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Untitled (lion swatting at pole in lion tamer's hand)
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A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy d
A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is pieced with plain silk at the back. Has also been worn for 19th century fancy d
A sack-back gown, petticoat and stomacher made in the late 1760s of 1730s silk and trimmed with knotted silk fringe. It may have been remade from a mantua, as the petticoat is piec...
Courtier Raja Anup Rai Intercepting a Lion Attack, with Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Prince Khurram, drawing (verso); Calligraphy (recto)
Courtier Raja Anup Rai Intercepting a Lion Attack, with Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Prince Khurram, drawing (verso); Calligraphy (recto)
The drawing depicts the Rajput nobleman and Mughal courtier Anup Rai, being attacked by a lion during a royal hunt. He is shown attempting to push the lion’s face away from his. An...
painting (oil): ["A Peasant Carrying a Pole"]
painting (oil): ["A Peasant Carrying a Pole"]
In the foreground is a man carrying a long pole over his left shoulder. He wears a blue hat and brown coat and black trousers with gaiters. His mouth is open as if he was calling o...
Shallow Bowl with Tall Foot and Knobbed Lid
Shallow Bowl with Tall Foot and Knobbed Lid
Interior: in the center a whirl pattern in black bounded by a checker border between two stripes of applied purple. Around an animal zone, panther, goose, panther, goose, lion, ibe...
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and Erymanthian Boar; Warrior Farewell Scene
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and Erymanthian Boar; Warrior Farewell Scene
On one side: Herakles capturing the Erymanthian boar. The Erymanthian boar was a monster which plagued the central Peloponnese around Mt. Erymanthos, and it was one of Herakles’ la...
drawing (art)
drawing (art)
Drawing in black ink on thick paper of circus artists mounted on card. From left to right: a man lying on a mat with six tubs on his right foot and a fan in his right hand. Child s...
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Medea Boiling a Ram
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Medea Boiling a Ram
Both sides of this vase depict an episode from the story of Medea, the daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis (in modern-day Georgia). When the Greek hero Jason came with the Argonaut...