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MFA Boston Art Credits

Colossal statue of King Menkaura (Mycerinus)
View: Front
Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaura, 2490–2472 B.C.
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
09.204
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Marquis de Pastoret
Hippolyte Delaroche (French, 1797–1856)
1829
Oil on canvas
11.1449
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Susan Cornelia Warren Fund and the Picture Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Court ladies preparing newly woven silk
Attributed to: Emperor Huizong 宋徽宗 (Chinese, 1082–1135, ruled 1100–1125)
Inscribed by: Emperor Zhangzong 金章宗 (Jurchen-Chinese, ruled 1190 – 1208)
Colophon by: Zhang Shen 張紳 (Chinese, born in 1421)
Label written by: Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (Chinese, 1645–1704)
Colophon by: Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (Chinese, 1645–1704)
Label written by: Luo Wenbin 羅文彬 (Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
Colophon by: Luo Wenbin 羅文彬 (Chinese, 1845 – 1903)
View: Overall, without calligraphy
Chinese, Northern Song dynasty, early 12th century
Ink, color, and gold on silk
12.886
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Portrait of a Young Woman
Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun (French, 1755–1842)
about 1797
Oil on canvas
17.3256
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Robert Dawson Evans Collection
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Postman Joseph Roulin
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch (worked in France), 1853–1890)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
1888
Oil on canvas
35.1982
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mulay Ahmad
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
about 1609
Oil on panel
40.2
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. M. Theresa B. Hopkins Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Bosto

Three Sisters of the Copeland Family
William Matthew Prior (American, 1806–1873)
1854
Oil on canvas
48.467
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle (La Berceuse)
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch (worked in France), 1853–1890)
1889
Oil on canvas
48.548
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of John T. Spaulding
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Joseph Moore and His Family
Erastus Salisbury Field (American, 1805–1900)
about 1839
Oil on canvas
58.25
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings,
1815–1865
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Day of Atonement
Karl Knaths (American, 1891–1971)
1939
Oil on Masonite
60.796.1
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Myrer
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Portrait of Kabuki Actor Nakamura Kichiemon
Sekino Jun'ichirô (Japanese, 1914–1988)
Japanese, Shôwa era, 1947 (Shôwa 22)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
65.1130
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
*Reproduced with permission.
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Actor Nakamura Shikaku II as Shizuka Gozen at Horikawa, from the series Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigaoe shû)
Natori Shunsen (Japanese, 1886–1960)
Japanese, Shôwa era, 1926 (Taishô 15/Shôwa 1)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
66.418
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Justine F. Kershaw Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mr. Tiffen of East Kingston, New Hampshire
A. Ellis (American, active in 1820s–1830s)
about 1820
Oil on panel
69.1359
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ubi Girl from Tai Region
Loïs Mailou Jones (American, 1905–1998)
1972
Acrylic on canvas
1974.410
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
*© Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Statue of Athena Parthenos (the Virgin Goddess)
View: Front
Roman, Imperial Period, 2nd or 3rd century A.D.
Marble from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
1980.196
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Classical Department Exchange Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)
English, 1859
Oil on panel
1980.261
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of James Lawrence
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Self Portrait
Ellen Day Hale (American, 1855–1940)
1885
Oil on canvas
1986.645
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Nancy Hale Bowers
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Portrait mask
Olmec, Middle Formative period, 900–600 BC
Jadeite with black inclusions
1991.968
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Landon T. Clay
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Head of a woman
View: Front
Roman, Imperial Period, A.D. 100–125
Marble, probably from the Greek island of Paros
1992.575
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Samuel and Edward Merrin and Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Benjamin and Lucy Rowland Collection and a Gift of Barbara Deering Danielson, and the William Francis Warden Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mummy mask
View: Front
Egyptian, Roman Imperial Period, A.D. 1–50
Painted and gilded cartonnage, inlaid glass
1993.555.1
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Partial gift of Lucien Viola and Museum purchase with the Horace L. and Florence E. Mayer Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Marilyn M. Simpson Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, and William Stevenson
Smith Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mummy mask of a woman
Egyptian, Roman Imperial Period, A.D. 101–200
Painted plaster with gold leaf
1995.685
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Clover
Tateishi Harumi (Japanese, 1906–1994)
Japanese, Shôwa era, 1934
Panel; ink and color on paper
2004.242
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Keith McLeod Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Negro Student
Loïs Mailou Jones (American, 1905–1998)
1934
Charcoal on paper
2006.1441
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust
*© Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Hannah
Isidor Kaufmann (Hungarian, active in Austria, 1853–1921)
Austrian, Late 19th or early 20th century
Oil on panel
2014.513
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tipsy (Horoyoi), No. 1 from the series Fashions of the Modern World (Kindai jiseisô no uchi)
Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1897–1948)
Japanese, Shôwa era, 1930 (Shôwa 5), February
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
2016.232
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow collection
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Tea
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
about 1880
Oil on canvas
42.178
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. M. Theresa B. Hopkins Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Joseph Moore and His Family
Erastus Salisbury Field (American, 1805–1900)
Conservation Status: Before Treatment
about 1839
Oil on canvas
58.25
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mr. Tiffen of East Kingston, New Hampshire
A. Ellis (American, active in 1820s–1830s)
about 1820
Oil on panel
69.1359
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Paper moon portrait of a young woman
Unidentified artist
1911 or later
Gelatin silver print on card stock
* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive
* Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Barack Obama
by Kehinde Wiley
Oil on canvas, 2018.
© 2018 Kehinde Wiley.
Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
by Amy Sherald
Oil on linen, 2018.
Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

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Visitors at the George D. and Margo Behrakis Gallery, 207, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
* Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

MFA Boston Art Credits

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