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After lining, Paper Conservators Harriet Stratis and Kristi Dahm inspect the back of "Victory," May 12, 1945, nos. 1243-44

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Description: After lining, Paper Conservators Harriet Stratis and Kristi Dahm inspect the back of...
TitleAfter lining, Paper Conservators Harriet Stratis and Kristi Dahm inspect the back of "Victory," May 12, 1945, nos. 1243-44
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation dateUnknown
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
DimensionsUnknown
LocationUnknown
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsArt--Conservation and restorationArt, SovietArt, Soviet
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Under a Watchful Eye: The Conservation of Soviet Tass-Window Posters
Harriet K. Stratis and Peter Zegers
Description: Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago
Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago
At some point during the late 1940s, well-meaning Art Institute staff carefully collected groups of posters into dozens of neat, brown paper packages, sealed them, and tucked them away for safekeeping with little understanding of their historical significance...
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Harriet K. Stratis and Peter Zegers
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2005 The Art Institute of Chicago
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00032.013
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Chapter subject tags:Art--Conservation and restorationArt museumsArt Institute of ChicagoMuseums--CuratorshipArt, Soviet

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May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
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The back of The Fountain of Time, showing, at center, one of the vertical cracks between sections that was reconfigured as a moving join; to both sides are repaired casting cracks
Description: Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
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LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
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Description: UNOVIS classroom
UNOVIS classroom
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1921
Object typePhotograph
LocationGalerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany
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Object typePhotograph
Standing on the sculpture's top level,...
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Description: Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
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Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
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Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown, SEM image
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown, SEM image
Posted by:John Carlson
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Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from...
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Description: Ballet Scene, detail, RIS map
Ballet Scene, detail, RIS map
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, RIS map
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Description: Two Boys Watching Schooners, seen under ultraviolet light
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Two Boys Watching Schooners, seen under...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Removing old restorations of "Ballet...
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Description: Saint John in the Wilderness, diagram of the canvas weave
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Apr 13
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Description: The figure of Time, surrounded by a protective fence, awaits the restoration of the...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The figure of Time, surrounded by a...
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Description: Partial diagram of the crackle patterns on Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
Partial diagram of the crackle patterns...
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Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
Description: Ballet Scene, detail, chromium mXRF map
Ballet Scene, detail, chromium mXRF map
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, chromium mXRF map
Ballet Scene, detail, chromium mXRF map
Description: Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici, reverse
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici, reverse
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Description: Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color...
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FTIR spectrum of the Raffaëlli...
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Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
Description: Engraved mirror with Castor, Pollux, and swan, detail of cast-on repair on the...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureEtruscan
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date330–300 BC
Object typeFurniture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions9 1/8 × 6 1/4 × 3/16 in. (23.1 × 15.8 × 0.5 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/174376?q=2012.1.60
Accession number2012.1.60
Engraved mirror with Castor, Pollux, and...
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Description: Cross section of the white camicia from Lorenzo de' Medici
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Cross section of the white camicia from...
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Description: Cross section of a paint sample close to the elbow of Truth's proper right arm: a...
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Cross section of a paint sample close to...
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Description: A cross section of the monument shows the interior cavities with the second level...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator roleArtist
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
A cross section of the monument shows...
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Description: Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color...
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
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Jan 05
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1947–1950
Object typePhotograph
Chemist Rutherfurd John Gettens works on...
Chemist Rutherfurd John Gettens works on the Harvard Art Museums' Horus falcon (1943.1118)
Description: The Fountain of Time, detail of the base of the figure of Time, showing a network of...
The Fountain of Time, detail of the base of the figure of Time, showing a network of large and small cracks with light patches of old repairs
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, detail of the base...
The Fountain of Time, detail of the base of the figure of Time, showing a network of large and small cracks with light patches of old repairs
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici, detail
Lorenzo de' Medici, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationObject Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici, detail
Lorenzo de' Medici, detail
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of pages
The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of pages
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of...
The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of pages
Description: Conservation Technician Christine Conniff O'Shea and Conservation Fellow Rebecca...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Conservation Technician Christine...
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Description: Ballet Scene, representative FTIR spectrum of pigment sample
Ballet Scene, representative FTIR spectrum of pigment sample
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, representative FTIR...
Ballet Scene, representative FTIR spectrum of pigment sample
Description: Reverse of a canvas on a stretcher
Reverse of a canvas on a stretcher
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Reverse of a canvas on a stretcher
Reverse of a canvas on a stretcher
Description: Censer from Nuzi
Censer from Nuzi
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureHurrian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1500–1350 BC
Object typeContainer
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions10 11/16 × 7 13/16 × 7 11/16 in. (27.2 × 19.8 × 19.5 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/311127?q=1928.183
Accession number1928.183
Censer from Nuzi
Censer from Nuzi
Description: Part of the conservation team discusses the resurfacing issue. Members include, from...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Part of the conservation team discusses...
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Description: Crazy Quilt with Animals, the reverse of the quilt top after all the dyed repair...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Crazy Quilt with Animals, the reverse of...
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Description: Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
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Object typePainting
Detail of madder watercolor swatches...
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Description: Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in Brand's New York studio
Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in Brand's New York studio
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in...
Bill Brand and Stephen Vitello in Brand's New York studio
Description: The Fountain of Time, well-preserved area showing color of the original paste
The Fountain of Time, well-preserved area showing color of the original paste
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, well-preserved...
The Fountain of Time, well-preserved area showing color of the original paste
Description: Ballet Scene, detail, mercury mXRF map
Ballet Scene, detail, mercury mXRF map
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, mercury mXRF map
Ballet Scene, detail, mercury mXRF map
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM image
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Detail of a canvas reverse with dark...
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from...
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown
Description: Cross section of the purple overgown from Lorenzo de' Medici
Cross section of the purple overgown from Lorenzo de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Cross section of the purple overgown...
Cross section of the purple overgown from Lorenzo de' Medici
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 26
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Creator roleArtist
Creation date1100–1200
Object typeStained Glass
LocationCathedral of Saint-Maurice, Angers, France
Scenes from the life of St. Catherine...
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Description: Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color...
Ballet Scene, detail, false-color near-infrared image
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown, SEM image
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown, SEM image
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from...
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown, SEM image
Description: Ballet Scene, detail, endmember spectra
Ballet Scene, detail, endmember spectra
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, endmember spectra
Ballet Scene, detail, endmember spectra
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of head
Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of head
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
LocationObject Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of head
Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of head
Description: Back of The Fountain of Time, showing an all-over darkened, dirty surface with...
Back of The Fountain of Time, showing an all-over darkened, dirty surface with graffiti and white lime leaching from vertical cracks
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Back of The Fountain of Time, showing an...
Back of The Fountain of Time, showing an all-over darkened, dirty surface with graffiti and white lime leaching from vertical cracks
Description: Reflected invisible light micrograph of a cross section from the top of the dress of...
Reflected invisible light micrograph of a cross section from the top of the dress of the first dancer at the lower-left corner, showing each layer in the structure of "Ballet Dancers;" original magnification 100x
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Reflected invisible light micrograph of...
Reflected invisible light micrograph of a cross section from the top of the dress of the first dancer at the lower-left corner, showing each layer in the structure of "Ballet Dancers;" original magnification 100x
Description: Saint John in the Wilderness, cross section of the rock in the bottom-left...
Saint John in the Wilderness, cross section of the rock in the bottom-left foreground
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Saint John in the Wilderness, cross...
Saint John in the Wilderness, cross section of the rock in the bottom-left foreground, showing the brown-colored ground; original magnification 200 x
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of pages
The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of pages
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of...
The Mazarin Tapestry, detail of trio of pages
Description: The Fountain of Time, photo showing early experiment in resurfacing
The Fountain of Time, photo showing early experiment in resurfacing
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, photo showing...
The Fountain of Time, photo showing early experiment in resurfacing
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici, virtual reconstruction
Lorenzo de' Medici, virtual reconstruction
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
LocationObject Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Lorenzo de' Medici, virtual...
Lorenzo de' Medici, virtual reconstruction
Description: A Man in Armour, diagram of support
A Man in Armour, diagram of support
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1992
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
A Man in Armour, diagram of support
A Man in Armour, diagram of support
Description: The Fountain of Time, shoring one of the concrete beams on the second-level ceiling
The Fountain of Time, shoring one of the concrete beams on the second-level ceiling
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, shoring one of the...
The Fountain of Time, shoring one of the concrete beams on the second-level ceiling
Description: Francesca Bewer and Henry Lie examine bronzes in the Harvard Art Museums' Straus...
Francesca Bewer and Henry Lie examine bronzes in the Harvard Art Museums' Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2013
Object typePhotograph
Francesca Bewer and Henry Lie examine...
Francesca Bewer and Henry Lie examine bronzes in the Harvard Art Museums' Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Description: The Fountain of Time, massive enclosure and extensive scaffolding enabling...
The Fountain of Time, massive enclosure and extensive scaffolding enabling conservation to work year round
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, massive enclosure...
The Fountain of Time, massive enclosure and extensive scaffolding enabling conservation to work year round
Description: Cross section of a paint sample close to the elbow of Truth's proper right arm...
Cross section of a paint sample close to the elbow of Truth's proper right arm photographed under ultraviolet illumination, revealing the peculiar fluorescence of the oil sticks' zinc white pigment; original magnification 200 x
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Cross section of a paint sample close to...
Cross section of a paint sample close to the elbow of Truth's proper right arm photographed under ultraviolet illumination, revealing the peculiar fluorescence of the oil sticks' zinc white pigment; original magnification 200 x
Description: Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
Description: Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne, ultraviolet photograph
Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne, ultraviolet photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1260–1280
Object typePainting
Dimensions32 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (81.5 x 49 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.35.html
Accession number1937.1.1
Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne,...
Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne, ultraviolet photograph
Description: Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Ballet Scene, photomicrograph detail
Description: Ballet Scene, near-infrared RIS
Ballet Scene, near-infrared RIS
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, near-infrared RIS
Ballet Scene, near-infrared RIS
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from...
The Mazarin Tapestry, metal yarns from Esther's gown
Description: Detail of the upper left corner of a canvas
Detail of the upper left corner of a canvas
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
n/a
Accession numbern/a
Detail of the upper left corner of a...
Detail of the upper left corner of a canvas
Description: A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creation date1885
MaterialsInfrared image
A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
Description: Conservator Faye Wrubel undertakes the delicate task of cleaning around the charcoal...
Conservator Faye Wrubel undertakes the delicate task of cleaning around the charcoal lines that define figures
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Conservator Faye Wrubel undertakes the...
Conservator Faye Wrubel undertakes the delicate task of cleaning around the charcoal lines that define figures
Description: The Fountain of Time, resurfaced and restored
The Fountain of Time, resurfaced and restored
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, resurfaced and...
The Fountain of Time, resurfaced and restored
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM mage
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM mage
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM mage
The Mazarin Tapestry, SEM mage
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of bust
Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of bust
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
LocationObject Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of bust
Lorenzo de' Medici, interior of bust
Description: Scanning electron micrograph, in backscattered electron mode, of a cross section of...
Scanning electron micrograph, in backscattered electron mode, of a cross section of "Ballet Dancers" from the top of the dress of the first dancer at the lower-left corner.
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Scanning electron micrograph, in...
Scanning electron micrograph, in backscattered electron mode, of a cross section of "Ballet Dancers" from the top of the dress of the first dancer at the lower-left corner.
Description: The Fountain of Time, detail of a soldier's head showing the loss of cement paste...
The Fountain of Time, detail of a soldier's head showing the loss of cement paste from between the pieces of aggregate, giving the sculpture a pebbly appearance
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, detail of a...
The Fountain of Time, detail of a soldier's head showing the loss of cement paste from between the pieces of aggregate, giving the sculpture a pebbly appearance
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici, x-radiograph
Lorenzo de' Medici, x-radiograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationObject Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici, x-radiograph
Lorenzo de' Medici, x-radiograph
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, FORS spectra of wool
The Mazarin Tapestry, FORS spectra of wool
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, FORS spectra of...
The Mazarin Tapestry, FORS spectra of wool
Description: Ballet Scene, RTI
Ballet Scene, RTI
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, RTI
Ballet Scene, RTI
Description: The Kitchen Scene, cross section of the light gray cloth showing the brown-colored...
The Kitchen Scene, cross section of the light gray cloth showing the brown-colored ground, original magnification 100 x
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Kitchen Scene, cross section of the...
The Kitchen Scene, cross section of the light gray cloth showing the brown-colored ground, original magnification 100 x
Description: Conservation Technician Caesar Citraro in-paints "Victory" with an...
Conservation Technician Caesar Citraro in-paints "Victory" with an assortment of materials
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Conservation Technician Caesar Citraro...
