Works of Art (51)
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Groom and Horse, dated 1296,
Zhao Mengfu (Chinese),
Handscroll, ink and color on paper (1988.135) |
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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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The Iranian Camp Attacked by Night: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.36) |
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Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to the manner of the Lysippides Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.14) |
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Battle of Naked Men, 1465, Antonio Pollaiuolo (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (17.50.99) |
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Bust of a warrior, Kofun period, 5th–6th century, Kanto region, Japan, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (1975.268.414) |
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Casket with Warriors and Dancers, carved 11th century,
Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople,
Bone, copper gilt (17.190.239) |
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Casket with Warriors and Mythological Figures, 900–1100, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wood; silver lock plate (17.190.237) |
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The Cheyenne, 1901; this cast, by March 1907, Frederic Remington (American), Bronze (07.80) |
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Cinerary urn, late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.,
Etruscan,
Alabaster (96.9.225a,b) |
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The Companions of Rinaldo Nicolas Poussin (French), Oil on canvas (1977.1.2) |
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Cylinder seal with a battle of the gods, ca. 2220–2159 B.C.; Akkadian, Mesopotamia, Kish, Lapis lazuli (L.1992.23.4) |
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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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Fox Warrior Bottle, 6th–8th century, Peru; Moche,
Ceramic (82.1.29) |
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Fragmentary beaker, ca. 2nd century A.D.; Mid-Imperial, Roman, Glass, free-blown and painted, (22.2.36,.37) |
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Funerary slab with a soldier and two girls, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C.,
Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884,
Limestone, paint (04.17.4) |
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Funerary slab with a soldier taking a kantharos from his attendant, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C.,
Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884,
Limestone, paint (04.17.6) |
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Funerary slab with a soldier, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C.,
Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884,
Limestone, paint (04.17.5) |
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Gladiator cup, ca. 50–80 A.D.; Neronian–Early Flavianic, Roman; Found at Montagnole, southern France, Glass (81.10.245) |
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Head of a helmeted Roman soldier, ca. 50–75; Flavian, Roman, Marble (25.78.62) |
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Head of Athena, Hellenistic, late 3rd–2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Marble (1996.178) |
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Horned Figure Vessel, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D., Mexico; Colima, Ceramic (1979.206.478) |
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The Indian Hunter, 1860; this cast, before 1910, John Quincy Adams Ward (American), Bronze (1973.257) |
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Intaglio of a venator fighting a lion, 1st century A.D.; Late Augustan to Flavian, Roman, Carnelian (41.160.710) |
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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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Kylix, ca. 540–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.62) |
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Lamp, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.; Early Imperial, Roman, Terracotta, mold-made, (74.51.2027) |
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Leonidas at Thermopylae, ca. 1814,
Jacques-Louis David (French),
Black chalk, squared in black chalk (63.1) |
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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 (jar), ca. 500 B.C.; Attic, black-figure,
Attributed to the Diosphos Painter,
Greek,
Terracotta (56.171.25) |
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Neck-amphora (jar), ca. 530 B.C.; Attic, black-figure,
Attributed to an artist near Exekias,
Greek,
Terracotta (98.8.13) |
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Osage Warrior, 1805–7, Charles Balthazar J. F. Saint-Mémin (American), Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper (54.82) |
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Pen box, early 19th century,
Iran,
Painted and varnished papier-mâché (2006.523)
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Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.69) |
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Saint Maurice, ca. 1522–25,
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German) and Workshop,
Oil on wood (2006.469) |
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Sarcophagus lid, 6th century B.C.,
Klazomenian,
Terracotta (21.169.1) |
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Sarcophagus, ca. 475–460 B.C.; Classical, Cypriot; Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2451) |
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Seated warrior with bow, ca. 4th century, Pakistan or Afghanistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stucco (1991.132) |
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Staff: Seated Male Figure, 16th–20th century, Mali; Dogon or Bozo, Copper alloy (cast) (1975.306) |
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Standing Figure, 9th–10th century, Mexico; Maya, Limestone (66.181) |
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Standing Warrior, 11th–17th century (1455–1640); Lower Niger Bronze Industry, Nigeria, Niger Valley between the confluence area and the delta, Brass (1977.173) |
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Standing warrior, late 3rd millennium B.C., Levant, Copper (1989.281.9) |
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Statue of a wounded Amazon, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman copy of a Greek bronze original, ca. 450–425 B.C., Marble (32.11.4) |
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Statue of a wounded warrior, ca. 138–181 A.D.; Antonine; copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 460–450 B.C., Roman, Marble (25.116) |
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Statuette of a gladiator, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Imperial, Roman, Terracotta, (10.210.78) |
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Statuette of Amasis, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis, ca. 570–526 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Bronze inlaid with gold (35.9.3) |
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Tarantine grave relief, ca. 325–300 B.C., Greek, South Italian (Tarantine), Limestone (29.54) |
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Terracotta standing male figurine holding a quadruped, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1613); Terracotta standing warrior (?), ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1614); Terracotta standing warrior with a shield, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1655); Terracotta standing male figurine playing a double flute, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1691); Terracotta standing male figurine, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1692) |
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Torso of a general, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo I (380–362 B.C.), Egyptian, Schist; H. 27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm) (1996.91)
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Warrior with Trophy Head, 8th–11th century, Costa Rica; Atlantic Watershed, Stone (1979.206.422) |
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Young Warrior, early 16th century,
Workshop of Tullio Lombardo (Italian, Venetian),
White marble (32.100.155) |
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Thematic Essays (17)
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