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Title

Crabs

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

The painting depicts two crabs with aquatic plants. The artist signed his pen name, Qi Huang, and sealed another pen name, Wood Hermit.

Artist Life Dates

1864-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1864-1949

Accession Number

1949/1.199

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

crustaceans

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Shrimps

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

Blank background. The painting depicts four lobsters, with calligraphic texts and seal on the right edge of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1931

Accession Number

1949/1.200

Medium and Support

ink on rice paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

crustaceans

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Duck

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

Blank background. On the right half of the painting, there is a duck and a few plant leaves. The artist signed his pen name, "Host of the Eight-inkstone Mansion," with seal on the right edge of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.202

Medium and Support

ink on rice paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

buildings and the land

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

writing (processes)

Title

Prawn

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

Two shrimps are shown in the middle of the print. The artist inscribed "Baishi at the age of ninty-five" on the upper left-hand corner with seal.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1990/1.185

Medium and Support

woodblock "water printing" with ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

crustaceans

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Pine and Bamboo

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

The painting depicts bamboo plants and pine trees, with a calligraphic inscription on the right bottom.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.191

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

evergreens

grass (plant material)

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Plum Blossoms and Bird

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.192

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

deciduous trees

descriptors

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Frog

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

There is a frog on the left bottom of the painting, and on the right the artist inscribed "to make a voice" with his signature and seal.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927

Accession Number

1949/1.195

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

amphibians

animals and creatures

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

The Happy Life of Fishermen

Artist

Qian Gong (Ch'ien Kung)

Physical Description

A group of fishermen and families sit in reeds, resting, playing, drinking, eating, and chatting. Birds fly in the backgrounf, and the reeds bend under the wind. At top center is calligraphic text.

Artist Life Dates

(active Suzhou, ca. 1573 - ca. 1620)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1610

Accession Number

1985/2.29

Medium and Support

fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on gold paper

Secondary Keywords

books

books by internal form

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

descriptors

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

natural landscapes

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

plants

scientists and people in science-related occupations

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

water activities

watercraft

watercraft by general type

woody plants

Title

Bamboo and Rocks

Artist

Qian Zai (Ch'ien Tsai)

Physical Description

A vertical hanging scroll on white fabric. The image is in black ink on faded paper. A bamboo tree occupies most of the space. A signature is located in the middle on the left of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

1708-1793

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1787

Accession Number

1970/2.8

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

geography

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

medium

plants

scrolls

the natural world

Title

Peach Blossom Spring

Artist

Qiu Ying (Ch'iu Ying)

Physical Description

In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.

Artist Life Dates

c.1495-1552

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1542

Accession Number

1976/1.212

Medium and Support

ink and color on gold paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

deciduous trees

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

genres in the arts

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Weather-beaten Sentinels (Another title: Trees and Rocks(?))

Artist

Will Quinlan

Artist Life Dates

Born 1877

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1910

Accession Number

1940.203

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

geography

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

plants

the natural world

Title

Jewish Child

Artist

Fanny Rabel

Physical Description

A child sits inside a fence of barbed wire upon the bare dirt ground; beyond the fence lies nothing but burnt tree trunks. He is dressed in rags, and his feet are completely bandaged. Eyes sunken and lips pursed, he holds his hands up in a surrender-like state. It is implied by the title that this child is Jewish and is most likely being depicted inside one of the death camps during the Holocaust.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1924

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1924-1958

Accession Number

1958/1.109

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

descriptors

detention complexes

object genres

object genres by location, context or origin

open spaces and site elements

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

physical activities

physical activities by general context

site elements

youth

Title

La Cabane du Chiffonnier

Artist

Jean François Raffaëlli

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 21 3/5cm & rh 21 1/2cm x tw 27 1/2cm & bw 27 7/5cm. Image size: h 11 1/2cm x w 15cm.

