Works of Art (87)
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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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Doorboard (Jovo or Tale), late 19th–early 20th century,
Kanak peoples, northern Grande Terre Island, New Caledonia,
Wood, paint (1979.206.1758)
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Gable Figure (Dilukái), 19th–early 20th century,
Belauan people, Belau (Palau), Caroline Islands,
Wood, paint (1978.412.1558a–d) |
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Gable Ornament (P'naret), mid-20th century,
Big Nambas people, Malakula Island, Vanuatu,
Fern wood (1979.206.1584) |
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House Post (Tomok), 19th–early 20th century,
Yami people, Botel Tobago (Lan Yü) Island, Taiwan,
Wood, paint (1995.65.2) |
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House Post Figure (Amo), ca. 1800,
Maori people, Te Arawa region, Aotearoa (New Zealand),
Wood (1979.206.1508) |
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House Post Figure, 19th century,
Kambot (Tin Dama) people, Keram River, Lower Sepik region, Papua New Guinea,
Wood, paint, fiber (1978.412.823) |
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Housepost, late 19th–early 20th century,
Auguena village, Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands,
Wood (1986.486) |
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Window from J. G. Cross House, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1911,
George Grant Elmslie (American); Purcell, Feick and Elmslie (American,
Minneapolis, Minnesota (and later Chicago, Illinois),
Leaded glass (1972.20.2) |
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Aedicula with small landscape: From the "Black Room" of the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase, last decade of 1st century B.C.; Augustan, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (20.192.1); Egyptianizing scene: From the "Black Room" of the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase, last decade of 1st century B.C.; Augustan, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (20.192.2); Egyptianizing scene: From the "Black Room" of the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase, last decade of 1st century B.C.; Augustan, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (20.192.3) |
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Antefix in the shape of a female head, ca. 625–600 B.C.,
South Italian; From Matauros,
Terracotta (22.139.56) |
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Antefix with the head of Medusa, 6th century B.C.,
Tarantine; Said to be from Taranto,
Terracotta (26.60.73) |
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Architectural roundel, late 16th–early 17th century, India (Deccan, probably Bijapur), Sandstone, carved (1985.240.1) |
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Architectural tile fragment, 6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta with red and black painted decoration (26.164.1) |
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Ballcourt Marker, 3rd–7th century, Mexico; Teotihuacan, Stone (1980.418) |
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Boucher aux Alentours (the Croome Court tapestry room), 1758–67, Jean-Germain Soufflot, François Boucher, Maurice Jacques, Louis Tessier; Woven in the basse-lisse workshop of Jacques Neilson at the Gobelins manufactory, 1764–71, French, Wool and silk (58.75.1-22) |
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Bronze waterspout in the form of a lion mask, ca. 100 B.C.–100 A.D.; late Hellenistic or early Roman; Greco-Roman style, Greco-Roman; From Cyprus, Bronze (74.51.5677) |
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Cameo architectural panel, ca. 1–25 A.D.; Augustan–early Julio-Claudian, Roman, Glass (18.145.38a) |
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Capital with Four Heads, ca. 1230, Southern Italy, Apulia, probably Troia, Limestone (55.66) |
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Capital, 10th century, Spain, probably Madinat al-Zahra’, Carved marble (30.95.134) |
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Capital, 9th century; cAbbasid, Syria, Carved alabaster (36.68.1) |
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Caryatid Veranda Post, 20th century, Olowe of Ise (Yoruba), Yoruba peoples; Nigeria, Wood, pigment (1996.558) |
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Ceiling tile with geometric and floral designs, 6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion, Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.5) |
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Central watchtower, architectural model, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st–early 3rd century
China, Earthenware with green lead glaze (1984.397ab) |
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Column surround with pensive woman, Eastern Javanese period, 14th–15th century, Indonesia (Java), Majapahit kingdom, Terracotta (1992.151) |
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Composite Capital, Master G. A. with the Caltrop (Italian), From the Metropolitan Museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae magnificentiae (Mirror of Rome's Magnificence), Engraving (41.72[2.24]) |
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Cone mosaic, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period, Excavated at the "Columned Hall," Uruk, Mesopotamia, Clay, mud plaster (L.1995.48.2) |
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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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A Corridor in the Asylum, late May or early June 1889, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Black chalk and gouache on pink Ingres paper (48.190.2) |
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Dado fragment, 9th–10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Stucco, painted (40.170.176) |
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Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b) |
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Door, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Iran or Central Asia, Wood with traces of pigment (23.67.7) |
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Double Capital, mid-12th century, France, Toulouse region, Languedoc (?), Marble (28.81) |
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Ericstan for John J. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York (rear elevation), 1855–59, Alexander J. Davis (American), Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper (24.66.10) |
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Foliate Ornament, ca. 1470, Master W with the Key (Netherlandish), Engraving (29.16.1) |
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Fountain, 17th century, Attributed to India, Deccan, Cast bronze (1997.150) |
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Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, 500–550, Byzantine, Marble and glass (1999.99) |
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Fresco wall painting in a cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican,
Roman (03.14.13)
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Garland with mask, basket, and bucrania (ceremonial bulls' heads): From Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (03.14.4) |
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Human-headed winged lion (lamassu), 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.2) |
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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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Inscribed slab, first half of 8th century, Syria, Limestone (66.81) |
