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George Washington Life Mask

Explore the plaster cast of George Washington's face, made in 1785 by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon.

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The Rotunda

The interior of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library consists of three rooms radiating off the east, north, and west sides of the Rotunda, a vaulted entrance foyer.

Four Grotesque Masks (Mascarons)

Attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi

1527-1596

1547-1549

1979.9

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

Two Scenes from the Martyrdom of St. Minias

Attributed to Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni,

active 14th century-15th century

ca. 1390-1410

I, 1

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings and Prints

Kerckelycke tydt-rekeninge ofte verclaringhe vanden Roomschen calendier : sijnde de ordonantie vande H. Kercke oft godts-volck, en sijnen op der aerden oppersten vicarius, in 't stellen van op sijnen behoorlijcken tijt den publijcken godts-dienst te pleghen, volgens de canones van 't concilie van Niceën, raeckende besonderlijck het vieren van het paesch-feest, ende hoe den ouden calendier (verloopen sijnde) van den paus Gregorius den XIII. herstelt en verbetere is, met andere daer aen-clevende, &c. / beschreven ende uyt het Latijn van verscheyde aucteurs over-gheset en by een ghestelt door Joannes Carolus van Lyere.

Lyere, Joannes Carolus van.

Antwerpen : By Jacob Mesens, 1693.

PML 126433.2

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

In hoc volumine haec continentur. Neruae & Traiani : atq[ue] Adriani Caesarum vitae ex Dione / Georgio Merula interprete ; Aelius Spartianus, Iulius Capitolinus, Lampridius, Flauius Vopiscus, Trebellius Pollio, Vulcatius Gallicanus, ab Ioanne Baptista Egnatio Veneto diligentissime castigati ; Heliogabali pri[n]cipis ad meretrices elega[n]tissima oratio ; eiusdem Io. Baptistae Egnatij De Caesaribus libri tres a[b] dictatore Caesare ad Co[n]stantinum Palaeologum, hinc a[b] Carolo Magno ad Maximilianu[m] Caesare[m] ; eiusdem in Spartiani, Lampridijq[ue] uitas, & reliquorum annotationes ; Aristidis Smyrnaei Oratio de laudibus urbis Romae a[b] Scipion Carteromacho in Latinum versa ; in extrema operis parte addita Co[n]flagratio Veseui montis ex Dione, Georgio Merula interprete.

Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, mense augusto, M.D. XIX [1519]

PML 1364

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

Diversorum veterum poetarum in Priapum lusus : P.V.M. Catalecta. Copa. Rosae. Culex. Dirae. Moretum. Ciris. Aetna. Elegia in Mecoenatis obitum. Et alia nonnulla, quae falsò Virgilii creduntur. Argumenta in Virgilii libros, et alia diversorum complura. Quae omnia nuper diligentius sunt emendata.

Venetiis : In aedibvs haeredum Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense Martio M.D.XXXIIII [March 1534].

PML 1665.2

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

Book of hours (MS M.276).

Created

Paris, France, 1500-1515.

Accession number

MS M.276

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours (MS M.62).

Created

France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1500.

Accession number

MS M.62

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Drummond missal (MS M.627).

Created

Ireland, late 11th or early 12th cent.

Display Date

late 11th or early 12th cent.

Accession number

MS M.627

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts