Sculpture
Three-dimensional works in stone, metal, and wood
Machinist's Apprentice - Emma Stebbins
"Machinist's Apprentice" by Emma Stebbins (c. 1859) Marble.
Read commentary →Earthly Paradise - Paul Gauguin
"Earthly Paradise" by Paul Gauguin (1888) Wood with paint, glass and metal.
Read commentary →Abraham Lincoln - Daniel Chester French
"Abraham Lincoln" by Daniel Chester French (Modeled 1916, cast after 1916) Bronze.
Read commentary →General Andrew Jackson - William Rush
"General Andrew Jackson" by William Rush (1819) Terracotta.
Read commentary →Portrait Bust of a Woman - Ancient Roman
"Portrait Bust of a Woman" by Ancient Roman (Mid–2nd century) Marble.
Read commentary →The Freedman - John Quincy Adams Ward
"The Freedman" by John Quincy Adams Ward (Modeled 1862–63) Bronze.
Read commentary →Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra - Harriet Hosmer
"Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra" by Harriet Hosmer (modeled c. 1859; carved after 1859) Marble.
Read commentary →Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian - Ancient Roman
"Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian" by Ancient Roman (130-138) Marble.
Read commentary →Statue of Meleager - Ancient Roman
"Statue of Meleager" by Ancient Roman (1st-2nd century) Marble.
Read commentary →Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos - Ancient Roman
"Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos" by Ancient Roman (2nd century) Marble.
Read commentary →Torso of a Youth - Ancient Roman
"Torso of a Youth" by Ancient Roman (1st-2nd century) Marble.
Read commentary →Portrait Head of a Young Woman - Ancient Roman
"Portrait Head of a Young Woman" by Ancient Roman (130-40) Marble.
Read commentary →Attachments Depicting Busts of Silenoi - Ancient Roman
"Attachments Depicting Busts of Silenoi" by Ancient Roman (Mid 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE) Bronze, silver, and copper.
Read commentary →Statuary Group of Three Satyrs Fighting a Serpent - Ancient Roman
"Statuary Group of Three Satyrs Fighting a Serpent" by Ancient Roman (about 1st century CE) Marble.
Read commentary →Statue of Young Dionysos - Ancient Roman
"Statue of Young Dionysos" by Ancient Roman (100 BCE-100 CE) Bronze, copper, and silver (modern).
Read commentary →The Serf - Henri Matisse
"The Serf" by Henri Matisse (1900–03, cast c. 1908) Bronze.
Read commentary →Pinning the Hat - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"Pinning the Hat" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1898) Lithograph from five stones in black, orange, salmon, yellow and green on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Maternity, large plate - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"Maternity, large plate" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1912) Lithograph from two stones in black and gray on gray chine.
Read commentary →The Pinned Hat, second plate - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"The Pinned Hat, second plate" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1898) Lithograph from one stone in blue-gray on gray chine tipped at corners and margins to mat.
Read commentary →Figure Study in Colors - James McNeill Whistler
"Figure Study in Colors" by James McNeill Whistler (1890) Transfer lithograph from four stones on ivory wove proofing paper.
Read commentary →Draped Figure, Standing - James McNeill Whistler
"Draped Figure, Standing" by James McNeill Whistler (1891) Lithograph, from thin, transparent paper, from four stones, red-orange and brown (keystone), orange, and ochre inks, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Draped Figure, Reclining - James McNeill Whistler
"Draped Figure, Reclining" by James McNeill Whistler (1892) Transfer lithograph from five stones, in black (keystone), blue-green, olive green, yellow-green, yellow, purple-brown, pale ochre, orange-red, and rose on ivory wove paper.
Read commentary →Red House, Paimpol - James McNeill Whistler
"Red House, Paimpol" by James McNeill Whistler (1893) Transfer lithograph from three stones, in black (keystone), red, and gray inks, with scraping, on cream wove Japanese vellum.
Read commentary →Yellow House, Lannion - James McNeill Whistler
"Yellow House, Lannion" by James McNeill Whistler (1893) Transfer lithograph with scraping, from five stones, in black (keystone), green, yellow, gray, and medium gray, on cream Japanese paper.
Read commentary →Yellow House, Lannion - James McNeill Whistler
"Yellow House, Lannion" by James McNeill Whistler (1893) Transfer lithograph, with scraping, from six stones in black (keystone), greenish gray, brown, green, yellow, and gray on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Draped Figure, Reclining - James McNeill Whistler
"Draped Figure, Reclining" by James McNeill Whistler (1892) Transfer lithograph from five stones, in black (keystone), bluish-green, olive green, yellowish green, yellow, purple-brown, pale ochre, orange-red, and rose on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Punch - Édouard Manet
"Punch" by Édouard Manet (1874) Lithograph printed in color from seven stones (beige, orange, green, yellow, light blue, white, black), with scraping, on ivory wove paper.
