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Subject Index: Stone, Limestone

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Works of Art (88)

Head of an Angel, ca. 1250, France, Paris, Notre-Dame Cathedral (?), Limestone (1990.132)
Male Figure (Kulap), late 19th century, Southern New Ireland, Chalk, paint (1981.331.5)
Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (1985.328.2)
Apse, 1175–1200, Spanish; From the Church of San Martin, Fuentidueña, Segovia, Limestone (L.58.86)
Archers (detail), Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reigns of Khufu to Khafre, ca. 2551–2494 B.C., Egyptian; Excavated at Lisht, reused in the pyramid of Amenemhat I, probably originally from Giza, Painted limestone (22.1.23)
Architectural Frieze, second quarter of 12th century, French; Possibly from the abbey church at Cluny, Burgundy, Limestone (1980.263.1)
Artist's gridded sketch, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1479–1458 B.C., Egyptian; From western Thebes, Limestone and ink (23.3.4)
Artist's sketch of Ramesses IV, New Kingdom, Dynasty 20, reign of Ramesses IV, ca. 1153–1147 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (30.8.234)
Artist's sketches of Senenmut, New Kingdom, early co-reign of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, ca. 1479–1423 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (31.4.2)
Buddhist stele, Tang dynasty, ca. 700, China, Black limestone (30.122)
Capital with Four Heads, ca. 1230, Southern Italy, Apulia, probably Troia, Limestone (55.66)
Capital, with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, From the Abbey of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, France, Limestone (25.120.60)
Chapter House, 12th century, French; From the Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut, Gascony, Limestone (35.50)
Childbirth scene, ca. 310–30 B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2698)
Cloister of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, before 1206 (with 14th-century additions), French (near Montpellier), Limestone (25.120.1-.134)
Column Figure of a King, ca. 1150–1170, French; From the abbey of Saint-Denis, Limestone (20.157)
Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b)
Doorway from Moutiers-Saint-Jean, ca. 1250, French, Limestone with traces of polychromy (32.147)
Fragment from a Lintel or Frieze with Cross and Rosette Medallions, ca. 500–600, Byzantine; Said to be from the Monastery of Apa Jeremias, Saqqara (found in the neighboring village of Mitrahina), Limestone (10.176.37)
Fragment of a Lintel, 400–550, Byzantine; Probably made in Roman Syria, Limestone (69.15)
Funerary slab with a man controlling a rearing horse, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.3)
Funerary slab with a soldier and two girls, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.4)
Funerary slab with a soldier taking a kantharos from his attendant, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.6)
Funerary slab with a soldier, Hellenistic, second half of 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.5)
Funerary Stela with Architectural Frame, 500–700, Byzantine; Probably from Armant, Egypt, Limestone with red, green, and black paint (36.2.6)
Funerary stele (shaft) surmounted by two sphinxes, last quarter of 5th century B.C.; Classical, Cypriot; Said to be from the necropolis at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2499)
Funerary stele with a seated man and two standing figures, Early Hellenistic, late 4th–early 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.2)
Funerary stele with a woman in childbirth, Early Hellenistic, late 4th–early 3rd century B.C., Greek; from the Soldiers' Tomb, Ibrahimieh necropolis, Alexandria, excavated 1884, Limestone, paint (04.17.1)
Gravestone with funerary banquet, 2nd–3rd century, Excavated at Palmyra, Syria, Limestone (02.29.1)
The Great Departure and the Temptation of the Buddha, Ikshvaku period, ca. first half of 3rd century, India (Andra Pradesh, Nagarjunakonda), Limestone (28.105
Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C., Egyptian; From Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Indurated limestone (29.3.2)
Head of a Bearded Man with a Garland Crown (Jupiter?), ca. 1230–50, Southern Italy, Limestone (L.2003.13)
Head of a Grotesque, ca. 1200–1220, France, Champagne, Châlons-sur-Marne, Church of Notre-Dame-en-Vaux (?), Limestone (13.152.2)
Head of a Man Wearing a Cap or Helmet, possibly 2nd–3rd century, Probably British Isles (Celtic), Fossiliferous limestone (2000.525.1)
Head of Ahmose I, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Ahmose I (ca. 1550–1525 B.C.), Egyptian, Limestone (2006.270)
Head of Arsinoe II, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 316–270 B.C., Egyptian, Indurated limestone (38.10)
Head of Christ, late 15th–early 16th century, Netherlands, North Brabant, Limestone, traces of wood (1983.406)
Head of Joseph, ca. 1230, France; Chartres, Limestone with traces of polychrome (2007.143)
Head of King David, ca. 1145, France, Paris, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, south portal of west facade (Saint Anne Portal), Limestone (38.180)
Head of Ptolemy VI Philometor, Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor, ca. 180–145 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (66.99.166)
Head of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336–1327 B.C., Egyptian, Indurated limestone (50.6)
Inscribed slab, first half of 8th century, Syria, Limestone (66.81)
Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, ca. 1220–1230, Crusader; From Castle Montfort/Starkenberg, Limestone (28.99.1)
Loggia from Laurelton Hall, Oyster Bay, New York, ca. 1905, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American), Limestone, ceramic, glass (1978.10.1)
Osirid figure of Merneptah, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Merneptah, ca. 1213–1203 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (26.7.1451)
