Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Felice Giani

Vestal Virgins Showing the Will of Augustus to Tiberius and the Senate

An ink and wash drawing of scenes from Saint Joseph’s life, including Jesus’ birth and childhood. The scenes are presented within an ornate wall with figurative sculptures at the top.

Marco Tullio Montagna

Scenes from the Life of Saint Joseph

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus

Study for The Last Judgment

Jan van Goyen

Untitled (Landscape with Gallows) page 26 from a sketchbook

A red chalk drawing of a woman sitting on a cane and wood chair. She wears an 18th century gown and looks to the right side of the drawing, smiling.

Louis Rolland Trinquesse

Seated Woman

Francesco Guardi

Villa Loredan a Paese (Villa Loredan at Paese)

Red chalk drawing of a smiling satyr’s head with delicate marks throughout and vigorous crosshatching at the chest. He has pointed ears and curly hair and beard.

Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d’Arpino

Head of a Satyr

A pen and ink drawing of Hercules and other figures in a physical. Floating in the sky above and behind him are three female allegories: Victory, Honor, and Fame.

Carlo Maratti

Double-Sided Sheet with Studies of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

A red and white chalk drawing of the Holy Family. Mary holds baby Jesus in her lap and points to Joseph working in his carpentry shop. Two putti fly above.

Antonio Gionima

Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph in the Carpenter Shop

Preparatory sketch done in black chalk with many ill-defined figures circumscribed by minimal marks. At center is a seated figure being presented a bolt of cloth by two faceless others.

François Boucher

Hecuba Presents a Garment as a Gift to Athena

Jan van Goyen

A Village Street with Peasants

Cornelis Saftleven

A Young Man Seated on Ground

Unknown Maker, German

Blopsen

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Female Bather

Gwen John

Portrait Study of Auguste Rodin

Cecil Gordon Lawson

In Sussex

Richard Wilson

Banks of the Tiber

A red chalk portrait of the painter Giuseppe Amedeo Aliberti in red chalk wearing a tri-corner hat. He is standing with his right side facing the viewer, paintbrush in hand. The Italian text at the bottom reads: “Giuseppe Amedeo Aliberti Pinore Studente in Bologna al Servizio di Sua Maestrà Carlo Emanuele Rè di Sardigna, Duca di Savoia Principe di Piamonte dellineata da Monsieur Bonchardon Seultore di S.M. Christianisima rel suo Pasazzio chef ecce per Bologna di Aitorne da Roma à Earigi dimendato dal suo Rà.”

Edme Bouchardon

Portrait of the Painter Giuseppe Amedeo Aliberti

Aignan-Thomas Desfriches

Vue d'une Partie des Ruines de l'Eglise St Mesmin près d'Orleans (View of a part of the ruins of the Abbey of Saint-Mesmin de Micy near Orléans)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

The Beggars