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Godfrey Sykes

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WA-00062162

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WikidataQ15453810

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Getty Ulanhttps://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500002751
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Artworks (8)

Heraclitus, the Weeping Philosopher

1620 · Oil on canvas

87.7 × 75 cm (34 1/2 × 29 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Job

1618 · Oil on canvas

120.3 × 95 cm (47 3/8 × 37 3/8 in.); Framed: 139.7 × 114.3 × 8.3 cm (55 × 45 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Upraised Right Hand, with Palm Facing Outward: Study for Saint Peter

1518 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk and lead white, partially oxidized, over stylus underdrawing, on cream laid paper

28.6 × 19.7 cm (11 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

1515 · Wood, polychromy, and gilding

103.5 × 99.1 cm (40 3/4 × 39 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Michael and the Devil

1470 · Wood, formerly polychromed and gilded

52.4 × 22.9 × 21.3 cm (20 5/8 × 9 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin

1396 · Tempera and gold on panel

Retable: 257 × 669.9 cm (99 3/4 × 263 3/4 in.); Frontal: 116.3 × 290.9 cm (45 3/4 × 114 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corpus of Christ

1200 · Wood with traces of polychromy

201.9 × 165.1 cm (79 1/2 × 65 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Capital with the Adoration of the Magi

1110 · Limestone

34.9 × 56.5 cm (13 5/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (2)

8 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

Art Institute Chicago
8 published8 img
+ 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin
1396 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
Saint Michael and the Devil
1470 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
The Birth of Saint John the Baptist
1515 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
Upraised Right Hand, with Palm Facing Outward: Study for Saint Peter
1518 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
Job
1618 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
Heraclitus, the Weeping Philosopher
1620 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
Capital with the Adoration of the Magi
1110 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id
Corpus of Christ
1200 · AIC · 1 prov
Contamination Repoint·artist_id

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Art Institute of Chicago

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