deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
Object type: drawing
Date: 1765 – 1791
Materials: gouache, parchment, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Location: austria
Artist: ignaz manzador
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1740 – 1791
Subjects: maria theresia (rooms-duits keizerin)

It is unclear whether Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780) is here looking out over the gardens of the Schönbrunn summer residence, which was built during her reign. She wears mourning clothes for the death of her husband, Francis of Lorraine, in 1765. Ignaz Manzador was a Viennese miniature painter. He emphasized the translucent nature of parchment by choosing a double-sided depiction: we see Maria Theresa portrayed from the front and from the back.
Netsuke of Man Holding a Scroll
Object type: netsuke
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: ivory
Culture: japanese
Subjects: scrolls,men
Het Prinsenhof aan de Oudezijds Voorburgwal te Amsterdam
Object type: drawing
Date: 1870 – 1926
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: pen
Location: amsterdam
Artist: willem wenckebach
Artist role: designer, draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1860 – 1937
Subjects: city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, street
Afrikaantje (Tagetes)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1596 – 1610
Materials: chalk, paint, ink, paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush, pen
Subjects: flowers: marigold

Donkeroranje afrikaantjes. Genummerd rechtsboven: 64. Linksboven de Latijnse naam. Onderdeel van het eerste album met tekeningen van bloemen en planten. Achtste van twaalf albums met tekeningen van dieren, vogels en planten bekend rond 1600, gemaakt in opdracht van keizer Rudolf II. Met toelichting in Nederlands, Latijn en Frans.
Piece
Object type: piece
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: wool
Joab door Benaja gedood
Object type: print
Date: 1704 – 1704
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan luyken
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1649 – 1712
Subjects: joab killed by benaiah
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent ook gebruikt als boekillustratie in: Josephus, Flavius. Alle de Werken, 2 delen. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704, dl. 1, p. 184.
Ring with gem intaglio of helmeted head
Object type: ring, intaglio, helmeted head
Materials: gemstone, gold
Location: egypt

The intaglio carved in this garnet represents a figure wearing a helmet with a crest, presumably one of the Olympian gods like Ares.
De acht zaligsprekingen
Object type: print
Date: 1564 – 1568
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: blessed are the peacemakers, meeting of david and abigail, who kneels before him
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Wanneer een gierige boer weigert David en zijn manschappen te helpen, dreigen ze hem te straffen. Abigaïl, de vrouw van de boer, knielt voor David en biedt hem en zijn soldaten eten en drinken aan. Daarmee stemde ze David tevreden. Prent maakt deel uit van een serie over de acht zaligsprekingen van Christus en illustreert de zaligspreking: Zalig de vredestichters. Op een vierkant plakaat onderaan deze tekst uit Mat. 5:9 in het Latijn. Onderaan in de marge een vers in het Latijn over de zaligspreking en de voorstelling.
Outer Plate of a Forearm Defense (Vambrace)
Object type: inner plate of a forearm defense vambrace
Materials: leather, steel
Culture: italian
Location: italy

This vambrace was restored and assembled in 1935 using parts (29.150.16, 29.150.30, 29.150.61, and 29.150.128) from a large find of medieval armor discovered in 1840 in the ruins of the fortress of Chalcis, on the Greek island of Euboea (then a Venetian colony called Negroponte). The fortress had been captured and destroyed by the Turks in 1470. Now divided largely between the Ethnological Museum, Athens, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chalcis hoard contains many rare and unusual elements of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century armor. Of particular importance are the variety of headpieces and the many fragments of brigandines (armor for the torso constructed of small plates riveted to layers of fabric), some of which retain portions of their original velvet covering. The Chalcis armor provides a unique picture of the armament used in the Aegean, one of the easternmost military outposts of the Venetian empire.
Suido Bridge and Surugadai (Suidobashi Surugadai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Object type: print
Date: 1857 – 1857
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: utagawa hiroshige 歌川 広重
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1858
Offering table with arm
Object type: offering table with arm
Date: 1353 – 1336
Materials: limestone
Location: egypt
Hungary, from Flags of All Nations, Series 2 (N10) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands
Object type: print
Date: 1890 – 1890
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: coat of arms,flags

Trade cards from the set, "Flags of All Nations," Series 2 (N10), issued in 1890 in a series of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes.
Plum Blossoms and Poet
Object type: surimono
Date: 1825 – 1825
Materials: paper
Techniques: blind stamped, woodcut
Location: japan
Subjects: screen, folding screen
Inscriptions: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228, collector's mark, passe-partout, bottom left, printed: JABdH with a rooster.

