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temporal: Biedermeier-Realismus
20 x 19 cm
mat: Bleistift auf Papier
class: Zeichenkunst
type: Zeichnung
provenance: Nachlass des Künstlers. – 1998 Ankauf Erbengemeinschaft Troll, Wien
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
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During the contest between Zeus and the giants (the Gigantomachy), Zeus, shown in his chariot, tramples two giants in human form with serpent legs. The prototype for this intaglio is a gem now in the National Museum of Naples. Both are signed in Greek "Athenion," the name of an ancient gem engraver.
1 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (3.6 x 4.5 cm)
medium: sardonyx
Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
India has a rich tradition of jeweled arts. Gold and gems were used to embellish a variety of functional objects, such as boxes, spoons, pen boxes, and small containers. The most distinctively Indian approach to gem setting is the "kundan" technique, seen here, in which soft and malleable nearly pure gold is pressed around gems to hold them in place. No claws or prongs are used in this process so that surfaces may be seamlessly decorated. Craftsmen continue to use the "kundan" technique in India today.
Mughal
H: 3 3/16 x W: 4 3/8 x D: 2 11/16 in. (8.1 x 11.2 x 6.9 cm)
Inkpot H: 2 5/16 x W: 2 1/16 x Diam: 2 in. (5.9 x 5.3 x 5 cm)
Tray H: 7/16 x W: 4 3/8 x D: 2 11/16 in. (1.1 x 11.2 x 6.9 cm)
medium: rock crystal, gold, rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), and silver
culture: Mughal
by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
This small painting of the Madonna and Child—featuring the Christ Child lovingly reaching toward his mother as he kicks on her lap—was probably intended for private devotion in a home. The painting’s original setting seems to be recalled in the image itself, with the figures seated inside a domestic interior. They are placed in a small room before a dark green curtain pulled aside to reveal two windows opening onto a distant landscape. This latter motif is inspired by contemporary Netherlandish painting, which was highly coveted in Renaissance Florence.
Scholars have had difficulty determining the artist since the painting’s style reflects the influence of a number of artists working in Florence during the late 1400s. The famous early twentieth-century art historian Bernard Berenson considered the picture close to Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and Piero del Pollaiolo (ca. 1441-1496), whereas later scholars have associated it with the workshops of David Ghirlandaio (1452-1525) and, more recently, Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere (1466-1513).
Panel H: 23 x W: 15 1/2 x D excluding cradle: 7/16 in. (58.4 x 39.3 x 1.1 cm)
Painted surface H: 22 1/2 x W: 15 1/16 in. (57.1 x 38.2 cm)
medium: oil on wood panel
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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H. 2 3/4 in. (7 in.); W. 6 in. (15.2 in.); L. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver, color (iroko) togidashimaki-e on black lacquer ground
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.40.883a–c 1914
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Francis Seymour Haden worked professionally as a surgeon, experimenting avidly with etching in his spare time. He took up the medium while it was experiencing a major revival of interest in London, and he quickly developed an artistic reputation that outweighed his medical work. Most of Haden’s prints were landscapes. In this work, work, he worked experimentally, combining two separate prints (from a plate that had been cut in two) and drawing on the image in graphite to further reconsider the composition.
England, 19th century
etching with pencil
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Gold discs dangling on the chests of Akan state officials and elites showed their rank and duties. Worn by these <em>akrafo </em>(“soul people”) since the 1800s, they are often linked to <em>kradware, </em>officials who represent and purify (“wash”) the king’s soul. To make them, goldsmiths cast or flattened gold. Muslim North African gold coins likely inspired their form and material, while concentric water rings influenced their composition. This small disc is a typical pre-colonial example: <em>asantehene</em> (king) Prempeh I reportedly owned this disk. The British emptied his treasury after deposing and exiling him in 1896. Gold ornament making ceased until 1924; court officials now wear large discs.
Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante Empire/Kingdom, probably Kumasi, member of the goldsmiths’ guild
Gold
Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Did you know...
Akan goldsmiths were organized into guilds, a kind of specialized group of artisans.
Dudley P. Allen Fund