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Degas in Wax

sculpture he never meant to show

Edgar Degas modelled dancers, bathers and horses in wax for himself, and exhibited only one: the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, with her real hair and cloth tutu. The rest were found in his studio after his death in 1917.

works 13artists 1dates 1870 – 1911tallest 1.0 m
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Sculpted with rich brown wax, a young ballerina stands with her arms straight, hands clasped behind her back, and one foot in front of the other on a square wooden base.
Key work of the hall Edgar Degas Little Dancer Aged Fourteen 1878-1881 · Pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
A young, nude girl is roughly modeled with glossy navy blue and wine-red beeswax in this freestanding sculpture.
Edgar Degas Study in the Nude of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Nude Little Dancer) c. 1878-1881 · Pigmented beeswax, plaster core, metal and wood armatures, on plaster and wooden bases
France · 69.5 × 29.3 × 30.3 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a figure of a person in a standing pose with their torso bent forward.
Edgar Degas Woman Arranging Her Hair possibly late 1880s/1890s · Pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, cork, on wooden base
France · 46.4 × 25.5 × 16 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
Spanish Dance by Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas Spanish Dance 1880s · Pigmented beeswax, metal armature, on wooden base
France · 44.6 × 12.2 × 22 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture shows a dancer in mid-motion with one leg raised, one arm lifted above the head, and the other arm extended to the side.
Edgar Degas Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg c. 1885/1890 · Pigmented beeswax, metal armature, cork, on wooden base
France · 60.3 × 37.8 × 34.1 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture shows a figure tying a ribbon around their toes, balanced on one foot.
Edgar Degas Dancer Putting on Her Stocking 1890s/1911 · Pigmented beeswax, metal armature, cork, on wooden base
France · 48.2 × 19 × 31 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a standing figure of a woman dressed in early 20th-century attire.
Edgar Degas The Schoolgirl (Woman Walking in the Street) c. 1880/1881 · Pigmented beeswax, plastiline, metal armature, on plaster base
France · 27.2 × 11.3 × 8.6 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a nude woman lying in a shallow, oval basin with bent legs, grabbing one of her feet in her hand while the other foot rests on the rim of the basin.
Edgar Degas The Tub c. 1889 · Pigmented beeswax, plastiline, plaster, lead, wood, cloth, cork, wire, on wooden base
France · 22.5 × 42.3 × 47.2 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a human figure crouched with one knee bent and the other leg extended forward.
Edgar Degas Woman Seated, Wiping Her Left Hip 1890s/1911 · Pigmented beeswax, shredded fabric, metal lid, wood, rope, cork, on wooden base
France · 43.5 × 53.34 × 30.8 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The image shows a relief panel with multiple human figures in dynamic poses.
Edgar Degas Picking Apples (Memorial, or Family Idyll) c. 1881/possibly 1890s · Pigmented beeswax, cork, wire, on wooden board
France · 49.5 × 48.8 × 6.7 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a horse in a pose suggesting movement.
Edgar Degas Horse Walking possibly early 1870s · Pigmented beeswax, metal armature, cork, on wooden base
France · 21.6 × 8.7 × 27 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a horse with its front legs lifted and angled as if in motion.
Edgar Degas Horse Rearing 1880s · Pigmented beeswax, plastiline, metal armature, cork, on wooden base
France · 31.2 × 20.4 × 26.7 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)
The sculpture depicts a figure riding a horse.
Edgar Degas Jockey mid 1870s · Pigmented beeswax, metal armature
France · 19.4 × 9.7 × 9.8 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
National Gallery of Art, Washington · public domain (CC0)

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Degas in Wax in time, then at true size beside the rest.
