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Sculptures from different points of view

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Description: Sculptures from different points of view
TitleSculptures from different points of view
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation dateUnknown
Object typePrint
MaterialsUnknown
DimensionsUnknown
LocationFrom Alcuni composizioni di diversi autori in lode del ritratto della Sabina, Florence: Bartolomeo Sermartelli, 1583, Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsFemale nude in artPrints, Renaissance
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Description: Ambitious Form: Giambologna, Ammanati, and Danti in Florence
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Chapter subject tags:Giambologna, 1529-1608Danti, Vincenzo, 1530-1576Nude in art--Italy--RenaissanceParagone (Aesthetics)Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519Florence (Italy)--HistorySculpture, Renaissance--ItalySculpture, Renaissance--Italy--FlorenceAmmannati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592

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Description: Venus Felix
Venus Felix
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 150
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 314 cm
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
Accession numberMV_936_0_0
Venus Felix
Venus Felix
Description: Crucifixion, Surrounded by Fourteen Other Scenes from the Passion
Crucifixion, Surrounded by Fourteen Other Scenes from the Passion
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1460–1470
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (26.2 x 19 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29375001
Accession number1931,1114.1
Crucifixion, Surrounded by Fourteen...
Crucifixion, Surrounded by Fourteen Other Scenes from the Passion
Description: Photograph of Mangbetu woman, taken on the Haardt expedtion
Photograph of Mangbetu woman, taken on the Haardt expedtion
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1925
Object typePhotograph
LocationGetty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Accession number850042
Photograph of Mangbetu woman, taken on...
Photograph of Mangbetu woman, taken on the Haardt expedtion
Description: Dill
Dill
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1485
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
Dill
Dill
Description: Female figurine
Female figurine
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nationality/cultureCycladic
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 2500 BC
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
Female figurine
Female figurine
Description: Negro Artists
Negro Artists
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1946
Object typePeriodical
LocationPrivate collection, Memphis
Negro Artists
Negro Artists
Description: The Triumph of Christ
The Triumph of Christ
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 04
Creator name (description)after Titian
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1517
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodblock print in one color from five blocks
LocationNew York Public Library
The Triumph of Christ
The Triumph of Christ
Description: Venus de' Medici
Venus de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator name (description)Cleomenes, son of Apollodorus
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 100 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsParian marble
DimensionsH: 153 cm
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/medici-venus
Accession number1914 no. 224
Venus de' Medici
Venus de' Medici
Description: A memento mori broadsheet with wishes for the New Year
A memento mori broadsheet with wishes for the New Year
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1500
Object typePrint
MaterialsHand-colored wood cut
Dimensions11 13/16 × 7 11/16 in. (30 × 19.5 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0122-28
Accession number1895,0122.28
A memento mori broadsheet with wishes...
A memento mori broadsheet with wishes for the New Year
Description: Side-blown horn
Side-blown horn
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureMende
Creator roleInstrument Maker
Creation date1870–1950
Object typeMusical Instrument
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions23 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (60.3 × 5.7 × 9.5 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4148776
Accession number1994.198.McD
Side-blown horn
Side-blown horn
Description: Skull
Skull
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1538
Object typePrint
MaterialsPrinted book with woodcut illustrations on paper
Dimensions13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990049302080203941/catalog
Accession numberTyp 565.38.415 v.3
Skull
Skull
Description: Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 300–500
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory and bone
Dimensionsh: 9 cm, w: 5 cm
LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/23801
Accession number71.1097
Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Description: Susanna and the Elders
Susanna and the Elders
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator name (description)Artemisia Gentileschi or Bernardo Cavallino
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1636–1638
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions104 3/8 × 82 5/8 in. (265 × 210 cm)
Susanna and the Elders
Susanna and the Elders
Description: Protestant Church Interior
Protestant Church Interior
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1600
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84007437
Accession numberFRBNF41499935
Protestant Church Interior
Protestant Church Interior
Description: St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1460–1470
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.9 x 18.8 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29361001
