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A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Female Figurine, 500–400 BCE

Tlatilco

Painting depicting the god Hercules confronting the Hydra, a mythical creature. Amidst towering, rocky cliffs, Hercules stands on the left of the painting, dressed in clothing that exposes his figure. He looks to the right, where the seven-headed hydra rears up, bearing its teeth. A nude figure of a woman is on the ground in front of the Hydra, and an orange sun peeks from behind red clouds in the background.

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, 1875–76

Gustave Moreau

Cup shaped ceramic vessel with red glyphs and dancing figures, orange on cream ground.

Vessel of the Dancing Lords, 750–800 CE

Ah Maxam

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Figure of a Seated Chieftain, 100 BCE–250 CE

Colima

A work made of ivory.

Saint Christopher Supporting the Christ Child, 1680/1700

German

A work made of blue ball-point pen and gouache, with colored crayons and brush and black ink, with touches of watercolor on cream wove paper.

Figures, 1960

Robert Goodnough

A work made of oil on canvas.

Job, 1618/30

Spanish

A work made of soft-paste porcelain.

Seated Figure, 1725/30

Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory

A work made of lithograph on ivory wove paper.

Figure in Studio, 1954

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of terracotta.

Figural Vessel, Mid–20th century

Mambila

A work made of bronze.

Comte Horace-François Sébastiani, Modeled c. 1832/35, cast 1929/40

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Bathers, 1899-1904

Paul Cezanne

A work made of oil on canvas.

Penitent Saint Peter, 1628/32

Jusepe de Ribera

A light-skinned nude woman, center, struggles while a light-skinned nude man, top left, violently pulls white translucent fabric off of her. Dark red and brown textiles, a pillow, dagger, and fallen nude statue complete the scene.

Tarquin and Lucretia, 1578–80

Tintoretto

A work made of bronze.

Auguste-Hippolyte Ganneron, Modeled c. 1832/35, cast 1929/50

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Allegorical Figure Representing America, 1746

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

A work made of ceramic.

Figure of a Woman in Ceremonial Dress, 700–900

Veracruz, Classic

A work made of oil on canvas.

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, 1836/37

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven amongst multitude of angels.

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577–79

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco

A work made of plaster.

Clytie, 1868

George Frederick Watts

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