1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 02 The Gold Ground 1230 – 1490 03 Cathedral and Cloister 1125 – 1510 04 Renaissance and Before 1434 – 1610 05 Medici Florence 1435 – 1490 06 Italian Sculpture 1300 – 1823 07 The Portrait Bust 1455 – 1920 08 The Cinquecento 1500 – 1580 09 Raphael and the Maniera 1500 – 1560 10 Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto 1470 – 1582 11 Caravaggio and After 1582 – 1680 12 The Grand Siècle 1625 – 1654 13 The Seventeenth Century 1610 – 1695 14 Venice and the Grand Tour 1708 – 1800 15 The Rococo 1720 – 1780 16 Faces of France 1685 – 1890 17 David to Delacroix 1780 – 1858 18 The Barbizon School 1842 – 1871 19 Realism 1822 – 1906 20 Salon and Studio 1855 – 1915 21 Impressionism 1866 – 1893 22 Post-Impressionism 1881 – 1907 23 Nabis and Symbolists 1889 – 1905 24 French Sculpture 1662 – 1908 25 Rodin 1867 – 1916 26 Degas in Wax 1870 – 1911 · you are here 27 Animals 1500 – 1903 28 Modernism 1891 – 1920 29 Ukiyo-e 1744 – 1837 30 Pictorialism 1877 – 1903 31 Folk Art 1799 – 1871 32 Modern Forms 1899 – 1940 33 Chromatic Tension 1906 – 1921 34 Line / Surface 1899 – 1940 35 Light / Silver 1877 – 1903 36 Figure / Gesture 1891 – 1916 37 The Living Earth 2014 – 2024 38 Wild Lives 2015 – 2025 39 Deep Field 2022 – 2026 Bar spans the earliest and latest work in the hall. Ticks are the individual dates in the hall you are in.
01Antiquity14 works · in the round · tallest 1.7 m
Attributed to Praxiteles or follower, The Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Ancient Greek, Torso of a Kouros Ancient Greek, Head of a Sphinx Ancient Greek, Statuette of Herakles Ancient Greek, Athlete Making an Offering Ancient Greek, Grave Stele of a Warrior Etruscan, Sleep and Death Cista Handle Ancient Greek, Head of Alexander the Great Ancient Greek, Dancer Ancient Roman, Portrait Bust of the Empress Claudia Octavia Ancient Roman, Statue of an Athlete Ancient Roman, Portrait Head of Emperor Vespasian, Recut from Head of Nero Ancient Roman, Sarcophagus Ancient Roman, Portrait Bust of a Girl
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02The Gold Ground15 works · 14.6 m
Giovanni di Paolo, St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar Artist unknown, Crucifix with Scenes of the Passion Ugolino di Nerio, Virgin and Child with Saints Attributed to Lippo Memmi, Madonna and Child Caterino Veneziano, Madonna of Humility Giovanni Francesco Toscani, Panel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of Florence Fra Angelico, Coronation of the Virgin Sassetta, St. Francis Kneeling before Christ on the Cross Giovanni di Paolo, The Adoration of the Magi Follower of Fra Filippo Lippi, Virgin and Child with Angels Jacopo del Sellaio, Tarquinius Priscus Entering Rome Carlo Crivelli, Saint Nicholas of Bari Filippino Lippi, The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret Sandro Botticelli and workshop, Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist Neroccio de' Landi, Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch
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03Cathedral and Cloister14 works · in the round · tallest 1.6 m
Artist unknown, Daniel in the Lion's Den Artist unknown, Virgin and Child in Majesty Artist unknown, Columnar Figure of an Apostle Artist unknown, Guardian Griffin Artist unknown, Angel Artist unknown, Saint Michael the Archangel Artist unknown, Virgin and Child Giovanni di Agostino, Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist Artist unknown, The Archangel Gabriel from an Annunciation Group Artist unknown, Virgin Nursing the Christ Child Artist unknown, Virgin and Child Artist unknown, Saint John the Evangelist Artist unknown, Magus from an Adoration Group Artist unknown, Education of the Virgin
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04Renaissance and Before12 works · 11.1 m
Bernat Martorell, Saint George and the Dragon Fra Bartolommeo, The Nativity Sebastiano del Piombo, Christ Carrying the Cross Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist Giovanni di Paolo, Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness Giovanni di Paolo, Ecce Agnus Dei Girolamo da Carpi, Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and Christ Child Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins), Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Virgin and Child with Angels Alessandro Allori, Francesco de' Medici Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Portrait of a Gentleman Jan van Scorel, Landscape with Tournament and Hunters
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05Medici Florence14 works · 13.5 m
Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration of the Magi Fra Filippo Lippi, The Annunciation Domenico Veneziano, Saint John in the Desert Andrea del Castagno, David with the Head of Goliath Andrea del Castagno, Portrait of a Man Sandro Botticelli, The Adoration of the Magi Sandro Botticelli, Giuliano de' Medici Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Youth Filippino Lippi, Tobias and the Angel Filippino Lippi, Portrait of a Youth Domenico Ghirlandaio, Madonna and Child Piero di Cosimo, The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot Pietro Perugino, Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi
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06Italian Sculpture18 works · in the round · tallest 2.2 m
Mino da Fiesole, Julius Caesar Workshop of Giovanni Pisano, Head of a Prophet Workshop of Tino di Camaino, Angel from a Tomb Circle of Lorenzo Ghiberti, Madonna and Child Luca della Robbia, Madonna and Child Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, Bust of Christ Workshop of Giovanni della Robbia, Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well Aurelio Lombardo, Dido Giambologna, Fata Morgana Alessandro Algardi, Baptism of Christ Agostino Cornacchini, Sleeping Endymion Filippo Parodi, Sleeping Christ Child Massimiliano Soldani, Apollo and Daphne Antonio Canova, Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry) Donatello and Workshop, Madonna and Child Bernardo Rossellino or Antonio Rossellino, The David of the Casa Martelli Andrea del Verrocchio, Putto Poised on a Globe Antonio Canova, Dancer with Finger on Chin
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07The Portrait Bust14 works · in the round · tallest 0.9 m
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Monsignor Francesco Barberini Mino da Fiesole, Astorgio Manfredi Desiderio da Settignano, A Little Boy Antonio Rossellino, The Young Saint John the Baptist Alessandro Vittoria, A Gentleman of the Zorzi Family Alessandro Algardi, Saint Matthew Antoine Coysevox, Louis of France, The Grand Dauphin Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Jules-David Cromot, Baron du Bourg Jean-Antoine Houdon, Voltaire Jean-Antoine Houdon, Louise Brongniart Joseph Chinard, A Lady Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, François-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gérard Aimé-Jules Dalou, Alphonse Legros Auguste Rodin, Gustav Mahler
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08The Cinquecento14 works · 19.4 m
Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati Attributed to Francesco Granacci, John the Baptist being carried to Zacharias Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano and workshop, Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors Bartolomeo Veneto, Portrait of a Man Girolamo da Carpi, Portrait of a Prelate Andrea del Sarto, The Sacrifice of Isaac Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, Christ with Joseph of Arimathea Battista Dossi, Holy Family with a Shepherd Titian and workshop, Adoration of the Magi Jacopo Bassano, Lazarus and the Rich Man Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of a Woman Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of Vincenzo Guarignoni Paolo Veronese, Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo Workshop of Jacopo Tintoretto, Baptism of Christ
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09Raphael and the Maniera14 works · 11.0 m
Raphael, The Alba Madonna Raphael, The Small Cowper Madonna Raphael, The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna Raphael, Saint George and the Dragon Raphael, Bindo Altoviti Pietro Perugino, Madonna and Child Piero di Cosimo, Allegory Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine Andrea del Sarto, Charity Rosso Fiorentino, Portrait of a Man Pontormo, Monsignor della Casa Agnolo Bronzino, A Young Woman and Her Little Boy Agnolo Bronzino, Eleonora di Toledo Sebastiano del Piombo, Portrait of a Humanist
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10Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto15 works · 18.0 m
Giovanni Bellini and Titian, The Feast of the Gods Giovanni Bellini, Portrait of a Young Man in Red Giovanni Bellini, Saint Jerome Reading Giovanni Bellini, The Infant Bacchus Antonello da Messina, Madonna and Child Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donor Giorgione, The Adoration of the Shepherds Vittore Carpaccio, The Virgin Reading Vittore Carpaccio, The Flight into Egypt Titian, Venus with a Mirror Titian, Cardinal Pietro Bembo Titian, Ranuccio Farnese Jacopo Tintoretto, The Conversion of Saint Paul Jacopo Bassano, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes Veronese, The Finding of Moses
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11Caravaggio and After14 works · 21.0 m
Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew Annibale Carracci, Boy Drinking Orazio Gentileschi, Danaë Bernardo Strozzi, The Healing of Tobit Guercino, Rest on the Flight into Egypt Salvator Rosa, Ruins in a Rocky Landscape Salvator Rosa, Scenes of Witchcraft: Night Guido Reni, Adoration of the Magi Bernardo Cavallino, Adoration of the Shepherds Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, The Oath of Abraham’s Servant Mattia Preti, Saint Paul the Hermit Giovanni Battista Langetti, The Vision of Saint Jerome Luca Giordano, The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)
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12The Grand Siècle12 works · 16.8 m
Nicolas Poussin, The Holy Family on the Steps Nicolas Poussin, Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia) Nicolas Poussin, The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth Simon Vouet, Saint Mary Magdalen Valentin de Boulogne, Samson Claude Lorrain, Italian Landscape Claude Lorrain, Rest on the Flight into Egypt Gaspard Dughet, Rocky Landscape with Hunters Circle of Le Nain, Children Dancing Georges de La Tour, Saint Peter Repentant Philippe de Champaigne, Portrait of King Charles II of England Laurent de La Hyre, The Kiss of Peace and Justice
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13The Seventeenth Century12 works · 12.7 m
Diego Velázquez, Kitchen Scene Gerard ter Borch the Younger, The Music Lesson Aelbert Cuyp, A View of Vianen with a Herdsman and Cattle by a River Anthony van Dyck, Helena Tromper Du Bois Pier Francesco Mola, Homer Dictating Peter Paul Rubens, Saint Francis Jan Brueghel, the elder, Bouquet of Flowers in an Earthenware Vase Johann Michael Rottmayr, Diana and Endymion Salvator Rosa, Polycrates' Crucifixion Follower of Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon Paul Bril, Landscape with Hunters Salvator Rosa, Polycrates and the Fisherman
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14Venice and the Grand Tour14 works · 16.8 m
Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto, Piazza San Marco, Venice Francesco Solimena, The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, The Continence of Scipio Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, The Supper at Emmaus Alessandro Magnasco, Interior of a Synagogue Antonio Guardi, Head of a Woman Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian mona Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Sketch for a Ceiling Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of the Pantheon, Rome Studio of Pompeo Batoni, The Fall of Simon Magus Giuseppe Baldrighi, Lion Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Portrait of a Woman Francesco Guardi, Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 Andrea Appiani, Portrait of a Musician
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15The Rococo15 works · 15.2 m
François Boucher, Fountain of Venus Hyacinthe Rigaud, Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois Nicolas Lancret, Declaration of Love Jean-Baptiste Pater, Dancers in a Pavilion Jean François de Troy, Pan and Syrinx Jean-Siméon Chardin, Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs Jean-Siméon Chardin, Still Life with Herrings Jean-Baptiste Oudry, A Hare and a Leg of Lamb Jean-Marc Nattier, Portrait of a Woman as Diana Claude-Joseph Vernet, The Waterfalls at Tivoli Anne Vallayer-Coster, Basket of Plums Hubert Robert, The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, Woman Reading Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger Jean-Honoré Fragonard, A Boy in a Red-lined Cloak
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16Faces of France15 works · 18.5 m
Jacques-Louis David, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries Nicolas de Largillierre, Portrait of a Young Man and His Tutor Jean-Marc Nattier, Madame Le Fèvre de Caumartin as Hebe François-Hubert Drouais, Family Portrait François Boucher, Madame Bergeret Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis Jacques-Louis David, Madame David Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Madame Moitessier Edgar Degas, Madame René de Gas Édouard Manet, The Railway Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son Pierre-Auguste Renoir, A Girl with a Watering Can Paul Cezanne, Boy in a Red Waistcoat Paul Gauguin, Self-Portrait
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17David to Delacroix14 works · 13.5 m
Jacques-Louis David, Cupid and Psyche Jacques-Louis David, Young Woman with a Turban Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, View of Rome Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Le Dévouement des Citoyennes de Paris (The Dedication of the Citizens Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Aurora and Cephalus Attributed to Pierre Guérin, The Death of Sophonisba Léon Cogniet, The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Mme. Dufresne Antoine-Jean Gros, Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal Eugène Delacroix, Mlle. Alexandrine-Julie de la Boutraye Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, La Cervara, the Roman Campagna Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Antiochus and Stratonice Horace Vernet, Self-Portrait in Rome Eugène Delacroix, Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest
