Mayer Collection

Las Hilanderas, (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934). Artist: Diego Velasquez
Las Hilanderas, (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934). Traditionally, believed to depict women workers in the tapestry workshop of Santa Isabel, iconography suggests Ovids Fable of Arachne

Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden, Germany, c1820. Artist: Carl Mayer
Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden, Germany, c1820. Built in Baroque style in 1702 by Prince Georg August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein

Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1803. Creator: Mayer, Luigi (1755-1803)
Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1803. Private Collection

Le Rêve du bonheur (The Dream of Happiness), 1819. Creator: Mayer, Constance (1775-1821)
Le Reve du bonheur (The Dream of Happiness), 1819. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

La Maja Desnuda, (The Naked Maja), c. 1797-1800, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
La Maja Desnuda, (The Naked Maja), c.1797-1800, (c1934). Possibly commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, to hang in his private collection An image of Venus in the nude

La Gallina Ciega, (Blind Mans Buff), 1788, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
La Gallina Ciega, (Blind Mans Buff), 1788, (c1934). Rococo cartoon produced by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya for tapestries at the Royal Palace of El Pardo

El Pelele, (The Straw Manikin), 1791-1792, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
El Pelele, (The Straw Manikin), 1791-1792, (c1934). Four young women laugh and play, blanket-tossing a doll or manikin. The blanket-tossing of a doll is used here by Goya as a clear allegory of

Retrato de Hans Imhoff, (Portrait of Hans Imhoff), 1521, (c1934). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Retrato de Hans Imhoff, (Portrait of Hans Imhoff), 1521, (c1934). Portrait of a merchant, possibly Hans Imhoff, by German painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Durer

Carlos V En La Batalla De Muhlberg, (Carlos V at the Battle of Muhlberg), 1548, (c1934). Artist: Paolo Veronese
Carlos V En La Batalla De Muhlberg, (Carlos V at the Battle of Muhlberg), 1548, (c1934). Commemorating the victory of Charles V (1500-1558) over the Schmalkaldic League at Muhlberg on April 24, 1547

La Sagrada Cena, (he Last Supper), 1562, (c1934). Artist: Juan De Juanes
La Sagrada Cena, (The Last Supper), 1562, (c1934). commissioned for the high altar of the church of San Esteban of Valencia

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt, ca. 1800

Charles Frederick Mayer, ca. 1815-20. Creator: Unknown
Charles Frederick Mayer, ca. 1815-20. Charles Frederick Mayer (1795-1864) was an American lawyer, Maryland state senator, and railroad director

Old Annapolis, Francis Street, 1876. Creator: Francis Blackwell Mayer
Old Annapolis, Francis Street, 1876

Portrait of the composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). Creator: Mayer, Carl (1798-1868)
Portrait of the composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). Private Collection

Portrait of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, c. 1840. Creator: Mayer, Carl (1798-1868)
Portrait of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, c. 1840. Private Collection

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), c. 1840. Creator: Mayer, Carl (1798-1868)
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), c. 1840. Private Collection

Portrait of the pianist and composer Charles Mayer (1799-1862), ca 1854. Creator
Portrait of the pianist and composer Charles Mayer (1799-1862), ca 1854. Private Collection

Portrait of the opera singer Wilhelmine Schroder-Devrient (1804-1860), c. 1840. Private Collection

Portrait of Emilia Plater (1806-1831), ca 1834. Creator: Mayer, Carl (1798-1868)
Portrait of Emilia Plater (1806-1831), ca 1834. Private Collection

Mamluks exercising in the square of Murad Beys Palace, 1802. Artist: Mayer, Luigi
Mamluks exercising in the square of Murad Beys Palace, 1802. From a private collection

The Great Harry, c1520, (1849). Creator: Kellerhoven
The Great Harry, c1520, (1849). Henry Grace a Dieu (Henry Grace of God), also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or great ship of the 16th century

Mayer MI glider, c1929, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Mayer MI glider, c1929, (1932). The MI, designed by Hermann Mayer, was a high-wing strutted training glider which performed an endurance flight of 8 hours 22 minutes

