Works of Art (84)
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Amphora, ca. 490 B.C.; Classical; red-figure, Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.38) |
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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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Archlute, ca. 1725,
David Tecchler (German, active Rome),
Italy (Rome),
Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, various other materials (1988.87) |
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Bass Viol, 18th century, Germany (1976.8.37) |
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Bell krater, ca. 460 B.C.; Classical; red-figure, Attributed to the Danae Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (23.160.80) |
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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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Brahma (Pômch’ôn), Chosôn dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korean, Hanging scroll, ink and color on hemp (21.57) |
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Cittern, ca. 1685,
Joachim Tielke (German),
Germany (Hamburg,
Wood, ivory, ebony, other materials (1985.124) |
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Cuatro puertorriqueño, 2003,
Luis Angel Colón,
Wood, metal, wire (2003.216.1) |
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Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, ca. 1882–85,
Edgar Degas (French),
Oil on canvas (29.100.127) |
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The Dancing Class, ca. 1870,
Edgar Degas (French),
Oil on wood (29.100.184) |
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The Dissolute Household,
Jan Steen (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (1982.60.31) |
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Division Viol, 1692, Barak Norman (English), Wood (1990.223) |
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Guitar and Still Life on a Guéridon, 1922, Georges Braque (French), Oil with sand on canvas (1979.481) |
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Guitar, 1697,
Jean-Baptiste Voboam (French), Paris, Wood, tortoiseshell (1989.147) |
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Guitar, 1797,
Benito Sánchez de Aguilera (Spanish),
Madrid, Wood (1990.221) |
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Guitar, 1912,
Manuel Ramírez (Spanish),
Madrid, Wood (1986.353.2) |
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Guitar, 1937,
Hermann Hauser (German),
Germany (Munich),
Wood (1986.353.1) |
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Guitar, ca. 1630–50,
Attributed to Matteo Sellas (Italian),
Venice,
Wood, bone, various materials (1990.103) |
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Guitar, ca. 1780,
Possibly Joseph de Frías (Spanish),
Seville, Wood, various materials (1992.279) |
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Guitar, ca. 1835–40,
Johann Anton Stauffer (Austrian),
Vienna, Wood, various materials (1979.390) |
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Guitar, ca. 1838,
Christian Frederick Martin (American, born Germany),
New York,
Wood, various materials (1979.380a) |
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Guitar, late 17th century,
Attributed to Giacomo Ertel (German, active in Italy),
Rome,
Wood, various materials (1984.225) |
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Hardanger Fiddle, 1756,
Isak N. Botnen/Skår (Norwegian) and Trond Isaksen Flatebø (Norwegian),
Pine, birch, and other woods, bone, lignum vitae and mother-of-pearl inlay (46.34.7) |
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Harp-lute, ca. 1815,
Edward Light (English),
London,
Wood, lacquered and gilded (50.184.1) |
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Harp, 19th–20th century, Mangbetu peoples; Democratic Republic of Congo, Wood, hide, twine, brass ring (1978.412.412) |
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Harp, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1295 B.C., Egyptian, Wood (43.2.1) |
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Harpo-lyre, ca. 1830,
André Augustin Chevrier (French),
Mirecourt (France), Wood (1992.117.1,.2) |
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Heroes Tapestry, ca. 1400–1410,
South Netherlandish,
Wool warp, wool wefts (32.130.3b, 47.101.1, 47.152) |
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Jane Avril, 1893,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French),
Lithograph printed in five colors; machine wove paper (32.88.15) |
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Kamanche, ca. 1880, Iran (Tehran), Wood, metal, bone, gut (1998.72) |
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Kendice, 1965, Josef Koudelka (Czech), Gelatin silver print (1995.362) |
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Kora (Harp-Lute), ca. 1960, Made by Mamadou Kouyaté Senegambia, Gourd, wood, leather, metal (1975.59) |
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Koto with Case, early 17th century; fabric koto wrap, 18th and 19th century,
Goto Teijo, Ninth Generation Goto Master (Japanese),
Japan,
Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlay, gold and silver inlays, metalwork (2007.194a–f) |
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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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A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735,
India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh),
Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper (1996.100.1) |
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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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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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Lira, ca. 1890,
Greece,
Wood, tortoiseshell, ivory (2003.378) |
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Lute, 1596; converted into a guitar, 19th century, Made by Sixtus Rauchwolff, Augsberg, Germany, Spruce, ebony, and rosewood (89.2.157) |
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Lute, Roman Byzantine period, 3rd–4th century, Egyptian, Wood (12.182.44) |
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The Luteplayer, ca. 1626,
Valentin de Boulogne (French),
Oil on canvas (2008.459) |
