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Animated scene of many mostly nude figures in close combat, on earth and aloft in low-hanging clouds, reaching toward one another with long spears.

The Battle between the Gods and the Giants, c. 1608

Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael

A work made of mixed media including cloth, cork, gouache, metal, moss, papier-mâché, polychrome, terracotta, straw, watercolor, wax, and wood.

Crèche, 1725–75, with later additions

Neapolitan

A work made of porcelain with polychrome decoration.

Allegorical Figure Group: The Virtues, 18th century

Buen Retiro Porcelain Factory

A work made of gilt bronze.

Corpus and Superscription Plaque, c. 1550

Florentine

A work made of bronze with bone or ivory inlay.

Pair of Protomes Depicting the Forepart of a Griffin, 625-575 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of cotton and nylon cloth, enamel, and iron wire.

Untitled (After Winged Victory), 1959

Jim Dine

Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Sandvika, Norway, 1895

Claude Monet

A work made of wood, glass, paper, metal, and shell.

Soap Bubble Set, 1940 (reworked 1953)

Joseph Cornell

Bust painting of a long-faced, light-skinned Virgin Mary crying, her bloodshot eyes looking downward. Draped white fabric surrounds her face below a blue black robe. The background is painted gold with black flecks.

Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin), c. 1490

Workshop of Dieric Bouts

A work made of ivory.

Mirror Case with Falconry Scene, 1325–50

A work made of bronze.

The Rattlesnake, Modeled 1905, cast 1918

Frederic Remington

A work made of stockings and plaster.

Sowing Lipoids, 1996

Ernesto Neto

Small dots of soft color form a woman in a red shirt and brown skirt seen up close, washing her bare feet in a lush brook while seated on a sloping bank.

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook, 1895

Camille Pissarro

Painting of a placid-looking, light-skinned woman in a maroon dress, seated in a chair with yellow upholstery, hands folded.

Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair, 1888–90

Paul Cezanne

A work made of synthetic polymer on vacuum-formed acrylic plastic.

Untitled, 1968

Craig Kauffman

A work made of bronze.

Bodhisattva with Hands in Gesture of Teaching (Vitarkamudra), 9th/10th century

A snowy landscape in cool tones featuring a prominent, snow-dusted haystack in reddish brown in front of a row of red-brown trees and low, blue mountains, all beheath a pink-gray strip of sky.

Stack of Wheat, 1890–91

Claude Monet

A work made of sandstone.

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini), 6th century

Three light-skinned, dark-haired ballerinas, painted in muted tones, wear off-the-shoulder yellow leotards and tutus as they huddle near each other. One adjusts her costume, while one holds her hands clasped above her head. At left is a painted screen with four pairs of feet visible underneath.

Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874–76

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

In a shaft of light, surrounded by dramatic shadow and numerous sheep, a woman on horseback in a white bonnet and red skirt carries a baby and a basket, a black dog at right. Behind her two men follow, one mounted, one on foot, on a dirt path surrounded by trees.

The Road to Market, 1858–59

Constant Troyon

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