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(New York, April 12, 2000) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art today issued a list of European paintings in its collections with incomplete provenance for the Nazi/World War II era. The list was made public today by Philippe de Montebeilo, Director of the Metropolitan, who testified this morning, along with other museum directors, before the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States. Inclusion on this list indicates that more information is required to complete the Metropolitan Museum's knowledge of the ownership of these works during the Nazi/World War II era, and does not indicate that the works are suspected of having been looted and not restituted.

The list of the 393 works of art — titles, artists, and accession numbers — was posted today on the Metropolitan Museum Web site [www.metmuseum.org] under a "News from the Met" banner.

"This is not a list of suspect pictures," Mr. de Montebeilo explained in his testimony. "Our list is an invitation for information that might help fill the elusive gaps during the Nazi era."

Mr. de Montebeilo served in 1998 as chairman of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Task Force on the spoliation of art during the Nazi era. The Task Force guidelines and principles, which were adopted in June 1998 by the full AAMD, committed all American museums to comprehensive reviews of their collections to ascertain if any works were unlawfully confiscated during the Nazi/World War II era and never returned."

(Text of Mr. de Montebello's testimony and the Metropolitan Museum list of European paintings with incomplete Holocaust-era provenance are attached.)

Communications Department 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028-0198 212-570-3951 Fax 212-472-2764 9 AM, April 12, 2000 Harold Holzer

STATEMENT BY PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO, DIRECTOR, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AT A HEARING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mr. Chairman, I am grateful to the Presidential Commission for the invitation to testify this morning. I appreciate this opportunity to update you, and through you, the public, on the efforts that The Metropolitan Museum has undertaken to re-examine its collections in order to ascertain whether any of its works were unlawfully confiscated by the Nazis and never restituted.

To give a sense of the magnitude of the effort, I hope you will remember that the Metropolitan's collections number more than two million works, works of art held in trust for the benefit and education of a broad public, which now numbers some 5.5 million visitors a year.

As a central part of its mission, the Met has long kept that public informed about all aspects of its collections through illustrated publications presenting both essential art- historical analysis as well as provenance and bibliographical information. And just a few months ago, we launched a new Web site that enables us to post on the Internet the provenance of works in the collection.

I think it is worth recalling, at this point, that there are at the Met, as in just about every other museum in the world, a great many works of art whose complete ownership history is not fully known, not just for the Nazi era, but for other frames of time as well. Many records are vexingly fragmentary and as is well known, dealers and auction houses have traditionally been disinclined to specify the origins of their stock, and this long before the Nazi period — a period for which, additionally, even less information has survived.

Today, I have been asked to update the Commission on the research into the Nazi era that the Metropolitan has conducted, pursuant to guidelines adopted in June 1998 by the Association of Art Museum Directors, acting on the recommendations of an AAMD Committee which I chaired. In doing so, let me reiterate what I said at the State Department Conference last year, namely that the Metropolitan remains committed to this research, and to the underlying principle that informs it: namely, that any legitimate claim of an owner stripped of property by the Nazis must be recognized and redressed. As it turns out, we have not received any claim from a victim of Nazi spoliation, nor been asked to look for a missing work by a victim or an heir. It is, after all, easier to link a claimant to a specific work of art than to postulate that a work of art may somewhere have a claimant. On the other hand, we realize how difficult this can be, especially one or two generations removed, and so we are conscious of our own obligation in this regard and take it very seriously.

So we ask ourselves: what can we do to advance our research, to speed up the process, to give this quest — ultimately a quest for truth and justice — the best chance of yielding results? The answer, we feel, is to open up the inquiry yet further. And to this end we are releasing today a list of all the European paintings in the Met's collection for which full information about ownership during the Nazi era is still incomplete after 18 months of renewed research. The list has now been posted on our Web site.

I would like to emphasize here, and to do so emphatically, that this list is not a list of "suspect" pictures. To so portray them would be to do a serious injustice to their donors, to the museum-going public, and to truth itself. Rather, the inclusion of a painting on this list indicates only that more information is required to complete our knowledge of its ownership during the Nazi era. Our list is an invitation for information that might help fill the elusive gaps during the Nazi era. Moreover, the list, which numbers 393 paintings, represents what remains in question after review of all of the 2,700 European paintings in the collection. For all of the remainder, we have already been able to fill relevant provenance gaps or exclude the possibility of malfeasance. This pattern, mirrored in other museums, namely the gradual elimination of painting with gaps in Nazi-era provenance, tells us not to raise expectations that many pictures will yet be found suspect. But, as I've said on previous occasions, even if only one work were demonstrably suspect, that is one too many.

