Religion

One hallmark of the American experience captured in the Museum's collections is the nation's broad diversity of religious faiths. Artifacts range from Thomas Jefferson's Bible to a huge "Sunstone" sculpture carved for a Mormon temple in Illinois in 1844 to a household shrine from the home of a Pueblo Indian in the 1990s. Furniture, musical instruments, clothing, cooking ware, and thousands of prints and figures in the collections have all played roles in the religious lives of Americans. The most comprehensive collections include artifacts from Jewish and Christian European Americans, Catholic Latinos, Protestant Arab Americans, Buddhist and Christian Asian Pacific Americans, and Protestant African Americans. One notable group is the Vidal Collection of carved figures known as santos and other folk religious material from the practice of Santeria in Puerto Rico.

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Location
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maker
Buttre, John Chester
maker, photograph
Brady, Mathew B.
ID Number
1983.0838.0039A
accession number
1983.0838
catalog number
1983.0838.39A
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Location
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maker
unknown
ID Number
GA.15833
catalog number
15833
accession number
94830
This etching by Léopold Flameng is known as either Un Rabbin or Un Vieux (An Old Man). The painting by Rembrandt hangs in the Musée Bonat, Bayonne, France.
Description
This etching by Léopold Flameng is known as either Un Rabbin or Un Vieux (An Old Man). The painting by Rembrandt hangs in the Musée Bonat, Bayonne, France. The print was etched for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, a publication started in Paris by Charles Blanc in 1859, which ceased only recently. Flameng had met Blanc in the studio of a well-known engraver, Luigi Calamatta, and became one of two graphic artists on the new publication. He etched no fewer than 100 plates for the Gazette and some forty plates for Blanc’s book on Rembrandt’s work, published in 1859. Flameng’s etchings after Rembrandt were highly regarded by collectors in this period.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
19th century
original artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
graphic artist
Flameng, Léopold
publisher
Gazette des Beaux-Arts
ID Number
GA.14958
catalog number
14958
accession number
94830
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Location
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ID Number
GA.15871
catalog number
15871
accession number
94830
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Location
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ID Number
1983.0838.0039
accession number
1983.0838
catalog number
1983.0838.39
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Location
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maker
Durand, Asher Brown
ID Number
1983.0838.0008
accession number
1983.0838
catalog number
1983.0838.8
African-American girl wearing a white dress, with a white veil and holding a bouquet of flowers; Confirmation portraitCurrently not on view
Description (Brief)
African-American girl wearing a white dress, with a white veil and holding a bouquet of flowers; Confirmation portrait
Location
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date made
before 1907
ID Number
1986.3048.1250
nonaccession number
1986.3048
catalog number
1986.3048.1250
86.3048.1250
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Location
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ID Number
1983.0838.0066
accession number
1983.0838
catalog number
1983.0838.66
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Location
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ID Number
PG.75.24.06
accession number
1975.317967
catalog number
75.24.6
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Location
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date made
1967
maker
Newman, Arnold
ID Number
PG.69.233.23
catalog number
69.233.23
accession number
288722
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Location
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date made
ca 1920
maker
Astrella, Louis
ID Number
PG.003411
accession number
67272
catalog number
3411
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Location
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date made
1958
maker
Avedon, Richard
ID Number
PG.66.64.010B
accession number
264003
catalog number
66.64.010B
Mezzotint portrait of A. Beeler, an apothecary, chemist, and natural philosopher in Amsterdam. The “H. Langerveld, get.” inscription refers to the Dutch artist, Hermanus Langerveld (1777-1830). The “F. C.
Description
Mezzotint portrait of A. Beeler, an apothecary, chemist, and natural philosopher in Amsterdam. The “H. Langerveld, get.” inscription refers to the Dutch artist, Hermanus Langerveld (1777-1830). The “F. C. Bierweiler, gegr.” inscription refers to the engraver, Frederick Christian Bierweiler. Under the image is a poem, written in Dutch, that addresses Beeler and offers him advice. The “J. Kinker” here refers to Johannes Kinker (1764-1845), poet and philosopher.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1815
