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  4. The Box of Ointment

Charles Émile Jacque

French, 1813-1894

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The Box of Ointment, not dated

Artwork Details

Materials

unidentified print type

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. James, 1905

Accession ID

1905:7.7

Object Classifications:

Prints

Work Type:

Print (visual work)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Other Works by This Artist

  • Le Cheval Blanc (The White Horse), 1839

    Charles Émile Jacque

    Le Cheval Blanc (The White Horse)
  • Landscape with Cow, not dated

    Charles Émile Jacque

    Landscape with Cow
  • La Rentree, not dated

    Charles Émile Jacque

    La Rentree
  • Shepherd and Sheep, not dated

    Charles Émile Jacque

    Shepherd and Sheep

Collection Highlights

All Collection Highlights
  • Ocean Park No. 66, 1973

    Richard Diebenkorn

    Ocean Park No. 66
  • Attic Series VIII, 1990

    Robert Mangold

    Attic Series VIII
  • No title, 1970

    Eva Hesse

    [no title]
  • Le Panthéon et Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (The Pantheon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont), ca. 1903-1906

    Raoul Dufy

    A large building topped by a dome held aloft by classical pillars dominates this brightly lit city scene. The building extends from the right edge of the canvas. On the left, a clear blue skills fills the area above a church with a large bell tower and a section of yellow cobblestones partially filled by a number of pedestrians.
  • Chatham XI: Blue Yellow, 1971

    Ellsworth Kelly

    This artwork is made up of two separate, rectangular panels installed adjacent to one another at a right angle. The top panel is horizontally oriented and a solid dark blue color. Aligned underneath the left side of this panel is a second, smaller panel that is vertically oriented and a solid yellow color.
  • La Jeune bonne (The Servant Girl), ca. 1918

    Amedeo Modigliani

    La Jeune bonne (The Servant Girl)
  • Untitled (take a giant step), 2001

    Lorna Simpson

    Untitled (take a giant step)
  • Danseuse au café (Dancer in a Café), 1912

    Jean Metzinger

    Danseuse au café (Dancer in a Café)
  • La Source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue), ca. 1864

    Gustave Courbet

    The dark mouth of a cave fills the center of this image. It is framed in the upper portion of the canvas by an arch of highly textured rocks in shades of light brown flecked with touches of cool red, pink, and blue. Dark water that becomes white foam as it flows over boulders at the bottom edge of the painting flows forth from the cave entrance.

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