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    230 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    399 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 41 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "A Tortoise (Tortuga), plate 4 from "8 Ag"12 records

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Table by Pierre Gole, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Table

Pierre Gole (d. 1684)

ca. 1660 · Oak and fruitwood veneered with tortoiseshell, stained and natural ivory, ebony, and other woods; gilt bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Clock with pedestal by André Charles Boulle, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clock with pedestal

André Charles Boulle (d. 1732)

ca. 1690 · Case and pedestal of oak with marquetry of tortoiseshell, engraved brass, and pewter; gilt bronze; dial of gilt brass with white enameled Arabic numerals; movement of brass and steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cabinet by André Charles Boulle, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cabinet

André Charles Boulle (d. 1732)

ca. 1700 · Oak veneered with Macassar and Gabon ebony, ebonized fruitwood, burl wood, and marquetry of tortoiseshell and brass; gilt bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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Commode by André Charles Boulle, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Commode

André Charles Boulle (d. 1732)

ca. 1710–20 · Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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Wall clock (pendule en cartel) by Jean Godde l'aîné, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wall clock (pendule en cartel)

Jean Godde l'aîné (d. 1749)

ca. 1740–45 · Case: gilded bronze, oak, and tortoiseshell on brass marquetry on oak; Dial: white enamel and gilded brass with blued-steel hands; Movement: brass and steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Dagger (Katar) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dagger (Katar)

Unrecorded maker

17th–18th century · Steel, silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Watch in the form of a human skull by Isaac Penard, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watch in the form of a human skull

Isaac Penard (d. 1676)

case ca. 1810–20, movement ca. 1650 · Case: silver; Dial: silver, partly nielloed; Movement: gilded brass and steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Square Piano by Robert Nunns, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Square Piano

Robert Nunns (d. 1869)

1853 · Rosewood, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, abalone, felt, metal, paint, gilding

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Documents concerning Parade: [Cocteau's handwritten notes for Parade captioned "Le Prestidigitateur chinois"]

Jean Cocteau (d. 1963)

1916–17

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Documents concerning Parade: [Postcard from Satie to Cocteau, dated May 2, 1917]

Erik Satie (d. 1925)

1916–17

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

A Tortoise (Tortuga), plate 4 from "8 Aguafuertes a Color" (8 Color Etchings)

Alfredo Zalce (d. 2003)

1947 · Color etching

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

8 Shoeing Smith, Australia

Carl Andre (d. 2024)

1973 · Galvanized steel sheet

In copyright

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