Greyhounds

Nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary art curator Gary Tinterow describes the joys of being a long-term greyhound owner.

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I remember the first time that I walked my very first adopted greyhound, Elliot, on Fifth Avenue. A woman in a very extravagant fur coat came up and said, 'What a beautiful dog. So thin, so elegant.'

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  • 36.11.12
    Bronze statuette of a hound gnawing a bone, 3rd–2nd century b.c.; Hellenistic, Greek, Bronze Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.11.12)
  • 54.1.1_v001
    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)
  • 2003.451
    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
  • 37.80.4
    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)
  • 26.7.1453
    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)
  • 57.97.1
    Fresco, with hunting scene, 12th century, Spanish, Fresco The Cloisters Collection, 1957 (57.97.1)
  • 10.73
    Wolf and Fox Hunt, ca. 1615–21, Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish), Oil on canvas John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910 (10.73)
  • 1997.145.3
    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)
  • 29.100.105
    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)
  • 21.88.38
    Carnelian half-barrel, ca. 450–400 b.c.; Classical, Greek, Carnelian Rogers Fund, 1921 (21.88.38)
  • 2001.497
    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)
  • 69.105
    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)
  • 35.64.3
    Falnama (The Book of Omens), Safavid period, 1550s, Iran, Qazvin, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Rogers Fund, 1935 (35.64.3)
  • 40.2.1
    Mechanical Dog, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 b.c., Egypt, Elephant ivory Rogers Fund, 1940 (40.2.1)
  • 10.104_av3
    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)
  • 89.15.16
    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)
  • 38.104
    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)
  • 87.16
    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)
  • WW.751
    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)
  • 1996.100.5
    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)
  • 1982.438
    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)
  • 1979.135.12
    Study of a Dog Facing Left, 1820–73, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British), Graphite Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978 (1979.135.12)
  • Bronze statuette of a hound gnawing a bone, 3rd–2nd century b.c.; Hellenistic, Greek, Bronze Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.11.12)
    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)
    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
    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)
    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)
    Fresco, with hunting scene, 12th century, Spanish, Fresco The Cloisters Collection, 1957 (57.97.1)
    Wolf and Fox Hunt, ca. 1615–21, Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish), Oil on canvas John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910 (10.73)
    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)
    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)
    Carnelian half-barrel, ca. 450–400 b.c.; Classical, Greek, Carnelian Rogers Fund, 1921 (21.88.38)
    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)
    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)
    Falnama (The Book of Omens), Safavid period, 1550s, Iran, Qazvin, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Rogers Fund, 1935 (35.64.3)
    Mechanical Dog, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 b.c., Egypt, Elephant ivory Rogers Fund, 1940 (40.2.1)
    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)
    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)
    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)
    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)
    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)
    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)
    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)
    Study of a Dog Facing Left, 1820–73, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British), Graphite Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978 (1979.135.12)
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    Works of art in order of appearance

    Last 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.

    Bronze statuette of a hound gnawing a bone
    3rd–2nd century b.c.; Hellenistic
    Greek
    Bronze
    Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.11.12)
    Not on view
    Greek and Roman ArtFirst Floor and Mezzanine
    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)
    Not on view

    Medieval Art and The Cloisters
    The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park
    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
    Not on view
    PhotographsSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view

    Medieval Art and The Cloisters
    The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park
    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)
    Not on view
    Egyptian ArtFirst Floor
    Fresco, with hunting scene
    12th century
    Spanish
    Fresco
    The Cloisters Collection, 1957 (57.97.1)
    Not on view

    Medieval Art and The Cloisters
    The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park
    Wolf and Fox Hunt
    ca. 1615–21
    Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish)
    Oil on canvas
    John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910 (10.73)
    Not on view
    European PaintingsSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    Greek and Roman ArtFirst Floor and Mezzanine
    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)
    Not on view
    European PaintingsSecond Floor
    Carnelian half-barrel
    ca. 450–400 b.c.; Classical
    Greek
    Carnelian
    Rogers Fund, 1921 (21.88.38)
    Not on view
    Greek and Roman ArtFirst Floor and Mezzanine
    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)
    Not on view
    Drawings and PrintsSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    Egyptian ArtFirst Floor
    Falnama (The Book of Omens)
    Safavid period, 1550s
    Iran, Qazvin
    Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
    Rogers Fund, 1935 (35.64.3)
    Not on view
    Islamic ArtSecond Floor
    Mechanical Dog
    New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 b.c.
    Egypt
    Elephant ivory
    Rogers Fund, 1940 (40.2.1)
    Not on view
    Egyptian ArtFirst Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    Greek and Roman ArtFirst Floor and Mezzanine
    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)
    Not on view
    European PaintingsSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    American Paintings and SculptureFirst and Second Floors
    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)
    Not on view
    European PaintingsSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    Drawings and PrintsSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    Asian ArtSecond Floor
    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)
    Not on view
    European PaintingsSecond Floor
    Study of a Dog Facing Left
    1820–73
    Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British)
    Graphite
    Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978 (1979.135.12)
    Not on view
    Drawings and PrintsSecond Floor

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