi period, 14th15th century, Japan, Lacquered wood (63.65) |
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Portrait statue of a boy, Late 1st century B.C.early 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Bronze (14.130.1) |
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The Prince Impérial with His Dog Néro, 1912,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French); Manufacturer: Sèvres; Modeler: Henri Robert (French),
Hard-paste biscuit porcelain (1972.79) |
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The Puritan, 188386; this cast, 1899 or after, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (39.65.53) |
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Relief portrait of the emperor Lucius Verus, ca. 166170; Antonine, Roman, Marble (13.227.1) |
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Relief: king and eunuch attendant, 883859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.4) |
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Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, second quarter of 13th century, France, Limousin, Church of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Gilded silver, rock crystal, gems, glass, originally over walnut core with silver leaf and gesso on interior (17.190.352a,b) |
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Richard Watson Gilder, Helena de Kay Gilder, and Rodman de Kay Gilder, 1879; this cast, ca. 188384, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Plaster (2002.445) |
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Ring with intaglio portrait of Emperor Tiberius, 14–37 A.D.; Early Imperial,
Roman,
Gold, carnelian (1994.230.7)
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Robert Fulton (1765–1815), ca. 1803,
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
France (Paris),
Painted plaster (1989.329) |
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Robert Louis Stevenson, 188788; this cast, 1910, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (12.76.1) |
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Rodman de Kay Gilder, 1879; this cast, probably 1880, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (1994.50) |
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Sabine Houdon (1787–1836), 18th century (1788),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (50.145.66) |
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Samuel Gray Ward, 1881; this cast, ca. 19089, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (12.29) |
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Seated statue of Gudea, 21502100 B.C.; Neo-Sumerian period, Probably Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Mesopotamia, Diorite (59.2) |
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Seated Voltaire (after the original model of 1778), 18th century (?),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Plaster, tinted to imitate terracotta (52.211) |
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Self-Portrait Looking at The Last Supper, 198284, Marisol (Marisol Escobar) (American, born France), Painted and drawn wood, plywood, brownstone, plaster, aluminum(1986.430.1-129) |
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Snuffbox, ca. 176465, Possibly by Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu (French), French; Paris, Four-color gold, enamel (17.190.1158) |
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Standing Male and Female Figures, 18th19th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Tabwa, Wood, beads (1978.412.591,2) |
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Statue of a draped seated man, Republican or Early Imperial, 1st century B.C.,
Roman,
Marble (09.221.4) |
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Statue of Memi and Sabu, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 25752465 B.C., Egyptian; Probably from Giza, Painted limestone (48.111) |
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Statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand, Early Imperial, Augustan, late 1st century B.C.,
Roman,
Marble (10.231.1) |
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Statuette of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945715 B.C., Egyptian, Gold (26.7.1412) |
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Tomb Effigy of Jean d'Alluye, mid-13th century, French; Made in Loire Valley, Limestone (25.120.201) |
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Torso of a Ptolemaic King, Ptolemaic Period, 8030 B.C., Egyptian, Dark basalt (1981.224.1) |
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Two portraits of Trebonianus Gallus, 25153 A.D., Roman, Bronze (05.30, 05.47) |
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Vase ("Vase Jasmine Cornet"), 1834,
Sèvres Manufactory (French); Decorated by Pierre Riton (French); gilded by Jean-Louis Moyez (French),
Hard-paste porcelain (1978.373) |
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Thematic Essays (20)
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