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Description: The Well
TitleThe Well
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1761
Object typePrint
MaterialsUnknown
LocationBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsIllustration of books--Italy--18th centuryChiaroscuroCatacombs in art
StatusCarceri (1761 edition), pl. 13
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III. Blacksmith and Artist
Tim Barringer
Description: Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain
Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1859, saw the Athenaeum review an image that lays bare the workings of the industrial scene with a directness of utterance unequalled in Victorian visual culture...
Author
Tim Barringer
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2005 by Tim Barringer
Related print edition pages: pp.133-185
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Chapter subject tags:Painting, Victorian--Great BritainSharples, James, 1825-1893Art and industry--Great Britain--History--19th centuryLabor in art--Great Britain--History--19th centuryVisual culture--History--19th centuryPainting, British--19th century

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Description: Nude Holding a Tablet
Nude Holding a Tablet
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1545–1547
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and ink, black chalk and wash
Dimensions13 x 9 1/8 in. (33.1 x 23.1 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020000297
Accession numberInv. 260
Nude Holding a Tablet
Nude Holding a Tablet
Description: Woman Resting
Woman Resting
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameParmigianino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1524–1527
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk with white heightening on prepared paper
Dimensions9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.1 x 17.5 cm)
LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London
Accession numberD.1978.PG.96
Woman Resting
Woman Resting
Description: Ethnic types (I. Spaniard. 2. Dutchman. 3. Moor. 4. Virginian)
Ethnic types (I. Spaniard. 2. Dutchman. 3. Moor. 4. Virginian)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameLips, Johann Heinrich
Creator name (description)Johann Heinrich Lips after Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieck
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1775−1778
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Dimensions202 × 177 mm
LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Ethnic types (I. Spaniard. 2. Dutchman....
Nationalgesichter. Ein Spanier, Hollander, Mohr, Virginier
Description: Christ Healing Lepers
Christ Healing Lepers
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameVicentino, Niccolò
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1540–1550
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions11 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (29.7 x 41.1 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/633684
Accession number17.50.10
Christ Healing Lepers
Christ Healing Lepers
Description: St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks
Dimensions12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.5 x 23 cm)
LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/120865
Accession numberP.3385-R
St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Description: St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameCarpi, Ugo da
Creator name (description)After Titian
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1516
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks
Dimensions6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (15.6 x 9.6 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1498624&partId=1
Accession number1860,0414.100
St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Description: Ancient and modern racial classification
Ancient and modern racial classification
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameNott, J.C.;Gliddon, G.R.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1854
Object typeIllustration
LocationFrom "The Types of Mankind," pp. 458–459, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854
Ancient and modern racial classification
Ancient and modern racial classification
Description: Three Lying Nudes
Three Lying Nudes
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1540–1547
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk, pen and ink with white heighening on brown-prepared paper
Dimensions9 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (23.4 x 41.9 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.313
Accession number1958.313
Three Lying Nudes
Three Lying Nudes
Description: Lovers Overcome by Death
Lovers Overcome by Death
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1510
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions8 3/8 x 6 in. (21.2 x 15.1 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1436208&partId=1
Accession number1949,0411.4057
Lovers Overcome by Death
Lovers Overcome by Death
Description: Disrobing of Christ
Disrobing of Christ
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLandshut, Mair
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1490–1500
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and black ink on gray paper, heightened with white (pricked)
Dimensions5 7/8 x 4 in. (15 x 10.3 cm)
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
Disrobing of Christ
Disrobing of Christ
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: Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil and varnish on cardboard
Dimensions7 x 6 3/4 in. (17.7 x 17.1 cm)
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Description: Larger Baths, circular room, reversed drawing
Larger Baths, circular room, reversed drawing
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1775
Object typeDrawing
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Larger Baths, circular room, reversed...
