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White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire; Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon

Title: White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire
Artist: Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon
Physical Description: Landscape with trees in foreground, valley in middle ground dotted with minute figures of sheep and a farmer with a team of oxen pulling well-filled haywain. Mountains in distance with a snow-capped mountain in center background.
Artist Life Dates: 1830 - 1906
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1853
Accession Number: 1895.57
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Secondary Keywords: downward; upward; americas; animals and creatures; associated concepts; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; freewheeled vehicles; freewheeled vehicles by form or function; geographic and political locations; grass (plant material); land vehicles; land vehicles by form; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; locality; mammals; materials; materials by origin; natural landscapes; north & central america; north and central america (continent); objects we use; ornament areas; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in agriculture; people in agriculture or natural resource occupations; people in science-related occupations; physical sciences concepts; plant material; plants; scientific concepts; scientists and people in science-related occupations; service and utility vehicles; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; transportation vehicles; united states; united states (nation); vehicles; visual works; visual works by subject type

Portrait of Francis Russel, the 2nd Earl of Bedford; Jacobus Houbraken

Title: Portrait of Francis Russel, the 2nd Earl of Bedford
Artist: Jacobus Houbraken
Artist Life Dates: 1698-1780
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1740
Accession Number: 1930.14
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; motifs

Textile; African, Morocco

Title: Textile
Artist: African, Morocco
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1930.46
Medium and Support: silk with metallic thread
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; fiber and fiber products; fiber products; geometric patterns; materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; textile materials; textile materials by composition or origin

Allegory; Pierre Brébiette

Title: Allegory
Artist: Pierre Brébiette
Artist Life Dates: 1598 - circa 1650
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1598 - c. 1650
Accession Number: 1930.5
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; figures; genres; mammals; motifs; mythology; objects; people and occupations; plants; the natural world

36 Views of Mt. Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura); Katsushika Hokusai

Title: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description: A great, claw-shaped wave which almost swampes the boats dominates the scene, . The Mount Fuji appears in the distance and seems much smaller compared to the waves. In the upper left-hand corner, the artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature.
Artist Life Dates: 1760-1849
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1829-1833
Accession Number: 1948/1.149
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Secondary Keywords: asia (continent); bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; chubu (region); descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; landscapes (environments); marine bodies; natural landscapes; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; physical features; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; visual works; visual works by subject type; watercraft; watercraft by general type

A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai); Katsushika Hokusai

Title: A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description: The print depicts a fisherman standing on a seaside cliff perfoming loneline fishing. There are great waves below him striking the cliff and there is a mountain in the background. The print mainly applies the color of white and shades of blue. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper left-hand corner.
Artist Life Dates: 1760 - 1849
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1823-1829
Accession Number: 1948/1.150
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
Secondary Keywords: upward; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; hunting and commercial fishing vessels; inorganic material; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by location; physical activities by specific context; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; water activities; watercraft; watercraft by function; watercraft by specific type

Boats in a Tempest in the Trough of the Waves off the Coast of Choshi; Katsushika Hokusai

Title: Boats in a Tempest in the Trough of the Waves off the Coast of Choshi
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description: The print depicts two boats that are caught in storms, one in the foreground and one in the background. The parallel waves form a strong diagonal in the image and the boats could hardly stay upright.
Artist Life Dates: 1760 - 1849
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1817-1859
Accession Number: 1948/1.153
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; equipment; equipment by context; events; natural events; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; tools and equipment; transportation vehicles; vehicle equipment; vehicles; visual works; visual works by subject type; watercraft; watercraft by general type; watercraft equipment

Academic Figure; Verso: Putto with Death's Head; Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; Attributed to

Title: Academic Figure; Verso: Putto with Death's Head
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Artist Life Dates: 1682 - 1754
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1948/1.41
Medium and Support: red and black chalk on blue paper
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; how we live; motifs; people and occupations; rites of passage

Children's Games. No. 6. (Two Putti with Skull); Nicolas de Bruyn

Title: Children's Games. No. 6. (Two Putti with Skull)
Artist: Nicolas de Bruyn
Artist Life Dates: (1565-1571 - 1652)
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1594
Accession Number: 1949/1.104
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: animal material; animal material by form or function; descriptors; design elements; family; figure- and animal-derived motifs; how we live; materials; materials by origin; motifs; relationships; skeleton and skeleton components; skeleton components

Children's Games. No. 4. (Four Putti Playing); Nicolas de Bruyn

Title: Children's Games. No. 4. (Four Putti Playing)
Artist: Nicolas de Bruyn
Artist Life Dates: (1565-1571 - 1652)
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1594
Accession Number: 1949/1.105
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; descriptors; design elements; family; figure- and animal-derived motifs; how we live; motifs; music; musical instruments; objects; relationships