Een surimono is een luxe uitgevoerde prent waarop beeld met één of meerdere gedichten gecombineerd is. Bij het drukken van een surimono werd vaak gebruik gemaakt van dikker papier, blinddruk en metaal pigmenten, zoals koper- en zilverpoeder. De prenten werden vaak in opdracht van dichters gemaakt en als exclusief geschenk aan vrienden en relaties gegeven.
Shield Designs
Object type: drawing
Date: 1851 – 1900
Materials: ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: anonymous, british, 19th century
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1800 – 1900
Subjects: shields,lions,turtles
Portret van een man in lange jas, zittend op een stoel
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1870 – 1890
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: norwich
Subjects: sitting figure, coat, historical persons
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘SOLEM CERTISSIMA SIGNA SEQUUNTUR/ Sawyer's Italian Studios/ Norwich/ 46, London St./ Ipswich/ 18, Brook St./ Corner of/ Butter Market/ The No on Registe[r] is 10638A/ Further Copies can always be/ obtained by quoting it.’
Gezicht op het Reguliersklooster en het Kartuizerklooster buiten Amsterdam
Object type: print
Date: 1760 – 1760
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: monastic orders, monastic life: carthusians, abbey, monastery, convent ~ roman catholic church
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641b

Prent mogelijk uit: Wagenaar, Jan. Amsterdam, in zyne opkomst, aanwas, geschiedenissen (…). Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, 1760, dl. 1.
Stor kruka af ringladt gods. Step House (1/5)
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1891 – 1893
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Location: mesa verde national park
Artist: gustaf nordenskiöld
Artist role: fotograaf, schrijver
Artist dates: 1868 – 1895
Subjects: kitchen-utensils: pot
Inscriptions: number: ‘Fig. 49.’
Deksel
Object type: lid
Date: 1774 – 1784
Materials: porcelain
Location: loosdrecht

Op het deksel drie bloemen en relief met gouden omranding en een opening voor een lepel.
Gevelsteen met Petrus
Object type: print
Date: 1800 – 1822
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: the apostle peter, first bishop of rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641, stamp

Rode gevelsteen behorende tot de gesloopte abdij van Egmond. In het midden de apostel Petrus met een sleutel en herdersstaf. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Handel, nijverheid en verkeer, Uithangteekens, gevelstenen.
Poten van een vogel
Object type: drawing
Date: 1876 – 1924
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: gerrit willem dijsselhof
Artist role: designer, draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1866 – 1924
Subjects: walker and runner birds (+ limbs of an animal)
H. Ignatius van Loyola
Object type: print
Date: 1600 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: rome, clergyman, cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings, fruits and vegetables ~ ornament, historical persons, the founder of the jesuit order, ignatius of loyola; possible attributes: book (with 'ad majorem dei gloriam'), demon, dragon under feet, flames, flaming heart, globe, ihs monogram, skull (with crown), tears in eyes, torch, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', the bible as a book
Inscriptions: check stamp: Lugt 2690
Portret van een Japanse vrouw
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1885
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print, hand coloring
Subjects: adult woman, historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: number: ‘308’, annotation: ‘Stillfried of Beato’
Brandès in her Box
Object type: print
Date: 1894 – 1894
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: france
Artist: henri de toulouse-lautrec
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1864 – 1901
Embroidery Pattern with an Oblong Panel in its Center
Object type: collection ornament architecture
Date: 1521 – 1521
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: albrecht dürer
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1471 – 1528
Subjects: ornament

