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The Temples and Cult of Asclepius, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom

Title
The Temples and Cult of Asclepius, from "The History of Medicine"
Artist
Robert Thom
Physical Description
Every night for nearly a thousand years (500 B.C. - 500 A.D.), sick and afflicted pilgrims flocked to the Grecian Temples of Asclepius to take part of a ritual called incubation. The ancient kindly god of medicine was expected to visit them during a dream state and either heal or prescribe drugs, diet, and modes of treatment. Only requisites were that they should be clean and "think pure thoughts." To show their appreciation, recipients of Asclepius' favor caused votives (stone or terra cotta images of the afflicted parts which supposedly had been healed) to be made, suitably inscribed, and presented to be hung as testimony on the temple walls. More than 200 such temples existed.
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Accession Number
UMHS.5
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Tao Yuanming Appreciating Chrysanthemums; Ni Tian (Ni T'ien)

Title
Tao Yuanming Appreciating Chrysanthemums
Artist
Ni Tian (Ni T'ien)
Physical Description
Pastoral poet Tao Yuanming (372–427) and a boy-servant bearing chrysanthemums on his back are shown. Two pine trees dominate the composition. Tao Yuanming’s forward gaze and slightly hunched posture exhibit his full inner exhilaration when chrysanthemums were collected. The subtle smile on the poet’s face seems also to reflect a moment of transcendence.
Has signature and seal of the artist
Artist Life Dates
1855 - 1919
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1855-1919
Accession Number
1987/1.275
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Shiva and his family; India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School

Title
Shiva and his family
Artist
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Physical Description
In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1790-1800
Accession Number
1942.4
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Boating on a River in Autumn; Chen Huan (Ch'en Huan)

Title
Boating on a River in Autumn
Artist
Chen Huan (Ch'en Huan)
Physical Description
A lone boatman appears from behing the rocks, looking forward. Above him and slightl foregrounded arches a tree, and behind him lay a series of trees and rocks. Black dots are used to accent the rocks, and repeating patterns indicate leaves on trees. Red seals are in the lower left and lower right corners, and a third is at the end of the block of calligraphic text at top right.
Artist Life Dates
early 17th century
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1596
Accession Number
1976/1.224
Medium and Support
album leaf matted to frame, ink on gold paper
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Pinel Unchains the Insane, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom

Title
Pinel Unchains the Insane, from "The History of Medicine"
Artist
Robert Thom
Physical Description
The Father of Psychiatry, French physician Philippe Pinel, in 1795 ordered chains and fetters removed from insame women in the Salpêtrière, large Parisian hospital. Two years earlier, he had similarily unchained insane men in the Bicêtre. Despite political and medical opposition and uncertainties of life during the hectic period of the French Revolution, Pinel persisted in replacing cruelty and inhumanity with understanding, kindness, and rational therapy. His success in curing and relieving patients suffering from mental diseases opened new perspectives for psychiatric research and practice.
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Accession Number
UMHS.22
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Morning Orison; Guy Palazzola

Title
Morning Orison
Artist
Guy Palazzola
Artist Life Dates
1919-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1977-1978
Accession Number
1979/2.94
Medium and Support
acrylic on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title
Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
A man reclines on a carpet or cloth, and looks up at two figures above him. On the right, a deity sits cross-legged on a pedestal with a canopy over its head. To the left, another figure faces the deity, also on a pedestal carpet. He appears to be naked, and raises his in gesture towards the deity. A metal lamp or ewer rests below him, on what appears to be an abstract mountain, on which the reclining man also lies. He holds what may be prayer beads, and wears robes with stripes and his covered head rests on a pillow.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.163
Medium and Support
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Homage; Chuang Che

Title
Homage
Artist
Chuang Che
Physical Description
The background of this print is covered with whitish paint or gesso that reveals the texture of the canvas, brush, and its application. Where material has been applied to the canvas there are small wrinkles. Dashes of black paint appear on the lower two thirds of the collage. What looks like a signature is in the bottom left.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1933
Century
20th century
Accession Number
2010/2.32
Medium and Support
oil and acrylic paint on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Walter B. Cannon: Physiologic Investigator, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom

Title
Walter B. Cannon: Physiologic Investigator, from "The History of Medicine"
Artist
Robert Thom
Physical Description
While a first-year student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1896, Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945) employed newly discovered x-rays to study the activities of digestive organs in animals. Cannon induced cats to eat radiopaque meals, and followed food through alimentary organs with the aid of a fluroscopic screen. Basic studies of digestion, and of effects of emotions on it, led to new understandings of food utilization, of transmission of nerve impulses, and of actions of endocrine glands. Second Professor of Physiology at Harvard, Dr. Cannon earned world-wide respect as a researcher, as a teacher, and also as an ambassador of scientific good will.
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Accession Number
UMHS.38
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Fame and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry; Sebastiano Conca

Title
Fame and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry
Artist
Sebastiano Conca
Physical Description
Two women accompanied by a pair of putti appear seated in the foreground of this painting. On the left sits a winged woman crowned with a laurel wreath and wearing a long white robe and a vivid ocher-colored mantle. She leans on a globe while cradling a large book in her right arm to which she points with her left hand. In her right hand she holds a compass. A putto peeks from beneath her mantle, and a viol is visible beneath the globe. The other woman sits on a cloud. She wears a golden crown and a richly colored blue mantle. She grasps a lyre with her left hand and leans toward the woman seated next to her, gesturing in the direction of the book with her right hand. A second putto stands near her left shoulder holding a gold circlet in his left hand. The background is filled with glimpses of neoclassical architecture, including fluted columns and a facade with a row of Ionic columns supporting an entablature.
Artist Life Dates
1680 - 1764
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1725
Accession Number
1987/1.159
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Mandala of a Dhyana Buddha, possibly Amitayus; Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Title
Mandala of a Dhyana Buddha, possibly Amitayus
Artist
Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
Physical Description
A portable painting (thangka) in gouache and gold pigment on sized cotton, framed with concentric borders of red and yellow figures silk, with an outer border of white satin with embroidered floral designs. The painting is designed to be rolled up when not in use.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1978/2.1
Medium and Support
gouache on cotton
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Portrait of a Woman; Prior-Hamblin School

Title
Portrait of a Woman
Artist
Prior-Hamblin School
Artist Life Dates
19th century
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840
Accession Number
2002/1.176
Medium and Support
oil on composition board, in painted frame
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
Century
14th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1300-1335
Accession Number
1964/2.104
Medium and Support
handscroll, ink and color on paper
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Hobo Jungle; John William "Uncle Jack" Dey

Title
Hobo Jungle
Artist
John William "Uncle Jack" Dey
Artist Life Dates
1912 - 1978
Century
Second half of 20th century
Object Creation Date
1955-1978
Accession Number
2002/1.177
Medium and Support
airplane paint on composite board
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Scene at Hachiman Hill; Utagawa Sadahide

Title
Scene at Hachiman Hill
Artist
Utagawa Sadahide
Physical Description
Japanese hanging scroll depicting the view of the old Japanese town and scenery.
Artist Life Dates
(1807 - 1873)
Object Creation Date
1825-1875
Accession Number
2011/2.203
Medium and Support
print
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Lady Eleanor Dundas; Henry Raeburn

Title
Lady Eleanor Dundas
Artist
Henry Raeburn
Physical Description
Lady Eleanor Dundas is shown half length, seated in front of a brown background. She looks towards the light source to the right of the painting. She is dressed in a diaphanous black dress with an Empire cut and black veil. A sheer lace collar frames her throat. She has heavy lidded eyes and an alert or slightly mournful expression
Artist Life Dates
1756-1823
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1795
Accession Number
1955/1.83
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Spring; Buffie Johnson

Title
Spring
Artist
Buffie Johnson
Artist Life Dates
born 1912
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1912-1958
Accession Number
1958/2.63
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Fractal 8; Paul Ecke

Title
Fractal 8
Artist
Paul Ecke
Artist Life Dates
Born 1953
Century
21st century
Object Creation Date
2007
Accession Number
2007/1.108.3
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Kingfisher Perched on a Willow Branch; Wang Yachen

