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Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

Four men in plain, dark clothing sit, with hands folded in prayer, around a rectangular table, in the center of which is a fish on an oval platter. The man at the far end has his eyes closed. The other three raise their faces to heaven.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.427

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 2.41401

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Battle of the Genji and Heike Forces

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This 6-fold screen is a depiction of the Battle of Genji and Heike. In samurai armor, the Heike forces approach by ship from the left, while Genji forces rush to the shore on horseback and on foot—drawing the viewer’s attention to the center of the screens, where their confrontation will finally take place. The Heike forces can be identified by the red banners on their ships, while the Genji clan carries white banners.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1573-1650

Accession Number

1964/2.64

Medium and Support

6-fold screen, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 2.40172

Secondary Keywords

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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 2.35456

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Title

Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus

Artist

Joseph Buzot

Physical Description

The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780

Accession Number

2001/2.82

Medium and Support

gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass

relevance

rank 2.22661

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Title

The Attack on an Emigrant Train

Artist

Charles Ferdinand Wimar

Physical Description

The painting depicts a group of American settlers attempting to defend themselves against attack by a band of Native Americans. A covered wagon pulled by two horses is at the center of the composition; at left, two Native Americans attack the wagon with war clubs and tomahawks; a figure on the lead horse points a pistol directly at the head of one of his attackers, while a figure at the rear of the wagon shoots another attacker. At right other warriors on horseback ride past the train shooting arrows and wielding tomahawks.

Artist Life Dates

1828-1862

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1856

Accession Number

1895.80

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.12246

Secondary Keywords

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