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Title

Snuff bottle with painted hunt scene on interior of glass

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1885-1910

Accession Number

1980/2.150

Medium and Support

glass with ivory stopper

relevance

rank 4.38267

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

forest and nature activities

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

scientists and people in science-related occupations

settlements and landscapes

Title

Christ Healing the Deaf-Mute

Artist

Philippe de Champaigne

Physical Description

This painting depicts a river passing through a wooded landscape as human figures, dwarfed by the towering trees, move along its banks. The majestic landscape dominates the painting, but a group of four men in the right foreground also competes for attention since the bright, saturated primary colors of their robes stand out sharply against the muted tonalities of their surroundings. One of the men, wearing a blue cloak, places his left finger in the mouth of a man kneeling before him and touches the side of his head with his right hand. A third man leans forward to touch the kneeling figure's shoulder while the fourth, in a magnificent red cloak, raises his hands in astonishment.

Artist Life Dates

1602-1674

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1650-1660

Accession Number

1960/2.93

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.38221

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

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buildings and the land

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paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

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visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Landscape (Paysage)

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

Landscape with blue cloudy sky, green leaved trees and grass below. Two women in the clearing, one standing, one seated. Across from them is a brown cow in the lower left. There is a dense forest on the right and left edge and in the background along the bottom half of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2014/1.612

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.37543

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Coconut Cup

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Physical Description

This cup is fashioned from a coconut shell set in a shallow bowl supported on a long, narrow stem and held in place by three straps and a tall neck band. The shallow domed lid has a plain, overhanging rim and terminates in a finial with a statuette of a nude sea nymph and serpent. The metalwork is densely decorated with various masks, animals, fantastic creatures, and vegetal ornament.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 16th century

Accession Number

1969/2.36

Medium and Support

coconut shell with gilded silver

relevance

rank 4.37228

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

cups by form

descriptors

design elements

figure- and animal-derived motifs

food

fruit

mammals

materials

materials by function

motifs

mounted cups

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

scrollwork

standing cups

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.72

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 4.37025

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

bone

bone by form

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

dentin

descriptors

food

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

materials by origin

objects we use

plant material

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

Title

Netsuke of dog and temple bell on a mat

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2002/2.40

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 4.36808

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animals and creatures

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

bells and sets of bells

chordophones

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

form attributes

mammals

objects we use

percussion idiophones

sculpture by function

size (extent)

size by specific type

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck idiophones

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Magpies and Hibiscus

Artist

Yamamoto Baiitsu

Physical Description

Two magpies rest among hibiscus flowers. “Boneless” washes for the hibiscus flowers are contrasted with ink outlines of bamboo.

Artist Life Dates

1783-1856

Century

early to mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

1831

Accession Number

1986/1.165

Medium and Support

Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 4.34793

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

grass (plant material)

herbaceous plants

inorganic material

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materials

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materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

plant material

plants

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Scene from the Life of the Buddha: Conception (architectural fragment)

Artist

Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Physical Description

A curved stone, originally a facing on the drum of a small stupa, carved with a narrative scene.

Century

2nd-3rd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century - 3rd century

Accession Number

1997/2.37

Medium and Support

stone

relevance

rank 4.34715

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

events

mammals

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people and culture

personal life events

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

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Title

Vachere au Bord de l'Eau

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Physical Description

A woman sits at the left on a grassy bank looking at a group of cows standing in water. Behind are trees and a hill rising up in the distance.

Possible watermark at center left (of verso); image shows a fleur de lis over a triangle. Paper size: lh 26 2/5cm & rh 26 1/2cm x w 19 1/2cm. Plate size: lh 19 7/10cm & rh 19 9/10cm x w 13 2/5cm. Image size: lh 19 1/10cm & rh 19cm x tw 12 2/5cm & bw 12 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

1830-1903

Accession Number

2008/2.401

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint printed in brown/black ink on light blue laid paper

relevance

rank 4.34203

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio prints

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

printing

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prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory

Artist

Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger

Physical Description

This pair of finely carved bust-length figures depicts two men in ecclesiastical garb. On the right appears an older figure who wears elaborate vestments and a papal tiara with a book in his left hand. His deeply lined and wrinkled face conveys a patient wisdom and authority as he stares directly ahead. His more youthful companion, dressed in a simpler collared robe and brimless cap, glances introspectively aside. He grasps an unfurled scroll in his left hand and a diminutive lion stares out from its perch on his left shoulder.

