Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
A Lady Reading as Mary Magdalen, This painting is a description of an unknown woman in the guise of Mary Magdalen. She sits at a window wearing a strange flat hat and a necklace around her neck. She reads an illuminated manuscript (presumably a book of hours). On the table in front of her sits an ointment jar. Through the window, we see a landscape., c.1520-1540, Photographed in 1930
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0416; Public Notes: This piece once belonged to the Figdor Collection as indicated on our photograph.
A Study for Two Nymphs, This drawing depicts a reclined female figure, or nymph as identified in the title., c.1749
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0072; Public Notes: This piece belongs in the Helen Regenstein Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago. According to our photograph, this piece was sold at Sotheby's on 8-7-64.
Adoration of the Christ Child, A depiction of the Holy Family during the Nativity., 1500-1505
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.1350; Public Notes: This piece is part of a predella.
Adventures of Ulysses, Mythological scenes from Homer's "Odyssey.", 1435-1445
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.9455; Public Notes:
Alessandro de Medici, Head portrait of Alessandro de Medici., 1534-1535
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10150; Public Notes:
Annunciation to the Shepherds, Depiction of angels announcing the birth of the savior Lord Jesus Christ to shepherds in Bethelhem.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.5215; 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
Arcadian Landscape, Figures appear in the fore-, middle-, and background of an expansive landscape.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GENO.0090; 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.
Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, Rinaldo is held by the soldiers as Armida protests.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0286; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: The date of the painting is listed as both c. 1753 and also c. 1740.; 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; From the bequest of James Deering
Baptism of Christ, A depiction of Christ's baptism., 1500-1505
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.1351; Public Notes: This piece is part of a predella.
Bishop Saint Enthroned, Bishop saint enthroned with a patron.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.EITA.1649; Original stamp identifier: 1763; Public Notes:
Boy on a Ram, A boy rides a ram. Painting is a part of a series of cartoon tapestries meant for the Monastery of El Escorial for the Prince and Princess of Asturias., 1786-1787
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SPAN.0757; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, A depiction of a scene between Christ and the woman of Samaria., 1500-1505
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.1352; Public Notes: This piece is part of a predella.
Christ in the House of Simon, Image depicting the biblical scene of Jesus dining in the house of Simon, a Pharisee, as Mary, the sister of Lazarus, approaches Christ with a bottle of fragrance., c. 1610-14
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SPAN.0270; Other stamp identifier: Collezione Contini Bonadossi; Public Notes:
Continence of Scipio, Historical scene from the life of Scipio Africanus.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.9469; Public Notes:
Creation of Eve, Adam sleeps as God personified stands next to the created Eve in the Paradise.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VERS.0358; 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
Crucifixion, This piece depicts Christ upon the cross, flanked by the other two criminals, with crowds of soldiers and mourners around the bases of the crosses., 1538
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0090; Public Notes:
Crucifixion with Saints, The crucifixion with saints.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.STUD.0344; 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.
Cupid Chastised, Popular opinion states that this painting depicts one of two different interpretations, the first being that Vulcan is the clothed man with ropes abusing the young winged man Cupid, who is also blindfolded, for the love of Venus and Mars. Venus being the partially undressed woman crouching next to the scene, attempting to stop the man. The second theory is that the man abusing Cupid is Mars, punishing the young man for an incestuous relationship with his mother, Venus. On the ground there appears broken arrows and a helmet while in the background two doves are flying off., 1613
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0112; Public Notes:
Detail of the Landscape from Creation of Eve, The landscape is fertile and depicts grazing cows and an elephant.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VERS.0359; 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
Dormition of the Virgin, Scene of the death of the Virgin Mary., 1401-1405
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.3793; Public Notes:
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