May I also remind the members of the Commission and those present, that already, more than 2,200 of the 2,700 European paintings in The Metropolitan's collection are posted on our Web site, with illustrations, and the rest will ultimately be posted; that most provenance information is available in our publications, and that as early as practicable we will post the additional provenance on the Web site as well [www.metmuseum.org].

Ladies and gentlemen, in the belief that we have been invited here to testify because the Commission wants to hear all that may help resolve this painfully lingering chapter in the saga of the worst crime against humanity in modern history, I would like, at this point, to speak to another aspect of the issue, namely the nature of the recent discourse itself. If you will hear me out, I believe that you will see that this is a rather important point, for the degree to which this discourse has been inflected by misrepresentation and exaggeration is most disturbing — and sets a tone that is totally at odds with the search for truth that we are all pursuing.

So, let me try and dispel some misconceptions that continue to permeate the discourse: First: One cannot equate the works of art seized by the Nazis and later deposited by the Allies with the governments of, among others, Austria, France, or the Netherlands, and the handful of once-looted works that have turned up, or may yet turn up, in American museums. American museums did not participate in the plunder of Jewish collections in Europe during the Nazi era, nor were works, recovered but unclaimed, deposited with them at the end of the war.

And second: there is no similarity between works of art in American museums and the hidden assets in European banks and insurance companies. American museums openly display their collections and make them available to a wide public; they publish them in print and now also in the electronic media.

Also further unnecessarily polarizing the discourse — where instead we should be working in harmony ~ is a disturbing tendency to rush to judgment about works of art, and by extension, about museums themselves. Let me briefly give you two recent examples.

The first followed the publication by museums in Great Britain of a list of 350 paintings with gaps in their provenance for the Nazi years, very much like the list we are releasing today. Although the British took pains to explain that inclusion was simply a call for more information -just as we are doing ~ one newspaper nonetheless described the list as "an unprecedented disclosure.. .that about 350 artworks in their museums' collections may have been looted from their owners during World War II." I would like to think that we, tomorrow, will not be reading headlines such as that one, or like another that ran in England: "Brits list names of Nazi stolen art." That was both inaccurate and irresponsible. And, may I point out, no claim has resulted to date.

The second example of such a "rush to judgment" dates back to only last month. Because our Portrait of a Man by Peter Paul Rubens had once been handled by a notorious dealer, Karl Haberstock - which fact was ascertained, incidentally, from information we ourselves had published ~ the Metropolitan was challenged in March to prove that the work was not stolen by the Nazis. One of the resulting press reports began with the statement: "The Nazi plunder of art has touched home right here in America." The fact is, there was nothing the Metropolitan needed to prove. Our own publications indicated that the painting had been owned by a collector in Newark, New Jersey, as early as 1924, nine years before Hitler's rise to power.

Yet just a few days later, a wire service ran the following headline: "New York City Museum has famous painting seized by the Nazis" ~ in this case, a painting by the 17l -century Flemish master David Teniers the Younger. The reporter had garnered from one of our own catalogues, published on the Getty Provenance Index Web site, that the painting had been "seized by the German government during World War II". Yes, it had been looted, but as, once again, we had determined and published several years earlier, the picture had also been restituted to its owners, who brought it to the United States and subsequently gave it to the Metropolitan. The picture's title is clear and unambiguous. Such false reports as those on the Rubens and the Teniers are simply not helpful. We are pledged to research and to disclosure. We would like to do so in an atmosphere of mutual trust.

Finally I should address briefly the question of numbers, since wildly inflated figures are too often invoked, to wit, that tens or even hundreds of thousands of paintings once plundered by the Nazis are now displayed in our museums. The fact is, there are fewer than 20,000 European paintings in all in the United States, including the thousands acquired before WWII. To suggest such fanciful ~ and daunting ~ numbers is not just cavalier, considering the gravity of the subject, but it must surely be dispiriting to the millions of people who visit museums. And, may I add, it cruelly raises false expectations among potential claimants and Holocaust survivors. I do not think it unreasonable for us to hope for more plausibility in the future discourse. To provide some perspective, let me simply point out that using six of the largest repositories of European paintings in the United States ~ the Met, the National Gallery, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art — we find that together they own just over 10,000 European paintings, a total that, of course, includes the thousands acquired before World War II.

Let me once again emphasize how important it is that the new electronic technologies become a gathering point for any and all information that could facilitate research on provenance; for example, we hope you will support the idea that the federal government provide funding to create an index, or concordance, of the voluminous Holocaust-era records on deposit at the National Archives. Conceivably, it would be one of the best research tools available to scholars seeking clues to wartime looting. Highly desirable as well would be a comprehensive central data base highlighting information about outstanding claims for missing works of art, surely the most effective way to link claimants to individual works that they suspect were looted and not returned.

As you contemplate the Commission's recommendations to the President, may I submit that you consider the option of supporting federal funding for such a resource, as well as the notion of federal funding to help research efforts, particularly among claimants and at small museums whose budgetary constraints might currently inhibit such undertakings. And we certainly endorse the swift appropriation of the $5 million that Congress has already authorized for Holocaust-era research.

I should also say that I am pleased that the Art Loss Register has recently offered to make its own database available as a repository for such information. The Metropolitan endorses this approach in principle just as it would welcome other groups, such as the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), or the Art Museum Network of the AAMD, to create sites where relevant information could be posted and be linked to participating museum Web sites. Ladies and gentlemen, let me reiterate, in closing, our profound conviction that the unlawful and immoral spoliation of art during the Nazi period remains a bitter part of the horrific memory of this tragic time, and let me renew the Metropolitan Museum's pledge that every effort will be made to try to locate still-missing works of art. To this end, we sincerely hope that the list of paintings we have just released, paintings about which we seek more information, will prove a useful resource in arriving at the truth and ensuring justice.

Thank you. ##### The Metropolitan Museum of Art Provenance Research Project

List of European Paintings with Incomplete Provenance for the Nazi/World War II Era (as of April 12, 2000)

Inclusion on this list indicates that more information is required to complete our knowledge of the ownership of these works during the Nazi/World War II era. It does not indicate that the works are suspect. The Museum's research project is ongoing; additional information will be published as it becomes available.

Works are listed alphabetically by artists last name.

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Ship by Moonlight (1975.280.2)

Theodore Caruelle d'Aligny, Landscape with a Cave (1989.138)

Andre Albert, The Masons, 1926 (67.187.50)

Spinello Aretino, Conversion of Saint Paul (1975.1.11)

Bacchiacca (Francesco d'Ubertino), Leda and the Swan (1982.60.11)

Bacchiacca (Francesco d'Ubertino), Madonna and Child, possibly early 1520s (1982.60.10)

Bartolomeo di Giovanni, The Trinity (1989.132)

Bernardo Bellotto, Pima: The Obertor from the South (1991.306)

Ambrosius Benson, The Lamentation, possibly ca. 1520-25 (1982.60.23)

Jean Beraud, Parisian Street Scene (1975.1.243)

Edouard Bertin, Ravine at Sorrento (1986.296)

Cornells Bisschop, A Young Woman and a Cavalier, probably early 1660s (1982.60.33)

Workshop of Herri met de Bles, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, ca. 1550-60 (1976.100.1)

Jan Frans van Bleomen, Landscape with the Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt (66.186)

Umberto Boccioni, Self-portrait, 1905 (1990.38.4)

Umberto Boccioni, The Street Pavers, 1914 (1990.38.5)

Louis-Leopold Boilly, Portrait of a Man (1976.100.3) Louis-Leopold Boilly, Portrait of a Woman (1976.100.2)

Pierre Bonnard, The Artist's House at Vernon (1975.1.157)

Pierre Bonnard, Before Dinner (1975.1.156)

Pierre Bonnard, The Children's Meal, 1895 (1999.180.1)

Pierre Bonnard, Landscape in the South (Le Cannet) (1975.1.158)

Pierre Bonnard, The Seine at Vernon, ca. 1925 (1976.201.30)

Pierre Bonnard, Woman with Mimosa, 1924 (1978.264.8)

Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni), Saint Sebastian (48.78)

Francois Boucher, Capriccio View from the Campo Vaccino, 1734 (1982.60.44)

Frangois Boucher, Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels, 1765 (66.167)

Eugene Boudin, Princess Pauline Metternich (1836-1921) on the Beach (1999.288.1)

Adolphe-William Bouguereau, Young Mother Gazing at Her Child, 1871 (1993.402)

Sebastien Bourdon, The Baptism of Christ (1974.2)

Georges, House behind the Trees (1975.1.159)

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist, 1634 (1991.305)

Jan Brueghel the Younger, A Basket of Flowers (67.187.58)

Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Portrait of a Man, 1533 (62.267.1)

Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Portrait of a Woman, 1533 (62.267.2)

Budapest Master (Spanish, ca. 1500), The Annunciation (58.145.1)

Workshop of Nicolo Buonaccorso, Lamentation over Dead Christ (1975.1.20)

Francesco Cairo, Herodias, before 1635 (1973.165)

Frei Carlos, Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon (58.145.2)

Charles-Emile-Auguste Carolus-Duran, Portrait of a Woman (1981.366)

Annibale Carracci, The Burial of Christ, 1595 (1998.188)

Ludovico Carracci, The Lamentation, ca. 1585 (2000.68)

Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio), The Adoration of the Shepherds, probably after 1520 (69.123) Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, ca. 1902-6 (1994.420)

Paul Cezanne, Seated Peasant, ca. 1895-1900 (1997.60.2)

Marc Chagall, The Lovers, 1913 (1999.363.14)

Marc Chagall, Pont de Passy and the Eiffel Tower (1975.1.161)

Philippe de Champaigne, Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), 1655 (51.34)

Theodore Chasseriau, Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine (1996.285)

Jules Cheret, Fantasia (67.187.2)

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Bathsheba at Her Bath (1993.401)

Giorgio De Chirico, Ariadne, 1913 (1996.403.10)

Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi), The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1599 (1991.7)

Workshop of Frangois Clouet, Henry II (1519-1559), King of France (45.128.12)

Cologne Painter, third quarter 15th century, Adoration of the Magi (1975.1.134)

Bernardino dei Conti, Madonna and Child (1982.60.7)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Diana and Actaeon (1975.1.162)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Fontainebleau: Oak Trees at Bas-Breau, 1832 or 1833 (1979.404)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Study for "The Destruction of Sodom/' 1844-45 (1984.75)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, View of Lormes, early 1840s (1980.203.4)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Christ and the Adulteress, mid-1540s (1982.60.35)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Christ Blessing the Children, mid-1540s (1982.60.36)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, ca. 1510 (57.22)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Samson and Delilah (1976.201.11)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Venus and Cupid, ca. 1525-27 (1982.60.48)

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop, Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief (1975.1.135)

Gaspar de Crayer, Philip IV (1605-1665) in Parade Armor, possibly late 1620s (45.128.14) Henri Edmond Cross, Landscape with Pine Trees (1975.1.164)

Henri Edmond Cross, Valley with Fir (1975.1.163)

Aelbert Cuyp, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (1973.155.2)

Bernardo Daddi, Assumption of the Virgin (1975.1.58)

Cesare Dandini, Charity (69.283)

Charles-Frangois Daubigny, Landscape with Ducks (1975.1.165)

Charles-Frangois Daubigny, On the Banks of the Oise, 1864 (64.149.6)

Charles-Frangois Daubigny, The Pond of Gylieu, 1876 (43.86.6)

Workshop of Gerard David, Virgin and Child (1975.1.118)

Attributed to Jacques-Louis David, Head of a Boy (1976.100.5)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, The Dancers (64.165.1)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Dancing Peasant Girls (1975.1.166)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Race Horses, 1871-72, reworked 1876-78 (1999.288.3)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (1975.1.167)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Two Dancers, Half-length (1974.356.31)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Two Men, ca. 1865-69 (1992.380)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Woman Combing Her Hair, ca. 1888-90 (56.231)

Eugene Delacroix, Madame Henri Francois Riesener (Felicite Longrois, 1786-1847), 1835 (1994.430)

Andre Derain, Fishing Boats, Col/ioure, 1905 (1982.179.29)

Andre Derain, Houses of Parliament at Night (1975.1.168)

Andre Derain, Pitcher and Dishes, ca. 1912 (64.27.15)

Andre Derain, Regent Street, London, 1906 (1999.363.18)

Andre Derain, The Table, 1911 (54.79)

Claude Deruet, Battle of Amazons and Greeks, 1620s (1976.100.7)

Claude Deruet, Departure of the Amazons, 1620s (1976.100.6) Edouard Detaille, Gendarmes d'Ordonnance, 1894 (48.115)

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pena, Figures and Dog in a Landscape (1975.1.242)

Anton Dieffenbach, The Two Savoyards (64.151)

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri;, The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Nicholas of Myra and Anne, 1637 (1984.459.3)

Frangois Hubert Drouais, Sophie (1734-1782), Princess of France, 1762 (64.159.1)

Jacob Duck, 777e Procuress, ca. 1630-35 (1971.102)

Pierre Louis Dumesnil the Younger, Interior with Card Players (1976.100.8)

Jules Dupre, Landscape with Cattle (1975.1.169)

Jules Dupre, Valley of the River Loire (1997.257)

Dutch Painter, second quarter 17th century, A Young Woman in an Interior (1971.186)

Jan Ekels the Younger, Conversation Piece (1981.239)

Georges d'Espagnat, Anemones on a Flowered Cloth (1975.1.170)

Georges d'Espagnat, Flowers and Fruit (1975.1.176)

Georges d'Espagnat, Girl Painting at an Easel (1975.1.177)

Georges d'Espagnat, The Old Mushroom Gatherer (1975.1.172)

Georges d'Espagnat, Still Life with Flowers (1975.1.173)

Georges d'Espagnat, View of Cagnes (1975.1.178)

Georges d'Espagnat, Woman and Child (1975.1.174)

Georges d'Espagnat, Woman Painting in the Open Air (1975.1.175)

European Painter, before 1500, Head of Christ (1976.100.4)

Conrad Faber von Creuznach, Portrait of a Member of the vom Rhein Family, late 1520s (1982.60.37)

