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Selected Works Leisure & Celebration

Song, dance, theater and the circus are chosen themes for this group of artworks. From Orpheus to the circus, not to mention the great playwrights and the village ball, see what people have done for entertainment since ancient times.

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Prints and Drawings

Claude GILLOT (Langres, 1673-Paris, 1722)

"My friends, let us not...

Between 1697 and 1718
Near Eastern Antiquities

A grimacing mask

Late 7th century-early 6th century BC

Carthage, Tunisia
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Painter of the Dancer with a Crotalum

Black-figure amphora

Circa 470 BC

Italy
Near Eastern Antiquities

Bottle decorated with figures of...

Sassanid era, c. 5th-6th century AD

Reshy, Dailaman province, Iran?
Paintings

Eustache LE SUEUR

Clio, Euterpe, and Thalia

c. 1652-55
Paintings

Gerrit van HONTHORST

Concert on a Balcony

1624
Paintings

Thomas GAINSBOROUGH (Sudbury, Suffolk, 1727-London,...

Conversation in a Park

1745
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Helmet of a Thracian Gladiator

Troisième quart du Ier siècle ap. J.-C.

Found in the gladiators' barracks at...
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Incense burner

Early fifth century BC
Paintings

Philips WOUWERMANS (Haarlem, 1619-Haarlem, 1668)

Parade with a Fatted Ox, also...

Circa 1650-55