Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Index: Theater

Works of Art (57)

Amphoriskos (flask) in the form of a bird-man, late 5th century B.C.; Classical, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1999.68)
Aristide Bruant, at His Cabaret, 1893, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in four colors; machine wove paper (32.88.17)
At the Lapin Agile, 1905, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (1992.391)
The Ballet from Robert le Diable, 1871, Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.552)
Calyx-krater depicting a phlyax masquerading as a reveler, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Konnakis Group, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta (51.11.2)
Calyx-krater with theatrical scene, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Tarporley Painter, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta (24.97.104)
Circus Sideshow, 1887–88, Georges Seurat (French), Oil on canvas (61.101.17)
Colosseum, mid-16th century, Italian school, Published by Antonio Lafréri (French), From the Metropolitan Museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae magnificentiae (Mirror of Rome's Magnificence), Engraving (41.72[1.59])
Dancer, 1880–85, Edgar Degas (French), Pastel on paper, laid down on board (2007.332.1)
Elizabeth Farren (born ca. 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, 1790, Sir Thomas Lawrence (British), Oil on canvas (50.135.5)
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)
The Fair at Bezons, ca. 1733, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater (French), Oil on canvas (49.7.52)
Figure of Pulcinella, ca. 1755–65, Italian or Spanish; Capodimonte or Buen Retiro, Soft-paste porcelain (50.211.264)
The French Comedians, 1720–21, Jean Antoine Watteau (French, Oil on canvas (49.7.54)
Hanging with theatrical subject (detail) (detail), Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Silk and metallic thread embroidery on wool tabb (59.190)
Harlequin and Harlequin Dressed as Colombine, ca. 1770–80, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.157, .158)
Harlequin, 1901, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (60.87)
Harlequina, 18th century (ca. 1759), Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss); Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, German (Neudeck-Nymphenburg), Hard-paste porcelain (1974.356.524)

Harlequina, 18th century (ca. 1759), Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss); Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, German (Neudeck-Nymphenburg), Hard-paste porcelain (1974.356.525)
The Hermit of Passy, 1863, Pierre-Louis Pierson (French), Albumen silver print painted in gouache, (2005.100.395)
Jane Avril, 1893, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in five colors; machine wove paper (32.88.15)
[Lette Eisenhauer Ascending Ladder in The Courtyard, a Happening by Allan Kaprow, New York City], 1962, Lawrence N. Shustak (American) Gelatin silver print (2002.334)

[William Mahin, Lette Eisenhauer, and Charles Simon Atop Giant "Mountain" Construction in The Courtyard, a Happening by Allan Kaprow, New York City], 1962, Lawrence N. Shustak (American), Gelatin silver print (2002.335)

[Lette Eisenhauer Descending from Giant "Mountain" Construction After Performance of The Courtyard, a Happening by Allan Kaprow, New York City], 1962, Lawrence N. Shustak (American), Gelatin silver print (2002.336)
The Lonely Life, 1992, Jack Pierson (American), Chromogenic print (2000.379)
Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772), 1757, François-Hubert Drouais (French), Oil on canvas (17.120.210)
[Man Whittling a Stick], early 1850s, Unknown Artist, American School, Daguerreotype (1999.481.1)
Mantle, 1870–75, French, White wool serge couched with metallic braid (46.25.4)

Opera cloak, 1850s, American, Ivory silk faille embroidered with gold soutache braid (C.I.53.2)

Dolman, ca. 1870, American (?), While silk poplin and braid (C.I.38.102)
Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc, 1909, Alphonse Mucha (Czech), Oil on canvas (20.33)
Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.605)
Mezzetin, probably 1718–20, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (34.138)
Mlle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris, 1877–78, Edgar Degas (French), Lithograph on wove paper (only state) (19.29.3)
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, 1891, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in four colors; three sheets of wove paper (32.88.12)
Mrs. William Morris (Jane Burden, 1840–1914), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British), Red, black, and white chalk on paper (47.66)
Mukudj Mask, 19th–20th century, Punu peoples; Gabon, Wood, pigment, kaolin (2000.177)
Noh costume (atsuita) with clouds and hexagons, Edo period, 19th century, Japan, Silk twill damask with silk brocading wefts and supplementary weft patterning in metallic thread (19.88.3)
Noh costume (chôken) with water plants and mulberry leaves, Edo period, 18th century, Japan, Silk gauze (ro) brocaded with metallic thread (32.30.4)
Noh costume (karaori) with cherry blossoms and fretwork, Edo period, first half of 18th century, Japan, Brocaded silk twill (19.88.2)
Noh costume (karaori) with cypress fans and yûgao blossoms, Edo period, 18th–early 19th century, Japan, Brocaded twill-weave silk with supplementary weft patterning in metallic thread (61.151.6)
Noh costume (kariginu) with geometric pattern, Edo period, 19th century, Japan, Twill-weave silk with supplementary weft patterning (91.1.62)
Noh costume (mizugoromo), 19th century, Japan, Plain-weave bast fiber (2002.386)
Noh costume (nuihaku) with scattered crests, Edo period, late 18th–early 19th century, Japan, Silk embroidery and gold leaf on silk satin (29.100.541)
Noh costume (surihaku) with Chinese bellflowers, Edo period, 18th century, Japan, Gold and silver leaf on silk satin (32.30.5)
Noh costume (surihaku) with water, water plants, and leaves, Edo period, 19th century, Japan, Gold leaf on plain-weave silk (58.97.1)
Otani Oniji II, dated 1794, Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese), Polychrome woodcut print on paper (JP2822)
Outdoor Theater, Colorado Springs, 1968, Robert Adams (American), Gelatin silver print (1971.531.6)
Pierrot Laughing, 1855, Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) (French); Adrien Tournachon (French), Coated salted paper print from glass negative (1998.57)
Pity, second impression, ca. 1795, William Blake (British), Color print finished with pen and ink and watercolor, sheet, (58.603)
Plate, ca. 1740, French, Faience (tin-enameled earthenware); Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) (17.190.1867)
Portia (Kate Dolan), 1886, Sir John Everett Millais (English), Oil on canvas (06.1328)
Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.69)
Red Grooms' The Burning Building, 1960, John Cohen (American), Gelatin silver print (1997.503.1)
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)
Relief portrait of Carlo Bertinazzi, ca. 1770, Italian; Perhaps Cozzi factory, Hard-paste porcelain (66.92)
The Scene of the Two Carriages, Claude Gillot (French), Pen and black ink, brush and red wash (2006.93)
The Seated Clowness (Mademoiselle Cha-u-Kao), 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in five colors on wove paper (49.55.50)
The Semicircular Water Theater of the Villa Mondragone: From Le fontane di Roma, part 2, Le fontane delle ville di Frascati (plate 18), 1691, Artist: Giovanni Battista Falda (Italian), Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, 1691, Etching; (1991.1073.145.18)
The Singer in Green, ca. 1884, Edgar Degas (French), Pastel on light blue laid paper (61.101.7)
Three Kabuki Actors [from right to left]: Iwai Hanshiro V (1776–1847), Segawa Kikunojo (1802–1832), and Onoe Kikugoro III (1784–1849), Edo period, ca. 1823, Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese), Surimono, woodblock print; ink and color on paper (2001.715.4)
Two roundels with theater masks, early 1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Terracotta (1999.316ab)

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