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Bible as Literature

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Lazarus Belle
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May 25, 2022 3:03 p.m.

7 Items in this Learning Collection
The Bible: Abraham Approaching Sodom with Three Angels

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The Destruction of Sodom
This is a brown ink and wash drawing on a light background that depicts an expansive landscape with three figures in a row in the center area. The foreground shows a rocky, mountainous area with the figures standing on a ledge and square-shaped buildings, or walls, on a rise to the right. One figure is an old man with long white hair and a beard, who is wearing a draped robe and holding a staff. A woman is walking behind him on the path and balancing a vessel on her head. Another woman, behind her, has her arms at her side and looks downward. In the middle and far section of the drawing there is a walled city being destroyed with violent flooding of the city gates and eathquake-like destruction of the buildings. Far down the path a lone woman raises her hands in a gesture of distress. There are turbulent cloud formations in the sky.
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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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Cain Slaying Abel

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Der Erste Tag, from the series 'The Transformations of God'

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Cain and Abel

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Lot and His Daughters

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LHSP 125 - Writing and Seeing

Works on display that are part of our guided tour and activities on 9/11/19

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Scott W Beal
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May 25, 2022 3:03 p.m.

4 Items in this Learning Collection
Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist
The majestic figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ on her lap sits enthroned in the center of this painted panel. Her elaborate throne rests upon a dais and is enclosed on three sides by panels bristling with Gothic ornament. Two bishop saints holding croziers stand at the foot of the dais accompanied by two other saints who stand behind them, while fourteen angels crowd the background.
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St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
St. John the Evangelist sits in the foreground with a book open on his knee and quill pen poised over its pages. Two books rest next to him and an eagle has alighted on an adjacent rock. St. John looks up and to his right to see a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who appear in a glowing mandorla hovering in the sky. A vast panoramic view of a bustling harbor and formidable mountains unfolds behind St. John and extends into the distance.
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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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Absalom Passage—18
Olitski has covered nearly the entire canvas in the same grey acrylic using a spray gun.  On the right side of the canvas, there is a group of vertical lines in red, blue, and white. 
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College Writing for International Students

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Scott W Beal
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May 25, 2022 3:03 p.m.

40 Items in this Learning Collection
Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)
The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.<br />
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Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.290)
The two-armed figure dances with his left leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm is extended down his body and holds onto the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt almost forming an apron. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings in the form of roaring lions and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. The whole is badly weathered and not nearly as crisp as his partner, 1980/2.290.<br />
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Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne
Ganesha is shown here seated on a double lotus throne, in a royal posture with the soles of his feet together. He has four arms, and holds two of his attributes in the rear pair: an ax and a rosary. His trunk curls down across his rotund belly to reach for a bowl of sweets that rests in his left forward arm. The cobra slung across his shoulder, now hard to make out because of the centuries of wear of the stone, indicates Ganesha's lineage as the son of the Shiva, in his aspect as the great ascetic. Almost 27 inches high, this sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is carved of andesite, a volcanic stone common to the island of Java in Indonesia. Andesite is a soft stone and erodes easily, which is why the carving is no longer crisp.
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Landscape in the Style of Huang Gongwang

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Cold Light and Snowy Mountains
Purple cloth background with a scene of a mountain. The top of the mountain is on the right side.
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Red Trees, Blue Mountains
Landscape colored with the bright hues of autumn. Pavilions are nestled among clouds and mountain forests. A rustic staircase appears between wisps of clouds and trees, winding up the slope next to waterfalls.
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In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry
Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.
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Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain. <br />In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.
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Geese and Reeds (two of a pair)
A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. A goose swoops into the scene from the top left, while the neck of the grounded goose follows a graceful curve to look at the approaching bird. The swaying reeds and grass around the grounded goose add lightness to the composition. Between the two geese are three lines of calligraphy.<br /> <br /> These two hanging scroll paintings depict geese and reeds. Based on the style, the use of silk and the mounting method, it is assumed that the two works are part of the same set. Plate 278-1 (2009/1.488.1) depicts three geese including one with its head plunged into the water, while Plate 278-2 (2009/1.488.2) depicts two. Both works depict reeds on the right part of the painting. Yang&rsquo;s signature in &ldquo;boneless&rdquo; stroke style, effective in portraying light and shade, is striking. Yang Gihun (楊基薰, 1843&ndash;?), who painted these works, was active mainly in Pyeongyang which is currently located i
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Geese and Reeds (one of a pair)
A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. The goose is the water has its head turned to watch the descent of the goose flying in from the right. The upper left corner contains calligraphic text, and creating ripples in the water in the foreground is a goose with its head below the surface, and bottom in the air. Reeds come in from the right.<br /> <br /> These two hanging scroll paintings depict geese and reeds. Based on the style, the use of silk and the mounting method, it is assumed that the two works are part of the same set. Plate 278-1 (2009/1.488.1) depicts three geese including one with its head plunged into the water, while Plate 278-2 (2009/1.488.2) depicts two. Both works depict reeds on the right part of the painting. Yang&rsquo;s signature in &ldquo;boneless&rdquo; stroke style, effective in portraying light and shade, is striking. Yang Gihun (楊基薰, 1843&ndash;?), who painted these works, was active mainly in Pyeongyang which is cur
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Kris handle in the shape of an ogre

