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Ombre des anneaux de Saturne sur la planète

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Description: Ombre des anneaux de Saturne sur la planète
TitleOmbre des anneaux de Saturne sur la planète
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1884
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsUnknown
Locationin Camille Flammarion, Les Terres du ciel (Paris: C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, 1884)
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsIllustration of books--FrancePlanets in artAstronomy in art
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Chapter II. The Celestial Science of Soap
Kirsten Hoving
Description: Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars
Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF EXHIBITING small collages and object sculptures at the Julien Levy Gallery Cornell was invited to participate in Alfred H. Barr, Jr.’s, groundbreaking exhibition, Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism, which opened at the Museum of Modern Art in December 1936...
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Kirsten Hoving
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2009 by Princeton University Press
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Chapter subject tags:Assemblage (Art)--United States--20th centuryCornell, JosephSurrealism--United StatesAstronomy in artGalileo, 1564-1642Newton, Isaac, 1837-1884Art and science--United States--20th century

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Creation date1797
Object typePrint
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Frontispiece from R.S., Jachin and Boaz;...
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Description: The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama
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Oct 31
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Object typeIllustration
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Description: A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
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Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1476
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
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Creator name (description)After Murillo
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Object typeIllustration
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Oct 31
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1855
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom Pierre Dupont, Chants et chansons, Paris, 1855, I, 101
Le Sauvage
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Description: La Rivière
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Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1855
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Description: Jupiter
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Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation datec. 1358
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions24 × 16 cm
LocationBiblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Accession numberH. 57. Sup. (=437), fol. 116v
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Creator nameUnknown; Heinfogel, Conrad
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1504
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut with handwritten inscription in red ink
DimensionsBlock: 3.7 × 3.5 in. (9.4 × 8.9 cm)
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Urania with Quadrant and Armillary...
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Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
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Creation date100 BC–AD 300
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440
Accession number1991.479
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Description: Frontispiece
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Creation date1486
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
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Frontispiece
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Description: Map of the terrestrial globe
Map of the terrestrial globe
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation datec. 1055–1056
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions36 × 28 cm
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https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.123
Accession numberReg.lat.123
Map of the terrestrial globe
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Description: Anatomy Lesson
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1493–1494
Object typePrint
MaterialsStencil-colored woodcut
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Anatomy Lesson
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Description: Page from Florence Upton, The Adverntures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
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Nov 01
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1895
Object typeIllustration
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Page from Florence Upton, The...
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Oct 31
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1860
Object typeIllustration
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Les Patineurs de la glacière
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Description: Map of the terrestrial globe
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Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation datec. 1055–1056
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions36 × 28 cm
LocationReginensis latinus 123, fol. 143v, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.123
Accession numberReg.lat.123
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Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 100–800
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsCeramic and pigment
Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238
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Jan 23
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Illustration of a Baluba sculpture from...
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Description: Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian
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Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1615
Object typeDrawing
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http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/717/en/text/?open=idp501984
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Description: Storyteller figure
Storyteller figure
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Feb 15
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Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 100–800
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795
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Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1875–1876
Object typePrint
MaterialsWood engraving
DimensionsSheet: 362 x 250 mm. (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
LocationBaltimore Museum of Art
Accession number1996.48.5174
Illustration for L'Après-midi...
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Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation dateAD 930–970
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom
https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af
Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1
Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...
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Description: Codex Tudela: Indian costumes
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Creator nationality/cultureAztec
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1530–1554
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments
LocationMuseo del América, Madrid
Codex Tudela: Indian costumes
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Creator name (description)after Conrad Heinfogel
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Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1503
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsDrawings in brown ink on vellum, heightened with silver, gold, and red
Dimensions26.34 × 26.38 in. (66.9 × 67 cm)
LocationGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Accession numberHz 5577
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Description: The Raven on the Bust of Pallas
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Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator name (description)Translated by Stéphane Mallarmé from Poe, The Raven
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Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsTransfer lithograph
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
The Raven on the Bust of Pallas
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Description: Illustrated sheet music cover for All Coons Look Alike to Me
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1896
Object typeIllustration
LocationBrown University Library, Providence
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:20731/
Illustrated sheet music cover for All...
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Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...
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Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. AD 668–685
Object typeMosaic
LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy
Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...
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Description: Brixen Celestial Globe
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Feb 15
Creator nameSchöner, Johann; Unknown
Creator name (description)after Albrecht Dürer
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 1522
Object typeOther
MaterialsPaint and gesso over hollow wood sphere
Dimensions14.49 in. diameter (36.8 cm diameter)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Accession numberL. 1999-3.2b
Brixen Celestial Globe
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Apr 27
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD
Object typeMosaic
LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
Theodora and her retinue
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Description: Laocoön
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Jan 23