Conservation Technician Caesar Citraro in-paints "Victory" with an assortment of materials
Description: Open-faced, "Illyrian" helmet, detail of pseudomorph in...
Open-faced, "Illyrian" helmet, detail of pseudomorph in cheekplate
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleArmorer
Creation date530–400 BC
Object typeArms/Armor
MaterialsBronze
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/304207?q=1972.55
Accession number1972.55
Open-faced, "Illyrian" helmet, detail of...
Open-faced, "Illyrian" helmet, detail of pseudomorph in cheekplate
Description: Truth, infrared reflectogram from reverse showing initial sketch
Truth, infrared reflectogram from reverse showing initial sketch
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Truth, infrared reflectogram from...
Truth, infrared reflectogram from reverse showing initial sketch
Description: Ballet Scene, detail, iron mXRF map
Ballet Scene, detail, iron mXRF map
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator name (description)Drawing by Edgar Degas
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46491.html
Accession number1963.10.16
Ballet Scene, detail, iron mXRF map
Ballet Scene, detail, iron mXRF map
Description: The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
The Mazarin Tapestry, EDX spectrum
Description: Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator name (description)Probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1478–1521
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted terracotta
Dimensions65.8 × 59.1 × 32.7 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12189.html
Accession number1943.4.92
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Description: Scenes from the life of St. Catherine (detail): executioner near Emperor Maxentius...
Scenes from the life of St. Catherine (detail): executioner near Emperor Maxentius (before and after restoration)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 26
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1100–1200
Object typeStained Glass
LocationCathedral of Saint-Maurice, Angers, France
Scenes from the life of St. Catherine...
Scenes from the life of St. Catherine (detail): executioner near Emperor Maxentius (before and after restoration)
Description: Cross section of the red becchetto from Lorenzo de' Medici
Cross section of the red becchetto from Lorenzo de' Medici
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Cross section of the red becchetto from...
Cross section of the red becchetto from Lorenzo de' Medici
Description: Upper level of scaffolding affords a close-up view of the central figural group,...
Upper level of scaffolding affords a close-up view of the central figural group, cleaned but compromised by years of exposure to Chicago's harsh climate
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Upper level of scaffolding affords a...
Upper level of scaffolding affords a close-up view of the central figural group, cleaned but compromised by years of exposure to Chicago's harsh climate
Description: Wrubel in-painting "Ballet Dancers
Wrubel in-painting "Ballet Dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Wrubel in-painting "Ballet Dancers
Wrubel in-painting "Ballet Dancers
Description: Collage-making process: Making watercolors (mixing pigment with gum arabic...
Collage-making process: Making watercolors (mixing pigment with gum arabic solution)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 16
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Collage-making process: Making...
Collage-making process: Making watercolors (mixing pigment with gum arabic solution)
Description: Reproduction of a portrait drawing by Hippolyte Flandrin
Reproduction of a portrait drawing by Hippolyte Flandrin
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 20
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1848
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsDaguerreotype
LocationBibliothèque nationale, Paris
Reproduction of a portrait drawing by...
Reproduction of a portrait drawing by Hippolyte Flandrin
Description: Standing Nude Youth
Standing Nude Youth
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1496
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsMetalpoint with lead white highlights on mauve-gray prepared paper
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Standing Nude Youth
Standing Nude Youth
Description: Art Prices Versus Stock Market
Art Prices Versus Stock Market
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1961
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationPublished in Richard H. Rush, "Art as an Investment" (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1961): 385
Art Prices Versus Stock Market
Art Prices Versus Stock Market
Description: Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1926–1927
Object typePhotograph
Dimensions17.5 x 23.9 cm
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3525839
Accession number2013186
Installation view of the International...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Description: Full-page spread from L'Art françois
Full-page spread from L'Art françois
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1890
Object typePeriodical
Full-page spread from L'Art...
Full-page spread from L'Art françois
Description: Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the Grande Galerie before inpainting
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the Grande Galerie before inpainting
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 13
Creator nameMorse, Samuel Finley Breese
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1831–1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 3/4 × 108 in. (187.3 × 274.3 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https:/­/­collection.terraamericanart.org/­objects/­243/­gallery-of-the-louvre
Accession number1992.51
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the Grande Galerie before inpainting
Description: Program for "Art of the Future," evening program at The New School...
Program for "Art of the Future," evening program at The New School for Social Research
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1931
Object typeGraphic Design
Dimensions23 x 15.2 cm
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3526606
Accession number2014464
Program for "Art of the Future," evening...
Program for "Art of the Future," evening program at The New School for Social Research
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: The salon at 58, rue Madame
The salon at 58, rue Madame
Posted by:John Carlson
May 03
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1909
Object typePhotograph
The salon at 58, rue Madame
The salon at 58, rue Madame
Description: Cyclamen
Cyclamen
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 27
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1760
Object typePrint
MaterialsHand-colored etching
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4357370
Accession numberQK98.2 F56 1760
Cyclamen
Cyclamen
Description: Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Grandi, 1416–1517
Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Grandi, 1416–1517
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian...
Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Grandi, 1416–1517
Description: An Angel Carrying a Torch; Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery; Two Angels Carrying...
An Angel Carrying a Torch; Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery; Two Angels Carrying Torches
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1501; c. 1493–1497; c. 1501
Object typeDrawing
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
An Angel Carrying a Torch; Dancing Putto...
An Angel Carrying a Torch; Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery; Two Angels Carrying Torches
Description: Bust of the type of the marble Mantua Apollo (in Mantua, Palazzo Ducale)
Bust of the type of the marble Mantua Apollo (in Mantua, Palazzo Ducale)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMixed copper alloy
Dimensions7 1/2 × 6 3/16 in. (19 × 15.5 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303818?q=1931.31
Accession number1931.31
Bust of the type of the marble Mantua...
Bust of the type of the marble Mantua Apollo (in Mantua, Palazzo Ducale)
Description: Reversibility test
Reversibility test
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 04
Creator roleArtist
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Reversibility test
Reversibility test
Description: Convention for promoting universally Reproductions of Works of Art for the benefit...
Convention for promoting universally Reproductions of Works of Art for the benefit of Museums of all Countries
Posted by:John Carlson
May 25
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1867
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Convention for promoting universally...
Convention for promoting universally Reproductions of Works of Art for the benefit of Museums of all Countries
Description: Yale School of Fine Arts, Street Hall
Yale School of Fine Arts, Street Hall
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1880
Object typePhotograph
LocationYale University Archives, New Haven, Conn.
Yale School of Fine Arts, Street Hall
Yale School of Fine Arts, Street Hall
Description: Albert Henry Munsell
Albert Henry Munsell
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationMunsell Color Science Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Albert Henry Munsell
Albert Henry Munsell
Description: The banquet at the Malevich exhibition in Warsaw
The banquet at the Malevich exhibition in Warsaw
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1927
Object typePhotograph
LocationStedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
The banquet at the Malevich exhibition...
The banquet at the Malevich exhibition in Warsaw
Description: Watson and the Shark, infrared reflectogram detail
Watson and the Shark, infrared reflectogram detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameCopley, John Singleton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1778
Object typePainting
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46471.html
Accession number1963.6.1
Watson and the Shark, infrared...
Watson and the Shark, infrared reflectogram detail
Description: Full-page spread from L'Art français
Full-page spread from L'Art français
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1890
Object typePeriodical
Full-page spread from L'Art...
Full-page spread from L'Art français
Description: Silhouette machine
Silhouette machine
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 27
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1780
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationPrivate Collection
Silhouette machine
Silhouette machine
Description: Chart of the Prang Color Theory to Accompany Miss Ball's Paper
Chart of the Prang Color Theory to Accompany Miss Ball's Paper
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1893
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationPublished in "Modern Art" 1, no. 2 (spring 1893). Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library
Chart of the Prang Color Theory to...
Chart of the Prang Color Theory to Accompany Miss Ball's Paper
Description: Detail from a sideboard in Vance N. Jordan's dining room
Detail from a sideboard in Vance N. Jordan's dining room
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Detail from a sideboard in Vance N....
Detail from a sideboard in Vance N. Jordan's dining room
Description: Installation view of the Société Anonyme exhibition, Worcester Art Museum
Installation view of the Société Anonyme exhibition, Worcester Art Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1921
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Installation view of the...
Installation view of the Société Anonyme exhibition, Worcester Art Museum
Description: Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail during treatment
Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail during treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameLorenzetti, Pietro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1320–1329
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera on panel
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
http://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102744.html
Accession number91;EW1985-21-1,2
Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail...
Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail during treatment
Description: The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, after conservation
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, after conservation
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator namePepyn, Martin
Creator name (description)Attributed to Martin Pepyn
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1595–1643
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with pen and black ink and opaque white watercolor on pieced, cream laid paper
Dimensions10 1/4 × 38 1/8 in. (26 × 97.7 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/114065/the-drowning-of-pharaoh-s-army
Accession number1993.248.104
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, after...
Moses Drowning Pharaoh's Army, after conservation treatment
Description: Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and...
Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and a Left Hand Holding a Drapery
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1480–1485
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsSilver and lead-tin metalpoint on pink prepared paper
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right...
Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and a Left Hand Holding a Drapery
Description: Salomé, macro detail
Salomé, macro detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameTanner, Henry Ossawa
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1900
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMuseum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23677
Accession number1983.95.207A
Salomé, macro detail
Salomé, macro detail
Description: Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1957
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko"...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Description: Installation view of Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective exhibition, The Art Institute of...
Installation view of Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1943
Object typePhotograph
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago Archives
Installation view of Georgia O'Keeffe...
Installation view of Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago
Description: Mr. Gregory's Studio
Mr. Gregory's Studio
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationPhotograph from W. A. Cooper, "Artists in Their Studios, X—Eliot Gregory," Godey's Magazine 132 (January–June 1896)
Mr. Gregory's Studio
Mr. Gregory's Studio
Description: Foyer of Vance N. Jordan's New York apartment
Foyer of Vance N. Jordan's New York apartment
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Foyer of Vance N. Jordan's New York...
Foyer of Vance N. Jordan's New York apartment
Description: Cover, "Nuestro Tiempo" 5, no. 29 (May–June 1959): 1
Cover, "Nuestro Tiempo" 5, no. 29 (May–June 1959): 1
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 26
Creator rolePublishing
Creation date1959
Object typePeriodical
LocationNuestro Tiempo 5, no. 29 (May–June 1959): 1. Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Cover, "Nuestro Tiempo" 5, no. 29...
Cover, "Nuestro Tiempo" 5, no. 29 (May–June 1959): 1
Description: Gallery of the Louvre, detail, before treatment, showing abrasion from previous...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, before treatment, showing abrasion from previous cleaning
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 13
Creator nameMorse, Samuel Finley Breese
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1831–1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 3/4 × 108 in. (187.3 × 274.3 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https:/­/­collection.terraamericanart.org/­objects/­243/­gallery-of-the-louvre
Accession number1992.51
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, before...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, before treatment, showing abrasion from previous cleaning
Description: Société Anonyme signboard, detail
Société Anonyme signboard, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsPaint on Panel
Dimensions36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/25216
Accession number1981.27
Société Anonyme signboard,...
Société Anonyme signboard, detail
Description: Portrait of Martin A. Ryerson
Portrait of Martin A. Ryerson
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1904
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives of the Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Martin A. Ryerson
Portrait of Martin A. Ryerson
Description: An Angel Carrying a Torch, photomicrograph
An Angel Carrying a Torch, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1501
Object typeDrawing
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
An Angel Carrying a Torch,...
An Angel Carrying a Torch, photomicrograph
Description: The Return, Tynemouth, infrared detail
The Return, Tynemouth, infrared detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113064/the-return-tynemouth-recto-study-verso
Accession number1933.1251
The Return, Tynemouth, infrared detail
The Return, Tynemouth, infrared detail
Description: Floor plan of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Floor plan of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1880
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Floor plan of the Museum of Fine Arts,...
Floor plan of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Description: Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, mid-varnish removal photograph
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, mid-varnish removal photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1904
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 7/8 x 40 in. (65.7 x 101.6 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.61377.html
Accession number1983.1.27
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk,...
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, mid-varnish removal photograph
Description: Altarpiece commissions by/for citizen families, 1450–1530
Altarpiece commissions by/for citizen families, 1450–1530
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Altarpiece commissions by/for citizen...
Altarpiece commissions by/for citizen families, 1450–1530
Description: The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago Archives
The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
Description: Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail prior to treatment
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail prior to treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1893
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46524.html
Accession number1963.10.49
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade,...
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail prior to treatment
Description: Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1908
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom Vittorio Pica, "Gl'Impressionisti francesi," (Bergamo: Instituto italiano d'arti grafiche, 1908), 125
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Description: A view of the Eastern India section of Unknown India as installed at the City Art...
