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Title

Apostle

Artist

Artist Unknown, Belgium

Physical Description

This marble statue depicts a standing male figure, who holds a closed book in his left hand and makes what appears to be a gesture indicating speech with his right. The curls of his flowing beard and long hair are echoed in the gentle curving folds and undulating edges of his long robe and mantle. He turns his head downward and to his left

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1350-1360

Accession Number

1957/2.3

Medium and Support

marble with gilding

relevance

rank 11.93273

Primary Keywords

apostles

blessing

books

christianity

marble

statues

Title

A celebration of the rains

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Physical Description

Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1964/2.114

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 11.55966

Primary Keywords

balcony

celebration

marble

painting

palace

play (recreation)

tree

women

Title

Proserpine

Artist

Hiram Powers

Physical Description

Bust-length white marble sculpture of a young female figure crowned with a plait of wheat and framed along the bottom with a wreath of sculpted acanthus leaves.

Artist Life Dates

1805 - 1873

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

second version: modeled 1844; cut 1847

Accession Number

1991/2.40

Medium and Support

Seravezza marble

relevance

rank 9.55481

Primary Keywords

bust

bust-length

busts

classical

figures (representations)

legendary figures

marble

mythology

mythology (literary genre)

neoclassical

sculpture

woman

women

Title

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii

Artist

Randolph Rogers

Physical Description

A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.

Artist Life Dates

1825-1892

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1861

Accession Number

1862.1

Medium and Support

Carrara marble

relevance

rank 9.12945

Primary Keywords

allegory

blind

blind (people)

capitals

corinthian (architectural style)

figures (representations)

girl

girls

marble

mythology (literary genre)

neoclassical

nydia

pompeii

pompeii (deserted settlement)

sculpture

staff

staffs (walking sticks)

standing

statues

stone

women