27 John Frederick Lewis, Portrait of Mehmct Ali Pasha. 1844

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Description: Portrait of Mehmet Ali Pasha

TitlePortrait of Mehmet Ali Pasha

Creator nameLewis, John Frederick

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1844

Object typePainting

MaterialsPencil and watercolor

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148312/portrait-of-mehmet-ali-pasha-watercolour-drawing-lewis-john-frederick/

Accession numberCIRC.16-1930

SubjectsPortrait painting, BritishKings and rulers in artOttoman influences

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PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

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Chapter subject tags:Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876Architecture--EgyptCairo (Egypt)--HistoryClothing and dress--Ottoman influencesEgypt--Description and travel--19th centuryPainting, British--Ottoman influencesPainting, British--19th century

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Edward VI as a Child

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameHolbein, Hans, the younger

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1538

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions22 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (56.8 x 44 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.71.html

Accession number1937.1.64

Edward VI as a Child

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCrabbe van Espleghem, Frans

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1520–1530

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.2 x 19.2 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1468736&partId=1

Accession number1846,0509.33

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

King Richard III

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameAnonymous

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1570–1600

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions63.8 x 47 cm

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw05304/King-Richard-III

Accession numberNPG 148

King Richard III

Sir Thomas More and His Family

Posted by:John Carlson

May 22

Creator nameLockey, Rowland

Creator name (description)attributed to Rowland Lockey

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1600

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on vellum

Dimensions9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (24.1 x 29.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8821/sir-thomas-more-his-household-portrait-miniature-lockey-rowland/

Accession numberP.15-1973

Sir Thomas More and His Family

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar

Accession number17.3103

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...

Portrait of Malik Ambar

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly three monks of St Martin at Tours: Amandus, Haregarius, and Sigvaldus

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 1, fol. 423r

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to...

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

Esther before Ahasuerus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCrabbe van Espleghem, Frans

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1520–1530

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching on copper

Dimensions10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (26.2 x 19.2 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1468734&partId=1

Accession number1842,0806.97

Esther before Ahasuerus

King Kephron

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2472–2448 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

King Kephron

Statue of King Kephron

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureBamun (Cameroon)

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1800–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/207024/

Accession numberIII C33341

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Detail of king's throne (Königsthron), Bamun, Cameroon

Notitia Dignitatum: The Province of Palestine

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameLamy, Peronet

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1436

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/0dea6538-4aa3-442e-a817-c54e3a8f6deb

Accession numberMs. Canon. Misc. 378, fol. 128v

Notitia Dignitatum: The Province of...

Notitia Dignitatum: The Province of Palestine

Esther before Ahasuerus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCrabbe van Espleghem, Frans

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1525

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and dark brown ink, with touches of gray-brown wash, over black chalk, incised for transfer

Dimensions10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (26.1 x 19.4 cm)

LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/299/frans-crabbe-van-espleghem-esther-before-ahasuerus-recto-slight-sketch-of-an-ornamental-vase-verso-flemish-about-1525/

Esther before Ahasuerus

Triumph of the King of Cochin

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1508

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut, four blocks from a frieze

Dimensions10 7/8 x 43 1/4 in. (27.6 x 110 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1363733&partId=1

Accession number1895,0122.405-407

Triumph of the King of Cochin

Carta de Colón: La lettera dellisole che ha trovato nuovamente il re dispagna

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nameColumbus, Christopher

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1493

Object typePrint

Carta de Colón: La lettera...

Carta de Colón: La lettera dellisole che ha trovato nuovamente il re dispagna

Notitia Dignitatum: The Province of Palestine

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176509

Accession numberMs. 86.1972, fol. 2

Notitia Dignitatum: The Province of...

Notitia Dignitatum: The Province of Palestine

Standing figure carrying ritual devices

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureOlmec

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900-300 BC

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsSerpentine

Dimensions11.1 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm (4.4 x 1.9 x 0.8 in. )

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/23085

Accession numberPC.B.016

Standing figure carrying ritual devices

Drawing of Stela 11

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date200–100 BC

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsStone

Dimensions78 x 26 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (198 x 68 x 18 cm)

LocationMuseo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City

Accession number3093

Drawing of Stela 11

Tree of Consanguinity

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameGautier Lebaube Atelier

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1230–1260

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

Accession numberMs. G.37, fol. 1r

Tree of Consanguinity

Description: Black-background cylinder vase showing a ruler in a mythological setting flanked by...

Black-background cylinder vase showing a ruler in a mythological setting flanked by deities

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 755–780

Object typeContainer

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions8 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (22.5 x 12 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/cylinder-vase-36324

Accession number1988.1168

Black-background cylinder vase showing a...

Black-background cylinder vase showing a ruler in a mythological setting flanked by deities

Weisskunig in a Painter's Workshop

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1515–1520

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

Dimensions8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (21.5 x 19.5 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

Weisskunig in a Painter's Workshop

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Keppel

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator nameReynolds, Joshua

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1761

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationWoburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Keppel

Stelae E and A

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 700–800

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsStone

Stelae E and A

Bible: Initial "A" with David and the Ark

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1200

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/43e523c1-04c3-4e50-8425-4360bb93b4d9

Accession numberMs. Laud Misc. 752, fol. 279v

Bible: Initial "A" with David and the...

Bible: Initial "A" with David and the Ark

The saloon, Audley End, Essex

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1770

Object typePhotograph

The saloon, Audley End, Essex

Relación de Michoacán: Indian illustration of Purépeche history

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Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureMichoacán

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1539–1541

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationReal Biblioteca de El Escorial, Madrid

Relación de Michoacán:...

Relación de Michoacán: Indian illustration of Purépeche history

Edward III and his family kneeling below the Adoration of the Magi

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

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Creation datec. 1350–1363

Object typePainting

Edward III and his family kneeling below...

Edward III and his family kneeling below the Adoration of the Magi

Phillip IV

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameVelázquez, Diego

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1623

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions78 x 40 in. (198 x 101.5 cm)

LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/felipe-iv/d32048ac-2752-4248-a53a-45d9d58b1645

Accession numberP01182

Phillip IV

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