A view of the Eastern India section of Unknown India as installed at the City Art Museum of Saint Louis
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1968
Object typePhotograph
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Archives
A view of the Eastern India section of...
A view of the Eastern India section of Unknown India as installed at the City Art Museum of Saint Louis
Description: Pull (Hoarfrost Editions), detail of silk degradation
Pull (Hoarfrost Editions), detail of silk degradation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 04
Creator nameRauschenberg, Robert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1974
Object typePrint
MaterialsSolvent transferred offset lithograph and screenprint to fabric collage with paper bags
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/329946
Accession number2008.337
Pull (Hoarfrost Editions), detail of...
Pull (Hoarfrost Editions), detail of silk degradation
Description: Detail of Rutherford John Gettens's notes showing proposed electrochemical reduction...
Detail of Rutherford John Gettens's notes showing proposed electrochemical reduction of the Nuzi censer
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nameGettens, Rutherford John
Creator roleArtist
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Detail of Rutherford John Gettens's...
Detail of Rutherford John Gettens's notes showing proposed electrochemical reduction of the Nuzi censer
Description: Memento mori beads in the collection of the British Museum
Memento mori beads in the collection of the British Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1909
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonical Object
LocationBritish Museum, London
Memento mori beads in the collection of...
Memento mori beads in the collection of the British Museum
Description: Women at the Slade School of Fine Art
Women at the Slade School of Fine Art
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 02
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationSlade Photographic Collection, University College, London
Women at the Slade School of Fine Art
Women at the Slade School of Fine Art
Description: Set of bronze wine vessels from Pao-chi with a group of Manchu Dynasty officials,...
Set of bronze wine vessels from Pao-chi with a group of Manchu Dynasty officials, presumably headed by Tuan Fang (1861–1911)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Set of bronze wine vessels from Pao-chi...
Set of bronze wine vessels from Pao-chi with a group of Manchu Dynasty officials, presumably headed by Tuan Fang (1861–1911)
Description: The Education of the Virgin, photomicrograph
The Education of the Virgin, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin,...
The Education of the Virgin, photomicrograph
Description: Untitled (Rosa Luxemburg)
Untitled (Rosa Luxemburg)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLissitzky, El
Creator nationality/cultureRussian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1920–1921
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsGouache, graphite, and ink on paper
Dimensions3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (9.7 x 9.7 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Untitled (Rosa Luxemburg)
Untitled (Rosa Luxemburg)
Description: Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Bridge at Argenteuil," 1874
Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Bridge at Argenteuil," 1874
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Léonce Bénédite, "Great Painters of the Nineteenth Century and Their Paintings" (London: 1910), p. 180
Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Bridge...
Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Bridge at Argenteuil," 1874
Description: The Education of the Virgin, detail of reverse
The Education of the Virgin, detail of reverse
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin, detail of...
The Education of the Virgin, detail of reverse
Description: Advertisement for L'Art et les artistes
Advertisement for L'Art et les artistes
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creation date1911
LocationFrom Staryé Gody (November 1911): np
Advertisement for L'Art et les artistes
Advertisement for L'Art et les artistes
Description: Frederic Church’s painting "The Heart of the Andes" as...
Frederic Church’s painting "The Heart of the Andes" as displayed in the fine art gallery at the Metropolitan Fair in New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 09
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1864
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsStereograph on card mount
LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015651380/
Accession numberLOT 14110-12, no. 20 [P&P]
Frederic Church’s painting "The...
Frederic Church’s painting The Heart of the Andes as displayed in the fine art gallery at the Metropolitan Fair in New York, detail
Description: Walter Simon, Hale Woodruff, Mary Leath Thomas, and Marie Huper, judges for North...
Walter Simon, Hale Woodruff, Mary Leath Thomas, and Marie Huper, judges for North Carolina Scholastic Art Exhibition
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1954
Object typePhotograph
LocationStuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta
Walter Simon, Hale Woodruff, Mary Leath...
Walter Simon, Hale Woodruff, Mary Leath Thomas, and Marie Huper, judges for North Carolina Scholastic Art Exhibition
Description: Dr. Albert C. Barnes, and Horace Pippin at the opening of the Third Annual...
Dr. Albert C. Barnes, and Horace Pippin at the opening of the Third Annual Exhibition, The Pyramid Club, Philadelphia
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 24
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1943
Object typePhotograph
LocationJohn W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia
Dr. Albert C. Barnes, and Horace Pippin...
Dr. Albert C. Barnes, and Horace Pippin at the opening of the Third Annual Exhibition, The Pyramid Club, Philadelphia
Description: Tarsila do Amaral's living room in São Paulo
Tarsila do Amaral's living room in São Paulo
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Tarsila do Amaral's living room in...
Tarsila do Amaral's living room in São Paulo
Description: Opening of the exhibition "Ed Kienholz: Watercolors" at the...
Opening of the exhibition "Ed Kienholz: Watercolors" at the Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator name (description)Photograph by Malcolm Lubliner
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1969
Object typePerformance Art
Opening of the exhibition "Ed Kienholz:...
Opening of the exhibition "Ed Kienholz: Watercolors" at the Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles
Description: Cover of L'Art français
Cover of L'Art français
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1890
Object typePeriodical
Cover of L'Art français
Cover of L'Art français
Description: Portrait of Edward William Watkin
Portrait of Edward William Watkin
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1864
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Locationfrom The Illustrated London News, July 23, 1864
Portrait of Edward William Watkin
Portrait of Edward William Watkin
Description: Art Student Actors
Art Student Actors
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1916
Object typePeriodical
LocationChicago Tribune, May 25, 1916
Art Student Actors
Art Student Actors
Description: Fibula with incised catchplate, detail of tremolo on horse and bird
Fibula with incised catchplate, detail of tremolo on horse and bird
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleJeweler
Creation date730–700 BC
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions4 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 15/16 in. (10.8 × 6.6 × 2.4 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/311071?q=1965.27
Accession number1965.27
Fibula with incised catchplate, detail...
Fibula with incised catchplate, detail of tremolo on horse and bird
Description: Reproduction of Claude Monet's The Houses of Parliament
Reproduction of Claude Monet's The Houses of Parliament
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Théodore Duret, "Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin" (Paris: 1906), opposite of p. 144
Reproduction of Claude Monet's The...
Reproduction of Claude Monet's The Houses of Parliament
Description: Ground plan of "Recent Paintings by Mark Rothko" exhibition, Art...
Ground plan of "Recent Paintings by Mark Rothko" exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1954
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Ground plan of "Recent Paintings by Mark...
Ground plan of "Recent Paintings by Mark Rothko" exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
Description: A room in the house of Leo and Gertrude Stein, with six paintings by Picasso and six...
A room in the house of Leo and Gertrude Stein, with six paintings by Picasso and six by Matisse
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 09
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1907
Object typePhotograph
A room in the house of Leo and Gertrude...
A room in the house of Leo and Gertrude Stein, with six paintings by Picasso and six by Matisse
Description: The Bath of Venus, mid-treatment photograph
The Bath of Venus, mid-treatment photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameShannon, Charles Haslewood
Creator nationality/cultureBritish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1898–1904
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions57 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (146 x 97.8 cm)
LocationTate Gallery, London
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/shannon-the-bath-of-venus-n05160
Accession numberN05160
The Bath of Venus, mid-treatment...
The Bath of Venus, mid-treatment photograph
Description: Las Meninas, macro detail of edge
Las Meninas, macro detail of edge
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1656
Object typePainting
Dimensions125 1/4 x 108 5/8 in. (318 x 276 cm)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f
Accession numberP01174
Las Meninas, macro detail of edge
Las Meninas, macro detail of edge
Description: WPA: Kids involved in painting and sculpture based upon spirituals, Jacksonville,...
WPA: Kids involved in painting and sculpture based upon spirituals, Jacksonville, Florida
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1935–1943
Object typePhotograph
LocationFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York
WPA: Kids involved in painting and...
WPA: Kids involved in painting and sculpture based upon spirituals, Jacksonville, Florida
Description: Holy Family (La Perla), reverse
Holy Family (La Perla), reverse
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameRaphael
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1518
Object typePainting
MaterialsPoplar
Dimensions57 7/8 x 65 3/8 in. (147 x 166 cm)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-holy-family-known-as-la-perla/f3d745b8-f800-437a-a664-9f3d065ce127
Accession numberP00301
Holy Family (La Perla), reverse
Holy Family (La Perla), reverse
Description: Art class at Georgia State College
Art class at Georgia State College
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1948–1949
Object typePhotograph
LocationStuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta
Art class at Georgia State College
Art class at Georgia State College
Description: Full-page spread from L'Art français
Full-page spread from L'Art français
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1890
Object typePeriodical
Full-page spread from L'Art...
Full-page spread from L'Art français
Description: Advertisement (“Rente 3,5% à capital garanti sur l’or”) for...
Advertisement (“Rente 3,5% à capital garanti sur l’or”) for the de Gaulle–Pinay public loan
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creation date1958
Object typeOther
LocationPublished in "L'Express," July 10, 1958, p. 12
Advertisement (“Rente 3,5%...
Advertisement (“Rente 3,5% à capital garanti sur l’or”) for the de Gaulle–Pinay public loan
Description: Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback, detail of reverse
Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback, detail of reverse
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1635
Object typePainting
Dimensions82 1/2 x 68 1/2 in. (209.5 x 174 cm)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/prince-baltasar-carlos-on-horseback/5d224aa8-4d2c-47e0-b3b2-3ea37229cdcb
Accession numberP01180
Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback,...
Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback, detail of reverse
Description: Vertis Hayes and students
Vertis Hayes and students
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1940–1950
Object typePhotograph
LocationMargaret Walker Center, Jackson State University Archives, Mississippi
Vertis Hayes and students
Vertis Hayes and students
Description: Cartoon
Cartoon
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator name (description)Cartoon by Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1963
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom "Art in America" 51, no. 2 (1963): 25
Cartoon
Cartoon
Description: Elbridge Ayer Burbank's studio in the Fine Arts Building, 410 Michigan Avenue,...
Elbridge Ayer Burbank's studio in the Fine Arts Building, 410 Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1898
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsArtists' studios
Elbridge Ayer Burbank's studio in the...
Elbridge Ayer Burbank's studio in the Fine Arts Building, 410 Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Description: Installation view of the Armory Show
Installation view of the Armory Show
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1913
Object typePhotograph
Dimensions19 x 24 cm
LocationArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/installation-view-gallery-h-armory-show-9518
Accession number9518
Installation view of the Armory Show
Installation view of the Armory Show
Description: Solomon and Irene Guggenheim’s apartment at the Plaza Hotel, New York
Solomon and Irene Guggenheim’s apartment at the Plaza Hotel, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1937
Object typePhotograph
Solomon and Irene Guggenheim’s...
Solomon and Irene Guggenheim’s apartment at the Plaza Hotel, New York
Description: Harry Guggenheim on the right, with Nina Kandinsky and Thom M. Messer, at the...
Harry Guggenheim on the right, with Nina Kandinsky and Thom M. Messer, at the opening of "Vasily Kandinsky, 1866–1944: A Retrospective Exhibition," at the Guggenheim Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1963
Object typePhotograph
Harry Guggenheim on the right, with Nina...
Harry Guggenheim on the right, with Nina Kandinsky and Thom M. Messer, at the opening of "Vasily Kandinsky, 1866–1944: A Retrospective Exhibition," at the Guggenheim Museum
Description: Spraying the toned microcellulose film with the external-mix airbrush
Spraying the toned microcellulose film with the external-mix airbrush
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 04
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Spraying the toned microcellulose film...
Spraying the toned microcellulose film with the external-mix airbrush
Description: The Pastons: Norwich Castle Museum’s Coronation Year Exhibition
The Pastons: Norwich Castle Museum’s Coronation Year Exhibition
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 02
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1953
Object typePeriodical
LocationYale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut
The Pastons: Norwich Castle...
The Pastons: Norwich Castle Museum’s Coronation Year Exhibition
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: Collage-making process: Painting collage elements
Collage-making process: Painting collage elements
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 16
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Collage-making process: Painting collage...
Collage-making process: Painting collage elements
Description: Ryder's House, mid-cleaning detail
Ryder's House, mid-cleaning detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameHopper, Edward
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1933
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=10763
Accession number1981.76
Ryder's House, mid-cleaning detail
Ryder's House, mid-cleaning detail
Description: Advertisement for the London debut of The Icebergs
Advertisement for the London debut of The Icebergs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1863
Object typePeriodical
LocationLondon Court Journal, July 4, 1863
Advertisement for the London debut of...
