The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Massachusetts houses 18 silver items created by Paul Revere. The Sons of Liberty Bowl is very interesting, but I had difficulty reading the complete inscription. There was an order/bill of sale included with one of the teapots he created. That helps in establishing the provenance of the item.
"Sioux" search yielded 63 works. These include photographs, paintings, jewelry, textiles and utilitarian objects. I noticed that a number of paintings were held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. I realized that they might not all be on public display, but our patrons could use CAMIO to locate some artwork they might try to see on a trip to our nation's capitol, or to other major cities.
I was listening to Minnesota Public Radio on the way to the library this afternoon. They were airing musical compositions based on the frescos of Piero della Franseca. So I searched his name in CAMIO. Six of his paintings were available to view, including The Crucifixion, which was the basis of the first musical piece I listened to on the radio. Although I think the version of the Crucifixion referred to was part of a fresco in a Basilica in Tuscany, and the item on CAMIO was a painting donated by John D. Rockefeller to The Fricke Collection in New York. Pretty neat to be able to go to this resource, though.
Thanks for the comments, GentleReader! Pretty neat to connect this resource's artwork with your radio listening! I like your idea of using CAMIO to preview a museum before going there.
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