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With her large body and frontal pose, the Virgin here functions as a throne for Christ, a visual expression of her status as the Mother of God and source of wisdom. While the symmetry and rigid ...

Not a formal portrait, but a study of a generic type and emotional expression, this painting dates to a period shortly after the artist left his native Leiden and settled in Amsterdam. It shows the ...

An ink and watercolor drawing of two figures using a plank of wood and the base of an ancient column as a seesaw. One figure sits at the bottom of the seesaw, while the other is raised in the air with ...

A watercolor showing a man kneeling on a low dirt hill facing the viewer. His left hand is pressed to his chest with the right arm extended out towards the ground. He has long dark hair and is clad in ...

A terracotta sculpture that is made of three round forms pointing to the right shown on a faded grey background. The two bottom forms are flat on the surface, the top form sticks up a bit and is ...

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"One of a Pair (Left Scroll) of Ink-Rubbings from a Stone Stele Engraved with a Passage of Text from the "Heart Sutra" (After Monk Huai-su) , 1994.178.B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep ...

A nude male body, depicted from the knees upwards, is drawn in red chalk.

Twenty individual figures drawn in a stylized manner appear in a grid of thin black lines on a cream background. Each figure wears a doll-like or harlequin costume of bold geometric shapes in primary ...

The gilt bronze sculpture is of a person standing upright and facing the viewer. They are standing barefoot on a small pedestal detailed with petals. The person’s right arm is down by their side, palm ...