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Sibyl with a Child Holding a Torch; Ugo da Carpi; after Raphael
- Title
- Sibyl with a Child Holding a Torch
- Artist
- Ugo da Carpi
- Physical Description
- A woman sits in an interior holding a book in her right arm, which is propped upon a ledge. She reads by the light of a torch held by a child standing next to her. Print trimmed to image frame. Image was previously folded at center (multiple folds). Paper size: lh 27 3/5cm & rh 27 4/5cm x tw 22 3/5cm bw 22 3/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1440 - after 1525
- Century
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.420
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07644
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by age group
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woodcuts
- youth
Ôtsu-e: The Thunder God Fishing for His Drum; Artist Unknown, Japan
- Title
- Ôtsu-e: The Thunder God Fishing for His Drum
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This painting portrays the Thunder God (Raijin), a powerful and ferocious figure, is fishing for his drum, carelessly dropped in the ocean.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.368
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07621
- Secondary Keywords
- cord (fiber product)
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- membranophones
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- water activities
Zapruder; John Waters
- Title
- Zapruder
- Artist
- John Waters
- Physical Description
- Twenty-four color photographs mounted in two-part artist's frame with a ninety-degree bend.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1946
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1995
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.214
- Medium and Support
- chromogenic print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07617
- Secondary Keywords
- administrators
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- components and systems
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- creativity
- deaths
- events
- executives
- imagination
- murders
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by specific context
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in government and administration
- personal life events
- photographs
- photographs by subject type
- social issues
- social science concepts
- sociological concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works groupings
Soldiers-Sailors and Women Guests - Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. Hostess House - "A bit of Home Within the Camps"; Walter Tittle; Rotoprint Gravure Co., NY
- Title
- Soldiers-Sailors and Women Guests - Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. Hostess House - "A bit of Home Within the Camps"
- Artist
- Walter Tittle
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1883
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.96
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07611
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- army
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- figures
- genres
- hands
- how we live
- human body
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- military
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- soldiers
- text-based art
- the natural world
- war
- world wars
Three Graces, part of a fountain design; Robert Adam; ex coll. Paul Grigaut
- Title
- Three Graces, part of a fountain design
- Artist
- Robert Adam
- Physical Description
- This loose sketch in red crayon depicts three nude female figures standing on the tips of their toes with their arms raised holding up a large round object that appears to have foliage underneath it. The central figure stands with her back to the viewer while the two figures flaking her are seen from the side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1728-1792
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.223
- Medium and Support
- red crayon on medium buff laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07536
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- figures (representations)
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- water distribution structures
Tasza-Szalka, from "Hungarian Memories"; André Kertész
- Title
- Tasza-Szalka, from "Hungarian Memories"
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- A woman is shown seated, bowl in her lap and ducks at her feet. She sits on what appears to be a stone bench and is covered by the shade of a tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- July 6, 1924; printed 1981
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.125.2
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07495
- Secondary Keywords
- agricultural structures
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- birds
- buildings and the land
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
Beside the Lake; Anonymous American
- Title
- Beside the Lake
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 1943.150
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07442
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- figures
- geography
- how we live
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- organizations
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
Honor Thy Father and Mother; Paul Baldung
- Title
- Honor Thy Father and Mother
- Artist
- Paul Baldung
- Physical Description
- Paper overlay on lower right. Print cut to frame of image. Paper size: lh 10 1/2cm & rh 10 2/5cm x tw 13 3/5cm & bw 13 1/2cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1484 - 1545)
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.373
- Medium and Support
- wood cut on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07402
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- groups of people
- kinship groups
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- religions and religious concepts
- social groups
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
Glassu ni sashita hana (Flowers in a Glass); Nakayama Tadashi
- Title
- Glassu ni sashita hana (Flowers in a Glass)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A girl with patterned dress is holding and looking at a drinking wine glass, in which there is a flower inside the wine glass.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.30
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07402
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- drinking vessels
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- woody plants
Scene of People Signing; Artist Unknown
- Title
- Scene of People Signing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A group of men seated underneath an awning. The man on the left has a laurel wreath on his head. They are sitting in a circle singing.