ID Number
1991.0664.0067
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06248
collector/donor number
SAP 941
Portrait of Basil Bressler (1561-1629), an important apothecary and botanist in Nuremberg. Copper plate engraving from Bressler, Hortus Eystettensis (Nuremberg, 1613).Currently not on view
Description
Portrait of Basil Bressler (1561-1629), an important apothecary and botanist in Nuremberg. Copper plate engraving from Bressler, Hortus Eystettensis (Nuremberg, 1613).
Location
Currently not on view
depicted
Besler, Basilivs
ID Number
1991.0664.0074
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06200
collector/donor number
SAP 893
Woodcut portrait of Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), a physician, botanist, and professor at the University of Tübingen.Currently not on view
Description
Woodcut portrait of Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), a physician, botanist, and professor at the University of Tübingen.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
1991.0664.0047
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06225
collector/donor number
SAP 918
Print of Melanie Hahnemann, chest and head view, full face.
Description
Print of Melanie Hahnemann, chest and head view, full face. Hahnemann is wearing an empire-style dress with voluminous sleeves.
Melanie Hahnemann (1800-1878), nee Mélanie d'Hervilly Gohier, was a French aristocrat who was treated by, and then married, Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. After the two returned to Paris in 1835, Melanie became an accomplished homeopath. The “A Magdebourg chez Mazzucchi” inscription at the bottom of this portrait print refers to the printer, Caesar Mazzucchi in Magdeburg.
Location
Currently not on view
depicted
Hahnemann, Melanie
ID Number
1991.0664.0026
accession number
1991.0664
collector/donor number
SAP 939
Currently not on view
Location
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date made
1925
Artist
Miller, Benjamin
Associated Name
Bernard, Allen W.
maker
Miller, Benjamin
ID Number
2016.0084.025
catalog number
2016.0084.025
accession number
2016.0084
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Location
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date made
1906
ID Number
2016.0066.315
catalog number
2016.0066.0315
accession number
2016.0066
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Location
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ID Number
2017.3133.0049
catalog number
2017.3133.0049
nonaccession number
2017.3133
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Location
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date made
late 1800s
ID Number
2017.0307.0012
accession number
2017.0307
catalog number
2017.0307.0012
Engraving by Wolfgang Philip Kilian of Johhan Leonhardus Stoeberlein (1636-1696), an apothecary in Nuremberg. He was the son of Wolfgang Stoeberlein.Currently not on view
Description
Engraving by Wolfgang Philip Kilian of Johhan Leonhardus Stoeberlein (1636-1696), an apothecary in Nuremberg. He was the son of Wolfgang Stoeberlein.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1700
depicted
Stoeberlein, Johhan Leonhardus
ID Number
1991.0664.0058
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06204
collector/donor number
SAP 897
Portrait of Christian Gottlob Dieze, apothecaryCurrently not on view
Description
Portrait of Christian Gottlob Dieze, apothecary
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1798
ID Number
1991.0664.0056
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06216
collector/donor number
SAP 909
Woodcut portrait of Philipus Theophrastus von Hohenhaim (ca. 1493-1541), a Swiss physician and natural philosopher also known as Paracelsus. This is dated M.D.X.L. (or 1540).Currently not on view
Description
Woodcut portrait of Philipus Theophrastus von Hohenhaim (ca. 1493-1541), a Swiss physician and natural philosopher also known as Paracelsus. This is dated M.D.X.L. (or 1540).
Location
Currently not on view
depicted (sitter)
Paracelsus
ID Number
1991.0664.0071
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06232
collector/donor number
SAP 925
Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (1724-1793) was a natural scientist, proprietor of a pharmacy in Hanover, and correspondent with many prominent men of his day. This portrait was engraved by Johann Philipp Ganz, engraver to the King of Hannover.Currently not on view
Description
Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (1724-1793) was a natural scientist, proprietor of a pharmacy in Hanover, and correspondent with many prominent men of his day. This portrait was engraved by Johann Philipp Ganz, engraver to the King of Hannover.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1786
ID Number
1991.0664.0045
accession number
1991.0664
collector/donor number
SAP 914

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