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18The Barbizon School14 works · 14.2 m
Jean François Millet, The Keeper of the Flock Jean François Millet, In the Auvergne Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, Pond in the Woods Imitator of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, In the Woods Charles François Daubigny, On the Bank of the Seine at Portejoie Jean François Millet, The Woodchopper Jean François Millet, The Sheepshearers Théodore Rousseau, Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Pond at Ville-d'Avray Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest Charles François Daubigny, Sunset on the River Oise Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest Jules Dupré, The Windmill Rosa Bonheur, The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood
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19Realism12 works · 12.4 m
Édouard Manet, Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers Raphaelle Peale, Still Life—Strawberries, Nuts, &c. William Michael Harnett, For Sunday's Dinner Eastman Johnson, Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket Thomas Eakins, Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams Édouard Manet, Beggar with a Duffle Coat (Philosopher) Thomas Hicks, A Friendly Warning Constant Troyon, Pasture in Normandy Julius Gari Melchers, Mother and Child John Singer Sargent, Life Study (Study of an Egyptian Girl) William Michael Harnett, Just Dessert De Scott Evans, The Irish Question
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20Salon and Studio15 works · 19.4 m
Claude Monet, The Red Kerchief William Adolphe Bouguereau, Bacchante on a Panther Gustave Courbet, Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Romaine Lacaux Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot with a Muff Berthe Morisot, Reading Edgar Degas, Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting Gustave Courbet, Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi Gustave Caillebotte, Villas at Trouville Jean-Léon Gérôme, Lion on the Watch Georges Seurat, Study for "Bathers at Asnières" Paul Gauguin, In the Waves (Dans les Vagues) Camille Pissarro, The Lock at Pontoise Paul Cezanne, Mount Sainte-Victoire Claude Monet, Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
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21Impressionism12 works · 13.0 m
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Two Sisters (On the Terrace) Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath Claude Monet, Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette Claude Monet, The Beach at Sainte-Adresse Winslow Homer, The Herring Net James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg) Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, The Millinery Shop William Merritt Chase, A City Park Winslow Homer, Croquet Scene John Henry Twachtman, Icebound
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22Post-Impressionism13 works · 17.3 m
Paul Gauguin, Arlésiennes (Mistral) George Inness, The Home of the Heron Édouard Jean Vuillard, Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods Georges Seurat, Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884" Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ballet Dancers Paul Gauguin, No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?) Camille Pissarro, Woman and Child at the Well Camille Pissarro, Young Peasant Having Her Coffee Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Portrait of Jeanne Wenz Odilon Redon, Still Life with Flowers Félix Edouard Vallotton, The Red Room, Etretat Ferdinand Hodler, James Vibert, Sculptor Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom
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23Nabis and Symbolists14 works · 11.2 m
Maurice Denis, The Orange Christ Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Summer Odilon Redon, Symbolic Head Odilon Redon, Vase of Flowers Maurice Denis, Procession or Pardon at Perros-Guirec Maurice Denis, Eva Meurier in a Green Dress Maurice Denis, Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory Édouard Vuillard, Woman Ironing Édouard Vuillard, At the Café Ker Xavier Roussel, Women Meeting in the Shade Félix Vallotton, The Bistro Édouard Vuillard, Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens") Eugène Carrière, The Contemplator Paul Gauguin, The Large Tree
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24French Sculpture19 works · in the round · tallest 1.8 m