Accession number1845,0825.481
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Description: Photograph of Africans: Two Targui women
Photograph of Africans: Two Targui women
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationHenry Matisse Archives, Paris
Photograph of Africans: Two Targui women
Photograph of Africans: Two Targui women
Description: Ifa divination tapper (iro Ifa)
Ifa divination tapper (iro Ifa)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureYoruba
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1870–1930
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions7 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (20 × 3.8 × 5.4 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5204917
Accession number1978.40
Ifa divination tapper (iro Ifa)
Ifa divination tapper (iro Ifa)
Description: Hottentot woman
Hottentot woman
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1796
Object typePrint
LocationFrom François Le Vaillant, "New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the Way of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Years 1783, 84, and 85, 3 vols." (London, 1796). British Library, London
Hottentot woman
Hottentot woman
Description: Venus de Milo
Venus de Milo
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date150-125 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010277627
Accession numberN° d'entrée LL 299
Venus de Milo
Venus de Milo
Description: Candelabrum with Aphrodite, detail
Candelabrum with Aphrodite, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 400–600
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/21001/candelabrum-with-aphrodite
Accession number58-5
Candelabrum with Aphrodite, detail
Candelabrum with Aphrodite, detail
Description: Title page from The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio divided into foure bookes
Title page from The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio divided into foure bookes
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 27
Creator name (description)Thomas Hoby (author)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1561
Object typePrint
LocationPrivate collection
Title page from The Courtyer of Count...
Title page from The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio divided into foure bookes
Description: Anatomy Lesson
Anatomy Lesson
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1493–1494
Object typePrint
MaterialsStencil-colored woodcut
Dimensions11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (30 x 19.8 cm)
Anatomy Lesson
Anatomy Lesson
Description: Voluptuosity and Virtue
Voluptuosity and Virtue
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nameBrant, Sebastian; Unknown
Creator name (description)Sebastian Brant (author); Geoffroy de Marnef (printer)
Creator nationality/cultureFrench; Unknown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1498
Object typePrint
MaterialsPrinted book with woodcut illustrations on paper
LocationMargaret Clapp Library, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
http://luna.wellesley.edu/record=b1163748~S1
Accession number*81W-4
Voluptuosity and Virtue
Voluptuosity and Virtue
Description: Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1542
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
DimensionsPage 15 x 9 1/2 in. (38 x 24 cm)
LocationStaatsbibliothek, Berlin
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Description: Woman at Her Toilette with Four Maids
Woman at Her Toilette with Four Maids
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 12
Creator nationality/cultureIndian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1740
Object typePainting
MaterialsOpaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/149206/woman-at-her-toilet-with-four-maids
Accession number17.2801
Woman at Her Toilette with Four Maids
Woman at Her Toilette with Four Maids
Description: Virgin protecting Siena, frontispiece image
Virgin protecting Siena, frontispiece image
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationFrom Lancelotto Politi, "La Sconfitta di Monteaperto," Siena, 1502
Virgin protecting Siena, frontispiece...
Virgin protecting Siena, frontispiece image
Description: Water pipe in the form of a seated female figure
Water pipe in the form of a seated female figure
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureKanyok
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1870–1930
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, hide, plant fiber, and glass beads
Dimensions15 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 4 1/16 in. (39.7 × 13.7 × 10.3 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5300113
Accession number1969.S.18
Water pipe in the form of a seated...
Water pipe in the form of a seated female figure
Description: A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1476
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
Description: Photograph of Africans: Zulu Girls
Photograph of Africans: Zulu Girls
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom Carl Heinrich Stratz, "Die Rassenschönheit des Weibes" (1907), p. 132 and fig. 73
Photograph of Africans: Zulu Girls
Photograph of Africans: Zulu Girls
Description: Pornographic carte de visite
Pornographic carte de visite
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 08
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1860–1865
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen print from collodion-on-glass negative
Pornographic carte de visite
Pornographic carte de visite
Description: A woman of Gambia
A woman of Gambia
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 09
Creator name (description)After Melchior Lorck
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1583
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk, pen, and brown ink on paper
Dimensions25.7 × 15 cm
A woman of Gambia
A woman of Gambia
Description: Lydia Delectorskaya erasing an early state of "Large Reclining...