Artist Life Dates

1850-1924

Accession Number

2008/2.380

Medium and Support

color etching and drypoint on beige wove paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

cloth

descriptors

dwellings

engraving (printing process)

fiber and fiber products

fiber products

houses

houses by form

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

materials

materials by form

materials by physical form

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

residential structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

textile materials

textile materials by form

Title

"The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy)

Artist

Rai San'yô

Physical Description

This is a hanging scroll. It is mounted on olive green fabric and includes a poem in Chinese calligraphic text about nature. Has three red seals: two in the lower left side, one in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1780-1832

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1811-1832

Accession Number

2002/1.164

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

philosophical concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scroll paintings

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

writing (processes)

Title

Crouching Venus

Artist

Marcantonio Raimondi

Physical Description

A nude woman is seen in profile crouching and turning her head toward the viewer. She is backed up against a short pedestal or wal, on top of which a winged cupid bends towards the woman. On the right side is a slender tree, and behind the figures is an expansive landscape.

Artist Life Dates

ca. 1475-before 1534

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1505-1506

Accession Number

1984/1.289

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

layout features

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

descriptors

figures (representations)

forming

genres in the arts

illustrations

illustrations by form

image-making processes and techniques

images and ornament

information form components

intaglio printing processes

layout features

literary, oral and motion picture genres

objects we use

people and culture

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Red Raku ware teabowl with imprinted leaf designs

Artist

Raku Tan'nyû

Physical Description

This rustic, earth tone ceramic tea bowl has a rough, natural feeling texture. Impressed into the outer sides of the tea bowl are the imprints of pine needles.

Artist Life Dates

1795 - 1854

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1820 - circa 1840

Accession Number

1954/1.537

Medium and Support

earthenware with red and gray glaze

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

food

materials

materials by function

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

vessels

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Negative print VI from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. Two columns have their words marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.15

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print V from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. One column has words that are marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.14

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print V from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. Two columns have their words marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.13

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print IV from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. One column has words that are marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.12

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print IV from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. One column has words that are marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.11

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print III from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. Two columns have their words marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.10

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print II from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are six vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. Two columns have their words marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.9

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Negative print I from "Six Negatives"

Artist

Mel Ramsden and Ian Burn

Physical Description

This is a black image with white lettering and white marked out areas. There are six vertical columns of words organized by Roman numerals and numbers. Two columns have their words marked out.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968-1969

Accession Number

2002/2.118.8

Medium and Support

photo-mechanical reproduction on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

printing and printing processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

5:29 Bay Shore

Artist

Robert Rauschenberg

Physical Description

A collage of about nine photographs. Includes some of ducks, a train, and windows.

Artist Life Dates

1925 - 2008

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2011/1.69

Medium and Support

lithograph, collage on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

birds

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

guideway vehicles

image-making processes and techniques

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

rail guideway vehicles

railroad cars

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

transportation vehicles

vehicles

windows and window components

Title

Sainte et Chardon

Artist

Odilon Redon

Physical Description

Paper folded under on bottom approximatly 7cm. Partial label remnants are at lower center of verso. Image size: h 28 3/5cm x tw 21 4/5cm & bw 20 7/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1840-1916

Object Creation Date

1891

Accession Number

2008/2.452

Medium and Support

lithograph on beige wove paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

lithography

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

planographic printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral

Artist

Artist Unknown, Reims, France

Physical Description

A lunette-shaped panel composed of red, blue, white, brownish purple and yellowish brown stained glass joined together by lead cames depicting a seraph. Four leafy fronds, taken from another medieval window, have been inserted here between the seraph's head and shoulders. The panel is the upper half of a roundel originally installed in the west rose window of Reims Cathedral.

