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Title

Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus

Artist

Joseph Buzot

Physical Description

The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780

Accession Number

2001/2.82

Medium and Support

gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:51

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

altars and altar components

animals and creatures

architectural elements

architectural elements by building type

birds

ceremonies

components

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components by specific context

descriptors

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enclosing structural elements

european

european styles and periods

events

figure- and animal-derived motifs

measuring devices

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metallizing

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

modern french styles and movements

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religious building fixtures

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sculpture

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structural elements

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styles and periods

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surface covering processes and techniques

timepieces

timepieces by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wall components

wall components by form or function

walls and wall components

Title

Leaf from a book of hours with a funeral mass

Artist

Gold Scrolls Group

Physical Description

This miniature painting depicts a group of male figures gathered around a coffin draped with a blue cloth. Two pairs of candles set on tall candlesticks are placed at the head and foot of the coffin. To the left of the coffin stand four mourners wearing long gray robes with hoods. Facing them from the other side of the coffin are three tonsured clergymen dressed in white, who look at an open book placed before them. The group stands upon a green tiled floor next to a pink wall. The background is painted red and decorated with an exuberant pattern of gold scrolling foliage motifs.

Artist Life Dates

active circa 1415-1450

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1415-1455

Accession Number

1993/2.8

Medium and Support

ink, tempera, gold, and silver alloy on parchment

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:29:47

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

candleholders

candles and candleholders

ceremonial containers

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events

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furnishings

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lighting devices

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people

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religions

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Title

The Circumcision (Life of the Virgin Series)

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Physical Description

A crowd gathers in the side chapel of a church around a group of seated figures and an infant. A man with a long flowing beard sits and holds the infant in his hands above a plate, while another man leans forward in his chair and peers through his spectacles at the child as he performs a circumcision. A plaque with the artist's initials, "HG," lies on the floor in the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1594

Accession Number

1976/2.137

Medium and Support

engraving on ivory laid paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:14:44

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Baptism of a Warrior by a Bishop Saint (recto); Young Woman's Head (verso)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1970/2.17

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with gray wash and black chalk on cream paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:08:53

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

christian clergy

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Title

Christ giving communion to the Apostles in an historiated initial "C"

Artist

Artist Unknown, Netherlands

Physical Description

Eight robed male figures, each with a halo, kneel before a v-shaped bench or rail. They face a male figure with a crossed halo that stands on the other side of the bench, holding a golden chalice in his left hand and a circular white wafer imprinted with a crucifixion scene in his right. An altar draped with a red cloth appears behind him. The entire scene is enframed within the letter "C."

Century

Mid-15th century

Object Creation Date

1440-1460

Accession Number

1968/2.44

Medium and Support

tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:07:33

Secondary Keywords

altar and altar component coverings and hangings

altars and altar components

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celebrations

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Title

Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists

Artist

Artist Unknown, Greece

Physical Description

This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

1650-1800

Accession Number

1961/1.177

Medium and Support

boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones

Date Added/Updated

2012-11-25 18:12:57

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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europe (continent)

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