- Century
- 16th-17th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.527
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07335
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for music
- document genres for oral or performed works
- humanities
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- performing arts
Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore; Harunori
- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore
- Artist
- Harunori
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.2
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold, silver, and copper inlays
- relevance
- rank 2.07285
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- evergreens
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- marine bodies
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style); Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati
- Title
- Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style)
- Artist
- Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati
- Physical Description
- Buddha head carved from grey limestone with serene expression, elongated earlobes and ushnisha, a proturbance on the top of his head indicating his expanded wisdom.
- Century
- 8th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 700-899
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.35
- Medium and Support
- grey limestone
- relevance
- rank 2.07208
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- devotional images
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun); Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Title
- Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which narrow end of triangular iron ax blade is embedded.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron
- relevance
- rank 2.07208
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by general type
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- tool and equipment components
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
Women in Front of the Prison; Fanny Rabel
- Title
- Women in Front of the Prison
- Artist
- Fanny Rabel
- Physical Description
- Three women stand at the center of the piece in front of what appears to be a prison. The woman in the middle covers her mouth with her hand; face filled with anguish. The face of the woman to the right of the painting is not shown, while the woman to the left stands with hands clasp, hair long, and face stoic.
- Artist Life Dates
- Mexican, born Poland, 1922-2008
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924-1958
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.110
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07164
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- public buildings
- public buildings by location or context
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
Une Grand Mere; Jacques Villon
- Title
- Une Grand Mere
- Artist
- Jacques Villon
- Physical Description
- Black and white print using drypoint and etching as medium.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1963
- Object Creation Date
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.205
- Medium and Support
- drypoint and etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07158
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by color
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Break of Day, Vermont; Asa Cheffetz
- Title
- Break of Day, Vermont
- Artist
- Asa Cheffetz
- Artist Life Dates
- 1896-1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1897-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.180
- Medium and Support
- wood engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07120
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- farm
- landscapes
- modern and contemporary art
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- the natural world
- yards
Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment); Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Title
- Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.40
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 2.07097
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- devotional images
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- reptiles
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
Women Walking in the Subway Station; Isabel Bishop
- Title
- Women Walking in the Subway Station
- Artist
- Isabel Bishop
- Physical Description
- This etching contains two women walking in high-heels towards the right and one woman standing in the middle, her face obscured. The woman to the far right carries a handbag. All three women wear knee-length skirts.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-1988
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.476
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.07091
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- footwear
- footwear by form
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Dance costume (thigh cover); Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Title
- Dance costume (thigh cover)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.185.2
- Medium and Support
- woven fiber, antelope skin and pigments
- relevance
- rank 2.06944
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- costumes
- dances
- disciplines
- humanities
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performing arts
Feather Headdress from Cameroon Ensemble; Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Title
- Feather Headdress from Cameroon Ensemble
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Cone-like in shape with feathers tems on top, wrapped in fibers, The feathers are purple and green, with fluffy feathers coming out of the top.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.78.3
- Medium and Support
- feathers, fabric and palm fiber
- relevance
- rank 2.06944
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- events
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red; Artist Unknown, Japan
- Title
- Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe dyed black with areas of wax-resist in the shape of kotobuki characters. These characters were brushed with red, which matches the inner red lining of momi plain weave silk above with persimmon silk crepe below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.390
- Medium and Support
- black silk crepe with red paint
- relevance
- rank 2.06944
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- costume
- costume by form
- main garments
- objects we use
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
The Seated Violinist; Cornelis Dusart
- Title
- The Seated Violinist
- Artist
- Cornelis Dusart
- Physical Description
- This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1660-1704
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1685
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.18
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.06897
- Secondary Keywords
- bowed
- architectural elements
- chordophones
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- fiddles
- fireplaces and fireplace components
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- heating and cooking elements
- lutelike chordophones
- multiple-seating furniture
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- seating furniture
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- violin family instruments
Malli shrine, dated VS 1528 [1471 A.D.]; Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Title
- Malli shrine, dated VS 1528 [1471 A.D.]