Century

late 13th-early 14th century

Object Creation Date

1280-1310

Accession Number

1979/1.161

Medium and Support

colored and painted glass and lead

Secondary Keywords

angels

animals and creatures

architectural elements

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

doctrinal concepts

europe (continent)

france (nation)

geographic and political locations

glass

glass and glassmaking mixtures

glass by technique

inorganic material

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

object genres

object genres by form

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

windows

windows and window components

windows by form

Title

Scholar with Roosters

Artist

Ren Yi (Jen I)

Physical Description

This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar site with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:

Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian

There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.

Artist Life Dates

1840-1896

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1896

Accession Number

1987/2.67

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by degree of qualification

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Nuwa Repairing the Columns that Support the Earth

Artist

Ren Yi (Jen I)

Artist Life Dates

1840 - 1896

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1877

Accession Number

2006/2.15

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

genres in the arts

image-making processes and techniques

literary, oral and motion picture genres

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by state or condition

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type

writing (processes)

Title

Ferghana Horse, after Jin Nong

Artist

Ren Xiong (Jen Hsiung)

Physical Description

This scroll features a single profile of a horse. The artist’s inscription states that the painting is modeled after Jin Nong’s (1687–1764) famous work entitled Ferghana Horse. Ferghana was the name of an ancient Central Asian kingdom known for its exceptional horses.

Artist Life Dates

1820-1857

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840-1857

Accession Number

1985/2.32

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Crane, Pine and Bamboo

Artist

Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)

Physical Description

This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.

Artist Life Dates

1835-1893

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1893

Accession Number

1987/1.265

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

evergreens

grass (plant material)

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

plant material

plants

settlements and landscapes

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Baigneuse Assise

Artist

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Physical Description

Woven paper size: h 32 1/2cm x tw 24cm & bw 23 9/10cm. Laid paper size: h 21 9/10cm x w 13 3/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1841-1919

Accession Number

2008/2.416

Medium and Support

etching and soft-ground on cream laid paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by gender

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Etude pour une baigneuse

Artist

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Physical Description

Paper size: h 39cm x w 24 1/5cm. Plate size: h 25 1/2cm x w 19cm. Image size: h 23 3/5cm x tw 24 3/10cm x bw 24 1/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1841-1919

Accession Number

2008/2.444

Medium and Support

drypoint on cream laid paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by gender

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

studies (visual works)

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Continuous

Artist

Edda Renouf

Physical Description

Several thin coats of blue-gray acrylic paint have been applied to primed linen canvas whose weave was altered by removing threads at more or less regular intervals. She then carefully sanded down the paint to highlight the new texture and make “visible the life within the linen material.” (artist’s statement (2009), http://www.eddarenouf.com/Statement.html)

Artist Life Dates

born 1943

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1976

Accession Number

2008/2.255

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

disciplines

document genres

document genres by form

european

european styles and periods

humanities

information forms

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

performing arts

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

textile construction processes and techniques

textile processes and techniques

textile weaving processes and techniques

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Death as Friend

Artist

Alfred Rethel

Artist Life Dates

1816-1859

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1851

Accession Number

1960/2.155

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

Secondary Keywords

architecture

atmospheric effects

descriptors

figures

genres

how we live

inorganic material

man

materials

materials by composition

objects

people and occupations

rites of passage

rock

rock by form

the natural world

Title

St. Jerome Reading

Artist

Jusepe de Ribera

Artist Life Dates

c.1591-1652

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1959/1.129

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

animals

descriptors

mammals

man

man on horseback

materials

materials by origin

men on horseback

people and culture

people and occupations

physical activities

physical activities by general context

religious figures

saint

skeleton and skeleton components

skeleton components

the natural world

Title

St. Jerome

Artist

Jusepe de Ribera

Artist Life Dates

c.1591-1652

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1621

Accession Number

1954/1.55

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

descriptors

figures

horns

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

objects

people and occupations

skeleton and skeleton components

skeleton components

Title

Snowflake

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

A large white snowflake on a speckled black background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