Title
Kingfisher Perched on a Willow Branch
Artist
Wang Yachen
Artist Life Dates
1894-1983
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2007/2.22
Medium and Support
ink and color
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Primary Object Classification
Painting

Calf in a Meadow; Theodore Robinson

Title
Calf in a Meadow
Artist
Theodore Robinson
Artist Life Dates
1852-1896
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1872-1896
Accession Number
1981/2.107
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

One of a pair of six-fold screens; Attributed Kanô Tan'yû; Manner of

Title
One of a pair of six-fold screens
Artist
Attributed Kanô Tan'yû
Physical Description
This six-fold screen, a half of a pair, is meant to represent six of the twelve months of the year, with keen attention paid to the birds and flowers associated with each. Although this screen bears Kano Tan’yu’s signature, it was probably created by his studio or by followers working in this famous artist’s style.
Artist Life Dates
(Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1965/1.178
Medium and Support
one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink and light color on paper
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Scholar in a Thatched Hut; Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)

Title
Scholar in a Thatched Hut
Artist
Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)
Physical Description
A scholar sits under a thatched hut in the mountains. He strokes his long beard as a kettle warms. The colophon indicated that the scholar the the famous Song dynasty recluse Lin Bu. In his thatch hut in the Solitary Mountain, he is composing a poem in light smoke from the faint fireplace.
Artist Life Dates
1882-1954
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1909
Accession Number
2006/1.118
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Portrait of Jane Davis Tucker (Mother of Stephen Davis Tucker); Anonymous American

Title
Portrait of Jane Davis Tucker (Mother of Stephen Davis Tucker)
Artist
Anonymous American
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1970/2.112
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

White Crane; Wang Yachen

Title
White Crane
Artist
Wang Yachen
Artist Life Dates
1894-1983
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1966
Accession Number
2007/2.38
Medium and Support
ink and color
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Untitled, Bronx Storefronts; Emilio Sanchez

Title
Untitled, Bronx Storefronts
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
An oil painting of two storefronts. The first store is brightly painted, while the second one is in more neutral shades.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1985-1990
Accession Number
2011/2.135
Medium and Support
oil on board
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

The Supper Table; John Koch

Title
The Supper Table
Artist
John Koch
Physical Description
This painting shows a woman and a boy sitting at a dining table that is set for a meal. The woman, on the right side of the composition, is shown in a profile view and is using a ladle to pour soup into a bowl. The boy, seated in a ladder back chair, is holding a spoon with his hands resting on the table. He is gazing at the soup bowl. Both figures have somber, quiet facial expressions. A table lamp, seen only partially on the far left of the painting, is the single source of light. So, the figures and the table top are brightly lit, but the rest of the setting is very dark. Items on the table such as the plate with melon, the milk bottle, the salt and pepper shakers and the tablecloth, are shown in realistic detail, much like a still- life painting.
Artist Life Dates
1909-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1979/2.114
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Scholar's Winter Retreat; Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)

Title
Scholar's Winter Retreat
Artist
Gai Qi (Kai Ch'i)
Physical Description
A scholar sits in a relaxed posture at his desk looking at cut plum blossoms in a white vase; before him is an empty sheet of paper and ink stone, and by his side an attendant is boiling water for tea. A crane tucks her head and leg to keep herself warm in the cold winter air. The scholar seems to be contemplating a subject to be drawn or written, perhaps related to the flowers.
Artist Life Dates
(1774 - 1829)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1820
Accession Number
1981/2.133
Medium and Support
fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Temperance; Artist Unknown

Title
Temperance
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2002/1.183
Medium and Support
oil on textured canvas, mounted on board
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

N. 104/59; Theodor W. Werner

Title
N. 104/59
Artist
Theodor W. Werner
Artist Life Dates
1886 - 1969
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1959
Accession Number
1960/2.58
Medium and Support
oil on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Tsitrusvaan; Iaroslav Serpan

Title
Tsitrusvaan
Artist
Iaroslav Serpan
Artist Life Dates
1922-1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1956
Accession Number
1959/2.104
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

