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Results for "The Scales"12 records

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Armor Scales by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armor Scales

Unrecorded maker

589–570 BCE · Bronze or copper alloy; iron

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scales by Wenzel Jamnitzer I, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scales

Wenzel Jamnitzer I (d. 1585)

c. 1525 · Metalwork, gilt bronze and silver

Cleared · CC0

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Armor scales by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armor scales

Unrecorded maker

ca. 4th century BCE · Iron, leather

Cleared · Public Domain

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Beaker with Scale Pattern by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Beaker with Scale Pattern

Unrecorded maker

1–100 CE · Ceramic, reddish ware with dark gray burnished slip

Cleared · CC0

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Wooden Box with Bronze Balance Scale by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden Box with Bronze Balance Scale

Unrecorded maker

500–600 · Wooden box and copper alloy scale

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Scales by Ernest Stephen Lumsden, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Scales

Ernest Stephen Lumsden (d. 1948)

1898–1922 · Print, etching

Cleared · CC0

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Brennus throwing his sword on the scales before Camillus by Léon Davent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brennus throwing his sword on the scales before Camillus

Léon Davent (d. 1556)

1540–56 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Kiss of Peace and Justice by Laurent de La Hyre, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Kiss of Peace and Justice

Laurent de La Hyre (d. 1656)

1654 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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“Bluish-Green Fish Scales” by Kano Tan'yū, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Bluish-Green Fish Scales”

Kano Tan'yū (d. 1674)

mid-17th century · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Saint John the Baptist by Master of the Saint John Statuettes, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Saint John Statuettes

c. 1500–1525 · Sculpture, terracotta with traces of polychromy

Cleared · CC0

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The Maker of Scales by Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Maker of Scales

Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (d. 1814)

ca. 1763 · Pen and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, and graphite

Cleared · Public Domain

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Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin by Master of the Beffi Triptych, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Beffi Triptych (d. 1425)

1400s · Manuscript, Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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