Larger Baths, circular room, reversed drawing
Description: Raising of Lazarus
Raising of Lazarus
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 12
Creator nameCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1608–1609
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMuseo Regionale, Messina, Italy
Raising of Lazarus
Raising of Lazarus
Description: Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1508
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks on red tinted paper
Dimensions12 5/8 x 9 in. (32.2 x 22.8 cm)
LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Description: St. Christopher
St. Christopher
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1506
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiroscuro woodcut from two blocks
Dimensions11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28.2 x 19.3 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
St. Christopher
St. Christopher
Description: Lovers Overcome by Death
Lovers Overcome by Death
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1510
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions8 3/8 x 6 in. (21.2 x 15.1 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1436258&partId=1
Accession number1895,0122.379
Lovers Overcome by Death
Lovers Overcome by Death
Description: Virgin and Child, detail
Virgin and Child, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMantegna, Andrea
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1470–1480
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving and drypoint
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1344051&partId=1
Accession number1856,0712.1072
Virgin and Child, detail
Virgin and Child, detail
Description: A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1476
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York
A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
A Holy Man Floating on the Sea
Description: David Slaying Goliath
David Slaying Goliath
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameCarpi, Ugo da
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (26 x 38.7 cm)
LocationRoyal Library, Windsor, United Kingdom
David Slaying Goliath
David Slaying Goliath
Description: Cover for L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) by Victor Joze
Cover for L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) by Victor Joze
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1890
Object typePrint
LocationRutgers University, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Cover for L’Homme à femmes...
Cover for L’Homme à femmes (The Ladies’ Man) by Victor Joze
Description: St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1508
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks on blue tinted paper
Dimensions12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.3 x 23 cm)
LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Accession numberWA1863.3041
St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Description: Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration of the Shepherds
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameParmigianino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching, engraving, and drypoint
Dimensions4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. (12.1 x 8 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration of the Shepherds
Description: St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1507–1508
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks, heightened with brush on blue tinted paper
Dimensions9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.4 x 16 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1419286&partId=1
Accession number1895,0122.264
St. George and the Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Description: Tomb of Nero
Tomb of Nero
Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1747–1749
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching, engraving, drypoint, scratching
Dimensions20 9/16 x 29 13/16 in. (52.2 x 75.7 cm), sheet
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.66762.html
Accession number1986.8.3
Tomb of Nero
Tomb of Nero
Description: Water Court, perimeter wall, inner face, preparatory drawing
Water Court, perimeter wall, inner face, preparatory drawing
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1775
Object typeDrawing
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Water Court, perimeter wall, inner face,...
Water Court, perimeter wall, inner face, preparatory drawing
Description: Title page to poem "Mot," Aimé Césaire's Corps Perdu
Title page to poem "Mot," Aimé Césaire's Corps Perdu
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator namePicasso, Pablo
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1950
Object typeIllustration
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberfTyp 916.60.2720
Title page to poem "Mot," Aimé...
Title page to poem "Mot," Aimé Césaire's Corps Perdu
Description: Frontispeice to Aimé Césaire's Corps Perdu, African Head
Frontispeice to Aimé Césaire's Corps Perdu, African Head
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator namePicasso, Pablo
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1950
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching and drypoint
LocationCollection of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Frontispeice to Aimé...
Frontispeice to Aimé Césaire's Corps Perdu, African Head
Description: Lying Nude
Lying Nude
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1540–1544
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk and wash with white heightening
Dimensions8 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (22.1 x 43 cm)
LocationAlbertina, Vienna
http://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/?query=Inventarnummer=[276]&showtype=record
Accession number276
Lying Nude
Lying Nude
Description: Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil and varnish on cardboard
Dimensions10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.7 x 19.1 cm)
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Description: Service Quarters, looking east
Service Quarters, looking east
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1775
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsEtching
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Service Quarters, looking east
Service Quarters, looking east
Description: Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian Eunuch
Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian Eunuch
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 09
Creator nameHeemskerck, Maerten van
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1569
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsDark brown ink, gray wash, and white body color on a brown prepared paper
Dimensions189 × 266 mm
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
https://id.smb.museum/object/1569969
Accession numberKdZ 2779
Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian...
Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian Eunuch
Description: Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1486
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationRijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague
Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Description: Anatomy Lesson
Anatomy Lesson
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1493–1494
Object typePrint
MaterialsStencil-colored woodcut
Dimensions11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (30 x 19.8 cm)
Anatomy Lesson
Anatomy Lesson
Description: Tombs beside the Via Tiburtina
Tombs beside the Via Tiburtina
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1775
Object typeDrawing
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Tombs beside the Via Tiburtina
Tombs beside the Via Tiburtina
Description: Page from Florence Upton, The Adverntures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
Page from Florence Upton, The Adverntures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1895
Object typeIllustration
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Page from Florence Upton, The...