Read commentary →Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln - Leonard Wells Volk
"Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln" by Leonard Wells Volk (Cast in plaster 1860; cast in bronze by 1888) Bronze.
Read commentary →Violet Sargent - Augustus Saint-Gaudens
"Violet Sargent" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Modeled 1890, cast c. 1908) Bronze.
Read commentary →Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenus - Ancient Roman
"Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenus" by Ancient Roman (About 1st century, restored 1628) Marble.
Read commentary →Bust of a Woman - Charles Henri Joseph Cordier
"Bust of a Woman" by Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1851) Bronze.
Read commentary →Abraham Lincoln - Daniel Chester French
"Abraham Lincoln" by Daniel Chester French (Modeled 1912, cast after 1912) Bronze.
Read commentary →Corbel with Portrait Bust Holding Instrument in Mouth from the Monastery Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve - French
"Corbel with Portrait Bust Holding Instrument in Mouth from the Monastery Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve" by French (1100-25) Limestone.
Read commentary →Pair of Protomes Depicting the Forepart of a Griffin - Ancient Greek
"Pair of Protomes Depicting the Forepart of a Griffin" by Ancient Greek (625-575 BCE) Bronze with bone or ivory inlay.
Read commentary →The Bronco Buster - Frederic Remington
"The Bronco Buster" by Frederic Remington (Modeled 1895, cast 1899) Bronze with brown patina.
Read commentary →Jules Bastien-Lepage - Augustus Saint-Gaudens
"Jules Bastien-Lepage" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Modeled 1880, cast 1881) Copper with bronze patina.
Read commentary →Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange - Jean Antoine Houdon
"Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange" by Jean Antoine Houdon (1780) Marble.
Read commentary →The Solitude of the Soul - Lorado Taft
"The Solitude of the Soul" by Lorado Taft (Modeled in plaster 1901; sculpted in marble 1914) Marble.
Read commentary →Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii - Randolph Rogers
"Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii" by Randolph Rogers (modeled 1855–56, carved 1858) Marble.
Read commentary →Country Preacher - Artist unknown
"Country Preacher" by Artist unknown (1860–90) White pine and paint.
Read commentary →Busts of a Man and Woman in Costume - Bow Porcelain Factory
"Busts of a Man and Woman in Costume" by Bow Porcelain Factory (1750–54) Soft-paste porcelain.
Read commentary →Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, MD - Daniel Chester French
"Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, MD" by Daniel Chester French (1902) Marble.
Read commentary →Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - Daniel Chester French
"Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)" by Daniel Chester French (modeled 1879) Plaster.
Read commentary →Lawrence Barrett as "Cassius" - Jonathan Scott Hartley
"Lawrence Barrett as "Cassius"" by Jonathan Scott Hartley (1884) Bronze.
Read commentary →Woman Strolling - Paul Gauguin
"Woman Strolling" by Paul Gauguin (c. 1880) Tropical laurel (Terminalia), stained red and black.
Read commentary →Cover for Les Courtes Joies - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Cover for Les Courtes Joies" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897, printed and published 1925) Lithograph over a fawn tint from a second stone on grayish laid china paper.
Read commentary →Rehearsal at the Folies-Bergère, Emilenne D'Alençon and Mariquita - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Rehearsal at the Folies-Bergère, Emilenne D'Alençon and Mariquita" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1893) Lithograph with brown tint stone on cream wove paper.
Read commentary →Cover for Les Courtes Joies - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Cover for Les Courtes Joies" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897, printed and published 1925) Lithograph over a fawn tint from a second stone on grayish laid china paper.
Read commentary →Cover for Les Courtes Joies - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Cover for Les Courtes Joies" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897, published 1925) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert Taking a Bow, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert Taking a Bow, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert—'Linger, Longer, Loo', from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert—'Linger, Longer, Loo', from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert—Soûlarde, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert—Soûlarde, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert—Chanson Ancienne, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert—Chanson Ancienne, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert—A Menilmontant de Bruant, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert—A Menilmontant de Bruant, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert—Pessima, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert—Pessima, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert—Dans la Glu, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert—Dans la Glu, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
Read commentary →Yvette Guilbert on the Stage, from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Yvette Guilbert on the Stage, from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898) Lithograph with beige tint stone, on ivory laid paper.
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