Crescent Moon Collection

The Palace of the Queen of the Night, set design for The Magic Flute by
XPH73638 The Palace of the Queen of the Night, set design for The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) for a production in Berlin, 1816 (w/c) by Schinkel

Gold Lunulae and Axehead, Early Bronze Age, St Merryn, Cornwall
Two Early Bronze Age gold lunulae and copper alloy flat axehead found in a barrow at Harlyn Bay, St Merryn in 1864. They were discovered on the west side of the bay, near the cliff edge

Gold Lunula, Early Bronze Age, St Juliot, Cornwall
Gold Early Bronze Age lunula of classical style with incised geometric pattern on one side. Lunulae are neck ornaments made from a flat sheet of crescent shaped gold with oval or square shaped

Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine, c. 1854. Creator: John Hilling
Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine, c. 1854

Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon, 1558-1560. One from a series depicting twelve proverbs. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

Moon over Cordes-sur-Ciel, Tarn, Occitanie, France

Kedar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1690-95. Ascetic listening to a disciple playing the rudra vina

Earths limb, Jupiter & crescent moon
Airglow. View from Shuttle Endeavour showing the Earths airglow. The white point near centre is the planet Jupiter, above this is the crescent Moon

Maria lactans on a Crescent Moon, ca 1485. Artist: Master of the Magdalen Legend, (Workshop)
Maria lactans on a Crescent Moon, ca 1485. Private Collection

Moonlit Landscape, 1889 (oil on canvas)
XIR156281 Moonlit Landscape, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 49.5x45.5 cm; Museu de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Dutch, out of copyright

Europe, Italy, Umbria, Gubbio, Crescent Moon at Palazzo dei Consoli (Town Hall)

Symbols of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, Eure, France, Europe

Bow Moon, 19th century. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Bow Moon, 19th century

Ramadan decorations, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ramadan decorations, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ramadan decorations, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ramadan decorations, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ramadan decorations, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ramadan decorations, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Islamic architecture at dusk, Khiva, Uzbekistan

Italy, Veneto, Moon in the leaves

The Virgin on the crescent with a sceptre and a starry crown, 1516. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Virgin on the crescent with a sceptre and a starry crown, 1516. The Virgin stands on a crescent moon, holding Christ in her arms (he holds an apple)

Minimalist Beach
Al Barizi

Palmetto flag, the standard of the separatist southern states of the USA (engraving)
8677098 Palmetto flag, the standard of the separatist southern states of the USA (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Palmetto flag)

Set of twenty-four Jina images with Chandraprabha in the centre
5305194 Set of twenty-four Jina images with Chandraprabha in the centre.; (add.info.: Set of twenty-four Jina images with Chandraprabha in the centre)

Construction of Aldwych, London (b/w photo)
8672100 Construction of Aldwych, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Construction of Aldwych, London)

New (crescent) Moon marked the beginning of the month for the Mohammedans
5310090 New (crescent) Moon marked the beginning of the month for the Mohammedans; (add.info.: New (crescent) Moon marked the beginning of the month for the Mohammedans, as for many other peoples

Johannes Hevelius observation of the Crescent Moon
5312012 Johannes Hevelius observation of the Crescent Moon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Johannes Hevelius observation of the Crescent Moon)

Necromancy: Edward Kelly, a magician, raising the Ghost of a Person lately deceased
746859 Necromancy: Edward Kelly, a magician, raising the Ghost of a Person lately deceased, in the Church Yard of Walton-le-dale, Lancaster

Crucifixion, 1646. Creator: Maria Josefa Sanchez
Crucifixion, 1646. [Professional women artists were rare in 17th-century Spain. Nuns produced devotional works for monastic communities - Sanchez may have been one of them]

Hat from Fruit of Islam uniform, 1950-1959. Creator: Unknown
The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the security and disciplinary wing of the Nation of Islam, an African American movement and organisation, founded in 1930

The Lady and the Unicorn: Touch (tapestry)
BAL11817 The Lady and the Unicorn: Touch (tapestry) by French School, (15th century); 375x358 cm; Musee National du Moyen Age et des Thermes de Cluny

Cap from Fruit of Islam uniform, ca. 1960. Creator: Unknown
Navy blue cap with black patent leather bill; Nation of Islam crescent moon and star present at front center. The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the security and disciplinary wing of the Nation of Islam

Celebrated Waterfall, 1820-1830. Creator: Yanagawa Shigenobu
Celebrated Waterfall, 1820-1830

Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants, ca. 1539-42

Night view of Matterhorn with crescent moon, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

San Francisco Bay Bridge from Treasure Island with crescent moon at sunset

Gold Lunula, Early Bronze Age, St Merryn, Cornwall
Gold Early Bronze Age lunula of provincial type, decorated with incised lines. It is identical to one found at Kerivoa and another from St Potan, Cotes-du-Nord, Brittany

Diana Hunting, 1616-1676. Creator: Earlier ascribed to Marco Antonio Franceschini (1648-1729)
Diana Hunting, 1616-1676. Earlier ascribed to Marco Antonio Franceschini (1648-1729) and attributed to Michele Desubleo (1599-1676)

The arrival of the Weesper Schuit on the Buiten Amstel (Diary, November 19), 1805-1808. Creator: Christiaan Andriessen
The arrival of the Weesper Schuit on the Buiten Amstel (Diary, November 19), 1805-1808

Harinaigameshin Brings the Embryo of Jina Mahavira to Queen Trishala... Mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Harinaigameshin Brings the Embryo of Jina Mahavira to Queen Trishala, Folio from a Kalpasutra (Book of Sacred Precepts), Mid-17th century

Debine orientale, 1861. Creator: Félicien Rops
Debine orientale, 1861. Periodical: Uylenspiegel, no. 4, 24 February 1861

The Spirit of Culmin Appears to his Mother (From the Songs of Ossian), c.1794. Creator: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
The Spirit of Culmin Appears to his Mother (From the Songs of Ossian), c.1794. Scene from epic poetry by James Macpherson

Pleasure at the Lover's Arrival, Folio from a Satsai (Seven Hundred Verses... c1770. Creator: Unknown)
Pleasure at the Lover's Arrival, Folio from a Satsai (Seven Hundred Verses) of Matiram (1617-1716), c1770

"The House on Fire on Christmas Eve", 1860. Creator: Unknown. "The House on Fire on Christmas Eve"
"The House on Fire on Christmas Eve", 1860. Illustration from a short story published in "Illustrated London News", 1860

Yoshitsune Training with the Tengu Sojobo, 1863. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Yoshitsune Training with the Tengu Sojobo, 1863

Madame Anastasie Boujot est de première force... 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Madame Anastasie Boujot est de premiere force... 1842. Madame Anastasie Boujot est de premiere force sur les meditations, les etoiles la font palpiter, mais la lune lui arrache des larmes. Mr

Diana and Virtus Punish Venus and Bacchus, 1694. Creator: T van Malsen
Diana and Virtus Punish Venus and Bacchus, 1694

Overschie in the Moonlight, 1871. Creator: Johan Barthold Jongkind
Overschie in the Moonlight, 1871

La Vue, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Vue, 19th century. Parisian types - The view

Sketch for the town hall at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés : Honeymoon, 1883. Creator: Paul Milliet
Sketch for the town hall at Saint-Maur-des-Fosses : Honeymoon, 1883

Life's a Villain, Boston, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Life's a Villain, Boston, 1936. Federal Theatre Presents - For the First Time on any Stage - Life's a Villain - A Comedy of High Life by Frederick Hughes - Staged by Gerald Cornell

Esquisse pour la salle à manger de l'Hôtel de Ville : La viande de mouton, c.1893. Creator: Georges Bertrand
Esquisse pour la salle a manger de l'Hotel de Ville : La viande de mouton, c.1893

Out of the Woods II
Tom Blood

Sketch for the north entrance hall of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Bear. The night. A Dragon, 1892

Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall in the 4th arrondissement: Autumn. Winter... 1884
Sketch for the reception hall of the town hall in the 4th arrondissement: Autumn. Winter. Water. The night. 1884

Constantinople, le caïque de la sultane, between 1880 and 1890. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Constantinople, le caique de la sultane, between 1880 and 1890

Card for the Gurlitt Exhibition: Imagination and the Child Artist, 1881. Creator: Max Klinger
Card for the Gurlitt Exhibition: Imagination and the Child Artist, 1881

Aoi Slope, Outside Tora Gate (Toranomon-soto Aoizaka), from the series "One Hundred... 1857
Aoi Slope, Outside Tora Gate (Toranomon-soto Aoizaka), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

First Cuckoo of the Year at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima, hatsu hototogisu), from the... c. 1831
First Cuckoo of the Year at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima, hatsu hototogisu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)", c. 1831

