Purchased from Eustache de Lorey, Paris, 1934; continuously exhibited and frequently published since that time; included in interational exhibition Cleopatra’s Egypt, Brooklyn and Munich, 1988, and La Gloire d’Alexandrie, Paris 1998
Nectanebo’s Egyptian name, Nakhthorheb: nakht, the sword held in the king’s left hand
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More than one bead is inscribed, "Let us raise our heart by hand to God of the heavens
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Nude with Arms on Head Henri Matisse 1904; this cast, 1996 Seated Figure, Right Hand
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Accession Number (9-0) View on the Catskill—Early Autumn Thomas Cole 1836–37 Hand
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Hand amulet ca. 2150–1950 B.C. Bundle Amulet ca. 2150–1950 B.C.
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12th century One of the Four Heavenly Kings Japan late 11th–early 12th century Hand
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probably Milan ca. 1570 Breastplate Italian ca. 1490 Gauntlet Cuff for the Right Hand
Managing Editor Michael Cirigliano II takes a walk through an exhibition of works on paper by Eugène Delacroix with Assistant Curator Ashley Dunn to discuss Delacroix’s artistic practice, as well as his love of nature and literature.
Rubens’s The Flight into Egypt, where he selected these very small details: the hand
The artistic expressions of the Wari and Tiwanaku societies dominated the Central Andes for nearly five hundred years (600–1000 CE).
who often repeated a limited iconographic repertoire that reflected, on the one hand
