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Orestes and Pylades or The San Ildefonso Group

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Description: Orestes and Pylades or The San Ildefonso Group
TitleOrestes and Pylades or The San Ildefonso Group
Creator namePupil of Pasiteles
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 10 AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWhite Carrara marble
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https:/­/­www.museodelprado.es/­en/­the-collection/­art-work/­orestes-and-pylades-or-the-san-ildefonso-group/­a3dbf0c5-cf98-46c7-a02b-f82db6dcab62
Accession numberE000028
SubjectsMarble sculpture, Roman--AncientAnimal sacrifice in artFriendship in art
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Introduction: On Painting, Commerce and the ‘Public’ in Eighteenth-Century Britain
David H. Solkin
Description: Painting for Money: The Visual Arts and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century...
Painting for Money: The Visual Arts and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century England
Commerce and virtue have rarely been the best of friends. Throughout recorded history western societies have commonly viewed trading practices as a necessary evil, requiring strict vigilance lest the passions stimulated by the pursuit of economic gain...
Author
David H. Solkin
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 1992 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.1-26
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31853&redirecttoanchor=107718
Chapter subject tags:Art and society--Britain--History--18th centuryPainting, British--18th centuryConsumer (Economics)--England--18th centuryClosterman, John, 1656-1711 or 1713Portrait painting, British--18th centuryShaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713
Chapter I: The Art of the Republic
Diana E. E. Kleiner
Description: Roman Sculpture
Roman Sculpture
~Forerunners: Etruscan, Greek, and Mid-Italic
Author
Diana E. E. Kleiner
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1992 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.23-55
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00185.002
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19172&redirecttoanchor=107718
Chapter subject tags:Sculpture, RomanArt, EtruscanRome--HistoryRoman she-wolf (Roman mythology)Portrait sculpture, RomanArts, Roman--Greek influencesRelief (Sculpture), RomanPortrait sculpture in numismaticsRome--History, MilitarySocial classes, RomeFuneral rites and ceremonies--RomePompeius, Gnaeus, approximately 75 B.C.-45 B.C.Caesar, JuliusAntonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C.Women--Portraits, Roman