Embroidery pattern made up out of so-called knot work. The main pattern has a circular shape and is presented in white on a dark ground. The knotted ropes or straps form three tiers surrounding the central motif which is an oblong panel, left blank. On all four corners another, leaf-shaped ornament has been added which sticks out of the circle. The leaves are filled with more knot work in white on the dark ground while swirling straps in black surround them.
Pick
Object type: pick
Date: 1070 – 950
Materials: wood
Location: egypt
Begrafenis van aartshertog Albrecht, 1622
Object type: print
Date: 1623 – 1623
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: southern netherlands
Subjects: cortege, funeral procession

De gevel van de Sint Gudula kerk te Brussel bekleed met rouwkleden, wapens en vier skeleten bij de ingang. Met onderschrift van 4 keer 2 regels in het Latijn, Spaans, Frans en Nederlands. Plaat I in de serie van de begrafenis van aartshertog Albrecht van Oostenrijk te Brussel op 12 maart 1622.
Meisje en jongen met een bos takken
Object type: print
Date: 1837 – 1853
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: netherlands
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, twigs ~ building material, forest, wood, child (+ two persons), sitting on the ground
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Het meisje heeft een bos takken in haar schort. De jongen trekt er een uit. In zijn rechterhand heeft hij een lange tak. Verderop een boerderij met hooischuur en een dorp met molen en kerktoren.
Nederlandse 2½ gulden, 1849
Object type: coin
Date: 1849 – 1849
Materials: silver
Techniques: striking
Location: utrecht
Artist: william ii of the netherlands
Artist role: koning
Artist dates: 1792 – 1849

Zilveren munt. Voorzijde: borstbeeld naar links. Keerzijde: tussen waarde-aanduiding 2½ G gekroond rijkswapenschild. Jaartal boven kroon. Randschrift.
Annie Somerville, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1886 – 1890
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: goodwin & company
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1850 – 1950
Subjects: swords,women

The "Actors and Actresses" series of trade cards (N171) was issued by Goodwin & Company from ca. 1886-90 to promote Old Judge, Gypsy Queen, and Temple Bar Cigarettes.
Le bn. Walckenaer
Object type: print
Date: 1853 – 1853
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: paris, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
Object type: print
Date: 1772 – 1772
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: katsukawa shunsho 勝川 春章
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1726 – 1792
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 410 – 400
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, part of the head, neck, and upper back of a youth to right; Exterior, leg of a draped figure to right; calf and foot of a figure to left
Mangosteen, from the Fruits series (N12) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands
Object type: print
Date: 1891 – 1891
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: fruit,women

Trade cards from the "Fruits" series (N12), issued in 1891 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes.
Titelpagina voor de Hollandsche Mercurius over het jaar 1681
Object type: titelblad, titelpagina
Date: 1682 – 1682
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: haarlem
Subjects: justice, 'justitia'; 'giustitia divina' (ripa) ~ one of the four cardinal virtues, 'musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ music; 'musica'(ripa), symbols, allegories of peace, 'pax'; 'pace' (ripa), specific aspects, allegorical aspects of mercury; mercury as patron

Titelpagina voor de Hollandsche Mercurius over het jaar 1681. Mercurius en Vrede hand in hand, op de voorgrond Muziek en Rechtvaardigheid.
Silver comb and pin
Object type: comb and pin
Date: 67 – 35
Materials: silver
Culture: roman
Subjects: dogs,lions

Trasimene silver. On either side of the comb, a lion hunt. Amor and a hound, a lion charging.
De Mäaboberg bij de bocht
Object type: photograph
Date: 1905 – 1910
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: photography
Location: suriname
Artist: augusta curiel
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1873 – 1937
Subjects: jacob evert wesenhagen, railway, tramway; rack railway, suriname
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘De Mäaboberg bij de bocht’