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Theodore Fantin-Latour, Pansies (1996.517)

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Theodore Fantin-Latour, Self-portrait (1995.91)

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Theodore Fantin-Latour, Still Life with Pansies, 1874 (66.194)

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Theodore Fantin-Latour, Summer Flowers, 1880 (1997.347) Flemish Painter, second quarter 16th century, Virgin and Child (1975.1.124)

Flemish Painter, second quarter 16th century, Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph (1975.1.121)

Attributed to Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of a Prelate (62.122.141)

Jean-Louis Forain, Recess of the Court (66.217)

Jean Honore Fragonard, Italian Interior, ca. 1760 (46.30)

French Painter, 17th century, Holy Family with Saint Anne (1976.100.12)

French Painter, 17th century, Still Life with Strawberries (1976.100.10)

French Painter, 19th century, Military Family Portrait (1975.1.149)

French Painter, late 16th century, Henri III (1551-1589), King of France (67.55.2)

French Painter, late 17th century, An Allegory, Perhaps of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 (1976.100.11)

French Painter, late 17th century, Trompe I'oeil with Palettes and Miniature (1976.100.13)

Taddeo Gaddi, Saint Julian, 1340s (1997.117.1)

Paul Gauguin, Still Life with Teapot and Fruit, 1896 (1997.391.2)

Artemisia Gentileschi, Esther before Ahasuerus (69.281)

Jacques de Gheyn the Elder, Vanitas Still Life, 1603 (1974.1)

Giampietrino (Gian Pietro Rizzi, or Giovanni Pedrini), Diana the Huntress (1989.21)

Luca Giordano, The Annunciation, 1672 (1973.311.2)

Albert Leon Gleizes, Street Scene in Bermuda, 1917 (64.27.14)

Pierre Gobert, Marie Adelaide de Savoie (1685-1712), Duchesse de Bourgogne, 1710 (63.120)

Copy after Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1800), Ferdinand VII (1784- 1833), when Prince of Asturias (51.70)

Jan Josephsz. van Goyen, Sandy Road with a Farmhouse, 1627 (1972.25)

Style of Jan Josephsz. van Goyen (Dutch, mid-17th century), River View with a Village Church (65.181.11)

Frangois-Marius Granet, Ponte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli (1996.181)

Workshop of El Greco (Spanish, ca. 1610), Saint Andrew (61.101.8) Jean Baptiste Greuze, Contemplation, mid-1770s (67.187.72)

Jean Baptiste Greuze, Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Mademoiselle Montredon, possibly early 1780s (65.242.4)

Georg Christoph Grooth, The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page (1978.554.2)

George Grosz, Berlin Street, 1931 (63.220)

Francesco Guardi, Capriccio (1974.356.28)

Follower of Francesco Guardi, Capriccio (3) (1975.1.92-.94)

Domenico Guidobono, An Allegory (1970.261)

Armand Guillaumin, The Lock at Genetin (1975.1.181)

Armand Guillaumin, Railway Bridge at Nogent-sur-Marne (1975.1.180)

Henri-Joseph Harpignies, Landscape (1975.1.183)

Henri-Joseph Harpignies, Stream in the Forest (1975.1.182)

Jean Helion, Standing Figure, 1936 (1982.148.1)

Abraham Hondius, Christ among the Doctors, 1668 (1974.368)

Pieter de Hooch, A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor (1976.100.25)

Samuel van Hoogstraten, The Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin (1992.133)

Jacob van Hulsdonck, Still Life: A Basket of Grapes and Other Fruit (64.294)

Imitator of Flemish Mannerism, Adoration of the Magi (1975.1.122)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Tintoretto and Aretino (1975.1.185)

Italian (Florentine or Sienese) Painter, second quarter 15th century, The Labors of Hercules (1971.115.4)

Italian (Florentine) Painter, mid-16th century, Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (53.45.1)

Italian (Florentine) Painter, third quarter 15th century, Madonna and Child with Saints (64.288)

Italian (Pisan) Painter, second quarter 14th century, Madonna and Child with Saints Michael and John the Baptist; The Noli Me Tangere; The Conversion of Saint Paul (1982.60.2)

Jacopino del Conte, Holy Family (1976.100.15) Abraham Janssen van Nuyssen, The Dead Christ in the Tomb with Two Angels, ca. 1610 (1971.101)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, The Pont Neuf (1980.203.3)

Cornells Jonson van Ceulen the Elder, Portrait of a Man, 1648 (57.30.1)

Cornells Jonson van Ceulen the Elder, Portrait of a Woman, 1648 (57.30.2)

Bernhard Keil, The Lacemaker (1971.115.2)

Kerstiaen de Keuninck, A Mountainous Landscape with a Waterfall, probably ca. 1600 (1983.452)

Herman Willem Koekkoek, Mill on the Laan (1975.443)

