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Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide) 1870 Winslow Homer American Following his experience as an illustrator during the Civil War

A Friendly Call by William Merritt Chase (4990403136)
A Friendly Call by William Merritt Chase ) A Friendly Call; William Merritt Chase, an influential art teacher and one of the leading exponents of American impressionism, captured the genteel

Ferdinando de Medici (1663-1713), Grand Prince of Tuscany ca. 1680-82 Giovanni Battista Foggini Italian These meltingly carved busts of father (1993.332.1)

George Washington 1838-44, carved after 1844 Hiram Powers American Powers based this bust of George Washington (1732-1799)

Four-Cornered Hat 7th-10th century Wari Finely woven, brightly colored hats, customarily featuring a square crown, four sides, and four pointed tips

Studies of the leaves, blossoms, fruits and trunk of a whitebeam (Sorbus subgenus Aria) 1788 Ludwig Pfleger German This drawing is part of a group of four studies of wood species donated to

Saint Margaret of Cortona ca. 1758 Gaspare Traversi Italian Traversi is known primarily for his lively, sometimes bawdy genre scenes

Plate 1: fragments from ancient monuments, from Roman Landscapes and Ruins (Paysages et ruines de Rome) ca. 1646 Stefano della Bella Italian During Della Bella's stay in Rome from 1633 to 1639

Studies of the trunk, blossoms and fruit of a wild apple tree (Malus sylvestris) 1788 Ludwig Pfleger German This drawing is part of a group of four studies of wood species donated to the Museum by

Underweysung der messung mit dem zirckel un richt scheyt 1525 Albrecht Durer German Published toward the end of Durer's life, Treatise on Measurement (1525) was intended

Gentleman in a Cape and Plumed Hat Seen from the Back 1629 Abraham Bosse French Bosse is best known for his etchings of everyday life

Studies of the blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English oak (Quercus robur) 1788 Ludwig Pfleger German This drawing is part of a group of four studies of wood species donated to the Museum by Mrs

Guardroom with the Deliverance of Saint Peter ca. 1645-47 David Teniers the Younger Flemish Flemish painters had a long tradition of relegating religious narratives to the background of scenes drawn

Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun Made 1750-1770 Japan. Ike Taiga was a revolutionary known for revitalizing Japanese painting traditions in the eighteenth century

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille ca. 1485-95 Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) Italian This exquisite and enigmatic portrait and its pendant (1975.1.86)

Approaching Storm 1864 France. This painting by EugEne Boudin, a Norman painter and Claude Monetis teacher, exemplifies the artistis signature style and subject matter in the 1860s

Beaker (Humpen) with the Ages of Man 1595-1605 Bohemia. Visitors to Germany during the 17th century often commented on the amount of drinking that characterized entertainment and hospitality there

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap 1765-1768 England. Joseph Wright, a leading artist of the eighteenth century, spent most of his life in the central Midlands town of Derby

Tramp with a Sling, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing) 1634-1638 The Netherlands
Tramp with a Sling, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing) 1634-1638 The Netherlands. A contemporary of Rembrandt van Rijn, Pieter Jansz Quast was a Dutch painter, draftsman

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers 1865 France. Throughout his career, ... douard Manet managed to shock
Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers 1865 France. Throughout his career, ...douard Manet managed to shock and confound the public with his bold technique and unorthodox approach to subject matter

Section of a Buddhist Pagoda 724 CE China. These two stone slabs originally formed the first story of a miniature Buddhist pagoda, which was elevated on a tiered base

Study of a Nude Man 1645-1651 Holland. Abraham Bloemaert here used black chalk to carefully render a nude figure with notched ribs

Paris Street; Rainy Day Made 1877 Paris. This complex intersection, just minutes away from the Saint-Lazare train station

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, India, etc. 1854-1864 England. George Baxter invented an innovative color printing technique to mass-produce commercial images that resembled oil paintings