Century

late 15th/early 16th-century

Object Creation Date

circa1500

Accession Number

1958/1.59

Medium and Support

lindenwood with polychromy

relevance

rank 4.33668

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

christian clergy

clergy

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

prelates

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Classical Scene after Panini

Artist

Anonymous French

Physical Description

An outdoor scene of a man next to a stone fountain, with a man on a horse and various other people around. The fountain has an arched top and is part of a stone wall with other rounded arched openings. There is a decoration of an ornate handled urn. There is also a fleur-de-lis watermark.

Century

18th-19th century

Accession Number

2013/2.538

Medium and Support

pen and wash on paper

relevance

rank 4.33401

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

hydraulic structures

hydraulic structures by function

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mammals

natural landscapes

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plants

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

water distribution structures

woody plants

Title

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

Artist

Joos van Cleve

Physical Description

St. John the Evangelist sits in the foreground with a book open on his knee and quill pen poised over its pages. Two books rest next to him and an eagle has alighted on an adjacent rock. St. John looks up and to his right to see a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who appear in a glowing mandorla hovering in the sky. A vast panoramic view of a bustling harbor and formidable mountains unfolds behind St. John and extends into the distance.

Artist Life Dates

active 1511 - 1540/1541

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1525

Accession Number

1958/2.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel, mounted on panel

relevance

rank 4.32640

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by location

buildings and the land

coastline bodies of water

europe (continent)

flanders (former nation/state/empire)

geographic and political locations

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Sandino en la montana

Artist

Armando Morales

Physical Description

Seven faceless men are shown on horseback riding through a jungle. They have weapons and a dog is leading their group.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1927

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2011/1.96.1

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.32439

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

forest and nature activities

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mammals

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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physical activities by specific context

plant communities

prints

prints by process or technique

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Tasza-Szalka, from "Hungarian Memories"

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A woman is shown seated, bowl in her lap and ducks at her feet. She sits on what appears to be a stone bench and is covered by the shade of a tree.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

July 6, 1924; printed 1981

Accession Number

1985/1.125.2

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.31463

Secondary Keywords

agricultural structures

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

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people

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vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Frontispiece, "Eaux-fortes Modernes," The Societe des Aquafortistes"

Artist

Félix Bracquemond

Physical Description

A rooster standing at the base of a column, engraved with the publication information. Before the base is an arrangement of the chemistry and tools used to create etchings. The Societe des Aquafortistes was founded in 1862 and included several renowned artists of the time - Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Manet, Jongkind, Pissarro, etc. This is the first edition of the regular portfolio published by Cadart to highlight their work.

Artist Life Dates

1833-1914

Century

Late 19th century

Object Creation Date

1863

Accession Number

2011/2.211

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.31235

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

birds

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

Title

La Mysteriuse

Artist

James Tissot

Physical Description

A woman in an elegant dress with two small dogs, walking on a path through a woodland in advance of a gentleman in a top hat and two nuns in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1836-1902

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1885

Accession Number

2011/2.206

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 4.30761

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

image-making processes and techniques

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mammals

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

printing and printing processes and techniques

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

13th century

Object Creation Date

13th century

Accession Number

1993/2.40

Medium and Support

sandstone

relevance

rank 4.30634

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

devotional images

object genres

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people

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religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

reptiles

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Domodossola

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

This small watercolor depicts a city square viewed through the arches of an arcade. A small group clusters next to one of the columns in the foreground, and a few other figures are scattered about the square along with a man leading a horse and cart.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.3

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.29703

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

europe (continent)

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

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land vehicles by form

mammals

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paintings

paintings by material or technique

service and utility vehicles

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'

Artist

Hans Vries

Physical Description

Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.

Artist Life Dates

1527-1604(or 1623?)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1555-1560

Accession Number

1960/1.118

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 4.29166

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

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descriptors

engraving (printing process)

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literary, oral and motion picture genres

mammals

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

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printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Saint Jerome in His Chamber

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Print trimmed to image frame line. Paper repaired along the right edge of the print. Paper size: h 24 7/10cm x tw 18 3/5cm & bw 18 4/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Accession Number

2008/2.411

Medium and Support

engraving on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 4.27706

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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printing and printing processes and techniques

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processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

Title

Mouri jang (chest with 3 drawers and central double doors and butterfly brass fittings)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

This is a low pear wood storage chest, with three drawers and two doors. The butterfly and bat brass fittings for the hinges and drawer pulls add 'feminine' touches.

