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Demetrius, a favorite "warrior saint" of both the eastern and western worlds and a fourth-century martyr under the emperor Maximian, is shown here killing the gladiator Lyaeos, who reportedly killed many Christians. According to tradition Demetrius himself, not actually a soldier but the son of a senatorial family, did not actually kill Lyaeos, but gave his blessing to a youth named Nestor who did. An angel descends at the top center with the crown of martyrdom, and at the right are the walls of the city of Salonica, or Thessaloniki, Demetrius' birthplace.
Demetrius is credited with numerous posthumous miracles, and at the left of this composition is an image of a miraculous event associated with his icon.
On the borders of the icon are the saints Mary Magdalene, Daria, Natalia, and Matrona, possibly the namesakes of the icon's original owners.
Russian
12 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (32.1 x 27.6 cm)
medium: tempera on wood
culture: Russian
dynasty: House of Romanov
Walters Art Museum, January 1961, by bequest.
According to 11th-century poet Zhou Dunyi, “all people like peonies, but I alone like the lotus because it emerges from the mud unstained.” The lotus is a symbol of purity and popular among Chinese literati and in Buddhism. This vase shows lotus flowers rising from the water’s surface depicted in elegant yet simple ripples. <br><br>Made in a kiln at Jingdezhen in southern China, this vase is an example of the <em>fahua</em> technique—decoration with raised outlines produced by squeezing clay from a tube onto the vase’s surface. Colors are applied to fill the outlines before firing.
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Porcelain with polychrome glazes, Fahua ware
Diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); Overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
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The shoulders of the vase are decorated with <em>ruyi</em>-shaped clouds.
Bequest of John L. Severance
This magnificent enthroned Virgin and Child with four saints and two angels originally formed the center of a folding triptych, a three-part painting. The delicate punch-work in the haloes, costumes, and borders is typical of Sienese panel painting, and are effects derived from metalwork. Pietro Lorenzetti excelled at investing his sacred pictures with human qualities, such as the Christ Child's playful interaction with the bishop-saint on his right. The twisting pose of the Christ Child and the forward-leaning postures of the angels behind the throne are the invention of this remarkable painter and introduce a powerful sense of three-dimensional space into the scene. The varied burnishing and polishing techniques cause the gold background to react differently to light, creating a sense of depth and movement and evoking the preciousness of shimmering metal.
Italian
Panel H excluding added triangular wood at apex: 15 1/16 x W: 9 13/16 x D: 3/8 in. (38.3 x 25 x 1 cm)
Painted surface H: 14 3/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (36.5 x 21.5 cm)
medium: tempera and gold leaf on panel
style: Gothic
culture: Italian
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
This print is part of a bound volume of works illustrating the a narrative of the Apocalypse, taken from the Revelation of Saint John in the Bible. The 23 engravings in the series occupied the artist for a number of years and represent his greatest artistic achievement. The museum's volume is one of only seven known complete sets. Jean Duvet was one of the first major printmakers in France and one of the most original artists of the 1500s. Although he worked mostly in the provincial city of Langres, he became aware of Italian art through the circulation of prints—notably those of Marcantonio Raimondi. His solidly modeled human figures reflect the influence of the Italian High Renaissance. Duvet, however, developed an idiosyncratic, highly artificial style with crowded compositions that ignore rational space in favor of ornamental surface patterns.
France, 16th century
engraving
Gift of the Hanna Fund
Indonesia, Java, early 20th century
plain weave cotton; resist dyed
Overall: 107 x 196.2 cm (42 1/8 x 77 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. C. B. Parker
This suite of color lithographs collected Pierre Bonnard’s observations of city life, ranging from animated street scenes to distant observations glimpsed from the artist’s Montmartre studio window. Rather than memorializing the famous monuments of Paris, Bonnard preferred to depict small neighborhood scenes populated by urbanites shopping and strolling and by vendors selling their wares. The setting for one of the prints is the second-largest public park in Paris, the Bois de Boulogne, which was a popular place for families to relax, stroll, and enjoy carriage rides around the lakes. Two prints are nocturnal scenes in which gaslight emanating from shop windows is reflected on the wet streets, creating passages of bright yellow in the otherwise dark compositions. Bonnard’s favorite subjects, such as the Parisienne—a young, fashionable, modern woman—as well as children and dogs, appear repeatedly throughout the prints in the suite.
France, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 40.7 x 53.4 cm (16 x 21 in.); Image: 30.4 x 34 cm (11 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
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The costermonger seen here sold fruits and vegetables from a cart on Paris's streets.
Gift of the Hanna Fund
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Dürer conceived this fantastical chariot as part of a larger commission to depict Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (reigned 1486–1519) in a triumphal procession. The ruler sits enthroned in the lavish car, as Victory holds a laurel wreath above his imperial crown. Her feathered wings list Maximilian’s military campaigns. Nearly every component of the allegorical pageant—from the entourage of female attendants to the laurel garlands—has a Latin label describing honorable qualities of an ideal prince. The car rolls on wheels of Magnificence, Honor, Dignity, and Glory. Its driver is Reason, who guides a team of 12 horses with reins of Nobility and Power. Virtues of Justice, Strength, Wisdom, and Temperance, stand on pedestals arranged around the emperor. Maximilian died in 1519, before the ambitious commission could be completed. Dürer published <em>The Great Triumphal Car</em> at his own expense with text composed by his friend Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530).
Germany, 16th century
woodcut
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration. Pinks appeared, lending their name to the new palette of overglaze colors (famille rose), and the addition of opaque white allowed painters to vary the value of pigments, enhancing the painterly quality of porcelain decoration. As on painted scrolls and album leaves, the image is accompanied with a poem, in this case: "Branches come alive in the moonlight; Blossoms fill the autumn realms."
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-1735)
porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
Diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); Overall: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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Title: La dipthérie : depuis Arétée le cappadocien jusqu'en 1894, avec les résultats statistiques de la sérumthérapie sur deux cent trent mille cas, tubage du larynx historique, instrumentation technique, séméiotique
Creator: Bayeux, Raoul
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of London
Publisher: Paris : G. Carre et C. Naud
Sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
Contributor: Royal College of Physicians, London
Date: 1899
Language: fre
Description: Bibliog
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