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Description: Laocoön, detail of head
Laocoön, detail of head
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date40–30 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US
Accession numberCat. 1059
Laocoön, detail of head
Laocoön, detail of head
Description: Hermes
Hermes
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 100–125
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationVatican Museum, Rome
Hermes
Belvedere Antinous
Description: Wounded Amazon, detail of torso
Wounded Amazon, detail of torso
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1st–2nd century A.D.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253373
Accession number32.11.4
Wounded Amazon, detail of torso
Wounded Amazon, detail of torso
Description: Hermes, detail of torso
Hermes, detail of torso
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 100-125
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationVatican, Rome
Hermes, detail of torso
Belvedere Antinous, detail of torso
Description: Young black slave
Young black slave
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date300-200 BCE
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBlack marble
Dimensions39.4 in. (100 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010278441
Accession numberMa 4926
Young black slave
Statue of a young black carrying a situla, from Aphrodisias, Imperial baths
Description: The Reading of Auguries and Declaration of Sacred Vows, fragment of an architectural...
The Reading of Auguries and Declaration of Sacred Vows, fragment of an architectural relief
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 200–175 BCE
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010279279
The Reading of Auguries and Declaration...
The Reading of Auguries and Declaration of Sacred Vows, fragment of an architectural relief
Description: Athena Farnese, detail of head
Athena Farnese, detail of head
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 430 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Naples
Accession numberInv. No. 6024
Athena Farnese, detail of head
Athena Farnese, detail of head
Description: Hercules
Hercules
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator name (description)After Lysippos, c. 330
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1805-0703-39
Accession number1805,0703.39
Hercules
Hercules Epitrapezius
Description: Hermes, detail of head and shoulders
Hermes, detail of head and shoulders
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 100-125
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationVatican, Rome
Hermes, detail of head and shoulders
Belvedere Antinous, detail of head and shoulders
Description: Suicidal Gaul and his Wife
Suicidal Gaul and his Wife
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator name (description)After Pergamene original of the second century, BC
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateunknown
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
LocationNational Museum, Rome
Suicidal Gaul and his Wife
Gaul committing suicide having killed his wife
Description: Offering the Skin of a Stag to the Sun
Offering the Skin of a Stag to the Sun
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator nameBry, Theodor de
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1591
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationRucker Agee Map Collection, Birmingham Public Library, Alabama
http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4017coll6/id/1103/rec/11
Offering the Skin of a Stag to the Sun
Offering the Skin of a Stag to the Sun
Description: Wounded Amazon
Wounded Amazon
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1st–2nd century A.D.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsHeight 80 1/4 in. (203.8 cm)
LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253373
Accession number32.11.4
Wounded Amazon
Wounded Amazon
Description: Artemis, goddess of the hunt, known as Diane de Versailles
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, known as Diane de Versailles
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date100–200 AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 200 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010278930
Accession numberMR 152
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, known as...
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, known as Diane de Versailles
Description: Liver tablet
Liver tablet
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nationality/cultureOld Babylonian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1900–1600 BCE
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsClay
DimensionsLength: 14.60 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=361996&partId=1&searchText=Sheep%27s+Liver+in+Clay&page=1
Accession number92668
Liver tablet
Sheep’s liver
Description: Hermes Propylaios
Hermes Propylaios
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationArchaeological Museum, Istanbul
Hermes Propylaios
Hermes Propylaios
Description: Sacrificial victim led by attendants, frieze from the Parthenon
Sacrificial victim led by attendants, frieze from the Parthenon
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator namePhidias
Creator name (description)Designed by Phidias
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 447–432 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 106 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
Sacrificial victim led by attendants,...
Sacrificial victim led by attendants
Description: Red-figure krater, face a
Red-figure krater, face a
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator namePothos Painter
Creator name (description)Attributed to the Pothos Painter
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date430–410 BC
Object typeContainer
LocationBritish Museum, London
Accession number18,240,501.15
Red-figure krater, face a
Red-figure krater, face a
Description: Red-figure cup, face a
Red-figure cup, face a
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator nameEuaion Painter
Creator name (description)Attributed to the Euaion Painter
Creator nationality/cultureAncient Greek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date475–435 BC
Object typeContainer
LocationNational Museum, Warsaw
Accession number142467
Red-figure cup, face a
Red-figure cup, face a
Description: Collage: Best Wishes for K S Dreier! (Collage: Für K S Dreier Viel Freude!),...
Collage: Best Wishes for K S Dreier! (Collage: Für K S Dreier Viel Freude!), detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameSchwitters, Kurt
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1937
Object typeCollage
MaterialsPaper and wax paper on board
Dimensions5 15/16 x 3 13/16 in. (15.1 x 9.7 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/51419
Accession number1953.6.196
Collage: Best Wishes for K S Dreier!...
Collage: Best Wishes for K S Dreier! (Collage: Für K S Dreier Viel Freude!), detail
Description: Red-figure cup, face b
Red-figure cup, face b
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator nameEuaion Painter
Creator name (description)Attributed to the Euaion Painter
Creator nationality/cultureAncient Greek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date475–435 BC
Object typeContainer
LocationNational Museum, Warsaw
Accession number142467
Red-figure cup, face b
Red-figure cup, face b
Description: Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameZurbarán, Francisco de
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1635–1640
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions37.3 x 62 cm
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/agnus-dei/795b841a-ec81-4d10-bd8b-0c7a870e327b
Accession numberP007293
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei
Description: Aphrodite, detail of front
Aphrodite, detail of front
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator name (description)After Aphrodite of Cnidos by Praxiteles, c. 330 BC
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation daten/a
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
Aphrodite, detail of front
Aphrodite, detail of front
Description: Aphrodite, rear view
Aphrodite, rear view
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator name (description)After Aphrodite of Cnidos by Praxiteles, c. 330 BC
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation daten/a
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
Aphrodite, rear view
Aphrodite, rear view
Description: Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Census and Sacrifice, from Rome
Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Census and Sacrifice, from Rome
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 100–70 BC
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 1.20 m; L: 1.47 m
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010304645
Accession numberLL 399
Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Census...
Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, Census and Sacrifice, from Rome
Description: Head of a Roman Girl
Head of a Roman Girl
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 140-150
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
Dimensionsh: 27.3 cm
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/19075
Accession number34-200
Head of a Roman Girl
Head of a Roman Girl
Description: Black-figure jug
Black-figure jug
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator nameGela Painter
Creator name (description)Attributed to Gela Painter
Creator nationality/cultureAncient Greek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. 510–490 BC
Object typeContainer
DimensionsH: 8.89 cm
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=463807&partId=1&searchText=1905,0711.1&page=1
Accession number1905,0711.1
Black-figure jug
Black-figure jug
Description: Red-figure krater, face a
Red-figure krater, face a
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator namePothos Painter
Creator name (description)Attributed to the Pothos Painter
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date430–420 BC
Object typeContainer
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010270342
Accession numberG496
Red-figure krater, face a
Red-figure krater, face a
Description: Sacrifice, from Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Sacrifice, from Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 130–170
Object typeSculpture
LocationCapitoline Museum, Rome
Sacrifice, from Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Sacrifice, from Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Description: Sacrificing girl
Sacrificing girl
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 200 BC
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
LocationNational Museum, Rome
Sacrificing girl
Sacrificing girl
Description: Statue of an acrobat balancing on a crocodile
Statue of an acrobat balancing on a crocodile
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
Dimensions29.5 in. (75 cm) H
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460000&partId=1&searchText=acrobat+crocodile&page=1
Accession number1805,0703.6
Statue of an acrobat balancing on a...
Statue of an acrobat balancing on a crocodile
Description: Red-figure krater, face a
Red-figure krater, face a
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 14
Creator nameKadmos Painter
Creator name (description)In the manner of the Kadmos Painter
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date420–410 BC
Object typeContainer
LocationSan Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio
Accession number85.120.2
Red-figure krater, face a
Red-figure krater, face a
Description: The Piacenza Liver
The Piacenza Liver
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nationality/cultureEtruscan
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 200–175 BCE
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions12 × 8 × 6 cm
LocationMuseo Civico, Piacenza, Italy
The Piacenza Liver
The Piacenza Liver
Description: Geometry of Doryphorus
Geometry of Doryphorus
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator roleArtist
Creation daten/a
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Geometry of Doryphorus
Geometry of Doryphorus
Description: Rome, Forum Boarium, Arch of the Argentarii, panel A
Rome, Forum Boarium, Arch of the Argentarii, panel A
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 204
Object typeSculpture
LocationForum Boarium, Rome
Rome, Forum Boarium, Arch of the...
Rome, Forum Boarium, Arch of the Argentarii, panel A

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