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virgin mary

Also known as: virgin mary; Virgin
Scope note: Use for pious images. Do not use for scenes from the life of the Virgin which are covered by New Testament categories, such as VISITATION or NATIVITY, for example.
Broader terms: x12542; bible
Narrower terms: holy family; immaculate conception; mater dolorosa; mother of divine love; mother of divine providence; mother of good counsel; our lady ...; pieta; regina coeli; regina cordium; sacred heart of mary; virgin and child; virgin and child with baptist; virgin and child with saints; virgin with trinity

1,351 related objects

album; painting

Title: Hindu and Persian Miniatures and Penmanship |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.10.14 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC

album; painting

Title: Hindu and Persian Miniatures and Penmanship |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.10.15 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Awadh

album; postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.2870.11 |
Production date: 1914 |
Production place: Printed in:Jerusalem

album; postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.2870.12 |
Production date: 1914 |
Production place: Printed in:Jerusalem

altar-cross; crucifix; relic; reliquary

Museum number: 1911,0621.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1450-1550 |
Production place: Made in:Spain |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hospital de la Vera Cruz

ampulla

Museum number: 1856,0701.2050 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 13th,15th century |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

apostle spoon

Title: Astor Spoons Apsotle Spoons |
Museum number: 1981,0701.1 |
Production date: 1536-1537 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

badge

Museum number: 1992,0113.7274 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

badge

Museum number: 2004,0909.8 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1985,0933.5 |
Production date: 1980s

badge

Museum number: 1978,1218.3 |
Producer name: BIOG201477 Designed by:Taylor, A |
Production date: 1960s

badge

Museum number: 1992,0113.3233 |
Producer name: BIOG103229 Made by:B O & W |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

badge

Museum number: 1992,0113.3232 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

badge

Museum number: 1992,0113.3238 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

badge-mould

Museum number: 1921,0216.99 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15th century |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Farringdon Street

banknote

Museum number: 2006,0405.1071 |
Authority: BIOG167338 Issuer:Slovak National Bank |
Production date: 1997 |
Production place: Issued in:Slovakia

book of prints

Museum number: 1902,0514.1252.1-51 |
Producer name: Published by:Dawson TurnerPublished by:Mary Turner |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:Great Yarmouth

calendar

Museum number: Am1988,08.382.a |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Retailed in:Xalapa

cameo

Museum number: 1915,0608.7 |
Producer name: BIOG68368 Made by:Derby Porcelain Factory |
Production place: Made in:Derby (Derbyshire)

candle-holder

Museum number: Am1990,08.391 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Huaquechula

candle-holder

Museum number: Am1990,08.392 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Huaquechula

candlestick; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: Am1989,12.196 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Huaquechula

candlestick; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: Am1989,12.194 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Huaquechula

cloak; dance-costume

Museum number: Am1986,06.1.f |
Production date: 20thC |
Production place: Made in:Mexico

cloth

Museum number: Am1988,08.173.b |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Retailed in:Papantla

cloth

Museum number: Af2006,15.109 |
Producer name: BIOG169939 Made by:Akosombo Textiles Limited |
Production date: 2000s |
Production place: Made in:Accra

cloth

Museum number: Am1988,08.182.g |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Retailed in:Tuxpan

cloth

Museum number: Af2006,15.118 |
Producer name: BIOG169939 Made by:Akosombo Textiles Limited |
Production date: 21 October 2003 |
Production place: Made in:Accra

cloth

Museum number: Am1986,07.216.b |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Mexico

coin

Museum number: 1851,0805.5 |
Authority: BIOG110526 Ruler:Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor |
Production date: 1705 |
Production place: Issued in:Goslar

coin

Museum number: 1935,0401.6671 |
Authority: BIOG85663 Ruler:Henry VI, King of England |
Production date: 1422-1449 |
Production place: Issued in:Rouen

coin

Museum number: 1994,0915.677 |
Cultures/periods: x13731 Byzantine |
Production date: 1065-1070 |
Production place: Minted in:Constantinople

cross

Museum number: 1992,0113.6430 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

cross

Museum number: 1992,0113.6432 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

cross

Museum number: Af1868,1001.20 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Ethiopia |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maqdala

crucifix

Museum number: 1992,0113.6834 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

diptych

Museum number: Af1868,1001.7 |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:LimogesMade in:Ethiopia |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maqdala

dish

Museum number: 1973,0603.1 |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Made in:Krefeld

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.804 |
Producer name: BIOG18647 Attributed to:Lazzaro Bastiani |
Production date: 1449-1508

drawing; print study; album

Museum number: 1921,0411.49 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacob de WitAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1710-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1907,0717.41 |
Producer name: BIOG48572 Drawn by:Domenico Tintoretto |
Production date: 1577-1637

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.92 |
Producer name: BIOG18233 Office/studio of:Hans Baldung |
Production date: 1530-1550

