Skin Collection (#11)

Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India
FLO4623796 Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India. Hindu devotees are suspended by hooks in the skin from long poles

Descending Night, 1914 (bronze with brown patina)
1767562 Descending Night, 1914 (bronze with brown patina) by Weinman, Adolf Alexander (1870-1952); 143.5 (height) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Descending Night)

The Looking Glass, (oil on canvas)
823109 The Looking Glass, (oil on canvas) by Blenner, Carle J. (1884-1952); 61x50.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Looking Glass. Carle John Blenner (1864-1952). Oil on canvas

Drum (wood, double membrane and elephant-skin)
AMQ115717 Drum (wood, double membrane and elephant-skin) by African School; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: probably from this comes from Uganda;); © Ashmolean Museum

Rising Day (bronze with brown patina)
1767715 Rising Day (bronze with brown patina) by Weinman, Adolf Alexander (1870-1952); 67.3 (height) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rising Day. Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952)

Bear's Belly, of the Arikara tribe, wrapped in a bearskin, 1890s-1920s (photo)
STC423836 Bear's Belly, of the Arikara tribe, wrapped in a bearskin, 1890s-1920s (photo) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Vintage alligator skin luggage. Date: 29-12-2017

Chameleon panther on a tree
Dikky Oesin

Central panel of the Triptych of Job, c. 1500-24 (oil on panel)
489888 Central panel of the Triptych of Job, c.1500-24 (oil on panel) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516); Groeningemuseum, Bruges

Cherries, 1873 (oil on canvas)
471334 Cherries, 1873 (oil on canvas) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912); 129x79 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Fischer chameleon on black background
Dikky Oesin

Skin
François Audet

BALLADE
Erik Schottstaedt

Ewelll
Piotr Leczkowski

don't grow old
Alexandr Sutula

Boots, Greenland (mixed media)
HSC249802 Boots, Greenland (mixed media) by Inuit School; Horniman Museum, London, UK; Photo © Heini Schneebeli

Starvation, degrees of wasting (litho)
5998374 Starvation, degrees of wasting (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Starvation, degrees of wasting)

Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b / w photo)
6005105 Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aids to a lovely skin)

Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b / w photo)
6005112 Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aids to a lovely skin)

Apollo Flaying Marsyas (oil on canvas)
3744700 Apollo Flaying Marsyas (oil on canvas) by Reni, Guido (1575-1642) (after); 132x94 cm; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Newstead Abbey); (add.info.: Depiction of the satyr Marsyas who)

Aggressus Ressurgo, 1918 (colour etching)
1195042 Aggressus Ressurgo, 1918 (colour etching) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); 42x34.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Sleeping; Schlafende, 1912 (oil on board)
652769 Sleeping; Schlafende, 1912 (oil on board) by Jawlensky, Alexej von (1864-1941); 49.4x53.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sleeping; Schlafende. Alexej Jawlensky (1864-1941). Oil on board

Clash of the Titans; Kampf der Titanen, c. 1913-1915 (oil on canvas)
656203 Clash of the Titans; Kampf der Titanen, c.1913-1915 (oil on canvas) by Moser, Koloman (1868-1918); 130x240 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clash of the Titans; Kampf der Titanen)

A Male Nude Pulled by Another Male, (pencil and brown ink on brown paper)
658726 A Male Nude Pulled by Another Male, (pencil and brown ink on brown paper) by Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824); 12.6x19.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Male Nude Pulled by Another Male)

Corpse, skeletons (wood & bronze) (b / w photo)
XIR346090 Corpse, skeletons (wood & bronze) (b/w photo) by French School, (16th century); Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: corpse, skeletons; skeleton; )

Hercules and the Giants, c. 1475-80 (engraving)
659470 Hercules and the Giants, c.1475-80 (engraving) by Pollaiuolo, Antonio (1432/3-98) (school of); 36.7x54.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Hercules Killing Cacus, (woodcut)
659519 Hercules Killing Cacus, (woodcut) by Goltzius, Hendrik (1558-1617); 41x33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hercules Killing Cacus. Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617). Woodcut

Pope Leo X (black chalk on paper)
449304 Pope Leo X (black chalk on paper) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info.: Pope Leo X (11 December 1475 - 1 December 1521)

Fetishes; Les Fetiches, 1928 (oil on paper laid down on panel)
653566 Fetishes; Les Fetiches, 1928 (oil on paper laid down on panel) by Berghe, Frits van den (1883-1939); 49.5x38 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Fetishes; Les Fetiches)

Apollo flaying Marsyas, c. 1627 (oil on canvas)
XIR439938 Apollo flaying Marsyas, c.1627 (oil on canvas) by Liss or Lis or von Lys, Johann (c.1595-1629); Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: Apollo and Marsyas; )

The Dancer; La Danseuse, (oil on canvas)
658386 The Dancer; La Danseuse, (oil on canvas) by Wegener, Gerda Marie Frederike (1885-1940); 123x80 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dancer; La Danseuse. Gerda Wegener (1885-1940)

Repose, c. 1934 (etching and drypoint, printed in colours)
985610 Repose, c.1934 (etching and drypoint, printed in colours) by Icart, Louis (1888-1950); 49x117 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Repose. Louis Icart (1888-1950)

The Pieta, c. 1542 (oil on canvas)
990353 The Pieta, c.1542 (oil on canvas) by Vasari, Giorgio (1511-74); 192x136 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pieta. Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574). Oil on panel

The Infant Hercules, (oil on canvas)
652123 The Infant Hercules, (oil on canvas) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92); 127x101.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Infant Hercules. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). Oil on canvas

Rat Seller during the Siege of Paris, 1870 (oil on canvas)
XIR212795 Rat Seller during the Siege of Paris, 1870 (oil on canvas) by Chaillou, Narcisse (b.1837); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

DDE-90037740
Fish, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date: 07/04/2005

DDE-90037450
Skin detail of coral cod, or cephalopholis miniata. Date: 01/03/2005

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Close-up of sweetlip (Plectorhinchus) fin and scales, Triton Bay, Fak Fak, Papua, Indonesia. Date: 12/08/2006

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One-horned Rhinoceros, coming out of jungle pond, Kaziranga National Park, India. Date: 15/04/2009

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One-horned Rhinoceros feeding near jungle pond, Kaziranga National Park, India. Date: 15/04/2009

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One-horned Rhinoceros feeding on the short grass, Kaziranga National Park, India. Date: 15/04/2009

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Mother and young One-horned Rhinoceros feeding, Kaziranga National Park, India. Date: 15/04/2009

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One-horned Rhinoceros out of the jungle pond, Kaziranga National Park, India. Date: 15/04/2009

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One-horned Rhinoceros and young feeding, Kaziranga National Park, India. Date: 15/04/2009

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