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Installation view, Primitive Negro Art, Chiefly From the Belgian Congo

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Description: Installation view, Primitive Negro Art, Chiefly From the Belgian Congo
TitleInstallation view, Primitive Negro Art, Chiefly From the Belgian Congo
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1923
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
LocationBrooklyn Museum Archives, New York
https:/­/­www.brooklynmuseum.org/­opencollection/­exhibitions/­698
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsArt, African--ExhibitionsArt museumsModernism (Art)--African influences
StatusBrooklyn Museum, April 11– May 20, 1923
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Description: Alain Locke and the Visual Arts
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PublisherYale University Press
PublisherHutchins Center for African & African American Research
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Portrait of Adolph Gottlieb
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
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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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Creator nameVlaminck, Maurice de
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1908
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MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions88.9 x 115.9
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Description: Trumbull Gallery Broadside
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Creator name (description)B. L. Hamlen, printer, with text by Benjamin Silliman
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Creation datec. 1850
Object typePrint
MaterialsLithograph
Dimensions15 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. (39.4 x 26.4 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/34174
Accession number1932.1198
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Creator nameMendive, Manuel
Creator nationality/cultureCuban
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1976
Object typePainting
MaterialsCasein and carving on wood
Dimensions102.5 x 126 cm
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Barco Negrero
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Installation view, MoCA
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Creation date2015
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Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
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Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
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http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238
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Creator nationality/cultureGerman
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Creation date1906
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
DimensionsImage: 5 15/16 x 2 15/16 in. (15.1 x 7.5 cm); sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 3/4" (28.8 x 22.2 cm)
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https://www.moma.org/collection/works/107109
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N/A
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Creator roleDesigner
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DimensionsTop (red): h. 1 x diam. 3 in. (2.5 x 7.6 cm); bottom (beige); h. 7/8 x diam. 3 in. (2.2 x 7.6 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/133393
Accession number2008.158.31
Bracelets
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Description: The Three Kings
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Creator nameSchmidt-Rottluff, Karl
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker
Creation date1917
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MaterialsWoodcut
Dimensions497 × 391 mm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/59908
Accession number13.1945
The Three Kings
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Description: Lounge chair (No. 434-1)
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Creation datec. 1933
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Lounge chair (No. 434-1)
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Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1934
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Vanity table (No. 171)
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May 24
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleJeweler
Creation date1940–1946
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsBakelite, urea formaldehyde, glass, and white metal
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LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/133385
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1945
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil, tempera, and casein on canvas
Dimensions31 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (80.96 x 63.18 cm)
LocationCantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
http://cantorcollection.stanford.edu/objects-1/info?query=Portfolios%3D%229329%22%20and%20Disp_Maker_1%3D%22Adolph%20Gottlieb%22
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The Token
Description: Storyteller figure
Storyteller figure
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Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795
Accession number1989.83
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Description: Caryatid
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LocationMusée Picasso, Paris
https://www.navigart.fr/picassoparis/#/artwork/160000000000868?layout=grid&page=2&filters=tree_domain_all:Sculpture
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Jul 11
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1920
Object typePhotograph
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Exhibition rooms of the...
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Description: Dining Table
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleDesigner
Creation datec. 1930
Object typeFurniture
MaterialsBirch, hard maple veneer, hard maple, and red oak
Dimensions29 3/4 x 38 x 68 1/4 in. (75.6 x 96.5 x 173.4 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/22612
Accession number1977.40.5
Dining Table
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Description: Headdress Ekoi
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Creator nationality/cultureCameroon
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Object typeSculpture
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LocationStaatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich
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Description: The Missionary (Der Missionar)
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Creator nameNolde, Emil
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1912
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The Missionary (Der Missionar)
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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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Description: Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ
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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: Brooch
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Creator roleJeweler
Creation date1935–1940
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsProbably Catalin, shellac, wire, and adhesive
Dimensions3 1/4 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/133398
Accession number2008.158.36
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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
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Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r
Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1933
Object typeFurniture
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Jun 28
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1934
Object typePeriodical
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Jun 28
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Creation date1939
Object typePeriodical
Sample wall groupings from the East...
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD
Object typeMosaic
LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
Theodora and her retinue
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Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. AD 668–685
Object typeMosaic
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Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...
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Description: Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual
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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
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date40–30 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)
LocationVatican Museums, Rome
https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US
Accession numberCat. 1059
Laocoön
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Description: Advertisement for Howell Company, In Home Furnishing Arts, 105
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1934
Object typePeriodical
Advertisement for Howell Company, In...
Advertisement for Howell Company, In Home Furnishing Arts, 105
Description: Advertising Plate for Contour
Advertising Plate for Contour
Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation datec. 1951
Object typeContainer
MaterialsLead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions11/16 x 8 x 8 in. (1.7 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/78636
Accession number1999.15.3
Advertising Plate for Contour
Advertising Plate for Contour
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Female figure with an apron table
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureNayarit
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation dateAD 300–700
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsEarthenware
Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579
Accession number1979.206.357
Female figure with an apron table
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Jan 23
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1966
Object typePhotograph
Installation view of Primary Structures...
Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)
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Bestiary: Creation of Eve
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nationality/cultureEnglish
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation date1201–1225
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom
https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540
Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7
Bestiary: Creation of Eve
Bestiary: Creation of Eve
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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: 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
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Feb 15
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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
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
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Creation datec. 1300
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
Jun 28
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1934
Object typeFurniture
Lady's Room, Crystal House, Century of...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Posted by:John Carlson
May 19
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1880
Object typePhotograph
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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The Veroli Casket
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
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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
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 15
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1960
Object typeOther
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Accession number1994.40.5
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 24
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
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Object typePeriodical
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Cambridge Glass Company advertisement...
Cambridge Glass Company advertisement for Table Architecture
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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...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1941
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions43 1/4 x 33 in. (109.4 x 83.8 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/44084
Accession number1942.57
Woman with a Birdcage
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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
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Creator roleArtist
Creation date1955
Object typeOther
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Permanent Collection, Pallacio de Bellas...
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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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Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1933
Object typePeriodical
Advertisement for Simmons Company, back...
Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover
Description: Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover
Advertisement for Simmons Company, back cover
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1933
Object typePeriodical
Advertisement for Simmons Company, back...
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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
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Phytomorphic Vessel
Posted by:John Carlson
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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: Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture Store
Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture Store
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1934
Object typePeriodical
Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture...
Advertisement for Hathaway's Furniture Store
Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...
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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...
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Description: Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom
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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: Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence, Kingston, Rhode Island
Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence, Kingston, Rhode Island
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1935
Object typePhotograph
Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence,...
Arthur and Hope Vernon Residence, Kingston, Rhode Island
Description: Rendering of a living room with Howell Company furniture, in Home Furnishing Arts,...
Rendering of a living room with Howell Company furniture, in Home Furnishing Arts, 29
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1934
Object typePeriodical
Rendering of a living room with Howell...
Rendering of a living room with Howell Company furniture, in Home Furnishing Arts, 29
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: 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: Blackamoor figures
Blackamoor figures
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1875–1900
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal
Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston
https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors
Accession number96.1127.1
Blackamoor figures
Blackamoor figures

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