Varvara Nikolaevna was born on July 7, 1762. The daughter of Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1727–1787) and Princess Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Golovina (1728–1769), she married Prince Sergei Sergeyevich Gagarin (1745–1798)
James B.
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Reconstruction of the so-called Cuirass-Torso from the Athenian Acropolis, Variant B
The Artist: Giotto is the key figure of Western painting. His emphasis on solidly described figures and his exploration of a rational pictorial space set the course of European art for the next five hundred years
B. B. "The Adoration of the Kings by a Pupil of Giotto."
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23(2), part 1: p. 54–57, figs. 1–
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23(2), part 1: p. 54–57, figs. 1–
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 41 (4), Spring 1984, p. 53, fig. 73.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987. no. 17, p. 41.
(p. 173). Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Inscription: (top center): F [image of a knot] R (too fragmentary for interpretation, most likely added later as a reference to Francius de La Rochedfoucauld) (in each corner): : A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)(on two dog collars): A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)
Paris: Henri Laurens, 1929. p. 326. Rorimer, James J.
JugMade from transparent yellowish colorless glass, this jug has a rounded body narrowed at the base of the neck and a flared opening. It stands on a low foot ring with a pontil mark at the base, and a handle with a thumb rest is attached at the rim and body
Kroger 1995, p. 14.
1960, excavated under the direction of Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1960, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
New York: Dutton, no. 52, p. 108.