What Is, Is; Ronnie Landfield

Title
What Is, Is
Artist
Ronnie Landfield
Physical Description
Abstract painting. Orange (left), red (right) and pink (bottom) bands painted with a zigzag pattern frame an abstract image in the center painted with vigorous upward strokes.
Artist Life Dates
(1947 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1989
Accession Number
2008/2.242
Medium and Support
acrylic on canvas
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Esther before Ahasuerus; Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Title
Esther before Ahasuerus
Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
Physical Description
A bearded man, wearing majestic red robes with a large ermine collar and a green turban surmounted by a crown, sits on a throne at left. He leans forward, holding a long thin scepter in his right hand while touching his chest with his left. Before him stand two women supporting a third, who has fainted. This third woman wears a splendid blue robe ornamented with a row of opulent clasps, a luxurious golden cloak lined with pink fabric, and a crown that seems to tilt precariously on the back of her head. The man looks intently into the face of the fainted woman, while the two women, in turn, watch his expression closely.
Artist Life Dates
1591-1666
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1639
Accession Number
1963/2.45
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Do You Just Stuff Food; "Prophet" William J. Blackmon

Title
Do You Just Stuff Food
Artist
"Prophet" William J. Blackmon
Artist Life Dates
(active 1921 - 2010)
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1984-1996
Accession Number
2002/1.207
Medium and Support
latex and enamel paints on board mounted on frame
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Magpies and Hibiscus; Yamamoto Baiitsu

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 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Homage to Gauguin; Jean Paul Slusser

Title
Homage to Gauguin
Artist
Jean Paul Slusser
Artist Life Dates
1886 -1981
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1924
Accession Number
1982/2.34
Medium and Support
oil on carved panel
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rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Autumnal Scene; Leon A. Makielski

Title
Autumnal Scene
Artist
Leon A. Makielski
Artist Life Dates
1885-1974
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1985/2.13
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Storm in the North Sea; Robert Hopkin

Title
Storm in the North Sea
Artist
Robert Hopkin
Artist Life Dates
Scotland, 1832-1909
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1832-1909
Accession Number
1910.1
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Orchid and Rock; Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Title
Orchid and Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A rock dominates the image, with orchids and grasses growing next to it. Calligraphic text accompanies the image, places above the rock, with three seals.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.131
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Conversing Midway up the Mountain in Late Autumn; Zha Jizuo (Cha Chi-tso)

Title
Conversing Midway up the Mountain in Late Autumn
Artist
Zha Jizuo (Cha Chi-tso)
Physical Description
A small gathering of buildings is nestled at the bottom of a tall, rounded mountain range. Slightly above the settlement, two travelers make their way along the mountain path. A few trees crow up out of the mountains. The mountain range near the small village cuts diagonally across the picture plane, from bottom left to middle right. The top left of the image also contains mountains, taller still. Across from these on the top right is calligraphic text and two seals.
Artist Life Dates
1604-1676
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
late 17th century
Accession Number
1974/1.94
Medium and Support
ink and light color on silk
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Fish Houses, Ogunquit; Jane C. Stanley

Title
Fish Houses, Ogunquit
Artist
Jane C. Stanley
Artist Life Dates
1863-1940
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1863-1940
Accession Number
1954/1.191
Medium and Support
watercolor on white paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Peasants in an Interior; Bartholomeus Molenaer

Title
Peasants in an Interior
Artist
Bartholomeus Molenaer
Physical Description
Groups of figures sit crowded around tables in a dark, smoky interior. In the foreground a man dressed in white hose and a red cap leans on a barrel, his tankard placed at his feet, and looks directly ahead out of the scene. To his left several men cluster around a table to drink and smoke, while other dimly lit figures sit and move about in the background.
Artist Life Dates
1618-1650
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1635-1645
Accession Number
1985/1.196
Medium and Support
oil on panel
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Portrait of a lady under a willow; India, Andhra Pradesh, Golconda School