Philips Koninck, An Extensive Wooded Landscape (1980.4)

Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi, Red Sunset on the Dnieper (1974.100)

Roger De La Fresnaye, Artillery, 1911 (1991.397)

Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Music, 1649 (50.189)

Gerard de Lairesse, Apollo and Aurora, 1671 (43.118)

Pierre Laprade, Woman Sewing, 1926 (67.187.78)

Nicolas de Largillierre, Andre Francois Alloys de Theys d'Herculais (1692-1779), 1727 (1973.311.4)

Eustache Le Sueur, The Rape ofTamar, probably ca. 1640 (1984.342)

Fernand Leger, Mechanical Elements, 1920 (1999.363.36)

Fernand Leger, Still Life, 1929 (67.187.79)

Liberale da Verona (Liberale di Jacomo), Scene from a Novella (1986.147)

Jacopo Ligozzi, Allegory of Avarice (1991.443)

Andrea di Lione, Tobit Burying the Dead, 1640s (1989.225)

Workshop of Filippino Lippi, The Virgin of the Nativity, probably ca. 1500 (1982.73)

Johann Liss, Nymph and Shepherd, ca. 1625 (1999.121)

Gustave Loiseau, Place de la Bastille (1975.1.190)

Gustave Loiseau, Quai de Fecamp (1975.1.188)

Gustave Loiseau, Schoolhouse in the Snow (1975.1.189) Copy after Claude Lorrain (Italian, Roman, 1630 or later;, Landscape with an Artist Drawing, 1630 (1975.152)

Lorenzo Lotto, Venus and Cupid, possibly mid-1520s (1986.138)

Alessandro Magnasco, The Tame Magpie, probably ca. 1707-8 (1984.191)

Follower of Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, Milanese, first half 18th century), Nuns at Work (1982.60.13)

Konstantin Igorovich Makovsky, Portrait of a Young Woman (1975.280.5)

Edouard Manet, Madame Edouard Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1830-1906) (67.187.81)

Edouard Manet, The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874 (1976.201.14)

Edouard Manet, Peonies, 1864-65 (1976.201.16)

Albert Marquet, Port de Bougie, Algiers (1975.1.191)

Albert Marquet, Sergeant of the Colonial Regiment (1975.1.192)

Albert Marquet, Vase de Fleurs, ca. 1935 (1976.201.32)

Otto Marseus van Schrieck, St/7/ Life with Poppy, Insects, and Reptiles (53.155)

Master of Eggenburg, A Bishop Saint and Saint Procopius (44.147.1)

Master of Eggenburg, The Burial of Saint Wenceslas (44.147.2)

Master of Fori), Flagellation; Entombment (1975.1.79, .80)

Master of the Acts of Mercy, The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (verso) Giving Drink to the Thirsty (1981.365.1)

Master of the Berswordt Altar, The Crucifixion (43.161)

Master of the Brunswick Diptych, Virgin and Child with Saints (60.18)

Master of the Burg Weiler Altar, The Burg Weiler Altar (triptych), ca. 1470 (53.21)

Master of the Half Lengths, Virgin and Child (1975.1.123)

Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia, Head of Christ (1981.365.2)

Master of the Story of Joseph, Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners (53.168)

Henri Matisse, L'Espagnole (1975.1.193)

Henri Matisse, Nude in an Armchair (1975.1.195) Henri Matisse, Promenade among the Olive Trees (1975.1.194)

Henri Mauperche, Classical Landscape with Figures (1976.100.9)

Anton Mauve, Gathering Wood (43.86.8)

Anton Mauve, A Shepherdess and Her Flock (1985.88)

Luis Egidio Melendez (or Menendez), St/7/ Life: The Afternoon Meal (1982.60.39)

Gabriel Metsu, Woman Seated at a Window, probably ca. 1661 (1982.60.32)

Martin van Meytens the Younger, Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794) in the Guise of a Huntsman with His Wife (Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff, 1732- 1794), probably early 1760s (50.50)

Abraham Mignon, Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-portrait (68.190)

Amedeo Modigliani, Juan Gris, 1915 (67.187.85)

Claude Monet, Dr. Leclenche, 1864 (51.32)

Claude Monet, The Garden of Monet's House at Argenteuil, 1875-76 (1994.431)

Claude Monet, Landscape: The Pare Monceau, 1876 (59.206)

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1919 (1998.325.2)

Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli, Flowers in a Blue Vase, 1879-83 (56.183)

Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli, Four Figures (67.187.198)

Paulus Moreelse, Portrait of a Child (59.23.17)

Bartolome Esteban Murillo, A Knight of Alcantara or Ca/atrava, ca. 1650-55 (54.190)

Charles Joseph Natoire, The Expulsion from Paradise, 1740 (1987.279)