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- The jina Malli sits in the lotus position on an inlayed cushion on a tiered throne. Seated with his hands folded in a gesture of meditation, he is surrounded by a number of figures representing other jinas, attendants and demigods. In the center in front of the throne sits the goddess Ambika with a child on her lap. On the first tier of the throne sit two figures that may represent donors. On the next left are nine mounds representing the nine planets [navagraha], five to his right and four to his left. At the base of his seat are two stylized lions and this is flanked by a male and female demigod. On the arch surrounding the figure at his level a standing jina figure is to each side and cauri bearer is on the outside of each of them. At his shoulders, the cross bars of the throne back end in stylized makara heads with jewels hanging from their mouths. A seated jina adorns the arch to each side of his head and elephants surmount them with an umbrella over his head with a dancing figure atop it. The whole is surmounted by an auspicious lota or pot. Diamond shaped copper and silver pieces adorn the pillow and parts of the throne back and silver inlay highlight his eyes and chest jewel.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1471
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.121
- Medium and Support
- brass with copper and silver inlay
- relevance
- rank 2.06753
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- people and culture
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child; Ludolphe Buesinck
- Title
- St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
- Artist
- Ludolphe Buesinck
- Physical Description
- Two seated men, depicted in three-quarter length, with flowing beards and long robes look out from this print. A painting of a seated woman holding a child on her lap sits on an easel between them. A closed book is placed before the man on the left, and a second book sits open next to the figure on the right. This man holds a mahlstick, used by painters to steady their hand as they work, in his right hand. A palette and brushes are placed on a ledge in front of him.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1590-after 1643
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.144
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.06684
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- artists
- equipment
- equipment by process
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- image-making equipment
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- objects we use
- painting equipment
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- support furniture
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woodcuts
Scene with Antique Ruins; Hubert Robert; After Hubert Robert
- Title
- Scene with Antique Ruins
- Artist
- Hubert Robert
- Physical Description
- This red-chalk drawing depicts a draped male figure standing with his arms crossed gazing up at a large column with a large urn on top of it amidst classical ruins. Other spoiled sections of columns and an ornate capital are piled next to the central column. The darkly shaded foreground contrasts with the light sky, which takes up the upper three-quarters of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1733-1808
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.183
- Medium and Support
- red crayon on heavy laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.06634
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- buildings and the land
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- single built works
- single built works by condition
- single built works by specific type
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
Not Just Hats Off to the Flag But Sleeves Up for It! U.S. Army Ordinance; Alfred Herbert Palmer; Alpha Litho. Co. (printer)
- Title
- Not Just Hats Off to the Flag But Sleeves Up for It! U.S. Army Ordinance
- Artist
- Alfred Herbert Palmer
- Artist Life Dates
- 1852-1932
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.71
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.06530
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- armed forces
- arms
- clothing
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- organizations
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- text-based art
- war
- world wars
Reliquary figure (muzidi); Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe
- Title
- Reliquary figure (muzidi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe
- Physical Description
- Cloth figure of a human, bound around human remains. The figure is in a seated position with arms outstretched. The torso and neck are cylindrical and elongated.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.187
- Medium and Support
- dyed woven cotton cloth, vegetable fiber, cane, wood pegs, human remains
- relevance
- rank 2.06523
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'; Hans Vries
- Title
- Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
- Artist
- Hans Vries
- Physical Description
- Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1527-1604(or 1623?)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1555-1560
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.118
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.06391
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- genres in the arts
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
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 2.06303
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- evergreens
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
Tianwang (Heavenly King; a Buddhist protective deity); Artist Unknown, China
- Title
- Tianwang (Heavenly King; a Buddhist protective deity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief figure.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century - 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.22
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 2.06151
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- form attributes
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- protective wear
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
Enlist in the Navy; Louis Raemaekers; U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau (printer)
- Title
- Enlist in the Navy
- Artist
- Louis Raemaekers
- Physical Description
- Text: Enlist in the Navy - (fascimile script below) Americans! Stand by Uncle Sam for Liberty against Tyranny! Theodore Roosevelt - (text on cross in image ) Slavery Barbarism
- Artist Life Dates
- 1869-1956
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.81
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05876
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- armed forces
- army
- crosses
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- figures
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- military
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- organizations
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- political figures
- royalty
- soldiers
- weaponry
- world wars
Join the Air Service and Serve in France - Do It Now - Aviation Examining Board; J. Paul Verrees
- Title
- Join the Air Service and Serve in France - Do It Now - Aviation Examining Board