Century

mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century

Accession Number

2004/1.311

Medium and Support

pear wood with brass fittings

relevance

rank 4.27051

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

ball game equipment

ball striking or snaring and throwing equipment

case furniture

chests

descriptors

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture by form or function

insects

materials

materials by origin

metalwork

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plant material

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

sports and athletic equipment

storage and display furniture

wood and wood products

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 10 - For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser - Denn Dein ist das Reich)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A man, a woman, and a child facing the viewer with their hands folded in prayer. The man and woman sit on a mattress and look to heaven. The child stands in front of them with his head bowed. Next to the child is a diminutive cow. In the background behind the family are images of fish and birds.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.432

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 4.26752

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals

animals and creatures

associated concepts

components and systems

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

emotion

european

european styles and periods

figures

groups of people

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mammals

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people

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prints

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psychological concepts

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religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

social groups

social science concepts

styles and periods

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the natural world

visual works

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Title

Le Brebis et les Deaux Agneaux

Artist

Charles Meryon

Physical Description

Paper size: h 17 3/10cm x w 24 2/5cm. Plate size: lh 8cm & rh 8 1/10cm x w 10 1/5cm. Image size: h 6 3/5cm x tw 91/5cm & bw9 3/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1821-1868

Accession Number

2008/2.372

Medium and Support

etching and aquatint on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 4.26549

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

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intaglio prints

mammals

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled (Road with Two Horse Carriages)

Artist

Takis (Dimitris) Tloupas

Physical Description

A road and two horse carriages. It is foggy and there are other people farther back in the scene.

Artist Life Dates

1920-2003

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

2012/1.253

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.26511

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

mammals

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by function

passenger vehicles

transportation spaces

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Will Geer on a Walk, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

Man walking up a small hill to a barn, sheep ahead of him, rock wall to the right.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

2014/2.225

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board

relevance

rank 4.26264

Secondary Keywords

agricultural buildings

agricultural structures

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

herdsmen

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

scientists and people in science-related occupations

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Now the Dove and the Leopard Wrestle

Artist

Romare Bearden

Physical Description

This painting features animal part shapes in abstract forms in blues, ochres, green and red colors. It is expressive in the different movements of the animals.

Artist Life Dates

1911 - 1988

Object Creation Date

1946

Accession Number

2012/1.225

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.25897

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

modern european fine arts styles and movements

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painting and painting techniques

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people and culture

processes and techniques

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A broad set of steps leading up to a tree-lined terrace are the main features of this work. Figures on the terrace and a sculpture of putti supporting an urn or pot are visible at the top of the stairs; in the left foreground, a woman and little girl are climbing the stairs.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1893

Accession Number

1954/1.437

Medium and Support

transfer lithograph with stumping on wove paper

relevance

rank 4.25194

Secondary Keywords

agricultural complexes

animals

animals and creatures

architectural elements

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

circulation elements

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components

components and systems

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europe

europe (continent)

figures

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people

people (agents)

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people by occupation

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people in science-related occupations

physical activities

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scientists and people in science-related occupations

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

stair components

stairs and stair components

terraces

the natural world

ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

œle-de-france (region)

Title

Beaded Coronet (oríkògbòfó or ojewe)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

Round beaded crown with six radiating bands (predominantly green with white, metallic and blue accents) that stem from the central axis upon which the big blue-headed bird sits. Smaller birds perch at the base of the bands. Bottom rim predominantly red with white, metallic and blue accents. Spaces in between vertical bands are filled with yellow feathers or possibly synthetic material.

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

1997/1.345

Medium and Support

cloth, glass beads, metallic beads, feathers

relevance

rank 4.25168

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

aristocracy

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

crown (headdress)

descriptors

groups of people

headgear

nobility

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

political concepts

social classes

social classes by specific type

social groups

social science concepts

upper class

Title

Milking Time, Livingston County, Michigan

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

A back view of a man walking holding two metal buckets. There is a dark colored dog walking next to him.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

circa 1980

Accession Number

2014/2.238

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board

relevance

rank 4.23540

Secondary Keywords

agricultural buildings

agricultural complexes

agricultural structures

animal material

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animals and creatures

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complexes by function

descriptors

excretions and secretions

mammals

materials

materials by origin

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Fan)

Artist

Wang Mengbai

Physical Description

Chinese ink painting on a fan with drawings on the front and a poem on the back.

