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Works of Art (54)

The Accommodations of Desire, 1929, Salvador Dali (Spanish), Oil and cut-and-pasted printed paper on cardboard (1999.363.16)
Ancestral Couple (Ana Deo), 19th–early 20th century, Nage people, central Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Wood (2006.510)
Apollo Slays the Python and Quarrels with Cupid: From the series The Story of Apollo and Daphne, mid-16th century, Master of the Die, after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Engraving (49.97.323)
Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6)
Case (étui) with an amorous inscription, 1450–1500, Italy, Leather (cuir bouilli) over a wooden core, red cord (50.53.1)
Cupid with the Arms of Mars, ca. 1547–62, Adamo Scultori (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (49.97.479)
Curiosity, ca. 1660, Gerard ter Borch (Dutch), Oil on canvas (49.7.38)
Diana and Cupid, 1761, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (1982.438)
Eurydice, ca. 1510–16, Attributed to Antonio Lombardo (Italian, Ferrarese), Marble (17.190.737)
Ewer with profile busts of a man and a woman, ca. 1520, Possibly workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian), Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), with luster (27.97.39)
Feast of the Gods at the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1587, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish), after Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Engraving, printed from three plates on three attached sheets; second state of four (2000.113)
Habiti delle donne venetiane (Costumes of Venetian Women), ca. 1591–1609, Giacomo Franco (Italian), Published Venice: Giacomo Franco
Printed book with engraved plates (34.68)
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Poliphilo's Dream about the Strife of Love), Author: Francesco Colonna, Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1499, Woodcut illustrations with printed text; bound volume (23.73.1)
Hystoria di due amanti (Tale of Two Lovers), ca. 1500, Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Italian, Sienese), Alessandro Braccesi, translator, Published Florence: Piero Pacini da Pescia, Printed book with woodcut illustrations (25.30.17)
Interior with a Young Couple, early 1660s, Pieter de Hooch (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.613)
Jewel with gold letters spelling amor, mid-15th century, Franco-Flemish, Gold, pearls, diamond, emerald paste (57.26.1)
Laila and Majnun at School: Page from the Khamsa of Nizami (Quintet of Nizami), A.H. 835 /1431–32 A.D., Artist: possibly Mir Khalil; calligrapher: Ja'far, Herat, present-day Afghanistan, Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper (1994.232.4)
Lamenting the Death of Adonis, mid-16th century, After Luca Cambiaso (Italian), Woodcut (17.37.33)
Landscape with Perseus and Andromeda: From the "Mythological Room" of the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase, last decade of 1st century B.C.; Augustan, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (20.192.16)
A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo no nagamonogatari emaki), Nanbokucho period, late 14th century, Japan, Scroll two from a set of three handscrolls; ink, color, and gold on paper (2002.459.1–3), A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo no nagamonogatari emaki), Nanbokucho period, late 14th century, Japan, Ink and color on paper (2005.312)
The Love Song, 1868–?1873, Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Oil on canvas (47.26)
Lovers, ca. 1525–30, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Etching, first state; sheet, trimmed to platemark (26.70.3 [102])
The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660, Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch), Oil on canvas (46.13.2)
Low-footed bowl with bust of a woman, ca. 1530, Urbino or Castel Durante, Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (1975.1.1084)
The Luteplayer, ca. 1626, Valentin de Boulogne (French), Oil on canvas (2008.459)
Mantel clock, ca. 1780–90, French (Paris), Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)
Mars and Venus United by Love, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (10.189)
Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 1350–1375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160)
Musidora, 1813–35, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on wood (21.48)
Omnia vincit Amor, 1599, Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bolognese) (17.3.1853)
Pair of low-footed bowls with busts of Ruggieri and Filomena, ca. 1520–25, Italy; Urbino or Castel Durante, Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (65.6.7, 8)
Pen box, late 17th–early 18th century, India, possibly Deccan or Kashmir, Lacquered papier-mâché with gold leaf (2002.416a,b)
Pendant with facing couple (obverse) and sacred monogram (reverse), 15th century, Italy, Silver gilt, niello (17.190.965)
Plaster model for Cupid and Psyche, 18th century (1794), Antonio Canova (Italian), Rome, Italy, Plaster (05.46)
Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini; and Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, ca. 1485–90, Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane, Tempera on panel (1975.1.95, 96)
The Power of Cupid (Jupiter Disarmed), ca. 1530–50, Master of the Die (active Rome), after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Sienese), Engraving (49.97.328)
Psiche Curieuse, mid-1770s, Giovanni David (Italian), Etching and aquatint (1976.629)
Roundel with mock Triumph of Love, ca. 1510–20, Perhaps Castel Durante or elsewhere in the Marches, Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) (1975.1.1025)
Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Peter Paul (born 1637), mid- to late 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on wood (1981.238)
Sentimental Conversation, 1660s, Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam (Dutch), Oil on wood (32.100.19)
The Swing, 1777–79, Hubert Robert (French), Oil on canvas (17.190.27)
Terracotta Figure of Isis-Aphrodite, Roman period, 2nd–3rd century, Egyptian, Alluvial clay; brown, black, red, and pink paint on white englobe (1991.76)
Textile Tent Divider, 19th–20th century, Sudan; Beja peoples, Cotton, leather, beads, cowrie shells, palm leaf (1996.455)
The Toilet of Venus, 1751, François Boucher (French), Oil on canvas (20.155.9)
The Triumph of Love, ca. 1485–90, Francesco Rosselli (Italian, Florentine), Engraving (25.2.33)
Two Lovers, 1630; Safavid, Riza cAbbasi (ca. 1565–1635), Isfahan, Iran, Tempera and gilt paint on paper (50.164)
Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 1495–1505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts (37.80.6)
Venus and Adonis, ca. 1556–57, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), after Teodoro Ghisi (Italian, Mantuan), Engraving (53.522.28)
Venus and Adonis, mid- or late 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on canvas (37.162)
Venus and the Lute Player, ca. 1565–70, Titian and Workshop (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (36.29)
Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses, early 17th century, Giovanni Luigi Valesio (Italian), Engraving (17.50.16[188])
Vulcan at His Forge with Mars and Venus, 1543, Enea Vico (Italian), after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Engraving (49.97.351)
Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart"), 1623, Frans Hals (Dutch), Oil on canvas (14.40.602)
Young Woman with a Pink, ca. 1485–90, Attributed to Hans Memling (Netherlandish), Oil on wood (49.7.23)

Thematic Essays (29)