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Results for "The Two Ladders"12 records

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The Descent from the Cross, from "The Small Passion" by Albrecht Dürer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Descent from the Cross, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer (d. 1528)

ca. 1509 · Woodcut

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew by Caravaggio, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Caravaggio (d. 1610)

1606–7 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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The Two Ladders by Allart van Everdingen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Two Ladders

Allart van Everdingen (d. 1675)

1675 · Engraving; second state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tarocchi by Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tarocchi

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

before 1467 · Print, engraving hand-colored with gold

Cleared · CC0

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The Duel (Le Duel), from Essay on Butterflies Masquerading as Humans (Essai de Papilloneries Humaines) by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Duel (Le Duel), from Essay on Butterflies Masquerading as Humans (Essai de Papilloneries Humaines)

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin (d. 1786)

ca. 1756–60 · Etching; first state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fragment of a Band with Three Crosses of the Crucifixion by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band with Three Crosses of the Crucifixion

Unrecorded maker

1700s · Lace, Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and burato (twined ground and darned in two directions)

Cleared · CC0

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The Lime-Burner (W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street) by James McNeill Whistler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lime-Burner (W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1859 · Etching and drypoint, warm black ink on ivory wove paper; first state of two (Glasgow)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Coif by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Coif

Unrecorded maker

late 1500s · Embroidery, Silk, gold and silver thread, sequins, padding, linen; embroidery

Cleared · CC0

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The Two by Anders Zorn, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Two

Anders Zorn (d. 1920)

1916 · Etching; second state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Man's Nightcap by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Man's Nightcap

Unrecorded maker

late 1500s · Embroidery, Silk, silver thread, plaited braiding, linen; embroidery: chain and buttonhole stitches

Cleared · CC0

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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.

2e Suite de différens Attributs, Trophées et Groupes de Fleurs, Plate 2

Pierre Ranson (d. 1786)

ca. 1778 · Engraving

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.

[Construction Site with Workers, Visitors, Ladders, and Urn at the 1862 International Exhibition at South Kensington, England]

Benjamin L. Spackman (d. 9999)

1859–62 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

In copyright

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