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Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas, Nicola da Urbino Italian, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas
Nicola da Urbino
ca. 1520–25
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin French, Oil on canvas
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus
Nicolas Poussin
ca. 1627
Terracotta pelike (wine jar), Acheloös Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta pelike (wine jar)
Acheloös Painter
ca. 510 BCE
King Midas, Leonaert Bramer Dutch, Brush and grey ink, heightened with white bodycolor; framing lines in brush and grey ink with white bodycolor
King Midas
Leonaert Bramer
1611–74
Apollo, Marsyas, and Midas, Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century Netherlandish, Red chalk, brown wash, heightened with white on blue paper. Attached to old mat
Apollo, Marsyas, and Midas
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century
16th century
The Judgment of Midas, Frans Pilsen Flemish, Engraving
The Judgment of Midas
Frans Pilsen
Peter Paul Rubens
ca. 1734–77
Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas, Melchior Meier German, Engraving
Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Melchior Meier
1581
Judgment of Midas
Nicolaes Clock
Karel van Mander I
1589
Judgment of Midas
Hendrick Goltzius
1590
Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas, Melchior Meier German, Etching
Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Melchior Meier
1581
King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus, Bernard Picart (?) French, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (slightly oxidized) on blue paper
King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus
Multiple artists/makers
late 17th–early 18th century
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas, Giulio Sanuto Italian, Engraving (the right section of three-part image)
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
1562
The Judgment of Midas
Multiple artists/makers
1801
The Judgment of Midas
John Sell Cotman
Henry George Bohn
1838
Plate 101: Silenus before King Midas, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses', Johann Wilhelm Baur German, Etching
Plate 101: Silenus before King Midas, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'
Johann Wilhelm Baur
1641
A Midas of the Street
Alma Woodward
1914
Terracotta pelike (jar)
Pan Painter
ca. 470 BCE
Two satyrs brining Silenus King Midas standing at the left, Giulio Bonasone Italian, Engraving
Two satyrs brining Silenus King Midas standing at the left
Giulio Bonasone
1531–76
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
1562
The Competition between Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
1562
Silenus Entertained by Midas' Subjects, from "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide..."
Multiple artists/makers
1806–22
Plate 102: Midas with the Ears of an Ass (Midae ob iudicij craßustiem aures asininae), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Antonio Tempesta Italian, Etching
Plate 102: Midas with the Ears of an Ass (Midae ob iudicij craßustiem aures asininae), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
1562
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
1562
Bowl with a radiating petal design, Silver, Phrygian or Lydian
Bowl with a radiating petal design
Phrygian or Lydian
ca. 8th–6th century BCE
Plate 102: Midas with the Ears of an Ass, from Ovid's 'The Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
Two satyrs leading Silenus to King Midas, who stands at left with two male attendants, a mule trails behind the satyrs, Giulio Bonasone Italian, Engraving
Two satyrs leading Silenus to King Midas, who stands at left with two male attendants, a mule trails behind the satyrs
Giulio Bonasone
ca. 1550–80
"Gleaner", Michele Oka Doner American, crocodile skin, silver, American
"Gleaner"
Michele Oka Doner
Nancy Gonzalez
2007
Tmolus Awarding Victory for Lyre Skills to Apollo and Midas Dissenting, Resulting in Apollo Giving Him Donkey Ears, from "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide..."
Multiple artists/makers
1808
Midas with the Ears of an Ass (Midae ob iudicij craßitiem aures asininae), plate 102 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)
Antonio Tempesta
Willem Jansz.
Published after 1606
Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity, Barthelemy d'Eyck Netherlandish, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor of various hues
Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity
Multiple artists/makers
1450s
Silenus is Taken to Midas, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1765
Apollo Turns Midas' Ears into Those of an Ass, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1765
Nose Ornament, Gold alloy, Early Quimbaya
Nose Ornament
Early Quimbaya
300 BCE–700 CE
Seated Figure, Ceramic, gold, Late Quimbaya
Seated Figure
Late Quimbaya
700–1600 CE
Poporo (Lime container), Gold, Early Quimbaya
Poporo (Lime container)
Early Quimbaya
300 BCE–700 CE
Neck of Poporo (Lime Container), Gold alloy, Early Quimbaya
Neck of Poporo (Lime Container)
Early Quimbaya
300 BCE–700 CE
Anthropomorphic Bead, Gold (cast), Early Quimbaya
Anthropomorphic Bead
Early Quimbaya
300 BCE–700 CE
Armenian Manuscript Bifolium, Illuminator Minas (?), Tempera and gold leaf on paper, Armenian
Armenian Manuscript Bifolium
Illuminator Minas (?)
15th century
Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a Las Tres Modas, Workshop of the Ybarzabel family Spanish, Steel, gold, wood (walnut), Spanish, Eibar
Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a Las Tres Modas
Workshop of the Ybarzabel family
late 18th century