Yesterday I posted a blog about our visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Today is the second part with some different types of art works we viewed.
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Armor for Man and Horse with Völs-Colonna Arms, c. 1575
A knight depended on his horse both as a weapon and a means of defense. From the 1100s on, knights first covered their steeds in trappings of fabric and later of mail. By around 1400, full steel plate armor for horses was complete. It is possible that this armor made for both man and horse originally belonged to a “garniture”, that is an armor with multiple customized exchange elements which could convert the basic suit to various field and sporting uses. With different pieces of the garniture attached, this suit could have been worn either in battle or in various games of the tournament. The total combined weight of both the man’s and horse’s armor is 114 pounds.
George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, c. 1779
Because Charles Peale served under General Washington and befriended him during the Revolutionary War, he was an ideal candidate to compose this painting that commemorates one of Washington’s most important early victories. Even the horse at the right appears impressed with Washington, upon whom he gazes with pride. Peale’s painting was instantly popular, and the artist produced several versions of it amid a rally of enthusiasm for the American cause.
Tiffany Hinds House Window, c. 1900
This window was originally installed in a house located on the present site of the First Church of Christ Scientist on Overlook Road in Cleveland.
Portrait of Lisa Colt Curtis, 1898
(I love this dress!) One of the most sought-after painters of his era, Sargent achieved considerable critical and financial success portraying cosmopolitan members of high society on both sides of the Atlantic. Here, the artist depicts an acquaintance-an heir to the Colt firearms fortune-who had recently married his distant cousin Ralph. In her portrait, Curtis wears an elegant satin dress and poses as if she were welcoming guests into her palatial Venetian home.
Faberge Inkwell, c. 1899
The House of Faberge is a jewelry firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, by Gustav Faberge. The firm is famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs for the Russian Tsars and a range of other work of high quality and intricate details.
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