Advertisement for the London debut of The Icebergs
Description: Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Anne d'Harnoncourt admires Stella Kramrisch's...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Anne d'Harnoncourt admires Stella Kramrisch's Padma Bhushan medal after it was awarded by Indian Consul General P. P. Souza on September 15, 1982
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Archives
Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Anne...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Anne d'Harnoncourt admires Stella Kramrisch's Padma Bhushan medal after it was awarded by Indian Consul General P. P. Souza on September 15, 1982
Description: Installation view of "January 5–31, 1969," Seth Siegelaub...
Installation view of "January 5–31, 1969," Seth Siegelaub Gallery, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
May 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1969
Object typePhotograph
LocationMuseum of Modern Art Archives, New York
Installation view of "January...
Installation view of "January 5–31, 1969," Seth Siegelaub Gallery, New York
Description: La Loge, detail
La Loge, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameRenoir, Pierre-Auguste
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/1e028362.html
Accession numberP.1948.SC.338
La Loge, detail
La Loge, detail
Description: Advertisement for Materials for the Munsell Color System
Advertisement for Materials for the Munsell Color System
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1915
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom A. H. Munsell, "Atlas of the Munsell Color System" (Malden, Mass.: Wadsworth, Howland & Co., 1915). Widener Library of the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Advertisement for Materials for the...
Advertisement for Materials for the Munsell Color System
Description: Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Piccole, 1450–1530
Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Piccole, 1450–1530
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian...
Altarpiece commissions by the Venetian Scuole Piccole, 1450–1530
Description: Overall Number of Pictures with German Subjects Exhibited in London, 1815–60
Overall Number of Pictures with German Subjects Exhibited in London, 1815–60
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 14
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Overall Number of Pictures with German...
Overall Number of Pictures with German Subjects Exhibited in London, 1815–60
Description: Mercedes Matter teaching
Mercedes Matter teaching
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1965
Object typePhotograph
Mercedes Matter teaching
Mercedes Matter teaching
Description: Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and...
Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and a Left Hand Holding a Drapery, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1480–1485
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsSilver and lead-tin metalpoint on pink prepared paper
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right...
Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and a Left Hand Holding a Drapery, detail
Description: Soviet Pavilion of the International Press Exhibition, Cologne
Soviet Pavilion of the International Press Exhibition, Cologne
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLissitzky, El
Creator nationality/cultureRussian
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1928
Object typePhotograph
LocationGetty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Soviet Pavilion of the International...
Soviet Pavilion of the International Press Exhibition, Cologne
Description: Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1926–1927
Object typePhotograph
Dimensions19 x 24 cm
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3526629
Accession number2014488
Installation view of the International...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Description: Lovely Chinese Ladies
Lovely Chinese Ladies
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 26
Creator nationality/cultureIndian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1700
Object typePainting
MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
LocationPrivate Collection
Lovely Chinese Ladies
Lovely Chinese Ladies
Description: Katherine S. Dreier, president of the Société Anonyme
Katherine S. Dreier, president of the Société Anonyme
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1920
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3547568
Accession number2041729
Katherine S. Dreier, president of the...
Katherine S. Dreier, president of the Société Anonyme
Description: Bull's head attachment from a cauldron, view of underside showing the attachment...
Bull's head attachment from a cauldron, view of underside showing the attachment pins
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureUrartian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date800–700 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions3 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 4 5/16 in. (10 × 12 × 11 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/304006?q=1943.1321
Accession number1943.1321
Bull's head attachment from a cauldron,...
Bull's head attachment from a cauldron, view of underside showing the attachment pins
Description: Candelabrum with cranes
Candelabrum with cranes
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1778
Object typePrint
Candelabrum with cranes
Candelabrum with cranes
Description: Letter from P. R. Vasari to Katherine Dreier
Letter from P. R. Vasari to Katherine Dreier
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator roleAuthor
Creation date1922
Object typeLetter
Letter from P. R. Vasari to Katherine...
Letter from P. R. Vasari to Katherine Dreier
Description: Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors, detail
Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleDesigner
Object typeGraphic Design
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Accession number34380
Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22...
Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors, detail
Description: Portrait of Yasuda Zenjirō
Portrait of Yasuda Zenjirō
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 03
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Portrait of Yasuda Zenjirō
Portrait of Yasuda Zenjirō
Description: Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail of the colorful bird immediately below the central...
Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail of the colorful bird immediately below the central rooster, showing the loss of silk warps from the cotton weft of the satin ground weave
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameMarvin, Florence Elizabeth
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation date1886
Object typeTextile
MaterialsSilk, cotton, wool, plain, twill, and satin weaves, some velvet, some with supplementary patterning wefts, some self-patterned, and some printed with gold leaf; pieced and appliquéd; some areas raised; padded with cotton; embroidered with silk, silk chemile, cotton, and a variety of metal threads in back, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, double feather, herringbone, knot, overcast, satin, single satin, sheaf, stem, and straight stitches; couching and French knots; embellished with gilt-metal spangles; metal, jet, and glass beads; backed with silk and cotton, satin weave; machine quilted with silk thread
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
Accession number2003.294
Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail of the...
Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail of the colorful bird immediately below the central rooster, showing the loss of silk warps from the cotton weft of the satin ground weave
Description: Collage-making process: Rubbing down collage elements using bone folder
Collage-making process: Rubbing down collage elements using bone folder
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 16
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Collage-making process: Rubbing down...
Collage-making process: Rubbing down collage elements using bone folder
Description: Solomon Guggenheim, Hilla Rebay, and Frank Lloyd Wright, New York
Solomon Guggenheim, Hilla Rebay, and Frank Lloyd Wright, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1945
Object typePhotograph
Solomon Guggenheim, Hilla Rebay, and...
Solomon Guggenheim, Hilla Rebay, and Frank Lloyd Wright, New York
Description: Installation view of The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street
Installation view of The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1932
Object typePhotograph
LocationMuseum of Modern Art Archives, New York
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2045/installation_images/1?locale=en
Installation view of The Museum of...
Installation view of The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street
Description: Reproduction of Max Liebermann's "Old Men's Home in Amsterdam"
Reproduction of Max Liebermann's "Old Men's Home in Amsterdam"
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1881
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Werner Weisbach," Impressionismus: Ein Problem der Malerei in der Antike und Neuzeit," 2 vols (Berlin: 1910-11), 2:268
Reproduction of Max Liebermann's "Old...
Reproduction of Max Liebermann's Old Men's Home in Amsterdam
Description: Salomé, raking-light photograph
Salomé, raking-light photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameTanner, Henry Ossawa
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1900
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions45 7/8 x 35 1/4 in. (116.5 x 89.4 cm)
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23677
Accession number1983.95.207A
Salomé, raking-light photograph
Salomé, raking-light photograph
Description: Peacham's Construction of a Sun
Peacham's Construction of a Sun
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 27
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1700
Object typeDrawing
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Accession numberMS: save 1497 (80)
Peacham's Construction of a Sun
Peacham's Construction of a Sun
Description: Académie André Lhote
Académie André Lhote
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationAndré Lhote Archive, Raincy, France
Académie André Lhote
Académie André Lhote
Description: Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
MaterialsInfrared reflectogram
Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
Description: One of Captain John Buxton’s receipts for objects purchased from Oxnead Hall
One of Captain John Buxton’s receipts for objects purchased from Oxnead Hall
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 02
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1709
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationCambridge University Library, Cambridge, United Kingdom
One of Captain John Buxton’s...
One of Captain John Buxton’s receipts for objects purchased from Oxnead Hall
Description: Mother and Child, reconstruction prior to removal of father
Mother and Child, reconstruction prior to removal of father
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator namePicasso, Pablo
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1921
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Mother and Child, reconstruction prior...
Mother and Child, reconstruction prior to removal of father
Description: Corner of Vance N. Jordan's library
Corner of Vance N. Jordan's library
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Corner of Vance N. Jordan's library
Corner of Vance N. Jordan's library
Description: Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In Arcady," 1886
Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In Arcady," 1886
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Léonce Bénédite, "Great Painters of the Nineteenth Century and Their Paintings" (London: 1910), p. 244.
Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In...
Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In Arcady," 1886
Description: The Malevich retrospective in Moscow
The Malevich retrospective in Moscow
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1919
Object typePhotograph
The Malevich retrospective in Moscow
The Malevich retrospective in Moscow
Description: The Slade Picnic
The Slade Picnic
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 02
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1912
Object typePhotograph
LocationSlade Photographic Collection, University College, London
https://ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/44UCL_INST/12321936060004761
The Slade Picnic
The Slade Picnic
Description: A set of dedicated modern handmade pastels
A set of dedicated modern handmade pastels
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 30
Creator roleArtist
Object typeTool/Implement
A set of dedicated modern handmade...
A set of dedicated modern handmade pastels
Description: Portraits of the French impressionists
Portraits of the French impressionists
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1932
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom "L'impressionnisme et quelques précurseurs," Bulletin des expositions (Galerie d'art Braun et cie), no. 3 (January 22, 1932): 3
Portraits of the French impressionists
Portraits of the French impressionists
Description: Selection of African trade beads collected by Velma Davis Dozier
Selection of African trade beads collected by Velma Davis Dozier
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 05
Creator roleJeweler
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsGlass, millefiore, seed, cowrie shell, and metal
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
Selection of African trade beads...
Selection of African trade beads collected by Velma Davis Dozier
Description: Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara Tomitarō and Family in Japan
Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara Tomitarō and Family in Japan
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 03
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1911
Object typePhotograph
Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara...
Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara Tomitarō and Family in Japan
Description: Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail during treatment
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail during treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1893
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46524.html
Accession number1963.10.49
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade,...
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail during treatment
Description: Agreement between David Bomberg and the Jewish Education Aid Society, signed and...
Agreement between David Bomberg and the Jewish Education Aid Society, signed and dated 6 April 1911
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 02
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1911
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationTate Archive, London
Agreement between David Bomberg and the...
Agreement between David Bomberg and the Jewish Education Aid Society, signed and dated 6 April 1911
Description: Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces,...
Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530
Description: Madonna of the Goldfinch, photomicrograph of cross-section
Madonna of the Goldfinch, photomicrograph of cross-section
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameTiepolo, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1767–1770
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.101678.html
Accession number1997.60.1
Madonna of the Goldfinch,...
Madonna of the Goldfinch, photomicrograph of cross-section
Description: Installation view of Can Man Survive?, American Museum of Natural History, New York
Installation view of Can Man Survive?, American Museum of Natural History, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
May 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1969
Object typePhotograph
LocationAmerican Museum of Natural History Archives, New York
Installation view of Can Man Survive?,...
Installation view of Can Man Survive?, American Museum of Natural History, New York
Description: An Angel Carrying a Torch, photomicrograph
An Angel Carrying a Torch, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1501
Object typeDrawing
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
An Angel Carrying a Torch,...
An Angel Carrying a Torch, photomicrograph
Description: Deborah Remington as a student at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Deborah Remington as a student at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1955
Object typePhotograph
Deborah Remington as a student at the...
Deborah Remington as a student at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Description: Title Page
Title Page
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 27
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1760
Object typePrint
MaterialsHand-colored etching
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4357370
Accession numberQK98.2 F56 1760
Title Page
Title Page
Description: Red Cross Knight, detail
Red Cross Knight, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameCopley, John Singleton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1793
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions84 x 107 1/2 in. (213.5 x 273 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.993.html
Accession number1942.4.2
Red Cross Knight, detail
Red Cross Knight, detail
Description: Ernest F. Fenollosa
Ernest F. Fenollosa
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 18
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1890
Object typePhotograph
LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Washington, DC
Ernest F. Fenollosa
Ernest F. Fenollosa
Description: Strigil, close-up of handle
Strigil, close-up of handle
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureEtruscan
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 300 BC
Object typeTool/Implement
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions7 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 8 3/4 in. (19.7 × 3.6 × 22.2 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/304007?q=1960.484
Accession number1960.484
Strigil, close-up of handle
Strigil, close-up of handle
Description: A view of the Eastern India section of Unknown India as installed at the...
A view of the Eastern India section of Unknown India as installed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1968
Object typePhotograph
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Archives
A view of the Eastern India section of...
A view of the Eastern India section of Unknown India as installed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Description: Title page
Title page
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1535
Object typePrint
LocationFrom Künstbüchlin/gerechtten gründtlichen gebrauchs aller kunstbaren Werckleüt
Title page
Title page
Description: The Education of the Virgin, x-radiograph
The Education of the Virgin, x-radiograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin,...
The Education of the Virgin, x-radiograph
Description: View of George F. Harding's Castle, 4853 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago (demolished...
View of George F. Harding's Castle, 4853 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago (demolished in 1960)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago Archives
View of George F. Harding's Castle, 4853...
