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Salon 1

Arm Panel From a Ceremonial Chair of Thutmose IV, ca. 1400–1390 B.C., Wood, Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915

Sherd with incised decoration, ca. mid-3rd millennium B.C., Ceramic, 1967, excavated by Julian Reade, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1972, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations.

Head and neck from a marble figure, 2700–2500 B.C., Marble, Purchase, Arthur Darby Nock Bequest, in honor of Gisela M. A. Richter, 1969

Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: East Wall, ca. 2446–2389 B.C., Limestone, paint, Rogers Fund, 1908

Molded plaque: king or a god carrying a mace, ca. 2000–1700 B.C., Ceramic, Acquired by the Museum in 1932, purchased from John Khayat, New York.

Reclining doe, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Gold, Acquired by the Museum in 1954, purchased from Elias S. David, New York.

Serpentine blossom bowl, ca. 1750–1450 B.C., Serpentine,From Nipidhito, Crete .Before 1901, found by the peasants at Nipidhito, near Embaros, Crete; acquired in 1953, gift of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Ring, Prenomen of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 B.C., Faience, blue, Museum excavations, 1910–11. Acquired by the Museum in the Division of Finds, 1911.

Elephant Figure, 19th century, Silver,Collected in Abomey, Republic of Benin, by the French colonial forces, 1894; (Hôtel Drouot Rive Gauche, Paris, March 27–28, 1939, no. 5); Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, until 1950s; René and Sarah Carr d'Harnoncourt, New York, from 1950s, until 2001; Anne d'Harnoncourt, Philadelphia, PA, 2001–2002

Bead, ca. late 8th millennium B.C., Serpentine, Gift of Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart, 1985.

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Cylinder seal, ca. 8th–7th century B.C., Carnelian, Acquired by the Museum in 1941, bequest of W. Gedney Beatty.

Terracotta relief of a horseman, 4th century B.C., Terracotta, Said to be from Tarentum (Taranto)

Sard ring stone, ca. 2nd century B.C.–3rd century A.D., Sard, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

Incense burner, ca. mid-1st millennium B.C., Bronze,1920s, collection of Kaiky Muncherjee, Aden; 1931, bought by Joseph Brummer from Gazdar; 1949, sold by the estate of the late Joseph Brummer; acquired by the Museum in 1949, gift of Dr. Sidney A. Charlat, in memory of his parents, Newman and Adele Charlat.

Head of a marble statuette of Asklepios, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Marble, Island, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Marble pediment of a funerary altar, ca. A.D. 120–130, Marble, Rogers Fund, 1914

Terracotta bird, ca. 600–480 B.C.,Terracotta; handmade, From Cyprus

Statuette of cat, 664–30 B.C., copper alloy,Collection of Judge Elbert E. Farman, formed when he was U.S. consul general in Egypt 1876–84. Donated to the museum by Darius Ogden Mills, New York, in 1904.

Glass cameo: bust of Athena, 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D., Glass ? opaque white, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Glass amphora, 1st century A.D., Glass; blown, From Cyprus, said to be from Ormidia

Plate with the Arming of David, 629–630, Silver, Cyprus Treasure, found at Karavas, Cyprus, 1902; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)

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Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna and Child, ca. 1290–1300, Tempera and gold on wood, Count Grigoriy Sergeyevich Stroganov, Palazzo Stroganov, Rome (by 1904–d. 1910); his daughter, Princess Maria Grigorievna Scerbatov, and her children, Prince Vladimir Alekseevich and Princess Aleksandra Alekseevna, Palazzo Stroganov (1910–all three d. 1920); Prince Vladimir's widow, Princess Elena Petrovna Scerbatov, and their children, Princess Olga Vladimirovna and Princess Maria Vladimirovna, Palazzo Stroganov (1920–23; sold to Sangiorgi); [Sangiorgi, Rome, 1923; ?sold to Stoclet]; Adolphe Stoclet, Brussels (1923–d. 1949); private collection (1949–2004)

Man in a Red Cloak, 1650s or early 1660s, Oil on wood, Consul Eduard F. Weber, Hamburg (by 1883–at least 1885); [Sedelmeyer, Paris]; Maurice Kann, Paris (by 1894–d. 1906; his estate, from 1906; sold to Gimpel and Wildenstein); [Gimpel & Wildenstein, Paris and New York, by 1916–19; sold for $40,000 to Bache]; Jules S. Bache, New York (1919–d. 1944; his estate, 1944–49; cats., 1929, unnumbered; 1937, no. 37; 1943, no. 36)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1530, Oil on wood, Robert Hoe, New York (until d. 1909; his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, February 17, 1911, no. 107, for $1,800, to R. W. de Forest for MMA)

Twelve Heads, 16th century, Tempera on wood, Palazzo di San Martino Gusnago (now Palazzo Pastore), near Ceresara, between Mantua and Brescia (until 1881/82); Henry R. Willett, Arnold House, Brighton (bought through Luigi Felisina; 1881/82–d. 1905; his estate sale, Christie's, London, April 10, 1905, nos. 97, 98, 102, 104, as by Bramantino, to MMA)

