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Helmet Mask, Biombo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, wood, pigment, and metal

Helmet Mask

La boisson chaude (The Hot Drink), Christophe Huet, oil on canvas

La boisson chaude (The Hot Drink)

Semi-nude woman gracefully skims surface of a pond with toes of her right foot. As she inclines her body to the proper right she gently cups a calla lily with her right hand to inhale its fragrance. Her left arm is aloft, fingers holding the edge of her white diaphanous garment that billows above. In the background, a slight pink tinge on the landscape signals the arrival of dawn.

L’Aurore (Dawn)

In this round painting the Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child in her lap with one hand and affectionately touches the face of the young John the Baptist with the other. Behind them stand three young angels. The setting is a room with windows behind them that look out onto an Italian landscape.

Madonna and Christ Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Three Angels

A life-size torso of a Lohan

Lohan (Arhat) Disciple of the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni

Intricate stand of finely chased silver designed to support a matching basket, resting on four heavy, scrolled feet with shell motifs, the pierced stand curves inward and upward in a dynamic pattern of scrolling foliage and flowers, the lower edge irregular and centered on each of the four sides with a cast and applied mask, the upper edge likewise irregular and ornamented with foliage, with four undecorated edges at which rest the feet of the basket.

Stand for a Basket

  • Paul Storr, London, England
  • silver
Les Baigneuses (Female Bathers in a Landscape), Jean-Baptiste Pater, oil on canvas

Les Baigneuses (Female Bathers in a Landscape)

Red rug and gun

Untitled

This painting represents a boy standing against the corner of a building, holding pink carnations. In his left hand is a bouquet, and in his right hand are three flowers. He wears a cap, a white shirt with the collar and cuffs open, suspenders, brown breeches, black stockings, and black boots. Leaves from the carnations surround his feet.

Three For Five

Le Village d'Éragny (The Village of Éragny), Camille Pissarro, oil on canvas

Le Village d’Éragny (The Village of Éragny)

Helmet mask with janus face on helmet, surmounted by equestrian figure hunter/warrior figure positioned on circular platform.

Epa Mask

Pot Lid, Woyo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, wood

Pot Lid

  • Woyo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African
  • wood