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Dogon (Dogon (culture or style))
Female Ancestor Figure
1900 – 1971
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.24

Albert Kahn (American (North American))
Saint-Gilles
1869 – 1942
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
1972/2.650
This impressively large engraving depicts the muscular back of a marble statue of a man. The figure leans upon a club draped with a lion skin and holds three apples in his right hand behind his back. Two men look up at the statue from the lower right corner of the print.
Hendrick Goltzius
The Farnese Hercules
1587 – 1597
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1994/2.13
A bronze sculpture of a dancer posed in a high kick.
Auguste Rodin (French (culture or style))
Dance Movement A
1911 – 1956
Gift of the Kurt Delbanco Trust in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase
2011/1.71
A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.
Randolph Rogers (American (North American))
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
1861
Gift of Rogers Art Association
1862.1

Rome - Fountain of Trevi
1860 – 1870
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.161
Photograph of a tableau from a Catholic church in Calvario, Patzuaro, Mexico. The scene includes a male figure at the center, with two women and one man arranged behind him.
Paul Strand (American (North American))
Calvario, Patzcuaro
1933
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Davis through the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.126.12
Photograph of a tableau in a Catholic church in Oaxaca, Mexico. The scene includes Christ, Mary, and other religious figures.
Paul Strand (American (North American))
Cristo, Oaxaca
1933
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Davis through the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.126.8

Carlo Naya
Facciata interna del Palazzo Ducale, con la Scala dei Giganti
1870 – 1880
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
1995/1.72
A figure is sitting on a lotus-shaped pedestal, which is itself placed on an hexagonal pedestal. The figure wears a drape hanging from the left shoulder and covering the bottom. The arms are placed in front; right hand holding the left index finger. The facial expression is calm; the two eyes looking down; a dot on the forehead. Two elongated ears. A tall crown on the head. The two halos are on the back of the figure; one behind the head and other behind the torso. Two halos are surrounded by an oval-shaped dais. The statue and pedestals are guilded with gold; some polychrome remnants.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)
17th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2003/2.59.1
The vertical rectangular space of the image is completely filled with a detailed rendering of a section of an intricate Gothic portal façade. In the foreground a checked tile floor creates a recession into the space. In the center of the composition two doors are framed by a high, pointed arch. The space of the arch is filled with fine cut-out ornamental stonework. Arched niches containing figural sculptures flank each side of the main archway, and one also separates the two doors. The top of the image is framed by two rows of geometric ornamental decor. <br />
Beneath the image is an ornamental panel of simulated marble, on which the title of the image is written in gothic script: "Eglise Notre Dame / Les Andelys".<br />
Signed and dated: "John Taylor Arms / 1946"
John Taylor Arms (American (North American))
Precious Stones, Eglise Notre Dame, Les Andelys
1946
Bequest of Carl F. Clarke
1954/1.85
This print is broken into two scenes, each of which depict a sculpture of a deity in an architectural interior. Each figure is depicted as seated, or standing on a pedestal with worshippers standing or kneeling to each side. 
Bernard Picart (French (culture or style))
Religious Ceremoies and Customs of the People of the World: Shiva and Ganesha
1722
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2007/2.125
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