Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned – Ethiopian – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309529
Christ child on her right side, and holds a mappula (handkerchief) in her left hand
Christ child on her right side, and holds a mappula (handkerchief) in her left hand
Although arms and armor are most commonly associated with warfare, both were used in other contexts, including hunting, tournaments, and as parade costume.
Armor Italian ca. 1400–1450 and later Hand-and-a-Half Sword probably German
Inscription: On the verso of the parchment mount: in the center, a painted medallion with the arms of Frederick, fourth marquess of Londonderry, and inscribed FREDERICH MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY ROMA MDCCCLVI
1483/84–1561 Bruges) ca. 1530–35 The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful
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15th–early 16th century Falchion Italian, Venice ca. 1490 Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Carly Still, assistant horticulturist at The Cloisters, discusses the importance of beauty and fragrance in the medieval appreciation of flowers.
symbolic associations, it overflowed with practical uses: rose water was made for hand
Not on view This diminutive head of a crowned king fits into the palm of the hand
The invention of lithography around 1800 made it possible to produce an extraordinarily large edition of prints from a single drawing executed on a block of limestone.
seemingly looking backwards, reexamined the special qualities of prints made by hand
During the 1580s, the Carracci were painting the most radical and innovative pictures in Europe.
In Rome, Annibale’s painting was transformed through his first-hand encounter with
Inscription: Inscribed in lower margin: „Coup d’Å“il exact de l’arrangement des Peintures au Salon du Louvre en 1785. / Gravé de mémoire, et terminé durant le temps de l’exposition/ a Paris, chez Bornet, Peintre en miniature, Rue Guénégaud, no
Along the right-hand wall is Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
The base, enamel dial with bold roman numerals, and steel hand that indicates the