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Miniature scale model of a large, furnished white-walled room with ornamental moulding, wooden flooring, upholstered wooden chairs, and a large decorative carpet in the floor's center.

A11: Rhode Island Parlor, c. 1820, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Print in black ink of an altarpiece with five panels framed by decorative columns. A large central panel of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child with cherubs is flanked by two stacked vertical panels of human figures on either side. Three arches top the structure.

Altarpiece with the Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg and Saints Christopher, Mary Magdalen, Florian and Catherine Standing in Niches, with God the Father Above, 1519/38

Albrecht Altdorfer

A work made of silk and gilt-paper; compound satin weave.

Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), late 18th/early 19th century

Large painting of ancient arch ruins, statues, humans are small in comparison.

The Fountains, 1787–88

Hubert Robert

Black glazed terracotta vessel with a short, curved handle on one side. Visible cracks indicate fragmentary repair.

Mug, about 460 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of chromogenic print.

Abstraction on Concrete, 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

Dark colored sculpture of muscular man standing in a contorted pose.

Adam, Modeled 1881, cast c. 1924

Auguste Rodin

An abstracted painting of a pink girl, arms and legs outstretched, rendered in dark-brown lines and circles against a brown background, with scattered stick drawings around her. The lines are illuminated by surrounding points of color in yellow, orange, green, pink, and beige.

Dancing Girl, 1940

Paul Klee

Portrait in fine black ink of a light-skinned young man with a prominent nose, soft features, and wavy shoulder-length hair. He wears a brimmed hat, a cape, and large collar.

Self-Portrait, 1649

Cornelis Visscher

A work made of oil on canvas.

Ice (2), 1989

Gerhard Richter

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Figure with Modeled Head and Wide Collar, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of transfer lithograph in black on off-white wove paper.

Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates, 1852

James McNeill Whistler

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A5: Massachusetts Drawing Room, 1768, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace.

Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal), c. 1590

White plaster statue of woman with protruding compartments, each adorned with fur pompom.

Venus de Milo with Drawers, 1936

Salvador Dalí

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mother and Child, c. 1906

Julius Gari Melchers

A wide-mouthed drinking cup glazed in black with two handles extending from opposite sides.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 410-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A12: Cape Cod Living Room, 1750-1850, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of opaque watercolor with watercolor washes on ivory, rough textured wove paper.

Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman, 1941

Joan Miró

A work made of gold.

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Otho, 69 (January-April), issued by Otho

Ancient Roman

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