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The inkstand is a replica of the Quirinal Monument in Rome and was made to commemorate its erection during the pontificate of Pius VI. The composition includes an Egyptian obalisk, and four horse tamers that can be swung from their bases on levers to reveal an inkwell and a sandbox; Sphinxes' headdresses conceal candle sockets; one of the drawers contains an assortment of tromp l'oeil engravings; two doves can be made to kiss by means of a lever located in the fountain; the inkstand has a leather carrying case that resembles a medieval fortified town, with gates, battlements and a bell tower. — The Coaci Inkstand, 1792
Vincenzo Coaci

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Study for Portrait VI, Francis Bacon — Study for Portrait VI, 1953
Francis Bacon

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Landscape of grove of olive trees and their cast shadows in foreground, mountain looms in background, intense sun and dazzling light dominates the sky. No signature. — Olive Trees, 1889
Vincent van Gogh

G355

Allegory. Lucretia, portrait of a young woman, seconds after taking her own life, holding knife in right hand, blood-stained chemise, left hand grasps bell cord. — Lucretia, 1666
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

G311

Shrine head, Ancient Yoruba — Shrine head, 12th-14th century
Ancient Yoruba

G250

after Polykleitos, Roman copy of Greek original, the original executed in bronze, c.440 BCE; one of four known extant copies — The Doryphoros, 120–50 BCE
Italy

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seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint — Seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), late 11th-early 12th century
China

G200

Blind Man's Buff, Max Beckmann — Blind Man's Buff, 1945
Max Beckmann

G371

Portrait. — Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta, 1820
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

G321

Historical. Death of Germanicus Caesar; he is lying on his death-bed with his wife Agrippina grieving at his bedside. — The Death of Germanicus, 1627
Nicolas Poussin

G313

Warrior with Shield, 1953–54
Henry Moore

G371

Carrara marble — Ganymede and the Eagle, 1817–29
Bertel Thorvaldsen

G307

Carved from pale gray-green stone with cloudy white mottling and black and brown rivering throughout, the mountain landscape with high rising peaks and numerous figures and pavillions amid foliage on both sides, with the seal of the Emperor Qianlong above a long inscription on one side, the reverse with a further inscription and a seal, one seal referring to the eightieth year of the Emperor Qianlong,corresponding to the year 1784. — Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion, 1790
China

G210

Portrait Of Frank James — Frank, 1969
Chuck Close

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standing horse with legs slightly splayed outward; wide eyes; open mouth with exposed teeth; upward-pointed ears; green patina with white, blue and red pigment traces — Celestial Horse, 25-220
China

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Religion: NT. Purification of the temple. Christ driving the money-changers from the temple with a whip. — Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, c. 1570
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

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A yogini bearing a jar. One of 19 known sculptures from a set originating in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. — Yogini with a jar, early 10th century
India

G210

Bowman riding a horse both set on a hollowed spherical support. Radio carbon dated to 945-1235 A.D. — Equestrian figure, about 1450
Djenne

G250

tusk, ivory, Benin Culture, Nigeria, Africa, XVIII c.; a rare ivory tusk from the Kingdom of Benin, finely carved with the figures of warriors, serpents, etc.; the inclusion of the carved figure of the Oba or King, represented with its traditional mudfish, instead of legs, denotes that this was one of the Royal tusks which stood in the great bronze heads on the altar of the Oba's ancestors — Tusk, 1775-1777
Edo

G250

low relief carving of a Winged Genius, from the Northwest palace of Ashur-Nasir-Pal at Nimrud; a wide band of inscribed writing crosses the slab in the central section — Winged Genius, c. 883–859 BCE
Assyrian

G240

figure with six heads, arms, and legs astride crouched bull on wood base; metal bands around wrists, some biceps, and most ankles; halo with flames attached at back; two hands of two arms together in praying position, other arms bent and flare outwards. Upper left arm holds long staff, lower one holds implement with "curly q"-shaped end. Upper right arm holds a trident. Lower right arm fingersshaped like it was holding something in hand. Three bottom heads have crystal inlay eyes. Three smaller heads on top considerably smaller. — Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power, second half 13th century
Japan

G220

Neoclassical marble-top table; corresponds exactly to one of the engravings in Piranesi's volume of designs for furniture, I Cammini (1769) — Pier table, c. 1768
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