View of George F. Harding's Castle, 4853 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago (demolished in 1960)
Description: The Return, Tynemouth, infrared photograph
The Return, Tynemouth, infrared photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Dimensions13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (34.2 x 34.3 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113064/the-return-tynemouth-recto-study-verso
Accession number1933.1251
The Return, Tynemouth, infrared...
The Return, Tynemouth, infrared detail
Description: The Advisory Council on Native Arts and Cultures examine works at the Beinecke Rare...
The Advisory Council on Native Arts and Cultures examine works at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2019
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, , New Haven, Conn.
The Advisory Council on Native Arts and...
The Advisory Council on Native Arts and Cultures examine works at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Description: Virgin and Child, microphotograph of a cross-section in ultraviolet light
Virgin and Child, microphotograph of a cross-section in ultraviolet light
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameGossaert, Jan
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1589
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions12 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.7 x 24.3 cm)
LocationNational Gallery, London
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-gossaert-jean-gossart-the-virgin-and-child
Accession numberNG1888
Virgin and Child, microphotograph of a...
Virgin and Child, microphotograph of a cross-section in ultraviolet light
Description: Vance N. Jordan
Vance N. Jordan
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Vance N. Jordan
Vance N. Jordan
Description: Proposed reconstruction of the battens on the reverse of Simone Martini's...
Proposed reconstruction of the battens on the reverse of Simone Martini's Annunciation
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMuller, Norman
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
Proposed reconstruction of the battens...
Proposed reconstruction of the battens on the reverse of Simone Martini's Annunciation
Description: Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Argenteuil," 1874
Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Argenteuil," 1874
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Wynford Dewhurst, "Impressionist Painting: Its Genesis and Development" (London: 1904), np.
Reproduction of Claude Monet's...
Reproduction of Claude Monet's "Argenteuil," 1874
Description: Scrape, detail, photomicrograph
Scrape, detail, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 04
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Scrape, detail, photomicrograph
Scrape, detail, photomicrograph
Description: Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1957
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko"...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Description: Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing Morse's repainting of the damaged wall...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing Morse's repainting of the damaged wall without the decorative design
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 13
Creator nameMorse, Samuel Finley Breese
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1831–1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 3/4 × 108 in. (187.3 × 274.3 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https:/­/­collection.terraamericanart.org/­objects/­243/­gallery-of-the-louvre
Accession number1992.51
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing Morse's repainting of the damaged wall without the decorative design
Description: Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm, IRR image (1100–1400 nm)
Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm, IRR image (1100–1400 nm)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1488–1493
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsSsilverpoint and leadpoint on pale green ground paper
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side...
Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm, IRR image (1100–1400 nm)
Description: The Indian Room in the Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque
The Indian Room in the Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator name (description)Photo: Hance and Nast (publishers)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1905
Object typePhotograph
LocationMuseum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
Accession numberneg. no. 1507
The Indian Room in the Alvarado Hotel,...
The Indian Room in the Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque
Description: Children at a free Federal Art Project art class, July 14, 1939, detail
Children at a free Federal Art Project art class, July 14, 1939, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 09
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1939
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, DC
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/children-free-federal-art-project-art-class-12043
Accession numberPhotographic Division collection circa 1920–1965, bulk 1935–1942, box 28, folder 11, digital ID 12043
Children at a free Federal Art Project...
Children at a free Federal Art Project art class, July 14, 1939, detail
Description: Girl with a Pearl Earring, mid-treatment photograph
Girl with a Pearl Earring, mid-treatment photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameVermeer, Johannes
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1665–1666
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (44.5 x 39 cm)
LocationMauritshuis, The Hague
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/artworks/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-670/
Accession number670
Girl with a Pearl Earring, mid-treatment...
Girl with a Pearl Earring, mid-treatment photograph
Description: Sculpture class at the Académie Matisse, Hôtel Biron, Paris
Sculpture class at the Académie Matisse, Hôtel Biron, Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
May 03
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1909
Object typePhotograph
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
Sculpture class at the Académie...
Sculpture class at the Académie Matisse, Hôtel Biron, Paris
Description: Military diploma with Latin inscription: detail of incised lettering with burrs
Military diploma with Latin inscription: detail of incised lettering with burrs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArtist
Creation dateAD 210
Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyph
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions5 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 1/16 in. (14.9 × 11.4 × 0.1 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301886?q=1994.124
Accession number1994.124
Military diploma with Latin inscription:...
Military diploma with Latin inscription: detail of incised lettering with burrs
Description: Malevich in his coffin
Malevich in his coffin
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1935
Object typePhotograph
LocationStedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Malevich in his coffin
Malevich in his coffin
Description: Installation view of 1948 Impressionist Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
Installation view of 1948 Impressionist Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1948
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchivio Storico Arti Contemporanee-Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia
Installation view of 1948 Impressionist...
Installation view of 1948 Impressionist Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
Description: Cover of L'Art français
Cover of L'Art français
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 08
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1893
Object typePeriodical
Cover of L'Art français
Cover of L'Art français
Description: Installation view of William Anastasi's Six Sites exhibition, Dwan Gallery, New...
Installation view of William Anastasi's Six Sites exhibition, Dwan Gallery, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
May 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1967
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, DC
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/dwan-gallery-los-angeles-california-and-new-york-new-york-records-6056
Accession numberBox 3, Folder 7: Anastasi: Six Sites, 1967 April 29
Installation view of William Anastasi's...
Installation view of William Anastasi's Six Sites exhibition, Dwan Gallery, New York
Description: Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto in gray scale
Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto in gray scale
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameVasari, Giorgio
Creator name (description)with drawings by Filippino Lippi and Sandro Botticelli
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1480–1505
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsVarious media with decoration in pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions56.7 × 45.7 cm
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto in...
Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto in gray scale
Description: Frederic Edwin Church's "The Icebergs" on view at the Dallas...
Frederic Edwin Church's "The Icebergs" on view at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1980
Object typePhotograph
LocationDallas Museum of Art
Frederic Edwin Church's "The Icebergs"...
The Icebergs on view at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Description: Beaked pitcher; x-radiograph showing darker ovoid marks made by the hammering...
Beaked pitcher; x-radiograph showing darker ovoid marks made by the hammering process
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureEtruscan
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 350 BC
Object typeContainer
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions10 1/16 × 6 11/16 × 5 1/8 in. (25.5 × 17 × 13 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303785?q=1920.44.187
Accession number1920.44.187
Beaked pitcher; x-radiograph showing...
Beaked pitcher; x-radiograph showing darker ovoid marks made by the hammering process
Description: The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, before conservation
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, before conservation
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator namePepyn, Martin
Creator name (description)Attributed to Martin Pepyn
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1595–1643
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on cream laid paper, pieced
Dimensions10 1/4 × 38 1/8 in. (26 × 97.7 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https:/­/­www.artic.edu/­artworks/­114065/­the-drowning-of-pharaoh-s-army
Accession number1993.248.104
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, before...
Moses Drowning Pharaoh's Army
Description: Reversibility test
Reversibility test
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 04
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Reversibility test
Reversibility test
Description: Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, photomicrograph detail
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1904
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.61377.html
Accession number1983.1.27
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk,...
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, photomicrograph detail
Description: The UNOVIS exhibit at Moscow VKhUTEMAS, including works by Kudriashev, Klutsis, and...
The UNOVIS exhibit at Moscow VKhUTEMAS, including works by Kudriashev, Klutsis, and El Lissitzky
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1921
Object typePhotograph
The UNOVIS exhibit at Moscow VKhUTEMAS,...
The UNOVIS exhibit at Moscow VKhUTEMAS, including works by Kudriashev, Klutsis, and El Lissitzky
Description: Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1957
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko"...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Description: Walter Simon with student teachers, Summer Workshop, Atlanta University
Walter Simon with student teachers, Summer Workshop, Atlanta University
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1948
Object typePhotograph
LocationStuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta
Walter Simon with student teachers,...
Walter Simon with student teachers, Summer Workshop, Atlanta University
Description: Advertisement for The Revelation China Kiln
Advertisement for The Revelation China Kiln
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1899
Object typeGraphic Design
LocationPublished in "Keramic Studio: A Monthly Magazine for the Designer, Potter, Decorator, Firer" 1, no 5 (Sept. 1899). Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Advertisement for The Revelation China...
Advertisement for The Revelation China Kiln
Description: Collage-making process: Attaching collage elements using tweezers
Collage-making process: Attaching collage elements using tweezers
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 16
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Collage-making process: Attaching...
Collage-making process: Attaching collage elements using tweezers
Description: Madonna of the Oak, reverse
Madonna of the Oak, reverse
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameRaphael
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1518–1520
Object typePainting
MaterialsPoplar
Dimensions56 3/4 x 42 7/8 in. (144 x 109 cm)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-holy-family-with-an-oak-tree/37938ad8-f4d9-487b-93ac-adf117ffd8ff
Accession numberP00303
Madonna of the Oak, reverse
Madonna of the Oak, reverse
Description: Ground plan of the "Large Gallery" of "Mark...
Ground plan of the "Large Gallery" of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1950
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Ground plan of the "Large Gallery" of...
Ground plan of the "Large Gallery" of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
Description: Diana (Sackville), Viscountess Crosbie, repair report
Diana (Sackville), Viscountess Crosbie, repair report
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 24
Creator roleArtist
Object typeOther
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Diana (Sackville), Viscountess Crosbie,...
Diana (Sackville), Viscountess Crosbie, repair report
Description: Statuette of a warrior
Statuette of a warrior
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBrass
Dimensions9 5/16 × 4 5/8 × 3 1/16 in. (23.6 × 11.7 × 7.8 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303870?q=1932.56.29
Accession number1932.56.29
Statuette of a warrior
Statuette of a warrior
Description: Handle and top of an oinochoe (wine pitcher), detail of tool marks in decorative...
Handle and top of an oinochoe (wine pitcher), detail of tool marks in decorative patterns
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureEtruscan
Creator roleArtist
Creation date500–460 BC
Object typeContainer
MaterialsBronze with leaded bronze handle
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/304316?q=1972.51
Accession number1972.51
Handle and top of an oinochoe (wine...
Handle and top of an oinochoe (wine pitcher), detail of tool marks in decorative patterns
Description: The Education of the Virgin, detail of the X-radiograph
The Education of the Virgin, detail of the X-radiograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin, detail of...
The Education of the Virgin, detail of the X-radiograph
Description: Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1926–1927
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3775391
Accession number10557454
Installation view of the International...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Description: The UNOVIS exhibit at "Work by Petrograd Artists Belonging to All...
The UNOVIS exhibit at "Work by Petrograd Artists Belonging to All Tendencies
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1923
Object typePhotograph
LocationGalerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany
The UNOVIS exhibit at "Work by Petrograd...
The UNOVIS exhibit at "Work by Petrograd Artists Belonging to All Tendencies
Description: Lenin Tribune
Lenin Tribune
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLissitzky, El
Creator nationality/cultureRussian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1924
Object typeCollage
MaterialsGouache, ink, and photomontage on cardboard
Dimensions25 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. (63.9 x 48 cm)
LocationState Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Lenin Tribune
Lenin Tribune
Description: Design from George Schmidt, Method of Teaching the Art of Psalligraphy by...
Design from George Schmidt, Method of Teaching the Art of Psalligraphy by Self-Instruction
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1868
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom "Method of Teaching the Art of Psalligraphy by Self-Instruction" (Boston: L. Prang & Co., [1868]). American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
https://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=220930
Accession number220930
Design from George Schmidt, Method of...
Design from George Schmidt, Method of Teaching the Art of Psalligraphy by Self-Instruction
Description: The Art Amateur Working Designs, Numbers 1693–1696
The Art Amateur Working Designs, Numbers 1693–1696
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1896
Object typeIllustration
LocationPublished in "The Art Amateur" 35, no. 4 (Sept. 1896). Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library
The Art Amateur Working Designs, Numbers...
The Art Amateur Working Designs, Numbers 1693–1696
Description: Ben Heller's Living Room with Pollock's Blue Poles
Ben Heller's Living Room with Pollock's Blue Poles
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1961
Object typePhotograph
LocationARTnews 60, September 1961
Ben Heller's Living Room with Pollock's...
Ben Heller's Living Room with Pollock's Blue Poles
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: Studio of Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, frontispiece to his "Raccolta
Studio of Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, frontispiece to his "Raccolta
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator nameCavaceppi, Bartolomeo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1768
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Studio of Bartolomeo Cavaceppi,...
Studio of Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, frontispiece to his "Raccolta
Description: Shang period ting, inscribed Ho Fu Chi
Shang period ting, inscribed Ho Fu Chi
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
LocationIllustrated in "Po-ku-t'u" (Ming edition), 1528
Shang period ting, inscribed Ho Fu Chi
Shang period ting, inscribed Ho Fu Chi
Description: Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail showing the quilt's central rooster in its...
Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail showing the quilt's central rooster in its preconserved state
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameMarvin, Florence Elizabeth
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation date1886
Object typeTextile
MaterialsSilk, cotton, wool, plain, twill, and satin weaves, some velvet, some with supplementary patterning wefts, some self-patterned, and some printed with gold leaf; pieced and appliquéd; some areas raised; padded with cotton; embroidered with silk, silk chemile, cotton, and a variety of metal threads in back, buttonhole, chain, detached chain, double feather, herringbone, knot, overcast, satin, single satin, sheaf, stem, and straight stitches; couching and French knots; embellished with gilt-metal spangles; metal, jet, and glass beads; backed with silk and cotton, satin weave; machine quilted with silk thread
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
Accession number2003.294
Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail showing...
Crazy Quilt with Animals, detail showing the quilt's central rooster in its preconserved state
Description: Installation photograph of "15 Americans" exhibition, The Museum...
Installation photograph of "15 Americans" exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1952
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "15...
Installation photograph of "15 Americans" exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Description: Cover, "Revista del Instituto Nacional de Cultura" 1, no. 2
Cover, "Revista del Instituto Nacional de Cultura" 1, no. 2
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 26
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1956
Object typePeriodical
LocationRevista del Instituto Nacional de Cultura 1, no. 2 (March 1956)
Cover, "Revista del Instituto Nacional...
Cover, "Revista del Instituto Nacional de Cultura" 1, no. 2
Description: The Brick House
The Brick House
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 08
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationUpperville, Virginia
The Brick House
The Brick House
Description: Portraits of Carolus-Duran and Camille Pissarro
Portraits of Carolus-Duran and Camille Pissarro
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1938
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom John Rewald, "L'art français dans les écoles françaises," Marianne (April 27, 1938): 9
Portraits of Carolus-Duran and Camille...
Portraits of Carolus-Duran and Camille Pissarro
Description: View of the Salon Carré, Exposition universelle of 1855
View of the Salon Carré, Exposition universelle of 1855
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 20
Creator name (description)Possibly by Disdéri?
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1855
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsAlbumen print from collodion-on-glass negative
LocationBibliothèque nationale, Paris
View of the Salon Carré,...
View of the Salon Carré, Exposition universelle of 1855
Description: Walter Simon standing next to Paterson State College mural
Walter Simon standing next to Paterson State College mural
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1954
Object typePhotograph
LocationStuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta
Walter Simon standing next to Paterson...
Walter Simon standing next to Paterson State College mural
Description: Chart 60, Scales of Hue and Chroma, Reflecting 60% of the Incident Light
Chart 60, Scales of Hue and Chroma, Reflecting 60% of the Incident Light
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1906
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationFrom A. H. Munsell, "Atlas of the Munsell Color System" (Malden, Mass.: Wadsworth, Howland & Co., 1915). Widener Library of the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Chart 60, Scales of Hue and Chroma,...
Chart 60, Scales of Hue and Chroma, Reflecting 60% of the Incident Light
Description: Installation view of the Société Anonyme exhibition, Worcester Art Museum
Installation view of the Société Anonyme exhibition, Worcester Art Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1921
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Installation view of the...
Installation view of the Société Anonyme exhibition, Worcester Art Museum
Description: Students in the Sculpture Class, School of the Art Institute
Students in the Sculpture Class, School of the Art Institute
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1918
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPostcard
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago Archives
Students in the Sculpture Class, School...
Students in the Sculpture Class, School of the Art Institute
Description: Lilly Fenichel at the Giacomo Patri School of Art, San Francisco
Lilly Fenichel at the Giacomo Patri School of Art, San Francisco
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1940–1949
Object typePhotograph
Lilly Fenichel at the Giacomo Patri...
Lilly Fenichel at the Giacomo Patri School of Art, San Francisco
Description: A Corner of Miss Welch's Studio
A Corner of Miss Welch's Studio
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationPhotograph from W. A. Cooper, "Artists in Their Studios, IX—Mary E. Tillinghast, Anna Meigs Case, Mabel R. Welch," Godey's Magazine 132 (January–June 1896)
A Corner of Miss Welch's Studio
A Corner of Miss Welch's Studio
Description: Estudiando en el laminario
Estudiando en el laminario
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 26
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationJorge Rigol, "Aristides Fernández y las brigadas de apeciación plastica," Artes Plásticas 3, no. 1 (1962)
Estudiando en el laminario
Estudiando en el laminario
Description: Dendrochronological dating of Mater Dolorosa paintings.
Dendrochronological dating of Mater Dolorosa paintings.
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator roleArtist
Object typeOther
Dendrochronological dating of Mater...
Dendrochronological dating of Mater Dolorosa paintings.
Description: Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing damage probably caused by rolling up the...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing damage probably caused by rolling up the canvas while the paint was still wet
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 13
Creator nameMorse, Samuel Finley Breese
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1831–1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 3/4 × 108 in. (187.3 × 274.3 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https:/­/­collection.terraamericanart.org/­objects/­243/­gallery-of-the-louvre
Accession number1992.51
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, showing damage probably caused by rolling up the canvas while the paint was still wet
Description: Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In Arcady," 1886
Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In Arcady," 1886
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Wynford Dewhurst, "Impressionist Painting: Its Genesis and Development" (London: 1904), np.
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/en-arcadie-20411
Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In...
Reproduction of Alexander Harrison's "In Arcady," 1886
Description: Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, photomicrograph detail
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, photomicrograph detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1904
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.61377.html
Accession number1983.1.27
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk,...
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, photomicrograph detail
Description: The Education of the Virgin, cross section of the top edge of the background
The Education of the Virgin, cross section of the top edge of the background
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin, cross...
The Education of the Virgin, cross section of the top edge of the background
Description: The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago Archives
The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
The Remington Room in Harding's Castle
Description: Altarpiece commissions by foreign communities, 1438–1506
Altarpiece commissions by foreign communities, 1438–1506
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Altarpiece commissions by foreign...
Altarpiece commissions by foreign communities, 1438–1506
Description: Exhibition rooms of the Société Anonyme, 19 East 47th Street, New York
Exhibition rooms of the Société Anonyme, 19 East 47th Street, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1920
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Exhibition rooms of the...
Exhibition rooms of the Société Anonyme, 19 East 47th Street, New York
Description: Ration Card
Ration Card
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameTseitlin, Aleksandr
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1920
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsGouache, ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions6 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (17.5 x 18.8 cm)
LocationState Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Ration Card
Ration Card
Description: Rephotograph of "Portrait of Ambroise Vollard," detail with...
Rephotograph of "Portrait of Ambroise Vollard," detail with blurred focus
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 09
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1985
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
Rephotograph of "Portrait of...
Rephotograph of "Portrait of Ambroise Vollard," detail with blurred focus
Description: Louis Prang
Louis Prang
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1880
Object typePhotograph
LocationMassachusetts Historical Society, Boston
https://www.masshist.org/database/1395
Accession number81.538
Louis Prang
Louis Prang
Description: Untitled illustration
Untitled illustration
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
Untitled illustration
Untitled illustration
Description: Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail during treatment
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail during treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1893
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46524.html
Accession number1963.10.49
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade,...
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, macro detail during treatment
Description: The Silhouette, Ghost of the Modern Photograph, Again a Fad
The Silhouette, Ghost of the Modern Photograph, Again a Fad
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 28
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1913
Object typePeriodical
LocationNew York Tribune, October 26, 1913, 17
The Silhouette, Ghost of the Modern...
The Silhouette, Ghost of the Modern Photograph, Again a Fad
Description: Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery, transmitted IR image (1100–1400 nm)
Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery, transmitted IR image (1100–1400 nm)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1493–1497
Object typeDrawing
LocationScientific Research Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery,...
Dancing Putto Holding a Drapery, transmitted IR image (1100–1400 nm)
Description: Scenes and Incidents at the Paris Exhibition, Vox Populi
Scenes and Incidents at the Paris Exhibition, Vox Populi
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 27
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1879
Object typePrint
MaterialsWood engraving
Locationreproduced in Supplement Harper's Weekly, 5 October 1878
Scenes and Incidents at the Paris...
Scenes and Incidents at the Paris Exhibition, Vox Populi
Description: Corner of Vance N. Jordan's living room
Corner of Vance N. Jordan's living room
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 06
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Corner of Vance N. Jordan's living room
Corner of Vance N. Jordan's living room
Description: Baron Fitzgibbon, detail of reverse of unlined canvas
Baron Fitzgibbon, detail of reverse of unlined canvas
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameStuart, Gilbert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1789
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (24.5 x 15.4 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.910
Accession number1919.910
Baron Fitzgibbon, detail of reverse of...
Baron Fitzgibbon, detail of reverse of unlined canvas
Description: A Winsor & Newton portable thumb-box
A Winsor & Newton portable thumb-box
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 30
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1890–1900
Object typePrint
A Winsor & Newton portable thumb-box
A Winsor & Newton portable thumb-box
Description: Page from "Blast" No. 1
Page from "Blast" No. 1
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator roleDesigner
Object typeGraphic Design
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
Page from "Blast" No. 1
Page from "Blast" No. 1
Description: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan,...
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, "Les arts anciens de l'Amérique," Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1928
Object typePhotograph
Musée des Arts Décoratifs,...
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, "Les arts anciens de l'Amérique," Paris
Description: Portraits of the French impressionists
Portraits of the French impressionists
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1928
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom "Claude Monet 1840-1926" (Berlin: Thannhauser, 1928), 6-7
Portraits of the French impressionists
Portraits of the French impressionists
Description: Man with a Stick
Man with a Stick
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1500
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsMetalpoint with lead white highlights on mauve-gray prepared paper
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Man with a Stick
Man with a Stick
Description: The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, details showing restoration
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, details showing restoration
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator namePepyn, Martin
Creator name (description)Attributed to Martin Pepyn
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1595–1643
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on cream laid paper, pieced
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
Accession number1993.248.104
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, details...
Moses Drowning Pharaoh's Army, details showing restoration
Description: Chart from Le tableau de peintre contemporain comme valeur du placement
Chart from Le tableau de peintre contemporain comme valeur du placement
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1961
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationPublished in Maurice Pariat, "Le tableau de peintre contemporain comme valeur de placement" (Paris: R. Pichon/R. Durand-Auzias, 1961), 38
Chart from Le tableau de peintre...
Chart from Le tableau de peintre contemporain comme valeur du placement
Description: Collage-making process: Drawing collage elements
Collage-making process: Drawing collage elements
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 16
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Collage-making process: Drawing collage...
Collage-making process: Drawing collage elements
Description: Head and Counterproof of Head of a Man
Head and Counterproof of Head of a Man
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 27
Creator nationality/cultureBritish
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1700–1800
Object typeDrawing
Materialsblack and white chalk, with counterproof, on faded blue antique laid paper
Dimensions24 1/2 x 11 in. (62.2 x 27.9 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296965
Accession number1951.104
Head and Counterproof of Head of a Man
Head and Counterproof of Head of a Man
Description: First page of an invoice listing works shipped by Der Sturm to Katherine Dreier
First page of an invoice listing works shipped by Der Sturm to Katherine Dreier
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creation date1926
Object typeDocument
First page of an invoice listing works...
First page of an invoice listing works shipped by Der Sturm to Katherine Dreier
Description: Installation view of the Armory Show in New York, detail
Installation view of the Armory Show in New York, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 09
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1913
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, DC
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/macbeth-gallery-records-9703
Accession numberWalt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, 1859–1984, bulk 1900–1949, Series 1: Amory Show Records, 1912–1963, 1.7: Photographs, 1912–1913, Installation views and Armory building, 1913, Box 2, Folder 19
Installation view of the Armory Show in...
Installation view of the Armory Show in New York, detail
Description: Installation view of Alfred Stieglitz's 291
Installation view of Alfred Stieglitz's 291
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1906
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Installation view of Alfred Stieglitz's...
Installation view of Alfred Stieglitz's 291
Description: The Warwick Vase
The Warwick Vase
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1778
Object typePrint
The Warwick Vase
The Warwick Vase
Description: Union of Lines
Union of Lines
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1881
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom "The American Text-Books of Art Education. Drawing Cards, to be Used in Conjunction with the Teacher's Manual for Teaching Drawing in Primary Schools" (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1881). Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library
Union of Lines
Union of Lines
Description: Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the Grande Galerie after treatment
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the Grande Galerie after treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 13
Creator nameMorse, Samuel Finley Breese
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1831–1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 3/4 × 108 in. (187.3 × 274.3 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https:/­/­collection.terraamericanart.org/­objects/­243/­gallery-of-the-louvre
Accession number1992.51
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the...
Gallery of the Louvre, detail, the Grande Galerie after treatment
Description: Convention for promoting universally Reproductions of Works of Art for the benefit...