Mayer MS-II glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Mayer MS-II glider, 1932. Glider in which Hermann Mayer won the Rho n competition in 1932. It achieved an endurance flight of 8 hours and 28 minutes

Helene Mayer, German world champion fencer, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Helene Mayer, German world champion fencer, 1928. At the age of 17, Mayer (1910-1953) won a gold medal for fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

Portrait of the composer John Field (1782-1837), 1845. Private Collection

Portrait of Maximilian Joseph Count von Montgelas (1759-1838), 1810. Creator: Mayer
Portrait of Maximilian Joseph Count von Montgelas (1759-1838), 1810. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Pompeys Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Pompeys Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt, 1802. Probably the best-known ancient monument still standing in Alexandria, the pilliar actually has nothing to do with Pompey but was erected in 293 AD for

Josephs Hall in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Josephs Hall in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Plate 31 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer

An Egyptian bey, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
An Egyptian bey, 1802. Plate 14 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer

Subterranean Chamber near the Pyramids at Giza, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Subterranean Chamber near the Pyramids at Giza, 1802. Plate 9 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer

An Ancient Sarcophagus of Basaltes, called the Lovers Fountain, 1802. Artist
An Ancient Sarcophagus of Basaltes, called the Lovers Fountain, 1802. Plate 10 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer

Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Egypt, 1802. Plate 4 from Views of Egypt by Luigi Mayer

View of the nilometer, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
View of the nilometer, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Nilometers were ancient devices for measuring the annual inundation of the Nile

Ruins of the Grand Aqueduct of Ancient Carthage, Tunisia, 1803. Artist: Luigi Mayer
Ruins of the Grand Aqueduct of Ancient Carthage, Tunisia, 1803. Plate 23 from Views in the Ottoman Empire, 1803

Principal Square in grand Cairo, with Murad Beys Palace, Egypt, 1802. Artist
Principal Square in grand Cairo, with Murad Beys Palace, Egypt, 1802. Plate 27 from Views in Egypt

Passage from the Second to the Third Gallery in the Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1802. Exploring the interior of the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu). Plate 5 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer, 1802

Chamber and Sarcophagus in the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1802. Inside the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), built in the 25th century BC. Plate 6 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer

Mamelukes Exercising in the Square of Mourad Beys Palace, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. The Mamluks (Mamelukes) were a powerful Islamic soldier caste

Interior View of the Catacombs at Alexandria, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Interior View of the Catacombs at Alexandria, Egypt, 1802. Plate 11 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer

Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, comte d Hunebourg, duc de Feltre (1765-1818), 1810. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Portrait of Albert Methfessel (1785-1869), c. 1830. Found in the Collection of Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem

Portrait of Carl Czerny (1791-1857), c. 1830. Found in the Collection of Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem

The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Private Collection

Sultan Mahmud II Leaving The Bayezid Mosque, Constantinople, 1837. Artist: Mayer, Auguste (1805-1890)
Sultan Mahmud II Leaving The Bayezid Mosque, Constantinople, 1837. Private Collection

Woman trying on Earrings (Constance Mayer), ca 1806. Artist: Prud hon, Pierre-Paul (1758-1823)
Woman trying on Earrings (Constance Mayer), ca 1806. Private Collection

Self-Portrait, 1800s. Artist: Mayer, Constance (1775-1821)
Self-Portrait, 1800s. Found in the collection of Bibliotheque Paul Marmottan, Boulogne-Billancourt

Retrato Del Pintor Don Francsico Goya, (The painter Francisco de Goya), 1826, (c1934). Artist: Vicente Lopez y Portana
Retrato Del Pintor Don Francsico Goya, (The painter Francisco de Goya), 1826, (c1934). Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828 ) was a Spanish painter and engraver

Escenas Del 3 De Mayo De 1808, (May 3, 1808 in Madrid), 1814, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
Escenas Del 3 De Mayo De 1808, (May 3, 1808 in Madrid), 1814, (c1934). The executions of patriots in Madrid, illustrating the capture

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