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The Virgin on the crescent with a crown of stars
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painting (oil): ["Rest on the Flight Into Egypt"]
painting (oil): ["Rest on the Flight Into Egypt"]
Angels hovering overhead or bringing food on dishes are a common feature of the subject of the rest (or repose) on the flight to Egypt, where Joseph took Jesus and his mother to es...
The Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints Dominic and Martin, and two angels
The Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints Dominic and Martin, and two angels
This panel of the Virgin and Child is the oldest painting in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection. Its attribution to the Master of the Magdalen was made by Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà and...
The Constellation Cassiopeia (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Arabic manuscript of the Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib of al-Sufi
The Constellation Cassiopeia (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Arabic manuscript of the Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib of al-Sufi
Gold disks scattered across this seated figure mark the major stars of the constellation Cassiopeia. Named “The Enthroned One” (dhat al-kursi) in Arabic, this constellation of the ...
Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople
Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople
Obv.: Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles, and pendilia. In r. hand, gl. cr.; in l., cross scepter.
Rev.: Above horizontal line, bust of Constant...
Intaglio: Crescent and Five Stars
Intaglio: Crescent and Five Stars
Oval chalcedony intaglio with a waning crescent moon surrounded by five eight-rayed stars....
Virgin and Child with Two Angels
Virgin and Child with Two Angels
In the foreground of the painting is a large Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child at the bank of a river. The Christ Child clutches onto a book with his left hand, while his right ...
Solidus of Michael III, Constantinople
Solidus of Michael III, Constantinople
Obv.: Bust facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and three pinnacles with central cross. In r. hand, globus surmounted by patriarchal cross; in l., cross scepter. Trace of ...