- Artist
- J. Paul Verrees
- Physical Description
- Text: Join the Air Service and Serve in France - Do It Now - Apply to - Aviation Examining Board - 308 Hume=Mansur Bldg. Indianapolis
- Artist Life Dates
- b. Belgium, 1889-1942
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1917
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.20
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05876
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- europe
- events
- figures
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- leader
- locality
- man
- man on horseback
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- political figures
- president
- text-based art
- world wars
Don't Let Up - Keep on Saving Food - United States Food Administration; Francis Louis Mora; Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford, Co. (printer)
- Title
- Don't Let Up - Keep on Saving Food - United States Food Administration
- Artist
- Francis Louis Mora
- Artist Life Dates
- 1874 - 1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.67
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05876
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- army
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- events
- figures
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- military
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- soldiers
- text-based art
- war
- world wars
La Vieille aux Loques; James McNeill Whistler
- Title
- La Vieille aux Loques
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- An old woman in a white cap sits in a cluttered interior. Positioned just inside the doorway, the woman is surrounded by piles of cloth with domestic objects on shelves and walls that gleam in the darkness.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.327
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05847
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
Sketch of a Seated Beggar; Pablo Picasso; Attributed to Pablo Picasso
- Title
- Sketch of a Seated Beggar
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- A sketch of a man seated and begging for money with a bowl in his left hand. He is drawn from the left angle and is facing forawrds, away from the artist. He is unshaved and wearing tattered clothing and no shoes. The shadows of the beggar suggest he is sitting on the street against a wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1950
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.531
- Medium and Support
- graphite and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05738
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- roads
- roads by form
- scientific concepts
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Saint Jerome in His Chamber; Albrecht Dürer
- Title
- Saint Jerome in His Chamber
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- Print trimmed to image frame line. Paper repaired along the right edge of the print. Paper size: h 24 7/10cm x tw 18 3/5cm & bw 18 4/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.411
- Medium and Support
- engraving on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by location or context
Power figure (nkisi); Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili
- Title
- Power figure (nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The umbilicus protrudes and is concave, which would have held magical/medicinal substances. The figure is posed with crossed legs and one hand supprting the head. The face is detailed.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.183
- Medium and Support
- wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, resin
- relevance
- rank 2.05629
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- healing
- people and culture
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, from "Museum Set Edition"; Ansel Adams
- Title
- Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, from "Museum Set Edition"
- Artist
- Ansel Adams
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944; printed 1980
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.89
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05587
- Secondary Keywords
- americas
- atmospheric effects
- events
- geography
- locality
- modern and contemporary art
- natural events
- north & central america
- people and culture
- plants
- seasons
- the natural world
- united states
Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux"; Jacques Callot
- Title
- Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux"
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- The single figure of a beggar dominates the composition. Dressed in rags and leaning on a staff, the figure faces the viewer and is shown walking with only slight indication of setting, principally the man's shadows.
- Two punctures approximately 4cm apart at the upper center. Paper size: h 21 2/5cm x w 15 1/10cm. Plate size: lh 13 7/10cm & rh 13 2/5cm x tw 8 3/5cm & bw 8 7/10cm.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1621
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.383.2
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05511
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- 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
Rescue (Rettung), pl. 4 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI; Max Klinger
- Title
- Rescue (Rettung), pl. 4 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI
- Artist
- Max Klinger
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857-1920
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1878-1881
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.155.4
- Medium and Support
- etching on off-white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05493
- Secondary Keywords
- events
- natural events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- waterscapes
Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough; Joshua Reynolds
- Title
- Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough
- Artist
- Joshua Reynolds
- Physical Description
- A young man leans against a stone ledge and gazes to his right. He wears a slate blue jacket with a white collar and cuffs and has a matching mantle. He casually hooks a finger of his left hand in the hilt of a sword that hangs at his waist. A plain stone column immediately behind the sitter creates a near silhouette of the shadowed side of his face. A hazy sky fills the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1723-1792
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1759
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.128
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.05289
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- aristocrats
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- england (country)
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- greater london (metropolitan area)
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- united kingdom (nation)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
The Past is Behind Us, The Future is Ahead. Let Us All Strive to Make the Future Better and Brighter than the Past Ever Was.; Gerrit A. Beneker; A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore (printer)
- Title
- The Past is Behind Us, The Future is Ahead. Let Us All Strive to Make the Future Better and Brighter than the Past Ever Was.
