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Title

A Petitioner

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist Life Dates

1756-1827

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1790

Accession Number

1948/2.17

Medium and Support

ink and watercolor on toned paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

clothing

objects

people and occupations

Title

Portrait of a Man

Artist

George Dance

Artist Life Dates

(active 1741 - 1825, )

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1803

Accession Number

1969/2.49

Medium and Support

graphite on off-white paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

portraits

Title

Portrait of Schiller

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1982/2.60

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

portraits

Title

Conférence de Londres

Artist

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Artist Life Dates

1808-1879

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1832

Accession Number

1969/2.47

Medium and Support

hand-colored lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

Troy Legend

Artist

Anonymous Flemish (Brussels)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1510

Accession Number

1942.10

Medium and Support

wool and silk

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

people and occupations

Title

A Confidant Without Knowing It, or, The Stratagem; Illustration for La Fontaine'

Artist

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Artist Life Dates

(1715 - 1790)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1743

Accession Number

1969/2.74

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

genres

people and occupations

Title

No. 1 Amateur

Artist

Jacques Villon

Artist Life Dates

1875-1963

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1895

Accession Number

1983/1.310

Medium and Support

ink, crayon and graphite

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

clothing

objects

people and occupations

Title

Textile Fragment

Artist

Anonymous Peruvian

Object Creation Date

circa 500

Accession Number

1983/2.198

Medium and Support

embroidered silk

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

objects we use

people and occupations

Title

Courtyard, Chelsea Hospital

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A courtyard is depicted in the foreground with a doorway leading to a long passage in the distance at the right. The chief object of interest is the elaborate portal out of the couryard, flanked by columns and above which is a window with a balcony. Two faintly drawn windows are visible to the left, in front of which two figures sit together on a bench; there is indication of two stories of windows above the doorway, although the one of the third floor is only loosely indicated. The quoined edges of a tall wall at the right leads to a low wall on the right side in the foreground. In the foreground at the left are three children.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1888

Accession Number

1954/1.425

Medium and Support

lithograph with stumping on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

architecture

child

people and occupations

Title

Rehearsal, from the portfolio "Le Café Concert"

Artist

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist Life Dates

1867-1936

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1893

Accession Number

1949/2.76

Medium and Support

lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

entertainers

people and occupations

stages

Title

Untitled

Artist

Orfeo Tamburi

Artist Life Dates

Jesi, Ancona, Italy, 1910 - 1994, Paris

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2002/2.57

Medium and Support

watercolor

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

man

people and occupations

Title

Porch of the Caryatids, from the Erechtheum, Athens (420-393 BC)

Artist

Herbert W. Johe

Artist Life Dates

born 1914

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

1998/1.162

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

architecture

people and occupations

porches

Title

Providence, R.I., from "Photographs Rhode Island School of Design"

Artist

Ed Sievers

Artist Life Dates

born 1932

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

2000/2.139.7

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

objects

people and occupations

standing

Title

Frederic (North) Earl of Guildford

Artist

Jean Ingres

Artist Life Dates

1780-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1820

Accession Number

1955/1.116

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

sketches

Title

Portrait of the Marquis de Marigny

Artist

Jean-Georges Wille

Artist Life Dates

1715-1807

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1761

Accession Number

1968/2.40

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

portraits

Title

Self-Portrait

Artist

Bass Otis

Artist Life Dates

1784-1865

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1835

Accession Number

1895.51

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

man

people and occupations

portraits

Title

The Night Fête

Artist

Katsukawa Shunkô II

Artist Life Dates

act. 1810s - 1820s

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1800-1820

Accession Number

1960/1.152

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.25494

Secondary Keywords

figures

groups

people and occupations

Title

Four-armed tantric goddess

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

16th-18th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.40

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.25273

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

Uma, seated in lalitasana pose

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1964/2.90

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.25273

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

figures

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), leaf: A Meeting in the Forest (pair with 1997/2.40)

Artist

India, Orissa

Physical Description

The inherently small scale of a manuscript page requires a simplified style with figures and plant forms against a plain background. This scene represents the meeting of a man and a woman (accompanied by attendants) in the forest.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1985/2.144

