Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mantel clock garniture set
Object Number:
1946.14a-c
Date:
1870
Medium:
Bronze, other metal, marble
Description:
Shelf clock with cast bronze statue of Diana with arrows and a dog; dial set in bronze and gray marble pedestal; Roman numerals incised in circular piece of gray marble and gilded; dial pierced with two holes for winding; two bronze kylix-shaped vessels on fluted capitals supported by gray marble bases complete garniture set.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the mantel clock and associated urns were used in the Van Rensselaer mansion.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer V
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
