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Symbolic and Spiritual Themes in Art

Artworks exploring profound themes of life, death, and spirituality through symbolic representations and emotional figures.

Maid with burning candle, Pierre Louis Dubourcq, 1839 print Netherlands paper. etching / drypoint maid ~ house personnel. chandelier, candelabrum (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
Maid with burning candle, Pierre Louis Dubourcq, 1839 print Netherlands paper. etching / drypoint maid ~ house personnel. chandelier, candelabrum (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
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Umbria Perugia Pale Eremo di S. Maria Giacobbe5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, fresco wall decoration. This structure was partly sculpted out of the rocks on the hillside and its interior is completely covered with frescoes dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. Above the main altar is a representation of S. Maria Giacobbe, by Lattanzio di Nicolo (1507). Object Notes: 2 sets of prints: earlier set does not have any negatives. Most prints from the second set are duplicates of the first. 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, citManmaker. .Man Seated at a Table, No. 1. Theodore Roszak; American, born Poland, 1907-1981. Date: 1934. Dimensions: 402 x 306 mm (image); 507 x 412 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on reddish orange wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Green Hat The Modister / Zielony Kapenusz Modistka pl. From portfolio: Women's Studies Le Paper Vert, Paris 1896, ed. The Original Print, print. Lemercier Vallotton, Félix (1865 1925), L'Estampe Original (André Marty), LemercierEmilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara S. Francesco8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculpture, tomb monuments. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, ceramics, frescoes, painting Specific Location: Via Savonarola Object Notes: Ferrarese Franciscan Archive was burned by soldiers in 1494; Founding date today is set at 1227. General Notes: Includes second set of 17 post-med photos with same numbering system. These have been labeled "B". 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.Girls in a high hat; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); 1920 (1920-00-00-1920-00-00);Oscar Wilde et Romain Coolus (Oscar Wilde and RomainCoolus). Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901The Doll (Die Puppe). Artist: Ernst Barlach (German, Wedel 1870-1938 Rostock). Dimensions: image: 9 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches (24.5 x 32.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: Der Tote Tag, 1912. Date: 1912. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The pillory of 1871 / N ° 2 / Lauriers of Mr. Thiers.Naked man with eyes closed, Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1915 print A naked man with eyes closed and her that falls over his shoulders. In the background a building with towers. At the bottom right three lines from the poem 'O mon dieu, vous m'avez blessé d'amour' by the French poet Paul Verlaine: 'O mon dieu, votre crosse m'a frappé / et la brûlure est encor là qui tonne / o monte Dieu Votre Crinte M'a Frappé '. paper drypoint man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. eyes closedSilhouetportret van Flora, Jan Brandes, 1780 - 1785 drawing Silhouette of Bustel van Flora, a slave -made woman from the household of Jan Brandes in Batavia. Framed. Jakarta paper. pencil. ink brush slavery; serfs and the enslaved. historical persons - BB - woman Batavia(UN CUISINIER.). Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Carl Anton Reichel's 1936 etching 'Labbu' portrays a seated male figure, emphasizing posture and form. Reichel's work is characterized by meticulous detail and expressive line work.Édouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883). The Boy and a Dog (Le Garc¸on et le chien), 1861. Etching on thin laid paper from bound volume. Third of three states. Tram horses. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: 1867 - 1923. Measurements: h 201 mm × w 130 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Marguerite Carrière. Eugène Carrière; French, 1849-1906. Date: 1901. Dimensions: 432 × 347 mm (image/chine); 567 × 492 mm (sheet). Lithograph from three stones in black, gray, and brown on China paper laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Human Figures, Rein Dool, 1969 print Human figures with ellipse -shaped hulls, under an object in the form of a bell with a smooth shade on the inside, circles and ellipsen in the background. paperZittende Man, Op De Rug Gezien, Katsushika Hokusai (Attributed to), 1780-1849 Japan paper Japan paperHead of a young woman, surrounded by roses, Edmond François Aman -Jean, 1870 - 1935 print Paris paper head turned to the left - AA - female human figure. flowers: roseBent woman standing. Draughtsman: Jac van Looij. Dating: 1865 - 1930. Measurements: h 403 mm × w 297 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Smiling man, Jan Chalon, 1748 - 1795Rock. Pierre (Pierre Henry Ferdinand Massignon, dit) (n.1855-08-02-D.1922-01-18), Le Temps (main title), 1907. Gypsography, brown, brown and black draw. