Connections: The Nose

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

Masha Turchinsky

May 25, 2011

4 min. watch

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

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

Contributors

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

Art Mentioned

Lady at the Tea Table, Mary Cassatt American, Oil on canvas, American — Lady at the Tea Table
Mary Cassatt
1883–85

Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), John Singer Sargent American, Oil on canvas, American — Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
John Singer Sargent
1883–84

Madame X (Countess Anna-Elizabeth de Noailles), Auguste Rodin French, Marble, French — Madame X (Countess Anna-Elizabeth de Noailles)
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 — Fragment from a marble head of a man, preserving the nose and mouth
Roman
mid-2nd century CE

Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I, Marble, Roman — Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I
Roman
ca. 325–370 CE

Marble funerary altar of Cominia Tyche, Marble, Roman — Marble funerary altar of Cominia Tyche
Roman
ca. 90–100 CE

Marble head from the figure of a woman, Marble, Cycladic — Marble head from the figure of a woman
Cycladic
2700–2500 BCE

Gold ring with carnelian intaglio portrait of Tiberius, Gold, carnelian, Roman — Gold ring with carnelian intaglio portrait of Tiberius
Roman
ca. 14–37 CE

J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., Edward J. Steichen American, born Luxembourg, Gum bichromate over platinum print — J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.
Edward J. Steichen
1903, printed 1909–10

Gable Ornament (P'naret), Fernwood, Big Nambas people — Gable Ornament (P'naret)
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 — Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century

Woman's Head, Amedeo Modigliani Italian, Limestone — Woman's Head
Amedeo Modigliani
1912

Face of Senwosret III, Red quartzite — Face of Senwosret III
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.

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