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Italian
An Urn Decorated with Rosettes and Eagles Holding in their Beaks the Tails of Me
1733 – 1766
Museum Purchase
1959/2.43

Italian
An Urn with Garlands and Snakes as Handles and Two Seated Mermaids Holding a Cro
1733 – 1766
Museum Purchase
1959/2.44

Italian
An Urn Decorated with Two Winged Figures Holding a Relief, the Handles Formed by
1733 – 1766
Museum Purchase
1959/2.46

Henri Salembier
Design for a Vertical Panel (1 of a set of 12)
1781
Museum Purchase
1959/2.66
In dark turbulent waters under a stormy sky four nude sea nymphs support the body of a long-haired man between them on a white shroud. The face of a man with kelp in his hair appears between two of the nymphs. On the right a bearded man with a trident in his right hand rides in a chariot fashioned from a seashell and pulled by two fished-tailed horses or hippocampi. Just visible in the distance behind the back of the rightmost nymph, a lofty tower rises above the waves.
Giulio Carpioni
The Death of Leander
1650 – 1660
Museum Purchase
1984/1.290
This print depicts an ornamental design. The central axis of the design is composed of a fanciful stand with a nude winged boy holding a trident, seen from the back, seated on the top. A pair of sirens holding small banners flank the base, and a pair of hybrid sphinx-like creatures perch near the top. The letter "L" appears in the center of the stand and the date "1528" is inscribed in the base.
Lucas Van Leyden
Panel of Ornament with Two Sirens
1528
Museum Purchase
1960/2.134

French (French (culture or style))
Self-Portrait with Allegorical Figures
18th century
Purchased from the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.102
Geometrically patterned composition with bright saturated colors composed of a central female figure with mermaid’s tail and bright red mane of hair; skull-headed figure at left with guitar; two green monster-like figures in upper right quadrant; two black fish with blue eyes near center.
Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian)
The Snake Charmer
1907 – 1908
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.180

Italian
An Urn Decorated with Draped Winged Mermaids, and in the Center an Oval Relief u
1733 – 1766
Museum Purchase
1959/2.48

Albert Kahn (American (North American))
Choir Stalls S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
04/09/1891
Transferred from the College of Architecture and Design, 1972—Gift of the Family of Albert Kahn: through Dr. Edgar A. Kahn; Mrs. Barnett Malbin; Mrs. Martin L. Butzel
1972/2.447

Paul Delvaux
Mermaid
1897 – 1994
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.77
A powerfully muscled nude man sits astride a fearsome sea creature. He grasps an oar in his left hand and the beast's reins in his right, while a cloth billows out behind him. A variety of humanoid creatures frolic in the seascape in the background.
Hendrick Goltzius
Oceanus (from a Series of 6 Mythological Figures)
1589 – 1590
Museum Purchase
1960/2.36
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