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Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup
This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
This painting depicts the interior of a room where four men are grouped around a table. They are painted as half-length figures, and their forms fill the foreground. They are painted in warm tones of brown, red and green and dressed in 16th century Netherlandish clothing. There is a king, wearing a pointed crown, who, with his right arm awkwardly crossed over his left, points to another man across the table. He has a furrowed brow and his mouth is partially open as if he is speaking. Next to him is a man looking downward, intently counting coins piled on the table. The third man pauses while writing in a book, his hand with the pen is stopped in mid-air, and looks back at the king. The fourth man, on the other side of the table, has his hands clasped in a pleading gesture and his eyes meet the gaze of the king. Items in the room and on the table such as books, scissors, a money bag, and an hourglass, are painted in great detail. In the upper right, a small outdoor scene, painted in tones of light green, shows
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
The half-length figure of a woman looks directly out of the painting and holds the bearded head of a man on a platter in her hands. She wears a fine robe with large white sleeves and collar, a soft hat with a small white feather, and a bejeweled pin on her left shoulder. The face of an older woman with deeply wrinkled skin appears in the shadows behind her.
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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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Last Supper
A photograph of eight boys, all of which are the same person, voraciously eating a loaf of white bread off a rock in a forest.
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Ah Puch
Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.
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Heavenly Officials with Son and Auspicious Offerings (Diptych)
Left panel of a diptych on a cardboard backing. A bearded figure is dressed in an elaborate robe with crane motifs and is holding a vase with long flowers. He stands against a green-blue background, which is covered in a lattice of white clouds. A smaller, childlike figure stands next to him and is holding a teapot with a speech bubble above it. They are facing right.
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White Territory
This abstract painting is primarily white with a large squarish area of dark green in the top left quadrant. Loose brushwork varies from wide, full strokes to the short, rapid strokes at the compositions center. Pigment application ranges from a very thin wash to heavy impasto.
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Composition
This painting has a series of flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms in greens, yellows, purple, reds, black, grey, and white. The painting is signed in black (l.l.) "herbin".
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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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The Bullfight (Courses de taureaux)
A bull in the center charges to the left toward a horse rearing up with a bullfighter on its back. The bullfighter leans forward to plunge a spear into the bull's shoulder area. Flags and spectator stands lie in the background.
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Espace-temps en fusion
Winding through the center of this print, a melting clock oozes from the top right to the bottom center in red, yellow and blue. To the left of the base of the clock is a bright orange and red bolder. In the background, there is a large landscape with mountains and a cloudy sky. There are three figures in the scene. At the bottom right, a figure is seated with a staff and behind it is a large shape in yellow, red and blue. At the center, there is a sketch of a mounted figure on a rearing horse; and at the upper right, there is a figure with a strong shadow. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil. 
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"Untitled" (March 5th) #2
Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
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Standing Figure
An elongated female nude figure with minimal features stands on a small rectangular base with left foot slightly forward. The metal has a texture resembling molten wax.
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Tintern Abbey
A large, Gothic ruin dominates the scene. The west portal of a large church stands with full light, from the left, illuminating its portal. Along its second story ivy grows across the facade while trees cluster in the L-shaped angle toward the right and other vegetation is evident along the roofline of the structure. Several women enter through the main doorway of the building. A stone wall encircles the structure and two houses occupy the land immediately to the left of the church ruin. In the foreground a lane leads past the church with a man leading a black horse and a running hound in the right foreground, and a figure with its back to the viewer is visible at the left foreground. Behind the scene, dark, wind-swept clouds indicate a recent storm that has now passed, allowing golden light to suffuse the landscape.
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After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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Simpsonville

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Mother©
This is a line drawing on white paper a ladder in the center, with the word "Mother" below it followed by the copyright symbol.
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Joseph the Carpenter
This print shows a shipyard, with three laborers working on the hull of a large boat under a dark sky.
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Love is What You Want
This sculpture is a pink neon light in the shape of a heart with the words &quot;Love is What You Want&quot; inscribed within the heart.
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Rocky Mountains
This loosely sketched landscape shows a large white mountain with blue sky beyond. Some details and highlights are created in yellows, reds and blacks.  
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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California
This photograph depicts a flat, boulder-strewn valley leading up to a range of cloud-swept mountains in the distance. 
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Paris #206
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
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David Chun - Chinese Shrimp Camp
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Seven Kiowah Men

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Untitled (No. XXIII)

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Untitled (Swan Painting)
Abstract painting of a white swan on a pink and green background.
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Places: Noel Gallery Re-install

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Julia Laplaca
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May 25, 2022 3:03 p.m.

35 Items in this Learning Collection
Coconut Cup
This cup is fashioned from a coconut shell set in a shallow bowl supported on a long, narrow stem and held in place by three straps and a tall neck band. The shallow domed lid has a plain, overhanging rim and terminates in a finial with a statuette of a nude sea nymph and serpent. The metalwork is densely decorated with various masks, animals, fantastic creatures, and vegetal ornament.
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Double Festoon Relief Fragment with Putto's Head

