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Historical Archive: Trees and other plants
14th century to present
See also Tree of Jesse.


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mandrake root with sewn on rootlets, in fir box with satin, 14th-15th c., WienMus
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ivory mirror case with courtly couples, Paris c.1300-30, KGM F 1337
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scenes of courtly love, ivory mirror back, Paris c.1300-1350, Cluny Cl.401
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courting couple: Tristan and Iseult with Ogrin?, ivory mirror back, Paris c.1300-1350, Cluny Cl.383
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Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral
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Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page.
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Annunciation to the Shepherds: Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page
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mirror-back with courtly couple, 2nd quarter of 14th c. Paris, Louvre.
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golden rose, Minucchio of Siena 1330, Cluny Cl. 2351, which has its own page
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creation of plants: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page with trees
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Dečani monastery frescoes (naos), 1335-47, which have their own pages
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page
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Hell, suicides encased in trees: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page
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Yakov Fedosov 1359, Lyudogoshch cross, wood, which has its own page with another tree, Novgorod AM
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Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page.
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Reproach of Adam and Eve, alabaster w. polychromy, Bartomeu Robio c.1362, SF 59.40. For other views see SF.
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Arca di Sant'Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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Jacob's Ladder: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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walrus ivory crozier, Norway, late 14th c., V&A A.1-2002. This work has its own page.
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Wood chest with tournament, 15th-c. France, Cluny Cl.8919. For another view see Cluny.
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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poss. pansies, thistles or marigolds: Signet ring, 15th c. gold w. prob. 18th c. sapphire, Louvre OA MRR 229, which has its own page
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Man of Sorrows, right half of an ivory diptych with polychrome, Tuscany? c.1400-early 15th c., Louvre
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Noli me tangere, early 15th-c. Spain, tempera/oil/gold on panel transferred to hardboard, SF 61.44.28. For detail see SF.
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Abraham and Isaac: Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page
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Jonah (right), oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page
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lilies: Rogier van der Weyden or shop, Annunciation c.1440, Louvre MR 813, which has its own page
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tapestry, bears with trees, shields inc. arms Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins, linen/silk, 1450-1500, Louvre OA 10372. For full work see Louvre.
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stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolomeo d'Andrea "Banco" 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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orange trees in Paradise: Giovanni di Paolo 1460-65, Last Judgment, SPN inv. 172, which has its own page with lilies, carnations, and sweet pea flowers
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St. Sebastian, silver, Germany late 15th c., KGM F 1277 m
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Crucifixion w. SS. Mary Magdalen, Anthony of Padua, George; attrib. *Bartolomeo di Giovanni, late 15th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page
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footed beaker with Creation, enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page
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cup (tazza): putti with musical instruments, enameled blue glass, Venice c.1490-1500, CMA 1960.36
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date palm: Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, Absolon Stumme 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page.
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Rape of Europa; Ganymede, 16th c. Majolica platter (coppa amatoria), shop of Girolamo di Lanfranco dalle Gabicce, Arezzo MS 14591
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equestrian scene from Nagyvázsony castle (Hungary), marble? c.1500, HNM. For additional views see the HNM page.
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Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels with many trees and other plants see Cluny.
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polychrome in Naumburg cathedral west choir, c.1500-25, which has its own page
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pea-pod prayer beads, boxwood, Adam Dircksz workshop, c.1500-35, KGM F 2497. For other views see Berlin.
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Adam and Eve plate, cast brass, Germany c.1500-50, Belgrade MAA 6216. For oblique view see Belgrade MAA.
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St. George and the dragon, marble, Michel Colombe 1509-10. Louvre MR 1645. This work has its own page.
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woman shamed for infidelity, faience, Deruta 1510 (Giovanni Maria Vasaro?), Louvre OA 9205
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Spinning/reading, wool/silk tapestry, c.1520, Cluny Cl. 2182. For scale and details see Cluny.
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Defendente Ferrari, Temptation of Eve c.1520-25, tempera on panel, UMMA 1967/1.38. This work has its own page.
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Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page with more trees.
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faience platter with Adam and Eve after Bernard Salomon, c.1555, Rimini?, Louvre OA 1555
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left: Crossing the Red Sea, enamel/copper, Jean de Court 1575-85, SF 48.2. For details see SF.
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John the Baptist triptych, enamel/copper, Martin Didier Pape late 16th c., SF 1952.32a-c, which has its own page
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Hunting horn assoc. Henry IV of Navarre, ivory, France late 16th-early 17th c., Belgrade MAA 541. For other views see Belgrade MAA.
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, tapestry, c.1600-50, Ypres, which has its own page
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Friedrich Joseph von Bockenvörde, d. 1688, bronze or brass, HildMus G53
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pall (pala), silk/gold, late 17th c., WienMus
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tumbler with hunting scene, gold glass, Bohemia c.1730, CMA 1946.458
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hoopoe birds on trees, Meissen porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler c.1736, SF, which have their own page
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Jupiter (as Diana) and Callisto?, François Boucher 1744, Pushkin Ж 733. For scale see Pushkin.
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myrtle: Mantel clock with priestess and Cupid sacrificing to Venus, Joseph Buzot c.1780, gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass, UMMA 2001/2.82. This work has its own page.
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Zaharija Orfelin, Serbian perpetual calendar, Vienna 1783, Belgrade MAA 608. For full opening see Belgrade MAA.
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Robinson Crusoe in Serbian, Buda 1799, Belgrade MAA 4246. For full opening see Belgrade MAA.
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Peddler Goblet: enameled peddler robbed by monkeys, Murano 19th c., CMA 1953.364. For additional views see the CMA page.
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landscape made of Russian stones, 19th c., Imola 11781
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footed bowl, enameled and gilt glass, Venice c.1840-60, CMA 1962.423. For additional views see the CMA page.
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Frederick Sandys 1860, Portrait of a Lady, prob. Anne Simms Reeve, oil on panel, UMMA 1987/1.158. For oleander detail see UMMA.
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tile plaque with ducks, earthenware with underglaze and enamel, Joseph-Théodore Deck and prob. Edmond Lachenal c.1880 France, PMA 1973-203-1b. For companion work see PMA.
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vase in the form of a gourd, porcelain, Vilmos Zsolnay factory, Pécs c.1882, MAAB. For another view see MAAB.
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thistle flower flagon, horn/glass, René Lalique 1898-1900, KGM 1900.6020
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Strumpf, Touvier, Viollet & Co., vase with flowers, layered and cut glass, Pantin France c.1900, PMA 1900-145
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mountain ash necklace, gold/enamel/sapphire, René Lalique 1900-02, KGM 1903,108. For details see Berlin.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, leaded glass and wood windows with grapes c.1905-10, p.c. on loan to UMMA. For additional views see the UMMA page.
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tulips: Bertozzi/Casoni 1997, Scegli il Paradiso, majolica, which has its own page, Imola
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Canadian gold million-dollar coin, reverse, 2007, SMBMünz. For other views see Berlin.
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modern altar frontal: Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page