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–32, Oil on oak, Pierre d'Alcantara Charles Marie d'Arenberg, prince d'Arenberg , Paris (1820–1849) ; presented as a wedding gift to his daughter, comtesse Marie-Nicolette de Merode , Westerloo-Tongerloo and Brussels (1849–d. 1905) ; by descent to her daughter, comtesse Jeanne de Merode , Westerloo-Tongerloo and Brussels (1905–d. 1944) ; by descent to her niece, comtesse Jeanne de Grunne (1944–1956) ; [ Rosenberg & Stiebel , New York (sold 1956)]

Stained Glass Panel with Queen Kunigunde, 1340–50, Pot-metal glass, colorless glass, and vitreous paint, From the choir and north chapel windows of the church of Saint Leonhard at Bad St. Leonhard in Lavanttal, near Klagenfurt; sale, Sotheby & Co. , London (April 27, 1965, no. 26)

Crucifix, ca. 1150–1200, Corpus: white oak and pine with polychromy, gilding, and applied stones; Cross: red pine, polychromy,[ Arthur and Mildred Stapley Byne , Madrid (sold 1935)]

Architectural Rendering of a Gothic Revival Church, 19th century, Watercolor, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961

The Annunciation, ca. 1450, Oil on wood, Prince of Charleroi (or Charolais); J. J. van Hal, Antwerp (his estate sale, Snyers, Antwerp, August 23, 1836, no. 80, as by Jan van Eyck, for Fr 2,800 to Nieuwenhuys); C. J. Nieuwenhuys, Brussels (1836–at least 1847); Monsieur Parent, Paris (by 1860); his granddaughter, comtesse O'Gorman, Paris (probably until 1926; sold to Allen Loebl); [Allen Loebl, Paris, 1926; sold to Lehman]; Philip Lehman, New York (1926; sold to Kleinberger); [Kleinberger, New York, 1926; sold for $65,000 to Friedsam]; Michael Friedsam, New York (1926–d. 1931)

Cloister from Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, ca. 1130–40, Marble, From the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, near Perpignan, France; George Grey Barnard American, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 1863–1938 New York , New York (until 1925)

Francescuccio Ghissi, Saint John the Evangelist with Acteus and Eugenius, ca. 1370, Tempera on wood, gold ground, ?church of San Niccolò, Fabriano (until at least late 19th century); ?barone Alberto Fassini, Rome; ?[Eugenio Ventura, Florence]; Mrs. W. Murray Crane, New York (by 1932–69)

Taddeo Gaddi, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, ca. 1340, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Marcello Galli-Dunn, Castello di Badia, Poggibonsi, Tuscany (by 1904–10; sold to MMA)

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Gold Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria, ca. 700, Gold, Found in Vrap, eastern Albania; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)

Elevation of a Pseudo-Romanesque Hall or Church, 19th century, Pen and ink and wash, Donor: by exchange, Royal Institute of British Architects

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace, 1830–79, Pen and gray ink, brush and light wash, metal point framing lines, with small spatters of brown wash, Vendor: Galerie Arnoldi-Livie (Munich)

Lorenzo Monaco, Moses, ca. 1408–10, Tempera on wood, gold ground, private collection, Florence (until 1841; Biondi sale, Benou, Paris, March 12–13, 1841, no. 7, as "Figure de Moïse tenant les tables," as attributed to Beato Angelico); Henri Chalandon, La Grange Blanche, Parcieux, near Trévoux (by 1909); Chalandon family, La Grange Blanche (until 1956; sold to Wildenstein); [Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1956–65; sold to MMA]

Fra Filippo Lippi, Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, ca. 1440, Tempera on wood, Rev. John Sanford, Nynehead Court, Wellington, Somerset, and London (bought in Florence; about 1829–d. 1855; inv., n.d., no. 167, as by Masaccio; cat., 1847, no. 1; bequeathed to Methuen); Frederick Henry Paul, 2nd Baron Methuen, Corsham Court, Chippenham, Wiltshire (1855–83; sold to Marquand); Henry G. Marquand, New York (1883–89) - See more at: http://metmuseum.com/collection/the-collection-online/search/436896?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=early%2Brenaissance&pos=1&imgNo=0&tabName=object-information#sthash.o1GxHmEt.dpuf

Rogier van der Weyden, Francesco d'Este, ca. 1460, Oil on wood, private collection or art market, Modena (until 1800; sold to Northwick); John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick, Harrow Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill (1800–23; his sale, Denew, Harrow Park, September 24, 1823, no. 16, "A very ancient small Portrait on panel, on the reverse side are the Arms of France quartered with the Eagle of the Family of Este, purchased at Modena in 1800," for 12 s.); J. Taylor (until 1828; his sale, June 23–28, 1828, Phillips, London, same description as in Northwick sale cat., 11 1/4 x 8 in., for £ 4.16, to Messman); Daniel Mesman (from 1828); Sir Audley Neeld, Grittleton House, Wiltshire (until 1909; as "Portrait of Leonello d'Este," sold to Douglas); [R. Langton Douglas, London, 1909]; [Colnaghi, London, 1910; sold to Speyer]; Sir Edgar Speyer, London and New York (1911–16; sold to Kleinberger); [Kleinberger, New York, 1916–18; sold for $80,000 to Friedsam]; Michael Friedsam, New York (1918–d. 1931)

