Works of Art (93)
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Bust of Marie de France, ca. 1381, Jean de Liège (Franco-Netherlandish, Île-de-France, Saint-Denis, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Chapel of Notre-Dame-la-Blanche, Marble, lead insets, traces of polychromy (41.100.132) |
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Head of Constans, ca. 337–340, Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Marble (67.107) |
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Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, late 4th–early 5th century, Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Marble (66.25) |
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Allegory of Earth, ca. 1750, Attributed to Jean-Pierre Defrance (French), Marble (64.93.1-4) |
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An Englishman, 1740, Pierre-Antoine Verschaffelt (English), Carrara marble, gray marble (pedestal) (1978.3) |
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Andrew Jackson, 1834–35; this carving, 1839, Hiram Powers (American), Marble (94.14) |
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The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial, 1889–93; this carving, 1926, Daniel Chester French (American), Marble (26.120) |
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The Babes in the Wood, ca. 1850; this carving, 1851, Thomas Crawford (American), Marble (94.9.4) |
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Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, ca. 1616–17, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian), Italian (Rome), Marble (1976.92) |
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Bather (statue from a fountain group), 18th century (1782),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (14.40.673) |
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Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), 18th century (1778),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (72.6) |
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Bird in Space, 1923
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania)
Marble (1996.403.7ab) |
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Bust of Marsyas, ca. 1680–85,
Balthasar Permoser (German),
Marble, ebony socle inlaid with marble (2002.468) |
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Bust of Napoleon III, 1873,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Marble (1974.297) |
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Bust of Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694–1778), 18th century (1778),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (1972.61) |
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California, 1850–55; this carving, 1858, Hiram Powers (American), Marble (72.3) |
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Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576–1633), 1632, Giuliano Finelli (Italian), Marble (53.201) |
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Cinerary urn, Julio-Claudian, first half of 1st century A.D.,
Roman; said to have been excavated from a tomb near Anagni,
Marble (2002.297, 2002.568) |
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Cleopatra, 1858; this carving, 1869, William Wetmore Story (American), Marble (88.5a-d) |
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Clytie, 1869–70; this carving, 1872, William Henry Rinehart (American), Marble (11.68.1) |
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Daphne, 1853; this carving, 1854, Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (American), Marble (1973.133) |
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Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known as Caligula, 37–42; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (14.37) |
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Eternal Spring, also known as Eternal Springtime, probably modeled 1881, this marble executed 1906–7, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (17.120.184) |
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Eva Rohr, 1872, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble; 18 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (47.3 x 23.5 x 16.5 cm) (1990.317) |
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Fisher Boy, 1841–44; this carving, 1857, Hiram Powers (American), Marble (94.9.1) |
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Fragmentary head of a deity wearing a Dionysiac fillet, probably Julio-Claudian, ca. 14–68 A.D.,
Roman; copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C.,
Marble, pigment, gilding (1992.11.66) |
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Genius of Mirth, 1842; this version, 1843, Thomas Crawford (American), Marble (97.13.1) |
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George Washington, 1795,
Giuseppe Ceracchi (Italian),
Marble (14.58.235) |
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George Washington, 1827–28, this version, ca. 1832,
Horatio Greenough (American),
Marble (84.8.2) |
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George Washington, ca. 1838–44; this carving, after 1844,
Hiram Powers (American),
Marble (1982.443.2) |
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Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici (1642–1723) and Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1669–1713), ca. 1676–82,
Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian),
Marble (1993.332.1,.2) |
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The Hand of God, modeled ca. 1896, this marble executed ca. 1907, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (08.210) |
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Head from a statue of Harmodios, Imperial, 1st–2nd century A.D.,
Roman copy of Greek original attributed to Kritios and Nesiotes,
Marble (26.60.1) |
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Head from the figure of a woman, ca. 2700–2500 B.C.; Early Cycladic I–II,
Cycladic; Keros-Syros culture,
Marble (64.246) |
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Head of a bearded man, Imperial, 2nd century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (1993.342) |
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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 a Ptolemaic queen, Hellenistic, ca. 270–250 B.C.,>
Greek,
Marble (2002.66) |
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Head of a veiled goddess, Classical, ca. 425 B.C.,
Greek, Attic,
Marble (2007.328) |
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Head of Athena, ca. 138–92 A.D.; Antonine,
Roman; copy of a Greek statue of ca. 430 B.C. attributed to the sculptor Pheidias,
Marble (2007.293) |
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Head of Athena, Hellenistic, late 3rd–early 2nd century B.C.,
Greek,
Marble (1996.178) |
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Head of Epikouros, Imperial, 2nd century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (11.90) |
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Head of herm, 1st or 2nd century A.D.; Imperial Roman, Copy of a Greek work of the late 5th century B.C., Marble (03.12.4) |
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Hekateion, 1st–2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble (1987.11.2) |
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Hiawatha, 1871–72; carved 1874, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble (2001.641) |
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The Hope Dionysos, late 1st century A.D., with 18th-century restoration by Vincenzo Pacetti; Imperial, Roman, Marble (1990.247)
