Pedro Fuentes – Guitar – Spanish – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503432
In 1860, Fuentes is said to have made a highly ornate guitar for the Royal Chamber
In 1860, Fuentes is said to have made a highly ornate guitar for the Royal Chamber
Scholars have suggested that the prominent display of pulleys, hanging over the weaverâ
Flat crossbars with holes on the bases of the figures indicate that they may once have
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Inscription: (on each corner and in center): A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)(on red horn): W [backwards E] D H N O H N M E H O M (too fragmentary for interpretation)
B. Lippincott, 1925. pl. VI, b–d. Breck, Joseph.
There is no record of this picture prior to its purchase between 1882 and 1884 by William Graham (1817–1885), a Glasgow merchant, major supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites, and notable collector of early Italian paintings
original, though like the haloes, has lost whatever glazes or decoration there may have
BottleThis bottle clearly illustrates the transitional phase of development between Late Antique and early Islamic period artifacts. Of all the crafts, glassmaking was perhaps the most conservative in terms of both artistic continuity over time and the transfer of skills and ideas from one generation to another
As a rule, Late Roman glass did not have a pontil mark, and neither does this bottle
This work depicts an idealized male leader that would have been the companion to
Tomb Pottery Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1951 Object Number: 51.156.1 [ Nellie B.
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