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- Title
- Royal Attendant for a Buddhist Shrine (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.448.2
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with glass and tin inlay
- relevance
- rank 9.73120
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhism
- royalty
- Title
- Bodhisattva or royal donor figure: part of a Buddhist altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.76
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.41714
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- bodhisattva
- buddhism
- miniature (size attribute)
- Title
- Bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, seated in lalitasana and holding a lotus bud in the left hand: part of a Buddhist altar group
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.71
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.41714
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- bodhisattva
- buddhism
- miniature (size attribute)
- Title
- Dvarapala (Buddhist guardian deity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.26
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.41714
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhism
- guardians
- miniature (size attribute)
- Title
- Dvarapala (guardian figure) from a Buddhist altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.81
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhism
- guardians
- miniature (size attribute)
- sculpture
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century - 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.92
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddha
- buddhism
- miniature (size attribute)
- mudra
- Title
- Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.74
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with blue-green patina
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhism
- guardians
- lotus
- miniature (size attribute)
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra; probably part of a larger altarpiece
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 5th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.93
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddha
- buddhism
- miniature (size attribute)
- mudra
- Title
- The Good Thief on the Cross
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, School of Kalkar, Germany
- Physical Description
- A bearded man, wearing a loincloth and a long trailing headband, hangs from a cross by his arms, which have split open beneath the ropes that bind them. His left leg hangs downward and passes behind his right foot, which perches precariously on a forked branch. He strains to his left and gazes upward with his mouth open in a tortured movement augmented by the dramatic sweeps of drapery that frame his torso.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.233
- Medium and Support
- walnut with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- christianity
- crucifixions
- loincloths
- rhineland (historical region)
- Title
- Dvarapala: part of a Buddhist altar group
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.73
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhism
- guardians
- miniature (size attribute)
- sculpture
- Title
- Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Umbria, Italy
- Physical Description
- This rectangular panel depicts four sacred figures rendered in dark hues with passages of vibrant red against a gold background. The upper edge of the gilded frame bears the prayer known as the "Hail Mary" ("Ave Maria Gratia Plena Domin[us tecum]").
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1440-1480
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.134
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- relevance
- rank 9.31691
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- christianity
- early renaissance
- tempera
- umbria (region)
- Title
- The Mourning St. John the Evangelist with two male figures (fragment of a crucifixion from a portable altarpiece)
- Artist
- Embriachi Workshop, Venice, Italy
- Physical Description
- This carved bone sculpture depicts John the Evangelist in profile with his hands held before him, bowing his head in mourning. A male figure wearing a knee-length robe stands on the right and holds a club in his left hand. A second male figure appears behind the saint in a similar pose of grief.
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1400
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.108
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- bone
- carvings
- christianity
- mourners
- venice (inhabited place)
- Title
- Study for a Chapel in Vienna
- Artist
- Andrea Pozzo
- Physical Description
- This study depicts a rectangular chapel with the side walls bent outward at an angle in order to provide a clearer view of the decoration. The chapel design centers upon a sarcophagus placed beneath a painted altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, which are both set within a semicircular architectural projection that extends dynamically from the wall. On the left the pair of angels that support a large oval-shaped painting reach vigorously outward, their wings overlapping the pilasters. On the right appears another sarcophagus surmounted by a pair of putti. Leaning out from the oval niche above the sarcophagus is a female half-figure—probably a portrait of the deceased—making a gesture of devotion toward the altar.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1709
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1662-1709
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.124
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- chapels
- coffins
- oil paintings
- vienna (inhabited place)
- Title
- Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory
- Artist
- Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger
- Physical Description
- This pair of finely carved bust-length figures depicts two men in ecclesiastical garb. On the right appears an older figure who wears elaborate vestments and a papal tiara with a book in his left hand. His deeply lined and wrinkled face conveys a patient wisdom and authority as he stares directly ahead. His more youthful companion, dressed in a simpler collared robe and brimless cap, glances introspectively aside. He grasps an unfurled scroll in his left hand and a diminutive lion stares out from its perch on his left shoulder.