Convention for promoting universally Reproductions of Works of Art for the benefit of Museums of all Countries
Posted by:John Carlson
May 25
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1867
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Convention for promoting universally...
Convention for promoting universally Reproductions of Works of Art for the benefit of Museums of all Countries
Description: Stella Kramrisch and Sir Edmund Hillary at the opening of Painted Delight in 1986
Stella Kramrisch and Sir Edmund Hillary at the opening of Painted Delight in 1986
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 12
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1986
Object typePhotograph
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Archives
Stella Kramrisch and Sir Edmund Hillary...
Stella Kramrisch and Sir Edmund Hillary at the opening of Painted Delight in 1986
Description: Going to Market, side view of the panel before treatment
Going to Market, side view of the panel before treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1944
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on plywood
Dimensions33 1/8 x 37 1/8 in. (84.1 x 94.2 cm)
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=12613
Accession number1967.59.591
Going to Market, side view of the panel...
Going to Market, side view of the panel before treatment
Description: Design for a speaker's rostrum
Design for a speaker's rostrum
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMalevich, Kazimir
Creator nationality/cultureRussian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1920
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsWatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (24.8 x 33.8 cm)
LocationState Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Design for a speaker's rostrum
Design for a speaker's rostrum
Description: Photo-frieze for the Soviet Pavilion of the International Press Exhibition, Cologne
Photo-frieze for the Soviet Pavilion of the International Press Exhibition, Cologne
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLissitzky, El;Senkin, Sergei
Creator nationality/cultureRussian; Russian
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1928
Object typePhotograph
LocationGetty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Photo-frieze for the Soviet Pavilion of...
Photo-frieze for the Soviet Pavilion of the International Press Exhibition, Cologne
Description: Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1906
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom "Théodore Duret, Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin" (Paris: H. Floury, 1906), p. 49
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Description: Société Anonyme membership card for Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray
Société Anonyme membership card for Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1921–1923
Object typeGraphic Design
Dimensions7.7 x 13 cm
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3526627; http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3526628
Accession number2014486
Société Anonyme membership...
Société Anonyme membership card for Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray
Description: A Man in Armour, x-ray study
A Man in Armour, x-ray study
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameRembrandt van Rijn
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1655
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions54 1/8 x 41 1/8 in. (137.5 x 104.5 cm)
LocationCity Art Gallery and Museums, Glasgow
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/starobject.html?oid=166852
Accession number601
A Man in Armour, x-ray study
A Man in Armour, x-ray study
Description: The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/113064
Accession number1933.1251
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
Description: Illustration from Tried by Fire: A Work on China Painting
Illustration from Tried by Fire: A Work on China Painting
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1886
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom "Tried by Fire: A Work on China Painting" (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1886). Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library
Illustration from Tried by Fire: A Work...
Illustration from Tried by Fire: A Work on China Painting
Description: Destinations of Venetian altarpieces commissioned for export, 1450–1530
Destinations of Venetian altarpieces commissioned for export, 1450–1530
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Destinations of Venetian altarpieces...
Destinations of Venetian altarpieces commissioned for export, 1450–1530
Description: First page of The English and American Schools
First page of The English and American Schools
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1910
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Léonce Bénédite, "Great Painters of the Nineteenth Century and Their Paintings" (London: 1910), p. 217
First page of The English and American...
First page of The English and American Schools
Description: Page 50 from the Catalogue des Tableaux de M. de Jullienne
Page 50 from the Catalogue des Tableaux de M. de Jullienne
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 27
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1756
Object typeDrawing
Materialspen and ink, watercolor, and gouache
LocationMorgan Library and Museum, New York
http://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/109777
Accession number1966.8
Page 50 from the Catalogue des Tableaux...
Page 50 from the Catalogue des Tableaux de M. de Jullienne
Description: Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail after inpainting
Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail after inpainting
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameLorenzetti, Pietro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1320–1329
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera on panel
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
http://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102744.html
Accession number91;EW1985-21-1,2
Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail after...
Enthroned Virgin and Child, detail after inpainting
Description: Frühlicht, vol. 1, no. 3
Frühlicht, vol. 1, no. 3
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 19
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1922
Object typePeriodical
LocationGetty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Accession number84-S222
Frühlicht, vol. 1, no. 3
Frühlicht, vol. 1, no. 3
Description: The Cardinal, reverse
The Cardinal, reverse
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameRaphael
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1510–1511
Object typePainting
MaterialsPoplar
Dimensions31 1/8 x 23 7/8 in. (79 x 60.5 cm)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-cardinal/4c01eae6-feed-4135-88d9-6736140212fb
Accession numberP00299
The Cardinal, reverse
The Cardinal, reverse
Description: Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1957
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko"...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Description: Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, mid-varnish removal photograph
Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, mid-varnish removal photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator namePissarro, Camille
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions13 7/8 x 18 in. (35.3 x 45.8 cm)
LocationNational Gallery, London
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/camille-pissarro-fox-hill-upper-norwood
Accession numberNG6351
Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, mid-varnish...
Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, mid-varnish removal photograph
Description: Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer, photomicrograph
Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1488
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsSilverpoint on beige prepared paper
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in...
Standing Woman with Her Hands Clasped in Prayer, photomicrograph
Description: Clare Winsten (Clara Birnberg), third from right, at the Slade?
Clare Winsten (Clara Birnberg), third from right, at the Slade?
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 02
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1910–1912
Object typePhotograph
LocationSlade Photographic Collection, University College, London
Clare Winsten (Clara Birnberg), third...
Clare Winsten (Clara Birnberg), third from right, at the Slade?
Description: Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto
Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameVasari, Giorgio
Creator name (description)with drawings by Filippino Lippi and Sandro Botticelli
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1480–1505
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsVarious media with decoration in pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions56.7 × 45.7 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto
Page from Libro de' Disegni, recto
Description: Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1926–1927
Object typePhotograph
Dimensions19 x 24 cm
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3526630
Accession number2014489
Installation view of the International...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Description: Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1957
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko"...
Installation photograph of "Mark Rothko" exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Description: Instructors and students at Weimar's Grand Ducal School of Applied Arts
Instructors and students at Weimar's Grand Ducal School of Applied Arts
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 22
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1910
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPortraits, Group
Instructors and students at Weimar's...
Instructors and students at Weimar's Grand Ducal School of Applied Arts
Description: Belt with zoomorphic clasps, detail of clasp
Belt with zoomorphic clasps, detail of clasp
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureItalic (Samnite)
Creator roleArmorer
Creation date400–350 BC
Object typeArms/Armor
MaterialsBronze
DimensionsOverall: 31 7/8 in. (81 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/286014?q=1995.1138
Accession number1995.1138
Belt with zoomorphic clasps, detail of...
Belt with zoomorphic clasps, detail of clasp
Description: Part of a box mirror, detail showing turning marks
Part of a box mirror, detail showing turning marks
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date400–200 BC
Object typeFurniture
MaterialsCopper alloy
Dimensions4 7/16 × 1/8 in. (11.3 × 0.3 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/174404?q=2012.1.63
Accession number2012.1.63
Part of a box mirror, detail showing...
Part of a box mirror, detail showing turning marks
Description: Satirical Portrait of Four Ascetics
Satirical Portrait of Four Ascetics
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 26
Creator nationality/cultureIndian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1600
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsGray-black ink, watercolor, and gold over traces of charcoal on off-white paper
Dimensions8 1/2 × 8 in. (21.7 × 20.2 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/216540
Accession number2009.202.253
Satirical Portrait of Four Ascetics
Satirical Portrait of Four Ascetics
Description: Walter Simon standing next to donor Robert Jackson, Virginia State College,...
Walter Simon standing next to donor Robert Jackson, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1949–1953
Object typePhotograph
LocationStuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta
Walter Simon standing next to donor...
Walter Simon standing next to donor Robert Jackson, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia
Description: Mural being executed by adult students in classes at LeMoyne Federal Art Center
Mural being executed by adult students in classes at LeMoyne Federal Art Center
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 01
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1939
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Mural being executed by adult students...
Mural being executed by adult students in classes at LeMoyne Federal Art Center
Description: The Peeping Gagaboo, photomicrograph of cellulose film fill in situ
The Peeping Gagaboo, photomicrograph of cellulose film fill in situ
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 04
Creator roleOther
Object typeOther
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.155098.html
Accession number2011.85.12
The Peeping Gagaboo, photomicrograph of...
The Peeping Gagaboo, photomicrograph of cellulose film fill in situ
Description: Strange Happenings on a Terrace
Strange Happenings on a Terrace
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 26
Creator nationality/cultureIndian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1740
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsGray-black ink, watercolor, and gold over charcoal on beige paper
Dimensions5 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (13 × 20 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/218095
Accession number2009.202.9
Strange Happenings on a Terrace
Strange Happenings on a Terrace
Description: The Education of the Virgin, detail of X-radiograph
The Education of the Virgin, detail of X-radiograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin, detail of...
The Education of the Virgin, detail of X-radiograph
Description: India to 1526: A Timeline
India to 1526: A Timeline
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 24
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
India to 1526: A Timeline
India to 1526: A Timeline
Description: The Gulf Stream, infrared detail
The Gulf Stream, infrared detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1899
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
The Gulf Stream, infrared detail
The Gulf Stream, infrared detail
Description: Jury of the New English Art Club at the Dudley Gallery
Jury of the New English Art Club at the Dudley Gallery
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 02
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1904
Object typePhotograph
LocationMichael Holroyd
Jury of the New English Art Club at the...
Jury of the New English Art Club at the Dudley Gallery
Description: Documents collected in Art Workers' Coalition publication Documents I
Documents collected in Art Workers' Coalition publication Documents I
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1969
Object typePrint
Documents collected in Art Workers'...
Documents collected in Art Workers' Coalition publication Documents I
Description: Shang period ting, inscribed Ch'ü Fu
Shang period ting, inscribed Ch'ü Fu
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
LocationIllustrated in "Po-ku-t'u" (Ming edition), 1528
Shang period ting, inscribed Ch'ü...
Shang period ting, inscribed Ch'ü Fu
Description: The UNOVIS delagation to the First All-Russian Conference of Teachers and Students...
The UNOVIS delagation to the First All-Russian Conference of Teachers and Students of Art
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1920
Object typePhotograph
LocationGalerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany
The UNOVIS delagation to the First...
The UNOVIS delagation to the First All-Russian Conference of Teachers and Students of Art
Description: Candelabrum with elephant heads
Candelabrum with elephant heads
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1778
Object typePrint
Candelabrum with elephant heads
Candelabrum with elephant heads
Description: An Angel Carrying a Torch, showing pricking holes for transfer
An Angel Carrying a Torch, showing pricking holes for transfer
Posted by:John Carlson
May 29
Creator nameLippi, Filippino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1501
Object typeDrawing
LocationPaper Conservation Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74978.html#
Accession number1991.190.1
An Angel Carrying a Torch, showing...
An Angel Carrying a Torch, showing pricking holes for transfer
Description: Physiognomic table
Physiognomic table
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 14
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1739
Object typePrint
LocationFray Matías Antonio de Irala Yuso, "Método sucinto I compendioso de cinco simetrías apropriadas a las cinco órdenes de arquitectura adornada con otras reglas útiles" (Madrid, 1739), pl. 3. Biblioteca del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid
Physiognomic table
Physiognomic table
Description: Mr. Bradbury's bead on loan to Manchester
Mr. Bradbury's bead on loan to Manchester
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1858
Object typeIllustration
LocationBritish Museum, London
Mr. Bradbury's bead on loan to...
Mr. Bradbury's bead on loan to Manchester
Description: Harvard Murals: Panel Five
Harvard Murals: Panel Five
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameRothko, Mark
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1962
Object typePainting
MaterialsGlue-size and probably oil paint on canvas
Dimensions105 1/4 x 180 1/2 in. (267.3 x 458.4 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/173201
Accession number2011.638.5
Harvard Murals: Panel Five
Harvard Murals: Panel Five
Description: Reproduction of Adolph Menzel's "Balcony Room"
Reproduction of Adolph Menzel's "Balcony Room"
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1845
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationFrom Werner Weisbach, "Impressionismus: Ein Problem der Malerei in der Antike und Neuzeit," 2 vols (Berlin: 1910-11), 2:251
Reproduction of Adolph Menzel's "Balcony...
Reproduction of Adolph Menzel's Balcony Room
Description: Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of verso
Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of verso
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1044
Accession number1916.1044
Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of...
Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of verso
Description: Interior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors
Interior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Accession number34380
Interior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22...
Interior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors
Description: Invitation to the Société Anonyme dissolution dinner at the New Haven Lawn...
Invitation to the Société Anonyme dissolution dinner at the New Haven Lawn Club
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1950
Object typeGraphic Design
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3523156
Accession number2009341
Invitation to the Société...