Artist Life Dates

1888-1934

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2011/2.189

Medium and Support

ink and color on on paper

relevance

rank 4.20517

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

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Title

Phulkari (woman's head covering) with peacock designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab

Physical Description

This is a red cloth covered with geometric patterns and abstract forms in the shape of peacocks. The designs and peacocks are multicolored and depicted in a repetitive format with the birds arranged in five columns and nine rows.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2003/2.57

Medium and Support

white, green, magenta, and indigo silk floss embroidery on madder-dyed cotton

relevance

rank 4.19550

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

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Title

Hunter's Decoy Headpiece

Artist

African, Nigeria, Hausa

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1982/2.63

Medium and Support

hornbill bird, wood and feathers

relevance

rank 4.19474

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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hunting

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scientists and people in science-related occupations

the human body

upper body

Title

The Triumph of Plenty

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany or Belgium

Physical Description

This bronze plaque features a pair of oxen pulling a four-wheeled wagon with six passengers. The seated driver holds a rod in his right hand and a two-tined fork in his left. An older figure holding a flaming vessel stands behind him, followed by a seated figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel wreath. The next figure, seated in the middle of the cart, is an older female, nude to the waist, who holds a cornucopia full of fruit and raises her left hand to point skyward. Two smaller standing figures appear next, one holding a bowl of fruit. The final figure is a reclining female nude holding a flower in the crook of her right arm.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1600

Accession Number

1960/2.5

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.19290

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

cargo vehicles

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descriptors

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Title

Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A six-panel screen with a lacquered black background and illustrations in greens, reds, ochres and pinks. There is a border throughout each panel with red dragons and line decorations. This panel has six women in kimono all carrying instruments. There is a large tree surrounded by rocks. On the bottom is a narrow ochre vase with an oval in the center. Coming out of the top are pink flowers with green stems.

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/1.619B

Medium and Support

carnelian, beryl, mother-of-pearl and quartz on coromandel

relevance

rank 4.19262

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A six-panel screen with a lacquered black background and illustrations in greens, reds, ochres and pinks. There is a border throughout each panel with red dragons and line decorations. This panel has women in kimono holding different objects and two brown deer towards the bottom. On the top is half of a house, a large tree and a gold fence. The vase on the ottom is ochre with green and red bands. Coming out of the top are pink flowers and green stems.

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/1.619D

Medium and Support

carnelian, beryl, mother-of-pearl and quartz on coromandel

relevance

rank 4.19262

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

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Title

Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A six-panel screen with a lacquered black background and illustrations in greens, reds, ochres and pinks. There is a border throughout each panel with red dragons and line decorations. This panel has four women holding a plant, flute, pot and bowl. There is a large tree with rocks and a gold fence and mountains. On the bottom is a ochre pot with red and pink flowers and green foliage.

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/1.619F

Medium and Support

carnelian, beryl, mother-of-pearl and quartz on coromandel

relevance

rank 4.19262

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A six-panel screen with a lacquered black background and illustrations in greens, reds, ochres and pinks. There is a border throughout each panel with red dragons and line decorations. This panel has four women in kimono each holding a different item - flower, vase, bowl and basket. There are two large trees. On the bottom is a green oval vase with pink flowers and green stems. On either side of the vase is a pear and a pepper.

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/1.619A

Medium and Support

carnelian, beryl, mother-of-pearl and quartz on coromandel

relevance

rank 4.19262

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

carriages

carriages by form

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vegetation and vegetation components

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woody plants

Title

Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A six-panel screen with a lacquered black background and illustrations in greens, reds, ochres and pinks. There is a border throughout each panel with red dragons and line decorations. This panel has five women in kimono holding different instruments. There is half of a house and a large tree towards the top and another tree towards the middle. On the bottom is a green vase with a red band and ochre colored base. Coming out of the top are pink flowers with green stems.

