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Gemini

Also known as: Gemini; primary name: Gemini; other name: Zodiac
Details: group; personification/emblem
Biography: The Twins; third astrological sign in the western Zodiac, ruled by the planet Mercury. Associated with the Element of Air. Personified by the Dioscuri (q.v.).

26 related objects

casket

Museum number: WB.218 |
Producer name: BIOG80889 Made by:Matthäeus Wallbaum |
Production date: 1590-1632 |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg

double standing cup

Museum number: WB.110 |
Producer name: BIOG66074 Made by:Hans Brabant |
Production date: 1550 |
Production place: Made in:Nuremberg

intaglio

Museum number: 1986,0501.114 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 17thC

medal

Title: Zodiaque: Gemeaux |
Museum number: 2003,1210.6 |
Producer name: BIOG137114 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Raymond Joly |
Production date: 1954-1955 |
Production place: Made in:France

medal

Museum number: 1966,0907.1 |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; electrotype

Museum number: 1945,0901.40 |
Producer name: BIOG76634 Designed by:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; electrotype

Museum number: M.9354 |
Producer name: BIOG76634 Designed by:Benedetto Pistrucci |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

painting

Title: Entwined Geminis |
Museum number: 1949,1210,0.6 |
Cultures/periods: PersianSafavid dynasty |
Production date: 1630-1640 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

plate

Museum number: 1889,0706.68 |
Producer name: Painted by:Sir James ThornhillMade by:The Greek A (De Grieksche A) factory |
Production date: 1711 |
Production place: Made in:Delft

print

Title: May Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Maius The Twelve Months |
Museum number: 1928,0618.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SuyderhoefAfter:Joachim von Sandrart |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: May |
Museum number: 1924,0428.18 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:Edward Scriven |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: May The XII Mounthes of the Yeare in the Habits of Sev |
Museum number: 1931,1114.625.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert VaughanPublished by:Hester Holland |
Production date: 1620-1623 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Title: Gemini Arataea sive signa coelestia |
Museum number: 1952,0705.1.43 |
Producer name: BIOG28817 Print made by:Jacques de Gheyn II |
Production date: 1600-1621

print; ornament print; album

Museum number: 1937,0915.443.183 |
Producer name: After:Paul Androuet Du CerceauPublished by:Jean Leblond II |
Production date: 1670-1690 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Maia. Mayus The Months |
Museum number: 1904,0711.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus HarrewynPublished by:Willem Koning |
Production date: 1698 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Mai The Twelve Months |
Museum number: 1911,0328.1.4 |
Producer name: BIOG47847 Print made by:Jan Gerritsz Swelinck |
Production date: 1616-1649

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1109 |
Producer name: BIOG22641 Print made by:François Chauveau |
Production date: 1630-1676

print

Title: Maius Twelve months |
Museum number: 1861,0713.1701 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotAfter:Adriaen Collaert |
Production date: 1609-1610

print

Title: Mayo The Twelve Months |
Museum number: 1943,0420.5 |
Producer name: After:Joachim von SandrartAfter:Jonas Suyderhoef |
Production date: 1673

print

Title: May Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Maius The Twelve Months |
Museum number: 1920,0420.25 |
Producer name: After:Joachim von SandrartAfter:Jonas Suyderhoef |
Production date: 1670-1726

print

Title: Maius The Twelve Months |
Museum number: 1856,0209.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SuyderhoefAfter:Joachim von Sandrart |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: May The XII Mounthes of the Yeare in the Habits of Sev |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1149 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert VaughanPublished by:Thomas Booth |
Production date: 1620-1623 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: A gem |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2906 |
Producer name: BIOG18591 Print made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1791

token

Museum number: B.8147 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC-4thC