
The Messiah
1716 · Spruce table
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Artworks made 1700 to 1800. 38 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

1716 · Spruce table
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

c. 1770 · Oil on canvas
The Huntington Library

1783 · Gold
L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem

1701 to 1713 · Baltic amber sawn into strips about 5 mm...
Lost

1760-90 · Mahogany
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1792 · Oil on canvas
Private collection, United Kingdom

1782 · Letterpress printing on paper
American Bible Society, Philadelphia

1766 · Wood
Musee des Arts et Metiers

1712-1713 · Wood
Science Museum, London

c. 1700 · Wax
Skulpturensammlung und Museum fuer...

1711 · Maple
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1788 · Carved and gilded walnut
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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