Jean Marc Nattier, Marie Frangoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d'Argence (58.102.1)

Netherlandish Painter, ca. 1490, Saint Donatian; A Warrior Saint, Probably Victor, Presenting a Donor (1982.60.18-. 19)

Netherlandish Painter, ca. 1540-50, Portrait of a Woman (69.282)

Netherlandish Painter, first half 16th century, Portrait of a Man (1982.60.28)

Jakob Ochtervelt, The Love Letter, ca. 1670 (1980.203.5)

Jacopo Palma the Younger, The Crucifixion (57.170) Guido Palmeruccio (also called Guiduccio Palmerucci), Saint Romuald, possibly 1320s (1982.60.1)

Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini), Ancient Rome, 1757 (52.63.1)

Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini), Modern Rome, 1757 (52.63.2)

Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, The Golden Age (1982.60.43)

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Bacchus and Ariadne (1984.458)

Vasilii Grigorievich Perov, Head of a Man (1975.280.6)

Francis Picabia, Lucie (Youki) Desnos, ca. 1938 (1983.455)

Pablo Picasso, The Actor, 1904-5 (52.175)

Pablo Picasso, Josep Fontdevila, 1906 (1992.37)

Pablo Picasso, Mandolin, Fruit Bowl, and Plaster Arm, 1925 (1996.403.2)

Pablo Picasso, Mother and Child, 1901 (64.162)

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with a Pipe Rack, 1911 (1997.149.6)

Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, The Death of Harmonia (69.129)

Camille Pissarro, Barges at Pontoise, 1876 (1979.135.16)

Camille Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897 (60.174)

Camille Pissarro, The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, 1899 (1979.414)

Camille Pissarro, The Public Garden at Pontoise, 1874 (64.156)

Camille Pissarro, Steamboats in the Port of Rouen, 1896 (58.133)

Camille Pissarro, A Washerwoman at Eragny, 1893 (64.154.1)

Frans Post, A Brazilian Landscape, 1650 (1981.318)

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus, Portrait of a Young Woman (39.143)

Nicolas Poussin, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1627 (1997.117.6)

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels (1979.209)

Scipione Pulzone (II Gaetano), The Lamentation, 1591 (1984.74)

Pieter Jansz. Quast, A Party of Merrymakers, late 1630s (1973.155.1) Odilon Redon, Bouquet in a Chinese Vase, possibly 1912-14 (64.266)

Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse (1975.1.140)

Style of Rembrandt van Rijn (17th century or later), Study Head of an Old Man (60.71.16)

Guido Reni, Charity (1974.348)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes, 1908-14 (61.190)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Figures on the Beach (1975.1.198)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, A Road in Louveciennes, ca. 1870 (1974.356.32)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sea and Cliffs (1975.1.200)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Two Young Girls at the Piano (1975.1.201)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Versailles (1975.1.202)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Girl Bathing (1975.1.199)

Ilia Efimovich Repin, Shepherd with a Flock of Sheep, 1870 (1975.280.4)

Sebastiano Ricci, The Baptism of Christ (1981.186)

Sebastiano Ricci, The Holy Family with Angels, possibly ca. 1700 (1986.347)

Hyacinthe Rigaud, Henri Louis de la Tour d'Auvergne (1679-1753), Comte d'Evreux, Marechal de France, ca. 1720 (59.119)

Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XV (1710-1774) as a Child (60.6)

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, The Sacrifice of Polyxena (54.166)

Girolamo Romanino, The Flagellation; The Madonna of Mercy, ca. 1540 (1989.86)

Georges Rouault, Portrait of a German Officer, 1916 (1996.403.18a, b)

Georges Rouault, Mythical Landscape (1975.1.203)

Georges Rouault, Three Judges, ca. 1938 (1990.274.3)

Henri Rousseau, The Pool (1975.1.204)

Copy after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 17th century), Ferdinand (1609-1641), Cardinal-Infante of Spain (56.172)

John Russell, Mrs. William Mann Godschall (Sarah Godschall, born 1730), 1791 (61.182.2)

John Russell, William Mann Godschall (born 1720), 1791 (61.182.1) Russian (possibly Novgorod) Painter, late 15th century, Christ Enthroned (44.101)

Russian Painter, possibly 17th century, The Resurrection of Christ and the Harrowing of Hell (1982.378)

Salomon van Ruysdael, Market by the Seashore, 1637 (60.55.4)

Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi), Portrait of a Man (45.128.11)

Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio), Madonna and Child with the Dead Christ, Saints Agnes and Catherine of Alexandria, and Two Angels (1987.290.2a, b)

Workshop of Sano di Pietro, San Bernardino (1975.1.45)

Carlo Saraceni, Paradise (1971.93)

Godfried Schalcken, Cephalus and Procris (1974.109)