Page from Florence Upton, The Adverntures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
Description: Suicide of Lucretia
Suicide of Lucretia
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDeutsch, Niklaus Manuel
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1517
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera and pen on panel
Dimensions12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (32.5 x 26 cm)
LocationKunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
Suicide of Lucretia
Suicide of Lucretia
Description: Traité de la peinture
Traité de la peinture
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci
Creator name (description)Roland Fréart, sieur de Chambray's version of Leonardo da Vinci's work
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher  
Creation date1716
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Traité de la peinture
Traité de la peinture
Description: Scenic Triclinum, axial extension, preparatory drawing
Scenic Triclinum, axial extension, preparatory drawing
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1775
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsRed chalk over black chalk on heavy laid paper
Dimensions5 3/8 × 21 1/8 in. (38.9 × 53.8 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.84647.html
Accession number1994.69.1
Scenic Triclinum, axial extension,...
Scenic Triclinum, axial extension, preparatory drawing
Description: Broadside, Westvaco Corporation
Broadside, Westvaco Corporation
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1968
Object typeGraphic Design
Broadside, Westvaco Corporation
Broadside, Westvaco Corporation
Description: St. Philip
St. Philip
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1545–1549
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions11 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (28.2 x 17 cm)
LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.50185
Accession numberRP-P-1971-236
St. Philip
St. Philip
Description: Man of Sorrows
Man of Sorrows
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameGiovanni Antonio da Brescia
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions6 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (17 x 12.5 cm)
LocationAlbertina, Vienna
Man of Sorrows
Man of Sorrows
Description: The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, detail of vignette of the Tomb of the...
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, detail of vignette of the Tomb of the Plautii
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1777
Object typeDrawing
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing,...
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, detail of vignette of the Tomb of the Plautii
Description: The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, details of the Island Enclosure, Water...
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, details of the Island Enclosure, Water Court, Park Rotunda, and other Villa structures
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1777
Object typeDrawing
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing,...
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, details of the Island Enclosure, Water Court, Park Rotunda, and other Villa structures
Description: St. Peter
St. Peter
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1544–1547
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks
Dimensions16 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (41.1 x 21 cm)
LocationAlbertina, Vienna
http://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/?query=Inventarnummer=[DG2002/383]&showtype=record
Accession numberDG2002/383
St. Peter
St. Peter
Description: The Trevi and SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio
The Trevi and SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio
Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1750–1778
Object typePrint
LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/366695
Accession number41.71.1.17
The Trevi and SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio
The Trevi and SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio
Description: Larger Baths, central room
Larger Baths, central room
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1770
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Larger Baths, central room
Larger Baths, central room
Description: The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, details of the North Theatre, Northern...
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, details of the North Theatre, Northern Ruins, and Doric Temple Area
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1777
Object typeDrawing
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing,...
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing, details of the North Theatre, Northern Ruins, and Doric Temple Area
Description: The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1777
Object typeDrawing
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing
The Piranesi plan, preparatory drawing
Description: Little Black Boy
Little Black Boy
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameBlake, William
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1789
Object typePrint
MaterialsRelief etching with watercolor
LocationIn "Songs of Innocence" (1789), pl. 2. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52500
Accession numberB 1992.8.12(30)
Little Black Boy
Little Black Boy
Description: Circular Hall
Circular Hall
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1768
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Circular Hall
Circular Hall
Description: Hans Paumgartner
Hans Paumgartner
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1512
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks
Dimensions11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Hans Paumgartner
Hans Paumgartner
Description: Calling of Saint Matthew, detail
Calling of Saint Matthew, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 12
Creator nameCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1599–1600
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationContarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Calling of Saint Matthew, detail
Calling of Saint Matthew, detail
Description: The Piranesi plan, pl. VI
The Piranesi plan, pl. VI
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator name (description)Published by Francesco Piranesi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1781
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
MaterialsEtching
The Piranesi plan, pl. VI
The Piranesi plan, pl. VI
Description: Hands of Christ
Hands of Christ
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1506
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBrush heightened in white on blue Venetian paper
Dimensions8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (20.8 x 18.6 cm)
LocationGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Hands of Christ
Hands of Christ
Description: Venus and Cupid
Venus and Cupid
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1506
Object typePrint
MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks
Dimensions11 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (28.5 x 19.5 cm)
LocationKupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
Venus and Cupid
Venus and Cupid
Description: 'Av You Seen My Fahzer's Ole Shoes?
