Name these pieces from British Museum and Musee d'Orsay...

[gitfiddle]

My girlfriend has just written an article about the British Museum and Musee d'Orsay, but the magazine staff just the works in the article and asked her to find the names, iif I understand correctly. They assume that since she lived in Paris and studied art there, then she knows all of the works by heart. While she has an idea of who painted these pieces (in the case of the first three) she doesn't know for sure. Also, she doesn't know the names for the Egyptian pieces listed below.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Painting 1
Painting 2
Painting 3
Egyptian papyrus
Sculpture

[pinkfreud]

Painting 1 is Femme Dans Son Bain S'Épongeant La Jambe, by Edgar Degas.

[jacquilynne]

D'orsay maintain an extensive online catalogue by artist at http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/ (see 'search by lists'). If she think she knows who painted them, it would take only a few minutes to flip through the results for each artist to find the matches.

[cckerberos]

This page identifies the sculpture as being a "[v]otive relief depicting the Thracian goddess Bendis with a number of torch-race victors approaching their goddess (c. 400-350 BCE, now in the British Museum...)"

[jovan]

#2 is Femme se coiffant. Celle qui se peigne. by Toulouse-Lautrec.

#3 is A Box at the Italians' Theatre by Eva Gonzales.

[gitfiddle]

Yeah, my girlfriend spent all morning scanning d'Orsay's archive. She ended up finding them, but I didn't have time to update before I went to work.

So, the only thing she's looking for now, I guess, is the last Egyptian work...

Thanks!

[Queen Bruin]

Originally Posted by gitfiddle

Yeah, my girlfriend spent all morning scanning d'Orsay's archive. She ended up finding them, but I didn't have time to update before I went to work.

So, the only thing she's looking for now, I guess, is the last Egyptian work...

Thanks!

It is a section of the Papyrus of Ani, a copy of what is more colloquially known as "The Egyptian Book of the Dead". I couldn't tell you what the hieroglyphs refer to exactly, but if a more knowledgeable Doper doesn't come along between now and Tuesday I can run it by my prof.

[gitfiddle]

Thanks y'all. This was a huge help!

[Hypno-Toad]

Here's the British Museum website. It has a nice "explore" function so maybe you can find even more interesting items.