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Running Eros, Holding a Torch

Unknown, Hellenistic

2nd or 1st century B.C.

Hellenistic Greece, 2nd or 1st century B.C.

AZ010

Classification

Sculpture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Verdi: Creating Otello and Falstaff—Highlights from the Ricordi Archive

September 6, 2019 through January 5, 2020

This exhibition isbased on The Enterprise of Opera - Verdi, Boito, Ricordi created by Bertelsmann/Ricordi and curated by Gabriele Dotto.

Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect. Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Browse all drawings in the exhibition and listen to the audio guide.

Online Exhibitions

Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland

November 13, 2026 through June 13, 2027

This exhibition introduces a new generation of visitors to ragtime—one of the first truly global popular music styles. Tracing the genre’s evolution from its roots in West African rhythms and European musical traditions to its pivotal role in the emergence of jazz, the exhibition explores ragtime’s vibrant cultural legacy. Through seven thematic sections, it examines the music’s historical foundations, its rise to mainstream popularity, and its crossover into Broadway, film, and popular culture, offering a rich and comprehensive portrait of ragtime’s enduring dynamism and influence.

Rome After Raphael

January 22 through May 9, 2010

Featuring more than eighty works drawn almost exclusively from the Morgan's exceptional collection of Italian drawings, Rome After Raphael illuminates artistic production in Rome from the Renaissance to the beginning of the Baroque—from approximately 1500 to 1600.

The Magic of Handwriting: The Pedro Corrêa do Lago Collection

June 1 through September 16, 2018

Handwriting works magic: it transports us back to defining moments in history, creativity, and everyday life and connects us intimately with the people who marked the page.