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Social Realism, Patrick Oliphant  American, born Australia, Pen and India ink
Patrick Oliphant
1984
Publisher The National Phonograph Company
1911–12
Ugolino and His Sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux  French, Saint-Béat marble, French, Paris
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1865–67
Shiva, Sandstone, Vietnam or Southern Cambodia
Vietnam or Southern Cambodia
mid- 7th century
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Edgar Degas  French, Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood, French, Paris
Edgar Degas
Founder Cast by A. A. Hébrard
modeled 1881, cast 1922, modern tutu
Bronze griffin attachment, Bronze, amber perhaps, Etruscan
Etruscan
ca. 600–575 BCE
Buddha Expounding the Dharma, Copper alloy, Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura)
Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura)
late 8th century
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
4500–4000 BCE
Head of a Woman, Marble, Byzantine
Byzantine
5th century
Ana deo (ancestral couple), Nage artist, Wood, Nage
Nage artist
late 19th–early 20th century
Terracotta statuette of an old nurse holding a child, Terracotta, Greek, Attic or Boeotian
Greek, Attic or Boeotian
last quarter of 4th century BCE
Old Woman Standing with Folded Arms, Auguste Rodin  French, Cast plaster, French
Auguste Rodin
modeled ca. 1885, cast before 1912
Ewer with a Cock-Shaped Spout, Bronze; cast and pierced
8th–early 9th century
A Hypocrite and a Slanderer, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt  German, Tin alloy, Austrian, probably Pressburg (Bratislava)
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
ca. 1770–83
Virgin and Child, Follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Master of the Saint Ursula Legend Group, Netherlandish, active late 15th century), Oil on wood
Follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Master of the Saint Ursula Legend Group, Netherlandish, active late 15th century)
ca. 1480–90
Olive Trees, Vincent van Gogh  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
1889
A Peasant Family, Antoine Le Nain  French, Oil on copper
Antoine Le Nain
ca. 1640–48
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Daniel Chester French  American, Bronze, American
Daniel Chester French
Founder Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company
1879; cast 1906–7
Lotus and Kingfisher, Yu Feian  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on alum paper, China
Yu Feian
dated 1946
Portrait of a Man, Dieric Bouts  Netherlandish, Oil on wood
Dieric Bouts
ca. 1470
The Woman in the Waves, Gustave Courbet  French, Oil on canvas
Gustave Courbet
1868
Maine Coast, Winslow Homer  American, Oil on canvas, American
Winslow Homer
1896
Portrait of a Man, Hugo van der Goes  Netherlandish, Oil on wood
Hugo van der Goes
ca. 1475
A Man Seated and Asleep, Giuseppe Abbati  Italian, Oil on wood
Giuseppe Abbati
ca. 1865
Cauliflower and Pumpkin, Loïs Mailou Jones  American, Oil on canvas
Loïs Mailou Jones
1938
Sparrows, plum blossoms, and bamboo, Unidentified artist Chinese, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, China
Unidentified artist
late 12th century
Peace and Plenty, George Inness  American, Oil on canvas, American
George Inness
1865
A Rose, Thomas Anshutz  American, Oil on canvas, American
Thomas Anshutz
1907
The Massacre of the Innocents, François Joseph Navez  Belgian, Oil on canvas
François Joseph Navez
1824
Portrait of an Old Man, Hugo van der Goes  Netherlandish, Oil on paper, laid down on wood
Hugo van der Goes
ca. 1470–75
The Lamentation, Luis de Morales  Spanish, Oil on walnut
Luis de Morales
ca. 1560
The Flagellation, Master of the Berswordt Altar  German, Oil, egg(?), and gold on plywood, transferred from wood
Master of the Berswordt Altar
ca. 1400
Puddlers in Profile, Constantin Meunier  Belgian, Stoneware, French
Composition by Constantin Meunier
Executed by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
ca. 1900

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