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Beside the Sea ca. 1907 Auguste Rodin French Devoid of the psychic tensions that energize Rodin's early compositions, this restful bather embodies the serenity typical of his late marbles

Satire on Art Criticism 1644 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch An atypical subject and approach to composition, Rembrandt's "Satire on Art Criticism" buffoons the rhetoric of his

Cup with cover ca. 1650-60 French The flame finial and band of cabochon-cup gems of carnelian, a reddish variety of chalcedony, set in bands of black and white and translucent green-enameled gold

Woman with a mirror painting her eyebrows, from the series: Thirty two contemporary characters /Toji Komei Kaiseki Zukushi Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

The Virgin with Female Attendant Appearing to Four Male Saints 1680-95 Attributed to Carlo Maratti Italian The precise connection of the Museum's drawing to Maratti's paintings is not clear

Man with a Celestial Globe 1624 Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy Dutch Although recently published as a work by Werner van den Valckert (born about 1585, died 1627/28)

Panel of velvet mid-15th century Italian or Spanish Sumptuous velvets were among the most highly prized luxury fabrics of the Renaissance

Tao Yuanming enjoying chrysanthemums Du Jin Chinese Du Jin, the son of an official, was a scholar and a poet, but after low placement in the metropolitan (jinshi)

Samuel P. Avery (1822-1904) 1876 Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Spanish Samuel P. Avery was one of the most successful of the many art dealers active in New York in the late nineteenth century

Stand for a small tureen ca. 1730-35 Vienna The artistic vision manifested in the works produced at the Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier factory beginning in the early 1720s was distinct from any

Portrait of a Man ca. 1618 Anthony van Dyck Flemish This impressive portrait, painted about 1618 when the artist was eighteen or nineteen years old

Weeping Woman Kneeling, Seen from Behind ca. 1634-38 Jacob Backer Dutch This chalk sketch shows a kneeling woman in historic dress, bringing a cloth to her face

Adam; Eve Giuliano di Piero di Simone Bugiardini Italian These two paintings depicting the biblical story of the temptation of Eve were probably made to be set within the wall paneling of a

Study for a Triumphal Arch (recto); Alternate Study for a Triumphal Arch (verso) ca. 1800 Hubert Robert French This drawing was originally part of an album that contained 152 sketches made by Hubert

Shepherd and Shepherdess 1878 Winslow Homer American This surprising work by Homer is one of his rare examples of decorative painting on ceramic

Studies of a Kid or Fawn 19th-20th century John Macallan Swan British Swan's paintings and sculptures were firmly based on drawings of this sort

Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains ca. 1622-25 Dong Qichang Chinese Dong Qichang, the foremost landscape painter and theorist of the early seventeenth century, pursued artistic reform

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

Chan master riding a mule before 1249 Unidentified artist Painted in a few swift brushstrokes and deftly applied ink washes

The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain 1858 Jerome B. Thompson Thompson earned a reputation for combining the breadth of Hudson River School landscape painting with the anecdotal appeal of

Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso) 1435-38 Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)

Landscapes in the Manner of Song and Yuan Masters 1667 Yun Shouping Chinese Yun Shouping was a member of the close circle of artists that made up the early Qing Orthodox movement

Portrait of a Man 1645 Johannes Verspronck Dutch Like his contemporary Paulus Verschuur in the adjacent portrait by Hals, this man sports a wide-brimmed black hat, lace collar and cuffs

Chinese Beauty 8th month, 1797 Yokoi Kinkoku ???? Yokoi Kinkoku was a Nanga artist famous for his Chinese-style landscapes

Saint George 1472 Carlo Crivelli Italian These panels are from an altarpiece painted for a Dominican church in the Marchigian town of Ascoli Piceno

Matching Shells (Kai-awase), "Kisen Hōshi, " from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi) ca

Sh?rinji Temple 1817 Okada Beisanjin Japanese By fancifully reinterpreting this Zen temple near Osaka as a Chinese retreat, Beisanjin cleverly reveals the heart and soul of the site

The Art Connoisseurs 1823-28 Louis Leopold Boilly French With great intensity, brows furrowed and mouths open, a tightly knit cluster of grotesque characters peering through monocles

Allegory of America ca. 1587-89 Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish This drawing is preparatory for the first engraved plate in the series Nova Reperta

Madonna and Child with Saints Bonifacio de Pitati (Bonifacio Veronese) Italian A contemporary of Titian and Palma il Vecchio

The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio 1743-1744 Giovanni Paolo Panini Italian This large view is a highly finished preparatory sketch for a painting in the National Gallery, London (inv)

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

The Birth of the Virgin 1467 Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) Italian Breaking with convention, the artist shows the Madonna's birth in contemporary terms

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)

Hunting and fishing scenes 1769 Manufactured by Robert Jones This furnishing fabric shows fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen leisurely pursuing the pastimes of hunting

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

Christ Carrying the Cross ca. 1684 Pierre Mignard French After first training with the mannerist painter Jean Boucher de Bourges at the age of twelve

The Rabbi Made 1778 England. Like his contemporaries, William Pether used mezzotint to disseminate important master paintings

The Marriage of the Virgin ca. 1430 Michelino da Besozzo (Michelino de Mulinari) Italian Among the most celebrated painters of his day

Christ Is Born as Man's Redeemer (Episode from the Story of the Redemption of Man)
Christ Is Born as Man's Redeemer (Episode from the Story of the Redemption of Man) 1500-1520 South Netherlandish This tapestry with its rich

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers 1644-1732 Japan. ??????11?????????????????1?????????????????????????????????????????1?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Tubular Fitting Artist's working dates 399 BCE-222 BCE China. Sumptuously inlaid bronze tubes were designed as
Tubular Fitting Artist's working dates 399 BCE-222 BCE China. Sumptuously inlaid bronze tubes were designed as fittings for weapons, scepters, and chariots

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

Adam 1525-1542 Germany. For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of Adam

Tubular Fitting 399 BCE-200 BCE China. Sumptuously inlaid bronze tubes were designed as fittings for weapons, scepters, and chariots

Eve 1525-1542 Germany. For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of Adam

Hydria (Water Jar) 450 BCE. This hydria, or water jar, depicts three fully clothed and wreathed women quietly engaged in feminine activities

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