Box OS23
Contains 35 Results:
Drawing of the City River, In the background lies a city, but upon the river, there are several boats floating.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GUAR.0197; 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
The Grand Ceiling of the Palazzo Clerici, A chaotic scene of gods abiding in the heavens., 1740
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0195.1; 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
The Grand Ceiling of the Palazzo Clerici, A chaotic scene of gods abiding in the heavens., 1740
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0195.2; 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
Portion of the Great Ceiling, A chaotic scene of angels and gods inhibit the heavens., 1740
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0196.1; 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
Portion of the Great Ceiling, A chaotic scene of angels and gods inhibit the heavens, while Apollo on a chariot, center, rises with the Sun over the earth. Above the chariot, Hermes seems to be calling out., 1740
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0196.2; 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
An Allegorical Subject, Four women are grouped together; one offers the other jewels on a platter while another peers off in the distance., about 1720
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0241A; 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
Christ Healing, Jesus stands off center to the right, lending his hand to one who is reaching--one he has probably just healed. The crowd gathers round. One of those healed seems to be revealing his skin--possibly indicting that these were lepers. Two Pharisees seemingly overlook the event.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.BASS.0253; 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
Riva degli Schiavoni from the Piazzetta with the Columns, figures and shipping, This image is similar to Canaletto's "The Molo: Looking West" and his "Riva degli Schiavoni: Looking East." It depicts the River Schiavoni with its merchants and supplies with a looming column and a city in the background., late 1720s
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.BELL.0079; 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
Piazza San Marco, A close-up of the plaza of San Marco with figures and the base of the watchtower., late 1720s
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.BELL.0085; 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
Piazza San Marco, Picture of the plaza of San Marco with figures, monument with lion on its top and the watchtower., late 1720s
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.BELL.0086; 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
The Room of Noblemen, Noblemen chat in a wide room--perhaps a courthouse.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GUAR.0007; 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
The Hall, A number of figures stand about, socializing, in a large assembly room; some of the faces are blackened.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GUAR.0008; 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
Two Gods on a Cloud, A goddess crowns a god while he reclines.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0247; 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
The Obelisk with the Roman Solider, A obelisk looms in the center, but in the background; a solider, seated, pets a lion with one hand, and holds a sac of coins in the other. A woman stands with one hand on her hip, her expression defiant.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0253; 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
Venus and Vulcan, "Tiepolo's fresco on the vault of the Halberdiers' Room in the Royal Palace depicts Venus charging Vulcan to forge the arms of Aeneas, a topic taken from Virgil's Aeneid and chosen for the military function of the room. The stucco decoration was executed by Bartolomeo Rusca.", 1762-1766
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0254; 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
The Command of the Warrior, A female warrior points somewhere off view to four finely-dressed women.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TIEP.0303; 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
The Trial of Jesus, Christ, with his crown of thrones, rests on the stairs of the courthouse as scenes of human disloyalty and violence occur about him.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.BASS.0182; 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
Giovane che trattiene un cane, On the balcony of an elegant building, the said Giovane attempts to tame a dog which bears its teeth.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VERO.0721; 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
Figures behind the Parapet; La Giustiniani Barbaro con la nutrice, Upon an elegant balcony, la Giustiniani stands, centered, and beside her is her nurse (her left) and a boy (her right) along with a parrot and dog., 1560/1561
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VERO.0722; 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
Diana, Diana, the Roman version of the goddess Artemis, is the goddess of domestic animals and hunting; thus, it is natural that in this painting, the huntress is depicted with her dogs.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VERO.0723; 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
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