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Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, ca. 1220–1230, Crusader; From Castle Montfort/Starkenberg, Limestone (28.99.1) |
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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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Lion felling a bull, from a marble pediment, 525–500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Parian marble (42.11.35) |
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Loggia from Laurelton Hall, Oyster Bay, New York, ca. 1905,
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American),
Limestone, ceramic, glass (1978.10.1) |
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Man and woman seated side by side: From Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting (03.14.6) |
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Nur al-Din Room, dated 1119 A.H. / 1707 A.D.; Ottoman, Attributed to Damascus, Syria, Wood, marble, stucco, glass, mother-of-pearl, ceramics, tile, stone, iron, colors, gold (1970.170) |
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Ornamental Panel, 1521, Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian), Engraving; sheet, trimmed within platemark (49.95.41) |
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Pair of doors, 9th century; cAbbasid, Iraq, Carved wood (31.119.1,.2) |
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Panel with a Griffin, 1250–1300, Byzantine; Possibly from Greece or the Balkans, Marble (2000.81) |
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Panel, 10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Stucco, applied and carved (probably originally polychromed) (40.170.441) |
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Panel, 14th century; Marinid, Morocco, Carved and polychromed wood (1985.241) |
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Panel, probably 13th century, Egypt or Syria, Carved wood with traces of pigments and gilt (30.112.3) |
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Panel: striding lion, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, Excavated at Wall of Processional Way, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Glazed brick (31.13.2) |
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Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, 1506–15 Spanish (41.190.482) |
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Pillar with Capital, 800s, South Italian, Marble (18.70.21) |
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Polyphemus and Galatea in a Landscape, last decade of 1st century B.C.; mid-Augustan, Third Style, Roman, Fresco (20.192.17)ar |
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Reconstruction of the hall of a building excavated in Nishapur, called Sabz Pushan, 10th century
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Relief of Apries, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Apries, ca. 589–570 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Limestone (09.183.1a) |
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Relief: king and eunuch attendant, 883–859 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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Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, 358–338 B.C.; Achaemenid period, reign of Artaxerxes III, Excavated at Persepolis, southwestern Iran, Limestone (34.158) |
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The Round Tower: Plate 3 of Carceri, ca. 1749–60, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian), Italian, Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing (37.45.3(27)) |
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Seated woman playing a kithara: From Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (03.14.5) |
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Section of a pilaster with acanthus scrolls, first half of 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (10.210.28) |
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Shoin Room |
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Spout in the shape of a man's head, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Glazed ceramic (56.56) |
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Stained-glass window, ca. 1656, Evert Duyckinck (American), Painted glass (52.77.46) |
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Staircase, ca. 1677–80, Attributed to Edmund Pearce (English), From Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, England (destroyed 1922), Pine, ash, oak (32.152) |
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Standing woman holding a shield: From Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting (03.14.7) |
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Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, ca. 1479–82, Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Sienese); Executed by Giuliano da Maiano (Italian), Made in Gubbio, Italy, Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruitwoods on walnut base (39.153) |
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Study for the Fonte Gaia, Siena, Jacopo della Quercia (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on vellum (49.141) |
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Tent door hanging (ensi), early 19th century, Turkoman/Saryk, Central Asia, Wool, cotton (22.100.42) |
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Tile from a squinch, second half of 14th century; Timurid, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Earthenware, glazed (20.120.189) |
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Tile with arabesque decoration, early 15th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Bursa), Carved, glaze-painted, and gilded earthenware (1998.246) |
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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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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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Vanderbilt Mantelpiece, ca. 1881–83, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble, mosaic, oak, and cast iron (25.234) |
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Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo (View of the Flavian Amphitheater known as the Colosseum): From Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1776, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian), Etching, first state (59.570.426) |
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Veue du chasteau de Versailles (View of Versailles, garden facade): From the series Veues des plus Beaux Lieux de France et d'Italie . . ., 1680s, Adam Perelle (French), Israël Silvestre (French), Nicolas Langlois, Paris, Etching (20.41.126) |
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Votive panels, Kushan dynasty, ca. 3rd century A.D., Bactria (northern Afghanistan), Terracotta and gouache (2000.42.2,4) |
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Wall panel, first quarter of 17th century; Safavid, Probably from a garden pavilion in Isfahan, Iran Composite body, 28 square tiles, painted and glazed in cuerda seca technique over white slip, set on plaster (03.9a-c) |
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Window, 17th century, Egypt or Syria, Stained glass (93.26.3,4) |
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Wood panel, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Carved wood (11.205.2) |
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Writing board with an architectural drawing, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C., Egyptian; From western Thebes, Plastered and painted wood (14.108) |
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Thematic Essays (33)
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