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Château de Chantilly

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Jean Fouquet, The Hours of Étienne Chevalier, circa 1452-1460

Château de Chantilly

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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Château de Chantilly

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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Château de Chantilly

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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Château de Chantilly

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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Château de Chantilly

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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Château de Chantilly

Charte de Lubert Hauntschild Abbé de Saint-Barthélemy de L'eeckhout à Bruges, faisant de Jean, duc de Berry, un confrère de l'abbaye, 13 décembre 1402, AE/II/422 (ancienne cote: J 188, n* 65)

Maître de Luçon et Maître du Térence des Ducs, Jean Boccace, Des Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes. Paris, vers 1410. Genève, Bibliothèque du Genève, Ms fr. 190/2

Pseudo-Jaquemart, Evangélaire de La Sainte Chapelle de Bourges, Paris, vers 1410. Bourges, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 48, fol. 180v

Cercle du Maître des Cleres Femmes, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Paris, vers 1407. Paris, Bnf, Français, 173 fol 1

Cercle du Maître des Cleres Femmes, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Paris, vers 1407. Paris, Bnf, Français, 173 fol 2

Maître de la Cité des Dames, Christine de Pizan, Livre de la Cité des Dames, Paris, 1407-09. Paris, Bnf, Français 607, fol. 2

Maître de Jeanne de Laval, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Livres I à X, 1402 (copie), Angers, vers 1480 (eluminure). Chantilly, Bibliothèque du musée Condé, ms 122, fol 4

Maître de la Bible de Jean De Sy, Maître du Livre du Sacre de Charles V, Maître du Policratique de Charles V, Grandes Chroniques de France. Paris, vers 1370-80. Paris, Bnf, 28876, non paginé

Cercle du Maître des Cleres Femmes, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Paris, vers 1407. Paris, Bnf, Français, 173 fol 2

Maître du Livre D'Heures de Johannette Ravenelle (Premier Maître de la Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry), Guillame de Digulleville, Livre du Pèlerin de Vie Humaine: Pèlerinage de L'Âme, Paris, verbs 1404. Paris, Bnf, Français 829 fol 1

Charte de Lubert Hauntschild Abbé de Saint-Barthélemy de L'eeckhout à Bruges, faisant de Jean, duc de Berry, un confrère de l'abbaye, 13 décembre 1402, AE/II/422 (ancienne cote: J 188, n* 65)

Maître de Luçon et Maître du Térence des Ducs, Jean Boccace, Des Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes. Paris, vers 1410. Genève, Bibliothèque du Genève, Ms fr. 190/2

Pseudo-Jaquemart, Evangélaire de La Sainte Chapelle de Bourges, Paris, vers 1410. Bourges, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 48, fol. 180v

Cercle du Maître des Cleres Femmes, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Paris, vers 1407. Paris, Bnf, Français, 173 fol 1

Cercle du Maître des Cleres Femmes, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Paris, vers 1407. Paris, Bnf, Français, 173 fol 2

Maître de la Cité des Dames, Christine de Pizan, Livre de la Cité des Dames, Paris, 1407-09. Paris, Bnf, Français 607, fol. 2

Maître de Jeanne de Laval, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Livres I à X, 1402 (copie), Angers, vers 1480 (eluminure). Chantilly, Bibliothèque du musée Condé, ms 122, fol 4

Maître de la Bible de Jean De Sy, Maître du Livre du Sacre de Charles V, Maître du Policratique de Charles V, Grandes Chroniques de France. Paris, vers 1370-80. Paris, Bnf, 28876, non paginé

Cercle du Maître des Cleres Femmes, Saint Augustin, De Civitate Dei (La Cité de Dieu), Paris, vers 1407. Paris, Bnf, Français, 173 fol 2

Maître du Livre D'Heures de Johannette Ravenelle (Premier Maître de la Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry), Guillame de Digulleville, Livre du Pèlerin de Vie Humaine: Pèlerinage de L'Âme, Paris, verbs 1404. Paris, Bnf, Français 829 fol 1

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Sargent and Paris

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Singer Sargent, Edouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron (detail), 1880, Des Moines Art Centre Permanent Collections (1976.61).

John Singer Sargent, Man Wearing Laurels, 1874-1880. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (40.12.10).

John Singer Sargent, Head of a Male Model. c. 1878. Private Collection (JSS. 127).

John Singer Sargent, Rosina Ferrara (Capri Peasant--Study), 1879. Private Collection (JSS.044).

John Singer Sargent, Young Woman with a Black Skirt, early 1880s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (50.130.33).

John Singer Sargent, Fumée d'ambre gris, 1880. Clark Art Institute (1955.15).

John Singer Sargent, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (JSS.008).

John Singer Sargent, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, Study for "Madame X", 1883-84. Private Collection (JSS.016).

John Singer Sargent, Madame Gautreau Peering over the Top of a Piano, 1883. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2024.551a, b).

John Singer Sargent, Study of the Bust at Lille, c. 1877. Private Collection (JSS.092).

