Played with the mouth facing upward, smaller examples could be held in the hand while
Inscription: Signed in pencil on the verso: „James Van Der Zee [sideways]“; artist’s printed address label, verso C: „Jas Vanderzee // 176 W. 94 Street // New York, N.Y. 10025“; stamped in ink, verso TC: „Negro Art Adv
„; dated in pencil in an unknown hand, verso C: „1926“; numerous (dealer’s?)
Oracle in hand, the Libyan Sibyl, eldest of the legendary prophetesses of antiquity
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Schongauer 1470–1485 Coronation of the Virgin France ca. 1455–60 The Right Hand
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Popular, Mexico City 1950 The Arts (Las Artes): a printing press, a sculptor, a hand
1827–1909 Aachen) ca. 1870–95 Pendant 17th century Pendant in the form of a hand
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Explore the use of animals as symbols in medieval art with viewing questions and a group drawing activity at The Met Cloisters or in the classroom.
the paper to your neighbor, who will draw a body in the center section and then hand
Florentine woodcuts were generally shaded with parallel lines that give a sense of depth and sculptural form.
artists/makers ca. 1495–1500 In Venice at the end of the fifteenth century, both hand-illuminated
mouth of a column krater, bent forward with his head between his legs, in his right hand
