Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

 Organization

Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:

Adoration of the Magi, Scene of Adoration of the Magi. This painting has attributions to Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Filippino Lippi, and Lorenzo Di Credi, but is likely a forgery.

 Item — Box 307: [Barcode: 30081049760956]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s49-i0062
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FORG.0061; Public Notes: Suspected forgery.

This painting has attributions to Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Filippino Lippi, and Lorenzo Di Credi, but is likely a forgery.

This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please email us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Agony in the Garden - Sansepolcro Altarpiece, Biblical scene of Jesus and the disciples in the garden of Gethsemane with Judas approaching in the distance., 1437-1444

 Item — Box 34A: [Barcode: 30081049757457]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s03-i0105
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SIEN.0105; Public Notes:

Dates: 1437-1444

Alexander and the Daughters of Darius, Alexander, in military attire, directs the attention of four women by pointing.

 Item — Box 243: [Barcode: 30081049760295]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s26-i0314
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0302; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Annunciate Angel, Gabriel of the annunciation.

 Item — Box 57: [Barcode: 30081049757838]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss01-i2584
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.2538; Public Notes: Object is catagorized as the work of Giovanni del Biondo on the museum's website, rather than Lorenzo di Niccolo.

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Annunciate Angel, Saint Gabriel the Archangel., Early 1430s

 Item — Box 70 (1 of 2): [Barcode: 30081049758018]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss01-i4673
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.4622; Public Notes:

Dates: Early 1430s

Annunciate Virgin, Virgin Mary holding a book., Early 1430s

 Item — Box 70 (1 of 2): [Barcode: 30081049758018]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss01-i4674
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.4623; Public Notes:

Dates: Early 1430s

Annunciate Virgin, Virgin Mary of the annunciation.

 Item — Box 57: [Barcode: 30081049757838]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss01-i2583
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.2537; Public Notes: Object is catagorized as the work of Giovanni del Biondo on the museum's website, rather than Lorenzo di Niccolo.

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Betrayal of Christ - Sansepolcro Altarpiece, Biblical scene of Judas giving Jesus away to the Romans as the disciples fled., 1437-1444

 Item — Box 34A: [Barcode: 30081049757457]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s03-i0106
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SIEN.0106; Public Notes:

Dates: 1437-1444

Busts of a Young Man and Young Woman, Two aristocratic people are depicted: the man on the left positioned at an angle and looking beyond the viewer, and the woman on the right shown in profile.

 Item — Box 298 (1 of 2): [Barcode: 30081049760857]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s37-i0325
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0701; Public Notes:

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Catherine of Aragon as the Magdalen, This painting is a half-length depiction of Catherine of Aragon posing as Mary Magdalen. She holds an ointment jar and gazes downward., c.1515-1516

 Item — Box 261: [Barcode: 30081049760485]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s36-i0439
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0417; Public Notes: This painting was purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1940.

Dates: c.1515-1516

Christ Appearing to the Disciples, Biblical scene of Christ appearing to the disciples after the resurrection., c.1514

 Item — Box 137: [Barcode: 30081049758919]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s04-i3291
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.3308; Public Notes: 15th and 16th centuries

Dates: c.1514

Christ Crowned with Thorns, A scene depicting Christ being crowned with thorns., c. 1505

 Item — Box 260A: [Barcode: 30081049760469]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s36-i0288
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0272; Public Notes: This piece was part of the Dr. Eduard Simon collection in Berlin, Germany by 1929 and was sold in the same year to Jacques Goudstikker in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dates: c. 1505

Christ in Limbo, Scene depicting Christ retrieving the faithful in Limbo.

 Item — Box 259A: [Barcode: 30081049760444]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s36-i0021
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0019; Public Notes:

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Circumcision, Scene depicting the circumcision of Christ., 1523

 Item — Box 161A: [Barcode: 30081049759230]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s09-i0371
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.PARM.0369; Public Notes:

Dates: 1523

Conversion and Death of the Husband of Saint Monica, In this image is the scene of St. Monica converting her husband to Christianity as he is on his deathbed. She holds a crucifix and points upward. He gazes up at her from his pillow. Two young women stand behind her. The scene is set inside a room with a brocade curtain and an arched doorway., 1441, Photographed in c. 1910-1929

 Item — Box 189: [Barcode: 30081049759669]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s19-i0179
Scope and Contents Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0178; Public Notes: This work is part of a series showing the Life of St. Monica. Originally part of an altarpiece in the Augustinian church of Santo Stefano in Venice, the various scenes are now split up amongst Bergamo, Detroit, La Spezia, and London.; This photograph was originally housed in a folder marked, "Storie di S. Agostino / Sposalizio di S. Monica / Nascita di S. Agostino / Conversione del marito di Monica. / Attribuita da: Heil,...
Dates: 1441; Photographed in c. 1910-1929

Costanza da Sommaia, Portrait of Costanza da Sommaia

 Item — Box 114: [Barcode: 30081049758562]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss02-i5903
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10824; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu

Dates: 1930 - 1967

Detail of the Boni Family Coat of Arms, Image is a detail from the Boni Family’s coat of arms, depicting a lion head with his tongue hanging out, 1457

 Item — Box 300: [Barcode: 30081049760881]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s46-i0110
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SCUL.0100.2; Public Notes:

Dates: 1457

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