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Three apples and two pears sit next to a knife and a luminous, white mug on a tan, stone surface before a muted, olive-green background in this horizontal still life painting. The objects and background are painted with blended strokes, giving the painting a soft, glowing appearance. At the center of the ledge or table, the apples are dappled with candy red and pale yellow. Two golden and moss-green pears are to our left, one upright and the other lying with its stem coming toward us. The fruit is painted with white highlights from a light source to our left. The cream-white mug sits next to the apples to our right. The mug has straight sides, a low band near the top and bottom, and the handle curves out to our right. Between the apples and mug, the black handle of a knife angles to our right, off the edge of the table. Shadows are painted in brick red on the surface of the table, which extends off both sides of the canvas. There is a vertical seam in the table under the upright pear.
Jean Siméon Chardin, Still Life with a White Mug, c. 1764, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.6

Still Life with a White Mug

Jean Siméon Chardin · c. 1764 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.6

Tyrolean 15th Century, Portrait of a Man, c. 1490/1500, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.71

Portrait of a Man

Tyrolean 15th Century · c. 1490/1500 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1952.5.71

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin, 1809, graphite on wove paper, Gift of Peter Josten, 1978.9.1

Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1809 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1978.9.1

Nine women and girls create a procession leading to a blond, smiling infant lying in a basket being held by a man next to a riverbank that runs across this horizontal landscape painting. The tallest woman, near the center of the retinue, wears a gold, crown-like diadem, and a toga-like gown of golden yellow over a pale, slate-blue, short-sleeved dress. She stands facing our left in profile, and looks toward the baby with dark eyes under dark, arched eyebrows. Her nose is long and straight, her pink lips are closed in a faint smile, and she has a rounded chin and jawline. Her wavy, dark blond hair is braided and pulled back, and she wears a gold earring on the ear we can see. She reaches her right arm, farther from us, straight in front of her with her palm facing the ground. Three women and three girls trail behind her in a row to our right. They wear brightly colored wraps and robes in rose pink, topaz or cobalt blue, plum purple, butter yellow, or ivory white. Most look toward the baby but the girl at the back offers the woman in front of her a tiny bouquet of flowers. Two women to our left of the standing woman stoop to reach out to the basket, held by a muscular, bare-chested, bearded man. Gray, stone blocks of a wall create steps to our left and behind it, a younger, cleanshaven man, also bare-chested, and with shoulder-length, strawberry-blond hair, reaches for his marigold-orange clothing. Trees lining the far riverbank and the brilliant blue sky with steel-gray clouds are reflected in the water’s surface. Across the river to our left, beyond a ruined stone abutment, a man in a red toga, and one in yellow, look on. More people work along the opposite bank. A city built of light gray stone stretches into the deep distance beyond.
Sébastien Bourdon, The Finding of Moses, c. 1655/1660, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.65

The Finding of Moses

Sébastien Bourdon · c. 1655/1660 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1961.9.65

German 16th Century, The Annunciation, c. 1520, pen and brown ink with red-brown wash heightened with white on red-brown prepared laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.21.2

The Annunciation

German 16th Century · c. 1520 · pen and brown ink with red-brown wash heightened with white on red-brown prepared laid paper ·  Accession ID  1971.21.2

Wilhelm von Kobell, Studies of Major von Washington, graphite and watercolor on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.63.1

Studies of Major von Washington

Wilhelm von Kobell · · graphite and watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1972.63.1

A woman sitting on a throne with a child on her lap and two angels are carved from white marble and decorated with a few areas of gold in this freestanding sculpture. All four people face us in this photograph, and they have round cheeks, square jawlines, and closed lips. Black dots are painted for pupils but without irises or other paint on their faces, they all look startled or intense. The woman wears a gold crown over a cloth that drapes over her head, shoulders, and across her lap. Her knees are apart, and pointed shoes peek out under the rippling hem of her dress. She braces the child’s torso with her left hand, to our right, and touches his upper leg with the other hand. The child’s adult-like face is framed by gold hair. He holds up one hand, though the fingers have been broken off, and holds an open book facing out propped on his leg with his other hand. Writing on the pages has been painted. Two child-like, wingless angels stand on the arms of the throne behind the woman’s shoulders and hold a cloth up behind her head. On all four people, their hair and the necklines, hems, and cuffs of their garments have been painted with gold geometric designs. The Latin text on the book reads, "CONTINET IN GERMIO CELV TERRA Q REGENTE VIRGO DEI GENETRIX MCCCXXI.”
Verona 14th Century, Madonna and Child with Two Angels, 1321, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.95

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Verona 14th Century · 1321 · marble ·  Accession ID  1961.9.95

Esaias van de Velde I, The Village Street, black chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1979.22.1

The Village Street

Esaias van de Velde I · · black chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1979.22.1

Jost Amman, The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius, pen and black ink on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.107.1

The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius

Jost Amman · · pen and black ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.107.1

The nude bodies of two men are carved from white marble in high relief against a flat placquard with the curving contours of a bean. The bearded man to our left faces our left almost in profile as he sits on a rock or grassy knoll. His hands are tied behind his back and perhaps around a tree growing just behind him. His head bows forward. The other man is clean-shaven and stands to our right. He holds an object down by his side, and stands with most of his weight on his left leg, to our right, so that hip sways in that direction. His body is angled to our right, but he looks back over his shoulder at the other man. The right edge of the background curves inward, and the rest of the perimeter is rounded.
Anonymous Artist, Apollo and Marsyas, c. 1495/1535, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.1.5

Apollo and Marsyas

Anonymous Artist · c. 1495/1535 · marble ·  Accession ID  1961.1.5