Frederic Schall, Mademoiselle Duthe (Rosalie Gerard, 1752-1820) Dancing (65.242.8)

Johann Eleazer Zeissig Schenau, Domestic Scene (1971.115.6)

Attributed to Ludwig Schongauer, Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection (1982.60.34a, b)

Attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo, The Holy Family with Saints and Donors (1973.155.5)

Louis Seraphine, The Large Bouquet, ca. 1907 (67.187.101)

Georges Seurat, The Mower (1975.1.206)

Georges Seurat, Study for "La Grande Jatte" (1975.1.207)

James Seymour, Portrait of a Horseman, 1748 (56.54.1)

Paul Signac, Concarneau (1975.1.209)

Paul Signac, The Jetty at Cassis, 1889 (1976.201.19)

Paul Signac, Lighthouse at Groix, 1925 (1998.412.3)

Paul Signac, Place Clichy (1975.1.210)

Paul Signac, View of Collioure (1975.1.208)

Alfred Sisley, The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, 1872 (64.287)

Alfred Sisley, The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammes, 1883-85 (1976.201.18)

Alfred Sisley, Rue Eugene Moussoir at Moret: Winter, 1891 (1992.366) Pietro Testa, Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus (1987.75)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Chariot of Aurora (1997.117.7)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Female Allegorical Figure, ca. 1740-50 (1984.49)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Female Allegorical Figure, 1740-50 (1997.117.8)

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot, Tea, 1872 (1998.170)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Albert (Rene) Grenier (1858-1925), 1887 or 1888 (1979.135.14)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Emilie, late 1890s (1974.356.35)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mademoiselle Nys (1974.356.36)

Robert Levrac Tournieres, Self-portrait with Pierre de la Roche (60.120)

Tuscan Painter, first quarter 14th century, Madonna and Child; Pieta (1975.1.3, .4)

Gaspare Traversi, Saint Margaret of Cortona, ca. 1758 (68.182)

Gaspare Traversi, Teasing a Sleeping Girl (1976.100.19)

Pierre Charles Tremolieres, Comedy (1974.356.27)

Paul Desire Trouillebert, Early June Landscape (1975.1.212)

Paolo Uccello (Paolo di Dono), The Crucifixion, probably mid-1430s (1997.117.9)

Maurice Utrillo, 40, Rue Ravignan (1975.1.213)

Maurice Utrillo, Rue Ravignan, Paris, 1910 (1970.203)

Wallerant Vaillant, Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon (57.104)

Suzanne Valadon, Joy of Life, 1911 (67.187.113)

Juan de Valdes Leal, Pieta, probably 1657-60 (54.168)

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Roman Ruins (1978.48.2)

Louis Valtat, Woman on the Seashore (1975.1.216)

Louis Valtat, Woman with a Cat (1975.1.215)

Felix Vallotton, Landscape at Saint-Jeannet, Provence, 1922 (67.187.115)

Felix Vallotton, St/7/ Life with Flowers, 1925 (67.187.117) Attributed to Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, Portrait of a Man with a Rosary, 1545 (1982.60.27)

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison, ca. 1580-85 (1999.225)

Antoine Vestier, Eugene Joseph Stanislas Foulon d'Ecotier (1753-1821), 1785 (1983.405)

Jacques Villon, Self-Portrait (1975.1.217)

David Vinckboons, Forest Landscape with Two of Christ's Miracles (1976.100.20)

Workshop of Antonio Vivarini, Saint Jerome (65.181.6)

Bartolomeo Vivarini, A Saint (Mark?) Reading, ca. 1470 (65.181.1)

Maurice de Vlaminck, On the Banks of the Seine (1975.1.218)

Maurice de Vlaminck, Reflection of Sunlight (1975.1.220)

Maurice de Vlaminck, River Scene with Sun (1975.1.221)

Maurice de Vlaminck, Sailboats on the Seine (1975.1.219)

Hendrick Cornelisz. Van Vliet, Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft, 1660 (1976.23.2)

Edouard Vuillard, Figure Seated by a Window (1975.1.222)

Edouard Vuillard, The Foyer (1975.1.223)

Edouard Vuillard, Girl at the Piano (1975.1.224)

Edouard Vuillard, Interior with Figure Sewing (1975.1.225)

Edouard Vuillard, Lady Sewing (1975.1.226)

Edouard Vuillard, Luncheon, 1901 (1979.135.28)

Goffredo Wals, A Roman Landscape with Figures, probably 1630s (1997.157)

Friedrich Walther, Sermon of Saint Albertus Magnus (64.215)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Countess Maria Ivanovna Lamsdorf, 1859 (67.187.119)

Philips Wouwermans, A Man and Woman on Horseback, ca. 1652-54 (1971.48)

Joachim Wtewael, The Golden Age (1993.333)