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Connections: The Nose

Creative producer Masha Turchinsky on prominent noses in The Met collection.

"I approach Madame X and I say, 'Sister, I know that nose.'"

Creative producer Masha Turchinsky on prominent noses in The Met collection.


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Masha Turchinsky
Former Senior Manager and Senior Producer, Media Production and Online Features, Digital Department

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Lady at the Tea Table, Mary Cassatt  American, Oil on canvas, American
Mary Cassatt
1883–85
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), John Singer Sargent  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Singer Sargent
1883–84
Madame X (Countess Anna-Elizabeth de Noailles), Auguste Rodin  French, Marble, French
Auguste Rodin
Sitter Countess Anna-Elizabeth de Noailles
ca. 1907
Fragment from a marble head of a man, preserving the nose and mouth, Marble, Roman
Roman
mid-2nd century CE
Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I, Marble, Roman
Roman
ca. 325–370 CE
Marble funerary altar of Cominia Tyche, Marble, Roman
Roman
ca. 90–100 CE
Marble head from the figure of a woman, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
2700–2500 BCE
Gold ring with carnelian intaglio portrait of Tiberius, Gold, carnelian, Roman
Roman
ca. 14–37 CE
J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., Edward J. Steichen  American, born Luxembourg, Gum bichromate over platinum print
Edward J. Steichen
1903, printed 1909–10
Gable Ornament (P'naret), Fernwood, Big Nambas people
Big Nambas people
mid-20th century
Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià, Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists, Ivory, iron, brass, coal, traces of iron oxides, Edo peoples
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century
Woman's Head, Amedeo Modigliani  Italian, Limestone
Amedeo Modigliani
1912
Face of Senwosret III, Red quartzite
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.