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Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marianne Brandt, Untitled [With Anna May Wong], 1929. CH.028

British Artist, Mirror with Jael and Barak (Detail), 1672. 39.13.2a

Viennese Artist, Manticore, ca. 1735 (Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period). 1995.268.310

Dutch Artist, Interior of a Chinese Shop, ca. 1700. CH.010

Anonymous French Artist, Caricature Showing Marie Antoinette as a Leopard, eighteenth century. 62.520.16

British Artist, Mirror with Jael and Barak (Detail), 1672. 39.13.2a

Viennese Artist, Sweetmeat Dish, ca. 1730 (Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period). 50. 211.5

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Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caspar David Friedrich, Ruins at Oybin, c. 1812

Caspar David Friedrich, Figures Contemplating the Moon, c. 1799

Caspar David Friedrich, Friends Beneath a Tree, 1801

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman with a Raven at a Precipice, 1803

Caspar David Friedrich, The Cross in the Mountains, c. 1806

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman with a Spiderweb, 1803

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at the Window, 1822

Caspar David Friedrich, Northern Landscape, Spring, c. 1825

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Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy

The Morgan Library

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The Morgan Library and Museum

The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World

Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, Traponee (Sri Lanka) in the Book of the Marvels of the World, c. 1460-65, France, Angers. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum. MS 124. fol. 32r.

Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, Arabia, in the Book of Marvels of the World, c. 1460, France, Angers, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.461, fol. 10r.

Worksop Bestiary, c. 1185, England, Lincoln (?). Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 51v.

Konrad von Megenberg (1309-1374), The Book of Nature. Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1475. Morgan Library & Museum, PML 136

Hanns Rüst, Map of the World. Germany, Augsburg, ca. 1480. Morgan Library & Museum, PML 19921

Conjoined Twins, in Abridged Divine Histories. France, Amiens, ca. 1300. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.751, fol. 52v.

Abridged Divine Histories. France, Amiens, ca. 1300. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.751, fol. 53r.

Worksop Bestiary. England, Lincoln (?), ca. 1185. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 52r.

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Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Seated Lion Figurine, twelfth or thirteenth century. Iran. 48.1147

Bowl with Camel Caravan, late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Iran. 48.1054

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 4: Vessantara, Maddi, Jali, and Kanha Enter the Forest, late nineteenth century. Thailand. 35.234

The Christ Child as Good Shepherd, seventeenth century. Goa. 71.324

Yamaguchi Okatomo, Netsuke in the Form of a Rat, late eighteenth century. Kyoto. 71. 936

Ohara Mitsuhiro, Netsuke in the Form of a Puppy, mid-nineteenth century. Osaka. 71.911

Meisho, Netsuke in the Form of Three Rabbits, mid-nineteenth century. Japan. 79. 901

Masanao, Netsuke of a stylised fukurasusume (fat sparrow), mid-eighteenth century. Kyoto. 71.1038

Beaker with Seated Figures, late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Iran. 48.1234

Incense Burner in the Form of a Dog, c. 1750-1800. Nagasaki prefecture. 49. 1128

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Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

January 11th, 2025

Virgin and Child, c. 1460. Florence. 37.536

Marten's Head, c. 1550-59. Venice. 57. 1982

Paolo Veronese, Portrait of Countess Livia da Porto Thiene and her Daughter Deidamia, 1552. Venice. 37.541

Carlo Crivelli, Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor (detail), c. 1490. 37.593.

Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of a Baby Boy, 1540-49. Florence. 37. 451

Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani (detail), c. 1595. Bologna. 37. 1915

Ercole de' Roberti, Head of a Mourning Woman, fifteenth century. Ferrara. 37.1707

Carlo Crivelli, Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor, c. 1490. 37.593.

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Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

January 11th, 2025

Book-Cover Plaque with Scenes of the Life of Christ. 9th century. Spain. 71.50.

Jewellery Box with Dancers and Faun, 4th-6th century. Byzantine/Coptic. 71.40

Fibula with an Enamel Bust, 7th century. Langobardic. 44.255.

Pilgrim's Badge of the Trinity, 13th-15th century. Venice. 55.75

Reliquary Shrine with Scenes from the Life of Christ, c. 1230-50. French. 44.247.

Necklace, 4th-5th century. Byzantine. 57.1727.

Plaque with Dionysos, Ariadne, and Eros. 4th-5th century. Byzantine. 71.1127.

Bottle Mould?

Islamic Wall Tile, c. 1250-1350. Iran. 48.1281.

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Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

January 11th, 2025

Ceiling Tile (socarrat) with a Boar, 1396-1410, Spain. 48. 2106.1

(a) Ivory Plaque with a Figural Scene, 11th-12th century. Egypt. 71.562. (b) Ivory Plaque with a Peacock, 12th century. Egypt. 71. 566.

The Three Living and the Three Dead. Pocket-Sized Bible. c. 1260. Miniatures c. 1290-1300. England. W. 51. fols. 1v-2r.

Master of the Joseph Sequence, The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara. 1470-1500. Southern Netherlands. 37.778.

Opening Madonna Triptych. 1180-1220. France. 71.152.

Mirror Cover with Hawking Scene, c. 1325-1350. French. 71.275.

Carrow Psalter. c. 1250. England. W. 34. fols. 30v-31r.

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If Books Could Kill

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

January 11th, 2025

Clothide Coulaux, Clothide Missal, 1906. Walters Art Museum

Khatchatur of Kizan, active c. 1455, Gospel Book, Türkiye, Late Van, Walters Art Museum. W. 543. fols. 8v-9r.

Mors, Confession Book of a Deaf Student, Belgium, c. 1819. Walters Art Museum

Book of Hours, Belgium, c. 1460-70. Walters Art Museum. W. 266. fols. 68v-69r.

Archangel Michael, Flanked by Male and Female Donors. Ethiopia, early 20th century. Walters Art Museum.

Thai artist, Treatise on Elephants, 1824, W. 893