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in. with fringe Classification: Hide-Containers Credit Line: Bequest of John B.
in. with fringe Classification: Hide-Containers Credit Line: Bequest of John B.
Various degrees of realism and sculptural modeling appear in the figurines, which have
This is in fact the repeating story of the Spanish guitar: the innovations of Spain’s virtuosic musicians and ingenious craftsmen disperse to captivate and transform guitar-playing traditions around the world.
original owners of the Venetian Baroque guitar by Matteo Sellas ( 1990.103) may have
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curators, donors, and surprising behind-the-scenes figures whose contributions have
?Jean Dollfus, Paris (in 1908); sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 20, 1985, no. 64 [Trinity in present (engaged) frame, but surmounting a Crucifixion], attributed to Alegretto Nuzi, for Fr 280,000 to Wildenstein; [Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1985–89]
The frame may have been made for one of these copies.
They have large eyes with inlaid pupils, only one of which survives intact.
1840s, excavated under the direction of Austen Henry Layard; 1849, presented by Layard to Lady Charlotte Guest for Canford Manor, Dorsetshire (Dorset), England; 1919, purchased by Dikran Kelekian from Ivor Churchill Guest; 1927, purchased by J
This cone, called by the Assyrians a "purifier," seems to have been used to sprinkle
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Many contemporary objects manifest the attendant risks and potential joys of bearing offspring.
into the cold and the wind until her health is fully restored and all her limbs have
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