G307

triangular with clipped corners; stemmed cup with footed base; removable liner; slightly domed cover with three-dimensional finial of male figure wearing lion skin, holding a club aloft, with a three-headed dog held by chains; stem has a satyr in three dimensions seated next to cattails; grape vines twisting behind satyr; Classical themes, hunting and battle scenes and various scrollwork overall in high and low relief — Masterpiece cup and cover, 1746
Johann Friedrich Baer

G350

pendant suspended from a garland of twin rudraksha berries; central gold piece depicting two figures on a bull; one emerald pendant at bottom split during installation, two pieces stored in envelope in A12.3 MS — Rudrakshamala Necklace, early 19th century
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gallery installation/"period room" — Curator's Office, 2012-2013
Mark Dion

G378

silver four-door automobile; front in the style of a Volkswagen with three headlights; sloped back with back central vertical fin and back louvered window; brown leather interior; sunroof — Tatra T87 four-door sedan, 1948 (designed 1936)
Hans Ledwinka; Manufacturer: Ringhoffer-Tatra-Werke AG

G379

Head of a woman with a base, stone on a marble base, size; 26in.; base IRC floor area — Head, 1911–1912
Amedeo Modigliani

G367

Library and Rock Garden — The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797
China

G216

drop-front desk with four-legged base; front of base decorated with high-relief carving of sword; exterior of drop-front decorated with high-relief carvings of forks and knives, bottles, gun, various tools (saw, pick axe, trowel, shovel), pocket knives, two pointing hands and other objects; sides also decorated with applied relief carvings of various objects; medium wood patina — Writing desk, c. 1870
Attributed to William Howard

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rigid open coat, with arms extended and hem of coat trailing on floor; exterior of coat made of horizontal rows of overlapping dog tags; interior of coat made of reflective panels; disassembles into four parts--base consists of three parts and upper body section — Some/One, 2005
Do Ho Suh

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Woodwork from the interior of Colonel John Stuart's house at 104 Tradd Street, Charleston S.C. Cypress paneling from the drawing room showing doorways and fireplace with elaborate overmantle, showing French influence. The house was built in 1772. — Charleston Drawing Room, 1772
United States

G336

a: wire framework in organic shape with printed tin, plastic and wooden toys and noisemakers attached--Jack-in-the-boxes, various shapes of noisemakers, drums, clickers, tops and tambourines; b: suit installed over black plastic mannequin; colorful sweater fragments pieced together to create a bodysuit with head and face covering; bodysuit covered overall with crocheted doilies and hot pads, embroidered felt fragments and pieced stitched pieces; pink and white doily over face area — Soundsuit, 2010
Nick Cave

G374

Mademoiselle Hortense Valpinçon — Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon, c. 1871
Edgar Degas

G351

Convulsionists of Tangier, Eugène Delacroix — Convulsionists of Tangier, 1837-1838
Eugène Delacroix

G321

Clock, Jean-Antoine Lepine; Painter: Joseph Coteau — Clock, c. 1789
Jean-Antoine Lepine; Painter: Joseph Coteau

G314

Standing Guanyin with lotus bud(?) in left hand, right hand missing, inscribed base which bears the date 571 A.D., translation of inscription filed with purchase blank, from Xi'an in Shaanxi province. — Standing Bodhisattva, 571
China

G200

ear studs, pair, of hammered and engraved gold; the concave disks with beaded edges are decorated with an applied motif bearing four figures; above, a demi-god with elaborate aureloe headdress riding on a bar borne by three other figures; in one hand he holds a beaker-cup; in the other a bag adorned with loose bangles; two of the lower figures wear modified aureole headdresses and carry beakers; all are half-human, half-beast; the bar on which the demi-god rides is finished at the ends with demon heads; loose bangles are variously applied in the design; the tubes of the ear studs are decorated with engraved bands of cats and birds, and soldered to the backs of discs — Ear Spool, c. 1150-1450
Chimu

G260

Leopard Aquamanile, Bronze, Benin Culture, Africa, XVIIc; covered with incised spots and smnall punch marks. Rare example. — Water pitcher, 18th century
Edo

G250

bis pole, mangrove wood, New Guinea, Asmat — Bis Pole, 20th century
Asmat (Bismam group)

G256

Kitchen cabinetry, sink, stool, lighting fixture; stool has three blue legs and wood seat; single-bulb light fixture is white enamelled on top and is saucer-shaped, bulb of light does not function; Siemens cookstove with small oven and two burners; 12 metal bins for dry staples; one large metal scrap bin — Frankfurt Kitchen, 1926-1930
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

