Jean-Baptiste Greuze – The Marriage Contract – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/399623
initially conceived as tilted to the left, towards the bride; the father’s right hand
initially conceived as tilted to the left, towards the bride; the father’s right hand
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Using the Astronomicum Caesareum Book With its hand-colored illustrations, this
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1929, printed later [Woman with Bouquet] James Van Der Zee 1938 [School Girls Hand-in-Hand
One of the most important engravers and print publishers of his time, [Hendrick Goltzius] is most widely known today for the Mannerist engravings that he and his workshop produced during the period between 1585 and 1589.
was burned in a fire as a child, an accident that permanently damaged his right hand
Inscription: Recto, lower center, in pen and red ink, in Richardson’s hand: Rubens
1995.401 Inscription: Recto, lower center, in pen and red ink, in Richardson’s hand
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19th–20th century Hand Cross (mäsqäl) Amhara or Tigrinya peoples 18th century
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Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl) Amhara or Tigrinya peoples 15th–16th century Hand
With the decline of Ashikaga power in the 1560s, the feudal barons, or daimyos, began their struggle for control of Japan. The ensuing four decades of constant warfare are known as the Momoyama (Peach Hill) period.
On the one hand, the art of this period was characterized by a robust, opulent, and
Tbilisi, Georgia, 1874–Paris, 1964
to pay his bill of $115 with a check, slightly bigger than life-size, entirely hand-drawn
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Group of 42 Stereograph Views From the London Stereoscopic Company, 1860-1870, Many Hand-Colored