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- Title
- Leaf from a Bible (Book of Paralipomenon)
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.90
- Medium and Support
- ink on parchment
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- leaves
- text-based art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 3. Kamar Al-Zaman and the Jeweler's Wife. "Then he spent the night with her embracing and clipping..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.155
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 11. The Tale of the Ebony Horse. "He went up to the couch and found a young lady asleep, chemised with her hair as she were the full moon rising over the Eastern horizon..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.163A-N
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 12. The Tale of the Ebony Horse. "Mounting the ebony horse he took her up behind him and made her fast to himself, binding her with strong bonds; after which he turned the shoulder-pin of ascent, and the horse rose him high in air..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.164
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 5. Julnar the Sea-Born and her Son King Badr Basim of Persia "So I came forth of the sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the moonshine..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.157
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 13. Shaharazad's Night. "Then said the king in himself, 'By Allah, I will not slay her, until I have heard the next of her tale.' So they slept the rest of that night in mutual embrace till day finally brake..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.165A-J
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Gaiumart the First Shah, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.40
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- literary
- the natural world
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 10. The Tale of the Ebony Horse. "Now the King loved science and geometry and one festival day as he sat on his kingly throne there came in to him three wise men"
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.162
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis
- Artist
- Hendrik Goudt
- Physical Description
- Two lamps provide the only source of light in this nighttime interior and the scene is full of dark shadows and areas highlighted by white. Two men are seated at a table- one is a bearded man wearing long robes and the other has a staff and a hat with wings. They are looking at a woman, wearing a cloth headdress and a long dress, who stands before them. On the left is a man entering through a doorway. The features of the room are shown in great detail including the assortment of food, hanging vegetables and baskets, a wall tapestry, the rough wood planking and decorative designs on the bedding. There is a printed Latin inscription below this scene.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1585-1630
- Century
- 17th Century
- Object Creation Date
- 1612
- Accession Number
- 1995/2.30
- Medium and Support
- engraving and etching on thin, slightly textured dark cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- genres
- mythology
- roman
- time
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 7. Julnar the Sea-Born and her Son King Badr Basim of Persia "Then the old woman mounted on the Ifrit's back, taking her daughter behind her, and Ifrit flew off with them..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.159
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 5. Julnar the Sea-Born and her Son King Badr Basim of Persia "So I came forth of the sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the moonshine..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.157A-L
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Le statuaire et la statue de Jupiter; illustration for Jean de La Fontaine's Fab
- Artist
- Charles-Nicolas Cochin
- Artist Life Dates
- (1715 - 1790)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1755
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.16
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- genres
- mythology
- objects
- roman
- Title
- Voyage in China: The Music Lesson
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1844
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.149
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on newprint
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- genres
- people and occupations
- Title
- Temple of Horus at Edfu
- Artist
- Antonio Beato
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1825-1906
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.107
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- africa
- allegory and literature
- architecture
- buildings
- locality
- Title
- The Palace Ball, from Cinderella Series
- Artist
- Jules Pascin
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885-1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.421
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 3. Kamar Al-Zaman and the Jeweler's Wife. "Then he spent the night with her embracing and clipping..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.155A-N
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Ardshir Papakan Sits Upon the Throne in Baghdad, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.67
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- man
- people and occupations
- Title
- The Raising of the Youth of Nain (Luke 7:11-17)
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.57
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- miracles
- people and occupations
- study
- Title
- Ningxia Rug with Dragons Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1995/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wool
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- creatures
- mythology
- objects we use
- textiles
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 9. Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman. " Abdullah discovered before him and on his right and left mountains of water and solaced himself by gazing thereon and on the various sort of fish. Some of them favored buffaloes, others oxen and others dogs and yet others human beings..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.161
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Arabian Nights. Pl. 7. Julnar the Sea-Born and her Son King Badr Basim of Persia "Then the old woman mounted on the Ifrit's back, taking her daughter behind her, and Ifrit flew off with them..."