Girolamo dai Libri, Madonna and Child with Saints, ca. 1520, Tempera and oil on canvas, Cartolari ("Cartieri") chapel, San Leonardo nel Monte, Verona (suppressed, 1769; sold to Beadego); Giovanni Battista Beadego, Verona (after 1769; sold to Gianfilippi); Paolino de' Gianfilippi, Verona; [Giovanni Antonio Armano, Bologna, until 1800; sold to Douglas]; Alexander Douglas, Marquess of Douglas, later 10th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace, Lanark, near Glasgow (1800–d. 1852); William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas, 11th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace (1852–d. 1863); William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas, 12th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace (1863–d. 1895; his estate, 1895–1919; his estate sale, Christie's, London, November 6–7, 1919, no. 32, for £2730 to Sulley); [Sulley and Co., London, 1919; sold to Douglas]; [R. Langton Douglas, London, 1919–20; sold to MMA]

Juan de Flandes, Christ Appearing to His Mother, ca. 1496, Oil on wood, Isabel la Católica, Queen of Castile and León (d. 1504; inv. 1505, of altarpieces and objects of devotion to be taken to Granada); Capilla Real, Granada (1505–before 1632); Dukes of Osuna, Valencia; [art market, Spain, for several years shortly before 1908]; private collection, London, about 1906–about 1912; [Duveen, London, by 1912–17; sold to Dreicer]; Michael Dreicer, New York (1917–21)

Velázquez, Juan de Pareja, 1650, Oil on canvas, Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo, Rome (by 1704; d. 1753; inv., 1734); Litterio Ruffo, 2nd duca di Baranello, Naples (1753–d. 1772); Vincenzo Ruffo, 3rd duca di Baranello, Naples (1772–76; sold to Hamilton); Sir William Hamilton, Palazzo Sessa, Naples (1776–1801; inv. July 14, 1798, states that this portrait came from the Baranello Collection at Naples); his sale, Christie's, London, March 27–28, 1801, no. 59, for £40.19.0 to Parker); Thomas Lister Parker, Browsholme, Yorkshire (1801–at least 1808; cat., 1808, no. 30); Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, Salisbury, Wiltshire (by 1814, but probably acquired by the 2nd Earl on May 1, 1811 for £151.14.05 [see Ref. Radnor 1909]–d. 1828); the Earls of Radnor, Longford Castle (1828–1968; cat., 1909, no. 87); Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle (1968–70; sale, Christie's, London, November 27, 1970, no. 110, to Wildenstein for MMA

Jean Siméon Chardin, Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733–34, Oil on canvas, ?Louis-François Trouard, Paris (until 1779; his anonymous sale, Paris, February 22, 1779, no. 44, as "Deux tableaux pendans; ils représentent chacun un jeune garçon vu à mi-corps; l'un s'amuse à faire des boules de savon, & l'autre un château de cartes," canvas, 23 x 24 pouces, for Fr 95 to Dulac); ?Antoine Charles Dulac, Paris (1779–1801; his sale, Paillet and Delaroche, Paris, April 6, 1801, no. 19, as "Deux Tableaux . . . l'un représente un écolier qui fait des bules de savon; l'autre, une jeune fille qui fait lire enfant"); Jacques Doucet, Paris (by 1899–1912; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 6, 1912, no. 136, as "Les Bouteilles de savon," for Fr 300,500 [with no. 135, "Le Faiseur de châteaux de cartes," for Fr 190,000]); David David-Weill, Paris (1912–at least 1933; cat., 1926, I, pp. 25–26, ill.); Fritz Mannheimer, Amsterdam (until d. 1939); his widow, Jane Mannheimer, Amsterdam, and later New York (1939–49; held in Paris for Mrs. Mannheimer at Chenue; seized by the Nazis and "bought" May 12, 1944 through Posse and Mühlmann for Fr 800,000 for the Führer Museum, Linz; held at Alt Aussee [1387] and at Munich collecting point [1588]; returned to France, January 30, 1946, by the Service Français de la Récupération and restituted following agreement with SNK [Netherlands Art Property Foundation] in or after 1948; sold to Wildenstein); [Wildenstein, New York, 1949; sold to MMA]

Anonymous, Head of a Water Deity, 15th–early 16th century, Basalt, Louis Petich Collection, New York, before 1893, on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1894–1900

Anonymous, Scenes of the Passion, 16th century, Boxwood, feathers, gold, enamel, [ Heilbronner Gallery , until 1910; sold to MMA ]

Anonymous, Design for a Ceiling in the Manner of Pergolesi, late 18th century, Ink and watercolor, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934

Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, Oil on canvas, Charles-Louis Trudaine de Montigny, Paris (1787–d. 1794); his widow, Louise Trudaine de Montigny, Paris (1794–d. 1802); her brother, M. Micault de Courbeton (1802–at least 1803); by descent to the marquis de Vérac (about 1818–at least 1846; on long-term loan to the Musée de Luxembourg, 1818?–?1864); marquise de Vérac (in 1864); her son-in-law, comte de Rouge (until 1872; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 8, 1872, no. 1, for Fr 17,600 to Bianchi); Marius Bianchi, Paris (from 1872); Mme Marius Bianchi (Mathilde Jeanin, David's great-granddaughter), Paris (in 1913); her daughters, vicomtesse de Fleury, comtesse Murat, and marquise de Ludre-Frolois, Paris (until 1931; sold to MMA)

Franz Ludwig Catel, First Steps, ca. 1820–25, Oil on canvas, private collection, London (until 1976; sale, Christie's, London, May 7, 1976, no. 128, as Austrian School, 19th Century, "An Italian Collonade [sic] with a peasant family," to Whitney); Wheelock Whitney III, New York (from 1976)

Eugène Delacroix, Wild Horse Felled by a Tiger, ca. 1828, Watercolor and gouache over pen and ink, with touches of gum arabic on wove paper, Private Collection, Paris ; Galerie Paul Rosenberg, New York(sold to Karen B. Cohen in 1986); Donor: Karen B. Cohen

John Vanderlyn, Francis Lucas Waddell, ca. 1837, Oil on canvas, Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, New York, 1860–died 1886; her daughter, Miss Ann S. Stephens, New York , 1886–1918; her heirs, 1918–1919

Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Carthusian, 1446, Oil on wood, Ramon de Oms (Ramon de la Cruz), Viceroy of Majorca (in 1911); Marqués de Dos Aguas, Valencia (by 1916–at least 1924); [Sulley and Co., London, by 1926–27]; [Knoedler, London and New York, 1927; sold for $80,000 to Bache]; Jules S. Bache, New York (1927–d. 1944; his estate, 1944–49; cats., 1929, unnumbered; 1937, no. 20; 1943, no. 19) - See more at: http://metmuseum.com/collection/the-collection-online/search/435896?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=early%2Brenaissance&pos=10&imgNo=0&tabName=object-information#sthash.f3JJCXfm.dpuf

Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1490–1500, Oil on wood, marchesi Pucci, Palazzo Pucci, Florence (by 1896); marchese Emilio Pucci, Florence (until at least 1912); ?[A. S. Drey, Munich, about 1912]; [Arthur Ruck, London, until 1920; sold to Duveen]; [Duveen, London and New York, 1920–25; sold to Brixey]; Richard De Wolfe Brixey, New York (1925–d. 1943) - See more at: http://metmuseum.com/collection/the-collection-online/search/436910?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=early%2Brenaissance&pos=23&imgNo=0&tabName=object-information#sthash.NMwAa9dC.dpuf

Vincenzo Foppa, Madonna and Child, ca. 1480, Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, William Graham, London (acquired between 1882 and 1884, d. 1885; inv., 1882–84, no. 477, as by Zenale; his estate sale, Christie's, London, April 9, 1886, no. 286, as by Zenale, for 26 gns. to Bridges); H. G. Bridges, Newport, R.I. (1886–93; sold for $650 to Davis); Theodore M. Davis, Newport, R.I. (1893–d. 1915; as by Vincenzo Foppa; his estate, on loan to the MMA, 1915–30)

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso), ca. 1510–11, Red chalk, with small accents of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably charcoal (verso), Buonarroti family (Italian), Florence; Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome); Andrea Procaccini (Italian, Rome 1671–1734 La Granja de San Ildefonso); Aureliano de Beruete (Madrid); Isabel de Regoyos (Madrid)

Albrecht Dürer, Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, 1519, Oil on wood, Leonhard Tucher, Nuremberg (from about 1519–d. 1568); his son, Paul IV Tucher, Nuremberg (1568–d. 1603; inv., 1604, presumably this picture); his son, Leonhard II Tucher, Nuremberg (from 1603); Gabriel III Tucher, Nuremberg (until d. 1628); Hans von Furtenbach, Nuremberg (1628–30; sold to Maximilian); Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Munich (1630–d. 1651); Electors of Bavaria, later [from 1806] Kings of Bavaria, Residenz, Munich, later Schloß Schleißheim, Oberschleißheim, Germany (1651–1852; their sale, Munich, April 13–23, 1852, no. 128, for fl. 50 to Entres); [Joseph Otto Entres, Munich, 1852–67; sold for Fr 46,000 to Kuris]; Ivan Iraklievich Kuris, Odessa (1867–d. 1898); his widow, Liubov' Ivanovna Kuris, Odessa and Dresden (1898–1911; sold to Duveen); [Duveen, New York, 1911; sold for $228,890 to Altman]; Benjamin Altman, New York (1911–d. 1913)

Attributed to Giovanni Maria Galli Bibiena, the Younger, Framed Unfinished Design of a Baroque Church Interior., before 1769, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-blue and brown wash over traces of graphite, Vendor: Konstantinoff (Paris)

