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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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- rank 5.15194
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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
- relevance
- 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