Lydia Delectorskaya erasing an early state of "Large Reclining Nude"
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 29
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1935
Object typePhotograph
Lydia Delectorskaya erasing an early...
Lydia Delectorskaya erasing an early state of "Large Reclining Nude"
Description: Naked Series: Brooklyn No. 1
Naked Series: Brooklyn No. 1
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 30
Creator name (description)Circle of Thomas Eakins
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1881–1884
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen silver prints
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/76782
Accession number1984-89-2
Naked Series: Brooklyn No. 1
Naked Series: Brooklyn No. 1
Description: Augustine Guy
Augustine Guy
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 20
Creator name (description)Possibly Darnay
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1858
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsStereograph
LocationArchives historiques de la Préfecture de Police, Paris
Augustine Guy
Augustine Guy
Description: Common Comfrey
Common Comfrey
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1563
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
DimensionsPage 13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (34 x 22 cm)
LocationStaatsbibliothek, Berlin
Common Comfrey
Common Comfrey
Description: Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut on a manuscript page
Dimensions6 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (15.6 x 12.5 cm)
LocationBiblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro, Italy
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Description: Death of the Virgin (left); The Man of Sorrows (right)
Death of the Virgin (left); The Man of Sorrows (right)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameSchongauer, Martin;Unknown
Creator nationality/cultureGerman; Unknown
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation datec. 1550
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsEngraving (left); drawing in grisaille (right)
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
Death of the Virgin (left); The Man of...
Death of the Virgin (left); The Man of Sorrows (right)
Description: Female Figure
Female Figure
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 3500–3400 BCE
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions11 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (29.2 × 14 × 5.7 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4225
Accession number07.447.505
Female Figure
Female Figure
Description: Perpective Illustrations and Sleeping Venus
Perpective Illustrations and Sleeping Venus
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht; Unknown
Creator name (description)Albrecht Dürer and after Dürer (?)
Creator nationality/cultureGerman; Unknown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1525; Unknown
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut on paper and watercolor on paper
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Perpective Illustrations and Sleeping...
Perpective Illustrations and Sleeping Venus
Description: Seated female figure (Jo/Gwan figure)
Seated female figure (Jo/Gwan figure)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 30
Creator nationality/cultureBamana
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1800–2000
Object typeSculpture
Materialswood
Dimensions40 3/16 × 8 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (102.2 × 21.6 × 27.6 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310780
Accession number1978.412.338
Seated female figure (Jo/Gwan figure)
Seated female figure (Jo/Gwan figure)
Description: Capitoline Venus
Capitoline Venus
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 187 cm
LocationCaptioline Museums, Rome
http://www.museicapitolini.org/it/collezioni/percorsi_per_sale/palazzo_nuovo/gabinetto_della_venere/statua_della_venere_capitolina
Accession numberMC0409
Capitoline Venus
Capitoline Venus
Description: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1791
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions126 x 160 mm
LocationBritish Museum, London
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Description: St. Jerome in Penitence
St. Jerome in Penitence
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsHand-colored engraving
Dimensions9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (24.5 x 15.9 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/st-jerome-in-penance-126275
Accession number31.987
St. Jerome in Penitence
St. Jerome in Penitence
Description: Borage
Borage
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1484
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
Borage
Borage
Description: Pyxis with the Judgment of Paris, Egypt
Pyxis with the Judgment of Paris, Egypt
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. AD 500–530
Object typeContainer
MaterialsIvory and bone
Dimensionsh: 8.5 cm, d: 9cm
LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/28991/circular-pyxis/
Accession number71.64
Pyxis with the Judgment of Paris, Egypt
Pyxis with the Judgment of Paris, Egypt
Description: Dill
Dill
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1484
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
Dill
Dill
Description: Plaque with a Woman Carrying a Basket, Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Woman Carrying a Basket, Egypt (?)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 400–640
Object typeSculpture
Materialsbone
Dimensionsh: 9.2 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/289276
Accession number1984.651
Plaque with a Woman Carrying a Basket,...
