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Guercino

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino (an Italian diminutive meaning ‘squinter’ or cross-eyed), worked in Bologna and Rome and was especially appreciated for the liveliness of his drawings. This...

Le Malade Imaginaire (The Hypochondriac)

Honoré Daumier

Known for his acerbic caricatures, Honoré Daumier here loosely interprets a scene from the satirical play Le malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac, 1673) by the French playwright Molière. Argan, the patient,...

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

This superbly carved work belongs to a group of ivories illustrating the Passion (Death and Resurrection) of Christ. The narrative begins at the bottom with the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration...

Young Girl Seated

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

This wistful young girl has at times been identified as the artist’s daughter Rosalie (1769-1788). The traditional title, La Resignée (The Resigned One), seems particularly poignant in light of Rosalie’s...

Holy Family with Saint Joseph Reading

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino (an Italian diminutive meaning ‘squinter’ or cross-eyed), worked in Bologna and Rome and was especially appreciated for the liveliness of his drawings. This...

Female Nude

Georges Seurat

This superbly carved work belongs to a group of ivories illustrating the Passion (Death and Resurrection) of Christ. The narrative begins at the bottom with the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration...

Condiment Vase and Cover

Louisa Perina Courtauld (1729-1807) and George Cowles (died in 1811), 1771-72

This superbly carved work belongs to a group of ivories illustrating the Passion (Death and Resurrection) of Christ. The narrative begins at the bottom with the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration...

Female Nude

Amedeo Modigliani

This superbly carved work belongs to a group of ivories illustrating the Passion (Death and Resurrection) of Christ. The narrative begins at the bottom with the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration...

Bucket

Attributed to Zayn al-Din, Northwestern Iran, Turkey, Egypt or Syria, Around 1475-50

This superbly carved work belongs to a group of ivories illustrating the Passion (Death and Resurrection) of Christ. The narrative begins at the bottom with the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration...

Portrait of Mette Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

This superbly carved work belongs to a group of ivories illustrating the Passion (Death and Resurrection) of Christ. The narrative begins at the bottom with the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration...

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