Bow-shaped Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series "Twenty-eight Views of the Moon...", c. 1832
Bow-shaped Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series "Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijuhakkei no uchi)", c. 1832

Portrait of P.P. Ershov, 1862. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Portrait of P.P. Ershov, 1862. From an album of 32 original watercolors from the library of Tsar Nicholas II. The subjects include scenes from Tobol'sk, Berezov, Obdorsk (present-day Salekhard)

Selene and Endymion, c1770. Creator: Ubaldo Gandolfi
Selene and Endymion, c1770

Celestial Luna Moth
XYZ Studio

The Horned Moses, 1912 (w/c)
8610333 The Horned Moses, 1912 (w/c) by Soderberg, Hjalmar (1869-1941); Thiel Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: Painting by Hjalmar Soderberg)

Stay With Me
Al Barizi

Lion Darkness
Al Barizi

Fly Free Birds Cloud
Al Barizi

Moon Reflection
Al Barizi

Family
Al Barizi

Moon Mount
Al Barizi

Roaring tiger, 1900-35 (colour woodcut)
7411438 Roaring tiger, 1900-35 (colour woodcut) by Koson, Ohara (1877-1945); 36.2--19 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: by Ohara Koson, part of the shin-hanga)

Nocturnal Landscape, 1938 (oil on canvas)
MAN258655 Nocturnal Landscape, 1938 (oil on canvas) by Nash, Paul (1889-1946); 76.5x101.5 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

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Ripe Cornfield: evening (Ahrendelf am Abend), 1896 (colour etching on zinc)
6281261 Ripe Cornfield: evening (Ahrendelf am Abend), 1896 (colour etching on zinc) by Illies, Karl Wilhelm Arthur (1870-1952); 18.5x14.5 cm; The Henry Barber Trust

St. Christopher and the Hermit, right outside shutter of the Descent from the Cross triptych
5888846 St. Christopher and the Hermit, right outside shutter of the Descent from the Cross triptych, 1611-14 (oil on panel) (pair to 5888847) by Rubens

Nankeen kestrel (Falco cenchroides) hovering and looking down, with cresent moon in background, Victoria, Australia

Moonrise at dusk in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

La Nuit, illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys, pub. 1922 (pochoir print)
3035639 La Nuit, illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys, pub. 1922 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Lettre LXXXVIII, Cecile Volanges au Vicomte de Valmont, from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos
3025969 Lettre LXXXVIII, Cecile Volanges au Vicomte de Valmont, from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803), pub

A Tiger-Hunt in the Kyrmores, c1891. Creator: James Grant
A Tiger-Hunt in the Kyrmores, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Diana and Endymion, 1752 (marble)
449810 Diana and Endymion, 1752 (marble) by Plura, Joseph the Younger (fl.1750-86); The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK; (add.info.: Diana, goddess of the moon)

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"The Crescent Moon: A Celestial Tapestry of Art, History, and Symbolism" Step into the enchanting world of the crescent moon as we explore its captivating presence across various realms. From theatrical sets to ancient artifacts, from masterful paintings to architectural wonders, this celestial symbol has left an indelible mark on human creativity and imagination. In Mozart's "The Magic Flute, " The Palace of the Queen of the Night transports us to a mystical realm where the crescent moon reigns supreme. Its ethereal glow illuminates a stage adorned with intricate set designs that evoke wonder and awe. Travel back in time to Cornwall during the Early Bronze Age, where Gold Lunulae and Axehead artifacts showcase our ancestors' fascination with lunar symbolism. These precious treasures reflect their reverence for nature's cycles and their connection to celestial forces. Pieter Bruegel the Elder invites us into his whimsical world through his painting titled "Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon. " This humorous artwork challenges societal norms while reminding us that even in defiance, we remain under the watchful eye of this celestial guardian. Immerse yourself in an oil-painted Moonlit Landscape from 1889. The artist skillfully captures nature's serenity under a gentle crescent moon's light—a scene that evokes tranquility and introspection. Embark on a journey through Umbria's historic town hall in Gubbio as you gaze upon a mesmerizing Crescent Moon sculpture adorning Palazzo dei Consoli. This architectural marvel stands as a testament to humanity's enduring fascination with lunar symbolism throughout history. Witness Earth’s limb gracefully intersecting Jupiter alongside a delicate crescent moon—an astronomical spectacle that reminds us of our place within the vast cosmos. Such cosmic alignments inspire awe and contemplation about our existence beyond earthly boundaries. Delve into Indian culture through Kedar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series.