Plaque with a Woman Carrying a Basket, Egypt (?)
Description: Dance of Death: The Ploughman
Dance of Death: The Ploughman
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nameHolbein, Hans, the younger;Unknown
Creator name (description)Hans Holbein the Younger (designer) and Hans Lützelburger (block cutter)
Creator nationality/cultureGerman; Unknown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1525–1526
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut, proof
Dimensions2 3/8 × 1 15/16 in. (6.6 × 4.9 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/84713/dance-of-death-the-ploughman
Accession number40.76
Dance of Death: The Ploughman
Dance of Death: The Ploughman
Description: Plaque with a Nereid Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Nereid Egypt (?)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 400–640
Object typeSculpture
Materialsbone
Dimensionsw: 9.7 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/289274
Accession number1984.649
Plaque with a Nereid Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Nereid Egypt (?)
Description: Michelangelo sculpting
Michelangelo sculpting
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1527
Object typePrint
LocationSigismondo Fanti, Trionfo di Fortuna (Venice, 1527)
Michelangelo sculpting
Michelangelo sculpting
Description: The Pornographic Whore
The Pornographic Whore
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 04
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1774
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb33510516m
Accession numberFRBNF33510516
The Pornographic Whore
The Pornographic Whore
Description: Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureFerrarese
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1470–1480
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (21.3 x 19.7 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/384084
Accession number28.97.108
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Description: Substitute cartoon made from Moses Ordering the Israelites to Attack the Ethiopians
Substitute cartoon made from Moses Ordering the Israelites to Attack the Ethiopians
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator name (description)After Antonio Tempesta
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsPinpricked countours and charcoal pouncing residue, verso (here reproduced in reverse)
Dimensions207 × 294 mm
LocationGetty Research Institute, Research Library, Los Angeles
Substitute cartoon made from Moses...
Substitute cartoon made from Moses Ordering the Israelites to Attack the Ethiopians
Description: Earring in the Shape of a Female Nude, Egypt
Earring in the Shape of a Female Nude, Egypt
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleJeweler
Creation datec. AD 300–500
Object typeJewelry
Materialsgold
Dimensionsl: 4 cm
LocationUniversity of Toronto
http://collections.artmuseum.utoronto.ca:8080/objects/11198/earring
Accession numberM82.228
Earring in the Shape of a Female Nude,...
Earring in the Shape of a Female Nude, Egypt
Description: St. Jerome in his Study
St. Jerome in his Study
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1500–1510
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001
Accession number1845,0825.690
St. Jerome in his Study
St. Jerome in his Study
Description: The Miserable End of Signora Anzola
The Miserable End of Signora Anzola
Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1575–1600
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationCivica Raccolta delle Stampe, "Achille Bertarelli," Milan
The Miserable End of Signora Anzola
The Miserable End of Signora Anzola
Description: St. Roch
St. Roch
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsDotted print
Dimensions11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (28.1 x 20.8 cm)
LocationBiblioteca Classense, Ravenna, Italy
St. Roch
St. Roch
Description: Josephine Baker in her banana skirt at the Theater des Westerns in Berlin
Josephine Baker in her banana skirt at the Theater des Westerns in Berlin
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1928
Object typePhotograph
LocationImage from "Das Theater" (December 1928)
Josephine Baker in her banana skirt at...
