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Concept

Wheels

Images

  • Ezekiel has a vision of angels and spheres with eyes coasting along the thunderstruck sea. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-, after B. Picart.
  • The mystic marriage of Catherine of Alexandria and the infant Christ. Etching by C. Bouzonnet Stella after F. Lauri.
  • A Turkish oracle; the torture wheel of Pope Pius VI. Engraving.
  • An iron forge in which metal linings are being applied to the rims of wheels. Engraving by R. Bénard after Harguinier.
  • The Virgin with four saints: the archangel Michael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Apollonia and Saint John the Evangelist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.
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Catalogue

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    Reinventing the wheel / Jessica Helfand.

    Helfand, Jessica. | Date: [2002], ©2002
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    The Virgin with four saints: the archangel Michael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Apollonia and Saint John the Evangelist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.

    Perugino, approximately 1450-1523. | Reference: 25584i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria to the Christ child; Saint Joseph looks at angels who bear attributes of Saint Barbara and Saint Margaret. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.

    Tiarini, Alessandro, 1577-1668. | Reference: 11797i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    The building of a ziggurat, perhaps the Tower of Babel; bricks are burned and chiselled. Etching.

    | Reference: 15769i
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    A Turkish oracle; the torture wheel of Pope Pius VI. Engraving.

    | Reference: 33635i
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