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Church and Monastery of Saint Augustine, Quito, Ecuador Date: 16th-19th century Medium: stonework masonry (building materials) Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Quito Keywords: Augustinian Architecture Church
Maestà Duccio Date: 14th century CE Medium: tempera gold (metal) panel (wood by form) Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Siena Repository: Keywords: Altarpiece Painting Virgin Mary
Annunciation Simone Martini Date: 14th century CE Medium: tempera panel (wood by form) Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Siena Repository: Keywords: Annunciation Altarpiece Virgin Mary Painting
The Portinari Altarpiece Goes, Hugo van der Date: 15th century CE Medium: oil paint (paint) wood (plant material) Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Belgium Repository: Keywords: Altarpiece Adoration of the Shepherds Portraiture
The Visitation Date: 14th century CE Medium: paint (coating) gilding (material) crystal (material by form) walnut (wood) Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Konstanz Repository: Keywords: Virgin Mary Sculpture Medieval The Visitation Mineral
Church and Monastery of Santo Domingo, Quito, Ecuador Date: 16th-18th centuries Medium: stonework Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Quito Keywords: Dominican Architecture Church
Corpus Christi Catholic Church McCarthy, Joseph W. Date: early 20th century CE Medium: mosaic glass stained glass (material) marble (rock) stone (worked rock) plaster Tradition: Roman Catholic Keywords: Architecture Church
Grand Rapids Mother House John McNabb & Son Date: early 20th century CE Medium: red brick (material) limestone Tradition: Roman Catholic
Sinsinawa Mound Mazzuchelli, Samuel Date: mid-nineteenth century CE Medium: limestone red brick (material) slab glass poured concrete Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Sinsinawa Mound Keywords: Architecture Dominican Sisters Church Chapel
Church of San Pedro Mártir, Juli, Puno, Peru Date: 16th-18th centuries Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Juli Keywords: Jesuits Architecture Church
Africa Puebla Tolín, Dióscoro Teófilo de la Date: 19th century CE Medium: oil paint (paint) canvas Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Brazil Repository: Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Keywords: Four Continents Africa Elephant Colonial Brazil
Black “Cacique” on Elephant, for Le Grand Bal de la Douairière de Billebahaut Rabel, Daniel Date: 17th century CE Medium: watercolor (paint) paper (fiber product) Tradition: Roman Catholic Place of Origin: Paris Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France Keywords: Performance Elephant Africa France African Diaspora