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Drawing2009.77.2

An Elderly Man with a Flowing Beard

Spanish 17th Century

Date not recorded · pen and brown ink on laid paper

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Drawing1996.30.1

An Elderly Peasant Woman

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

c. 1878 · charcoal with black chalk, with stumping, scraping erasing and wetting, on wove paper

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The image shows a scene with a wide perspective of the terrain, ranging from the foreground to hills in the distance. A large hill dominates the center of the scene, with people and livestock traversing its slopes. The artwork features fine lines outlining figures and the landscape, with a monochromatic color palette of browns and beiges. Figures are shown leading cattle and climbing the hill, adding movement to the setting. A tree is depicted on a smaller hill to the left, with clouds and mountain forms in the background.

Print2009.93.9

An Elderly Shepherd Leading the Flock

Gaetano Zompini, after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1758/1759 · etching in sanguine on laid paper

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The image depicts a pastoral scene with people and animals on a journey. The vantage point is elevated, showing the group below, with trees in the distance. The intricate line work details the animals, clothing, and trees. The color scheme is sepia and brown, creating an earthy tone. Two figures lead the procession close to the viewer, while more figures and animals are seen in the distance. A large tree frames the scene on the right side.

Print2009.93.10

An Elderly Shepherd Seen from Behind

Gaetano Zompini, after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1758/1759 · etching in sanguine on laid paper

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The image shows an elderly woman in a shoulder-length portrait. She is positioned facing the viewer with a subtle tilt of her head to the right. Her facial features include aged, wrinkled skin with a fair complexion, deeply set eyes, and defined cheekbones. Her hair is mostly covered by a cloth, but it appears greyish in color, peeking out slightly from under a plaid headscarf that is draped over her head and shoulders. The scarf is primarily tan with blue and grey stripes. Her clothing is partially visible, revealing a textured garment with a fur-like appearance. She wears a pearl earring in her left ear. The background is a simple, muted green tone.

Drawing1984.69.1

An Elderly Woman in a Striped Shawl

Giuseppe Nogari

c. 1743 · pastel and watercolor on two joined sheets of blue paper, mounted on white paper and on original strainer

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This is a drawing of a banquet scene. The artwork shows a lively interior crowded with figures engaged in various activities around a long banquet table and a round table. Objects like a banner, musical instruments, plates, food, and drinkware are spread throughout the room. Large paintings and a sculpture adorn the walls. A window displays a view of the street with visible figures outside. The scene conveys a sense of lively chaos.

Print1944.5.17

An Election Entertainment

William Hogarth

1755 · etching and engraving

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This is a drawing of a Rococo-style interior or garden terrace featuring a group of well-dressed figures engaged in leisurely activities. The setting includes elaborate architectural and decorative elements, vases with floral arrangements, and intricately carved details. The characters are depicted in conversation and playing a board game, embodying the elegance and refinement of the Rococo period.

Drawing2007.111.134

An Elegant Company Playing Board Games

Johann Esaias Nilson

1756 · pen and gray ink with gray wash, corrected with white gouache, over traces of graphite, on laid paper, incised throughout, the verso reddened for transfer

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This is a drawing of several figures and ducks. The drawing depicts a collection of loosely sketched figures across a simple and almost blank background. On the left, a figure stands adorned with clothing, drawn in an expressive manner with undefined features. In the center, another figure leans forward, appearing to engage with three duck-like creatures on the ground, drawn with quick lines and minimal detail. To the far right, a figure stands with a staff or walking stick, dressed in similarly unrefined attire. The entire scene is sketched in brown ink, showcasing quick, animated line work.

Drawing1986.13.1.a

An Elegant Couple, a Gooseboy, and a Gentleman [recto]

Francesco Guardi

c. 1780 · pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

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The image is a pencil sketch depicting a scene with a low horizon line, including trees, a statue on a pedestal, and figures engaging in activities. The sketch has a monochromatic color palette with quick pencil strokes suggesting motion and activity.

Drawing1997.14.1

An Elegant Hunting Party Resting by a Fountain

Peeter Bout

1685 · graphite on laid paper

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The image is a sketch displaying a person in a standing pose, leaning slightly on their left side. The figure has basic facial features, hair styled up, and is wearing flowing clothing suggestive of a dress or robe. The background includes swirling lines hinting at drapery or architectural elements, possibly indicating an indoor setting.

Drawing1995.52.150.a

An Elegant Lady in Classical Dress [recto]

George Romney

1780s · pen and brown ink on laid paper

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The image shows a pencil sketch of a person seated in a chair, seen from the back. The person's head is turned slightly to the left, with their hair styled in a bun tied with a ribbon. They are wearing a long, flowing garment with loose sleeves, and their left arm rests on the chair's backrest. The chair is intricately designed, and there are no visible accessories or objects. The background is a plain, light brown paper, emphasizing the central figure.

Drawing2004.32.1

An Elegant Lady of the Eighteenth Century Holding a Fan

Carl Larsson

1897 · charcoal on light brown paper, laid down on board

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Drawing2015.53.1.a

An Elegant Parisiènne Seated in a Café

Maxime Dethomas

c. 1895 · black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper

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Drawing1993.11.1

An Elegant Woman with Her Hands Covering Her Eyes

Walter Gramatté

1920 · colored chalks on tracing paper

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The image shows a woman in a seated position, with her head turned slightly to the side. She has delicate features, fair skin, light brown eyes, and soft pink lips. She wears a decorative headscarf and attire with a ruffled collar and sleeves. A light material is draped over her shoulders with a lace-like texture. She is adorned with pearl earrings and a pearl choker necklace. The background is dark.

