President Richard Nixon Wearing a Traditional Lei Garland during a Stopover in Hawaii en route to China
Nixon White House Photographs
Vanamala (Jewelled Garland) or Neckband
late Central Javanese period
Cameo with Hercules and the Nemean Lion within a Garland
The court of Frederick II actively promoted the collecting and creation of cameos based upon antique subjects, styles and techniques. Here the classical theme of Hercules and the Nemean lion is adapted from im... more
Portrait of a Young Man; (reverse) Girl Making a Garland
Hans Süss von Kulmbach had been apprenticed to the Italian painter and printmaker Jacopo de’ Barbari, who worked at a number of German courts in the first decade of the sixteenth century. The latter’s influence... more
Juno, Ceres, and Psyche in the clouds conversing, Juno seated with a peacock at her feet, Ceres wearing a garland of wheat and Psyche partially naked and holding a cloth
Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
Juno, Ceres, and Psyche in the clouds conversing, Juno seated with a peacock at her feet, Ceres wearing a garland of wheat and Psyche partially naked and holding a cloth
After a drawing in the Albertina thought to be by Giulio Romano which is based on a fresco in the Villa Farnesina by Raphael. Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X
Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60)
Three putti before a large garland, the one in the middle rides an ostrich, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X
Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60)
Four putti, two embracing in front of a large garland, two behind, the one at left holding an arrow, the one at right a bow, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X
Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60)
Design for a Bucket-Like Vessel with a Handle of Two Interlaced Captives, on a Body Adorned with a Scroll, Garland, and a Spout with a Satyr's Head.
Girolamo Genga (Italian, Urbino (?) 1467–1551 near Urbino)
A naked man (Ignudo) with a garland with acorns over his shoulders, after Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco in the Sistine Chapel
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome)
Two putti draped with a garland the one at right holding a mask
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome)
Wall Decoration with a Cartouche and Garland (recto); Ruled Lines in Red Chalk (verso)
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
Malavakusika Raga: Page from a Dispersed Ragmala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
A prince, fanned by an attendant, is taking pan, a refreshing and slightly narcotic mixture of betel nut, powdered lime, and condiments wrapped in a leaf.
Vasant Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Vasant (spring) is evoked here by the dancing nobleman playing the role of Krishna in celebration of the coming of spring, witnessed by the flowering plants in the foreground, the flowers in the nobleman’s head... more
Ornamental Border with a Putto, Scroll, Mask, and Floral Garland.
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
Fragment of a Design for an Overdoor with Seated Angel Supporting Cartouche, and Seated Putto Holding Garland (recto); Fragments of a Cartouche? (verso)
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Design for the Decoration of a Cornice with Putti holding a Garland (recto); Red Chalk Sketches (verso)
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
Plate 9: Vase or Ewer with a Serpent Handle and Two Putti holding up a Garland, from Antique Vases (‘Vasa a Polydoro Caravagino’)
These vases are reverse copies of Alberti's series of 1582. Aegidius Sadeler II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague)
Ramkali Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The texts related to this ragini tell of a vivacious woman anxiously waiting for her lover, who arrives far too late. The written sources build tension by describing her high spirits and excitement at being nea... more
Desvarati Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Ragamala texts describe the woman in this scene as “a lady whose gesture is one of languor and silence, whose eyes are restless from lack of sleep, who is exhausted by the effort of love-making.” Here, the arti... more
Design for Three Consoles Decorated with Foliage and Volutes and a Console with a Satyr Head Surmounted by Three Human Figures, Garland and Foliage
Attributed to Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli (Italian, Battidizzo (Bologna) 1609–1660 Madrid)
Vasant Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Here Krishna dances to the beat of a drum and cymbals played by women standing at either side of him. The new shoots emerging out of the pot Krishna holds in one hand and the flowering trees above the figures a... more
Dipak Raga: Folio from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The Dipak Raga is associated with night and is meant to evoke the mood of intimacy between lovers. Legend has it that one of Emperor Akbar’s musicians started a palace fire after being forced to play this raga ... more
Setmalar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
This ragini evokes the rainy season and is given dramatic expression by the bands of heavy clouds and snakelike bolts of lightning across the upper register. The associated text by Lachiman Das tells of a woman... more
Ladies in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
In this unidentified Ragamala page, two women sit in conversation while a third looks on. Marwari taste for saturated red and orange earth tones and a formal presentation are perfectly typified. The flowers abo... more
Malkos Raga: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
This painting perfectly illustrates the Malkos raga text, which describes a lord attended by a woman with a fly whisk who is entertained by others that play heavenly music like gandharvas; he wears a necklace o... more
Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from the series 'Hours of the day'
Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
Madhumadhavai Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The text of this Ragini tells of peacocks that cry at the threat of rain—here shown in the roiling black horizon and blue lines. Thinking that the peacock’s cry comes from hunger, a lady offers food. The audien... more
Panchama Ragini: Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The patron here has inserted himself as a participant in the popular Panchama Ragini musical composition: he reaches out to pay the two musicians. The text of this ragini speaks of his contented happiness and l... more
Bhairavi Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
A female devotee is worshiping at a Shaiva shrine inside a palace compound, with a lotus pond in the foreground. She has placed an offerings of fresh flowers on the linga and, as we know from the ragamala verse... more
Design for a Frieze with Three Putti holding a Garland and Two Leopards jumping over it, Plate 16 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Plate 2: Design for a Frieze with Felines holding up a Garland and the Medici Coat of Arms in the Center, Plate 2 from: 'Decorative friezes and foliage' (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Plate 17: a cartouche with a marble center, an infant on either side holding a garland over the horns of a ram in center, from 'Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments' (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Study of a Garland of Fruits and Vegetables
Martinus Saeghmolen (Dutch, Oldenburg ca. 1620–1669 Amsterdam)
Study of a Garland of Fruits and Vegetables
Martinus Saeghmolen (Dutch, Oldenburg ca. 1620–1669 Amsterdam)
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Khambhavati Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Here a female mendicant makes a Vedic fire offering to the god Brahma who is represented with four overlapping faces and holds a text, rosary (mala), and flower. An earlier ragamala text of 1550 provides the fo... more
Lalit Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
This morning raga shows the sleeping woman and her lover, who is silently departing after a night of passion: “Wearing many ornaments and garments, splendid, the fair mistress lies exhausted upon her bed at daw... more
Kakubha Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The conventions of this ragini vary, but the usual theme is a lady waiting for her lover. Here, she stands at the door, possibly looking out for him. This analysis is buttressed by the empty bed and the actions... more
Vilaval Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The Vilaval ragaini is to be performed in the morning, as suggested by the sun rising in a dark sky. In poetry this raga is described as a lady preparing to meet her lover, and here she is shown looking in a mi... more
Kedar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The artist Ruknuddin has combined creatively a number of ragamala texts to make this evocative masterpiece. Following artistic precedent and the texts, he shows an ascetic “in penance, adorned, gray [with ashes... more
Design for a Garland from 'Various New Festoons, Part II' (Verscheide Nieuwe Festonnen, tweede deel)
Michiel Mosyn (Dutch, born 1630)
Design for a Garland from 'Various New Festoons, Part II' (Verscheide Nieuwe Festonnen, tweede deel)
Michiel Mosyn (Dutch, born 1630)
Design for Garland with Shells
Anonymous, French, 18th century
Vairari Ragini, Wife of Bhairav Raga: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The set to which this page belongs seems to be a slightly later copy of the 1709 Amber ragamala series. The poetic description of Vairari Ragini in that set reads:Know [her] full of skills and extremely handsom... more
Desvarari Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
All Indian paintings are begun with an underdrawing sketched with brush and ink, as seen here, where the bold use of line to demarcate the architectural forms gives the work its structure. The simply presented ... more
Putto in a medallion surrounded by a garland
French Painter , 18th century
Design for Garland with Shells
Anonymous, French, 18th century
Design for a Frieze: Garland and Animal Skull
Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century
Putti Supporting a Garland
François Le Moyne (French, Paris 1688–1737 Paris)
Design for a Ceiling Decoration with Putti and Garland Motifs.
Attributed to Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (Italian, Laino near Como 1683–1735 Ludwigsburg)
Bangali Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
The Amber ragamala text of which this work is a part offers the following description of this ragini: “Her sari, soaked with kesara [saffron], is enchanting. [Her] musk caste mark at the forehead bewitches the ... more
Vasanti Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Vasant means “spring,” and here, two women stand in a burgeoning springtime landscape, filling baskets with flowers. The style of the picture and its vertical format are close to those seen in works from early ... more
Andhrayaki Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Within the palace interior a lady reclines on her bed, restlessly pulling her hair in frustration at the absence of her lover. Her maids are outside, sheltering themselves with their saris from a great thunders... more
Nata Ragina: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Within the ragamala tradition the association of music, text, and image is not always obvious. In this instance, in accord with visualizing music in a heroic mode, a male figure is described in the text as “[g]... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
Keman (Sanskrit: kusumamala) literally means “garland of flowers,” and refers to pendant decorative disks, usually made of bronze in the shape of a round fan (uchiwa), that are suspended from beams of inner san... more
Vase with a Male Siren holding up a Garland, from: Vases
Jacques François Joseph Saly (French, Valenciennes 1717–1776 Paris)
Little girl holding a garland of flowers, from Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France (Second Book of Figures after porcelains from the Manufacture Royale de France)
Pierre François Tardieu (French, Paris 1711–1771 Paris)
Puriya Ragaputra: Page from the Dispersed "Boston" Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
Krishna and Radha are shown outside a pavilion. He holds a lute and touches her forehead. She raises her hands to him in anjalimudra, the gesture of reverence.