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Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22
lead
Overall: 8 x 16.4 cm (3 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Abraham Bloemaert, active in Utrecht, was a painter, prolific draftsman, print designer, and important teacher. Bloemaert was an important precursor of the new wave of realism in Dutch art in the 1620s. Artist and author Karel van Mander (1548-1606) wrote the following description of Bloemaert=s drawings in 1604 which seems to correspond very closely to this work: With art lovers there are also by him very attractive landscapes with some attractive and funny farmhouses, farm tools, trees, and backgrounds, things to be seen around Utrecht in great numbers and variety, for he does very much from life, having a very attractive way of drawing and handling with the pen, to which he then adds some succulent touches of colors for a special seemliness.
Netherlands, early 17th Century
pen and brown ink and brush and brown, red, green, yellow and blue wash, over red and black chalk
Sheet: 17.5 x 27.2 cm (6 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee
This amulet is the head of a jackal. He holds a whip and crook, and is kneeling with snakes before his knees. He has the tail of a bird.
Egyptian
H: 2 7/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 2 1/16 in. (6.2 x 2.27 x 5.3 cm)
medium: bronze cast
culture: Egyptian
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
The front of the tsuba is decorated with chrysanthemums, Chinese bell flowers and a butterfly. On the reverse are mist flowers. These three flowers are among the seven celebrated flowers of autumn that often appear in poetry. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune.
Japanese
H: 2 7/16 x W: 2 3/16 x D: 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 cm)
medium: silver, gold, sentoku
culture: Japanese
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Being the most prestigious material, lace was used extensively by the 1600s for altar linen and for trimming priest’s albs, often incorporating finely rendered religious images amid blossoming vines. This alb flounce depicts scenes from the Old Testament story of Joseph, whose jealous brothers sold him to a caravan bound for Egypt. Joseph later interpreted dreams of the pharaoh, who made him ruler. When famine in Canaan caused Joseph’s ten brothers to travel to Egypt in search of food, they bowed down to him. After he revealed his identity, he forgave his brothers and God saved the family.
Italy, Milan ?, 18th century
lace, bobbin: linen
Average: 33.7 x 348 cm (13 1/4 x 137 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade, Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection