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Artworks featured in April 13 Google Doodle

Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French, Oil on canvas
Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1789
Seated Male Figure, Wood, glass, metal, kaolin, Kongo peoples, Kakongo group
Seated Male Figure
Kongo peoples, Kakongo group
mid to late 19th century
Self-Portrait, Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. American, Watercolor over graphite on paper
Self-Portrait
Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr.
ca. 1941
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16), Exekias, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16)
Exekias
ca. 540 BCE
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Marble and glass, Byzantine
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis
Byzantine
500–550, with modern restoration
Mask, Myōchin Muneakira Japanese, Iron, lacquer, textile (silk), Japanese
Mask
Myōchin Muneakira
dated 1745
Goa Stone and Gold Case, Container: gold; pierced, repoussé, with cast legs and finials<br/>Goa stone: compound of organic and inorganic materials
Goa Stone and Gold Case
late 17th–early 18th century
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), Vincent van Gogh Dutch, Oil on canvas
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Vincent van Gogh
1887
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries), Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
1495–1505
Guitar, Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, brass, Italian
Guitar
Italian
ca. 1800
Dress, Tanned leather and glass beads, Lakota/ Teton Sioux, Native American
Dress
Lakota/ Teton Sioux, Native American
ca. 1870
Seated figure, Middle Niger artist, Terracotta, Middle Niger civilization
Seated figure
Middle Niger artist
13th century
Outer Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
Outer Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564), Kunz Lochner German, Steel, brass, leather, German, Nuremberg
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564)
Kunz Lochner
dated 1549
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Edgar Degas French, Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood, French, Paris
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
Edgar Degas
A. A. Hébrard
1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu)
Marble seated harp player, Marble, Cycladic
Marble seated harp player
Cycladic
2800–2700 BCE
Side Chair, John Finlay, Maple, painted and gilded, cane, American
Side Chair
John Finlay
Hugh Finlay
1815–20
Female Dancer, Earthenware with slip and pigment, China
Female Dancer
China
2nd century BCE