Works of Art (93)
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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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Aquamanile in the Form of a Falconer on Horseback, 13th century,
North German (Lower Saxony),
Copper alloy (47.101.55) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Horse, ca. 1400,
German (Nuremberg),
Copper alloy (10.13.4a) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Knight on Horseback, mid-13th century,
German (Lower Saxony, probably Hildesheim),
Copper alloy (64.101.1492) |
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Architectural Ornament, late 19th–early 20th century,
Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia,
Wood, paint (1988.143.68) |
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Basin with a Horseman Spearing a Serpent, 1390–1400, Spanish (Valencia?), Lustered earthenware (41.100.173) |
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Bell: Horse Head, 19th–20th century, Nigeria; Lower Niger (?), Brass, iron (1991.17.140) |
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Bottle, late 13th century; Mamluk, Probably Syria, Greenish colorless glass, free-blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, pink, white, gray blue, and black enamels; and gold (41.150) |
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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53) |
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The Bronco Buster, 1895; revised 1909; this cast, by November 1910,
Frederic Remington (American),
Bronze (39.65.45) |
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Bronze rod tripod stand, early 6th century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (1997.145.1)
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Brooch in the Shape of a Horse, 7th–6th century B.C.; Iron Age, Halstatt period, Copper alloy (1992.107) |
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[Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons], 1857, Gustave Le Gray (French), Albumen silver print from glass negative (2005.100.49) |
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Celestial Globe with Clockwork, dated 1579, Movement by Gerhard Emmoser (Austrian), Made in Vienna, Austria, Case of silver, partly gilt, and gilt brass; movement of brass and steel (17.190.636) |
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Château de Versailles seen from the forecourt, 1682,
Israël Silvestre (French),
Engraving (30.22[22–64]) |
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Chand Bibi Hawking with Attendants in a Landscape, ca. 1700; Mughal,
India,
Opaque watercolors, gold, and silver on card-weight paper (1999.403) |
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Chariot krater, ca. 1400—1370 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (74.51.964) |
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The Cheyenne, 1901; this cast, by March 1907, Frederic Remington (American), Bronze (07.80) |
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Column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., red-figure,
Attributed to the Marlay Painter,
Greek, Attic,
Terracotta (07.286.65) |
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Container (Aduno Koro) with Figures, 16th–19th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood (1979.206.255) |
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Container in the shape of a horse and rider, 12th–13th century, Iran, Composite body, underglaze-painted (66.23) |
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Cylinder seal and modern impression with winged horse with claws and horns, 13th century B.C.; Middle Assyrian style,
Northern Mesopotamia,
Chalcedony (1999.325.89) |
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Dappled Stallion, late 16th century,
Habib Allah (Mashhad and Isfahan, Iran),
Mashhad, Iran,
Ink, opaque colors, and gold on paper (1992.51) |
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Death as an Archer on a Horse, mid-17th century (?),
German,
Lindenwood with traces of pigment, spruce base (17.190.729) |
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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe: From a set of The Horses, early 1630s, Francis Cleyn; Woven at the Mortlake manufactory, 1650–70, English, Wool and silk (36.149.1) |
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Embroidered Square with Animals, Birds, and Flowers, late 12th–14th century, Eastern Central Asia, Silk thread on silk (1988.296) |
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (19.73.209) |
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Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, early 1200s, Byzantine; Made possibly in Antioch, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito (1984.181) |
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Frieze tile with two hunters, ca. 1270–75, Iran (probably Takht-i Sulayman), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (10.9.1) |
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Funerary plaque, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic, black-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (54.11.5) |
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Funerary slab with a man controlling a rearing horse, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C.,
Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884,
Limestone, paint (04.17.3) |
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Grazing Horse, dated 1932, Xu Beihong (Chinese); Qi Baishi (Chinese), Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Inscribed by the artist and by Qi Baishi (1986.267.192) |
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Groom and Horse, dated 1296,
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese),
Handscroll, ink and color on paper (1988.135) |
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Helmet, late 7th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Cretan, Bronze (1989.281.49) |
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Horse and rider, Tang dynasty, early 8th century,
China,
Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze and pigment (54.169) |
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Horse at Trough, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture of probably ca. 1866–68, Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 13/A (29.100.433) |
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The Horse Fair, 1853–55,
Rosa Bonheur (French),
Oil on canvas (87.25) |
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Horse plaque, 4th–3rd century B.C., Northwest China or Inner Mongolia, Silver with mercury gilding (1985.214.78) |
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Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled after 1878, Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 49/A (29.100.428) |
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Horse with Female Rider, Tang dynasty, 7th century, Astana, Turfan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, Clay, Unfired clay with pigment (51.93ab) |
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Horse with Head Lowered, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1883–90, Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 22/A (29.100.430) |
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The Horses of Anahita or The Flight of Night, ca. 1848–50; this cast, by 1880, William Morris Hunt (American), Plaster, tinted (80.12) |
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Isfandiyar's Third Course—He Slays a Dragon: From the Gutman Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Iran (probably Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1974.290.26) |
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Kanduri, ca. 1900,
India, Cotton (1986.53) |
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Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513–14, Albrecht Dürer (German), Engraving (43.106.2) |
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Krater with a lid surmounted by a small hydria, mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric,
Greek, Euboean or Cycladic; Found at Kourion, Cyprus,
Terracotta (74.51.965) |
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Krater, ca. 750–700 B.C.; Geometric, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.14) |
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Krishna Killing the Horse Demon Keshi, Gupta period, 5th century,
India (Uttar Pradesh),
Terracotta (1991.300) |