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Lyre-guitar, early 19th century (ca. 1805), Pons fils (probably a son of César Pons), Paris, France,Mahogany and spruce (1998.121) |
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Madonna and Child with Saints, altarpiece, ca. 1520,
Girolamo dai Libri (Italian Veronese),
Tempera and oil on canvas (20.92) |
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Mandolino, ca. 1710–20,
Attributed to Giovanni Smorsone (Italian),
Rome,
Ebony, ivory, rosewood, mother-of-pearl (2008.2a,b) |
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Mandora or chitarino, ca. 1420,
Northern Italy (Milan?),
Boxwood and rosewood (64.101.1409) |
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Mayuri (peacock), 19th century,
India,
Wood, parchment, metal, feathers (89.4.163) |
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Merengue en Boca Chica, 1983, Rafael Ferrer (American, born Puerto Rico), Oil on canvas (1984.2) |
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Mezzetin, probably 1718–20, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (34.138) |
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The Music Lesson, 1870,
John George Brown (American),
Oil on canvas (21.115.3) |
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The Musicians, ca. 1595, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Lombard), Oil on canvas (52.81) |
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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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Pandharpuri tambura, 19th century,
India,
Gourd, wood, bone, ivory (1994.498) |
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Pipa, 19th century, Made by Jiu-cheng, Guangzhou (Canton), China, Wood, ivory, bone, gut (89.4.52) |
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Pipa, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 15th–early 16th century,
China,
Wood, ivory, bone, silk (50.145.74) |
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Qin, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1634,
China,
Wood, lacquer, jade, silk strings (1999.93) |
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Rebab or rabab, 19th century, Algeria, Wood, parchment, metal, ivory, leather (89.4.403) |
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Sarangi, 19th century,
Gujarat, India,
Wood, metal, parchment, horsehair, mother-of-pearl, ivory, paint(89.4.200) |
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Sarangi, ca. 1900,
India,
Wood, ivory, parchment, metal (1982.143.2) |
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Sarangi, late 19th century,
North India,
Wood, parchment, ivory, gut, metal (46.34.43) |
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Se player, Han dynasty, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.,
China,
Pottery (1994.605.85a–c) |
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Seated Female Musicians, Tang dynasty, late 7th century,
China,
Pottery (23.180.4–7) |
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Seated woman playing a kithara: From Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (03.14.5) |
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Set of ten belt plaques, Tang dynasty, 7th–8th century,
China,
Jade (1992.165.22a–j) |
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Seven String Bass Viol, 1720, Nicolas Bertrand (French), Wood (89.4.1343) |
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Sitar, 1997,
Made by Murari Adhikari,
Calcutta, India,
Teak, ebony, metal, bone, various materials (1999.399) |
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Sitar, late 19th century,
India,
Wood, ivory, metal (89.4.1586) |
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The Spanish Singer, 1860,
Édouard Manet (French),
Oil on canvas (49.58.2) |
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Statue of a draped seated man, Republican or Early Imperial, 1st century B.C.,
Roman,
Marble (09.221.4) |
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Statuette of a seated harp player, ca. 2800–2700 B.C.; late Early Cycladic I–Early Cycladic II, Cycladic, Marble (47.100.1) |
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Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, ca. 1479–82, Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Sienese); Executed by Giuliano da Maiano (Italian), Made in Gubbio, Italy, Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruitwoods on walnut base (39.153) |
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Tambura, 20th century,
India,
Gourd, wood, bone, ivory, steel (1986.470a) |
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Tanjore tambura (male), early 19th century,
India,
Gourd, wood, metal, bone (2008.141.2a,b) |
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Venus and the Lute Player, ca. 1565–70, Titian and Workshop (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (36.29) |
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Viola d'amore, 18th century,
Johannes Florenus Guidantus (Italian),
Bologna, Italy,
Spruce, maple (2009.41) |
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Viola da Gamba (Viol), 1680,
Richard Meares (English),
England (London),
Wood (1982.324) |
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Viola da gamba, ca. 1700,
England,
Spruce, maple (2009.42) |
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Violetta, 1701,
Giovanni Grancino (Italian),
Milan,
Spruce, maple, ebony, ivory (2008.1) |
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Violin, 1669, Nicolò Amati (Italian), Cremona, Italy, Spruce, maple, other woods (1974.229) |
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Violin, 1693, Made by Antonio Stradivari (Italian), Cremona, Italy, Wood (55.86a-c) |
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Violin, ca. 1560,
Andrea Amati (Italian),
Italy (Cremona),
Maple, spruce, various other materials (1999.26) |
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Violin: "The Antonius," 1717,Antonio Stradivari (Italian),
Cremona, Italy,
Maple, spruce, ebony (34.86.1) |
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Violin: "The Francesca," 1694,
Antonio Stradivari (Italian),
Cremona, Italy,
Maple, spruce, ebony, 1933 (34.86.2) |
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Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63,
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (25.110.24) |
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Thematic Essays (26)
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