Botticelli, Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, 1500–1510, Tempera on wood, marchese Rondinelli, Florence; [Giuseppe Baslini, Milan; sold to Abdy]; Sir William Neville Abdy, 2nd Baronet, London and Dorking (by 1885–d. 1910; his estate sale, Christie's, London, May 5, 1911, no. 87, as "A Scene from the Life of Saint Zenobius," by Botticelli, for £11,340 to Douglas); [R. Langton Douglas, London, 1911; sold to MMA]

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century, Two Alternate Designs for a Doorway, ca. 1730–1760, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray, yellow, and red wash, over lead point or graphite, Leon Dalva Sr.New York

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1670s, Oil on canvas, sale, Sotheby's, New York, January 30, 2014, no. 46, to Saieh Bendeck, Baroni, and Moretti

Maker: Bernard II van Risenburgh, Corner cabinet, ca. 1745–49, Oak veneered with ebony and Coromandel lacquer, cherry wood, and purplewood; gilt-bronze mounts; brocatelle marble top, Baron J.L. Léopold Double (until 1881; sale, Paris, May 30–31, 1881, lot 339) ; Félix Doistau (until 1909; sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 11, 1909, lot 321); E. M. Hodgkins (until 1927; sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 16, 1927, lot 78); [ sale, Hôtel Drouot , December 17, 1942, lot 117 ] ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman , New York (until 1983; to MMA)

Anonymous, Italian, 18th century, Rococo Cartouche with Cherubs, 18th century, Ink and yellow, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Jean Honoré Fragonard, Rinaldo in the Enchanted Forest, ca. 1761–65, Brush and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing, Vendor: Galerie de Bayser, Paris

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Anonymous, Relief, 15th–early 16th century, Stone, Louis Petich Collection, New York, before 1893, on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1894–1900

Anonymous, Earth Monster (Tlaltecuhtli), 15th–early 16th century, Stone, Louis Petich Collection, New York, before 1893, on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1894–1900

Anonymous, Roundel with Christ Bearing the Cross, ca. 1520, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, [ Roy Grosvenor Thomas London and New York (sold 1932)] ; John D. Rockefeller Jr. , New York (until 1932)

Anonymous, Coiled Serpent, 15th–early 16th century, Stone, Louis Petich Collection, New York, before 1893, on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1894–1900

Mewès and Davis, Design for a Wall Elevation with an Arched Mirror over a Fireplace, ca. 1900–1914, Watercolor over graphite, Vendor: Benjamin Weinreb (London)

Louis Gustave Taraval, Design for a Neoclassical Building, Thought to be a School of Arts for the City of Stockholm, ca. 1770–1794, Pen and gray ink, brush and brown, gray, and colored wash, heightened with white, with framing lines in pen and brown ink on paper strips framing the drawing sheet, Vendor: Lucien Goldschmidt purchased in New York

Achille-Etna Michallon, Waterfall at Mont-Dore, 1818, Oil on canvas, the artist (until d. 1822; perhaps his sale, 86 rue de Grenelle-Saint-Germain, Paris, December 26–28, 1822, no. 58, as "Cascade roulant sous des arbres, entre des rochers, étude terminée, faite en Auvergne," listed among the works whose medium is "peinte[s] sur papier et collées sur chassis tendus de toile," sold to L'Espine); comte Alexandre-Emile de L'Espine, Paris (from 1822); private collection, Paris; [Didier Aaron, New York, until 1994; sold to MMA]

Victor Hugo, The Hanged Man, ca. 1855–60, Brush and ink wash on wove paper, Donor: Guy Wildenstein

Franz Ludwig Catel, Virgil's Tomb, Naples, ca. 1818, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, private collection, France (until 1999 or 2000; sold to Mackinnon); [James Mackinnon, London, until 2000; sold on February 8, 2000 to Whitney]; Wheelock Whitney III, New York (from 2000)

Eugène Delacroix, The Agony in the Garden, ca. 1824–27, Brush and brown wash over graphite on wove paper, Vente Delacroix (1864)1864 (part of lot 311); Auguste Vacquerie (Paris), (bought from Vente Delacroix 1864, no. 311); Madame E. Lefèvre (Paris)(passed to her son); Monsieur P. Lefèvre-Vacquerie (Paris), (son of Mme. E. LeFevre); By descent to Madame A. Gaveau (Paris)(daughter of M. LeFevre-Vacquerie); Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 Dec. 1989, lot 523; Jill Newhouse(sold to Karen B. Cohen, 1990); Donor: Karen B. Cohen

Edward Lear, Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, 1830–88, Watercolor, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Selden ; Mrs. Carl L. Selden(Promised Gift, June 16, 1989); Donor: Florence B. Selden Bequest

John Chester Buttre, Portrait of U. S. Grant, late 19th century, engraving, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Matthew Pratt, Reynold Keen, ca. 1769, Oil on Canvas, Descended in the family of the sitter until 2007; at Northeast Auctions, August 3-5, 2007, lot 1700; sold to Christopher Rebollo, the vendor

William Morris Hunt, Charles Sumner, 1875, Oil on canvas, the artist's estate, Boston, 1879; the artist's wife, Louisa D. Hunt, Boston, 1879–died 1897; possibly sale, Warren Chambers, Boston, 23 Feb. 1898, no. 23; the Hunt estate, with the artist's daughter, Enid Hunt Slater as executrix, until 1925

