On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing the skin from an elephant's head, trunk turned up and tusks protruding out, small dots surround the border. The other ...

A somber monochrome watercolor of mayhem and dissent at sea. The depiction of a sinking raft, with one furled and one billowing sail, stretches from one side of the drawing to the other. Great, curved ...

In a stone room with an elaborate concave ceiling and columns, two figures stand on the left-hand side of the image. The man on the right appears surprised by the other figure. The figure on the left ...

With her large body and frontal pose, the Virgin here functions as a throne for Christ, a visual expression of her status as the Mother of God and source of wisdom. While the symmetry and rigid ...

An almost ball-shaped jar has a wide, flat, circular bottom, and a wide, circular opening at the top with a short ridge that flares outward slightly. Blue designs are painted on its smooth white ...

A creature with a long curving neck, tall narrow ears, an open beak with a curling tongue, and big black eyes. On its head, in front of the ears and between the eyes there is a finial coming up from ...

A woman rests her fair-skinned face on her hand with elbows bent on her knees in front of her chest. Her delicate fingers frame her face. Her long wavey light brown hair extends down her back, she ...

The Harvard Art Museums announced today the appointment of Audrey Sands as the Richard L. Menschel Associate Curator of Photography. As a member of the museums’ Division of Modern and Contemporary Art ...

Our galleries are ever-changing, with new installations occurring each month throughout the museums. This fall, we’re welcoming rarely seen works of art into our galleries and celebrating diverse ...

The painting of a man wearing a tuxedo standing in front of a light gray wall. The left arm is bent at waist level, the hand holds a small white object between the fingers. The right arm is bent in a ...

In front of a tent at right, and a small folding table with written documents, George Washington stands facing us and looking directly at us with a confident expression. His gray hair pulled back, he ...

In this black ink drawing, a man with long, wavy hair and winged feet gracefully steps to his right to whisper into the ear of a young nude woman standing beside him. He wears a flowing, ...