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Nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary art curator Gary Tinterow describes the joys of being a long-term greyhound owner.
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Works of art in order of appearanceLast Updated: June 22, 2015. Not all works of art in the Museum's collection may be on view on a particular day. For the most accurate location information, please check this page on the day of your visit. |
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Bronze statuette of a hound gnawing a bone 3rd–2nd century b.c.; Hellenistic Greek Bronze Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.11.12) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Belles Heures of Jean of France, Duc of Berry: Folio 52r, Annunciation to the Shepherds 1405–1408/9 Herman, Paul, and Jean Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, active in France) French; Made in Paris Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum The Cloisters Collection, 1954 (54.1.1) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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3 White (DG's Mr. Postman) Fourth Race, Phoenix Greyhound Park, Phoenix, Arizona, August 22, 1994 1994 Christopher Williams (American) Gelatin silver print Purchase, Charina Foundation Inc. and Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gifts, 2003 (2003.451) © Christopher Williams More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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The Unicorn Defends Itself 1495–1505 South Netherlandish Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.4) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Ostracon New Kingdom, Dynasties 19–20, ca. 1295–?1069 b.c. Egyptian; From the Valley of the Kings, western Thebes Painted limestone Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1453) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Fresco, with hunting scene 12th century Spanish Fresco The Cloisters Collection, 1957 (57.97.1) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Wolf and Fox Hunt ca. 1615–21 Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish) Oil on canvas John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910 (10.73) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Plaque of Mithras slaying the bull 2nd or early 3rd century a.d.; Mid-Imperial Roman Bronze Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1997 (1997.145.3) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Boy with a Greyhound possibly 1570s Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian) Oil on canvas H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.105) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Carnelian half-barrel ca. 450–400 b.c.; Classical Greek Carnelian Rogers Fund, 1921 (21.88.38) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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A Greyhound in Profile Facing Left 1549 Virgil Solis (German) Pen and brown ink over graphite The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001 (2001.497) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Anubis Recumbent statuette Late Period, Dynasty 26–27, 664–404 b.c. Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara; includes the Serapeum, Temple deposit, Emery 1966–1967 Limestone, originally painted black Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families, 1969 (69.105) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Falnama (The Book of Omens) Safavid period, 1550s Iran, Qazvin Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Rogers Fund, 1935 (35.64.3) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Mechanical Dog New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 b.c. Egypt Elephant ivory Rogers Fund, 1940 (40.2.1) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens third quarter of 3rd century a.d.; Late Imperial, Gallienic Roman; in the Villa Nero, Rome, about 1640; later, in the Giardino Torrigiani, Florence Pentelic marble Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.104) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox ca. 1634–35 Anthony van Dyck (Flemish) Oil on canvas Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 (89.15.16) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes 1897 John Singer Sargent (American) Oil on canvas Bequest of Edith Minturn Phelps Stokes (Mrs. I. N.), 1938 (38.104) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with His Guardians, Inigo Jones and Charles Blair 1761–66 Sir Joshua Reynolds (British) Oil on canvas Gift of Junius S. Morgan, 1887 (87.16) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Hunter with Dog (Jäger mit Hund) ca. 1907/8–14 Anonymous (Austrian); Published by Wiener Werkstätte Color lithograph Museum Accession, transferred from the Library (WW.751) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Maharana Bhim Singh and Retinue Go to a Hunt ca. 1805–10 Attributed to Chokha (Indian) India (Rajasthan, Mewar or Deogarh) Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Fletcher Fund, 1996 (1996.100.5) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Diana and Cupid 1761 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian) Oil on canvas Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., Mrs. Haebler Frantz, April R. Axton, L. H. P. Klotz, and David Mortimer Gifts; and Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, George Blumenthal, and J. Pierpont Morgan, Bequests of Millie Bruhl Fredrick and Mary Clark Thompson, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1982 (1982.438) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Study of a Dog Facing Left 1820–73 Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British) Graphite Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978 (1979.135.12) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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