Anson Dickinson, Dr. Valentine Mott, ca. 1820, Watercolor on ivory, Gift of Mrs. Louis V. Bell, in memory of her husband, 1925

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Jules Bastien-Lepage, Joan of Arc, 1879, Oil on canvas, Erwin Davis, New York (1880–89; bought from the artist through J. Alden Weir for $4,000; his sale, Ortgies, New York, March 19–20, 1889, no. 145, for $23,700, bought in)

Komar & Melamid, Blindman's Buff, 1982–83, Oil on canvas, Anonymous Gift, 1991

Thomas Anshutz, A Rose, 1907, Oil on canvas, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 1993

Gustave Courbet, Young Ladies of the Village, 1851–52, Oil on canvas, Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph Demorny, called comte de Morny, later duc de Morny, Paris (1852–d. 1865); his widow, Sophie Troubetskoi, duchesse de Morny, Château de Nades, Allier (1865–78; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 29, 1878, no. 17, as "Les demoiselles de village," for Fr 5,000); Thomas Wigglesworth, Boston (by 1879–at least 1888); [Julius Oehme, New York, until 1901; sold in May to Durand-Ruel]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, from 1901]; [Durand-Ruel, Paris, until 1906; sold in June to Hébrard]; [A. A. Hébrard, Paris, from 1906]; Colonel Oliver H. Payne, New York (1909–d. 1917); his nephew, Harry Payne Bingham, New York (1917–40)

Claude Monet, Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867, Oil on canvas, ?Henri Hecht, Paris (1873; bought in January for Fr 500 from the artist); ?sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 5, 1884, no. 25, as "Sainte-Adresse"; [Durand-Ruel, Paris, about 1888–91, sold on August 20, 1891 to Widener]; P. A. B. Widener, Ashbourne, near Philadelphia (1891–1907; sold on February 27, 1907 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1907]; William Church Osborn, New York (1907–d. 1951)

Claude Monet, The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest, 1865, Oil on canvas, the artist; seized from his studio at Ville-d'Avray in 1866 or 1867; nephew of the dealer Martin; the artist (until 1873; sold to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, 1873–1900]; Chauncey J. Blair, Chicago (1900); [Durand-Ruel, New York, from 1900]; [Sam Salz, New York, by 1962–64]

Zhang Daqian, Splashed-Color Landscape, 1965, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986

Scipione Pulzone, The Lamentation, 1593, Oil on canvas,Cappella della Passione, Il Gesù, Rome (by 1594); Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Palazzo Falconieri, Rome (until d. 1839; cat., 1841, no. 2419); ?[Hammer Galleries, New York, by 1946]; private collection, New York (until 1951; sale, Kende Galleries, New York, March 3, 1951, no. 55); ?Father Hickey, Saint Mary's Cloister, Detroit (until about 1975; ?sold to Corsini); [Piero Corsini, New York, until 1984; sold to MMA]

Claude Monet, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867, Oil on canvas, Victor Frat, Montpellier (probably before 1870–at least 1879; bought from the artist); his widow, Mme Frat, Montpellier (until 1913; sold on April 16 for Fr 27,000 to Durand-Ruel, Paris); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1913; stock no. 3653; transferred on May 12 to Durand-Ruel, New York]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1913–26; sold on June 4, 1926 for $11,500 to Pitcairn]; Reverend Theodore Pitcairn and the Beneficia Foundation, Bryn Athyn, Pa. (1926–67; sale, Christie's, London, December 1, 1967, no. 26 to Thomas Agnew & Son for MMA)

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874, Oil on canvas, Jean-Baptiste Faure, Paris (1874–98; received from the artist in November 1874, for Fr 5,000; sold on February 19, 1898 for Fr 10,000 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1898; stock no. 4562, as "Le foyer de la danse"; transferred to Durand-Ruel, New York, March 16, 1898; stock no. 1977; sold April 4, 1898 for $25,000 to Payne]; Colonel Oliver H. Payne, New York (1898–d. 1917); his nephew, Harry Payne Bingham, New York (1917–d. 1955); his widow, Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, New York (1955–d. 1986)

Édouard Manet, Boy with a Sword, 1861, Oil on canvas, the artist, Paris (1861–1871 or 1872; deposited with Théodore Duret, Paris, September 1870–71; sold in or by January 1872 [artist's tabbed notebook] for Fr 1,200 to Febvre); [Alexis-Joseph Febvre, Paris, 1872; sold on January 8 for Fr 1,500 to Durand-Ruel]; [Durand-Ruel, Paris, from 1872; stock no. 930; held as collateral by (Charles?) Edwards, Paris]; Alfred Edwards (son of Charles Edwards), Paris (until 1881; sale, Hôtel Drouot, February 24, no. 39, for Fr 9,100, to Feder); Jules Feder, Paris (1881; on deposit with Durand-Ruel, February 25, deposit no. 3080; sold on June 28 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1881; stock no. 1135; sold on June 28 for Fr 10,000 to J. Alden Weir for Davis]; Erwin Davis, New York (1881–89; his sale, Ortgies, New York, March 19–20, no. 141, bought in at $6,700)