G378

vintage print; printed 1940 or before; mounted, matted — Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936
Dorothea Lange; Depicted: Florence Owens Thompson

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Portrait. Mythology. History. Oval. — Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danae, 1799
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

G306

Nkisi Nkonde (nail fetish); a fetish figure in wood; the surface is covered with a variety of accoutrements: nails, reed, shells, bone, wood, string and clay; the 'magic' receptacle in the abdominal area bears a mirror — Power figure, early 20th century
Kongo

G250

Three Bathers, Henri Matisse — Three Bathers, 1907
Henri Matisse

G371

suit includes helmet with praying mantis maedate (forecrest), menpo (face mask), torso covering, pair of front shoulder medallions that attach to torso covering, pair of large upper arm guards, pair of small shoulder coverings (each with a pin for attachment), pair of gauntlets with arm and hand guards, apron, pair of tsutsu suneate (leg guards), and pair of kote (boot coverings); see Components for descriptions of each piece — Red-and-blue-laced Suit of Armor from the Kii Tokugawa Family, mid 17th century
Suit by Unknown Japanese; Artist: Helmet by Saotome Iechika

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standing figure with panpipes encircled by serpents and birds; wood with opercula inserts and pigments; carved for Malanggan rites — Malagan Figure, c. 1890
Papua New Guinea

G256

Gourd-shaped with lid; spade-shaped protrusion with opening on top of ewer handle; top of curl on lid handle is gilded; has lidded wooden box — Ewer in the shape of a gourd, 12th century
Korea

G206

Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the Assistant to Velázquez, Salvador Dali; Depicted: Juan de Pareja — Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the Assistant to Velázquez, 1960
Salvador Dali; Depicted: Juan de Pareja

G376

Standing Screen with Marble Panel, gray brown and white marble slab reminiscent of a misty mountain, set into a wood frame; twelve carved panels within frame depict chi dragons and scrolls; frame set into larger stand — Screen, 17th century
China

G217

unsigned; left of a pair of six-panel folding screens; many scenes against gold leaf background; edge of building on left panel with snow; building at top across panels three to six the many seated figures wearing black with a few wearing red and blue; procession in LR of panels five and six with figures in black carrying covered dias and pulling two green carriages behind — Autumn and Winter [left of the pair Scenes from the Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons], mid 17th century
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Interior of the house — Dining Room in the Country, 1913
Pierre Bonnard

G355

woman wearing a white satin gown trimmed with lace and pearls, holding a book, and seated on a yellow sofa; woman wears pearl necklaces and earrings, with her hair decorated with pearls; guitar and music next to woman on sofa; black and white lap dog in LRC — The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish Costume, 1763
Alexander Roslin

G307

two goat herders seated on the left bank of a river amidst their flock; classical ruins at left side and background left center on hillside; across river stand two pair of deer under the shadow of a large tree — Pastoral Landscape, 1638
Claude Gellée (called Le Lorrain)

G313

Religion. Central panel is a Pieta with an elaborate view of 15th century Bruges in the background. Donors included with saints in the scene. Left wing - St. John; Right wing - St. Catherine Figures of Christ, Mary and Saints all portraits of real people. Artist was primarily a portraitist though fashion of the time demanded religious pictures. Rich costumes of St. Catherine in right wing and donors in central panel reveal artist's interest in color and rich fabrics. People grouped tightly in foreground with little space around them. Space extends backward into picture but not forward. View of Bruges in background characteristic of this painter's work. The non-religious figures save Catherine, surpass the others, and show genuine bent for portraiture. The Spanish cast of Christ's features an unusual detail. STYLE: Flemish paintings in oil on panel derive from earlier schools of manuscript illumination and reveal their influence in: - Colors which are brilliant and harmonious with enamel-like hardness of finish. - Delicacy of technique and proportion. - Minute and sympathetic rendering of landscape. - Long flowing lines in the tradition of the International Style. Grace of pose and gesture also characteristic of this style. — Lamentation with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1493–1501
Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy

G342

Gesso, color, kirikane on wood, metal — Jizō, the Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix, early 13th century
Japan

G220

Golden Bird, Constantin Brancusi — Golden Bird, c. 1919
Constantin Brancusi

G377

face-covering helmet with back and sides curled upward; vertical opening at center from eye holes through bottom; organic design on forehead; curving eyebrows, connected at center — Corinthian helmet, c. 540 BCE
Greece