- Century
- late 15th/early 16th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa1500
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.59
- Medium and Support
- lindenwood with polychromy
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- books
- christianity
- lions
- popes
- scrolls (information artifacts)
- Title
- Bodhisattva, attendant figure from a larger Buddha shrine
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.81
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- bodhisattva
- buddhism
- flames
- lotus
- miniature (size attribute)
- Title
- The Annunciation
- Artist
- Juan de Valdés Leal
- Physical Description
- An angel, draped with a flowing red mantle, descends on the left from a bank of clouds. He holds a scepter and twisting scroll in his left hand while he points with his right toward a white dove encircled by a halo of light that descends toward a woman dressed in long robes and a veil. She sits, holding a book open on the lectern before her, and draws back slightly with her right hand raised and her eyes downcast. Six cherubim sit above on the edge of the cloudbank, which opens to reveal a male figure barely visible in the blinding light that fills the cloud.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1622-1690
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1661
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.99
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- angels
- christianity
- lillies
- putti
- seville (inhabited place)
- Title
- Buddhist Bronze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- mid 7th-early 8th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- circa 650-725
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.78
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhas
- buddhism
- deity
- miniature (size attribute)
- sculpture
- Title
- The Mourning Virgin and holy women (fragment of a Crucifixion from a portable altarpiece)
- Artist
- Embriachi Workshop, Venice, Italy
- Physical Description
- This carved bone sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary raising her right hand in a gesture of grief while her head is bent in mourning. A similar female figure, holding her hands clasped before her, appears in profile behind the Virgin, and another female figure stands to the left. Behind the mourning women the pointed helmets worn by two soldiers may be discerned.
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1400
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.102
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- bone
- carvings
- christianity
- crucifixions
- venice (inhabited place)
- Title
- Standing Monk , holding a rosary (fragment of a Buddhist altar)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.70
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.21880
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddhism
- lotus
- miniature (size attribute)
- monks
- rosaries
- Title
- Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist
- Artist
- Jacopo del Casentino
- Physical Description
- The majestic figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ on her lap sits enthroned in the center of this painted panel. Her elaborate throne rests upon a dais and is enclosed on three sides by panels bristling with Gothic ornament. Two bishop saints holding croziers stand at the foot of the dais accompanied by two other saints who stand behind them, while fourteen angels crowd the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1279 - c.1349
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1325
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.123
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- relevance
- rank 9.12272
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- angels
- bishops (prelates)
- christianity
- florence (inhabited place)
- thrones
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Small gilt bronze seated Buddha in style of China’s cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty. It has a full figure, artfully draped robes, and a plump, rounded face with arched eyebrows. Hand is raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 700-799
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.91
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.12272
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- buddha
- buddhism
- china (nation)
- miniature (size attribute)
- mudra
- Title
- The Nativity of the Virgin
- Artist
- Sano di Pietro
- Physical Description
- This painted panel depicts an intimate domestic setting consisting of a bedchamber with a fireplace and a smaller vaulted antechamber that opens out on a garden. A haloed woman wearing a white veil rests in bed, having recently given birth. She leans to her right as she reaches toward a basin held by an attendant and looks across the room to the infant who is held on the lap of another servant. A halo also encircles the head of the child and a pair of angels fly above her. Several other attendants and midwives bustle about the room, while another woman, more richly clad than the servants, gazes on the child from her seat at the foot of the bed. In the antechamber sits a haloed man in a long white beard, who leans forward to hear news of the birth from the child standing in front of him. A companion sits behind him and a servant passes through the door into the bedchamber.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1405-1481
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1448-1452
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.1
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- relevance
- rank 9.02863
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- beds (furniture)
- births
- christianity
- interior perspectives
- siena (inhabited place)
- Title
- Annunciation
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Antwerp School, Belgium
- Physical Description
- An angel, holding a scepter in his left hand and making a gesture of speech with his right, interrupts the Virgin at her reading. She kneels on the floor and rests her left hand on an open book placed atop a lectern. A vase with a flowering lily sits on the floor between the angel and the Virgin and a small white dove encircled by a halo hovers between them. The scene unfolds within an elaborate and richly decorated interior that includes a chair and canopied bed in the background.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.135
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 8.93646
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- angels
- antwerp (inhabited place)
- christianity
- doves
- panel painting (image-making)
- Title
- Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed
- Artist
- Jan Joest
- Physical Description
- Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1455-1460 - 1519
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1519
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.77
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel, mounted on panel
- relevance
- rank 8.44338
- Primary Keywords
- altarpieces
- apostles
- clubs (weapons)
- measuring tools
- netherlands (nation)
- snakes
- squares (tools)