*Day 7 - Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum









Plaster CastNorth Netherlandish MunichFountain with a figure of perseus in bronze, executed by Hubert Gerhard for the Grottenhof in the residenz in Munich.



The AscensionNarciso da BolzanoPainted and glided pineBible describes how christ ascended bodily to Heaven forty days after his resurrection. He is lifted by angels while the virgin, mary magdalene and the apostles watch in amazement. shape of relief suggest that it was the crowning element of an altarpiece.




Alme-Jules DalouBacchanalThis skillfully composed relief is one of several versions showing the worshippers of Bacchus, the god of whine is classical mythology. Dalou made it in London, but returned to Paris lather in the same year and reworked the composition in marble as a decoration.




















NeckletEnamelled gold, set with diamonds and pearls with pendant pearls and emeralds. Some british women collected traditional jewllery, and north indian jewellery became fashionable among the british women in india in the 1880s.



















This mask shows some of the studies from orientalism.