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Connections: Greenhouse

Nineteenth-century paintings curator Rebecca Rabinow finds a way to get a taste of the outdoors inside the galleries.
Rebecca Rabinow
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"Right now I have a crush on a sixteenth-century Italian painting that has a gigantic laurel tree."

Nineteenth-century paintings curator Rebecca Rabinow finds a way to get a taste of the outdoors inside the galleries.

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Rebecca Rabinow
Former Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center

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Lilacs in a Window (Vase de Lilas a la Fenetre), Mary Cassatt American, Oil on canvas, American
Lilacs in a Window (Vase de Lilas a la Fenetre)
Mary Cassatt
ca. 1880–83
Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Penglai, Figured satin-weave silk (rinzu) with paste-resist dyeing, stencil-dyed dots, and silk- and gold-thread embroidery, Japan
Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Penglai
Japan
late 18th century–first half 19th century
Bamboo in the Four Seasons, Tosa Mitsunobu Japanese, Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan
Bamboo in the Four Seasons
Tosa Mitsunobu
late 15th–early 16th century
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), Edgar Degas French, Oil on canvas
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)
Edgar Degas
1865
Madonna and Child with Saints, Girolamo dai Libri Italian, Tempera and oil on canvas
Madonna and Child with Saints
Girolamo dai Libri
ca. 1520
Irises, Vincent van Gogh Dutch, Oil on canvas
Irises
Vincent van Gogh
1890
The Repast of the Lion, Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) French, Oil on canvas
The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier)
ca. 1907
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
Garden at Vaucresson, Edouard Vuillard French, Distemper on canvas
Garden at Vaucresson
Edouard Vuillard
1920; reworked 1926, 1935, 1936
The Terrace at Vernonnet, Pierre Bonnard French, Oil on canvas
The Terrace at Vernonnet
Pierre Bonnard
1939
Black Iris, Georgia O'Keeffe American, Oil on canvas
Black Iris
Georgia O'Keeffe
1926
Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red
Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
ca. 1336–1327 B.C.