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Title

Picchvai

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Painting on cloth in an array of colors that depicts a religious scene. There are assorted animals such as monkeys and cows with red hand prints on them.

There is a river at the fore of the painting with flowers and lily pads in it. The painting has a colorful floral border.

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1700-1850

Accession Number

2008/2.288

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

visual works

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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

Secondary Keywords

image form

transfer method

associated concepts

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kinship groups

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relief prints

religions and religious concepts

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views by vantage point or orientation

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Title

Nativity

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Paper trimmed to frame. Tacked down to mat on all four sides. Paper size: h 13 x tw 10 1/10cm & bw 10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Accession Number

2008/2.402

Medium and Support

woodcut on cream laid paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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religions

religions and religious concepts

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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

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descriptors

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intaglio prints

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religions

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Title

Mother and Baby

Artist

Girlamo Parmigianno

Physical Description

Rip in paper repaired at lower center. Possible that paper was cut into rectangle from rondo shape. Some lines apper inscized; possibly used as a cartoon (?). Paper size: lh 17 7/10cm & rh 17 4/5cm x tw 15 9/10cm &bw 16cm.

Artist Life Dates

(1503 - 1540)

Accession Number

2008/2.448

Medium and Support

brown chalk and brushed white tempera on beige laid paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

drawing and drawing techniques

image-making processes and techniques

parents

people

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people by age group

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religions

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youth

Title

The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1815

Accession Number

2010/2.27

Medium and Support

paint on canvas

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

mammals

motifs

natural landscapes

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people and culture

plant-derived motifs

plants

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Warsaw

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1943; printed 1963

Accession Number

2011/1.101

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

document genres

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Title

Madonna and Child

Artist

Carlo Maratti

Physical Description

A woman in a red dress is sitting with a baby on her lap. The baby is holding a note while her right hand is outstretched. Another small child is crouched at her side.

Artist Life Dates

(1625 - 1713)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2011/1.115

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

new testament

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

Title

Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell) from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A group of figures at the left stand in a vaulted space under a cross. They look towards the lower right of the composition where a man holding a standard with a cross on top is bending forward and offering his hand to an old bearded man in an arched doorway. Above the doorway are several fantastical figures with beaked or animal heads and arms with claws.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Century

Early 16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1509-1511

Accession Number

2011/2.55

Medium and Support

woodcut print on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

demons

descriptors

doctrinal concepts

object genres

object genres by form

old testament

people

people (agents)

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themes (religious)

Title

Brick Walls

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A black and white photo of brick buildings. A window and door of one building are captured. The background of the photo is composed with a sketch-like quality.

Artist Life Dates

b. Hungary, 1894-1985

Object Creation Date

October 23, 1961; printed 1973

Accession Number

2011/2.8

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

color

height

architectural elements

associated concepts

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components

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dwellings

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people and culture

photographs

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religions

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residential structures

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windows and window components

Title

Virgin and Child with St. John

Artist

Raphael Sadeler I

Physical Description

This small black and white engraving depicts a half-length portrait of a woman seated and cloaked in drapery who is attending to and two young boys. The woman supports the boy who looks out toward the viewer while both boys reach toward a plate of fruit resting on the woman’s arm in the center of the composition. The figures are arranged against a black backdrop with a raised curtain framing them at the top and at the upper left.

Artist Life Dates

1560 or 1561 - circa 1628 or 1632

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

2012/2.208

Medium and Support

engraving on medium laid paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

associated concepts

bible

jesus christ

new testament

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Christ at the Marriage at Cana

Artist

Giovanni Battista Vanni

Physical Description

This etching depicts a vast and lively gathering of figures around a large banquet table in the foreground accompanied by other crowds of figures throughout the composition. The scene takes place in an outdoor setting surrounded by classical architecture that recedes perspectivally in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

(1599 - 1660)

Object Creation Date

1637

Accession Number

2012/2.214

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on heavy laid paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

celebrations

events

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

social science concepts

social structure

sociological concepts

Title

Daniel Intervening on Behalf of Susanna

Artist

Hans Collaert I

Physical Description

A large gathering of figures looks toward a young male figure gesticulating to the crowd on the right with his back to the viewer. Two imposing older male figures are positioned to the left of the young man. The architectural cityscape recedes perspectivally in the distance. A large domed building looms over the horizon line.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1530-1581

Object Creation Date

circa 1579

Accession Number

2012/2.224

Medium and Support

engraving on medium off-white laid paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

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people and culture

perspective and shading techniques

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Title

Boaz and the Elders. from the Story from Ruth in Gerard de Jode's "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A group of men in an outdoor setting of a stone structure all seated having a conversation. Towards the one side you can see two houses in the distance. The men are all wearing cloaks.

Century

16th century

Accession Number

2013/2.534

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the legs or feet

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

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footwear

footwear by form

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people

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religions

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Title

Saint Maria, Saint Claude, Saint Norbert, and Saint Robert from Israel Henriet's "Images of the Saints" (Plate 48)

Artist

Jacques Callot

Physical Description

Four oval illustrations of different scenes of saints helping others.

Artist Life Dates

1592-1635

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1636

Accession Number

2013/2.540

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

bishops (prelates)

christian clergy

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Title

Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]

Artist

Jacques Callot

Physical Description

Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".

Artist Life Dates

1592-1635

Century

17th century

Accession Number

2013/2.543

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

components

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Title

The Coronation of the Virgin [ Le Couronnement de la Vierge] from a Book of Hours

Artist

Simon Vostre

Physical Description

A woman in the center being crowned. There are angels surrounding her. Christ on a thrown is blessing her.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1508

Accession Number

2013/2.558

Medium and Support

woodcut on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

associated concepts

ceremonial chairs

chairs

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descriptors

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religions

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seating furniture

single seating furniture

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

The Visitation

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1827

Accession Number

2013/2.560

Medium and Support

pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

biological concepts

chimneys and chimney components

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descriptors

food

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Title

Night Scene from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's "The Lectern" [Le Lutrin], Illustration for the 3rd Canto

Artist

Bernard Picart

Physical Description

Three men standing in a surprised movement with an owl coming out of an overturned lectern. There is decorated border around the drawing.

Artist Life Dates

1673-1733

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2013/2.566

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on laid paper

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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Title

Bombed-out Church, World War II Liberation, Limousin, Haute-Vienne, Oradour-sur-Glane, France

Artist

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Physical Description

A bombed out church with debris all around.

Artist Life Dates

1908-2004

Object Creation Date

1944

Accession Number

2014/2.323

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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Title

Hassidic Men Walking Amongst Sand Piles, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A man in hassidic clothing standing in the middle of a sand pile. There is another man farther back in the distance.

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2014/2.330

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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descriptors

materials

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

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soil

soil by composition or origin

Title

Jewish Men Praying, Jerusalem, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A group of Hassidic men praying inside of a religious place. They are all standing, facing forward.

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2014/2.331

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

document genres

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information forms

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people

people (agents)

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Title

Jewish Funeral, Jerusalem, Israel

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A group of Hassidic men standing over a body covered in a cloth. There are windows behind them.

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

2014/2.332

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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people

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Title

Preacher on the Street, New York City, USA

Artist

Leonard Freed

Physical Description

A man preaching on a public street. There are people passing by him. He is holding a bible in one hand.

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2014/2.340

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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information forms

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open spaces

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people

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religions and religious concepts

roads

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