G241

husband and wife seated on a lotus in the pose of royal ease and intimacy with bull and tiger underfoot; symmetrical architectural backdrop with large central disc behind heads of main figures — Uma-Maheshvara, 10th-11th century
India

G210

Found in a temple near Pondicherry. The figure represents cosmic activity. The significance of the gestures is as follows the drum in the right hand signifies creation; the fire in the upper left hand, destruction; the abaya (fear not) position of the lower right hand, protection; the position of the raised left foot, salvation; the foot placed on the prostrate dwarf, Apasmarapurusa, removal of illusion/ignorance. — Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), c. 1100
India

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chased silver dish decorated with scene from the "Former Red Cliff Ode" by Su Shi (1037-1101); engraved in painterly baimiao style showing the poet in court robes with two companions relaxing in a boat drifting on tranquil water, with a winepot and cups on the table in front of them; one figure playing a flute and the other holding an open book; rocky banks with grasses and tall reeds, a willow and a cassia tree; small waterfall spilling down from high cliffs at the far shore; sky with pair of birds flying to the left towards a constellation of seven stars drawn as circles joined by thin lines to form the Big Dipper seen through drifting clouds surrounding a full moon engraved with the legendary yu tu dao yaou scene of the Moon Rabbit under the cassia tree pounding a pestle in a mortar; shallow plain sides of octafoil bracket-lobed outline rising to a barbed everted rim — Silver plate decorated with chased “Red Cliff” scene, 13th century
China

G208

Vessel in the shape of an owl. Two flanges, one ending just under the beak in front and the other continuing to the top of the head in back, have alternating straight and L-shaped scores, those on the front flange being much the deeper of the two. The tail, with a scored flange border, forms the back support of the vessel. Apart from the realistically-formed feet, the bird is strongly stylized. The body is completely covered by rows of scales except for the shoulder line, expressed by a vigorous spiral, and the wings quills, rendered by bands filled with antithetical spirals. Patina green. — Zun wine vessel in the shape of an owl, 13th-12th century BCE
China

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Two men lying on rocky outcrop, one on his back in a blue shirt, the other on his stomach in a white shirt; blue sky and clouds at UR. Frame: painted black with open carving of birds and flowers. — Santos Dumont - The Father of Aviation II, 2009
Kehinde Wiley

G310

white dog standing on all four paws; upright short tail; round red nose — Your Dog, 2002
Yoshitomo Nara

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Abstract. — Tahkt-I-Sulayman Variation II, 1969
Frank Stella

G235

Artist's multiple published in an edition of 8 — Vicki! I--I Thought I Heard Your Voice!, 1964
Roy Lichtenstein

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Dance Mask; Carved in the round from a single piece of lightweight wood. Interior hollow. Features remarkable in that they resemble Greek and Sicilian works of the 6th Century B.C. The back of the mask, carved in terrace and striated patterns, contrasts with the smooth lateral contours of the face. — Helmet mask, 19th century
Luba

G250

wood frieze carved with birds whose eyes are made of green turbo shell opercula; painted serpents wind their way across the relief; covered with lime and painted in red, black, and white pigments; carved for use in the Malanggan rites when it would be placed in a special hut with other sculptures — Malagan Frieze, 19th century
Papua New Guinea

G256

carved wood, standing male figure; hair bound in a topknot; inlaid paua shell eyes; larger scale head, face adorned with tattooing; arms akimbo and large hands spread over abdomen; raised disc belly button; erect penis; raffia loin cloth in separate vitrine — Post Figure (poutokomanawa), c. 1840
Ngāti Kahungunu Māori

G256

beaded panel with geometric design at bottom of bag; fringe with strung beads and red tassels; simple quillwork design of flowers on body of bag — Man's Pouch, c. 1800
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Dakhóta

G259

floating multicolored rocks/metors; four separate videos (#1, 2, 4, 5) — 6EQUJ5, 2012-2013
Jennifer Steinkamp

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Naraen Kongo, standing figure with arms down, mouth closed. Made of Hinoki wood in yosegi technique of multiple block construction with traces of gesso and polychrome. — Vajra Warrior (one of a pair), mid 14th century
Japan

G205

Large pot with flaring midsection and tapering shoulder; decorated with incised textured half-circles below mouth and band of leaf-like shapes alternating with 4 triangles between 3 textured bands — Beer pot, mid 20th century
Zulu

G236

ritual beadwork with face and sixteen birds mounted on the crown; long fringe hangs from crown — Crown, about 1920
Yoruba