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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
St. John the Evangelist sits in the foreground with a book open on his knee and quill pen poised over its pages. Two books rest next to him and an eagle has alighted on an adjacent rock. St. John looks up and to his right to see a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who appear in a glowing mandorla hovering in the sky. A vast panoramic view of a bustling harbor and formidable mountains unfolds behind St. John and extends into the distance.
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Annunciation
An angel, holding a scepter in his left hand and making a gesture of speech with his right, interrupts the Virgin at her reading. She kneels on the floor and rests her left hand on an open book placed atop a lectern. A vase with a flowering lily sits on the floor between the angel and the Virgin and a small white dove encircled by a halo hovers between them. The scene unfolds within an elaborate and richly decorated interior that includes a chair and canopied bed in the background.
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Bowl Fragment with Figural Designs
This fragment of a Mongol Islamic bowl comes from 14th century Iran. The side design features a kneeling person with a bottle, while the side panels have leopards and floral decoration. <br /> Colors included are cobalt, turquoise, green, and dark geen-gray on a cream-tan ground. The fragment is about one-third of the original bowl.<br /><br /><br /><br />  
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Mina'i ware bowl fragment with confronting equestrian figures
This Mina'i ware bowl profile fragment features painting in blue, black, white, green, and red over turquoise glaze. Two confronted horesman and conventionalized inscriptions near the rim are the main decorative features.<br /><br />  
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
This painting depicts the interior of a room where four men are grouped around a table. They are painted as half-length figures, and their forms fill the foreground. They are painted in warm tones of brown, red and green and dressed in 16th century Netherlandish clothing. There is a king, wearing a pointed crown, who, with his right arm awkwardly crossed over his left, points to another man across the table. He has a furrowed brow and his mouth is partially open as if he is speaking. Next to him is a man looking downward, intently counting coins piled on the table. The third man pauses while writing in a book, his hand with the pen is stopped in mid-air, and looks back at the king. The fourth man, on the other side of the table, has his hands clasped in a pleading gesture and his eyes meet the gaze of the king. Items in the room and on the table such as books, scissors, a money bag, and an hourglass, are painted in great detail. In the upper right, a small outdoor scene, painted in tones of light green, shows
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Saint

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Map of the Sun. Illustration from, 'Mundus Subterraneus,' by Athanasius Kircher

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Star-shaped tile with phoenix among clouds

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Shallow bowl with stylized floral medallion

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Casket with inscription in floriated Kufic script
This inlaid bronze casket with Kufic inscription was masterfully produced in the 12th century Seljuk period. Possibly of Syrian origin, the lid is hammered from a flat sheet of brass with the bottom formed by folding and joining a section cut from a flat sheet. The seams are on three sides of the base and in the rear under the right-hand hinge. Brass hinges on the object are attached by copper rivets. Originally, the object would have a handle and front clasp which are now missing. <br /><br />  
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Chest (no lock)

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Credenza
The front of this handsome oak credenza, or sideboard, is divided into halves by three pilasters. Each half is outfitted with a drawer and a door below. The decorative and functional components are artfully arranged across the front of the piece to form a balanced composition of repeated geometric shapes and harmonious proportions.
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Carved Wood Panel

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Christ Child
A nude, standing child figure with the right hand raised to chin-level. The forefinger and middle finger are raised and the thumb is out. 
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Cristo, Oaxaca
Photograph of a tableau in a Catholic church in Oaxaca, Mexico. The scene includes Christ, Mary, and other religious figures.
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Calvario, Patzcuaro
Photograph of a tableau from a Catholic church in Calvario, Patzuaro, Mexico. The scene includes a male figure at the center, with two women and one man arranged behind him.
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Adoration of the Magi
This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.
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The Annunciation
An angel, draped with a flowing red mantle, descends on the left from a bank of clouds. He holds a scepter and twisting scroll in his left hand while he points with his right toward a white dove encircled by a halo of light that descends toward a woman dressed in long robes and a veil. She sits, holding a book open on the lectern before her, and draws back slightly with her right hand raised and her eyes downcast. Six cherubim sit above on the edge of the cloudbank, which opens to reveal a male figure barely visible in the blinding light that fills the cloud.
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Incense burner lid with peacock-shaped finial

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Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs
The vibrant coloring of this deep bowl consists dark brown, muddy brown, yellow-green and ivory. The design is organized around an inscription which appears above the base far down on the side. Above the inscription running horizontally is a separate enclosed design which looks like arcaded doorways with a string with a ball on it cutting each arcade in half for a total of seven. Opposite this is a series of four and one-half arcades in a vertical direction. Between these two areas there is a design repeated on opposite sides of the bowl with floral circular motifs on each side of a large, abstracted pear-shape form. The circles are brown and yellow-green and the pear form is orange and brown. Beneath each circle is a 'base' narrowing towards the center and directing the eye to the base. The base is covered with a shield-like design of orange and brown. The ivory background is not filled in but certain lines have been incised to add greater interest.  <br />  
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Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout
This large bronze faucet features a peacock spigot and a lion-headed spout.
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Persian poetry anthology manuscript page

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Dish

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Self-Portrait with carnations
This elegant self-portrait depicts a half-length figure of a man in three-quarters profile with his left arm resting on a stone ledge. The somber colors of his garb, consisting of a white shirt with a dark robe, is offset by luxurious details: the fur collar of his robe, the black ribbon and gold chain around his neck, the embroidered collar and cuffs of his shirt, and the three rings on his right hand. Two pink carnations appear on the ledge before him.
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Gamepiece of an Armed Knight Throttling a Monstrous, Bearded Chimera
Round, carved gamepiece featuring the image of a figure in armor sitting on top of and stabbing a winged creature with a beard.&nbsp;
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Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border
Fragment of circular gaming piece carved in elephant ivory in high relief. Standing male figure wearing knee-length robe holds sword in right hand and stabs inverted beast in the chest. Forelegs of beast end in hooves; head of beast characterized by large eye and pronounced nostril. Left arm of figure and rear half of the beast missing. Border contains zigzag pattern with bead motif.
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Tahmina Comes to Rustam, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
Timurid miniature from the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene depicts <em>Tahmina Comes to Rustam </em>from the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
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Star-shaped tile with molded floral design
This star-shaped ceramic tile is decorated with floral patterns and shapes. This kind of tile seems to be very popular in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Iranian Islamic world. The relief decoration is moulded and unglazed while the ground is glazed in blues with black underglaze and covered with a clear overglaze. 
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Interior of a Guardroom
Groups of men gamble, smoke, and drink in a dark guardroom. In the left foreground a seated man wearing a red sash lights his white clay pipe, while his companion pauses his smoking to listen to a man standing next to him. The red of the smoker&#39;s sash is repeated in the flag and fabrics strewn about in the right foreground, which form part of a still-life of weapons, musical instruments, and glinting armor heaped together against the wall. Between these brightly lit foreground vignettes the scene recedes into the darkened interior where a group of five men gather about a table to gamble.
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Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup
This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />
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Double Cloth

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Velvet

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Italian Medieval and Ren

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Julia Laplaca
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230 Items in this Learning Collection
Leaf from a Gradual
A double-sided illuminated manuscript leaf with one column of seven staffs&nbsp;containing brown ink notes and Latin blackletter script. Some red rubrication is&nbsp;present. A large illuminated initial &ldquo;S&rdquo; is found on the verso, decorated with vegetal&nbsp;and floral forms in blue, green, scarlet, and gold leaf.
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Double-sided Pendant with the Annunciation and the Resurrection
Side A: Etched pendant lined with gilt border with image of two figures, male and female.<br /> Side B: One main figure with a staff surrounded by many figures.
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Corselet Bearers
This print shows a procession of men walking from right to left across the foregound of the picture.They are dressed in short tunics and have laurel wreaths on their heads and some have swords.Some carry poles on which there are breast plates and helmets and some are holding litters piled with furniture, vessels and cups. There is an elephant that is partially shown at the far left.The background area is blank.<br /> There are traces of additional diagonal hatching marks that had been added at a later date; those lines have been removed.
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Tile

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Pietà (The Lamentation of the Virgin)

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Battle of the Sea Gods
This black and white print depicts an animated and detailed scene of nude figures and mythical beasts on the surface of the sea.Two men, with seaweed hair and riding half horse/half fish creatures, strike out at each other. A man and a woman ride a beast with a scaly body and the head of a fierce dog. In the background, a man holding a trident stands with his back to the viewer. Action and motion are expressed with billowing drapery, flowing hair and moving waves. The wide mouthed expressions of the figures and animals suggest yelling and noise in this chaotic scene. Among the many details depicted by the artist is a plaque held by the woman that has his initials.
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Majolica Platter

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Trapunto-work Coverlet, December 12th

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Brocatelle

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Cuttings from an illuminated manuscript consisting of several decorative border pieces, containing dolphins, cherubs, portrait cameos and the arms of Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini.

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Table

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Silk Brocatelle

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Handwoven Linen, Vest lining; Velvet; Embroiders, from a vest (Louis XVI)

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Handwoven Linen, Vest lining; Velvet; Embroiders, from a vest (Louis XVI)

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Handwoven Linen, Vest lining; Velvet; Embroiders, from a vest (Louis XVI)

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Basin

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Views of Rome. 118. The Aqueduct of Nero Leading to the Palatine: a Branch of the Aqua Claudia

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Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness

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Head and Hand

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Textile

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The Triumph of the Four Elements
Two horses pull a wagon carrying four female passengers in this small bronze plaque. The driver, a seated nude male with a cap takes the reins in his left hand and raises a whip in his right. Behind him sit two pairs of taller female figures, each wearing a long flowing mantle.
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The Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz being offered the crown of Armenia

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Hanging altar lamps

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Flap from a cope?

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Credenza
The front of this handsome oak credenza, or sideboard, is divided into halves by three pilasters. Each half is outfitted with a drawer and a door below. The decorative and functional components are artfully arranged across the front of the piece to form a balanced composition of repeated geometric shapes and harmonious proportions.
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Music-making Angels and Cherubs Adoring the Holy Spirit

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Study of the Hand of the Magdalene; Verso: Lower Half of a Male Nude

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Study of Figures

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Madonna and Child

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Epiphany

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Embroidered Panel

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Portrait of a Lady (Catherine de'Medici?)
Woamn facing left, white ruffled collar, brown coat, facing left.
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The Virgin and the Cradle
This sober, pyramidal composition consists of five figures within an interior. A seated woman and child occupy the center of the composition while flanking her to the left is a kneeling older woman with her left hand on the child her right hand on the cradle. To the right of the seated woman is a putti holding a ewer and standing next to a basin. Standing behind the seated woman is a standing woman with hands raised. All of the women are dressed in generalized classical drapery.
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Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano (outlet of Lake Albano), Tav. VII,

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Christ Healing the Lame Man (?)