Josephine Baker in her banana skirt at the Theater des Westerns in Berlin
Description: Candelabrum with Aphrodite
Candelabrum with Aphrodite
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 400–600
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions20 x 12 x 10 inches (50.8 x 30.48 x 25.4 cm)
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/21001/candelabrum-with-aphrodite
Accession number58-5
Candelabrum with Aphrodite
Candelabrum with Aphrodite
Description: Announcement of a Shooting Contest
Announcement of a Shooting Contest
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1501
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcuts, hand-colored
DimensionsSheet 24 1/4 x 18 3/8 in. (61.5 x 46.6 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.41318.html
Accession number1951.16.4
Announcement of a Shooting Contest
Announcement of a Shooting Contest
Description: Palm wine vessel
Palm wine vessel
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureMangbetu
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1900–1930
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsTerracotta
Dimensions25 × 8 in. (63.5 × 20.3 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/3209196
Accession number1995.20
Palm wine vessel
Palm wine vessel
Description: Hell
Hell
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (22.3 x 28.4 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
Hell
Hell
Description: Nude Figure and Head
Nude Figure and Head
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1930
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPencil on paper
LocationJorge Cárdenas Collection Medellín, Colombia
Nude Figure and Head
Nude Figure and Head
Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...
Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1470–1485
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001
Accession number1856,0712.1029
Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...
Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint
Description: St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1488
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
Description: Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)
Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1542
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
DimensionsPage 15 x 9 1/2 in. (38 x 24 cm)
LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)
Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)
Description: Three Graces
Three Graces
Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationMuseo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Siena, Italy
Three Graces
Three Graces
Description: Side-blown horn, detail
Side-blown horn, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureMende
Creator roleInstrument Maker
Creation date1870–1950
Object typeMusical Instrument
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions23 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (60.3 × 5.7 × 9.5 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4148776
Accession number1994.198.McD
Side-blown horn, detail
Side-blown horn, detail
Description: Catholic Church Interior
Catholic Church Interior
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1600
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8400742t?rk=42918;4
Accession numberFRBNF41499934 
Catholic Church Interior
Catholic Church Interior
Description: Negro Artists
Negro Artists
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 11
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1946
Object typePeriodical
Locationin Life (July 22, 1946), pp. 60–61
Negro Artists
Negro Artists
Description: Langourous Ladies on Couch and Cushion
Langourous Ladies on Couch and Cushion
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 17
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1956
Object typePeriodical
Langourous Ladies on Couch and Cushion
Langourous Ladies on Couch and Cushion
Description: Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureOvimbundu
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1900–1950
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, stain, metal, and beads
Dimensions8 5/32 × 2 5/16 × 3 3/16 in. (20.7 × 5.9 × 8.1 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4212668
Accession number1980.44.A–B
Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Description: St. Christopher
St. Christopher
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut on a manuscript page
Dimensions7 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (19.5 x 6.5 cm)
LocationBiblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro, Italy
St. Christopher
St. Christopher
Description: Creation of the World
Creation of the World
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1470
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationGraphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Creation of the World
Creation of the World
Description: Water pipe in the form of a seated female figure, rear view, detail
Water pipe in the form of a seated female figure, rear view, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureKanyok
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1870–1930
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, hide, plant fiber, and glass beads
Dimensions15 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 4 1/16 in. (39.7 × 13.7 × 10.3 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5300113
Accession number1969.S.18
Water pipe in the form of a seated...
Water pipe in the form of a seated female figure, rear view, detail
Description: Buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus)
Buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationStadtarchiv, Augsburg, Germany
Buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus)
Buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus)
Description: Knidian Aphrodite, from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Knidian Aphrodite, from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
LocationHadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy
Knidian Aphrodite, from Hadrian's Villa,...
Knidian Aphrodite, from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Description: Cardinals Sweeping the Church with Foxtails
Cardinals Sweeping the Church with Foxtails
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 12
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1538
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany
Cardinals Sweeping the Church with...
Cardinals Sweeping the Church with Foxtails
Description: At Her Bath
At Her Bath
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 12
Creator nationality/cultureIndian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1690–1700
Object typePainting
MaterialsOpaque watercolor, gold, silver, and beetle wings on paper
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/149203/at-her-bath
Accession number17.2798
At Her Bath
At Her Bath
Description: Contortion: Demonic Attack (Contorsion: attaque démoniaque)
Contortion: Demonic Attack (Contorsion: attaque démoniaque)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1881
Object typeDrawing
LocationJohn Rylands University Library, Manchester, United Kingdom
Contortion: Demonic Attack (Contorsion:...