John Cohen, Red Grooms' "The Burning Building", 1960, Gelatin silver print, Deborah Bell Gallery

Edgar Degas, James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot, ca. 1867–68, Oil on canvas, the artist, Paris (until d. 1917; his estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 6–8, 1918, no. 37, as "Portrait d'homme dans un atelier de peintre," for Fr 25,700 to Hessel); [Josse Hessel, Paris, 1918–21; deposited on March 14, 1921 with Durand-Ruel, Paris; sold on April 28, 1921 to Durand-Ruel, New York]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1921–22, sold on April 6, 1922 for $1,400 to Lewisohn]; Adolph Lewisohn, New York (1922–d. 1938; cat., 1928, pp. 98–99, ill.); [Jacques Seligmann, New York, until 1939; sold to MMA]

Jackson Pollock, Pasiphaë,1943, Oil on canvas, the artist, Springs, N.Y. (1943–at least 1955; gift to Krasner); his wife, Lee Krasner, New York (until 1982; sold to MMA)

Kees van Dongen, Maria, 1907–10, Oil on canvas, Ed. Hentch, Paris; acquired from Jacques Lindon, Inc., New York, by Robert Lehman, Sands Point, Long Island, March 1966.

Peter Booth, Desert, 1985, Oil on canvas, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Simpson Gift, 1986,

Pablo Picasso, Woman in White, 1923, Oil, water-based paint, and crayon on canvas, [Paul Guillaume, Paris, from 1926; purchased on October 29, 1926, for Fr 79,000, at Salon du Franc, Paris]; [Étienne Bignou, Paris]; [Alex Reid and Lefevre, London, in 1927]; [Kraushaar Galleries, New York, 1927; sold in 1927 to Bliss]; Lillie P. Bliss, New York (1927–d. 1931; her estate, 1931–34; her bequest to Museum of Modern Art); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1934–51; acc. no. 96.34; deaccessioned in September 1947 for sale to MMA; sale completed in 1951; transferred in December 1953 to MMA)

Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, 1905–6, Oil on canvas, the artist, Paris (gift in autumn 1906 to Stein); Gertrude Stein, Paris (1906–d. 1946; her bequest to MMA)

El Greco, The Vision of Saint John, ca. 1609–14, Oil on canvas, the artist, El Greco, Toledo (until d. 1614; posthumous inv., 1614, fol. 4v, as [one of] "los quadros del ospital enpezados"); his son, Jorge Manuel Theotocopoulos, Toledo (1614–d. 1631; inv., 1621, no. 183, as one of "Dos quadros bosquejados para los colaterales del ospital grandes"); José Núñez de Prado y Fernández, Madrid; Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain, Madrid (before 1890); Dr. Rafael Vázquez de la Plaza, Córdoba (by 1890–1905; sold for 1,000 pesetas to Zuloaga); Ignacio Zuloaga, Paris and Zumaya, Spain (1905–d. 1945); Museo Zuloaga, Zumaya (1945–56; sold to Newhouse); [Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1956; sold to MMA]

Paul Cézanne, Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert, 1866, Oil on canvas, Probably the sitter, the artist's uncle, Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert, Arles (until summer 1899; presumably one of twelve works by Cézanne sold to Vollard); [Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1899; sold July 10 with a "tête de femme" by van Gogh for Fr 1,000 to Rosenberg]; [Alexandre Rosenberg, Paris, 1899; purchased for equivalent of $120; sold for $180 to Pellerin]; Auguste Pellerin, Paris (ca. 1899–1916); [Josse Hessel, Paris, 1916–20]; [Marius de Zayas, New York, 1920–at least 1921; sold to Bliss]; Lizzie (Lillie) P. Bliss, New York (ca. 1921–d. 1931; bequeathed to the Museum of Modern Art); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1931–51; cat., 1942, no. 83; 1948 ed., no. 127; sold to MMA)

Paul Cézanne, The Card Players, 1890–92, Oil on canvas, [Ambroise Vollard, Paris, ca. 1899–1900, stock book A, no. 3488; bought from the artist for Fr 250; sold on February 19, 1900, for Fr 4,500 to Bernheim-Jeune]; private collection of Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1900–1930, when the brothers divided the collection; cat., 1919, vol. I, pl. 23, as "La Partie de cartes"); [Étienne Bignou, Paris, 1931]; [Knoedler, New York, 1931, stock no. A1377; sold in August for $85,000 to Clark]; Stephen C. Clark, New York (1931–d. 1960)

Pablo Picasso, The Blind Man's Meal, 1903, Oil on canvas, [Galerie Vollard, Paris, by 1906/7–1912, stock no. 5456; probably purchased from the artist; sold on December 11, 1912, for Fr 3,000 and shipped on January 10, 1913, to Moderne Galerie]; [Moderne Galerie (Heinrich Thannhauser), Munich, 1912–13, stock no. 3272; sold in February 1913 to Koenig]; Hertha Koenig and her brother, Helge Siegfried Koenig, Munich (1913–50; consigned by November 16, 1949, until November 1950 to Justin K. Thannhauser, New York; sold in November 1950, through Thannhauser, for $38,500 to MMA)