Auguste Rodin, The Age of Bronze Pierre Puget, A Philosopher Jean-Antoine Houdon, Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Portrait of Melle de Vandeul Clodion, Young Satyress Running with an Owl's Nest Clodion, Satyress and Child François-Nicolas Delaistre, Funerary Monument for the Marquis de Tourney (for the Chapel of the Ch Joseph Chinard, Bust of Empress Josephine Antoine-Louis Barye, Walking Tiger Pierre Jean David d'Angers, Bust of Rossini Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Why Born Enslaved! Auguste Rodin, The Thinker Auguste Rodin, Les Damnées Edgar Degas, Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot Emile Antoine Bourdelle, Herakles the Archer Jean-Louis Lemoyne, A Companion of Diana Augustin Pajou, Calliope Clodion, Poetry and Music Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Girl with a Shell (Jeune fille à la coquille)
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25Rodin14 works · in the round · tallest 0.8 m
Auguste Rodin, Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais Auguste Rodin, Bust of Victor Hugo Auguste Rodin, Study of Honoré de Balzac Auguste Rodin, The Sirens Auguste Rodin, The Fall of the Angels Auguste Rodin, Fallen Caryatid Carrying Her Stone Auguste Rodin, Mignon: Bust of Rose Beuret Auguste Rodin, Mask of the Japanese Actress Hanako (Ohta Hisa) Auguste Rodin, Little Brother and Sister Auguste Rodin, The Evil Spirits Auguste Rodin, Morning Auguste Rodin, Eve Auguste Rodin, Figure of a Woman "The Sphinx" Emile Antoine Bourdelle, Rodin Working on "The Gates of Hell"
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26Degas in Wax13 works · in the round · tallest 1.0 m · you are here
Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen Edgar Degas, Study in the Nude of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Nude Little Dancer) Edgar Degas, Woman Arranging Her Hair Edgar Degas, Spanish Dance Edgar Degas, Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg Edgar Degas, Dancer Putting on Her Stocking Edgar Degas, The Schoolgirl (Woman Walking in the Street) Edgar Degas, The Tub Edgar Degas, Woman Seated, Wiping Her Left Hip Edgar Degas, Picking Apples (Memorial, or Family Idyll) Edgar Degas, Horse Walking Edgar Degas, Horse Rearing Edgar Degas, Jockey
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27Animals14 works · in the round · tallest 0.4 m
Antoine-Louis Barye, Tiger Devouring a Gavial Artist unknown, Nanny Goat Artist unknown, Fragment of a Panther Artist unknown, Ibis Eating a Lizard Artist unknown, Toad Artist unknown, Lobster Francesco Antonio Franzoni, Panther Attacking a Goat Antoine-Louis Barye, Lion and Serpent Antoine-Louis Barye, Walking Lion Antoine-Louis Barye, Jaguar Antoine-Louis Barye, Bull Christophe Fratin, Standing Lion Pierre Jules Mène, Stag Rembrandt Bugatti, Walking Panther
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28Modernism12 works · 9.7 m
Amedeo Modigliani, Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz James McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy Marsden Hartley, Landscape No. 3, Cash Entry Mines, New Mexico John Singer Sargent, Study of Two Bedouins Marsden Hartley, The Dark Mountain John Singer Sargent, Water Carriers on the Nile James McNeill Whistler, Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders Anders Zorn, Nude Girl in Doorway Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, Mill of Pont Maupuit Charles Cottet, Portrait of a Woman Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30 Marsden Hartley, Movement No. 10
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29Ukiyo-e11 works · 5.1 m
Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Suzuki Harunobu, Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series " Tōshūsai Sharaku, The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo Katsushika Hokusai, Cranes on snow-covered pine Utagawa Hiroshige, Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokai Utagawa Hiroshige, Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawa Suzuki Harunobu, Beauty Under an Umbrella in the Snow Katsukawa Shunsho, The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Torii Kiyomasu II, The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kiku Kitagawa Utamaro, Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Fur Torii Kiyomasu II, Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon
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30Pictorialism12 works · 6.4 m
Frederick H. Evans, Ely Cathedral: Prior's Door, with Bedesman Frederick H. Evans, Ely Cathedral: Galilee Porch, Door into Nave James Craig Annan, Trongate in the Olden Time Alfred Stieglitz, A Venetian Canal Gertrude Käsebier, Blessed Art Thou Among Women, from "American Pictorial Photography, Se Alfred Stieglitz, A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris F. Holland Day, Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty, No. 1 from the portfolio "American Pict Henry Peach Robinson, Carolling F. Holland Day, Ebony and Ivory, No. 8 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photogra James Craig Annan, Stirling Castle Henry Peach Robinson, When the Day's Work is Done Clarence H. White, Spring, No. 18 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Ser