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.535 |
Producer name: BIOG18589 Circle/School of:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.114 |
Producer name: BIOG28387 Drawn by:Raffaellino del Garbo |
Production date: 1485-1524

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.610 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 Drawn by:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0411.1 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Anthony van DyckFormerly attributed to:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1618-1620

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.72 |
Producer name: Drawn by:PasturaFormerly attributed to:Pietro Perugino |
Production date: 1478-1513

drawing; album

Museum number: 1950,1111.48 |
Producer name: BIOG77721 After:Rosso Fiorentino |
Production date: 1509-1540

drawing

Museum number: Ff,1.89 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Drawn by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1523-1525

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.576 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 16thC

drawing; album

Museum number: 1936,0111,0.34 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1106.7 |
Producer name: BIOG22726 Drawn by:Vincenzo Chialli |
Production date: 1787-1840

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.290 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.120 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.10 |
Producer name: BIOG44681 Drawn by:Lorenzo Sabbatini |
Production date: 1545-1576

drawing

Museum number: Ff,2.107 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0612.12 |
Producer name: BIOG20391 Attributed to:Raffaello Botticini |
Production date: 1477-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1287 |
Producer name: BIOG48897 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Trotti |
Production date: 1570-1619

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0509.182 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Eugenio CajésFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1600-1634

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.140 |
Producer name: BIOG45169 Drawn by:Hans Schäufelein |
Production date: 1500-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.591 |
Producer name: BIOG48570 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tinti |
Production date: 1573-1604

drawing

Museum number: 1973,0120.7 |
Producer name: BIOG21748 Drawn by:José Camarón y Boronat |
Production date: 1785-1790

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.932 |
Producer name: BIOG46731 Circle/School of:Francesco Solimena |
Production date: 1672-1747

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.122 |
Producer name: BIOG25264 Drawn by:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1611-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1856,0712.986 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Circle/School of:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1930,0414.10 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Michel Corneille IIFormerly attributed to:Jean Baptiste Corneille |
Production date: 1664-1695

drawing

Museum number: 1847,0326.14 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1622-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0420.17 |
Producer name: BIOG20091 Drawn by:Hans Bol |
Production date: 1573

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.27 |
Producer name: BIOG42093 Circle/School of:Domenico Piola |
Production date: 1642-1703

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.17 |
Producer name: BIOG31789 Attributed to:Nicolaas Hogenberg |
Production date: 1527-1539

drawing

Museum number: 1988,1105.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43923 Drawn by:Giacomo Rocca |
Production date: 1575

drawing; cartoon

Museum number: 1946,0713.1335 |
Producer name: BIOG18589 Circle/School of:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.4 |
Producer name: BIOG36029 Circle/School of:Stefan Lochner |
Production date: 1440-1450

drawing

Museum number: 1854,0628.62 |
Producer name: BIOG52047 Attributed to:Marco Zoppo |
Production date: 1448-1478

drawing

Museum number: Pp,1.17 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousCircle/School of:Rogier van der Weyden |
Production date: 1452-1470

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1440 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Alonso CanoFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1640-1680

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1334 |
Producer name: BIOG18497 Circle/School of:Federico Barocci |
Production date: 1541-1612

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0109.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 15thC(early)

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.33 |
Producer name: BIOG44243 Drawn by:Cosimo Rosselli |
Production date: 1454-1507

drawing; album

Museum number: SL,5217.392 |
Producer name: BIOG20113 Drawn by:Arent van Bolten |
Production date: 1588-1633

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1516 |
Producer name: BIOG43540 Drawn by:Niccolò Ricciolini |
Production date: 1702-1763

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1489 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1700

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0808.110 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Hugh HowardAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1675-1738

drawing; album

Museum number: 1899,0120.17 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: T,2.29 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1774

drawing

Museum number: T,3.37 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: T,2.32 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Michelangelo RiccioliniAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1669-1715

drawing

Museum number: T,4.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Francesco Albani |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: T,3.13 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0808.27 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Hugh HowardAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1675-1738

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.112 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 After:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1486-1528

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.38 |
Producer name: BIOG29492 Drawn by:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1453

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.616 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.570 |
Producer name: BIOG44811 Drawn by:Ventura Salimbeni |
Production date: 1582-1613

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.884 |
Producer name: BIOG37194 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Marcola |
Production date: 1726-1780

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1895,0915.1042 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1631

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1063 |
Producer name: BIOG51426 Drawn by:Jacob de Wit |
Production date: 1710-1754

drawing

Museum number: T,3.88 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Francesco Salvi, Il Sassoferrato |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1857,0228.143 |
Producer name: BIOG20191 Drawn by:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1823

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.55 |
Producer name: BIOG47838 Drawn by:Jan Swart van Groningen |
Production date: 1533