circa 1998

Accession Number

2014/1.599

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

motifs

natural element motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by form

woody plants

Title

A Squall

Artist

William Trost Richards

Artist Life Dates

1833-1905

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1893

Accession Number

1955/1.84

Medium and Support

watercolor on white paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

events

geography

inorganic material

masts

materials

materials by composition

natural events

objects we use

people and culture

sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

ships

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Point Judith Light

Artist

William Trost Richards

Artist Life Dates

1833-1905

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

1978/1.170

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

animals

descriptors

geography

houses

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

ships

the natural world

Title

Dadakopf

Artist

Hans Richter

Physical Description

This drawing has abstract forms done in black, brown and white against a plain cream colored background. The forms overlap and bleed color into each other. Some text in the bottom right corner shows "RR 17".

Artist Life Dates

1888 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1917

Accession Number

2004/2.22

Medium and Support

ink and gouache on paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

image-making processes and techniques

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Small Dessert Stand

Artist

Josef Riedl

Physical Description

A stand with a narrow, decorated post and a wide, shallow plate top. The column is made of a young male child holding a large grouping of flowering plants. At his feet on the base are large leaves with fruit throughout.

The white earthenware body is molded with a figural putto column beneath stylized flowers and fruit above a round foot. The piece is hand decorated in multiple bright and natural colors in the Vienna Secessionist palette. The round foot is cobalt blue, the whole was overglazed in a glossy, clear glaze.

Object Creation Date

circa 1915

Accession Number

2013/1.311

Medium and Support

white earthenware

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Abraham Entertaining the Angels

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1656

Accession Number

1956/1.76

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

architecture

bible

child

descriptors

figures

geography

how we live

materials

materials by function

objects

objects we use

old testament

people and occupations

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

religion

subject matter

vessels

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

The Raising of Lazarus

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1642

Accession Number

1997/2.16

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

audiences

bible

descriptors

how we live

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

new testament

people and occupations

plants

rites of passage

standing

the natural world

Title

Beggars Receiving Alms at Door of House

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Paper trimmed to image frame. Paper size: lh 16 9/10cm & rh 17cm x w 13 1/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Object Creation Date

1648

Accession Number

2008/2.392

Medium and Support

etching, burin and drypoint on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

architectural elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

doors and door components

doorway components

doorways and doorway components

groups of people

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

kinship groups

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

social groups

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Cottage with White Paling

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Etching is tipped on cream woven paper. Print is trimmed to the frame. Size: h 12 2/5cm x tw 15 4/5cm & bw 16cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Object Creation Date

1648

Accession Number

2008/2.396

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

engraving (printing process)

factories

factories by power source

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

houses

houses by form

image-making processes and techniques

industrial buildings

industrial structures

intaglio printing processes

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

open spaces and site elements

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

residential structures

service and utility vehicles

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

site elements

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Bearded Man Wearing a Velvet Cap with Jewel Clasp

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Paper size: h 10 1/2cm x tw 9 3/10cm & bw 9 1/5cm. Plate size: h 9 1/2cm x tw 8 3/10cm & bw 8 1/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Accession Number

2008/2.409

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

accessories worn on the head

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

headgear

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

jewelry

jewelry by location

jewelry worn on costume

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Trimmed to frame. Paper size: h 10 7/10cm x tw 9 3/5cm & bw 9 2/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Object Creation Date

1634

Accession Number

2008/2.408

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

intaglio prints

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions

religions and religious concepts

single built works

single built works by condition

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Goldsmith

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 7 7/10cm & rh 7 4/5cm x tw 5 7/10cm & bw 5 3/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1655

Accession Number

2008/2.410

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

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

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

workshop buildings

Title

Negress Lying Down

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Paper trimmed just outside plate mark. Paper size: lh 8 7/10cm & rh 8 9/10cm x tw 16 1/2cm & bw 16 2/5cm. Plate/image size: h 8 1/5cm x w 16 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1658

Accession Number

2008/2.407

Medium and Support

etching, drypoint and burin on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

objects we use

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type