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The Vision of St. Dominic

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Historiated Initial 'O' with St. John the Baptist

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Study for a Chapel in Vienna
This study depicts a rectangular chapel with the side walls bent outward at an angle in order to provide a clearer view of the decoration. The chapel design centers upon a sarcophagus placed beneath a painted altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, which are both set within a semicircular architectural projection that extends dynamically from the wall. On the left the pair of angels that support a large oval-shaped painting reach vigorously outward, their wings overlapping the pilasters. On the right appears another sarcophagus surmounted by a pair of putti. Leaning out from the oval niche above the sarcophagus is a female half-figure—probably a portrait of the deceased—making a gesture of devotion toward the altar.
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The Prophet Ezekiel, from the "Six Seers on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

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Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint
This rectangular panel depicts four sacred figures rendered in dark hues with passages of vibrant red against a gold background. The upper edge of the gilded frame bears the prayer known as the &quot;Hail Mary&quot; (&quot;Ave Maria Gratia Plena Domin[us tecum]&quot;).
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The Gothic Arch, from the 'Carceri'

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Serpent Speaking to a Young Man
An engraving depicting a man sitting below an apple tree and conversing with a human-headed serpent. He is observed by a woman in drapery and a man who appears to be running away. In the distance there is a large fortified city.
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Allegory of Ancient and Modern Poetry

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Crucifixion
Wooden scultpure of the body of Jesus Christ as it would appear crucified on a cross.
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Virgin of the Apocalypse
A woman dressed in a rose-colored robe with a blue mantle and flowing white veil stands on a silver crescent moon among a bank of dark clouds. A halo of stars encircles her head. She clasps both hands before her. The heads of two putti peak out from beneath her mantle next to her left hip. Her right foot treads upon a long serpent that curves back upon itself with an open mouth.
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Standing Soldier and Woman (Mars and Venus?)
This ink and chalk drawing on paper depicts two figures in Roman attire embracing. One is a woman and one is a man. They are standing in the right side of the drawing.<br />
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Kneeling Shepherd
A man in humble attire, shown in three-quarter view, is seen kneeling at the left side of the image; his hands are clasped in front of him in prayer. At the lower right is a sleeping lamb nestled into a schematically rendered background.
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Untitled (Head of an Old Man with a Long Beard)
This sheet is dominated by the head of an old man with a voluminous beard, seen in 3/4 view, with head turned to the figure's left. Grey tones dominate the drawing, and the suggestion of the man's hunched shoulders in the background increases the sense that he is leaning his head towards the viewer.
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Sheet of Studies with Male Portrait
A bust-length study of a bearded man appears on one side of this sheet. His torso faces frontally, but his head is turned in 3/4 profile to his left. He wears a shirt with a collar and a hat with a plume. The reverse of the sheet is filled with approximately 12 small sketches of heads, faces, limbs, and full-length figures. A sketch of a radial star shaped decorative pattern is on the right edge. In the middle of the sheet is a basket of fruit and flowers and in the upper left there is a drawing of a figure rowing a boat in a landscape. 
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Untitled (Sketch of a Woman Carrying a Bundle and Female Figures)
This ink sketch on paper contains a woman in the upper center hunched over with a bundle on her back. The lower half contains two female figures with an obscured female profile in between. On the left is a half-length figure of a woman seen from the back wearing a dress. In the center is the head of a woman in profile wearing a headscarf. On the right is a woman, drawn to her hemline, standing in three-quarters profile facing right, wearing a heavy robe.<br /> The reverse has a sketch of a young male turning to face slightly backward with left arm upraised.
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Untitled (Studies of Female Heads)
These ink sketches, on a portion of a larger sheet, depict different female heads, most ornamented with accessories. A study of a woman’s face in profile fills the upper left corner. Her hair is bound. A nearly frontal view of another woman’s face is at the center bottom of the sheet. She looks down to her left and wears a jeweled headpiece or crown. Three other smaller and more lightly sketched heads also appear on the sheet, two along the left edge and one on the right.
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Head of a Child
This drawing depicts the head of a boy looking slightly downward to his right in three-quarters profile.
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Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va allla Chiesa d' Araceli

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Sibyl with a Child Holding a Torch
A woman sits in an interior holding a book in her right arm, which is propped upon a ledge. She reads by the light of a torch held by a child standing next to her. Print trimmed to image frame. Image was previously folded at center (multiple folds). Paper size: lh 27 3/5cm &amp; rh 27 4/5cm x tw 22 3/5cm bw 22 3/10cm.
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Study of a Standing Male Nude
A nude, muscular man, seen from behind, leans upon his left leg, which is propped on a rock. He grasps a stick for support with his left hand, while bending his torso to the right and looking downward. The lighting and colors vaguely suggest an outdoor environment.<br />
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Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi's Lapides Capitolini (1762)
Large double-folio print, with fold marks. Contains various monuments and their text from ancient Rome. Title plate beneath print indicates that the fragments were from ancient Rome and found in various ancient ruins, with the exception of fragment XLIX, currently (at time of print) in the collection of the Collegio Romano, a building then housing the Jesuits' Rome seminary.<br />Print is patched. Separate plate marks are visible between image and inscription. The image is patched from four segments, while the text below is patched from two segments. Paper bears no watermark. Folio fold marks are noted on copy in file. Large text portions read as follows: <br />Inscription 1 (in image plate, center): senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita) <br />Inscription 2 (in separate text plate attach
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Choir Book Page

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Carceri d'Inuenzione, Plate V

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Venduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo

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Venduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante

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Sibyl Seated with Tablet
A woman wearing long robes sits holding a pen in her right hand and props up a blank tablet in her lap. A putto helps support the table from behind and points toward the seated figure. A pot of ink with another pen appears next to his foot.
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Madonna and Child with a Bishop
A woman sits on the left holding a nude infant in her lap. An aureole of light radiates around her head as she looks downward toward the child, who returns her gaze. A bearded bishop wearing a miter and holding a crosier kneels before them on the right.
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Bust of the Virgin
This small print depicts a bust-length portrait of a woman within an oval frame. She turns slightly to her left and gazes downward. A bright halo encircles her head.
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Vue d'un Coin de Calais

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Amphitrite

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Untitled

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Madonna and Child
A woman in a red and blue dress is sitting in a woodland setting with a baby on her lap. The baby is holding a paper envelope (or a folded note), while her right hand is outstretched. Another small child crouches at her side. He holds a cross in his left hand, and pets a lamb with his right hand. 
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Presentation of Christ in the Temple
A crowd gathers around an altar in a Temple. The christ child is held by a bearded man, Simeon, on the right, while across the surface a woman kneels, holding a cage up to the altar. Behind the kneeling woman are Joseph (bald, in a large sleeved garment), Mary, and Anna (who is pointing to Mary).&nbsp;
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A Soldier Killing a Naked Man

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Detail of a Decorated Ceiling

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Back of an Ambassadorial Coach

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Second frontispiece for Volume II of 'Le antichita romane e d'Italia'

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Iscrizione del Mausole della Famiglia de' Plauzi a Ponte Lugano (XI of t. III, L

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Views of Rome. 129. S. Maria Degli Angeli. Interior. Formerly the Central Hall o

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Views of Rome. 75. The Waterfall at Tivoli

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Views of Rome. 73. So-called Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli. Interior With Two Fig

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Views of Rome. 27. The Harbour and Quay, Called the Ripa Grande

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Views of Rome. 104. The Trevi Fountain (La Fontana di Trevi)

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Views of Rome. 63. The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

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Views of Rome. 36. The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

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Views of Rome. 56. The Arch of Constantine

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Views of Rome. 30. The Castel S. Angelo

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Campo S. Salvatore e Scuola di S. Teodoro

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I principii del disegno. Series of 25, NO. 22. Head of an Old Man Crowned with

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Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Cavalier with lady on horseback

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Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Cavalier charging, sword in hand

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Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Commander on horseback giving orders

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Upright Ornament with Bull and Satyrs
This decorative image is organized along a vertical axis wtih fanciful creatures, grotesque heads, depictions of carved gems and harpies.
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The Plague
Left and right sides of print are seperated by an herm. The left side of the print is a darkened pseudo-interior, with light illimunating two female figures and dead lambs. The right side of the print is set in front of a barn(?) and features figures reacting to the body of a deceased woman in the foreground. BL 2/28/18
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Ornament Print: Military Trophies

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Ornament sheet with Jupiter and Ganymede, Pl. n. 9 from a series of 24 entitled

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Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican
This drawing depicts two addorsed female figures reclining on a triangular slope. The women are partly clothed, and the one on the left wears an elephant-shaped headpiece. Between their shoulders appears a blank escutcheon held by two putti. Nude men in the background strain to hold back piles of objects that include shields and spears.
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The Triumph of Plenty
This bronze plaque features a pair of oxen pulling a four-wheeled wagon with six passengers. The seated driver holds a rod in his right hand and a two-tined fork in his left. An older figure holding a flaming vessel stands behind him, followed by a seated figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel wreath. The next figure, seated in the middle of the cart, is an older female, nude to the waist, who holds a cornucopia full of fruit and raises her left hand to point skyward. Two smaller standing figures appear next, one holding a bowl of fruit. The final figure is a reclining female nude holding a flower in the crook of her right arm.
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Studies of Girls' Heads

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Studies of a Nude Child

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with St. Jerome (?)

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The Raising of the Youth of Nain (Luke 7:11-17)

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The Crucifixion with St. Francis (?) and St. Jerome

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Academic Study of a Male Nude as Hercules

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Two Standing Female Figures

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Landscape View with Farm (recto) ; Standing Female Figure with SPQR Banner (verso)

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Studies of Putti; studies of a Female Saint and various heads

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The Coat of Arms of the Della Chiesa Family

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St. Dominic Distributing the Rosaries

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Lamentation

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The Alliance of Peace and Abundance
Two women in long robes stand arm in arm in a landscape. One figure holds an olive branch in her right hand, and her companion cradles a cornucopia against her hip.
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Crucifixion
From the height of a cross, a crucified man, wearing a crown of thorns and a loincloth, looms over a dramatic landscape. Three heads with wings appear near the top of the cross, and a skull and crossed bones lay at its base. A vast prospect of distant mountains and a bustling port unfolds through the background.
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Antique Vase

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Tapestry

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Damask

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Silk Panel

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Embroidery

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Double Cloth

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Double Cloth

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Damask

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Design for an Illusionistic Wall Decoration with Alternative Suggestions

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Study for a Ceiling with Allegorical Figures (recto); Architectural sketch (vers

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Two Seated Female Figures before a Rondel

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A variant of the same composition in reverse, in black chalk (verso)

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A Standing Franciscan Monk : Studies of Hands (recto) Studies for a man's left arm holding the neck of a stringed instrument; Draped torso of a man looking up (verso)

