Works of Art (105)
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Air: Louis XIV as Jupiter, from a set of eight wall hangings depicting the Elements and the Seasons, ca. 1683, French, Silk, wool, and metal thread (46.43.4) |
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Allegorical Design (recto), Stage Design (verso), Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Pen and brown ink (17.142.2) |
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"Allegorical Figures," ca. 1893,
Designed by Léon-Victor Solon (French); Manufacturer: Thomas Wardle & Co.,
English,
Printed silk (2000.48) |
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Allegory of Earth, ca. 1750, Attributed to Jean-Pierre Defrance (French), Marble (64.93.1-4) |
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Allegory of Music, 1649, Laurent de La Hyre (French), Oil on canvas (50.189) |
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Allegory of the Catholic Faith, ca. 1670–72,Johannes Vermeer (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (32.100.18) |
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Allegory of the Planets and Continents, sketch, 1752, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1977.1.3) |
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The American Star, ca. 1803,
Frederick Kemmelmeyer (German),
Oil and gold leaf on paper (62.256.7) |
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Amor Caritas, 1880–98; this cast, 1918, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze, gilt (19.124) |
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Angeli Laudantes, 1898,
Edward Burne-Jones (designer) (English); John Henry Dearle (designer) (English); Merton Abbey Tapestry Works (English),
Merton, Surrey, England,
Wool and silk weft on cotton warp (2008.8) |
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Apollo, Pan, and a Putto Blowing a Horn, 1560s, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), after Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bolognese), Engraving (49.95.161) |
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Apotheosis of George Washington, ca. 1860,
H. Weishaupt (German) after Samuel Moore (American); printed by J. M. Hermann,
Lithograph, hand colored (52.585.66) |
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Autumn, ca. 1594, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, red-brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white (61.25.2) |
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Avaritia (Greed), 1558, Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Engraving; only state (26.72.31) |
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Battle about Money, after 1570, Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Engraving; second state of four (26.72.40) |
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Beginning, 1949, Max Beckmann (German), Oil on canvas (67.187.53a-c) |
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Bird Warrior Bottle, 4th–7th century,
Peru, Moche,
Ceramic (67.167.1) |
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Blind Homer Led by the Genius of Poetry, 1851, Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (American), Marble (1996.74) |
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Body Mask (Det), mid-20th century,
Asmat people, Ambisu village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia,
Wood, fiber, leaves, paint (1978.412.1282a) |
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Bottle, Skeletal Couple with Child, 3rd–7th century,
Peru, Moche,
Ceramic (1978.412.196) |
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Bowl (upper part of a tazza), ca. 1540–50, South German (Nuremberg?), Boxwood and fruitwood (17.190.643) |
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Bowl with a putto holding a pinwheel, ca. 1530,
Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, Gubbio),
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (1975.1.1107) |
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Box depicting the Five Senses, third quarter of 17th century, English, Silk, metal thread, pearls, and mica on silk satin applied to wooden frame (29.23.1) |
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Bridal Chamber of Herse, Tapestry, ca. 1550, Workshop of Willem de Pannemaker (Flemish), Made/manufactured: Brussels, Southern Netherlands, Wool, silk, silver (41.190.135) |
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California, 1850–55; this carving, 1858, Hiram Powers (American), Marble (72.3) |
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Charity,
Guido Reni (Italian, Bolognese),
Oil on canvas (1974.348) |
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Charity, mid-16th century, Franco-Flemish, Alabaster (65.110) |
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Childbirth tray (desco da parto) with the Triumph of Fame (recto) and Medici and Tornabuoni arms and devices (verso), 1448–49,Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi, called Lo Scheggia (Italian, Florentine),
Tempera, silver, and gold on panel (1995.7) |
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Commesso, 1550–55, Reverse after design of Étienne Delaune (French), probably a 19th-century addition, Gold, enamel, jewels, and chalcedony (17.190.907) |
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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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Descending Night, ca. 1914; this cast, by 1917, Adolph Alexander Weinman (American), Bronze (1994.501) |
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Desidia (Sloth), 1558, Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Engraving; only state (26.72.34) |
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Dirty Bride, or, The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa, ca. 1566, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood (32.63) |
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Eternal Spring, also known as Eternal Springtime, probably modeled 1881, this marble executed 1906–7, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (17.120.184) |
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First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn, Giorgio Vasari (Italian), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of red chalk (1971.273) |
