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TitleNeo-Babylonian ruins

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date612–539 BC

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

LocationBabylon, Iraq

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsBabylon (Extinct city)RuinsArchitecture, Ancient

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Iwan Kisra

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationFrom Marcel Dieulafoy, "L'art antique de la Perse" (Paris: Librairie centrale d'architecture), 1889, pl. III.

https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4930051

Accession numberOversize N5390 .D56 ++

Iwan Kisra

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v

Roman de la Rose: Copying and...

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Description: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...

Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, showing works by Donald Judd

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1966

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Primary Structures...

Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

Wooden implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1400–1600

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsWood

DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411

Accession number1950.411

Wooden implement

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

Description: Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York

Portrait of Michel-Eugène...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1201–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168

Accession number1990.554.2

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

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

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Procession of female saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 550 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

Procession of female saints

Blackamoor figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1875–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal

Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors

Accession number96.1127.1

Blackamoor figures

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

The Veroli Casket

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 950–1000

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/

Accession number216-1865

The Veroli Casket

Phytomorphic Vessel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip

DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618

Accession numberAC1996.146.27

Phytomorphic Vessel

Ruins of the Badi'a palace in the Kasba

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1578–1593

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMarrakesh, Morocco

Ruins of the Badi'a palace in the Kasba

Roman door from the Roman fort at Vindolanda

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date100–200 AD

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsWood, stone

Roman door from the Roman fort at...

Roman door from the Roman fort at Vindolanda

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/

Accession number702-1884

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...

The Virgin and Child

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

The Ruined Woodstock Manor at Blenheim

Posted by:John Carlson

May 22

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1714

Object typeDrawing

Materialsdrawing

LocationBritish Museum, London

The Ruined Woodstock Manor at Blenheim

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Cup with mythological figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 900–1000

Object typeContainer

MaterialsGilded and painted glass and silver gilt

LocationTreasury of San Marco, Venice

Cup with mythological figures

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

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

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1084

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsTempera, gold leaf, and ink on vellum

Dimensions6 3/8 x 4 in. (16.2 x 10.3 cm)

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

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27038

Accession numberBZ.1962.35; MS. 3, fol. 80v

Psalter and New Testament: The...

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1370–1375

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberMS. gr. 1242, fol. 123v

Theological works of Emperor John VI...

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Tipu's Tiger

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 21

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator roleToymaker/Designer/Developer

Creation datec. 1793

Object typeToy/Game

MaterialsPainted wood with metal fixtures

DimensionsHeight: 28 in. (71 cm); width: 24 in. (61 cm); length: 70 1/8 in. (178 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61949/tippoos-tiger-mechanical-organ-unknown/

Accession number2545(IS)

Tipu's Tiger

Description: Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1230–1270

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 17907, fol. 62v

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

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

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 4 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and...

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Christ and Zacchaeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly a copy by a German artist of a Byzantine pattern book

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeArchitectural drawing

MaterialsSilverpoint and sepia with red ink on vellum (single leaf)

Dimensions31 x 20.2 cm

LocationAugustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Accession numberInv. Nr. G 23/la

Christ and Zacchaeus

Description: Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation datec. 1525

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsAmate paper

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d234da96-2981-4316-8d27-60ce01fa373d

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture...

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of head and...

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 7v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nationality/cultureUnkown

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of...

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

Solidus of Theodosius III

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator roleMetalist

Creation date715–717 AD

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsGold

LocationDumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj109587

Accession numberBZC.1948.17.2430

Solidus of Theodosius III

Solidus of Theodosius III (715–717)

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

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1175–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and paint on medium-thick, well-prepared parchment

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25823/claricia-swinging-on-an-initial-q-2/

Accession numberW.26.64R

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial...

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 425–450

Object typeMosaic

LocationRavenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1227–1234

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/77422

Accession numberMS M.240, fol. 8r

Bible Moralisée: Colophon...

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Dish with angels on either side of a cross

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureSyrian

Creator roleMetallist

Creation datec. AD 500–600

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver

DimensionsDiameter 7 3/8 in. (18.6 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.+Applied+Arts/227159

Accession numberW-209

Dish with angels on either side of a...

Dish with Angels on either side of a cross

Medallion with the Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. AD 550–600

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsGold

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/679389/

Accession number30219, 506

Medallion with the Annunciation

Athena Farnese

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 430 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Naples

Accession numberInv. No. 6024

Athena Farnese

Bottle with Underwater Serpents

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1300–1500

Object typeContainer

MaterialsEarthenware and pigment

Dimensions9 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (24.1 x 20.3 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/185165

Accession number2005.156

Bottle with Underwater Serpents

Alphabet Pattern Book: Intitials "A" to "D"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1130–1170

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176496

Accession numberMs. 83.1972, fol. 1

Alphabet Pattern Book: Intitials "A" to...

Alphabet Pattern Book: Intitials "A" to "D"

Dish with Constantius II

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMetallist

Creation datec. AD 330–370

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver

DimensionsDiameter 9 7/8 in. (25 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+Archaeological+Artifacts/2952940

Accession number1820-79

Dish with Constantius II

A Prophet

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 430–470

Object typeMosaic

LocationOrthodox Baptistery, Ravenna, Italy (also known as Baptistery of Neon)

A Prophet

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 359

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationGrotte of St. Peter's, Rome

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus with scenes from the Old and the New Testaments

Aureus of Hadrian (obverse)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. AD 127

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsGold

Dimensions7.27 g

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/195265

Accession number1972.251

Aureus of Hadrian (obverse)

High altar

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationSanta Maria Aracoeli, Rome

High altar

The Sacrifice of Isaac, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 525–550

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

The Sacrifice of Isaac, detail

Phallic monument from the sanctuary of Dionysus, Delos

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 07

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date400–301 BCE

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

Phallic monument from the sanctuary of...

