Box 279
Contains 142 Results:
Sotto Cleef, Portrait of the Artist, c. 1520
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0071.1; Public Notes:
The Wife of Sotto Cleef, Portrait of the Artist's Wife, c. 1520
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0071.2; Public Notes:
Coronation of the Virgin, This piece depicts the final episode of the Life of the Virgin, when Jesus crowns her as the Queen of Heaven., c. 1410
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0072; Public Notes:
The Judgment of Paris, This piece depicts the myth of the Judgment of Paris. Paris, prince of Troy, is shown reclining against a tree. Hermes is presenting the three goddesses to Paris so that he may settle the divine debate of which goddess is truly the most beautiful. The three promise him different gifts in exchange for his favor. Aphrodite promises him the most beautiful woman in the world, which he accepts. This promised woman was Helen of Sparta and this promise caused the Trojan War., c. 1528
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0073; Public Notes: This piece was in the private collection of Marczell de Nemes until the collection's auction in 1913. It was acquired by the Rogers Fund in 1928.
Stag Hunt, This piece depicts a hunting scene at the moment that the stag is slain by the hunters and dogs., c. 1506
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0074; Public Notes:
Venus and Cupid, This piece depicts the goddess Venus with a transparent veil in her hands, gesturing toward the cherub Cupid who has his bow in hand., c. 1525-7
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0075; Public Notes:
The Judgment of Paris, This piece depicts the myth of the Judgment of Paris. Paris, prince of Troy, is shown reclining against a tree. Hermes is presenting the three goddesses to Paris so that he may settle the divine debate of which goddess is truly the most beautiful. The three promise him different gifts in exchange for his favor. Aphrodite promises him the most beautiful woman in the world, which he accepts. This promised woman was Helen of Sparta and this promise caused the Trojan War., 1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0076; Public Notes:
Madonna with Angels, This piece depicts the Madonna holding the Christ-child, surrounded by cherubs holding a dark veil behind the Virgin., c. 1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0077; Public Notes:
Strawberry Madonna, This piece depicts the Madonna holding the Christ-child, surrounded by cherubs holding a dark veil behind the Virgin. More cherubs lie on the ground at her feet, eating strawberries., c. 1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0078; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child, This piece depicts the Madonna holding and nursing the Christ-child, surrounded by cherubs holding a dark veil behind the Virgin., c. 1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0079; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child, This piece depicts the Madonna holding and nursing the Christ-child., c. 1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0080; Public Notes: This piece was one of over 1200 paintings looted by the Nazis from the Goudstikker Collection in Amsterdam.
Madonna and Child, This piece depicts the Madonna holding the Christ-child., c. 1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0081.1; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child, This piece depicts the Madonna holding the Christ-child., c. 1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0082; Public Notes: This piece was in the collection of Murray Marks before being auctioned in London after his death in 1894.
Madonna and Child, This piece depicts the Madonna holding the Christ Child, who is presenting his mother with an apple., 1516
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0083; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child Holding Grapes, This piece depicts the Madonna holding the Christ Child and a bunch of grapes., c. 1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0084; Public Notes: This piece was in the Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries in New York City up until the 1970's.
Infant Christ, This piece depicts the infant Christ walking triumphantly over dark skeletons, with a cross in one hand and an apple in the other., c. 1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0085; Public Notes:
Christ Blessing the Children, This piece depicts Christ in the company of children and mothers, blessing them., 1537
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0086; Public Notes: This piece just underwent extensive restorations funded by the repository.
The Mockery of Christ, This piece depicts Christ being mocked by the Roman soldiers before the moment of Ecce Homo and his subsequent crucifixion., c. 1515
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0087; Public Notes:
Agony in the Garden, This piece depicts Christ praying in the garden of Gethsemane before his arrest by the Romans., c. 1518
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0088; Public Notes:
Crucifixion, This piece depicts Christ upon the cross, with the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene mourning on his left side and John the Baptist grieving on the right. The placard above his head reads "INRI", an abbreviation for "Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum" (Jesus of Nazarene, King of the Jews)., c. 1521
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0089; Public Notes:
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