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Fisher Boy, 1841–44; this carving, 1857, Hiram Powers (American), Marble (94.9.1) |
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Flora, probably early 1650s, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch), Oil on canvas (26.101.10) |
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A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, ca. 1635, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on wood (1990.196) |
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The Fortune Teller, probably 1630s, Georges de La Tour (French), Oil on canvas (60.30) |
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The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian Slaking His Death Thirst, 1843, Thomas Cole (American), Graphite and white gouache on green wove paper (1977.182.7) |
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Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, 500–550, Byzantine, Marble and glass (1998.69, 1999.99) |
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The Genius of Castiglione, ca. 1645–47, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ("Il Grechetto") (Italian); published in 1648 by Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (Italian); dedicated to Matthys van de Merwede, lord of Clootwyck (Dutch), Italian Etching (17.50.17-36) |
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The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, ceiling decoration, ca. 1750, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (23.128) |
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"Gondola" cup with figure personifying a spring, ca. 1620–25; model, ca. 1600–1610,
Probably by Guillaume Dupré (French),
Lead-glazed earthenware (53.225.54)
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Groom and Horse, dated 1296,
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese),
Handscroll, ink and color on paper (1988.135) |
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Head of Victory, 1897–1903; this cast, 1907, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Bronze (07.90) |
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Henry II Between France and Fame, ca. 1548, Jean Duvet (French), Etching (25.2.93) |
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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses, ca. 1518 (?), Ugo da Carpi (Italian); Designed by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (20.24.76) |
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Hesperides, sive, De Malorum Aureorum cultura et usu Libri Quatuor (opposite page 342), 1646, Written by Giovanni Battista Ferrari (Italian), Published by Sumptibus Hermanni Scheus, Designed by Guido Reni (Italian), Printed by Johann Friedrich Greuter (German, active Rome), Etching and engraving (67.828) |
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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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Indian Girl, or The Dawn of Christianity, 1853–56; this carving, 1855–56, Erastus Dow Palmer (American), Marble (94.9.2) |
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Jewel cabinet incorporating a watch, possibly before 1766,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Agate, mounted in gilded copper and gilded brass and set with painted enamel plaques, and fruitwood (64.101.829) |
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Justice, ca. 1427–28,
Fra Angelico (Italian),
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash on paper (1975.1.264) |
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Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513–14, Albrecht Dürer (German), Engraving (43.106.2) |
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La Frileuse / Winter, 18th century (1787),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Bronze (62.55) |
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La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), 1845,
Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian),
Marble (03.11a–d) |
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Lachrymae (Mary Lloyd), ca. 1894–95,
Frederic, Lord Leighton (English),
Oil on canvas (96.28) |
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Lady of the Xiang River, dated 1947, Fu Baoshi (Chinese), Album leaf; ink and color on paper, Signed: "Baoshi" (1986.267.277) |
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Lament of the Art of Painting, ca. 1572–78, Cornelis Cort (Flemish), after Federico Zuccaro (Italian), Engraving from two plates (1988.1086) |
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Land of Cockaigne, after 1570(?), Attributed to Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Engraving; first state of two (26.72.44) |
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Leather Panel (Allegory of Music), ca. 1570–90,
Northern France,
Blind-stamped, embossed, molded, and incised leather on later wooden mount (2006.71) |
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Louis XIV as Apollo, 1672,
Attributed to Jean Varin de Liège (French),
Bronze (25.142.61) |
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Lucretia, 1508–12,
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian),
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, partially incised with a stylus (recto), rubbed with black chalk for transfer (verso) (1997.153) |
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Man Protected by the Shield of Faith, 1559, Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on paper (2000.150) |
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Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi), second half of 19th century,
Democratic Republic of Congo or Angola, Chiloango River Region; Kongo,
Wood, metal, resin, enamel (2008.30) |
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Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo, 1641, Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (1981.317) |
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Maternity, 1784, Benjamin West (American), Red chalk on thin off-white laid paper, mounted on off-white laid paper (2002.1) |