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1948
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.159A-L
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.28516
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- modern and contemporary art
- Title
- Heavenly Official Confers Joy and Longevity (Come Together)
- (Pair with 1989/2.155)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.156
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- creatures
- family
- how we live
- mythology
- relationships
- Title
- Allegorical Figure for Chicago World's Fair Columbian Exposition
- Artist
- Julian Weir
- Artist Life Dates
- 1852-1919
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.186
- Medium and Support
- black and white chalk on brown paper covered board
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- genres
- people and occupations
- women
- Title
- The Young Shoemaker and the Lion Before Bahram Gur, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.69
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- literary
- mammals
- the natural world
- Title
- Dragon Prancing in an Autumn Stream, after Ch'en So-weng
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.108
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- creatures
- mythology
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Hearst Over the People
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1992
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.131
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- Title
- The Death of Dara, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.64
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- how we live
- literary
- rites of passage
- war
- Title
- Expulsion of Adam and Eve
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Artist Life Dates
- 1798-1863
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.67
- Medium and Support
- graphite on medium, slightly textured blued white laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- bible
- old testament
- people and occupations
- sketches
- Title
- Figure of a Female Drummer
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.250
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- music
- objects
- people and occupations
- Title
- Christ Crucified
- Artist
- Marcello Muccini
- Artist Life Dates
- Born c.1925
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 1951/2.59
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- bible
- modern and contemporary art
- new testament
- Title
- Don Quixote and Rosinante
- Artist
- Antonio Frasconi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919-2013
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1949
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.171
- Medium and Support
- color woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- horsemen
- modern and contemporary art
- suns
- Title
- Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from "The Five Deaths". No. 1 of a series of 5.
- Artist
- Stefano della Bella
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1664
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1648
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.229
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- how we live
- music
- objects
- rites of passage
- Title
- Picking Cassia, Mounting a Dragon (Pair with 1989/2.158)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.157
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- creatures
- family
- how we live
- mythology
- relationships
- Title
- Battle of Samson Against the Philistines
- Artist
- Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
- Physical Description
- This drawing is done in black chalk with white color highlights against a tan background. It shows an expansive landscape with craggy mountains and a wide sky with swirling cloud formations. In the center foreground area there is a an army of men facing a figure with long dark hair. This man has his arms raised preparing to throw an object at the group. On the right, there is another group of men looking on from behind a tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1803-1860
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1839
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.262
- Medium and Support
- black chalk and watercolor heightened with white on tan wove paper, mounted on
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- geography
- how we live
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Haloed Male with Floral Motif
- Artist
- Anonymous English
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.1
- Medium and Support
- paint on glass
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- bible
- new testament
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Voltaire Composing 'La Pucelle d'Orléans or Le Rêve'
- Artist
- Ransonnette and Saint-Aubin
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1782
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.322
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- historical figures
- literary
- people and occupations
- Title
- Silk Tapestry Weave
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.285
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- creatures
- medium
- mythology
- objects we use
- tapestry
![Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko) [Aru baiorinisuto no inshô]; Onchi Kôshirô](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-2.14/1997_2.14.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=118;size=50;sort=relevance;start=81;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=allegory+and+literature){kind=link}
- Title
- Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko) [Aru baiorinisuto no inshô]
- Artist
- Onchi Kôshirô
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891 - 1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.14
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- music
- objects
- people and occupations
- portraits
- Title
- Shida Is Slain by Khusrau, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.56
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- how we live
- literary
- rites of passage
- war
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- William Baillie
- Artist Life Dates
- 1723-1810
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723-1810
- Accession Number
- 1951/2.1
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.18634
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- bible
- figures
- new testament
- people and occupations
- Title
- Ariane
- Artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour
- Artist Life Dates
- 1836-1904
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.163
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- Title
- The Troubadour
- Artist
- Herbert Harvey
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1928
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1883-1928
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.67
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- modern and contemporary art
- music
- people and occupations
- Title
- La Récréation Champêtre
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
- Artist Life Dates
- 1734-1781
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1769
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.58
- Medium and Support
- aquatint and etching on on off-white laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals
- mammals
- music
- objects
- the natural world
- Title
- Illustration from an Augsburg Bible (Incunabulum)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1930.24
- Medium and Support
- hand-colored woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- healing
- illustrations
- new testament
- people and occupations
- Title
- Kai Khusrau Crosses the Jihun, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.50
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- literary
- man
- men on horseback
- people and occupations
- Title
- Academic Study of a Male Nude as Hercules
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian (Bolognese)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.49
- Medium and Support
- red chalk, heightened with white
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- clubs
- figures
- iconography
- people and occupations
- study
- Title
- Trocadero Museum, Paris
- Artist
- Albert Kahn
- Artist Life Dates
- (1869 - 1942)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- June 13, 1891
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.477
- Medium and Support
- graphite on ppaer
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- europe
- france
- locality
- mythology
- the natural world
- Title
- Neptune's Daughter
- Artist
- Maragaret Ann Gaug
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1909 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.106
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Title
- Self Portrait with Allegorical Figures
- Artist
- Raymond Lafage
- Artist Life Dates
- 1656-1684
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1701
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.2
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- figures
- making art
- people and occupations
- portraits
- Title
- The Stamaty Family
- Artist
- Jean Ingres
- Artist Life Dates
- 1780-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1818
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.118
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.08960
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- how we live
- music
- objects
- people and occupations
- relationships