Works of Art (141)
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The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), ca. 1771,
Luis Egidio Meléndez (or Menéndez) (Spanish),
Oil on canvas (1982.60.39) |
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Aquamanile in the Form of a Ram, late 13th–early 14th century,
England (probably Scarborough),
Glazed earthenware (2007.142) |
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The Archer and the Milkmaid, ca. 1610,
Andries Stock (Dutch), after Jacques de Gheyn II (Dutch),
Engraving (49.95.1331) |
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The Baker's Cart, 1656,
Jean Michelin (French),
Oil on canvas (27.59) |
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Bakers and Brewers from Meketre's model bakery, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1975 B.C.,
Egyptian; From the tomb of Meketre, western Thebes,
Plastered and painted wood (20.3.12) |
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Beaker ("Monkey Cup"), ca. 1425–1450, South Netherlandish; Made in Burgundian Territories, Silver, silver-gilt, painted enamel (52.50) |
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Before Dinner, 1924,
Pierre Bonnard (French),
Oil on canvas (1975.1.156) |
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The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, 1858,
Jerome B. Thompson (American),
Oil on canvas (69.182) |
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Bell krater depicting the return of Persephone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Persephone Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (28.57.23) |
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Bell-krater, ca. 440 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of London E 497, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (24.97.30) |
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The Blind Man's Meal, 1903, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (50.188) |
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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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Bowl (Apia Nie), late 19th–early 20th century,
Wuvulu or Aua Island,
Wood (1979.206.1428) |
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Bowl with Fish, 1000s–1200s, Byzantine, Terracotta, white slip, and transparent glaze (2000.322) |
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Box with lid, 15th century,
Probably Egypt,
Brass engraved and inlaid with silver and a black compound (23.67.5a) |
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Broken Eggs,
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French),
Oil on canvas (20.155.8) |
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Brush holder, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, Zhang Xihuang (active early 17th century), China, Bamboo (1994.208) |
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Cameo cup fragment with lovemaking scene, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (81.10.349) |
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A Cat Stealing Fish
Giuseppe Recco (Italian, Neapolitan),
Oil on canvas (71.17 |
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Chocolate pot, 1700–1710, Edward Winslow (American), Made in New England, Boston, Massachusetts, Silver (33.120.221) |
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Cider Making, 1840–41,
William Sidney Mount (American),
Oil on canvas (66.126) |
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Column-krater, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to Lydos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.11) |
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Conical boss from a bowl with granulated decoration, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.371) |
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Covered bowl and stand, 1774, Marked by Louis Landes (French), French; Toulouse, Silver (48.187.7ab,.8) |
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Covered punchbowl with platter, ca. 1745, Chinese for the Swedish market, Hard paste; Punchbowl (40.133.1a,b–.2) |
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Covered tureen, early 19th century, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (51.86.334a,b) |
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Deep Dish (brasero), ca. 1430, Spanish (Valencia), Tin-enamelled earthenware (56.171.162) |
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Dinner, tea, and coffee service, 1785–90, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (10.149.1–.248) |
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Dish of Apples, ca. 1875–77,
Paul Cézanne (French),
Oil on canvas (1997.60.1) |
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Dish, 1664–65, Anthony Ficketts (English), Silver gilt (68.141.79) |
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The Dissolute Household,
Jan Steen (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (1982.60.31) |
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Entrée dish and cover, ca. 1837, Bailey & Kitchen Company (American), Silver (2003.382a-c) |
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Ewer and plateau, 1901, Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, Silver (1974.214.26a,b) |
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Ewer with dancing females within arcades, 6th century; Sasanian style, Iran, Silver, mercury gilding (67.10a,b) |
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Falconer's Bag, 1695, Jan Weenix (Dutch), Oil on canvas (50.55) |
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The Feast of Acheloüs, ca. 1615, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish); and Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish), Oil on wood (45.141) |
