Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Human Heads, Skulls, and Canine Jaws, for "Art Anatomy"
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Drawings
From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer at his death 1879; to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds 1918; purchased by the Fogg Art Museum 1936.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Louise E. Bettens Fund
Related Results
Cloth for men
Cloth for men
A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are skull trees and horses. The central band shows the 'patola ratu' motif, a motif inspired by the pat...
Griphomachia. Sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
Griphomachia. Sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
Sculptural group in round bundle carved in a single block. This group is composed of a human figure and a mythological animal, a griffin, that they face in a melee. It represents a...
Modeled, engraved and openwork perfume burner in bronze. Cylindrical base with flat bottom and flat rim on which a niche in the shape of a half dome. The opening is framed by a carved rim forming two opposing volutes, with two bird heads in the centre. On
Modeled, engraved and openwork perfume burner in bronze. Cylindrical base with flat bottom and flat rim on which a niche in the shape of a half dome. The opening is framed by a carved rim forming two opposing volutes, with two bird heads in the centre. On
Modeled, engraved and openwork perfume burner in bronze. Cylindrical base with flat bottom and flat rim on which a niche in the shape of a half dome. The opening is framed by a car...
Mace-Head with Four Gazelle Heads
Mace-Head with Four Gazelle Heads
This bulbous mace head has a raised ring lip at the top, a molded ring foot at the bottom, and four gazelle heads in relief around the body. The gazelle heads are viewed from above...
Maria Scotorv Regin et Franciae Dotaria, from "Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famous Persons"
Maria Scotorv Regin et Franciae Dotaria, from "Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famous Persons"
Etching and engraving, Heads of the Kings of England and of several Famous Persons...
Group of zoomachias of sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
Group of zoomachias of sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
The sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco was found in 1975 in the municipality of Porcuna (Jaén). This set constitutes nowadays the most important Iberian sculptural group of the kn...
Leontomachia. Sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
Leontomachia. Sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
A sculpture in a round bundle made of white calcarenite stone called “Leontomaquia.” On the same base appears a human character in struggle with a lion, of which there are very few...
Zoomorphic Figure: Wolf’s Head. El Pajarillo Sculptural Group (Huelma, Jaén, Spain)
Zoomorphic Figure: Wolf’s Head. El Pajarillo Sculptural Group (Huelma, Jaén, Spain)
Wolf’s head carved in limestone dated to the 4th century BC. It belongs to the culture of the Iberians and comes from the sculptural group of the El Pajarillo sanctuary in the muni...