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Faces Across Cultures

The portrait as a universal act, from Moche potters to Parisian salons.

  • Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940. Accession number 50.135.2. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916. Accession number 16.53. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889. Accession number 89.15.18. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Madame Edouard Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967. Accession number 67.187.81. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Accession number 29.100.9. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in honor of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1981. Accession number 1981.238. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960. Accession number 61.101.2. Open Access, CC0 1.0.
  • Head from a figure
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979. Accession number 1979.206.296. Open Access, CC0 1.0.

Portraits in oil, stone, clay and brass from five continents, brought together to compare what different cultures choose to show of a face.

A conceptual collection written for the Galerio demo, not a real-world exhibition. Works are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access collection.

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