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The Feast of Sada: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1520–25,
Iran, Tabriz,
Colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper (1970.301.2) |
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Figure of Pulcinella, ca. 1755–65, Italian or Spanish; Capodimonte or Buen Retiro, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.264) |
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"Fire of London" and "Plague" tankard, 1673–74, The Master I.N. (English), Silver (1987.54) |
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Fork and spoon, 1683–84, French; Paris, Gilt silver (48.187.214,.215) |
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Girl with Cherries, ca. 1491–95,
Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (Italian, Milanese) but possibly by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (Italian, Milanese),
Oil on wood 91.26.5 |
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Handle of a hydria, early 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (06.1093) |
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The Holy Family, ca. 1512–13,
Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish),
Oil on wood (32.100.57) |
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Jar from the tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el-Medina, western Thebes, Painted red pottery (86.1.10) |
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Jug, ca. 220–250, Roman, Terracotta (74.51.383) |
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Just Moved, 1870,
Henry Mosler (American),
Oil on canvas (62.80) |
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Kalyx krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads, 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (23.184) |
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Kitchen Scene, 1620s,
Peter Wtewael (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (06.288)
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A Kitchen, ca. 1643,
Hendrick Sorgh (Dutch),
Oil on wood (89.15.7) |
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Kylix, ca. 480 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Dokimasia Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.188) |
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Kylix, ca. 500 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Douris, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1986.322.1) |
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Kylix–Type B, ca. 500 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Ashby Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1993.11.5) |
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Ladle, 20th century (before 1960), Zlan of Belewale, Dan peoples; Liberia or Côte d'Ivoire, Wood, pigment (1979.206.254) |
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Letter in Greek, early 3rd century A.D.,
Roman, Egyptian; from Egypt,
Papyrus (25.8) |
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Lidded Bowl (Kotue), late 18th–early 19th century,
'Enana (Marquesan) people, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia,
Wood (1986.476.4a,b) |
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Lidded Saltcellar, 15th–16th century,
Sierra Leone; Sapi-Portuguese,
Ivory (1991.435a,b) |
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Lime Container (poporo), 1st–7th century, Colombia; Quimbaya, Cast gold (1991.419.22) |
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Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368),
Zhao Cangyun (Chinese),
Handscroll: ink on paper (2005.494.1)
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Loving cup with cover, 1742–43, Paul Lamerie (English), Silver gilt (25.15.58ab) |
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1480, Carlo Crivelli (Italian, Venetian), Tempera and gold on wood (49.7.5) |
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1485, Filippino Lippi (Italian, Florentine), Tempera, oil, and gold on wood (49.7.10) |
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Madonna and Child, probably late 1480s, Giovanni Bellini (Italian, Venetian), Oil on wood (08.183.1) |
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A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656–57,
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (14.40.611) |
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The Marriage Feast at Cana, ca. 1498–1500,
Juan de Flandes (Netherlandish),
Oil on panel (1982.60.20) |
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Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.605) |
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Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, ca. 1545–50, Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (13.75) |
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The New Bonnet, 1858,
Francis William Edmonds (American),
Oil on canvas (1975.27.1) |
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The New Bonnet, 1876,
Eastman Johnson (American),
Oil on academy board (25.110.11) |
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One-handled kantharos, ca. 500 B.C.; Archaic, Attributed to the Class of the One-Handled Kantharoi, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.4) |
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Pair of fruit dishes, 1766–67, Thomas Heming (English, Silver gilt (49.7.92,93) |
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Pair of sauceboats, 1815–20, Anthony Rasch (American, born Germany), Silver (59.152.1-.2) |
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Pair of tea caddies, 1790–91, John Scofield (English), Silver (66.158.8ab)
Spoon for a tea caddy set, 1787–88, Samuel Godbehere (English) and Edward Wigan (English), Silver (66.158.8c) |