'Av You Seen My Fahzer's Ole Shoes?
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameDu Maurier, George
Creator nationality/cultureBritish
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1894
Object typeIllustration
LocationIllustration from Du Maurier, Trilby (1894)
'Av You Seen My Fahzer's Ole Shoes?
'Av You Seen My Fahzer's Ole Shoes?
Description: Traité de la peinture
Traité de la peinture
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci
Creator name (description)Roland Fréart, sieur de Chambray's version of Leonardo da Vinci's work
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher  
Creation date1716
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Traité de la peinture
Traité de la peinture
Description: Portico Suite, gallery
Portico Suite, gallery
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1777
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Portico Suite, gallery
Portico Suite, gallery
Description: Ambulatory Wall and East-West Terrace
Ambulatory Wall and East-West Terrace
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1770
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Ambulatory Wall and East-West Terrace
Ambulatory Wall and East-West Terrace
Description: St. Philip
St. Philip
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 04
Creator nameBeccafumi, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1547
Object typePrint
MaterialsMiddle tone blocks printed in black ink
Dimensions411 × 213 mm
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/st-philip-173350
Accession number1975.477
St. Philip
St. Philip
Description: The Piranesi plan, pl. III
The Piranesi plan, pl. III
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator name (description)Published by Francesco Piranesi
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1781
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
MaterialsEtching
The Piranesi plan, pl. III
The Piranesi plan, pl. III
Description: Alle de Wercken, So ouden als nieuwen
Alle de Wercken, So ouden als nieuwen
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameVenne, Adriaen van de
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1658
Object typePrint
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/2029328
Alle de Wercken, So ouden als nieuwen
Alle de Wercken, So ouden als nieuwen
Description: Garden Scene placed at start of Book One of the 1518 edition of More's Utopia
Garden Scene placed at start of Book One of the 1518 edition of More's Utopia
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
Creator nameHolbein, Ambrosius
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1518
Object typePrint
Materialsprint
Garden Scene placed at start of Book One...
Garden Scene placed at start of Book One of the 1518 edition of More's Utopia
Description: Book illustration, I Know a Lot of Things, Harcourt Brace & World
Book illustration, I Know a Lot of Things, Harcourt Brace & World
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1956
Object typeGraphic Design
Book illustration, I Know a Lot of...
Book illustration, I Know a Lot of Things, Harcourt Brace & World
Description: Allegory of the Franciscan Mission in New Spain
Allegory of the Franciscan Mission in New Spain
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator nameValadés, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureMexican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1579
Object typePrint
LocationGetty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Allegory of the Franciscan Mission in...
Rhetórica christiana
Description: Fontana di Trevi, frontal veduta
Fontana di Trevi, frontal veduta
Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1773
Object typePrint
Fontana di Trevi, frontal veduta
Fontana di Trevi, frontal veduta
Description: Illustration to "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson
Illustration to "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennyson
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 13
Creator nameHughes, Arthur
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
Accession numberNG85
Illustration to "Enoch Arden" by Alfred...
The Vision of Saint Jerome
Description: All As It Used To Be
All As It Used To Be
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameDu Maurier, George
Creator nationality/cultureBritish
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1894
Object typeIllustration
LocationIllustration from Du Maurier, Trilby (1894)
All As It Used To Be
All As It Used To Be
Description: Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1862
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
LocationNew York Public Library
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-41fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Accession numberb13476027
Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Description: Illustration of a Baluba sculpture from Zaire
Illustration of a Baluba sculpture from Zaire
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
LocationAndré Malraux, "Les Voix du Silence" (1951)
Illustration of a Baluba sculpture from...
Illustration of a Baluba sculpture from Zaire
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: Scenic Triclinium
Scenic Triclinium
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 24
Creator namePiranesi, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1769
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Scenic Triclinium
Scenic Triclinium
Description: Girl with a Bamboo Earring
Girl with a Bamboo Earring
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameErizku, Awol
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2009
Object typePhotograph
Girl with a Bamboo Earring
Girl with a Bamboo Earring

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