Contortion: Demonic Attack (Contorsion: attaque démoniaque)
Description: Hercules and the Giants
Hercules and the Giants
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator name (description)After Antonio Pollaiuolo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1475–1500
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions14 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (37 x 55.2 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/158733001
Accession number1854,0603.1
Hercules and the Giants
Hercules and the Giants
Description: School of an Ancient Philosopher
School of an Ancient Philosopher
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator name (description)Attributed to Lorenzo Costa
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions6 x 5 7/8 in. (15.1 x 14.9 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
School of an Ancient Philosopher
School of an Ancient Philosopher
Description: Calvinist Iconoclasm in the Netherlands
Calvinist Iconoclasm in the Netherlands
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1588
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions7 x 8 5/8 in. (17.7 x 22 cm)
LocationRijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-OB-76.780
Accession numberRP-P-OB-76.780
Calvinist Iconoclasm in the Netherlands
Calvinist Iconoclasm in the Netherlands
Description: The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator name (description)After Titian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1514–1515
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut printed from twelve blocks on twelve sheets (joined)
DimensionsSight: 46 7/16 × 84 5/8 in. (118 × 215 cm); Framed: 55 1/4 × 92 × 2 1/2 in. (140.3 × 233.7 × 6.4 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://hvrd.art/o/259843
Accession numberM12047
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the...
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
Description: Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1486
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationRijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague
Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Description: El Gran Turco
El Gran Turco
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (24.6 x 19.6 cm)
LocationSaray Museum, Istanbul
El Gran Turco
El Gran Turco
Description: Woman's torso votive
Woman's torso votive
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 29
Creator nationality/cultureAustrian
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 1900
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsWax (yellow)
Dimensions7 1/4 × 4 in. (18.5 × 10.2 cm)
LocationBayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Accession numberKr Wv 126
Woman's torso votive
Woman's torso votive
Description: Borage (Borago officinalis L.)
Borage (Borago officinalis L.)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1533
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
DimensionsImage 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (8.5 x 3.5 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
Borage (Borago officinalis L.)
Borage (Borago officinalis L.)
Description: Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 400–640
Object typeSculpture
Materialsbone
Dimensionsh: 11.9 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/289325
Accession number1984.653
Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Plaque with a Maenad, Egypt (?)
Description: Pendant with Aphrodite arranging her hair
Pendant with Aphrodite arranging her hair
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator roleJeweler
Creation datec. AD 500–AD 600
Object typeJewelry
Materialsgold and lapis lazuli
Dimensions43.2 cm x 20.3 cm x 1.9 cm
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27003
Accession number28.6
Pendant with Aphrodite arranging her...
Pendant with Aphrodite arranging her hair
Description: Ascension
Ascension
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1460–1470
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24.5 x 18.6 cm)
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Ascension
Ascension
Description: Urine Analysis Chart and Key in Pinder, Epiphanie medicorum (Doctors' revelations)
Urine Analysis Chart and Key in Pinder, Epiphanie medicorum (Doctors' revelations)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator namePinder, Ulrich;Unknown
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1506
Object typePrint
MaterialsBook with woodcuts with hand-coloring
Dimensions9.25 × 7.09 × 2.36 in. (23.5 × 18 × 6 cm)
LocationLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Accession numberR128.6.P5 1506
Urine Analysis Chart and Key in Pinder,...
Urine Analysis Chart and Key in Pinder, Epiphanie medicorum (Doctors' revelations)
Description: Photograph of Africans: Ashanti
Photograph of Africans: Ashanti
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom Carl Heinrich Stratz, "Die Rassenschönheit des Weibes" (1907), p. 148 and fig. 83
Photograph of Africans: Ashanti
Photograph of Africans: Ashanti
Description: Photograph of Africans: Basuto Woman
Photograph of Africans: Basuto Woman
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom Carl Heinrich Stratz, "Die Rassenschönheit des Weibes" (1906), p. 138 and fig. 76
Photograph of Africans: Basuto Woman
Photograph of Africans: Basuto Woman
Description: A woman from Senegal. Illustration for Leo Africanus, "Historiale...
