Fine Art

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Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eric Seiler AB '78, AM '82, JD '82 and Darcy Bradbury AB '78, MBA '82 in honor of Matthew Rutenberg

More Artworks by Théodore Chassériau

Arab Horsemen Carrying Away Their Dead, oil on canvas by Théodore Chassériau

Arab Horsemen Carrying Away Their Dead

Théodore Chassériau

Portrait of a young woman with pearl necklaces, oil on canvas by Théodore Chassériau

Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Necklaces

Théodore Chassériau

Battle of Arab Horsemen, oil on panel by Théodore Chassériau

Battle of Arab Horsemen

Théodore Chassériau

Portrait of a tranquil figure by Théodore Chassériau, oil on canvas

Alphonse Pierre Hennet de Goutel (1815-1887)

Théodore Chassériau

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More Mythology Art

A depiction of Apollo reaching for Daphne, who is transforming into a laurel tree.

Apollo and Daphne

Peter Paul Rubens

A group of figures including a twisting woman in white and reddish-brown drapery, a crowned man, and others stand closely on rocky ground beneath a blue sky.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens' 'Hippomenes and Atalanta' captures a moment of tension in a mythological race.

Hippomenes and Atalanta

Peter Paul Rubens

A nearly nude woman chained to a rocky outcrop looks down anxiously as a sea monster rises below and an armored man swoops in with sword and shield.

Perseus and Andromeda

Peter Paul Rubens

Meleager and Atalanta confront the Calydonian Boar in a dynamic scene by Peter Paul Rubens.

Meleager and Atalanta and the Hunt of the Calydonian Boar

Peter Paul Rubens

Albrecht Dürer's 'St. George and the Dragon' depicts the legendary battle between the saint and the dragon.

St. George and the dragon.

Albrecht Dürer

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