Collection

Museum Collection

The works shown are illustrative reference examples — public-domain museum works representing the categories and calibre Scion advises on. They are not offered for sale; available works are presented to clients by enquiry.

The collection of museum masterpieces is organized by period — Old Masters, Impressionist & Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary — reflecting the different evidentiary standards and market context each brings. Every work is presented with its documented provenance and a source reference. Browse by period to view current holdings.

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Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Self-Portrait, 1660

Oil on canvas · 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. (80.3 x 67.3 cm)

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1520

Oil on wood · 19 x 17 in. (48.3 x 43.2 cm)

The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Petrus Christus

Portrait of a Carthusian, 1446

Oil on oak · Overall 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.6 cm); painted surface 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (29.2 x 18.7 cm)

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, ca. 1440

Tempera on wood · 25 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (64.1 x 41.9 cm)

Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frans Hals

Portrait of a Man, early 1650s

Oil on canvas · 43 1/2 x 34 in. (110.5 x 86.4 cm)

Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)

Portrait of a Young Man, 1530s

Oil on wood · 37 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. (95.6 x 74.9 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)

Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1470

Oil on wood · 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.6 cm)

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Corneille de Lyon

Portrait of a Man with Gloves, ca. 1535

Oil on wood · 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Portrait of a Woman, 1633

Oil on wood · Oval, 26 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (67.9 x 50.2 cm)

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hans Holbein the Younger

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560), 1532

Oil and gold on oak · 16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.2 x 32.4 cm), with added strip of 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) at bottom

Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Auguste Renoir

Eugène Murer (Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, 1841–1906), 1877

Oil on canvas · 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm)

The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

The Dance Lesson, ca. 1879

Pastel and black chalk on three pieces of wove paper, joined together · 25 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (64.5 x 56.2 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Adaline Havemeyer Perkins, in memory of her father, Horace Havemeyer, 1971, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

At the Milliner's, 1882

Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting · 30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

Woman Having Her Hair Combed, ca. 1886–88

Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount · 29 1/8 x 23 7/8 in. (74 x 60.6 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), 1887

Oil on canvas · 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)

Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Georges Seurat

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884

Oil on canvas · 27 3/4 x 41 in. (70.5 x 104.1 cm)

Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

Dancers Practicing at the Barre, 1877

Mixed media on canvas · 29 3/4 x 32 in. (75.6 x 81.3 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

The Dance Class, 1874

Oil on canvas · 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm)

Bequest of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1986, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edgar Degas

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, ca. 1874

Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas · 21 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (54.3 x 73 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Auguste Renoir

Reclining Nude, 1883

Oil on canvas · 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)

The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Auguste Renoir

Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971), 1914

Oil on canvas · 36 1/4 x 29 in. (92.1 x 73.7 cm)

Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Moonlight, Strandgade 30, 1900–1906

Oil on canvas · 16 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (41 x 51.1 cm)

Purchase, European Paintings Funds, and Annette de la Renta Gift, 2012, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau (le Douanier)

The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907

Oil on canvas · 44 3/4 in. × 63 in. (113.7 × 160 cm)

Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul, 1911

Oil on canvas · 35 1/2 × 39 3/8 in. (90 × 100 cm)

Gift of Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust, in honor of Keith Christiansen, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon

Pandora, ca. 1914

Oil on canvas · 56 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (143.5 x 62.2 cm)

Bequest of Alexander M. Bing, 1959, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Umberto Boccioni

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, cast 1950

Bronze · 47 3/4 × 35 × 15 3/4 in., 200 lb. (121.3 × 88.9 × 40 cm, 90.7 kg)

Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egon Schiele

Seated Nude in Shoes and Stockings, 1918

Charcoal on paper · 18 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (46.7 × 29.8 cm)

Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elemér de Kóródy

Cubist Study of a Head, ca. 1913

Charcoal on paper · 12 3/16 × 9 5/16 in. (30.9 × 23.6 cm)

Gift of Martin Birnbaum, 1959, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elemér de Kóródy

Cubist Study of A Head, ca. 1913

Graphite on paper · 9 1/8 × 9 in. (23.2 × 22.9 cm)

Gift of Martin Birnbaum, 1959, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon

Vase of Flowers (Pink Background), ca. 1906

Oil on canvas · 28 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (72.7 x 54 cm)

Bequest of Mabel Choate, in memory of her father, Joseph Hodges Choate, 1958, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon

Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1900–1905

Pastel on paper · 31 5/8 x 25 1/4 in. (80.3 x 64.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. George B. Post, 1956, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon

Etruscan Vase with Flowers, 1900–1910

Tempera on canvas · 32 x 23 1/4 in. (81.3 x 59.1 cm)

Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henri Fantin-Latour

Pansies, 1903

Oil on canvas · 9 x 11 1/8 in. (22.9 x 28.3 cm)

Gift of Paul O. Fabri, 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wilhelm Trübner

Rose Hedge, 1910

Oil on canvas · 29 7/8 x 24 1/4 in. (75.9 x 61.5 cm)

Reisinger Fund, 1916, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Odilon Redon

Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, 1865–1946), 1901

Pastel on paper · 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (72.4 x 57.2 cm)

The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1960, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gustav Klimt

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000), 1912–13

Oil on canvas · 59 x 43 1/2 in. (149.9 x 110.5 cm)

Gift of André and Clara Mertens, in memory of her mother, Jenny Pulitzer Steiner, 1964, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Auguste Renoir

The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes, 1908–14

Oil on canvas · 21 1/2 x 25 3/4in. (54.6 x 65.4cm)

Bequest of Charlotte Gina Abrams, in memory of her husband, Lucien Abrams, 1961, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Masquerade Ball at the Ritz Hotel, Paris, 1909

Oil on canvas · 35 x 47 in. (88.9 x 119.4 cm)

Bequest of Emma T. Gary, 1934, The Metropolitan Museum of Art