Invitation to the Société Anonyme dissolution dinner at the New Haven Lawn Club
Description: Father Time
Father Time
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 28
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1939
Object typeBook/manuscript
LocationFrom Erwin Panofsky, "Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance" (1939; New York: Harper & Row, 1972), 69
Father Time
Father Time
Description: The Education of the Virgin (before restoration)
The Education of the Virgin (before restoration)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions66 1/8 x 53 15/16 in. (168 x 137 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin (before...
The Education of the Virgin (before restoration)
Description: Marcel Duchamp's To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye,...
Marcel Duchamp's To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for Almost an Hour
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/99791
Accession number1984.127.90a-b
Marcel Duchamp's To Be Looked At (From...
Marcel Duchamp's To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for Almost an Hour
Description: Transfiguration
Transfiguration
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1538
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions13 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (34.3 x 23.7 cm)
LocationAlbertina, Vienna
Transfiguration
Transfiguration
Description: Altarpiece commissions by/for patrician families, 1450–1530
Altarpiece commissions by/for patrician families, 1450–1530
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Altarpiece commissions by/for patrician...
Altarpiece commissions by/for patrician families, 1450–1530
Description: Portrait of Inoue Kaoru
Portrait of Inoue Kaoru
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 03
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Portrait of Inoue Kaoru
Portrait of Inoue Kaoru
Description: The Education of the Virgin, detail
The Education of the Virgin, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1617
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/576
Accession number1900.43
The Education of the Virgin, detail
The Education of the Virgin, detail
Description: Welcome!
Welcome!
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1896
Object typeIllustration
LocationPunch, 11 April 1896
Welcome!
Welcome!
Description: Vanitas Vanitatem et Omnia Vanitas
Vanitas Vanitatem et Omnia Vanitas
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 02
Creator name (description)Unknown engraver after David Vinckboons
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1620
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving and etching
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1857-0613-557
Accession number1857,0613.557
Vanitas Vanitatem et Omnia Vanitas
Vanitas Vanitatem et Omnia Vanitas
Description: Michel Seuphor with Germán Cueto's mask at the closing of Cercle et Carré,...
Michel Seuphor with Germán Cueto's mask at the closing of Cercle et Carré, April 30, 1930
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1930
Object typePhotograph
Michel Seuphor with Germán...
Michel Seuphor with Germán Cueto's mask at the closing of Cercle et Carré, April 30, 1930
Description: Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530: sculpture
Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530: sculpture
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces,...
Prices paid for Venetian altarpieces, 1450–1530: sculpture
Description: Fulcrum (couch attachment) terminating in a horse's head, with sleeping Ariadne and...
Fulcrum (couch attachment) terminating in a horse's head, with sleeping Ariadne and a bust of a maenad, detail of the back
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 05
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArtist
Creation date100 BC–AD 50
Object typeFurniture
MaterialsBronze
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303942?position=0
Accession number1987.130
Fulcrum (couch attachment) terminating...
Fulcrum (couch attachment) terminating in a horse's head, with sleeping Ariadne and a bust of a maenad, detail of the back
Description: Raising Your Output, That is the Best Guarantee of Success at the Front!
Raising Your Output, That is the Best Guarantee of Success at the Front!
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameStrzemiński, Władysław
Creator nationality/culturePolish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1920
Object typePrint
MaterialsLithograph on paper
Raising Your Output, That is the Best...
Raising Your Output, That is the Best Guarantee of Success at the Front!
Description: Portrait of Paul Mellon
Portrait of Paul Mellon
Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 02
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Portrait of Paul Mellon
Portrait of Paul Mellon
Description: Going to Market, pre-treatment photograph
Going to Market, pre-treatment photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameJohnson, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1944
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on plywood
Dimensions33 1/8 x 37 1/8 in. (84.1 x 94.2 cm)
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=12613
Accession number1967.59.591
Going to Market, pre-treatment...
Going to Market, pre-treatment photograph
Description: Installation view of Seurat’s "Les Poseuses" at the...
Installation view of Seurat’s "Les Poseuses" at the Association pour l’Art exhibition in Antwerp, 1892
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1892
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives et Musée de la Littérature, Brussels
Installation view of Seurat’s "Les...
Installation view of Seurat’s work at the Association pour l’Art exhibition in Antwerp, 1892
Description: Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors
Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleDesigner
Object typeGraphic Design
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Accession number34380
Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22...
Exterior, Munsell Crayons No. 3 Box, 22 Colors
Description: Monument to Charles Lang Freer
Monument to Charles Lang Freer
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 03
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1930
Object typeOther
LocationKōetsuji, Kyoto, Japan
Monument to Charles Lang Freer
Monument to Charles Lang Freer
Description: Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1907
Object typePhotograph
LocationFrom Charles M. Kurtz, "A Special Exhibition of Paintings by the French Impressionists" (St. Louis: Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, 1907), 8
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Portrait of Camille Pissarro
Description: Portrait of a Man, stamp and number (508) on verso
Portrait of a Man, stamp and number (508) on verso
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameTitian
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1520–1522
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions46 1/2 x 37 3/4 in. (118 x 96 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010062291
Accession number756
Portrait of a Man, stamp and number...
Portrait of a Man, stamp and number (508) on verso
Description: Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, mid-treatment
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, mid-treatment
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1893
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39 3/8 x 26 in. (100.1 x 65.9 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46524.html
Accession number1963.10.49
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade,...
Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, mid-treatment
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"
Description: Archaeologists (from left to right): J. G. Andersson, Li Chi, and Kuo Mo-jo
Archaeologists (from left to right): J. G. Andersson, Li Chi, and Kuo Mo-jo
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Archaeologists (from left to right): J....
Archaeologists (from left to right): J. G. Andersson, Li Chi, and Kuo Mo-jo
Description: Solomon Guggenheim and Frank Lloyd Wright in New York
Solomon Guggenheim and Frank Lloyd Wright in New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1945
Object typePhotograph
Solomon Guggenheim and Frank Lloyd...
Solomon Guggenheim and Frank Lloyd Wright in New York
Description: Installation view of the Society of Independent Artists Exhibition at Grand Central...
Installation view of the Society of Independent Artists Exhibition at Grand Central Palace, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1917
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3546646
Accession number2040447
Installation view of the Society of...
Installation view of the Society of Independent Artists Exhibition at Grand Central Palace, New York
Description: Installation photograph of "15 Americans" exhibition, The Museum...
Installation photograph of "15 Americans" exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1952
Object typePhotograph
Installation photograph of "15...
Installation photograph of "15 Americans" exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Description: Partial view of the installation of "Language III," an exhibition...
Partial view of the installation of "Language III," an exhibition at the Dwan Gallery, New York, May 24–June 18, 1969
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator name (description)Photo by Walter J. Russell
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1969
Object typePhotograph
LocationDwan Gallery records, Archives of American Art, Washington, DC
Accession numberSeries 2, box 4, folder 1
Partial view of the installation of...
Partial view of the installation of "Language III," an exhibition at the Dwan Gallery, New York, May 24–June 18, 1969
Description: The Paris World's Fair, 1867
The Paris World's Fair, 1867
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typeEngraving
LocationL. Dubech and P. d'Espézel, "Histoire de Paris," 2 vols., 1931, vol. 2, p. 162
The Paris World's Fair, 1867
The Paris World's Fair, 1867
Description: William Muschenheim, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, New York, with the exhibition...
William Muschenheim, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, New York, with the exhibition In Memory of Wassily Kandinsky
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 30
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1945
Object typePhotograph
William Muschenheim, Museum of...
William Muschenheim, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, New York, with the exhibition In Memory of Wassily Kandinsky
Description: Invitation to Hugo David Barbagelata and Joaquín Torres García,...
Invitation to Hugo David Barbagelata and Joaquín Torres García, "1ére exposition du Groupe Latino-Américain de Paris du 11 au 24 Avril, 1930"
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1930
Object typeOther
LocationParis: Galerie Zak, 1930
Invitation to Hugo David Barbagelata and...
Invitation to Hugo David Barbagelata and Joaquín Torres García, "1ére exposition du Groupe Latino-Américain de Paris du 11 au 24 Avril, 1930"
Description: Light falling on a face
Light falling on a face
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator name (description)After Leonardo da Vinci
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1500–1600
Object typeDrawing
LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Accession numberCodex Urbinas Latinus, fol. 219r
Light falling on a face
Light falling on a face
Description: California Polytechnic Pomona Communication Arts students prepare pasteup layouts
California Polytechnic Pomona Communication Arts students prepare pasteup layouts
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 15
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1971
Object typePhotograph
LocationCalifornia State University, Office of the Chancellor
California Polytechnic Pomona...
California Polytechnic Pomona Communication Arts students prepare pasteup layouts
Description: Yves Klein selling Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle [Zone of...
Yves Klein selling Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle [Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility] no. 1, series no. 4 to Michael Blankfort
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 12
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1962
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives Klein, Paris
Yves Klein selling Zone de...
Yves Klein selling Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle [Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility] no. 1, series no. 4 to Michael Blankfort
Description: Commissions by Venetian trade guilds, c. 1450–1530
Commissions by Venetian trade guilds, c. 1450–1530
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 26
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Commissions by Venetian trade guilds, c....
Commissions by Venetian trade guilds, c. 1450–1530
Description: Argentina pavilion at the "Exposition internationale des arts et techniques...
Argentina pavilion at the "Exposition internationale des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne," Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1937
Object typeArchitecture
LocationReproduced in Jacques Laprade, 'La peinture et la sculpture. Exp. Internationale,' "Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité," September 24, 1937, 3
Argentina pavilion at the "Exposition...
Argentina pavilion at the "Exposition internationale des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne," Paris
Description: A Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Collection of Valuable Gems, Bronzes, Marble...
A Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Collection of Valuable Gems, Bronzes, Marble and Other Busts and Antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 21
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1755
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (21 × 14 cm)
LocationHunterian Museum, Glasgow
http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/enarratives/316
Accession numberGLAHM 39081
A Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire...
A Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Collection of Valuable Gems, Bronzes, Marble and Other Busts and Antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead
Description: Advertisements for New White China, The Wilke Kiln, China Decoration
Advertisements for New White China, The Wilke Kiln, China Decoration
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1896
Object typeGraphic Design
LocationPublished in "The Art Amateur" 35, no. 4 (Sept. 1896). Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library
Advertisements for New White China, The...
Advertisements for New White China, The Wilke Kiln, China Decoration
Description: Collage-making process: Cutting collage elements with scissors
Collage-making process: Cutting collage elements with scissors
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 16
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Collage-making process: Cutting collage...
Collage-making process: Cutting collage elements with scissors
Description: Catalogue of the Sale of the prince of Conti
Catalogue of the Sale of the prince of Conti
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 23
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1777
Object typeOther
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Catalogue of the Sale of the prince of...
Catalogue of the Sale of the prince of Conti
Description: Commercially available armatures
Commercially available armatures
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleOther
Creation date1907
Object typeOther
LocationFrom "Traité pratique du modelage et de la sculpture," 3rd ed. (Paris, 1907), 65
Commercially available armatures
Commercially available armatures
Description: Galerie Marck, "Refusés par le jury du Salon d'Automne 5...
Galerie Marck, "Refusés par le jury du Salon d'Automne 5 peintres," November 3–15, 1928
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1928
Object typeOther
Galerie Marck, "Refusés par le...
Galerie Marck, "Refusés par le jury du Salon d'Automne 5 peintres," November 3–15, 1928
Description: "Peace to the Huts, War on the Stately Homes," design for street...
"Peace to the Huts, War on the Stately Homes," design for street decoration
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameChagall, Marc
Creator nationality/cultureBelorussian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1918–1919
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 in. (34 x 22.9 cm)
LocationState Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
"Peace to the Huts, War on the Stately...
"Peace to the Huts, War on the Stately Homes," design for street decoration
Description: Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1926–1927
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3775389
Accession number10557452
Installation view of the International...
Installation view of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organized by Katherine S. Dreier and the Société Anonyme, Brooklyn Museum
Description: Playboy's Weekend Hideaway
Playboy's Weekend Hideaway
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 19
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1959
Object typePeriodical
LocationPlayboy, April 1965
Playboy's Weekend Hideaway
Playboy's Weekend Hideaway
Description: Prima mostra Italiana dell'Impressionismo
Prima mostra Italiana dell'Impressionismo
Posted by:Adam P
Jun 11
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1910
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationPrima mostra Italiana dell'Impressionismo: Opere di P. Cézanne, E. Degas, J.-L. Forain (Florence: Stabilimento Tipografico Aldino, 1910)
Prima mostra Italiana...
Prima mostra Italiana dell'Impressionismo

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