Athanasius Kircher
Romani Collegii Societatis Jesu Musæum Celeberrimum

Romani Collegii Societatis Jesu Musæum Celeberrimum

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Romani Collegii Societatis Jesu Musæum Celeberrimum
AuthorItalian, active Rome, c. 1678
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Romani Collegii Societatis Jesu Musæum Celeberrimum
  • [The Celebrated Museum of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus]
Date1678
MediumBook bound in vellum
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (36 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.6
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Art and Science of Optics," The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Claremont, California, November 12, 2022–March 26, 2023.

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Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae
Athanasius Kircher
1646
Book
BF.2022.4
Passover Haggadah According to the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites, 2nd edition
Solomon Proops
1712
Book with 31 folios including woodcuts and copperplate engravings in a modern calf, gilt-tooled and blind-tooled binding with modern paper flyleaves and pastedowns, housed in a modern green leather covered slipcase
2023.39
Covered Vase with "Rienzi" Etching
no date
Glass
97.1563.A,.B
Inkstand
Elkington & Co.
c. 1864–1865
Silver and glass
B.76.186.A-.C
High-spouted Ewer
late 12th century
Brass; raised, repoussé, inlaid with silver and copper
2014.1
Celery Vase probably made for President Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)
Brooklyn Flint Glass Company
c. 1853–1857
Lead glass
B.2015.1
I Wish I Could Give Aretha All the R.E.S.P.E.C.T. She Will Ever Need
Dario Robleto
1998–1999
.A: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Aretha Franklin 45 rpm records (You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, Prove It, Chain of Fools), resin, spray paint, engraved silver label .B: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Kraftwerk records (Computer World, The Man Machine, Trans-Europe Express), resin, spray paint, engraved chrome label .C: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Maria Callas records (live recordings of Norma, Madame Butterfly and Tosca), resin, spray paint, engraved brass label
2008.840.A-.D
Museum Wormianum
Ole Worm
1655, first/sole edition
Book, bound in sheepskin
BF.2016.4
Tobacco Box
18th century
Brass
B.56.182
Pendant in the form of a Mask
1500–300 BC
Jade
2010.1056