A woman from Senegal. Illustration for Leo Africanus, "Historiale description de l'Afrique…" (Lyons, 1556), vol. I, p. 420
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 09
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1556
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession number567.k.25, p. 420
A woman from Senegal. Illustration for...
A woman from Senegal. Illustration for Leo Africanus, "Historiale description de l'Afrique…" (Lyons, 1556), vol. I, p. 420
Description: Portrait of Marcia Furnilla, from a villa near Lake Albano
Portrait of Marcia Furnilla, from a villa near Lake Albano
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 79–81
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Portrait of Marcia Furnilla, from a...
Portrait of Marcia Furnilla, from a villa near Lake Albano
Description: Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle (Light and Dark Skin)
Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle (Light and Dark Skin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom Carl Heinrich Stratz, "Die Rassenschönheit des Weibes" 1911 (1921), p. 29 and fig. 14
Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle...
Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle (Light and Dark Skin)
Description: Medieval garden with irrigation channels, from "Pflantzbüchlein, von...
Medieval garden with irrigation channels, from "Pflantzbüchlein, von mancherley artiger Lustgärten," Leipzig 1598
Posted by:Administrator
Nov 20
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1598
Object typePrint
Materialsprint
LocationBibliotheek Landbouwuniversiteit, Wageningen, Netherlands
Medieval garden with irrigation...
Medieval garden with irrigation channels, from "Pflantzbüchlein, von mancherley artiger Lustgärten," Leipzig 1598
Description: Borage
Borage
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1485
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
Borage
Borage
Description: Dante as Poet of the Divine Comedy
Dante as Poet of the Divine Comedy
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1465–1480
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions7 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (19.6 x 28.2 cm)
LocationAlbertina, Vienna
Dante as Poet of the Divine Comedy
Dante as Poet of the Divine Comedy
Description: Senegal
Senegal
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1905
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPostcard
Dimensions87 x 137 mm
LocationPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
http://photographs.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/1998_209_9_7.html
Accession number1998.209.9.7
Senegal
Senegal
Description: Jasmine
Jasmine
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationStadtarchiv, Augsburg, Germany
Jasmine
Jasmine
Description: Standing female figure in an early 19th-century Temne harp
Standing female figure in an early 19th-century Temne harp
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1800–1830
Object typeIllustration
Standing female figure in an early...
Standing female figure in an early 19th-century Temne harp
Description: Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator nationality/cultureOvimbundu
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1900–1950
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, stain, metal, and beads
Dimensions8 5/32 × 2 5/16 × 3 3/16 in. (20.7 × 5.9 × 8.1 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4212668
Accession number1980.44.A–B
Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Pipe in the form of seated female figure
Description: A mixed life-drawing class at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
A mixed life-drawing class at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1920–1929
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPostcard
A mixed life-drawing class at the...
A mixed life-drawing class at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Description: Venus de' Medici
Venus de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator name (description)Cleomenes, son of Apollodorus
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 100 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsParian marble
DimensionsH: 153 cm
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/medici-venus
Accession number1914 no. 224
Venus de' Medici
Venus de' Medici
Description: Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1470–1480
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 1/4 x 7 in. (23.6 x 17.7 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29369001
Accession number1863,0110.277
Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Description: The Greek Slave on View in the Dusseldorf Gallery
The Greek Slave on View in the Dusseldorf Gallery
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1857
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
The Greek Slave on View in the...
The Greek Slave on View in the Dusseldorf Gallery
Description: Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara
Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1495–1505
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut, hand-colored
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (7.9 x 7.9 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/13697001
Accession number1856,0209.83
Virgin and Child in Glory with St....
Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara

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