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Descent into Limbo

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A Roman Sacrifice

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Needlework

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Embroidery

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Velvet

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Velvet Chausable with embroidered panel of St. Paul

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Cisele Velvet

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Dish
This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
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Bird on a Bamboo Branch
The lower section of the fan has rocks and grasses with mushrooms and several daffodils in bloom. A bird white bird with black face and blue head sits on a thin branch that is coming down from the upper left section of the fan. 
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Majolica Platter

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Prospetto del Lastricato e de'margini dell'antica via Appia, plate 25 of 'L'Anti

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Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
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(after Domenico Maria Canuti's Fresco in the Palace

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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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A Miraculous Healing by St. Anthony of Padua (recto) Same drawing in reverse (verso)

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Studies of Four Heads

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Ornamental Design: A Grotesque Winged Figure (recto); Beginning of an Architectu

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Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor&#39;s wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman&#39;s hand.
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Façade of a Cardinal's Palace Decorated for a Reception

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Study for an Altarpiece: Virgin and Child Enthroned between St. Peter and St. Pa

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Street Scene for Theatrical Set

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Map of the Sun. Illustration from, 'Mundus Subterraneus,' by Athanasius Kircher

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Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist, called the Virgin with the Long Thi

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Divers Manners of Ornamenting Chimneys Series. Pl. 48. Mantlepiece with frieze decorated with the head of Medusa between two centaurs. (Ch. dont la frise est décorée d'une tête de Méduse entre deux centaures.)

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No. 18a from the Opere varie series

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Arabesque Panel with Grotesques and Animals
A decorative design based on curving arabesque forms around a central axis also incorporates gortesque figures.
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Death Leading an Old Man to His Grave, No. 5 of The Five Deaths series

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Death Carrying a Woman on His Shoulder, No. 4 of The Five Deaths series

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Death Carrying a Child on His Back, No. 3 of The Five Deaths series

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Death Carrying a Child in His Arms, No. 2 of The Five Deaths series

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Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, No. 1 of The Five Deaths series

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A Door Knocker with Arms Resembling Those of the Medici

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An Arabesque Frieze with Alternative Suggestions

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Elymas the Prophet, Struck with Blindness by St. Paul

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An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Figures Personifying Justice and Prudence, the

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An Urn Decorated with a Mascaron, Rams' Heads Supporting a Garland between Shells, and Cloven Hoofs for Feet

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An Urn Decorated with Vestals Performing a Sacrifice and Below, Eagles; the Hand

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Urn Decorated with Two Seated Putti, Rams' Heads as Handles, Garlands and Cornuc

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An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Female Figures, Each Accompanied by a Putto, th

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An Urn Decorated with Draped Winged Mermaids, and in the Center an Oval Relief u

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An Urn Decorated with a Classical Relief, Two Seated Figures, and Rams' Heads Su

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An Urn Decorated with Two Winged Figures Holding a Relief, the Handles Formed by

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An Urn Decorated with Two Female Figures Seated on Rams' Heads and Stretching Op

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An Urn with Garlands and Snakes as Handles and Two Seated Mermaids Holding a Cro

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An Urn Decorated with Rosettes and Eagles Holding in their Beaks the Tails of Me

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Urn with Crocodiles and a Child Driving Sea-Creatures

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Painted Wall Decoration for a Bedroom, with Alternative Suggestions

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Fantasy of Roman Ruins (recto); Sketch of a Colonnade with Superstructure (Stage

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Studies of Birds

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Frieze, Soffits, Columns, plate 9 from Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi
A black and white etching depicting several fragments of friezes and columns, followed by textual descriptions in Italian.
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Study of Fragments of Etruscan Friezes at Corneto from Trattato della introduzione e del progresso delle belle arti in Europa ne’ tempi antichi
A black and white etching depicting several Etruscan friezes.
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Views of Rome. 51. Colonna Trajana

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View of the Principal Square of a North Italian Town

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Imaginary Prisons Series. Pl 9. Prison IX.

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Views of Rome. 79. Entrance Door to Part of the Villa Called the 'Sette Bassi' o

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Paestum Series. Pl. I. Vue de ce qui reste encore des murs de l'ancienne ville

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Pope Paul IV (obverse), Christ Giving the Keys to Peter (reverse)

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Roman Antiquities Series. Vol. III, Pl. V. Mattoni quadrati segati e linee diag

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The Virgin Mary, Infant Jesus, St. John and St. Joseph

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Empedocles
A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun&#39;s rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
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Marsiglio Carrara I (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Jacopino Carrara (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Niccolo Carrara (obverse); Horned Helmet (reverse)

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Ubertino Carrara (obverse); Winged Demon (reverse)

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Jacopo Carrara I (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Jacopo Carrara II (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Francesco Carrara II (obverse); Angel (reverse)

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Francesco Carrara I (obverse); Angel with Lamb (?) (reverse)

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Sketches of Seven Brackets, Two Vases, Two Capitals, a Lectern, Mascaron, Standi
Designs for bases, pitchers, capitals, lecturns, and wall brackets are scattered across the sheet. Most are quickly sketched and elaborate on the theme of scrolling designs.
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Susanna and the Elders
A nude woman sits at the edge of a pool in a garden with a fountain visible in the foreground. Two bearded men lean on a gate next to her. The closer figure extends his left hand toward the woman, while the other points toward a town visible in the distance.
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Standing Young Man