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/1.619C

Medium and Support

carnelian, beryl, mother-of-pearl and quartz on coromandel

relevance

rank 4.19262

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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carriages

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Title

Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A six-panel screen with a lacquered black background and illustrations in greens, reds, ochres and pinks. There is a border throughout each panel with red dragons and line decorations. This panel has two peacocks and two women standing and a woman in cart being pulled by a deer. There are three women surrounding her with fans and umbrellas. On the bottom is a purple and green vase with cherries on the sides.

Object Creation Date

18th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/1.619E

Medium and Support

carnelian, beryl, mother-of-pearl and quartz on coromandel

relevance

rank 4.19262

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

L'Anesse Marie-Jeanne

Artist

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 19 3/5cm & rh 19 9/10cm x tw 28cm & bw 28 1/10cm. Image size: lh 14 1/10cm & rh 14 3/10cm x w 16 1/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1847-1898

Accession Number

2008/2.446

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 4.19080

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Birds in a Tree

Artist

Nakabayashi Chikutô

Physical Description

A family of birds rest among willow branches. Three chicks rest below, while the larger parents perch above

Artist Life Dates

1776-1853

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1840

Accession Number

1976/2.103

Medium and Support

Hanging scroll, ink on silk

relevance

rank 4.18083

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

coating (material)

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descriptors

grass (plant material)

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Title

Christ before Caiphas from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A man seated on a throne under a canopy at the right looks toward a group of standing figures at the left. A group of soldiers in helmets and armor and spears surround a tall bearded man who stands looking at the seated official. In the distance is a view of a town in a landscape and at the feet of the seated man is a dog.

Artist Life Dates

1471-1528

Century

Early 16th century

Object Creation Date

1509-1511

Accession Number

2011/2.56

Medium and Support

woodcut print on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.17763

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals and creatures

army

bible

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seating furniture

single seating furniture

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weaponry

Title

The Triumph of the Four Elements

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Physical Description

Two horses pull a wagon carrying four female passengers in this small bronze plaque. The driver, a seated nude male with a cap takes the reins in his left hand and raises a whip in his right. Behind him sit two pairs of taller female figures, each wearing a long flowing mantle.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1600

Accession Number

1969/2.37

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.17009

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

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Title

Adoration of the Magi

Artist

Jan Erasmus Quellinus

Physical Description

This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.

Artist Life Dates

1634-1715

Century

17th - 18th century

Object Creation Date

1634-1715

Accession Number

1963/2.44

Medium and Support

oil on paper mounted on canvas

relevance

rank 4.16645

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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Title

Star-shaped Tile with flying crane among flowers

Artist

Iran, Kashan

Physical Description

A tile in the shape of a 8 pointed star with a bird depiction and inscriptions.

Century

early 14th century

Object Creation Date

early 14th century

Accession Number

1957/1.102

Medium and Support

fritware with blue underglaze painting and brown luster overglaze painting

relevance

rank 4.16226

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore

Artist

Harunori

Physical Description

This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.2

Medium and Support

iron with gold, silver, and copper inlays

relevance

rank 4.13560

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bodies of water

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descriptors

evergreens

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Title

Carrefours Blois

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

An overhead view of a t-intersection with horses, cart, bicycle and motorcycle below. The sidewalks are cobblestone.

Artist Life Dates

Hungary, 1894-1985

Object Creation Date

1930; printed circa 1970s

Accession Number

2013/2.297

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.13132

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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roads

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vehicles

Title

Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Scroll)

Artist

Wang Mengbai

Physical Description

Chinese ink painting on scroll with poem, ducks and flowers.

Artist Life Dates

1888-1934

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2011/2.188

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper on mounted on scroll

relevance

rank 4.12844

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Carl Weber

Physical Description

Canvas size: h 50 3/5cm x tw 76 1/5cm & bw 76 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

(1850 - 1921)

Accession Number

2008/2.370

Medium and Support

oil on linen

relevance

rank 4.11383

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Black crepe silk with woven metallic threads. Lining is made of white damask silk with sayagata pattern; white gofun painted lines between pattern repeats and then bokashizome in "stripes" of colors. Woven design of sparrow and bamboo is on the back only.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1940s-1950s

Accession Number

2005/1.353

Medium and Support

black crepe silk with woven metallic threads

relevance

rank 4.11312

Secondary Keywords

patterning

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descriptors

grass (plant material)

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main garments for the upper body

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weft patterning