The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints); Hans Sebald Beham

Title: The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints)
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham
Artist Life Dates: 1500-1550
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1500-1550
Accession Number: 1949/1.133
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; motifs; natural element motifs; objects; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; scientific concepts; transportation; vehicles

Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings; Anonymous French

Title: Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.19
Medium and Support: tapestry
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; buildings; castles and palaces; descriptors; design elements; heraldic motifs; mammals; motifs; objects we use; the natural world

Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings; Anonymous French

Title: Escutcheon - Armorial Bearings
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.20
Medium and Support: tapestry
Secondary Keywords: animals; castles; descriptors; design elements; heraldic motifs; mammals; motifs; objects we use; the natural world

Two Putti; Artist Unknown

Title: Two Putti
Artist: Artist Unknown
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century - 18th century
Accession Number: 1951/2.6
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; figures; motifs; objects; people and occupations; plants; the natural world; vessels

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.207
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; conditions and effects; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; mammals; motifs; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts

Landscape; John Francis Murphy

Title: Landscape
Artist: John Francis Murphy
Physical Description: Landscape of flat terrain; water, perhaps a small stream, in the foreground; four leafless trees (two large, two small) right of center, and two leafless trees left of center, below a cloud-filled sky.
Artist Life Dates: 1853 - 1921
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1880
Accession Number: 1954/1.80
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; earth sciences concepts; geography; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; ornament areas; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; plants; riverine bodies; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; waterscapes; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena; wetlands; woody plants

Forgotten Things; Grace Albee

Title: Forgotten Things
Artist: Grace Albee
Artist Life Dates: 1890-1985
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1943
Accession Number: 1954/1.82
Medium and Support: wood engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; architecture; birds; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; landscapes; modern and contemporary art; natural landscapes; objects; ornament areas; plants; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; transportation; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; vehicles; woody plants

Mine More Coal - United States Fuel Administration - Stand by the boys in the trenches!; Artist Unknown; Heywood, Strasser and Voigt Litho Co, New York (printer)

Title: Mine More Coal - United States Fuel Administration - Stand by the boys in the trenches!
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: Text: Mine More Coal - United States Fuel Administration - Stand by the boys in the trenches! - (Italian) Sostenete i soldati nelle trincee! Estraete Sempre Piu' Carbone! - (Croatian) Pomogni nasoj mladosti u rovovima! Kopaj Vise Ugljevlja! - (Slovenian) Podpiraj vojake v strelnih jarkih! Koplji Vec Premoga! - (Polish) Wspomagajcie wiernie tych ktorzy sa na linii bojowej! Starajcie Sie Powiekszyc Produkcje Wegla! - (Hungarian) Segitse a fiukat a lövészarokban! Aknázzon Több Szenet! - (German) Unterstuetzt die Jungen in den Schuetzengraeben! Foerdert Mehr Kohle!
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1918
Accession Number: 1954/2.35.140
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; armed conflicts; birds; buildings and the land; built complexes and districts; business and industry; complexes; complexes by function; components; components and systems; components by specific context; declaratory and advertising artifacts; descriptors; design elements; events; extracting complexes; how we live; industrial complexes; information artifacts; information artifacts by function; information form components; information forms; layout features; mines (industrial complexes); modern and contemporary art; motifs; natural element motifs; objects we use; people and culture; text-based art; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; war; world wars

Part of a set of cosmetic boxes: Rectangular Box with Cover and Inner Tray; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Part of a set of cosmetic boxes: Rectangular Box with Cover and Inner Tray
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1867
Accession Number: 1955/1.158
Medium and Support: wood with black, red and gold lacquer
Secondary Keywords: coating (material); coating by composition or origin; containers; descriptors; design elements; materials; materials by function; materials by origin; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; plant material; wood and wood products

Oval water tray, part of a bridal trousseau; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Oval water tray, part of a bridal trousseau
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: late 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1955/1.167
Medium and Support: wood with black and red lacquer, with gold designs
Secondary Keywords: coating (material); coating by composition or origin; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; materials; materials by function; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type

Star-shaped Tile with flying crane among flowers; Iran, Kashan

Title: Star-shaped Tile with flying crane among flowers
Artist: Iran, Kashan
Physical Description: A tile in the shape of a 8 pointed star with a bird depiction and inscriptions.
Century: early 14th century
Object Creation Date: early 14th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.102
Medium and Support: fritware with blue underglaze painting and brown luster overglaze painting
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; birds; buildings and the land; crane (bird); descriptors; design elements; document genres; document genres by form; geographic and political locations; herbaceous plants; information forms; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; middle east (general region); motifs; natural element motifs; natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; plants; religions; religions and religious concepts; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants

Plate with incised floral scrolls; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Plate with incised floral scrolls
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A plate with incised floral patterns and splashed green glaze.
Century: 11th-12th century
Object Creation Date: 11th century - 12th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.52
Medium and Support: earthenware with cream-colored slip and splashed green glaze
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; design elements; dishes; geographic and political locations; middle east (general region); object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; surface marking processes and techniques; vessels for serving and consuming food

Footed Bowl with openwork floral scroll design; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Footed Bowl with openwork floral scroll design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A deep footed bowl with a short base. It has a cobalt-tinged rim. There are decorations on the inside and outside of the bowl in floral pattern.
Century: late 12th - early 13th century
Object Creation Date: late 12th century - early 13th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.61
Medium and Support: fritware with cobalt-tinged rim
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; middle east (general region); objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels

Bowl with incised floral patterns; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Bowl with incised floral patterns
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A deep bowl with incised floral patterns.
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.69
Medium and Support: fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue-green glaze
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; middle east (general region); objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; surface marking processes and techniques; vessels

Bowl with painted petal design on exterior; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Bowl with painted petal design on exterior
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A deep bowl with wide-mouth and small base.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.74
Medium and Support: earthenware with glaze
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; middle east (general region); object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; vessels

Deep bowl with medallion design; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Deep bowl with medallion design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A deep bowl with exterior decorations.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.92
Medium and Support: fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue and black underglaze painting
Secondary Keywords: asian; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; making art; middle east (general region); objects; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; types

Plate; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Plate
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: A plate with missing rim sections. It has concentric bands of brown and white decorations.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1852-1853
Accession Number: 1957/1.97
Medium and Support: earthenware with incised design, brown slip and transparent glaze
Secondary Keywords: asian; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; household objects; making art; middle east (general region); patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; types

Shallow open box with three compartments, adorned with women's faces; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Shallow open box with three compartments, adorned with women's faces
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Physical Description: An open box with three components. It is made of earthenware and has blue and black decorations depicting female faces.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1957/1.99
Medium and Support: earthenware with blue and black underglaze painting
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; borders (ornament areas); components; components and systems; components by specific context; containers; descriptors; design elements; geographic and political locations; heads; middle east (general region); object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; ornament areas; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; the human body; upper body

Corner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling; Angelo Michele Colonna; Copy after

Title: Corner Decoration of a Painted Ceiling
Artist: Angelo Michele Colonna
Artist Life Dates: (1604 - 1687)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1959/2.31
Medium and Support: pen and brown ink with gray wash
Secondary Keywords: architecture; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; motifs; study

An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Female Figures, Each Accompanied by a Putto, th; Anonymous Italian

Title: An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Female Figures, Each Accompanied by a Putto, th
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: mid 18th century
Accession Number: 1959/2.49
Medium and Support: graphite, pen and gray ink with ink wash
Secondary Keywords: animals; combination inorganic/organic animal material; combination inorganic/organic material; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; mammals; materials; materials by composition; motifs; plants; shell and shell material; study; the natural world

Urn Decorated with Two Seated Putti, Rams' Heads as Handles, Garlands and Cornuc; Anonymous Italian

Title: Urn Decorated with Two Seated Putti, Rams' Heads as Handles, Garlands and Cornuc
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: mid 18th century
Accession Number: 1959/2.50
Medium and Support: graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash
Secondary Keywords: animals; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; figures; mammals; motifs; objects; people and occupations; plants; sheep; spears; study; the natural world; vessels; weaponry

Section of a Plasterwork Ceiling; Daniel Marot; Follower of

Title: Section of a Plasterwork Ceiling
Artist: Daniel Marot
Artist Life Dates: c.1663-1752
Century: late 17th-early 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1663-1752
Accession Number: 1959/2.59
Medium and Support: pen and bistre ink with gray wash
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; combination inorganic/organic animal material; combination inorganic/organic material; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; figures; materials; materials by composition; motifs; people and occupations; shell and shell material; study; the natural world