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Hercules
A nude man seen from behind raises a staff to ward off the blow of a standing female figure, also with a staff. The woman&#39;s swing is directed to two seated figures at the lower left: a nude woman and a satyr. In the distance is an elaborate gated city and landscape.
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L'Alliance de la Poésie et de la Musique (The Alliance of Poetry and Music)
Two women clad in flowing robes sit beneath a curved colonnade at the center of this delicately painted scene. The woman on the left, wearing a blue mantle, holds a lyre in her right hand and leans toward her companion, who holds open a musical score on her lap to which she points with her right hand. Books are piled on the steps next to the woman on the left and a putto sits next to her with a scroll unrolled across his lap. A second putto stands next to the other seated woman and plays a viol. A winged putto hovers over the heads of the two women, holding a small trumpet in his left hand and a laurel crown in his right, which he is about to place on the head of the woman with the lyre. Two bust-length portraits of men in oval frames wreathed with laurel hang from the columns in the background.
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MS leaf: Bifolio from a Missal

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Gradual

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Leaf from a Gradual with St. Lawrence
This leaf from a manuscript contains seven lines of Latin text with musical notation. The initial letter, &quot;C,&quot; of the opening word &quot;Confessio&quot; is made from a curved vegetal form. The text is preceded by a painted miniature in a circular frame that is, in turn, enclosed by a golden square. The miniature depicts a man with a tonsure and a golden halo standing in a verdant landscape. He holds a palm leaf in his left hand and rests his right hand on a grill. The left and upper margins of the page are decorated with green and pink leaves and flowers and small gold circles.
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Triumph of St. Michael; Verso: Female Head

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Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius

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Landscape with a Church beside a Lake
This drawing depicts a serene landscape. A road running alongside a stream appears in the foreground among rocky outcrops, thick vegetation and bushy trees. The vista opens out in the middle ground and includes a lake at the right with a church standing on its shores at the left. A town is visible on the far shore of the lake and low mountains rise in the distance.
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Cut Velvet

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Damask

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Damask

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Silk Brocade

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Standing Woman Holding a Crown

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Standing Man in a Turban

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Manuscript Leaf

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The Seated Violinist
This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.
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St. Simon
This black and white print has a vertical format with a single standing figure. The figure, shown in profile, has the right arm upraised with palm up. He is wearing voluminous drapery and has a halo and bare feet. There is a long bladed saw on the ground beside him.
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St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

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The Resurrection
A muscular figure surrounded by an aureole of light steps down from a plain rectangular tomb. Six soldiers, depicted in a variety of complex postures, recoil from the figure in shock.
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A Boar Hunt

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Corner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

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The Stag Brought to Bay (From a series of 9 prints, 'Chasses à différents animau

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A Hungarian Horseman (From a series of 11 prints, 'Cavaliers nègres, polonais et

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Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5.

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7 Items in this Learning Collection
The Bible: Abraham Approaching Sodom with Three Angels

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The Destruction of Sodom
This is a brown ink and wash drawing on a light background that depicts an expansive landscape with three figures in a row in the center area. The foreground shows a rocky, mountainous area with the figures standing on a ledge and square-shaped buildings, or walls, on a rise to the right. One figure is an old man with long white hair and a beard, who is wearing a draped robe and holding a staff. A woman is walking behind him on the path and balancing a vessel on her head. Another woman, behind her, has her arms at her side and looks downward. In the middle and far section of the drawing there is a walled city being destroyed with violent flooding of the city gates and eathquake-like destruction of the buildings. Far down the path a lone woman raises her hands in a gesture of distress. There are turbulent cloud formations in the sky.
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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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Cain Slaying Abel

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Der Erste Tag, from the series 'The Transformations of God'

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Cain and Abel

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Lot and His Daughters

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Copyright
All Rights Reserved ()

Eve Tempted by the Serpent

Accession Number
1967/1.38

Title
Eve Tempted by the Serpent

Artist(s)
Defendente Ferrari

Object Creation Date
1520-1525

Medium & Support
tempera on panel

Dimensions
14 1/2 x 14 1/16 x 1 5/16 in. (36.7 x 35.7 x 3.2 cm);14 1/2 x 14 1/16 x 1 5/16 in. (36.7 x 35.7 x 3.2 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Label copy
March 28, 2009
During the first third of the sixteenth century, Defendente Ferrari dominated the painting market around the northern Italian city of Turin. Alongside a number of large, complex altarpieces, Ferrari and his workshop also produced many smaller works for domestic settings, including this panel depicting Eve in the Garden of Eden. The circular frame gives the impression of a view through a window onto a paradise; the nude figure of Eve and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil tower in the foreground. The serpent—depicted with the leering head of a bearded man—coils around the tree trunk and invites Eve to eat the fruit from the tree even though God has forbidden it. Her nudity reveals that she still lives in a state of blessed ignorance. This bliss, however, will soon come to a tragic end, since she bends a branch with her right hand to reach the forbidden fruit at its tip. Adam probably appeared, ready to give in to temptation, on a now-lost pendant panel.

Subject matter
This panel represents Eve in the Garden of Eden tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (Genesis 3). The serpent appears with the leering head of a bearded man to demonstrate his diabolical nature. This panel originally formed part of a piece of furniture, perhaps a type of marriage chest known as a cassone, where it would have been complemented by other painted decoration, including a companion image of Adam.

Physical Description
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
panel painting

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Western

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Keywords
gardens (open spaces)
landscapes (representations)

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