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.(La Femme Visible), 'The Visible Woman' 1930 by Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist artistPierrot II, Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1918 print A pierrot looks at the open book in his hands. Left in the background the full moon above a church. paper drypoint types in 'commedia dell'arte': Pierrot. readingDark Peak. Odilon Redon; French, 1840-1916. Date: 1887. Dimensions: 167 × 90 mm (image); 271 × 185 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory Japanese paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.The miseryDutch Schnapps, 1885-1893. Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919). Drypoint;Paris, Pellet, Gustave, Lemercier & Cie., Duchatel, E., France, Redon, Odilon, Tête d'enfant avec fleurs, Child's head with flowers, verso middle bottom - stamped, Head of a girl with curly hair among the flowers., print, prints, height 251 mm, width 213 mm, French, 1840-04-22 - 1916-07-06, print maker, printmaker, 1897 - 1897, fourth quarter 19th century, chine collé, lithography (technique), color printing, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1859 - 1919, publisherWaterpuwer of Notre-Dame in Paris, Marie Danse, 1889 print paper etching / drypoint piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. parts of church exterior and annexes. ornament ~ hybrid animals Our LadyThe Horrors of War: This Is Bad. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Etching;Sharpening the Scythe, 1905. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945). Etching;Bird Girl, Sonia Gramatté (Vogelmädchen, Sonia Gramatté). Dated: 1922 (). Dimensions: sheet: 53.5 × 38 cm (21 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.) plate: 22 × 21 cm (8 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.). Medium: etching and engraving, printed in blue. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter Gramatté.A skeleton selling plucked chickens from a broadside entitled 'Una Calavera Chusca' José Guadalupe Posada Mexican Printer José Sanchez Mexican ca. 1880-1910 View more. A skeleton selling plucked chickens from a broadside entitled 'Una Calavera Chusca'. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1880-1910. Zincograph. PrintsPortrait of a woman with bare torso, Huib Luns, 1917 print paper historical persons. adult womanThe embrace. .Nancy Outside in July XX: Among French Plants. Jim Dine (American, born 1935); printed and published by Aldo Crommelynck (French, 1931-2008). Date: 1981. Dimensions: 596 x 498 mm (image/plate); 917 x 635 mm (sheet). Photogravure and aquatint from three copper plates in black and orange on white wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Untitled, Karl Wiener -, artistWoman with Hand Raised Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929). Woman with Hand Raised, n.d. Watercolor and graphite on paper, Sheet (slightly irregular): 12 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. (31.6 x 24.8 cm). American Art n.d.JOVEN CON MANTON - DIBUJO -. Author: JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.Pierrot and Ruiter on a dressage horse, Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1934 print A pierrot with a book in his hands, standing by a curtain. In the background a figure that drives a slope on a dressage horse. With this second state of the print, a drum has been added to the foreground. paper drypoint types in 'commedia dell'arte': Pierrot. horses (circus performance)He holds the bronze vase up, Odilon Redon, 1888 print A woman and a man standing. The man holds up a vase from which light rays come. Fourth print of ten from the first series of illustrations for Gustave Flauberts the temptation of Saint Antonius. print maker: Franceprinter: Parispublisher: Brussels . temptations of St. Antony Abbot. adult man. adult woman. container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tinOdilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), Sur le fond de nos nuits dieu de son doigt savant dessine un cauchemar multiforme et sans treve (On backdrop of our nights God with His knowing finger traces a multiform implacable nightmare), 1890, lithographSitting man with a hat, anonymous, 1684 print Netherlands paper adult man (+ sitting)Two bathers in rough water , Seas, Swimmers, Wading. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). PrintsArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Study for Upon Julias Clothes, p. 35 of Robert Herricks Poems, Graphite, brown wash, gouache, Green wove, 54 × 37.3 cm (21 1/4 × 14 11/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and WatercolorsPortrait of Bouke Ylstra, Rein Dool, 1977 drawing Portrait of the artist Bouke Ylstra (and Profil), a cigarette clamped between his lips, reaching for a bottle. paper. India ink (ink)Plate from l'Assommoir (dancing woman with circle of onlookers) Printed 1879 France. Drypoint and plate tone on ivory laid paper . Gaston La ToucheJacques Damour by Emile Zola , BooksLa Nuit. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1895. Dimensions: 342 × 142 mm (image); 418 × 306 mm (sheet). Photorelief print in blue, yellow and black on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Work entitled Old Woman On A Bench by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). This work was produced in 1902.The Boat Building Arthur William Heintzelman (American, 1891-1965). , 1918. Etching American Art 1918Mother with baby in front of a window, Maurice Denis, 1900 print print maker: Parispublisher: Leipzig paper mother and baby or young child. ships (in general)À Edgar Poe (Un masque sonne le glas funèbre) To Edgar Poe (A Mask Sounds the Death Knell). Odilon Redon (France, Bordeaux, 1840-1916). France, 1882. Prints; lithographs. LithographThe Skiapods: "The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!", plate 6 of 6. Odilon Redon; French, 1840-1916. Date: 1889. Dimensions: 277 × 210 mm (image/chine); 451 × 345 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.À Edgar Poe (Devant le noir soleil de la Mélancolie, Lénore apparaît). Odilon Redon (France, Bordeaux, 1840-1916). France, 1882. Prints; lithographs. LithographEmilia-Romagna Forli Rimini Palazzo Comunale, Museo e Pinacoteca Comunale5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.Flowers (Black and White). Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987); printed by Alexander Heinrici (American, 20th-21st centries); published by Peter M. Brant, Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc. Date: 1973-1974. Dimensions: 1038 x 692 mm (sheet). Screenprint on ivory wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Plant study; Prime forms of art. Facher enlargement. Afkomsig uit losbladige Uitgave.Les Vautours. Rudolf Mumprecht; Swiss, born 1918. Date: 1955. Dimensions: 328 x 267 mm (image); 557 x 381 mm (sheet). Etching in black on paper. Origin: Switzerland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Frairka his; Bart Omiejczyk, Edmund Ludwik (1885-1950); 1926 (1926-00-00-1926-00-00);The Laundress. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1898. Dimensions: 240 × 122 mm (image/plate); 361 × 272 mm (sheet). Aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Arthur-Joseph Guéniot (1866-1951). Study sheet with five different subjects. Feather. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Drawing, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th centuryMan with hat and glasses, Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1914 print Netherlands paper drypoint head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes)Caricature of Abraham Kuyper, after the trip to Brussels and the Van Heeckeren case, Albert Hahn (I), 1904 - 1949 drawing Design for a print. pencil. paper. deck paint. ink pen / brush political caricatures and satires. caricatures (human types). historical personsArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Study of an Angel, for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in1901), Pen and ink, graphite (recto and verso), Composition board, 23.5 × 13.1 cm (9 1/4 × 5 3/16in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsThree-member visionRed rose. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 225 mm × w 145 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Torero mort (DeadToreador). Artist: Édouard Manet, French, 1832-1883Wasgoed met briefje C.G. van Teesling B-1-1 21-2-42. Zelfportretten van Cor van Teeseling (series title). Draughtsman: Cor van Teeseling. Dating: 21-Feb-1942. Place: Weteringschans (Amsterdam). Measurements: h 24.0 cm × w 32.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Holmberg, Werner, work, Seven rococo ornaments, 1848-1860, pencil, drawing, ORNAMENT; rococo-style patterns, 21 cm x 17 cmFrau von Allmen, Mürren (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook). Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (28.3 x 23.5 cm). Date: 1870. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Kollwitz, Käthe, work, Hunger, 1923, woodcut, graphics, 43.5 cm x 34 cmNocturnal meeting, Erich Wichmann, 1923 print Two figures stand next to each other and each look in a different direction. paper caricatures (human types)Japan: 'E-Karuta' (Playing Card), watercolour painting by Shigeru Aoki, 1904, Kawamura Art Museum, Sakura. Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911) was a Japanese painter famed for his combining of Japanese mythology and legends with the Western-style art movement that could be found in some late 19th and early 20th century Japanese paintings. Aoki was born into an ex-samurai household in northern Kyushu. He left his home in 1899 to pursue artistic studies in Tokyo, and soon began to accumulate critical acclaim for his artwork and its use of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood techniques mixed with Kojiki themes. He died in March 1911 from tuberculosis, aged only 28.Jan Lorentowicz's exlibris; Siedlecki, Franciszek (1867-1934); 1905 (1905-00-00-1905-00-00);Lorentowicz, Jan (1868-1940), Lorentowicz, Jan (1868-1940)-exlibris, Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship)-headquarters of the addressee of the exlibris, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862- 1944) - collection, allegorical and symbolic exlibris, Polish graphics, women, Poland (culture), owls, symbolism (style)Couple from East Prussia (Ostpreussisches Ehepaar). Dated: 1916. Dimensions: plate: 18 x 11.7 cm (7 1/16 x 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 31.8 x 23.