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Saint Jerome, 18th century
Spanish Colonial
Oil on tin (?); Overall: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (35.2 x 25.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005 (2007.49.350)


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House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)

Ralph Steiner (American, 1899-1986)

Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics, ca. 1245–1247

Head of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336–1327 B.C.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Saint Jerome, 18th century

Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988)

Sid Grossman (American, 1913–1955)

The Sorrowing Virgin, 18th century

Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838–1888)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, active by 1551, died 1569)

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Lombard, 1571–1610)

Lewis Hine (American, 1874–1940)

Tina Modotti (Italian, 1896-1942)

Sankh, 19th century


Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) (Italian, Marchigian, active by 1445, died 1484)

David "Chim" Seymour (American, b. Poland, 1911–1956)

Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Style of An Gyeon (Korean)

John Quincy Adams Ward (American, 1830–1910)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)

Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973)

Figure: Seated Chief Playing Thumb Piano (Mwanangana), Before 1869

Plaque, late 17th century; Safavid period (1501–1722)

George Inness (1825–1894)

Chocolate Jar, ca. 1700

Thomas Toft (working before 1663–died 1689)

Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

Designer Miguel Adrover (b. Spain, 1965)


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