De bocht van de nieuwe spoorbaan bij de Maäbo Heuvel. Foto in het fotoalbum over de aanleg van de Lawaspoorweg in Suriname in de jaren 1903-1912. Onderdeel van een groep objecten afkomstig van de familie Wesenhagen in Suriname.
Gezicht op het Vleeshuis te Antwerpen
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1878 – 1883
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: antwerp
Artist: joseph maes
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1838 – 1908
Subjects: landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone), civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Cliché avec plaque au Gelatino Bromure’, inscription: ‘Bulletin de l'Association belge de Photographie’
Wijsgeer onder parasol
Object type: drawing
Date: 1700 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: brush
Artist: ichirakasai
Artist role: draughtsman
Saint Roch standing holding a staff in his left hand, a dog by his side
Object type: print
Date: 1531 – 1576
Techniques: engraving
Artist: giulio bonasone
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1510 – 1576
Subjects: dogs,saints
"Coral" (Study for Mural, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1892 – 1892
Materials: charcoal, pastel, paper
Culture: american
Artist: walter shirlaw
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american, scottish
Artist dates: 1838 – 1909
Subjects: female nudes
Reliëf van het bezoek van koning Pepijn aan Celles
Object type: page
Date: 1877 – 1882
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print, hand coloring
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: relics (and reliquaries), sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)
Miniature tree
Object type: tree
Date: 1300 – 1470
Materials: silver
Culture: chancay or chimú
Location: peru
Artist: chimú or chancay artist(s)
Artist role: artist
Subjects: trees
Zachtheid is beter dan geweld / Mieux douceur que violence
Object type: popular print
Date: 1833 – 1906
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph, letterpress printing
Location: turnhout
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: tales and fairy tales, tales and fairy tales: little red riding-hood, cannibalism, tales and fairy tales: little thumbling
Inscriptions: octrooivermelding, gedrukt

Blad met 16 voorstellingen over Moeder Gans die Roodkapje en Klein Duimpje een verhaal over een mensenetende reus verteld. Onder elke afbeelding een onderschrift in het Nederlands en in het Frans. Genummerd midden boven: N. 3.
Sint-Joriskerk te Stratum
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1701 – 1759
Materials: paper, pencil
Subjects: church (exterior)
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Strath[...]m’

Blad 47 recto uit een schetsboek met 65 bladen.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Artist: makron
Artist role: artist

Interior, meander; Exterior, base and part of a shaft of a column
Brief aan Pieter Haverkorn van Rijsewijk
Object type: letter
Date: 1911 – 1911
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: the hague
Artist: w. stortenbeker
Subjects: pieter stortenbeker, london, painter, print maker, draughtsman, matthijs maris, pieter haverkorn van rijsewijk, art trade, art shop, painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
Giant's Temple at Cumae
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Location: italy
Artist: Anonymous
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1601 – 1700
Studieblad, onder andere met een christelijke zegel en een monogram
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1857 – 1859
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: pierre joseph hubert cuypers
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1827 – 1921
Subjects: magic mathematical figures; magic numbers, words, monograms, seal, stamp, architecture, the annunciation: mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation), flowers ~ ornament
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Courtines’

De zegel toont de verkondiging aan Maria. Tevens een studie van een wand en een decoratief patroon met florale elementen. Blad 24 recto uit een schetsboek met 77 bladen.
Ritual Crown with the Five Transcendent Buddhas
Object type: ritual crown
Date: 1367 – 1433
Materials: board, gold, watercolor
Culture: tibetan
Subjects: buddhism,buddha

