What They See

You visit museums to see works of art. Have you ever wondered what they see instead?

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Herakles the Archer by Émile-Antoine Bourdelle

1909, Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Study of a Young Woman by Johannes Vermeer

ca. 1665-67, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Marble bust of a youth by Unknown

ca. 1st or 2nd centry A.D., Marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Marsyas by Balthasar Permoser

ca. 1680-85, Marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves by Rembrandt van Rijn

1648, Oil on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Self-Portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn

1660, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer by Edgar Degas

modeled ca. 1880, this cast 1922, Bronze, partially tinted, with cotton skirt and satin hair ribbon, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Reclining Nude by Amedeo Modigliani

1917, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Night by Aristide Maillol

ca. 1902-9, Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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The Vine by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

1921, revised 1923, this cast 1924, Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Thérèse Dreaming by Balthus

1938, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York