Phallic monument from the sanctuary of Dionysus, Delos

Remains of a Triumphal Arch, Discovered in the Bed of the Tiber, 1878

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1888

Object typePrint

LocationRodolfo Lanciani, "Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries," (Cambridge, Mass., 1888), 256

Remains of a Triumphal Arch, Discovered...

Remains of a Triumphal Arch, Discovered in the Bed of the Tiber, 1878

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

Bestiary: The fiery stones

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/9cd94f4a-1f59-47ff-96d5-e055db96da61

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 103v

Bestiary: The fiery stones

Santa Maria della Pace, exterior view

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationRome

Santa Maria della Pace, exterior view

Dish of Bishop Paternus

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMetallist

Creation dateAD 498

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver and gold

DimensionsDiameter 24 in. (61 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.%20archaeological%20artifacts/482973

Accession numberW-827

Dish of Bishop Paternus

Dish of Paternus, Bishop of Tomi (517–520)

Laocoön, detail of flank

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of flank

Apocalypse: The third and fourth riders on the black and the pale horses

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1200–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/8a5822f8-31a1-4b9c-b947-0e6196c1ecc1

Accession numberMs. Auct. D. 4.17, fol. 4v

Apocalypse: The third and fourth riders...

Apocalypse: The third and fourth riders on the black and the pale horses

"Taj" or pine cross-bars on throne, Cancuen Stela 1, east side

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 780

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsLimestone

LocationPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Accession number2004.24.3377.1

"Taj" or pine cross-bars on throne,...

"Taj" or pine cross-bars on throne, Cancuen Stela 1, east side

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

Amphora (the "Dipylon Vase")

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 770–730 BC

Object typeContainer

DimensionsH: 160 cm

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Amphora (the "Dipylon Vase")

Amphora (the 'Dipylon Vase')

Medallion with the Miracle at Cana

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureEarly Byzantine

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. AD 550–600

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsGold

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/679390/

Accession number30219, 506 a

Medallion with the Miracle at Cana

Fragments from the Alexandrian World Chronicle

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. AD 400–700

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationPushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Fragments from the Alexandrian World...

Fragments from the Alexandrian World Chronicle

The Last Supper

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 500–530

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

The Last Supper

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

Frontispiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 31

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1861

Object typeBook/Manuscript

Frontispiece

Description: Gellone Sacramentary: Initial "B" with the name...

Gellone Sacramentary: Initial "B" with the name "David"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 770–800

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 12048, fol. 99r

Gellone Sacramentary: Initial "B" with...

Gellone Sacramentary: Initial "B" with the name "David"

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

Bible: Initial "V"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/9f4f71c4-d073-4fee-bcbb-d65faab51067

Accession numberMs. Auct. E. inf. 1, fol. 304

Bible: Initial "V"

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of The Good Shepherd mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 425–450

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of The Good Shepherd mosaic

Cortés converses with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1500–1600

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsCotton

Cortés converses with the Aztec...

Cortés converses with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan

The flatbroom, a Shaker invention

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 09

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 1800

Object typeTool/Implement

The flatbroom, a Shaker invention

Rabbula Gospels: The Crucifixion

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. AD 586

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence

Accession numberMS. Plut. I, 56, fol. 13a

Rabbula Gospels: The Crucifixion

Description: Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the...

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1250–1275

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment codex

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_3487_f103v

Accession numberHarley MS 3487, fol. 103v

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal...

Aristotle, "Libri naturales": Marginal sketch for Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Bible: Initial "D" with parchmenter

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1255

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationKongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen

Accession numberMs. 4.2°, vol. 1, fol. 183

Bible: Initial "D" with parchmenter

Model of a ballgame with spectators

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 100 BC–AD 250

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions5 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (15 x 26 x 45.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10950

Accession number1973.88.26

Model of a ballgame with spectators

Arch of Constantine, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 310

Object typeSculpture

LocationRome

Arch of Constantine, detail

Pyramids of Gizeh

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date3000–1000 BC

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsStone clad in white limestone

LocationEgypt

Pyramids of Gizeh

Great Mosque of Córdoba, dome in front of mihrab

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 01

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date700–1000

Object typeArchitecture

LocationCórdoba, Spain

Great Mosque of Córdoba, dome in...

Great Mosque, dome in front of mihrab

Arch of Constantine, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 100–199

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationRome

Arch of Constantine, detail

Leaf of an imperial diptych with Justinian (?)

Posted by:John Carlson

Dimensions13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (34.2 x 26.8 x 2.8 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010114082

Accession numberOA 9063

Leaf of an imperial diptych with...

Leaf of an imperial diptych with Justinian (?)

Panel with the Maries at the Sepulchre

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 370–400

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

LocationCastello Sforzesco, Milan

Panel with the Maries at the Sepulchre

Picasso in his studio, beneath a figure-drawing of summer 1910

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

LocationMusée Picasso, Paris

Picasso in his studio, beneath a...

Picasso in his studio, beneath a figure-drawing of summer 1910

Bestiary: Unfinished drawing of the capture of the unicorn

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1250–1275

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Accession numberMcClean Ms. 123, fol. 40v

Bestiary: Unfinished drawing of the...

Bestiary: Unfinished drawing of the capture of the unicorn

Votive crown with Leo VI and Saints, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. AD 870–930

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEnamel and silver-gilt

LocationTreasury, S. Marco, Venice

Votive crown with Leo VI and Saints,...

Detail from a votive crown with Leo VI and Saints

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