In a lavish room with ornate tapestries, a young woman with fair skin and long light brown hair lies against cushions on the floor, with only a silk sheet wrapped around her legs. A hookah and a fan ...
The fair skinned man looks over his right shoulder toward the viewer with soft dark eyes, short dark hair with thin beard and moustache. The face is the most defined part of this self portrait of the ...
An employee at the Ministry of Finance, Victor Chocquet (1821–1891) met Degas in 1875, and by the second impressionist exhibition, in 1876, had become an avid supporter of the progressive artistic ...
In the Zhou dynasty the number of jades in burial sites increased significantly, as multiple plaques and beads were sewn or strung together and draped over the face and body of the deceased. Jades in ...
On the side of the coin on the left is a male head, with long curly hair about his neck, face and topped with a laurel wreath. To the right Greek characters: H R A K L E I D A S. The other side of the ...
On the side of the coin on the left is a woman's head facing right, hair tied up crowned with reeds, wearing a three pendant earing and pearl necklace. The other side of the coin depicts a naked man ...
"[Elevated train tracks] (Lyonel Feininger) , BRLF.518,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/315070.
We like to say that our institution’s name contains three intimidating words: Harvard, Art, and Museums. Many people don’t feel comfortable in any museum; this can be for several reasons, including ...
Degas displayed the wax figure after which this bronze was cast at the sixth impressionist exhibition, in 1881. The only sculpture that he ever presented publicly, the work caused an uproar for its ...
A light-skinned baby with his eyes closed reclines in a padded basket with his head turned toward us. Small golden rays of light radiate from his head. The basket is floating on a river, surrounded by ...
At center a woman in a costume rests, sitting on a low red bench with her feet planted wide apart. She rests her hands on her thighs and holds her fingers in front of her, regarding the viewer with a ...
The gilt bronze sculpture is of a person standing upright and facing the viewer. They are standing barefoot on a small pedestal detailed with petals. The person’s right arm is down by their side, palm ...