Collections Menu
Skip to main content
Medallion Representing a Pelican Feeding Its Young with Its Own Blood

Medallion Representing a Pelican Feeding Its Young with Its Own Blood

Artist
CultureItalian
Date15th century
Mediumsilver inlaid in niello work
Dimensions2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classificationscoins & medals
Credit LineThe William A. Whitaker Foundation Art Fund
Object number80.52.1
On View
Not on view
Collections
Hexas: AKRA Eagle Right, Wings Spread, Holding a Bird In Its Talons, Which It Attacks With Its Beak; Crab Beneath Two Tunny Fishes Left, Two Pellets in Field to Left and Right on Reverse
Hexas: AKRA Eagle Right, Wings Spread, Holding a Bird In Its Talons, Which It Attacks With Its Beak; Crab Beneath Two Tunny Fishes Left, Two Pellets in Field to Left and Right on Reverse
Unidentified artist
425-406 BCE
Stater: Two Male Heads Facing, The Left Inverted; Sea Eagle Flying Left, Attacking a Dolphin With Its Talons on Reverse
Stater: Two Male Heads Facing, The Left Inverted; Sea Eagle Flying Left, Attacking a Dolphin With Its Talons on Reverse
Unidentified artist
400-350 BCE
Falcon on Its Nest
Falcon on Its Nest
Matiusi Iyaituk
1990
Wretch of a may-bug . . . it's you who devours my estate . . . I shall slay you with my own hand!
Wretch of a may-bug . . . it's you who devours my estate . . . I shall slay you with my own hand!
Honoré Daumier
1845
Its His Own Two Lamps He's Worrying About
Its His Own Two Lamps He's Worrying About
William Meade Prince
July 25, 1943
Its His Own Two Lamps He's Worrying About
Its His Own Two Lamps He's Worrying About
William Meade Prince
July 25, 1943
Schloss Grempenstein, from Views of the Danube from its Source to its Mouth at the Black Sea
Schloss Grempenstein, from Views of the Danube from its Source to its Mouth at the Black Sea
Jakob Alt
1819-26
The Hindenburg Casts Its Shadow Upon the Ocean
The Hindenburg Casts Its Shadow Upon the Ocean
Unidentified artist
1936
Roundel from a Tazza: Repousse Medallion Representing Harvesters Or Summer
Roundel from a Tazza: Repousse Medallion Representing Harvesters Or Summer
Unidentified artist
c. 1600
Apocalypse: 7-headed Beast on Its Back
Apocalypse: 7-headed Beast on Its Back
Unidentified artist
n.d.
Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the beautiful location of the mill, its well-kept grounds and the good housing conditions
Views of the White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., showing the beautiful location of the mill, its well-kept grounds and the good housing conditions
Lewis Wickes Hine
1912
Image Not Available for Being a salesman is easy. It's fun to manipulate people, to get a reaction, to find out where they're at. I used to be in mangagement; I hated it. All I want to do is sell furniture
Being a salesman is easy. It's fun to manipulate people, to get a reaction, to find out where they're at. I used to be in mangagement; I hated it. All I want to do is sell furniture
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2008