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Scenes from the Buddha’s Life
Scenes from the Buddha’s Life
This painting is composed of three vignettes from the Buddha’s life.
The primary scene begins in the top right corner of the painting. It shows the Buddha ascended to the Trayas...
Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven
On the one hand Tal R works with almost naïve and cartoon-like imagery and a palette restricted to just seven colours in these paintings. On the other hand the picture plane is div...
An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle whilst two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by
An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle whilst two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by
Lettering: Madness, thou chaos of ye brain ... Invented & c by Wm. Hogarth. Lettering continues: "What art? That pleasure givst, and pain? Tyranny of fancy's reign! Mechanic fancy;...
Mary Queen of Heaven
Mary Queen of Heaven
Colour design for unidentified three-light window of Mary Queen of Heaven, with the symbol of the Sacred Heart at the top, the House of Gold at the bottom, and other Marian symbols...
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with a faded ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding prayer beads in a landscape. The drawing is water damaged, and the inscription attributing the work to...
Tobacco pouch
Tobacco pouch
"362-22" "Two Bears Band, Fort Rice.″Yanktonai pipe bag; wool, glass, porcupine quills; l. 43.5/73 cm., w. 16.5 cm.; ca. 1860s.″Documentation: \Two Bears band, Fort Rice.‖ Purchase...
Fifth and Sixth Articles of the Apostles Creed
Fifth and Sixth Articles of the Apostles Creed
This tapestry is a fragment (right side) of the second tapestry in a series depicting the Apostles Creed. The series shows events from the life of Christ in combination with portr...