Medium and Support

charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf

relevance

rank 2.24879

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by general context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

leaves

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

text-based art

writing (processes)

Title

In the Trenches, 1941-45

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A group of soldiers hunched over and running through war trenches in a field of battle.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.72

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.24826

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

descriptors

design elements

events

objects we use

ornament areas

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Virgin and the Cradle

Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi

Physical Description

This sober, pyramidal composition consists of five figures within an interior. A seated woman and child occupy the center of the composition while flanking her to the left is a kneeling older woman with her left hand on the child her right hand on the cradle. To the right of the seated woman is a putti holding a ewer and standing next to a basin. Standing behind the seated woman is a standing woman with hands raised. All of the women are dressed in generalized classical drapery.

Artist Life Dates

ca. 1475-before 1534

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1520

Accession Number

1995/1.81

Medium and Support

engraving on medium-weight, slightly textured, off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 2.24675

Secondary Keywords

layout features

components

components and systems

components by specific context

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

Title

Nuns Folding Linens

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A group of nuns folding linens.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2012/2.44

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.24145

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

object genres

object genres by material

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religious (people)

textiles

Title

Circus Talk

Artist

Andrée Ruellan

Artist Life Dates

Active beginning 1905

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1951/1.28

Medium and Support

graphite on white paper

relevance

rank 2.24095

Secondary Keywords

entertainers

entertainment events

events

man

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

Title

Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1997/2.18

Medium and Support

lacquered wood with red and gold

relevance

rank 2.23991

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

sculpture

sculpture by function

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Nächtlicher Circus

Artist

Josef Eberz

Artist Life Dates

1880-1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1979/1.156F

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 2.23919

Secondary Keywords

architecture

entertainment events

events

how we live

modern and contemporary art

objects

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

Title

Self-Portrait

Artist

Jean Paul Slusser

Physical Description

A middle-aged man in a gray-green button up shirt and wearing glasses looks at the viewer. He is shown in bust.

Artist Life Dates

1886 -1981

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1982/2.28

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.23908

Secondary Keywords

man

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Circus, from André Salmon, Vénus dans la balance, Poésies.

Artist

Jules Pascin

Artist Life Dates

1885-1930

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1926

Accession Number

1960/1.105

Medium and Support

aquatint on paper

relevance

rank 2.23900

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

modern and contemporary art

movement

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

Title

Circus Dressing Room

Artist

Laura Knight

Artist Life Dates

1877-1970

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1877-1959

Accession Number

1959/1.136

Medium and Support

aquatint on paper

relevance

rank 2.23900

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

genres

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

Title

Cirque de l'Etoile Filante. Plate VII: Madame Louison

Artist

Georges Rouault

Artist Life Dates

1871-1958

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

1954/1.575

Medium and Support

color etching on paper

relevance

rank 2.23900

Secondary Keywords

dances

entertainment events

events

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

Title

Nächtlicher Circus

Artist

Josef Eberz

Artist Life Dates

1880-1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1979/1.156D

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 2.23900

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

how we live

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

Title

Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell) from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A group of figures at the left stand in a vaulted space under a cross. They look towards the lower right of the composition where a man holding a standard with a cross on top is bending forward and offering his hand to an old bearded man in an arched doorway. Above the doorway are several fantastical figures with beaked or animal heads and arms with claws.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Century

Early 16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1509-1511

Accession Number

2011/2.55

Medium and Support

woodcut print on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.23649

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

demons

descriptors

doctrinal concepts

object genres

object genres by form

old testament

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

religion

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

subject matter

themes (religious)

Title

Laveuses 1re Pensee

Artist

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 47 3/5cm & rh 47 2/5cm x tw 63 3/10cm & bw 62 9/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1841-1919

Accession Number

2008/2.454

Medium and Support

lithograph on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 2.23644

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people in service occupations

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Standing Samurai Facing Left

Artist

Katsukawa Shuntel

Physical Description

Cloth scroll with flowers and orange plaid backgrounds. Image of samurai faces left.

