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.
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The artist (possibly given to Andrieu); Pierre Andrieu (French)(until at least 1864); member of the Orléans family, possibly Philippe d’Orleans (French), comte de Paris, Château d’Eu, Normandy (by 1891-d
. (73.7 × 57.2 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift from the Karen B.
Andrews, 1976 Object Number: 1976.254.6a, b The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
as by Lanini; his estate sale, Christie’s, London, April 8, 1886, no. 235, as by B.
small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the Etruscan alphabet, may have
The Artist: Antonio Vivarini was a member of a family documented on the island of Murano (Venice) and Padua from the second half of the fourteenth century. His father, Michele, and the founder of the family, „Vivarinus vitruarius,“ were both glassmakers
1450 Not on view This painting belongs to a series of eight scenes that would have
All relics bestowed honor and privileges upon the possessor, and monasteries and cathedrals sought to hold the most prestigious. Some relics were even stolen from one church, only to find a new home in another.
Medieval reliquaries frequently assume the form of caskets (chasses) ( 2002.483.3a,b)
metallic thread Credit Line: Gift of Alice Topp-Lee, 1978 Object Number: 1978.250a, b
Tomb Pottery Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1951 Object Number: 51.156.1 [ Nellie B.