Such crowns were worn by monks conducting rituals and were often part of dance costumes used in public ceremonial performances. Each of the five registers contains one of the Tathagata Buddhas (right to left): Ratnasambhava (yellow), Amitabha (red), Vairochana (white), Amoghasiddhi (green), and Akshobhya (blue). With Vairochana at center, these Buddhas preside over the directional Pure Lands. A Newari artist working in Tibet probably was responsible for this amazing crown, which is one of the earliest examples to survive.
Seated Female Nude
Object type: drawing
Date: 1801 – 1859
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: thomas simon cool
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1831 – 1870
L'absence du maitre
Object type: print
Date: 1837 – 1837
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: new york city
Subjects: mischief-making play, housecoat, powder ~ making toilet - aa - (for) women, maid ~ house personnel
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a, check stamp: Lugt 5001
Koeien in een landschap met water
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1852 – 1858
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: cow
Inscriptions: number: ‘589’
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, to the left, elbow under drapery?; to the right, part of a knobby stick
Scherf van roodbakkend aardewerk voorzien van een tekening van een figuur en profil, met geel haar en groene kleding
Object type: sherd
Date: 1500 – 1899
Materials: earthenware, glaze
Brief aan Pieter Haverkorn van Rijsewijk
Object type: letter
Date: 1897 – 1897
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: wiesbaden
Artist: carel nicolaas storm van s-gravesande
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1841 – 1924
Subjects: museum, painter, johan barthold jongkind, pieter haverkorn van rijsewijk, the graphic arts, exhibition ~ art, money
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Earth
Object type: print
Date: 1731 – 1765
Techniques: etching
Artist: louis félix de la rue
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1731 – 1765
Subjects: musical instruments,music
Linen Cloth
Object type: linen cloth
Date: 2649 – 2100
Materials: linen
Jenny Lind, Westminster Abbey
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1902 – 1930
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: great britain
Subjects: monument, statue, portrait of opera-singer, westminster abbey
Portrait of a Gentleman
Object type: painting, miniature
Date: 1841 – 1841
Materials: ivory, watercolor
Culture: american
Artist: john wood dodge
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1807 – 1893
Subjects: men,portraits
Figuren op het strand
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1920 – 1920
Materials: chalk, paper
Techniques: stumping
Location: south holland
Artist: johan antonie de jonge
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1864 – 1927
Subjects: beach (as place of recreation), beach (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

Figuren op het strand. Op de achtergrond gebouwen. Blad 11 recto uit een schetsboek met 21 bladen.
Gezicht op het Palais du Luxembourg en tuin in Parijs
Object type: photograph
Date: 1900 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: paris
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: palace, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, public gardens, park, paris
Inscriptions: number: ‘690’, number: ‘90’

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum met bezienswaardigheden in Parijs, Versailles en het Bois de Boulogne.
Le martyre de St. André
Object type: page
Date: 1850 – 1857
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: salted paper print
Location: france
Artist: hippolyte malègue
Artist role: archeoloog, fotograaf, schrijver
Artist dates: 1825 – 1901
Subjects: crucifixion of andrew: he is undressed and tied to the cross, sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Bas-relief en bois appartenant a la Cathédrale du Puy.’, number: ‘PL. 21.’
"Six Devotional Subjects," Folio from the Bellini Album
Object type: illustrated album leaf
Date: 1600 – 1600
Materials: gold, ink, paper, watercolor
Location: italy
Subjects: men,women,christ,saints
The Dormition of the Virgin
Object type: high relief
Date: 1540 – 1550
Materials: alabaster
Techniques: gilding
Artist: jacques juliot
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1540 – 1552
Subjects: apostles,saint john the evangelist,saint peter,virgin mary,beds

In keeping with apocryphal accounts of the Dormition, the Apostles have gathered around the Virgin’s deathbed. Closest to her stands Saint John the Evangelist, holding a palm branch; beside him, Saint Peter conducts the service, cradling a book in his arms. Another apostle leans over the foot of the bed to sprinkle holy water; the figure behind him, swinging an incense burner, may be Saint Andrew. While the classically inspired setting is characteristic of the new Renaissance style, the figures’ voluminous draperies with deep folds reflect an older, Flemish tradition. The panel was likely made for a church altarpiece, possibly one executed for the monastery at Larrivour (near Troyes) and subsequently dismantled.
Self-Portrait
Object type: drawing
Materials: chalk, graphite
Techniques: heightening
Artist: jean jacques de boissieu
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1736 – 1810
Subjects: men,self-portraits