Artist Life Dates

1770-1820

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

2014/2.257

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper, silk backing, mother-of-pearl inlay scroll ends

relevance

rank 2.23552

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

coverings and hangings by specific type

coverings and hangings for surface elements

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

wall hangings

Title

Performing Dogs at the Circus

Artist

Francisco del Campo

Artist Life Dates

1820-1897

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1820-1897

Accession Number

1895.101

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.23459

Secondary Keywords

animals

entertainers

entertainment events

events

figures

how we live

mammals

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

the natural world

Title

Proverbios: Disparate Puntual: Una reina del circo (Bailando en una cuerda floja)

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artist Life Dates

1746-1828

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

1746-1828

Accession Number

1969/2.50

Medium and Support

etching, aquatint, and drypoint? on paper

relevance

rank 2.23459

Secondary Keywords

animals

audiences

entertainment events

events

figures

mammals

objects

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

the natural world

Title

Nächtlicher Circus

Artist

Josef Eberz

Artist Life Dates

1880-1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1979/1.156B

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 2.23459

Secondary Keywords

entertainment events

events

how we live

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

people and occupations

performances

plants

the natural world

Title

Orchids and Red Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.132

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 2.23332

Secondary Keywords

artists

asian

buildings and the land

chinese

chinese painting styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

east asian

flowers (plants)

forms

herbaceous plants

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

making art

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

natural landscapes

objects we use

painters (artists)

painters by subject of work

paintings

paintings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the visual arts

people in the visual arts and related occupations

plants

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Boaz and the Elders. from the Story from Ruth in Gerard de Jode's "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A group of men in an outdoor setting of a stone structure all seated having a conversation. Towards the one side you can see two houses in the distance. The men are all wearing cloaks.

Century

16th century

Accession Number

2013/2.534

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.23331

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the legs or feet

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

footwear

footwear by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Nude woman lying on her stomach (Femme nue étendue à plat ventre)

Artist

Aristide Maillol

Physical Description

Nude female figure stretched out on the grass in a shallow landscape with trees in the background

Artist Life Dates

1861 - 1944

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1894

Accession Number

1982/1.198

Medium and Support

woodcut on on china paper

relevance

rank 2.23284

Secondary Keywords

figures

figures (representations)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

The Receding Race, or The Last of the Indians

Artist

Colton, Zahm and Roberts

Artist Life Dates

established 1898

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1868

Accession Number

1895.86

Medium and Support

chromolithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

historical figures

man

people and occupations

Title

Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as a Princess Toki (Tokihime)

Artist

Kunichika Toyohara

Artist Life Dates

1835-1900

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1865

Accession Number

2003/1.413

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

entertainers

entertainment

how we live

people and occupations

Title

Design for a Painted Ceiling Decoration

Artist

Giuseppe Bison

Artist Life Dates

1762-1844

Century

early 19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1960/2.7

Medium and Support

graphite and watercolor

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

architecture

figures

people and occupations

study

Title

Nude

Artist

Milton Avery

Artist Life Dates

1885 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

1997/1.110

Medium and Support

brown felt tip pen on dark cream wove paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

Title

Iwai Kumesaburô [II] as the geisha Ohama, by the seaside

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Artist Life Dates

1769 - 1825

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1812-1825

Accession Number

2003/1.535

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

entertainers

entertainment

how we live

people and occupations

Title

Jerry

Artist

Martha Erlebacher

Artist Life Dates

b. 1937

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1976

Accession Number

1977/1.201

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

Title

Charles V and his Brother Ferdinand I

Artist

Christoffel Bockstorffer

Artist Life Dates

(active 1513 - 1553)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1513-1553

Accession Number

1927.1

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

figures

how we live

people and occupations

relationships

Title

Sawamura Tanosuke [II] as Okaru

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Artist Life Dates

1769 - 1825

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1808-1816

Accession Number

2003/1.551

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

entertainers

entertainment

how we live

people and occupations

Title

Nakamura Daikichi as Okisa, actually Miuraya no Agemaki

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Artist Life Dates

1777 - 1835

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1825-1830

Accession Number

2003/1.568

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

entertainers

entertainment

how we live

people and occupations

Title

Knife with engraved pictographic decorations

Artist

Anonymous Eskimo

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880

Accession Number

1984/1.255

Medium and Support

caribou antler with metal

relevance

rank 2.23042

Secondary Keywords

objects we use

people and occupations

the natural world