Odd Nerdrum, Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed, 1991, Oil on canvas, Gift of James and Marie Marlas, 1997

Marc Quinn, Garden, 2000, pigment print, Purchase, Gift of the Glickstein Foundation, by exchange, 2001

Payag, Portrait of Islam Khan Mashhadi, 17th century, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (until 1929; his sale, Sotheby's, London, December 12, 1929, no. 506); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, by 1953]; [ Kevorkian Foundation, New York, until 1955; sold to MMA]

Pablo Picasso, La Coiffure, 1906, Oil on canvas, [Galerie Vollard, Paris; probably bought from the artist in November 1906–at least 1911]; [André Level, Paris]; [Hugo Perls, Berlin, by January 1926–until 1930; sold on May 8, 1930, for $11,000, to Matisse and Dudensing]; [Pierre Matisse, New York, in shares with Valentine Dudensing, New York, from 1930; sold to Clark]; Stephen C. Clark, New York (ca. 1930–37; his anonymous gift in 1937 to the Museum of Modern Art, New York); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1937–51, acc. no. 451.37; deaccessioned in September 1947 for sale to MMA; sale completed in 1951, transferred in December 1953 to MMA)

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Eugene Speicher, Head of a Lady, 1953, Charcoal on paper, Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960

Sadequain, Illustrated Single Work, 20th century, Color on wood, Gift of the Government of Pakistan, 1980

Reuben Nakian, Satyr, ca. 1950, Terracotta,Gift of Margot Gordon and C. Leonard Gordon, 1984

Kamal Muhammad and Chand Muhammad, The House of Bijapur, ca. 1680, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Kevork Essayan, Paris(until d. 1980; estate sale, Nouveau Drouot,Paris, June 24, 1982, lot 67, to John R. Alderman for MMA)

Suzuki Harunobu, Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten", ca. 1766, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on pape, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Ukita Ikkei, Konkai Zoshi Tale of a Strange Marriage, ca. 1858, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Rogers Fund, 1957

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, 1875, Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache, Vendor: Benjamin Weinreb (London)

Meisō, Tiger, early 18th century, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1986

John Whorf, Southern Ocean, 1938, Watercolor on paper, George A. Hearn Fund, 1939

Unsen, Doitsukokukan naibu kikai The Interior Works of an Armed Japanese Battleship, 1874, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1962

Susan Laufer, Ocean Cinders, 1987, Acrylic, vinyl plaster, and polymer on wood, Purchase, PaineWebber Group, Inc. Gift, 1988

William Trost Richards, Sketchbook of Pacific Northwest Landscape Subjects, 1885, Green marble cardboard (cover) Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper (sheets), Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Life of Nichiren: A Vision of Prayer on the Waves, ca. 1835, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939

Odilon Redon, Bouquet in a Chinese Vase, ca. 1912–14, Oil on canvas, [Galerie Tanner, Zurich]; Mrs. E. Reichenbach, London (by 1959–at least 1961; sold to Lefevre); [Alex Reid & Levefre, London, 1962; sold to Salz]; [Sam Salz , New York, 1962–64; sold to MMA]

Kano Chikanobu, .Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Chinese Children, 17th–18th century, One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gilt on paper; Reverse side: ink, color, and gold on paper, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Lin Fengmian, Seated Woman, late 1970s, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986

Beauty Nxgongo, Lidded Basket, ca. 1990, Ilala palm fiber, [African Art Centre, Durban, South Africa, acquired from the artist in 2000]

Marsden Hartley, Cemetery, New Mexico, 1924, Oil on canvas, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949

Joseph Willems, Chinese musicians, ca. 1755, Soft-paste porcelain, Irwin Untermyer , New York (until 1964; to MMA)

El Anatsui, Dusasa II, 2007, Found aluminum, copper wire, and plastic disks, Purchase, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler 21st Century Art Fund; Stephen and Nan Swid and Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. Gifts; and Arthur Lejwa Fund, in honor of Jean Arp, 2008

Lockwood de Forest, Screen, ca. 1881–90, Teak, plaited matting, mixed metals, The artist's brother, Robert W. de Forest, New York; his son, Johnston de Forest; his daughter, Priscilla de Forest Williams, until 1992

William Kentridge, Casspirs Full of Love, 1989–2000, Drypoint, Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 2001

Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu, Prestige Stool: Female Caryatid, 19th century, Wood, metal studs, The Buli Master (Ngongo ya Chintu possibly), Democratic Republic of the Congo, fl. ca. 1850-1900; Han Coray, Switzerland, 1920–1971; Alexis Bonew, Brussels, 1971; Comte Jean-Jacques de Launoit, Belgium, 1971–1979; (Sotheby Parke-Bernet and Co., London, June 21, 1979, no. 182)

Athabascan Family, Tsii'edo'a'tl, 19th century, Agave flower stalk, wood, paint, horsehair, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Georgia O'Keeffe, Ranchos Church, 1930, Oil on canvas, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1961