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Pair of wine coolers, marked 1781,
Ignaz Josef Würth (Austrian),
Austria (Vienna),
Silver (2002.265.1a,b,.2a) |
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Palace Banquet, Unidentified Artist (10th century), Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk (L.1997.24.2) |
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Partial coffee service ("Déjeuner Culture et Récolte du Cacao"), 1836,
Sèvres Manufactory (French); Decorated by Jean-Charles Develly (French),
Hard-paste porcelain (1986.281.1ab–4) |
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Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885,
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (1984.393) |
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Pickle stand, 1770–72, Made by Bonnin and Morris (Philadelphia), American, Porcelain (1990.19) |
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Picnic basket, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Zitan wood with metal corner mounts, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and semiprecious stones (1977.262a-g) |
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Plate, ca. 1784–85, Chinese for the American market, Hard paste (17.73) |
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Plate, ca. 1820, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (18.36) |
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Plateau, 1790–95,
Benjamin Halsted (American),
New York,
Silver, copper, glass (2007.471.1) |
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Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape
Abraham Brueghel (Flemish),
Oil on canvas (71.118) |
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Psykter with lid and two swinging handles, late 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (60.11.3a,b) |
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Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.18) |
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Punchbowl, ca. 1786–90, Chinese, Hard paste (1984.449) |
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Relief of a dancing maenad, ca. 27 B.C.–14 A.D.; Augustan, Roman copy of a Greek relief attributed to Kallimachos, ca. 425–400 B.C., Pentelic marble (35.11.3) |
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Relief of Ramesses I, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295–1294 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Limestone,
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911 (11.155.3a) |
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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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Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gilded silver (1979.447) |
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Ritual food container (dui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 4th century B.C.,
China,
Bronze inlaid with composition of bone black and lacquer (2006.117a,b) |
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Seated Musician, Tang dynasty (618–906),
China,
Marble (2006.156) |
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Skyphos (drinking cup), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (16.75.14) |
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Soup Bowl with Handles (Sopera con asas), ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.51)
Large Bowl, ca. 1840, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.54)
Footed Bowl with Heads, ca. 1845, Puebla, Tin-enameled earthenware (11.87.55) |
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Spoon, Julio-Claudian, first half of 1st century A.D.,
Roman,
Rock crystal and silver (2000.1) |
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Stamnos with lid, ca. 450 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Menelaos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.178) |
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Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, ca. 1890,
Paul Cézanne (French),
Oil on canvas (51.112.1) |
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[Still Life with Fruit], 1860, Roger Fenton (British), Albumen silver print from glass negative (2005.100.15) |
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Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a Wan-li Bowl, 1659, Willem Kalf (Dutch), Oil on canvas (53.111) |
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Still Life with Lobster and Fruit, 1650s, Abraham van Beyeren (Dutch), Oil on wood (1971.254) |
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Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635,
Willem Claesz Heda (Dutch),
Oil on wood (2005.331.4) |
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Still Life with Teapot and Fruit, 1896,
Paul Gauguin (French),
Oil on canvas (1997.391.2)
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Still Life, Georg Flegel (German), Oil on wood (21.152.1) |
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Still Life: A Banqueting Scene, 1670s, Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch), Oil on canvas (12.195) |
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Strainer, late Dynasty XIX–Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1188–712 B.C.), From Bubastis, Gold (30.8.369) |
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Sugar bowl, 1760–75, John Bayly (American), Silver (39.23a,b) |
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Sugar bowl, 1790–1800, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (33.120.546a,b)
Creamer, 1790–1800, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (33.120.547) |
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The Supper at Emmaus, 1622–23, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish), Oil on canvas (14.40.631) |
