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Artists›Johann Esaias Nilson, German

Johann Esaias Nilson, German

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (10)

Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Frederick V, King of Denmark

1760 · Graphite, brush and black ink, wash on paper

Sheet: 31.4 x 25.6 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for the Frame of the Portrait of Charles III, King of Spain

1759 · ornament, drawing — graphite, pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper

Sheet: 31.3 x 25.7 cm (12 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for an Escutcheon

1721 · Brush and ink on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Pietà

1680 · Silver

H.: 15.2 cm (6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adoration of the Christ Child

1540 · Amber

5.7 × 6.7 cm (2 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints

1505 · Oil and tempera on panel

Framed overall: 155 × 241.3 × 8.3 cm (61 × 95 × 3 1/4 in.); Left wing: 154.7 × 60.4 × 8.3 cm (60 7/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Center: 155 × 120.1 × 8.3 cm (61 × 47 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Right wing: 154.7 × 60.4 × 8.3 cm (60 7/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Entombment

1495 · Tempera on panel

48.3 × 70 cm (19 × 27 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Young Artist

1490 · Oil on panel

45.7 × 32.8 cm (18 × 12 7/8 in.); Framed: 64.5 × 50.5 cm (25 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Holy Family

1445 · Oil on panel

50.2 × 47.8 cm (19 3/4 × 18 3/4 in.); Framed: 59.7 × 59.1 cm (23 1/2 × 23 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

1350 · Ivory with traces of gold

25.7 × 17.5 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Smithsonian
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Cooper Hewitt
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Met Museum

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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