G236

Mandala of colored sand on wood; Yamantaka (Conqueror of Death) is represented at the center by the blue 'vajra'; consists of a series of concentric bands; outermost represents burial grounds with a landscape and animals; moving inward are a circle of flames, a circle of 'vajras' and a circle of lotus petals; these bands circumscribe a quadrangle with gates at the four compass points; innermost square divided into triangular quadrants and an inner circle is divided into nine units containing symbols which represent various deities; attributes of the five senses are depicted in the four outside corners — Yamantaka Mandala, 1991
Monks of the Gyuto Tantric University

G277

Dutch still life with fruit, foliage, and insects. — Still Life with Fruits, Foliage and Insects, c. 1669
Abraham Mignon

G311

Alterations made to the painting in the 1920's; composition exists on verso of a woman after her bath. — Dance Training, 1910-11 (altered 1920)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

G371

Cast c.1841 after plaster model of 1831. Signed P.Grass (on right side of base). Inscribed 'ICARE. D'apres la statue en bronze detruite en 1870 à Strasbourg' on front edge of base. Foundry mark Eck et Durand (on back of base). — Icarus Making Trial of His Wings, modeled 1831
Philippe Grasse

G321

Landscape. Architecture. — The Bronze Horses of San Marco, Venice, 1876
Charles Caryl Coleman

G305

The Cat's Paw, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer — The Cat's Paw, c. 1824
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

G305

Portrait of a young boy, three quarters view, with a dog — Portrait of James Ward, 1779
Gilbert Stuart

G322

German Expressionism. Genre. Figures in an interior of a house; (nude) human figure - female — Modern Bohemia, 1924
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

G371

Still life. Neoclassicism. — The Attributes of the Arts and the Rewards Which Are Accorded Them, 1766
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

G306

Three quarter length self-portrait of Francesco de Mura — Self-Portrait, c. 1740
Francesco de Mura

G307

Genre. — A "Bear" Chance, 1907
Philip R. Goodwin

G301

Impressionist. Brook with a bridge. — The Japanese Bridge, c. 1923-1925
Claude Monet

G377

Portrait Bust of Pope Clement X, Circle of Gianlorenzo Bernini — Portrait Bust of Pope Clement X, modeled c. 1668 (cast late 17th century)
Circle of Gianlorenzo Bernini

G310

New Testament; three men (Magi) crossing the mountains on a dusty road on camels; camels behind them. — Journey of the Magi, c. 1894
James Tissot

G357

Portrait. Posthumous mourning portrait of an unknown child. — Portrait of a Boy, 1856
attributed to James B. Read

G304

Frank Lloyd Wright Hallway, Frank Lloyd Wright; Maker: Temple Art Glass Company — Frank Lloyd Wright Hallway, c. 1912-1914
Frank Lloyd Wright; Maker: Temple Art Glass Company

G300

Bust — Portrait of Luca Salvioni, c. 1536
Agostino Zoppo

G340

Three quarter-length portrait of a woman in a blue satin dress with broad flat hat, pulling on her glove. — Portrait of Sarah Allen, née Sargent, c. 1763
John Singleton Copley

G322

Religion: NT. — Destruction of the Beast and the False Prophet, 1804
Benjamin West

G321

Portrait. — Portrait of a Burgomaster, c. 1665–70
Bartholomeus van der Helst and Studio; Artist: Bartholomeus van der Helst

G311

Portrait. George Washington in red drapery, black costume with white frills. — Portrait of George Washington, c. 1820
Thomas Sully

G332

St. Jerome, Adam Lenckhardt — St. Jerome, c. 1635
Adam Lenckhardt

G341

Still life with meat. — Carcass of Beef, 1925
Chaim Soutine

G377

Nude female figure lying on a flowered couch — Nude on a Couch, c. 1880
Gustave Caillebotte

G355

Madonna and Child, Segna di Buonaventura — Madonna and Child, c. 1310
Segna di Buonaventura

G343

Coffin representing a rock lobster with five pairs of jointed limbs, two long antennae, which are hinged, and two paired feelers on top. It is painted a green color with six white and black stripes around the body, orange and white paint at sides, and light-purple painted anntenae. The upper body is covered in spines and has a rough texture. — Fantasy coffin, 1993
Sowah Kwei

G250

Landscape. Urban. Architecture. — City Night, 1926
Georgia O'Keeffe

G378

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