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Melencolia I, 1514, Albrecht Dürer (German), Engraving (43.106.1) |
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Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, 1624, Nicolas Poussin (French), Oil on canvas (71.56) |
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The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty, 1866, Julia Margaret Cameron (British), Albumen silver print from glass negative (41.21.15) |
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The Music Lesson, 1870,
John George Brown (American),
Oil on canvas (21.115.3) |
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The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796, Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (Swiss), Oil on canvas (1980.411) |
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Owl Stirrup Spout Bottle, 2nd–3rd century,Peru, Moche,
Ceramic (66.30.5) |
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Pair of vases, 1824 and 1825, Thomas Fletcher (American); Sidney Gardiner (American), Silver (1982.4a,b) |
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Plaque with Personification of the Moon, 860–90,
Southern France,
Copper alloy, iron, and cloisonné enamel (17.190.688) |
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Poet Virgil in a Basket, 1525, Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish), Engraving (41.1.23) |
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Poetry, ca. 1465–67, Engraving with applied gilding (59.570.32)
The Muse Euterpe, ca. 1465–67, Ferrarese school, Engraving (19.52.18) |
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Portrait of Rudolph II, 1603, Aegidius Sadeler (Netherlandish), after Hans von Aachen (German), Engraving (51.501.6469) |
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Relief Allegory of Virtues and Vices at the Court of Emperor Charles V, dated 1522, Monogrammed "HD" for Hans Daucher (German, Augsburg), Honestone relief, touches of gilding (17.190.745) |
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Rinaldo in the Enchanted Forest, ca. 1761–65,
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French),
Brush and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing (2009.236) |
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The River Nile, ca. 1785–95, Giovanni Volpato (Italian), Hard-paste biscuit porcelain (2001.456) |
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Royal Scepter: Male Figure, 19th–20th century,
Democratic Republic of Congo or Angola, Kongo peoples,
Ivory (1978.412.657)
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Satire on Popery, 1555, German, Etching (53.677.5) |
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: Plate 43 of The Caprices (Los Caprichos), 1799, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish), Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin (18.64) |
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So-called Antioch Mosaic, second half of 2nd century; Late Antonine, Roman, Mosaic (38.11.12) |
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Sorgheloos in Poverty, 1510–1520, Netherlandish, Colorless glass with vitreous paint and silver stain (1999.243) |
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The Source, 1862,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (29.100.58) |
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The Spanish Girl in Reverie, 1831, Washington Allston (American), Oil on canvas (01.7.2) |
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Springtime, ca. 1894–99,
Maurice Denis (French),
Oil on canvas (1999.180.2ab) |
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Statue of Eirene (personification of peace), ca. 14–68 A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman copy of a Greek original by Kephisodotos, 375/374–360/359 B.C., Marble (06.311) |
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Statuette of the Personification of Constantinople, 300–500, Byzantine, Copper alloy (47.100.40) |
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Talking It Over, 1872,
Enoch Wood Perry (American),
Oil on canvas (1980.361) |
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Tapestry Square with the Head of Spring, 4th–5th century; Early Byzantine, Egyptian, Polychrome wool, linen (90.5.848) |
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Tondo: Prudence, ca. 1475, Andrea della Robbia (Italian), Italian (Florence), Terracotta with tinted tin-enamel glazes (21.116) |
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The Triumph of Fame, from a set of The Triumphs of Petrarch, ca. 1502–4,
Flemish (probably Brussels),
Wool and silk tapestry (1998.205) |
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The Triumph of Love, ca. 1485–90, Francesco Rosselli (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (25.2.33) |
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Two Flayed Men and Skeletons, ca. 1540–1545, Domenico del Barbiere, after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (49.95.181) |
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Two Plaquettes with Charity and Temperance, ca. 1540, Peter Flötner (German, Nuremberg), Bronze (26.14.13, 1986.319.43) |
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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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Venezia, ca. 1865–66, Larkin Goldsmith Mead (American), Marble (1999.18) |
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Venus Entrusting an Infant to Time, ca. 1758, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Etching (57.619.5) |
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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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Victoria Terminus, Bombay, 1878–87,
India, Albumen silver print from glass negative (1985.1168.11) |
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The White Captive, 1857–58; this carving, 1858–59, Erastus Dow Palmer (American), Marble (94.9.3) |
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Young Woman with a Pink, ca. 1485–90,
Attributed to Hans Memling (Netherlandish),
Oil on wood (49.7.23) |
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