- Artist
- Gerrit A. Beneker
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1934
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.6
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05167
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- army
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- events
- figures
- how we live
- human body
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- military
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- soldiers
- text-based art
- the natural world
- war
- world wars
The Sisters; James McNeill Whistler
- Title
- The Sisters
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Two women dressed in dark clothing sit in an interior setting. The nearer woman leans far back in an armchair, head resting on her left hand, legs crossed. The other woman is sitting more upright at the center of the composition. The women look at one another in an attitude of quiet conversation. To the left of the composition is a round table.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1894-1895
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.75
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph, with scraping on antique cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05097
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- lithography
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- people by gender
- planographic printing processes
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- siblings
- social and sitting spaces
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist; Jacopo del Casentino
- Title
- Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist
- Artist
- Jacopo del Casentino
- Physical Description
- The majestic figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ on her lap sits enthroned in the center of this painted panel. Her elaborate throne rests upon a dais and is enclosed on three sides by panels bristling with Gothic ornament. Two bishop saints holding croziers stand at the foot of the dais accompanied by two other saints who stand behind them, while fourteen angels crowd the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1279 - c.1349
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1325
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.123
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on panel
- relevance
- rank 2.05006
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- california (state)
- ceremonial chairs
- chairs
- chairs by function
- christian clergy
- clergy
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- legendary creatures
- los angeles (county)
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- prelates
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- united states (nation)
- visual works
- visual works by function
Paysanne a la Fourche; Camille Pissarro
- Title
- Paysanne a la Fourche
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Physical Description
- Paper size: h 23 7/10cm x tw 15 2/5cm & bw 15cm. Plate size: h 11 9/10cm x tw 7 1/2cm & bw 7 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.386
- Medium and Support
- etching and aquatint on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.04887
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- farmers
- grass (plant material)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- plant material
- 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
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Monk (attendant figure at a Buddhist altar); Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Title
- Monk (attendant figure at a Buddhist altar)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- Late 19th-Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.48
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.04767
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious figures
Figure on Couch; Philip Pearlstein
- Title
- Figure on Couch
- Artist
- Philip Pearlstein
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1924
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.17
- Medium and Support
- Lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.04748
- Secondary Keywords
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sleeping and reclining furniture
Laitiere Tenne De Ville; Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Title
- Laitiere Tenne De Ville
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Physical Description
- Small tear on the lower left of paper. Paper size: h 42 3/5cm x tw 29 1/5cm & bw 29 1/2cm. Image size: h 29cm x w 19cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.463
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.04629
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- transfer method
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- california (state)
- descriptors
- excretions and secretions
- geographic and political locations
- los angeles (county)
- materials
- materials by origin
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- united states (nation)
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
Greektown, Detroit, Michigan; D. James Galbraith
- Title
- Greektown, Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- D. James Galbraith
- Physical Description
- Two men wearing black hats seated at a dining table in a restaurant.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1930 - 2002)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.242
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board
- relevance
- rank 2.04616
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- buildings and the land
- commercial buildings
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- eating and drinking buildings
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
David's Visit, Tisbury, MA; Stephen Dirado
- Title
- David's Visit, Tisbury, MA
- Artist
- Stephen Dirado
- Physical Description
- Man and woman seated at a table, the man is leaning over.
- Object Creation Date
- April 10, 1999
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.194
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.04577
- Secondary Keywords
- events
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- groups of people
- kinship groups
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- social groups
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by function