Panel of Ornament with Two Sirens; Lucas Van Leyden

Title: Panel of Ornament with Two Sirens
Artist: Lucas Van Leyden
Physical Description: This print depicts an ornamental design. The central axis of the design is composed of a fanciful stand with a nude winged boy holding a trident, seen from the back, seated on the top. A pair of sirens holding small banners flank the base, and a pair of hybrid sphinx-like creatures perch near the top. The letter "L" appears in the center of the stand and the date "1528" is inscribed in the base.
Artist Life Dates: 1494-1533
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1528
Accession Number: 1960/2.134
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; animals and creatures; descriptors; design elements; engraving (printing process); europe (continent); geographic and political locations; image-making processes and techniques; intaglio printing processes; intaglio prints; legendary creatures; motifs; netherlands (nation); object genres; object genres by function; objects we use; printing; 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; south holland (province); visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Decorative Ewer with Satyrs; Mathias Zündt

Title: Decorative Ewer with Satyrs
Artist: Mathias Zündt
Physical Description: The ewer in this drawing is decorated with cavorting satyrs, lions, and grotesque masks.
Artist Life Dates: c. 1498-1572
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1551-1572
Accession Number: 1960/2.21
Medium and Support: pen and brown ink with ink wash on paper
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; design elements; legendary creatures; motifs; objects we use; vessels for serving and consuming food; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Ornament; Hans Sebald Beham

Title: Ornament
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham
Physical Description: This small print depicts an ornamental pattern composed of curled acanthus leaves and spiralling vines terminating in flowers or buds. The plant ornament forms a symmetrical pattern around a central motif inscribed with the initials "HSB," which are conjoined. This motif is framed by two horn-shaped containers that end in monsters' heads.
Artist Life Dates: 1500-1550
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1960/2.26
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; descriptors; design elements; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; intaglio prints; object genres; object genres by function; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; scrollwork; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns; Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt

Title: Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns
Artist: Artist Unknown, Coptic, Egypt
Physical Description: The body of this cylindrical censer is decorated with eight columns spaced at regular intervals. The lid of the censer consists of an openwork dome divided into sections by eight vertical ribs that converge at its apex. An arched horizontal band intersects the midpoint of the ribs, and these eight junctures are marked with a projecting bird that holds a small bronze ball dangling from its beak. Two segments of the dome are decorated with Maltese crosses while another two feature curved plant forms. The apex is surmounted by a finial comprised of a globe topped by a Maltese cross on which a bird holding a piece of fruit perches.
Century: 6th-7th century
Object Creation Date: 500-699
Accession Number: 1960/2.4
Medium and Support: bronze
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; architectural elements; associated concepts; ceremonial containers; christianity; columns and column components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; containers; containers by function or context; copper alloy; copper and copper alloy; crosses (motifs); descriptors; design elements; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; motifs; nonferrous metal; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; structural elements; structural elements and structural element components; supporting and resisting elements

William of Orange; Hendrick Goltzius

Title: William of Orange
Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Artist Life Dates: 1558 - 1617
Century: 16th-17th century
Object Creation Date: 1558-1616
Accession Number: 1960/2.44
Medium and Support: engraving on laid paper
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; figures; heraldic motifs; motifs; objects; people and occupations; weaponry

Duck and Lotus; Gao Qipei (Kao Ch'i-p'ei)

Title: Duck and Lotus
Artist: Gao Qipei (Kao Ch'i-p'ei)
Physical Description: In this large scroll Gao depicts a duck swimming among aquatic plants in the shade of a cluster of lotus.
Artist Life Dates: 1660-1734
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1690-1734
Accession Number: 1961/1.162
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; birds; buildings and the land; descriptors; design elements; inorganic material; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; motifs; natural landscapes; plant-derived motifs; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components

Amorini and Monkeys in a Trellis Work Pavilion; Claude Gillot; Imitator of

Title: Amorini and Monkeys in a Trellis Work Pavilion
Artist: Claude Gillot
Artist Life Dates: 1673-1722
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1961/1.171
Medium and Support: graphite, pen and brown and black inks with gray wash
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; descriptors; design elements; fantasy; figure- and animal-derived motifs; figures; mammals; man on horseback; motifs; people and occupations; the natural world

Female Buddhist Deity?; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Female Buddhist Deity?
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1350-1450
Accession Number: 1961/2.54
Medium and Support: wall painting (fragment): ink and color on plaster
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; edged weapons; image-making processes and techniques; legendary creatures; motifs; natural element motifs; objects we use; painting (image-making); painting and painting techniques; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Standing Monk , holding a rosary (fragment of a Buddhist altar); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Standing Monk , holding a rosary (fragment of a Buddhist altar)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1961/2.70
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; beads and sets of beads; descriptors; design elements; form attributes; motifs; object genres; object genres by form; 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; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious (people); religious visual works; sets of beads; size (extent); size by specific type; visual works; visual works by function

Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1961/2.74
Medium and Support: gilt bronze with blue-green patina
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; descriptors; design elements; form attributes; motifs; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; size (extent); size by specific type; visual works; visual works by function

