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Biblical Illustrations from History

Wood engravings featuring biblical scenes, illustrating moral and narrative themes, showcasing craftsmanship in early printmaking techniques.

Bible illustrations, c. 1550 - c. 1699 wood (plant material)
Bible illustrations, c. 1550 - c. 1699 wood (plant material)
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Constantin Meunier, Sculptor 1899 Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier. Constantin Meunier, Sculptor 208072
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Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup) mid-5th century B.C. Greek, Attic Interior, Nike holding a phiale in her right hand and grasping her drapery with her left hand, youth in three quarter view, with himation draped around waist and lower body, whose left elbow is leaning on a stick, with right hand on hip; Obverse, handle palmette, drapery, lower legs and feet of figure, figure with chlamys, striped boots and stick, lower drapery, legs, and feet of figure with stick; Reverse, handle palmette, lower legs and feet of figure, figure with chlamys, striped boots and stick, lower drapery, legs, and feet of figure with stick. Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup). Greek, Attic. mid-5th century B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases
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Evening Star, c. 1851-1855, Erastus Dow Palmer, American (New York), American, 1817-1904, 20 in. (50.8 cm) (diameter), Marble, United States, 19th century
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Antoine-Louis Bare (1795-1875). "Jaguar devouring a crocodile". Red brown patinated bronze mounted on veined green marble base. Around 1850. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Statuette, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, animal
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Renovation of the Stadsschouwburg of Amsterdam, Penning donated to Mayor Cornelis Jacob Arnoldus den Tex, municipal council and theater commissioners Joh. Hilman, Jan Fred. Tack Hz. and Abr. Johannes de Bull, Jacob Samuel Cohen Elion, 1873 - 1874 Bronze medal. Front: Crowned woman with coat of arms, representing city of Amsterdam, is on a throne for elevation; Around her three muses, one of which is bust with a hammer and chisel, holding a second palette with brushes and staff and draws third with a passer on the image of the building; In front of throne is young man with laurel wreath in her and oak leaves and musical instrument in hand; Cut: signature. Reverse: inscription inside Omnipia. Amsterdam bronze (metal) striking (metalworking) Amsterdam. Schouwburg Leidseplein (1774-1890)
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Fliese des Alcazar von Nájera tile of the Alcazar of Nájera, 15th century, Museo Histórico Arqueológico Najerillense, Nájera, La Rioja, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22945981
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Photo album (empty), anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1900 Photo album with two paint panels. The original leather tire ridge has been replaced by (presumably) linen. Four people with a parasol on the front panel, in ivory. The rear panel is plain black. The album contains nine cardboard sheets covered with silk. Each page has recesses for cabinet photos and cartes-de-visiting. Painted decorations have been applied around it: flowers, birds and landscapes. lacquer (coating). wood (plant material). linen (material). ivory. silk. textile materials. cardboard. paper. deck paint. watercolor (paint) brush book. adult woman. adult man. child. parasol, sunshade
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White Metal Plaquette from France of ClaudeBernard. Artist: Alfred Borrel, French, 1836-1927 Engraver: Deschiens, French
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William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829.
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Jubilee exhibition, gymnastic championship; Vernon, Frederic (1858-1912); 1900 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);Partage Plus, Vernon, Frederic (1858-1912), gymnastic championships, plaques, secession (style), winged goddess (iconogr.)
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Intarse work made of copper on an Art Nouveau buffalo cabinet. Intarse work made of copper on an Art Nouveau buffalo cabinet.
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Saint George. Enamel, 16th century.
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Light screen with a combat scene between a man and a lion, Franz Anton Siebel, 1825 Rectangular diamond, painted with a combat scene in the Manenschijn: a man in a harness - perhaps David or Simson - defends himself with a battle ax against a lion, while behind him a boy, anxiously reversing, flees away. In the background a house wall and a seascape behind trees. Along the edges an egg list, branch ornaments on the corners. Right under the signature F.Siebel 1825. The window is caught in a black wooden frame, crowned by a tympanum of Thuja rootwood, which slides into an equally black wooden standard. Lichtenfels glass. fruitwood glassblowing Rectangular diamond, painted with a combat scene in the Manenschijn: a man in a harness - perhaps David or Simson - defends himself with a battle ax against a lion, while behind him a boy, anxiously reversing, flees away. In the background a house wall and a seascape behind trees. Along the edges an egg list, branch ornaments on the corners. Right
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Leda and the Swan
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Bernwardstuer, Hildesheim Cathedral, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869) said Dantan the young. Daniel O'Connel (1775-1847), Irish politician and William Cobbett (1762-1835), English publicist. Terracotta patinated plaster. 1834. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 53355-8 English, politician, Irish, patina patina, portrait, publicist, terracotta
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Lazio Roma Rome Ss. Marcellino e Pietro2. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculptural relief. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting. Object Notes: Of remote origins (4th century), it was reconstructed in 1751 by Theodoli. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Tile (USA); Made by Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts (United States); press-molded glazed terra cotta (red earthenware); L x W: 15.6 × 15.6 × 2.2 cm (6 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 7/8 in.)
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Title Unknown by van Hohendyck
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Jean Carriès (1855-1894). "Inco -colored masks", in bluish gray enameled sandstone. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 24846-18 Collaboration, ceramic, gres emaille, blue gray, man, mask, face
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Medal of TheobaldSmith. Subject: Theobald Smith, American, 1859-1934 Artist: Bela Lyon Pratt, American, 1867-1917, Art School Certificate of Completion, 1888, B.F.A. 1899
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Jean-Paul Aubé (1837-1916). "La Source", 1898. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 26976-12 Water, woman, female nude, nudite, source, naked, naked
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Fragmented foundation panel with inscription, from Gaua, Bengal. Dated 15th Century
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Agriculture (for the St. Louis Exhibition, 1904) 1904 Daniel Jean-Baptiste Dupuis. Agriculture (for the St. Louis Exhibition, 1904) 193101
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Drawing, Liberty, Cartoon for Mosaic in Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919); USA; charcoal on tan paper; 79.7 × 80 cm (31 3/8 × 31 1/2 in.)
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Ode to Napoleon, Anonymous, 1799 lacquer panel Rectangular black lacquered copper plate with rotatable three -lobe copper bearing eye. Front: bust of Napoleon in gold and gray, three -quarters to the right, in medallion with a golden edge surrounded by gold horizontal arcing, including inscription in gold surrounded by pearl edge and gold arcing: bonaparte, / prime minister consul de la république française, / le 18 Brumire, An VIII, entirely under the presentation of a battle with clouds above which gods, angels, and putti with attributes. Ridays black painted, a flower branch with mother -of -pearl in the middle. Japan copper (metal). lacquer (coating). gold (metal). gold (metal). mother of pearl lacquering / inlay (process) 'Victoria'; 'Vittoria', 'Naval victory', 'Victory of antiqui' (Ripa) France