Enter Pictorialism
31Folk Art12 works · 11.9 m
Ammi Phillips, Cornelius Allerton John Ritto Penniman, Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts William Bonnell, J. Ellis Bonham Ezra Ames, Mrs. Noah Smith and Family William Bonnell, William Bonham Artist unknown, New England Country Seat Charles Spencer Humphreys, George Franklin Archer and the Archer Residence Artist unknown, Emblems for Royal Crown Lodge No. 22 Erastus Salisbury Field, Woman with a Green Book (Louisa Gallond Cook) School of William Matthew Prior, Portrait of Fred Adelbert Haywood Ammi Phillips, Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton) Sheldon Peck, William W. Welch
Enter Folk Art
32Modern Forms20 works · 19.5 m
Vasily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) Vasily Kandinsky, Landscape with Two Poplars Vasily Kandinsky, Painting with Green Center Vasily Kandinsky, Painting with Troika Vasily Kandinsky, Houses at Murnau Piet Mondrian, Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian, Farm near Duivendrecht Piet Mondrian, Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study Piet Mondrian, Study for a Composition Piet Mondrian, Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View Piet Mondrian, Amsterdam Skyline Viewed from the West Henri Matisse, Woman before an Aquarium Henri Matisse, Still Life with Geranium Henri Matisse, Woman on Rose Divan Henri Matisse, The Serf Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Poster for Die Brücke Marsden Hartley, Movement Marsden Hartley, Provincetown Amedeo Modigliani, Madam Pompadour Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of a Woman
Enter Modern Forms
33Chromatic Tension12 works · 12.4 m
Vasily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) Vasily Kandinsky, Painting with Green Center Piet Mondrian, Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian, Farm near Duivendrecht Henri Matisse, Woman before an Aquarium Henri Matisse, Still Life with Geranium Henri Matisse, Woman on Rose Divan Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Poster for Die Brücke Marsden Hartley, Movement Marsden Hartley, Provincetown Amedeo Modigliani, Madam Pompadour Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of a Woman
Enter Chromatic Tension
34Line / Surface8 works · 6.9 m
Vasily Kandinsky, Landscape with Two Poplars Vasily Kandinsky, Painting with Troika Vasily Kandinsky, Houses at Murnau Piet Mondrian, Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study Piet Mondrian, Study for a Composition Piet Mondrian, Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View Piet Mondrian, Amsterdam Skyline Viewed from the West Henri Matisse, The Serf
Enter Line / Surface
35Light / Silver12 works · 6.4 m
Frederick H. Evans, Ely Cathedral: Prior's Door, with Bedesman Frederick H. Evans, Ely Cathedral: Galilee Porch, Door into Nave James Craig Annan, Trongate in the Olden Time Alfred Stieglitz, A Venetian Canal Gertrude Käsebier, Blessed Art Thou Among Women, from "American Pictorial Photography, Se Alfred Stieglitz, A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris F. Holland Day, Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty, No. 1 from the portfolio "American Pict Henry Peach Robinson, Carolling F. Holland Day, Ebony and Ivory, No. 8 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photogra James Craig Annan, Stirling Castle Henry Peach Robinson, When the Day's Work is Done Clarence H. White, Spring, No. 18 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Ser
Enter Light / Silver
36Figure / Gesture8 works · 5.9 m
Amedeo Modigliani, Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz James McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy John Singer Sargent, Study of Two Bedouins John Singer Sargent, Water Carriers on the Nile James McNeill Whistler, Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders Anders Zorn, Nude Girl in Doorway Charles Cottet, Portrait of a Woman Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30
Enter Figure / Gesture
37The Living Earth14 works · digital · no physical scale

14 digital works · source dimensions retained in pixels · no physical scale assigned

Enter The Living Earth
38Wild Lives13 works · digital · no physical scale

13 digital works · source dimensions retained in pixels · no physical scale assigned

Enter Wild Lives
39Deep Field14 works · digital · no physical scale

14 digital works · source dimensions retained in pixels · no physical scale assigned

Enter Deep Field
a person, 170 cm

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