Works of Art (50)
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Ancestor Pair, 1st–3rd century A.D., Mexico; Nayarit (Chinesco), Ceramic (1999.272.1,2) |
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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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Camel trapping (asmalyk), 19th century, Turkmenistan, Wool, embroidered with silk (1989.383) |
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Centuripe vase, ca. 400–375 B.C.; Hellenistic, Italic-Native, Sicilian (Centuripe) Terracotta (53.11.5) |
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Choes (jug), ca. 450–400 B.C.; red-figure,
Greek, Attic,
Terracotta (37.11.19) |
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Court train (manteau de cour), ca. 1809,
French,
Red cut silk-velvet embroidered with gold metallic thread (32.35.10) |
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Cover, early 19th century, Turkestan (Bukhara), Central Asia, Silk, linen (21.114.3) |
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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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Dish: The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche, 1558, Pierre Reymond (French), Enamel on copper (1984.195) |
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Double Cup, 1330–1360, German or Bohemian, Possibly made in Prague, Silver and silver gilt, with applied opaque enamel (1983.125a,b) |
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Feast of the Gods at the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1587, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), after Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Engraving, printed from three plates on three attached sheets; second state of four (2000.113) |
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Headrest, 19th–20th century, Somalia; Somali (?) people, Wood (1979.206.31) |
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Italian Interior, ca. 1760,
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French),
Oil on canvas (46.30) |
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Janus-Faced Headdress, 19th–20th century, Boki peoples; Nigeria, Wood, cotton, metal, cane, pigment (1987.284) |
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Judgment of Paris, ca. 1510–20, Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian); Designed by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian), Italian, Engraving (19.74.1) |
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Kast, 1650–1700, American; New York City or vicinity, White and red oak (1988.21) |
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Kast, 1690–1720, American; New York City, Yellow poplar, red oak, white pine (09.175) |
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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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Lebes gamikos (wedding vase), ca. 430–420 B.C.; Classical, Attributed to the Washing Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.35a,b) |
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Lekythos, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.11.1) |
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Lekythos, ca. 550–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.10) |
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Marriage contract, 1874, Signed: Abu’l Qasim Farhang, Iran, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1979.518.5a-q) |
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Marriage necklace (kalata uru), late 19th century, India (Tamil Nadu, Chettiar), Gold strung on black thread (1991.32.3) |
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Necklace, 1845–50
Maker unknown, American, Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk, yellow gold (2003.350.2) |
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Pair of Marriage Figures, 1st century B.C.–2nd century A.D., Mexico; Nayarit, Ceramic (1978.412.156) |
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Pen box, late 17th–early 18th century,
India, possibly Deccan or Kashmir,
Lacquered papier-mâché with gold leaf (2002.416a,b) |
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Plate with Wife Beating Husband, ca. 1480, Netherlandish (Dinant or Malines), Brass, beaten (64.101.1499) |
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Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Peter Paul (born 1637), probably late 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on wood (1981.238) |
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Seated Couple, 16th–20th century, Mali; Dogon peoples, Wood, metal (1977.394.15) |
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Shiva seated with Uma (Uma-Maheshvaramurti), 11th century, Nepal, Copper alloy (1987.218.1) |
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Standing Female Figure, 18th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory, metal (1978.412.302) |
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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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Tale of a Strange Marriage, Edo period, ca. 1858, Ukita Ikkei (Japanese), Handscroll; ink and color on paper (57.156.7)
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The Betrothed, 1911, Marc Chagall (French, born Russia), Oil on canvas (2002.456.8) |
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The Dissolute Household,
Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch) ,
Oil on canvas (1982.60.31) |
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The Love Letter, ca. 1670,
Jakob Ochtervelt (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (1980.203.5)
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The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, ca. 1550,
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Medulich or Meldolla) (Italian, Venetian),
Oil on wood (1973.116) |
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The Rape of the Sabines, 1585, Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantuan), after a bronze relief by Jean Boulogne, called Giambologna (Flemish), Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks, on three paper panels (22.73.3[73–75]) |
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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, ca. 1640–42, Pietro Testa (Italian, Roman), Etching with drypoint (26.70.3[43]) |
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The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729, William Hogarth (British), Oil on canvas (36.111) |
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Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, 1456–?), probably 1470, Hans Memling (Netherlandish), Oil on wood (14.40.626-27) |
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Vase, 18th century (1780), Made by Wedgwood and Co., Etruria/Staffordshire, England, Black basalt (66.17) |
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Vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–1795), China, Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels (17.120.194) |
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Venezia, ca. 1865–66, Larkin Goldsmith Mead (American), Marble (1999.18) |
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Venus and Cupid, possibly mid-1520s, Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1986.138) |
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Wall hanging, early 19th century, Uzbekistan (Nurata), Silk embroidery on cotton; couching, chain, satin, and buttonhole stitches (07.72) |
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Woman with a Pink, early 1660s, Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.622) |
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Ceremonial Banner (Palepai Maju), probably 18th century,
South central Lampung region, Sumatra, Indonesia,
Rattan, ceramic and glass beads, cloth, nassa shells (1990.335.28) |
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Ceremonial Textile (Ulos Ragidup), late 19th–early 20th century,
Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia,
Cotton (1988.104.25) |
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Thematic Essays (10)
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