The Offer of Love Made 1501-1511 Italy. Albrecht D¸rer resorted to legal action to protect his artworks from copyists, based in part on Marcantonio Raimondiis practice of reissuing woodcuts

Woman Reading 1880-1881 France. During the late nineteenth century, Parisian cafEs were the gathering places of artists and writers and were ideal locations for observing the urban scene

The Tooth Puller, plate nine from Selection of Pictures from Venetian Collections 1765 Italy. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo made several small paintings to gratify the 18th-century predilection for

Siege van Haarlem, 1572-1573; Image of the siege of the city of Haerlem by Don Frederico De Toledo, son of the Duke of Alva in the year 1572 and 1573, to see the Noordzyde der city

Small Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch 19th century Tsubaki Chinzan Japanese At a time when the ukiyo-e tradition was emphasizing scenes of contemporary life in the urban world

Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei) ca. 1762-66 Soga Shōhaku Japanese Soga Shōhaku was a prominent, if eccentric, figure in Kyoto during the second half of the eighteenth century

Alice Liddell as "The Beggar Maid" 1858 Lewis Carroll British Known primarily as the author of children's books

Cover of a Writing Tablet ca. 1325-50 French Both sides of this ivory reveal scenes of courtship taking place under trefoil arches

Scene of Contemporary Life: The Acrobats 1727-1804 Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian This amusing composition is one of a large group of finished independent drawings representing scenes of

The Flower Girl 1846 Charles Cromwell Ingham American, born Ireland "The Flower Girl"; is a highly unusual subject for Ingham, an artist who rarely strayed from portraiture

Bacchante (Grapes or Autumn) ca. 1874 Auguste Rodin French During the long years of poverty before his fame, Rodin worked for the commercial sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Glen Lun. The Rustic Bridge 1870s Francis Bedford British Bedford was one of the most successful commercial landscape photographers of his era

Onmayagashi in Edo 1830-44 Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese This print is a magnificent depiction of heavy rain. Three men huddled beneath an umbrella are about to pass another who

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) 1773 Jean Antoine Houdon French A philosopher and man of letters, and one of the internationally famous exponents of the French Enlightenment

Landscape with a Road Leading Towards a Settlement on a Hill late 16th-mid 17th century Attributed to Joos de Momper the Younger Netherlandish This landscape by Joos de Momper shows a view of a hill

Wine cooler (one of a pair) 1781 Ignaz Joseph Wurth Austrian The wine coolers formed part of the now dispersed so-called Second Duke of Sachsen-Teschen Service

Villa Barbaro, from I quattro libri dell'architettura di Andrea Palladio (Book 2)
Villa Barbaro, from I quattro libri dell'architettura di Andrea Palladio (Book 2, page 51) 1570 Andrea Palladio One of Palladio's architectural masterpieces

Still Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles ca. 1670 Otto Marseus van Schrieck Dutch Known to contemporaries as ";The Snuffler" due to his apparent penchant for rooting around in

Reeds and Geese dated 11th month, 1343 Tesshū Tokusai Japanese This pair of hanging scrolls (with 1977)
Reeds and Geese dated 11th month, 1343 Tesshū Tokusai Japanese This pair of hanging scrolls (with 1977.172), though separated recently as is apparent from their different mountings

Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesu e Maria, Rome 1808 Francois Marius Granet French This painting was first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1808

Still Life with Ham 1870s Philippe Rousseau French This composition combines Rousseau's admiration for eighteenth-century still life painting with an emphasis on contemporary, everyday details

[Officer of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders Reading to the Troops, Edinburgh Castle] April 9, 1846 Hill and Adamson British, Scottish On occasion Hill and Adamson ventured into full-blown genre

Still Life: Double Cherry-Blossom Branch, Telescope, Sweet Fish, and Tissue Case ca. 1804-13 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese The two poems in the upper part of the print were composed by Asakusa-an

Figures in a Roman Arcade 1763 Hubert Robert French From early in his career in Italy, Hubert Robert created architectural capricci (views combining existing monuments in imaginary compositions)

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