Miniature altar: Standing Buddha in abhaya-vara mudra, flanked by 2 bodhisattvas; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Miniature altar: Standing Buddha in abhaya-vara mudra, flanked by 2 bodhisattvas
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th century
Object Creation Date: early 6th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.79
Medium and Support: bronze with traces of gilding on wooden stand
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; form attributes; motifs; natural element motifs; objects we use; people and culture; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; size (extent); size by specific type; visual works; visual works by subject type

Bodhisattva, attendant figure from a larger Buddha shrine; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva, attendant figure from a larger Buddha shrine
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1961/2.81
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; form attributes; motifs; natural element motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious visual works; size (extent); size by specific type; visual works; visual works by function

The Annunciation; Juan de Valdés Leal

Title: The Annunciation
Artist: Juan de Valdés Leal
Physical Description: An angel, draped with a flowing red mantle, descends on the left from a bank of clouds. He holds a scepter and twisting scroll in his left hand while he points with his right toward a white dove encircled by a halo of light that descends toward a woman dressed in long robes and a veil. She sits, holding a book open on the lectern before her, and draws back slightly with her right hand raised and her eyes downcast. Six cherubim sit above on the edge of the cloudbank, which opens to reveal a male figure barely visible in the blinding light that fills the cloud.
Artist Life Dates: 1622-1690
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1661
Accession Number: 1962/1.99
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Secondary Keywords: andalusia (autonomous community); animals and creatures; associated concepts; buildings and the land; bulbs; descriptors; design elements; europe (continent); figure- and animal-derived motifs; geographic and political locations; herbaceous plants; landscapes (environments); legendary creatures; motifs; natural landscapes; objects we use; people and culture; plants; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; settlements and landscapes; seville (province); spain (nation); vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; visual works; visual works by function; woody plants

Lotus Relief, Fragment from the crosspiece of a stupa railing in Mathura; India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura

Title: Lotus Relief, Fragment from the crosspiece of a stupa railing in Mathura
Artist: India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura
Physical Description: The red mottled sandstone of this lotus relief is unique to the Sikri quarry, just outside of Mathura.
Century: 3rd century
Object Creation Date: 3rd century
Accession Number: 1963/1.90
Medium and Support: red sandstone
Secondary Keywords: architectural elements; balustrades, railings and their components; barrier elements; barriers and barrier elements; buildings and the land; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; design elements; motifs; plant-derived motifs; religious structures; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type

Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing; Takuma Tametô; Attributed to

Title: Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
Artist: Takuma Tametô
Artist Life Dates: active 1132-1174
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: mid 12th century
Accession Number: 1963/1.99
Medium and Support: handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; document genres; document genres by form; figures (representations); information forms; motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; visual works; visual works by subject type

The Large Ex libris of Wolfgang Rehlinger; Heinrich Vogtherr

Title: The Large Ex libris of Wolfgang Rehlinger
Artist: Heinrich Vogtherr
Artist Life Dates: (active 1513 - 1568, )
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1544
Accession Number: 1963/2.10
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; design elements; heraldic motifs; motifs; objects

Arabesque Corner Motif; Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Title: Arabesque Corner Motif
Artist: Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin
Artist Life Dates: 1733-1793
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1780
Accession Number: 1963/2.25
Medium and Support: graphite, ink and wash
Secondary Keywords: artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; concepts relating to the creative process; descriptors; design elements; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people and culture; study

Blue-and-white plate with landscape design; Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan

Title: Blue-and-white plate with landscape design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Hizen ware, Japan
Physical Description: A medium size plate has blue-and-white underglaze painting of landscape. There are two groups of mountains; one of the left has two large rocks flanked by two smaller mountains with a few trees on the tops. Three smaller rocks peek from the water. On the right side, a range of gently sloped mountains and a rock are drawn. There are two fishing boats with masts can be seen in front of the mountain range. The crescent moon, shadowed by one side, is in the sky. The drawing is executed in thick underglaze and painted in lighter glaze. There are brown speckles on the surface; reddish color stains on the top of the rim. Some chips on the rim and on the back. The foot is unglazed; eye is glazed. There is a single band around the rim.
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1615-1643
Accession Number: 1963/2.62
Medium and Support: porcelain, blue underglaze painting
Secondary Keywords: upward; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; design elements; dishes; hunting and commercial fishing vessels; lacustrine bodies; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); motifs; natural element motifs; natural landscapes; objects we use; settlements and landscapes; transportation vehicles; vehicles; vessels for serving and consuming food; visual works; visual works by subject type; watercraft; watercraft by function; watercraft by specific type

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