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.). Medium: drypoint in black on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lovis Corinth.Image reproduction: Stefan Filipkiewicz (1879-1944), different; And after. 20th century (1880-00-00-1880-00-00);Design Book cover, 1925 drawing Design book cover for Paul Fierens, "L'art Hollandais Contemporain" (Paris 1933). paper. pencil. chalkSeaweed Gatherers, Yport. Émile Schuffenecker; French, 1851-1934. Date: 1889. Dimensions: 475 × 311 mm. Charcoal with touches of stumping on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Claude Emile Schuffenecker.The Kiss IV 1902 Norway. Woodcut printed from two blocks (one sawn into two sections) in gray-brown and black ink on cream Japanese paper . Edvard MunchNapoleon 1895 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901/French) Lithograph 3 / News / Tape hard! It would only have to come back !!! (IT)Drapery study. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 175 mm × w 161 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.La Nuit Published 1895 France. Photorelief print in blue, yellow and black on ivory wove paper . Théophile-Alexandre Pierre SteinlenDish of Apples andPears. Artist: Marsden Hartley, American, 1877-1943And He Had in His Right Hand Seven Stars; and Out of His Mouth Went a Sharp Two-Edged Sword, plate 1 of 12 Made 1899 France. Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper . Odilon RedonOld Woman (Mother Müller) (Alte Bünderin Mütter Müller) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938). Old Woman (Mother Müller) (Alte Bünderin Mütter Müller), 1918. Woodcut on heavy wove paper, Image: 20 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (51.1 x 34.3 cm). European Art 1918Hanako 1907 Auguste Rodin French Rodin first met the Japanese actress Ohta Hisa, known as Hanako, at the 1906 Colonial Exhibition in Marseilles and invited her to pose for him in Paris. The following year, while engaged in a successful run at the Thétre Moderne, Hanako made at least three visits to Rodins studio. The sessions resulted in numerous portraits, including this enigmatic drawing with the face and hands partially obscured by a semi-opaque layer of gray gouache. Perhaps dissatisfied with his first attempt, Rodin reprised the face in brown ink on the right. Both the simplified line drawing and the semi-effaced version of the portrait appear distinctly mask-like.. Hanako. Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). 1907. Graphite, pen and brown ink, gouache-wash and red crayon. DrawingsPablo Picasso / "El abrazo VI", 1963, Engraving (Aquatint to sugar, sandpaper, scratching and drypoint on copper plate, printed on vellum paper Rives), 45.4 x 50.5 cm, MPB 70.405. Museum: Museu Picasso de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.Print from Drawing Book. Dated: c. 1610/1620. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luca Ciamberlano.Jozef's dream, Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1931 print Joseph on the right in the foreground, sleeping on a couch in a garden. Behind him the Archangel Gabriël, who appears to Joseph in a dream. On the left in the foreground the carpentry tool of Joseph. In the background a house with a walled garden. paper drypoint the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools. dream. angelsPostcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, Pudel, Moriz Jung -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing HousePreparing for the Dance, from Mexican Mother. Jean Charlot; American, born France, 1898-1979. Date: 1947. Dimensions: 284 x 237 mm. Color lithograph on paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Fanny (Mme. D. G.). Henri Matisse; French, 1869-1954. Date: 1914. Dimensions: 155 × 57 mm (image/primary support); 160 × 60 mm (plate); 280 × 188 mm (secondary support). Etching in black on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Teaches "at the rose" rue Saint-Antoine, 4th arrondissement Jean-Jules Dufour (1889-1945), French painter. Teaches at the rose rue Saint-Antoine. Paris (IVEM ARR.). Fountain ink from China on cream paper. 1908.The femme fatale, Z: Women's Studies Le Paper Vert, Paris: LEstampe Original (A. Marty) E, 1896 Feure, Georges de (1868 1943) W A C. Van Sluÿters, Joseph, L'Estampe Original (André Marty), Lemercier, Alfred Léon (XIX W.)Proserpine - Figure Study, 1872-73. Artist: Gabriel Dante RossettiDagmar 1912 Anders Zorn Swedish. Dagmar. Anders Zorn (Swedish, Mora 1860-1920 Mora). 1912. Etching; only state. PrintsArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Early figure study for The Spirit of Religious Liberty mural or for The Hours ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Black, white, and red chalks, Black wove, 72.2 × 57.2 cm (28 7/16 × 22 1/2 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and WatercolorsCampania Benevento Sant'Agata de' Goti Chiesa dell'Annunziata1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture (13-14th centuries). Post-medieval: Marble portal (1563), with bas-relief in lunette; paintings on panel and canvas; frescos (14-15th centuries) 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.