Drawing2015.201.1

An Elegant Young Lady with a Lace Cap

Pietro Rotari

1750/1756 · pastel on beige prepared canvas (on a strainer)

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This is a drawing of a landscape with a figure holding an object. The drawing depicts a figure sitting in a pastoral landscape, holding what appears to be a mirror or a feather. The scene is drawn in a loose, sketch-like manner. The figure is clad in draped garments, set against a backdrop of trees and a faint suggestion of distant fields or hills. The foreground includes a bird with its plumage fanned out. The lines and shading are executed with a brisk and energetic hand.

Drawing2002.64.1

An Elegant Young Man Personifying Vanity

Francesco Brizio

Date not recorded · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

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Drawing2002.121.1

An Elegant Young Woman in Maltese Costume

Jean-Étienne Liotard

c. 1744 · pastel with touches of white gouache on parchment (stretched around wood)

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The image is a sketch of two abstract figures intertwined, drawn with dark ink on a blue paper background. The figures are composed of swirling lines and shapes, making it difficult to distinguish specific details like facial features or clothing. They appear to be in motion, interacting closely with each other. There are no discernible accessories or objects in the sketch. The background is plain blue paper, providing contrast to the dark ink lines of the drawing.

Drawing2008.42.1

An Elegantly Dressed Woman Struggling with a Lion

Francesco Guardi

1780/1785 · pen and brown ink on blue paper with white heightening

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The sculpture is a detailed relief depicting two figures engaged in a handshake. Both figures are draped in classical attire. The figure on the left holds a staff topped with two entwined snakes and wings. The figure on the right holds a cornucopia filled with abundant produce. Between them, a small altar-like structure is adorned with fruit. The relief is crafted from bronze, giving it a metallic brown hue with areas of lighter patina. The rectangular plaque has two holes near its top corners. The overall appearance of the sculpture is flat, with the figures slightly raised against the background.

Sculpture1957.14.179

An Emperor and Concord

Cristoforo di Geremia

Date not recorded · bronze//Medium brown patina

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This painting depicts a dark brown teapot and a fish on a white cloth. The fish is mostly greenish gray, with some white and pale red scales. It appears to be propped up on something, perhaps a plate or another fish, and its head is facing the right. The teapot is on the left, with its spout turned towards us. The background is textured beige, and the white cloth below the objects has some small folds in it.

Painting1999.79.30

An English Breakfast

John Frederick Peto

c. 1890s · oil on academy board

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A white-skinned fish, sliced open along its belly, lies across a porcelain plate next to a brass-colored vessel in this nearly square still-life painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout. The objects are lit from our left, and the earth-brown background is in deep shadow. At the center of the composition, the fish’s head and tail flop off the white plate, which is painted with orange and blue flowers. Four smaller, silvery fish lie in two pairs on the brown, possibly wood tabletop. One pair is near the lower right corner of the canvas, and the other is to the left of the white fish’s gaping mouth. Touches of red on the tabletop are reflected in the brass pot, which stands on short legs and has two shallow handles at the upper rim. A heavily painted area on the pot could be an ornament, like a lion’s head in relief, but details are difficult to make out. The artist signed the work in wide, sprawling letters in the lower left corner, “WM M. Chase.”

Painting2014.136.5

An English Cod

William Merritt Chase

1904 · oil on canvas

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A three-masted warship against a sky piled with clouds fills most of the right half of this vertical painting. The cream-white sails are bright in the sunlight, and tiny deckhands work along the horizontal yards and along the rigging. The flat stern faces us and is decorated with a rearing lion and unicorn on either side of a shield among gold molding. Eight hatches along the port side of the ship are lifted, and smoke shoots out of one of the cannons poking through the openings. Six men row a boat carrying seven more men to the left. A large flag fluttering from the stern has a red and white cross on a blue field. A single-masted sailboat with its red sail furled has pulled up to the stern of the warship, and three people work there. Another warship with sails partially raised floats in the hazy background to the left. The horizon comes about a quarter of the way up the composition, and clouds shaded with muted peach and lavender-tinted gray fill the sky along the horizon and break along the top third of the painting. Minuscule in scale, two white and black birds fly low to the water near the lower right corner of the painting. The artist signed and dated the painting as if he had inscribed a piece of driftwood near the birds: “W. V Velde In Londen 1673.”

Painting2018.10.1

An English Warship Firing a Salute

Willem van de Velde the Younger

1673 · oil on canvas

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There are two nude male figures in the image. One figure is lying on his back on a slab, with one arm hanging off the side and the other bent near his midsection. He has medium-length, slightly curly hair, closed eyes, and a relaxed expression. The second figure is positioned behind the first, shown from the back and bending slightly, with his body twisted toward the viewer. He has short, dark hair and a muscular build, holding the legs of the lying figure. The background is dark, and no clothing, jewelry, or other objects are visible.

Print2013.46.8

An Entombment

Carle Van Loo

c. 1743 · etching on laid paper

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This is a drawing of an interior scene within a grand architectural setting. The drawing shows a group of individuals gathered in a large, vaulted space. There are columns with ornate capitals in the foreground and intricate archways in the background. The space is illuminated, casting shadows and emphasizing the height and depth of the architecture. The focus is on a group of people with one person in ceremonial attire standing before them, creating a scene rich with fabric textures and interplay of light and shadow on the stone surfaces. The rendering shows attention to architectural features, capturing the solemnity and grandness of the space.

Print2003.110.1

An Episcopal Visitation

Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

1881 · etching on laid paper

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Painting1952.2.7

An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio

Giovanni Bellini

after 1506 · oil on canvas

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