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date40–30 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US
Accession numberCat. 1059
Laocoön
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Description: Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation date1373
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r
Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...
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Description: Ma nacelle
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Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator nameLemud, Aimé de
Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1856
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom P. J. Béranger, Oeuvres complètes, Paris, 1856, I, 250
Ma nacelle
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 06
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1630
Object typePrint
LocationKoninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
Title Page from W. D. Hooft,...
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Description: Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date200 BC–AD 300
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347
Accession number1997.475
Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1898
Object typeIllustration
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession numberAc.2871
Composite of images of African masks...
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Description: Bestiary: Creation of Eve
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nationality/cultureEnglish
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation date1201–1225
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom
https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540
Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7
Bestiary: Creation of Eve
Bestiary: Creation of Eve
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York
Portrait of Michel-Eugène...
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Description: St. Jerome in his Study
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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: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1966
Object typePhotograph
Installation view of Primary Structures...
Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)
Description: Wooden implement
Wooden implement
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 02
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1400–1600
Object typeTool/Implement
MaterialsWood
DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411
Accession number1950.411
Wooden implement
Wooden implement
Description: Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator roleIlluminator
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Object typeBook/Manuscript
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Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v
Roman de la Rose: Copying and...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 300–700
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579
Accession number1979.206.357
Female figure with an apron table
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Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 100–800
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsCeramic and pigment
DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168
Accession number1990.554.2
Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual
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Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 09
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1660
Object typePrint
MaterialsPrint
LocationBiblioteca Geral de Universidade, Coimbra, Brazil
Accession numbercote 984.f.15, cote 1.20.12.197, frontispiece, Foy. 68
A group of Jesuits at the Ethiopian...
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Description: Blackamoor figures
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1875–1900
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal
Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston
https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors
Accession number96.1127.1
Blackamoor figures
Blackamoor figures
Description: The Veroli Casket
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 950–1000
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware
Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/
Accession number216-1865
The Veroli Casket
The Veroli Casket
Description: Ducale commissione of Tommaso Morosini
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 14
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation datec. 1590
Object typeIllustration
LocationBritish Library, London
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=19092&CollID=27&NStart=20916
Accession numberMs. Add. 20916, 22
Ducale commissione of Tommaso Morosini
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Description: La Limosine
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameJeanron
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
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La Limosine
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Description: Johnny's Revenge
Johnny's Revenge
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1868
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodblock illustration
LocationSophie May [Rebecca Sophia Clarke], Dotty Dimple at Home, Boston, 1868
Johnny's Revenge
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Description: Christ Flanked by Disciples
Christ Flanked by Disciples
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 886–912
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193
Accession number2006
Christ Flanked by Disciples
Christ Flanked by Disciples
Description: Procession of female saints
Procession of female saints
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 550 AD
Object typeMosaic
LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy
Procession of female saints
Procession of female saints
Description: Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs
Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date40–30 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US
Accession numberCat. 1059
Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...
Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs
Description: Frontispiece from R.S., Jachin and Boaz; or, an Authentic Key to the Door of Free...
Frontispiece from R.S., Jachin and Boaz; or, an Authentic Key to the Door of Free Masonry
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1797
Object typePrint
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Frontispiece from R.S., Jachin and Boaz;...
Frontispiece from R.S., Jachin and Boaz; or, an Authentic Key to the Door of Free Masonry
Description: Phytomorphic Vessel
Phytomorphic Vessel
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date200 BC–AD 500
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip
DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art
http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618
Accession numberAC1996.146.27
Phytomorphic Vessel
Phytomorphic Vessel
Description: Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar
Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 14
Creator nationality/cultureIndian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1610–1620
Object typePainting
MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar
Accession number17.3103
Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...
Portrait of Malik Ambar
Description: Adoration of the Magi. Illustration for Dom Manuel's Book of Hours, fol. 87v
Adoration of the Magi. Illustration for Dom Manuel's Book of Hours, fol. 87v
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 09
Creator nameTory, Geofroy
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1538
Object typePainting
MaterialsGold and tempera on parchment
Dimensions142 × 108 mm
LocationMuseu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon
Accession number14
Adoration of the Magi. Illustration for...
Adoration of the Magi. Illustration for Dom Manuel's Book of Hours, fol. 87v
Description: The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)
The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1100–1200
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/
Accession number702-1884
The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...
The Virgin and Child
Description: Book page
Book page
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsEngraving
LocationFrom Clarendon's "History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England," 1732
Book page
Book page
Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...
Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1470–1485
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001
Accession number1856,0712.1029
Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...
Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint
Description: Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom
Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 1325
Object typeMosaic
MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones
Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)
LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115
Accession numberBZ.1954.2
Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...
Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom
Description: Frontispiece from Nugae Venalis
Frontispiece from Nugae Venalis
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 06
Creator name (description)after Frans Hals, Peeckelhaering
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1648
Object typePrint
MaterialsPrint
LocationUniversiteits-Bibliotheek, Amsterdam
Frontispiece from Nugae Venalis
Frontispiece from Nugae Venalis
Description: Illustration for Le Fleuve
Illustration for Le Fleuve
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench 
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1874
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsEtching
LocationLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Accession number66080981
Illustration for Le Fleuve
Illustration for Le Fleuve
Description: L'ouvrier de Paris
L'ouvrier de Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator namePauquet
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom Les Français peints par eux-mêmes, V, 361
L'ouvrier de Paris
L'ouvrier de Paris

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