BOOK WRAPPER
18th century
Medium
Imperial yellow & gold brocade with dragon & peony design
Measurements
43"x43"
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1958
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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Exhibition
Survey 15: Relics and Rituals
Essay
Collection care and performance art at the NGV
Essay
Jean Ipoustéguy’s Death of the father at the NGV: marble, metal and lots of ink
Essay
Sacred geometry: The art and life of Reko Rennie
Essay
Exploring frames and framing in late 19th century Melbourne through the transcription of Thallon’s ledger 1888/89–1903
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Breakfast With Bonnard
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Exquisite Corpse
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Egyptian Enigma
Video
The Picasso Century | Online tour
Video
Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
Video
Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
Video
Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
Video
Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia
Video
Virtual Curator Tour | Goya
Video
NGVWA Presents ‘Art of Tea’
Video
Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series Keynote: Redesigning Artificial Intelligence – From Australia Out
Video
Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
Video
TIWI | Exhibition video tour
Learning Resource
Digital creatives: Sea life – NGV Triennial 2020
Video
Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer
Explore the collection
Mother and child
Cornelis de VOS
Pregnancy ensemble
(ENGLAND)
Black bunny ears hat
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer)
FRAGMENT
The thinker
Auguste RODIN
BROOCH
Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Sampler
Margaret FOSTER
Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera)
Francesco GUARDI
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
Dress
ENGLAND
CAP
Ecstasy
André MASSON
Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna
Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer)
CAMEL CLOTH
Dress
JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer)
The skittle players
David TENIERS II
The Crossing of the Red Sea
Nicolas POUSSIN
Pair of glass coolers
SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer)
SHOE
The Virgin and Child
FLANDERS
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
Spouted pharmacy jar
ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer)
Untitled (Red)
Mark ROTHKO
Dress
ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer)
DAMASK
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to)
Clock garniture
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator)
DAMASK