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Title: Head of an Old Man with a Long Beard
Artist: Gaetano Gandolfi
Physical Description: This work is vertically oriented with gray markings. The head of a bald old man with a long, wavy beard dominates the work. His head is slightly turned to our right, and he looks to the lower right corner.
Artist Life Dates: (1728 - 1781)
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 18th century
Accession Number: 2009/1.496
Medium and Support: charcoal, wash on paper
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Title: Virgin of the Apocalypse
Artist: Gaetano Gandolfi
Physical Description: A woman dressed in a rose-colored robe with a blue mantle and flowing white veil stands on a silver crescent moon among a bank of dark clouds. A halo of stars encircles her head. She clasps both hands before her. The heads of two putti peak out from beneath her mantle next to her left hip. Her right foot treads upon a long serpent that curves back upon itself with an open mouth.
Artist Life Dates: (1728 - 1781)
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1770-1780
Accession Number: 2009/1.537
Medium and Support: oil on canvas, mounted on board
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Title: St. Jerome
Artist: Anonymous German (Anspach)
Physical Description: This small porcelain sculpture represents a gaunt, sinewy bearded figure, who is naked except for a loincloth. With his right knee wedged in a stump, his torso contracts with an inner tension as he pounds his chest with stones in an act of penitence. At his feet sits a lion.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1760-1770
Accession Number: 1974/1.90
Medium and Support: porcelain
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