Title
Portrait of a lady under a willow
Artist
India, Andhra Pradesh, Golconda School
Physical Description
The lady stands against a bright green background with only a hint of physical setting. There are some ground lines at her feet with springs of red flowers and a simple stylized willow tree that curves around the figure. She stands with her body turning towards her right with her head in profile. She lifts a flower up in her right hand and hangs her left arms down past her waste. She wears tight lavender colored trousers with a diaphanous skirt covering them with a gold and colored brocaded scarf hanging down the center. Her breasts appear bare, but actually the blouse is also sheer, with a darker color at the shoulders and below her breasts. She wears gold brocade slippers and wide bracelets with black pompoms and rings, necklaces, earrings and a scarf hangs from her shoulders. A gold turban with a black aigrette crowns her. The portrait is framed with some gold and black lines and placed on a simple, buff colored border. An inscription in nastaliq‘ script is above the painting.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1760
Accession Number
1970/2.80
Medium and Support
opaque watercolor and gold on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Wulai Falls Based on Sketches; Chang Ku-nien

Title
Wulai Falls Based on Sketches
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The Wulai Waterfalls are shown in a “Y” shape configuration, and painted in simple light ink washes. On a hill-path on the center right several tourists are represented as riding some kind of rickshaw.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2006/1.121
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Interior of a Guardroom; David Teniers the Younger

Title
Interior of a Guardroom
Artist
David Teniers the Younger
Physical Description
Groups of men gamble, smoke, and drink in a dark guardroom. In the left foreground a seated man wearing a red sash lights his white clay pipe, while his companion pauses his smoking to listen to a man standing next to him. The red of the smoker's sash is repeated in the flag and fabrics strewn about in the right foreground, which form part of a still-life of weapons, musical instruments, and glinting armor heaped together against the wall. Between these brightly lit foreground vignettes the scene recedes into the darkened interior where a group of five men gather about a table to gamble.
Artist Life Dates
1610-1690
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1635-1645
Accession Number
1965/1.185
Medium and Support
oil on panel
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase; Nakabayashi Chikkei

Title
Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase
Artist
Nakabayashi Chikkei
Physical Description
The painting is nearly entirely dominated by mountains, yet nestled among them lie two small buildings. Around these structures and near the placement of the viewer are dark plum trees with spiky branches and pink and white blossoms.
Artist Life Dates
1816-1867
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
1987/1.362
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series; India, Maharashtra, Paithan School

Title
Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series
Artist
India, Maharashtra, Paithan School
Physical Description
Three warriors march forward, taking up nearly the entire frame. Blue soldiers carring weapons and shields bring up the front and rear. They appear to move through a stylized tree landscape.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
early 19th century - mid 19th century
Accession Number
1975/2.150
Medium and Support
ink and opaque watercolor on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Spring Warms River Nu; Chang Ku-nien

Title
Spring Warms River Nu
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Two men rafting in the waves of River Nu.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
last quarter of 20th century
Object Creation Date
1971
Accession Number
2006/1.144
Medium and Support
horizontal hanging scroll, ink on rice paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Harvey and the Circulation of Blood, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom

Title
Harvey and the Circulation of Blood, from "The History of Medicine"
Artist
Robert Thom
Physical Description
William Harvey, slight, energetic, scientific English physician of the seventeenth century, with his famed pointed in hand, used demonstrations to prove his revolutionary theory of the circulation of blood, during his anatomical lectures before the College of Physicians of London. His book, "De Motu Cordis," published in 1628, upset traditional followers of Galen, rought entirely new concepts of circulations and of anatomy to medicine. Harvey, a graduate in medicine from Padua and Cambridge, physician to Kings James I and Charles I, was unperturbed by criticism, dedicated to research and to hard work. He died in 1657, after having seen his theory generally accepted by physicians.
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Accession Number
UMHS.14
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

Hotei; Ogata Kôrin

Title
Hotei
Artist
Ogata Kôrin
Physical Description
The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
Artist Life Dates
(Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1700-1716
Accession Number
1965/1.157
Medium and Support
ink and light color on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting

A celebration of the rains; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Title
A celebration of the rains
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Physical Description
Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
early 19th century
Accession Number
1964/2.114
Medium and Support
Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 5.15194
Primary Object Classification
Painting
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