Walters Art Museum
The Walters Art Museum is an art museum with a collection that includes masterworks of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamian, Greek and Rome, medieval and Renaissance artworks, Master European and 19th-century paintings. Including Chinese ceramics and bronzes, plus Art Deco jewellery.
In 2000, “The Walters Art Gallery” changed its long-time name to “The Walters Art Museum” to reflect collection and focus.
Highlights of the Walters Art Museum
- “The Duel After the Masquerade” by Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Ancient Sumerian Male Worshipper
- Padiiset’s Statue
- Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man
- “The Sailor’s Wedding” by Richard Caton Woodville
- “Woman in Blue Combing Her Hair” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Geisha Hisae with a Towel” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman Applying Color to Her Lips” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman Powdering Her Neck” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Hotspring Hotel” – “Onsen yado” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Waitress with a Red Tray” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman after the Bath” – Yokujo no Onna by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman Dressing in a Long Undergarment” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman Folding Kimono” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman in a Summer Kimono” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- “Woman Washing Her Face” by Goyō Hashiguchi
- Masterpieces of the Walters Art Museum
- Portrait of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
- “Sappho and Alcaeus” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
- Diogenes by Jean-Léon Gérôme
American Proverbs and Quotes
Walters Art Museum
- Name: Walters Art Museum
- City: Baltimore
- Established: 1934
- Type: Art museum
- Location: 600 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Photo Credit: By Dylan k (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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