Castle Garden in New York City was the country’s first immigration station and processed a large refugee population in the late 19th century. Here, people from different countries talk, rest, and pass the time waiting for inspection and registration.
A man with a red beard wears glasses, a brown suit, and a flat-topped straw hat sits
Dancers Backstage depicts an informal, behind-the-scenes moment at the ballet—the type of scene that most intrigued Degas. Four figures occupy the painting:
onto a loosely painted scene with three ballerinas in rose-pink costumes and one man
Jesus faces and looks at a kneeling, pale-skinned man to our right who holds out
Discover works by Karl Buchholz and learn about the artist
Beckmann 1921 Lithograph Accession ID 1945.5.38 Not on view Artwork Woman, Man
Middleman 1969 Lithograph Accession ID 1974.11.6 Not on view Artwork A Hard Man
The central man, Jesus, is covered with a white cloth across one shoulder and both
Discover works by Simon Vouet and learn about the artist
1625 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1961.9.52 Artwork Simon Vouet, A Bearded Man
lithograph on wove paper · Accession ID 2021.67.3 Artwork Gioacchino Banfi, Seated Man
· Accession ID 1998.17.10 Artwork Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, Portrait of a Man
Jacopo Tintoretto was, along with Titian and Paolo Veronese , one of the three giants of 16th-century Venetian painting. No one else came close to matching the sheer number of pictures he provided for Venice’s churches, confraternities, government buildings, and private palaces.
oil on canvas · Accession ID 1952.5.79 Artwork Jacopo Tintoretto, A Kneeling Man