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Tables for Ladies, 1930,
Edward Hopper (American),
Oil on canvas (31.62) |
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Talking It Over, 1872,
Enoch Wood Perry (American),
Oil on canvas (1980.361) |
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Tankard, 1700–1710, Gerrit Onckelbag (American), Silver (33.120.517) |
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Tankard, ca. 1700, By Johann Berend (Livonian), Silver, partly gilt (32.75.84) |
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Tankard, ca. 1795, Paul Revere, Jr. (American), Silver (33.120.507) |
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Tea and coffee service, 1850, John Chandler Moore (American), maker of service; James Dixon & Sons of Sheffield, England (British), maker of tray; Ball, Tompkins & Black (American), retailer, Silver (69.141.1-4) |
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Tea Leaves, 1909,
William McGregor Paxton (American),
Oil on canvas (10.64.8) |
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Tea service, ca. 1888, Tiffany & Company (American), Silver, silver-gilt, enamel, ivory (97.1.1-4) |
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Tea service, ca. 1910, Josef Hoffmann (Austrian), Silver, ebony, amethyst, carnelian (2000.278.1–.9) |
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Teapot, 1733, Kenneth McKenzie (Scottish), Silver, wood (68.141.88)
Hot milk jug, 1727–28, James Ker (Scottish), Silver (1983.224)
Sugar bowl, 1727–28, James Tait (Scottish), Silver (1983.133ab) |
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Tivoli Hoard, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Republican, Roman; Italy, said to have been found at Tivoli or Boscoreale, Silver (20.49.2-.12) |
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Toddy jug with portrait of George Washington, ca. 1800–1820,
Chinese for the American market,
Porcelain (34.74a,b) |
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Tray (plateau), 1813,
Sèvres Manufactory (French); Decorator (figural): Étienne-Charles Le Guay (French); Decorator (ornamental): Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson) (French),
Hard-paste porcelain (56.29.1-8) |
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Tureen with Cover, 1770–80, Chinese, Hard-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colors and gilt (51.86.28a,b) |
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Tureen with stand from the Orloff Service, 1770–71, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (Flemish), French; Paris, Silver (33.165.2a-c) |
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Tureen, 1757–59, Marked by Edme-Pierre Balzac (French), French; Paris, Silver (48.187.418a-c) |
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Tureen, 1794–1814,
Maker: Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French); Designer: Charles Percier (French); Designer: Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (French),
Silver gilt (34.17.1a-c) |
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Two scallop-shell dishes from the Orloff Service, 1772–73, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (Flemish), French; Paris, Silver (48.187.386,.387) |
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Two-handled covered loving cup, ca. 1680, English, Silver over silver gilt (68.141.281ab) |
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Vegetarian Vegetable from Campbell's Soup II, 1969, Andy Warhol (American), Screenprint (1972.724.3) |
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, 15th–13th century B.C.; Hittite period, Central Anatolia, Silver, gold (1989.281.10) |
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Vessel with cover and liner, ca. 1735–40, Austrian; Vienna, du Paquier period, Hard-paste porcelain (64.101.269a-d) |
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Virgin and Child, ca. 1525,
Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish) and a collaborator,
Oil on wood (1982.60.47) |
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Volute-krater, ca. 515 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Karkinos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (21.88.74) |
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Votive offering, New Kingdom, second half of Dynasty 18, ca. 1400–1295 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Wood with remains of black pigment (2006.16) |
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Wine cistern, 1709–10, Lewis Mettayer (English), Silver (68.141.132) |
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Wine cup on a high foot (tazza), 1599, English, Silver gilt (68.141.104) |
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Wine Dipper, 200–300, Roman; Made in Gaul, found in Leyris, southern France, Silver (47.100.29) |
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A Woman Cooking, ca. 1648–50,
Geertruyt Roghman (Dutch),
Engraving (56.550.4) |
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A Woman Seated at a Window, ca. 1660,Gabriël Metsu (Dutch),
Oil on wood (1982.60.32) |
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Young Husband: First Marketing, 1854,
Lilly Martin Spencer (American),
Oil on canvas,
Private collection, Promised Gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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A Young Woman Chopping Onions, 1724,
Louis de Surugue (French), after Gerrit Dou (Dutch),
Engraving (24.63.1656) |
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Young Woman Peeling Apples, ca. 1655,
Nicolaes Maes (Dutch),
Oil on wood (14.40.612) |
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Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662,
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (89.15.21) |
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