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The model for this vase, still preserved at the Sèvres manufactory, is labeled "vase à cartels, modèle de Hébert." (This name might refer to Thomas-Joachim Hébert, a marchand-mercier, or to a secrétaire du roi, also named Hébert.) The harbor scene is by Jean-Louis Morin. The "bleu lapis" ground color has been gilded in a "caillouté," or pebbled pattern.
H: 14 in. (35.5 cm)
medium: soft paste porcelain
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
In the Russian Orthodox religious tradition, eggs are offered as Easter gifts to symbolize rebirth, renewal, and the resurrection of Christ. This jeweled Russian egg is engraved with XB symbolizing the phrase, “Christ is risen,” and would have been given to a lady in a wealthy household, perhaps someone of high rank within the imperial court, given the richness of materials.
Russia, St. Petersburg
gold, enamel, sapphire, gold easel and stand, paper, faceted green glass
The India Early Minshall Collection
32 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (81.9 x 55.2 x 46.7 cm)
medium: Mahogany with ash, yellow poplar
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 65.188.10 1965
Gift of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Varick Stout, in their memory, 1965
This tapestry (originally even larger) was woven on a single loom for the great hall of a nobleman's estate. It provided insulation against winter cold and decoration for an otherwise austere environment.
Here the young Greek prince Meleager prepares to hunt the Calydonian Boar, a story told by the Roman poet, Ovid. Meleager gathers heroes of ancient Greece - including Jason, Theseus, Nestor, and Peleus - to chase the savage wild boar sent by the goddess Diana to ravage the lands of his father the king of Calydon. In front of the left column is the brave and beautiful Atalanta, later beloved of Meleager. She will kill the boar with a lance (held by an attendant).
Hunting wild boar was a privilege reserved to the nobility and was validated and glorified in the eyes of contemporaries by representations of heroic hunts from the mythic past such as this one.
Medieval / Early Renaissance European
H: 192 15/16 x W:164 3/16 in. (490 x 417 cm)
medium: wool
style: Gothic
culture: Medieval / Early Renaissance European
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Michael Allison
1773–1855
40 3/4 x 43 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (103.5 x 110.8 x 54.6 cm)
medium: Mahogany, satinwood, ebony, white pine, tulip poplar
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 32.55.3 1932
The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, 1931