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Kylix, ca. 540–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.62) |
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La giostra di Giuliano de' Medici (The Joust of Giuliano de' Medici): Title page (signature 1a),
Author: Angelo Poliziano (Politian),
[Florence: Tubini, Alopa e Ghirlandi?, ca. 1495–1500],
Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations (25.30.22) |
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Large Bowl with Equestrian Figure, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.68) |
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Large cista, mid-4th century B.C., Italic, Bronze (22.84.1) |
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The Liberation of Oriane, ca. 1590–95,
Karel van Mander (Netherlandish); workshop of Frans Spiering, Delft,
Wool and silk (2006.36) |
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Lidded Container: Equestrian Figure, 16th–20th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood, metal staples (1979.206.173a-c) |
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Maharana Sarup Singh Views a Prize Stallion, 1845, Tara (Indian, active 1836–68), India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (2001.344) |
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The Mountain Ford, 1846,
Thomas Cole (American),
Oil on canvas (15.30.63) |
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The Mountain Man, 1903; this cast, by March 1907, Frederic Remington (American), Bronze (07.79) |
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Mycenaean chariot krater, first half of 13th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIB:1, Mycenaean; Found on Cyprus, Terracotta (74.51.966) |
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Neck amphora, fourth quarter of 8th century B.C.; Late Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.7) |
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Neck-amphora, ca. 540 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to Exekias, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (27.16) |
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Night-Shining White, Tang dynasty (618–906), ca. 750,
Han Gan (Chinese),
Handscroll; ink on paper (1977.78) |
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On the Border of the White Man's Land, 1899; this cast, 1906–7,
Solon Hannibal Borglum (American),
Bronze (07.104) |
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Orthostat relief: hunting scene, 850–830 B.C.; Neo-Hittite period, Excavated at south wall of Temple Palace, Tell Halaf, northern Syria, Basalt (43.135.2) |
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Pair of belt buckles, Xianbei culture, ca. 1st century A.D., North China, Silver plate and gilt (24.174.6,7) |
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Pair of stirrups, late 16th–early 17th century,
Japan,
Iron, lacquer, and mother-of-pearl (2008.120.1, 2008.120.2) |
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Prancing Horse, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, probably reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391–1353 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory, garnet inlay (26.7.1293) |
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Race Horses, 1885–88,
Edgar Degas (French),
Pastel on wood (1999.288.3) |
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The Races, 1866–72, Édouard Manet (French), Lithograph, first state (20.17.2) |
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The Rape of Proserpina, Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, Vicenzan), Woodcut (22.73.3[152]) |
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Relief of King Oinomaos and his charioteer Myrtilos, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 27 B.C.–68 A.D.,
Roman,
Terracotta (26.60.31);
Relief of a mythological couple in a chariot, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 27 B.C.–68 A.D.,
Roman,
Terracotta (26.60.32);
Relief of a youth and girl, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 27 B.C.–68 A.D.,
Roman,
Terracotta (26.60.33) |
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Rider on a Nag, mid-17th century, India, Deccan, Bijapur, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (44.154) |
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Ring with Equestrian Figure, 19th–20th century, Mali; Dogon peoples, Copper alloy (1981.425.1) |
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Sarcophagus, second quarter of 5th century B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot, Limestone (74.51.2453) |
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Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts, ca. 1465,
Biagio d'Antonio (Italian, Florentine); Master of the Argonauts,
Tempera on panel (09.136.1,2) |
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Schiac Appas, Re di Persia (Shah cAbbas, King of Persia),
Engraver: Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venetian),
From: Effigie naturali dei maggior prencipi et più valorosi capitani di questa età con l'armi loro, raccolte et con dilegentia intagliate da Giacomo Franco,
Publisher: Giacomo Franco, Venice, 1596 (57.506) |
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"Six Horses," late 12th or early 13th century and 14th century, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper (1989.363.5) |
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Start of the Race of the Barbieri Horses, Rome, 1860,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French),
Pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper (2000.105) |
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The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses, by 1820,
Horace Vernet (French),
Oil on canvas (87.15.47) |
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Statuette of a horse, 8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Bronze (21.88.24) |
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The Stockbridge Race Cup, 1870–71,
C. F. Hancock, manufacturing silversmiths (London),
Silver, partly gilt, (1990.153) |
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A Syce Holding Two Carriage Horses, mid-19th century, India (Calcutta), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper (1994.280) |
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Talking It Over, 1872,
Enoch Wood Perry (American),
Oil on canvas (1980.361) |
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The Terminal, 1892, Alfred Stieglitz (American), Photogravure (58.577.11) |
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Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus (Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers), ca. 1200–1205, French; From the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Rouen, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (1980.263.4) |
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Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) |
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Tournament Book, late 16th century, German (Nuremberg), Pen and colored wash on paper (22.229) |
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Tray, early 14th century, Egypt (Cairo); Made for the Rasulid sultan of Yemen, al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr al-Din Dawud ibn Yusuf (r. 1296–1321), Brass, silver, and bitumen inlay (91.1.605) |
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Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town, ca. 1760–70,
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian),
Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing outlines by the artist in pen and brown ink on paper (37.165.67) |
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Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Jade (nephrite) (02.18.730) |
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Tympanum, late 14th–early 15th century; Golden Horde, Daghestan region, Caucasus (probably Kubachi), Carved stone with traces of paint (38.96) |
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Untitled (Cowboy), 1989, Richard Prince (American), Chromogenic print (2000.272) |
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Wolf and Fox Hunt, ca. 1615–21, Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish), Oil on canvas (10.73) |
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Wood panel, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Carved wood (11.205.2) |
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Thematic Essays (27)
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