by Emanuel Leutze (German-American, 1816-1868) Following his fourth voyage across the Atlantic, Columbus is depicted here as a prisoner in San Domingo on what is today the Dominican Republic where he had been charged with administrative misconduct on the basis of testimony that he had tyrannized Spanish settlers in the New World. Columbus was returned…
World War II Communion Set
We have pieces of a communion set carried across the fields of Normandy following the D-Day landings in the summer of 1944. The set includes sacramental cups for wine and trays for the bread. 1880s Kiowa Tribe cross. Crucifix given by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet to Henry Little John, son of the Sioux chief Sitting…
An Earth Spirit
(Lokapala), whose job is to provide protection against evil spirits. This statue has a head ornament of a bird figure, and epaulets of tigers’ faces, thus making this item quite rare. Only the phoenix and the tiger can introduce the deceased into the afterlife, making this specimen far more important than more typical earth spirits. …
Uniform, medals and maps of Lt. Robert L. Keller
Who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star, among other medals and awards, as a navigator on bombing expeditions in southern Europe, 1944-45. His plane, Dinah Might, flew dozens of missions out of northern Italy against enemy oil fields and fighter plane manufacturing plants. The painting of a B-25 (ca. 1944), is…
A Tang Dynasty scholar, dating to the early 10th century.
his type of figure was placed in the tomb to accompany the deceased into the afterlife and provide intellectual companionship through eternity.
Priest’s vestry, Bishop’s ring and silver cross from 1700s
A full-length priest’s vestry, a long, vest-like cloak, magnificently embroidered front and back on red velvet. French, ca. 1700. The Archbishop’s or Bishop’s ring is of gold with a Byzantine cross carved on the underside of the amethyst. 17th century. The large and elaborate silver cross dates from the early 1700s and is French, though…
One of four Earth Spirits from the Tang Dynasty (ca. 850 CE).
An earth spirit’s role is to protect the tomb from evil spirits, with one figure placed at each of the four cardinal directions.
A Collection of brightly colored wood-carved Sculptures
Approximately four feet in height from Peru. These saintly altar pieces have maintained their luster, even at over 150 years of age.
Medicine
Throughout the American Civil War in the South, the “pestilential atmosphere” produced high volumes of sickness associated with warmer climates, including malaria, typhoid, yellow fever, and other maladies. The “miracle drug” for Civil War physicians was quinine, used to fight malarial diseases. Among the thousands of Civil War objects within the Pamplin Collection is this…
Child Picking Flowers
by Frank Hector Tompkins (1847-1922, American). Tompkins was a well-known and highly regarded painter of landscapes and figures. He studied and worked in Germany before settling in Boston and was considered one of the early American masters of impressionism. The painting shown here is an excellent example of Tompkins’ use of light on a landscape.