Works of Art (36)
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After the Hunt, ca. 1859,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (29.100.61) |
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The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, ca. 1765,
Francesco Guardi (Italian),
Oil on canvas (1997.117.4) |
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At the Lapin Agile, 1905,
Pablo Picasso (Spanish),
Oil on canvas (1992.391) |
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Bishop Chess Piece, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (17.190.229) |
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Blindman's Buff, 1982–83, Komar and Melamid (Vitaly Komar, Russian; Aleksandr Melamid, Russian), Oil on canvas (1991.466) |
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The Card Players, 1890–92,
Paul Cézanne (French),
Oil on canvas (61.101.1) |
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Card table (one of a pair), 1817,
Charles-Honoré Lannuier (French),
American (New York City),
Mahogany veneer on white pine, basswood, mahogany; gilded gesso and vert antique; gilded brass, die-stamped brass borders (1995.377.1) |
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Central Park, Winter, ca. 1905,
William Glackens (American),
Oil on canvas (21.164)
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The Chess Players, 1876, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on wood (81.14) |
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Chess set, 12th century,
Nishapur, Iran,
Glazed fritware (1971.193a–ff) |
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Chess set, late 18th century, Russian (Kholmogory), Walrus ivory (60.146a-pp) |
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Circus Sideshow, 1887–88,
Georges Seurat (French),
Oil on canvas (61.101.17) |
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The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room, 1866,
Seymour Joseph Guy (American),
Oil on canvas (1992.128) |
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Dancer in the Role of Harlequin, cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably ca. 1884–85, Edgar Degas (French), Bronze, number 39/A (29.100.411) |
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Facsimile of Queen Nefertari, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Color facsimile by Nina deGaris Davies (30.4.145) |
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Game Piece, 12th century, German (Probably made in Cologne), Walrus ivory (16.106) |
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Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare, 1857,
Gustave Courbet (French),
Oil on canvas (33.77) |
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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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Liubo board and pieces, Han dynasty, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.,
China, probably Luoyang, Henan Province,
Earthenware with pigment, bone (1994.285a–m) |
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Mechanical game table, ca. 1780–83,
David Roentgen (German),
Germany; Neuwied,
Partially stained oak, mahogany, maple, and fruitwood, felt, partially tooled and gilded leather, iron and steel fittings, brass (2007.42.1,2)
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Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.605) |
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Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (07.286.79) |
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Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (16.71) |
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Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530–520 B.C.; Black-figure, Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.12) |
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Playing at Quintain, ca. 1500, French (Paris?), Colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1980.223.6) |
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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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Race Horses, 1885–88,
Edgar Degas (French),
Pastel on wood (1999.288.3) |
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Relief fragment with gladiators, Imperial, 1st–3rd century A.D.,
Roman; recorded ca. 1880 in the Vigna Aquari in Rome,
Marble (57.11.7) |
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Relief fragment, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D.,
Roman; found at Sardis,
Marble (26.199.63) |
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The Ridotto, possibly ca. 1765,
Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venetian),
Oil on canvas (1997.117.5) |
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The Ring Toss, 1899, Clarence H. White (American), Gum bichromate print (33.43.303) |
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Roundel with mock Triumph of Love, ca. 1510–20,
Perhaps Castel Durante or elsewhere in the Marches,
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (1975.1.1025) |
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The Seated Clowness (Mademoiselle Cha-u-Kao), 1896,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French),
Lithograph printed in five colors on wove paper (49.55.50) |
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Set of Fifty-Two Playing Cards, ca. 1475,
South Netherlandish (Burgundian Territories),
Pasteboard with pen and ink, tempera, applied gold and silver (1983.515.1–.52) |
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Snap the Whip, 1872,
Winslow Homer (American),
Oil on canvas (50.41) |
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Two girls playing a game known as ephedrismos, late 4th–3rd century B.C.,
Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta (07.286.4) |
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Thematic Essays (17)
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