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Indian Girl, or The Dawn of Christianity, 1853–56; this carving, 1855–56, Erastus Dow Palmer (American), Marble (94.9.2) |
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John Barnard, 1744, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish), English, Marble (1976.330) |
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Kouros, 1944–45, Isamu Noguchi (American), Marble (53.87a-i) |
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La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), 1845,
Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian),
Marble (03.11a–d) |
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Lid of a funerary altar, late 1st century B.C.,
Roman,
Marble (1997.271) |
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Louise Adele Gould, 1904, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble (32.62.1) |
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Louise Brongniart (1772–1845), 18th century (after a model of 1777),
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (14.40.670) |
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Madame X, ca. 1907, Auguste Rodin (French), Marble (11.173.6) |
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Mask, 3rd–7th century, Mexico; Teotihuacan, Onyx marble (1978.412.198) |
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Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 1804–6, Antonio Canova (Italian), Marble (67.110.1) |
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Philippe VI, Jeanne de Bourgogne, and Jean de France in Prayer, ca. 1340–1350, French, Marble (17.190.387,388,392) |
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Portrait bust of a bearded man, ca. 150–75 A.D.; Antonine, Roman, Marble (1998.209) |
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Portrait bust of a man, 1st century B.C.; Republican, Roman, Marble (12.233) |
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Portrait bust of a woman, 200–230 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Marble (18.145.39) |
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Portrait bust of Denis Diderot (1713–1784), 18th century (signed and dated 1773),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (1974.291) |
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Portrait head of an elderly woman, Late Republican or Early Imperial, Augustan, ca. 40–20 B.C.,
Roman,
Marble, pigment (2000.38)
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Portrait head of the Emperor Augustus, ca. 14–37; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (07.286.115) |
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Portrait head of the emperor Constantine I, ca. 324–337; Constantinian; Late Antique period, Roman, Marble (26.229) |
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Portrait head of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (called Caracalla), ca. 217–230; Late Severan, Roman, Marble (40.11.1a) |
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Portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius, 138–161; Antonine, Roman, Marble (33.11.3) |
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Recumbent mouflon, Mature Harappan period, ca. 2600–1900 B.C., Indus Valley, Marble (1978.58) |
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Sabine Houdon (1787–1836), 18th century (1788),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (50.145.66) |
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Seated Jain Tirthankara, Solanki period, ca. first half 11th century, India, Gujarat or Rajasthan, White marble (1992.131) |
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Seated Musician, Tang dynasty (618–906),
China,
Marble (2006.156) |
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Standing female figure, ca. 2600–2400 B.C.; Early Cycladic II; late Spedos type, Attributed to the Bastis Master, Cycladic, Marble (68.148) |
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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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Statue of a kouros (youth), ca. 590–580 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Attic, Naxian marble (32.11.1) |
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Statue of a member of the imperial family shown in heroic semi-nudity, Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 27 B.C.–68 A.D.,
Roman,
Marble, pigment, gilding (2003.407.9) |
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Statue of a togatus, ca. 14–9 B.C.; Augustan, Roman, Marble (04.15) |
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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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Statue of a young woman and a girl from a grave monument, ca. 320 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble (44.11.2,.3) |
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Statue of an old market woman, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (09.39) |
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Statue of Aphrodite, 1st or 2nd century A.D.,
Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C.,
Marble (52.11.5) |
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Statue of Aphrodite, 2nd century B.C.; Late Hellenistic,
Greek,
Marble (2006.509)
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Statue of Diadoumenos, ca. 69–96 A.D.; Flavian; copy of a Greek original, ca. 430 B.C., Roman, Marble (Pentelic) (25.78.56) |
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Statue of Eirene (personification of peace), ca. 14–68 A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman copy of a Greek original by Kephisodotos, 375/374–360/359 B.C., Marble (06.311) |
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Statue of Herakles seated on a rock, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D.,
Roman; adaptation of a Greek statue of the late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.,
Marble (11.55) |
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Statue of Pan, 1st century A.D.,
Roman,
Marble (1992.11.71) |
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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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Steatopygous female figure, ca. 4500–4000 B.C.; Neolithic, Cycladic; Greece, Cyclades, Marble (1972.118.104) |
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Strigilated vase with snake handles and lid, second half of 2nd century A.D.; Antonine,
Roman,
Marble (2007.31a,b) |
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Terms: Figures of Flora and Priapus, 1616 Pietro Bernini (Italian), Originally in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, Rome, Marble |
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Torso of a centaur, Imperial, 1st century A.D.,
Roman; copy of a Greek statue of the 2nd century B.C.,
Rosso antico marble (09.221.6) |
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Ugolino and His Sons, modeled ca. 1860–61, executed in marble 1865–67,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French),
Saint-Béat marble (67.250) |
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Venezia, ca. 1865–66, Larkin Goldsmith Mead (American), Marble (1999.18) |
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The White Captive, 1857–58; this carving, 1858–59, Erastus Dow Palmer (American), Marble (94.9.3) |
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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 (22)
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