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This Franco-Burgundian pendant, few of which still exist, is of unsurpassed quality and importance. It was meant to be worn on a string of prayer beads, signifying the devotion and piety of the wearer.
Paternoster Pendant with the Virgin and Child [obverse] and the Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate [reverse], ca. 1440–50
Franco-Flemish (Burgundy)
Onyx cameo, gold (obverse); translucent enamel, silver (reverse); 2 3/4 x 1 in. (7 x 2.5 cm)
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.1522)
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See The Robert Lehman Collection for more information about this object.
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Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I, 1549
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Arbeitslos, 1928
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Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 A.M., May 9, 1910
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Tzii'edo' a 'tl (Apache Fiddle), 19th century
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Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Émile-Charles (1875–1895), 1878
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Bononiensis de architectura libri quinque quibus cuncta fere architectonicae facultatis mysteria docte, perspicue . . ., 1568–69
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Paternoster Pendant with the Virgin and Child [obverse] and the Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate [reverse], ca. 1440–50
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