Ostracon, New Kingdom, Dynasties 19–20, ca. 1295–?1069 B.C., Egyptian; From the Valley of the Kings, western Thebes, Painted limestone (26.7.1453)
Pietà (Vesperbild), ca. 1400, Bohemian, Limestone (2001.78)
Portion of a Pilaster Capital with an Acrobat, ca. 1150–1170, French; From the Abbey of Saint-Martin-de-Savigny (now destroyed), near Lyon, Limestone (47.101.25)
Relief of Apries, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Apries, ca. 589–570 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (09.183.1a)
Relief of Haremhab, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Haremhab, ca. 1323–1295 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (66.99.44)
Relief of King Amenemhat I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1981–1952 B.C., Egyptian, Painted limestone (08.200.5)
Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (detail), Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, ca. 2051–2000 B.C., Egyptian; From the king's temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes, Painted limestone (07.230.2)
Relief of Queen Kiya, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1352–1340 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (1985.328.8)
Relief of Ramesses I, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295–1294 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911 (11.155.3a)
Relief of Ramesses II, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, ca. 1279–1273 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (05.4.256)
Relief of Ramesses IX, New Kingdom, Dynasty 20, reign of Ramesses IX, ca. 1126–1108 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (59.51a,b)
Relief of Senwosret I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C., Egyptian, Painted limestone (14.3.6)
Relief of Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (26.7.1399)
Relief with Enthroned Ruler, 8th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Limestone, paint (1979.206.1047)
Reliefs from the Tomb of Nes-peka-shuty, Late Period, early Dynasty 26, late reign of Psamtik I, ca. 656–610 B.C., Egyptian; Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Limestone (23.3.468)
Sarcophagus, second quarter of 5th century B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot, Limestone (74.51.2453)
Sculptor's model of Akhenaten, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (21.9.13)
Sculptor's model of the head of Akhenaten, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1349–1336 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (66.99.40)
Seated statue of King Menkaure, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure, ca. 2490–2472 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (37.6.1)
Spouted Vessel, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Indurated limestone (1999.484.3)
Standing female figure with clasped hands, Early Dynastic IIIA, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Inanna temple, Level VIIB, Limestone, shell, and lapis lazuli (62.70.2)
Standing Figure, 9th–10th century, Mexico; Maya, Limestone (66.181)
Statue of a bearded man with votive offerings, ca. 475–450 B.C.; Classical, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2461)
Statue of a priest, end of 6th century B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot; Said to be from west of the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2466)
Statue of a young man, mid-4th century B.C., Late Classical to Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2465)
Statue of a youth, early 5th century B.C.; Classical, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2457)
Statue of Aphrodite holding winged Eros, late 4th century B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2464)
Statue of Memi and Sabu, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575–2465 B.C., Egyptian; Probably from Giza, Painted limestone (48.111)
Statue of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Ahmose, ca. 1550–1525 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (16.10.224)
Statue of Queen Arsinoe II, Ptolemaic Period, probably after 270 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone with traces of gilding and paint (20.2.21)
Statuette of Taweret, New Kingdom, early Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Egyptian; From western Thebes (cAsasif), Limestone with traces of paint (26.7.1404)
Stele of King Intef II, First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 11, reign of Intef II, ca. 2108–2059 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (13.182.3)
Stele of Shabaqo, Late Period, Dynasty 25, reign of Shabaqo, ca. 712–698 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (55.144.6)
Stele of Shebitqo, Late Period, Dynasty 25, ca. 707–690 B.C., Egyptian, Limestone (65.45)
Stone seated female figure, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), Chlorite or steatite, and limestone (1989.281.41a,b)
Tarantine grave relief, ca. 325–300 B.C., Greek, South Italian (Tarantine), Limestone (29.54)
Three-Cornered Stone with Face, 13th–15th century, Dominican Republic; Taino, Fossiliferous limestone (1997.35.2)
Tomb Effigy of Ermengol VII, 1320–1340, Spanish; From the Church of Santa María de Bellpuiq de las Avellanes, Catalonia, Limestone, polychromy (28.95)
Tomb Effigy of Jean d'Alluye, mid-13th century, French; Made in Loire Valley, Limestone (25.120.201)
Tomb panel with relief of figures in a pavilion, Eastern Han dynasty, early 2nd century, Shandong Province, China, Limestone (20.99)
Untitled, 1985, Mimmo Paladino (Italian), Limestone, iron, encaustic, paint (1986.8)
Virgin and Child, ca. 1420 Attributed to Claus de Werve (Franco-Netherlandish), French; Made in Poligny, Burgundy, Limestone, polychromy, gilding (33.23)
Woman's Head, 1912, Amedeo Modigliani (Italian) , Limestone (1997.149.10)

Thematic Essays (12)