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MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists; Anonymous Byzantine

Title: MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists
Artist: Anonymous Byzantine
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: late 14th century
Accession Number: 1959/1.148B
Medium and Support: ink on glazed paper
relevance: rank 2.16228
Secondary Keywords: genres; leaves

Studi dalle pitture etrusche di Corneto, plate from 'Della introduzione e del pr; Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title: Studi dalle pitture etrusche di Corneto, plate from 'Della introduzione e del pr
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist Life Dates: Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1765
Accession Number: 1985/2.132
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 2.16228
Secondary Keywords: genres; study

Still Life; Giorgio Morandi

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Title: Still Life
Artist: Giorgio Morandi
Artist Life Dates: 1890 - 1964
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1958
Accession Number: 2000/2.196
Medium and Support: graphite on wove paper
relevance: rank 2.16228
Secondary Keywords: genres; sketches

Southern Mountain; Chuang Che

Title: Southern Mountain
Artist: Chuang Che
Artist Life Dates: b. 1933
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1966
Accession Number: 1967/2.37
Medium and Support: oil and collage on canvas
relevance: rank 2.16228
Secondary Keywords: genres; geography

Triforium Open Gallery Windows out in Back Wall; Albert Kahn

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Title: Triforium Open Gallery Windows out in Back Wall
Artist: Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates: (1869 - 1942)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: probably 1891
Accession Number: 1972/2.618
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
relevance: rank 2.16228
Secondary Keywords: architecture; genres

Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By; Ben Shahn

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Title: Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By
Artist: Ben Shahn
Physical Description: A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
Artist Life Dates: 1898-1969
Object Creation Date: 1965
Accession Number: 2011/1.102
Medium and Support: photo-offset reproduction on paper
relevance: rank 2.16002
Secondary Keywords: arms; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; object genres; object genres by location, context or origin; people and culture; political concepts; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; social science concepts; sociological concepts; the human body; upper body; writing (processes)

Caravaggio's Medusa (Medusa Marinara), from The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project; Vik Muniz

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Title: Caravaggio's Medusa (Medusa Marinara), from The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
Artist: Vik Muniz
Physical Description: Porcelain plate imprinted with the photographic image of a female head in pasta and marinara sauce.
Artist Life Dates: born 1961
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1999
Accession Number: 1999/1.108
Medium and Support: photographic image on porcelain
relevance: rank 2.15729
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; concepts in the arts; containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; dishes; figures (representations); genres in the arts; historical, theoretical and critical concepts; literary, oral and motion picture genres; materials; materials by function; objects we use; people and culture; vessels for serving and consuming food; visual works; visual works by subject type

Egôro (ritual censer); Artist Unknown, Japan

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Title: Egôro (ritual censer)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: It is a bronze incense burner with a long handle. The circular bowl is a brazier, in which incense is burnt in Shinto rituals. The brazier has a fluted mouth and double-lines on the outside body. A circular foot, in a chrysanthemum shape, is attached to the brazier. There is a support that connects between the brazier and the foot. The brazier’s lid has an intricate openwork design of lotus flower scrolls with a knob in the shape of a lotus bud. The rim has an incised, stylized design of clouds. The mounting between the brazier and the handle is in the shape of Buddhist jewel with two semi-precious stones. The handle has carved lotus flower scrolls, and the end of which is bent at a right angle and joined to a round pedestal. Rising from the pedestal is a small statue of a lion on a lotus-shape pedestal, which serves as a knob handgrip when the incense burner is held.
Century: 16th-17th century
Object Creation Date: 1583-1650
Accession Number: 2007/2.6
Medium and Support: gilt bronze with semiprecious stones
relevance: rank 2.15726
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buildings and the land; containers; containers by function or context; descriptors; design elements; events; flowers (plants); herbaceous plants; landscapes (environments); mammals; motifs; natural landscapes; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; plants; religions; religions and religious concepts; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; woody plants

Staff; African, Congo (Zaire), Songye

Title: Staff
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Accession Number: 2001/2.6
Medium and Support: wood
relevance: rank 2.15696
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; central and equatorial african styles; descriptors; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; luba region; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; standing; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; tools and equipment; western democratic republic of congo styles

Staff; African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba

Title: Staff
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
Accession Number: 2001/2.70
Medium and Support: wood with metal
relevance: rank 2.15696
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; central and equatorial african styles; descriptors; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; luba; luba region; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; tools and equipment; walking sticks; western democratic republic of congo styles

Figures with Greek Inscription; Anonymous

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Title: Figures with Greek Inscription
Artist: Anonymous
Physical Description: This lithograph depicts two highly abstracted and intertwined standing figures delineated in white outline against a black background. Fishtail-like forms emerge out of the figures. There is Greek lettering inscribed next to the top of the figure on the left and the letters HPA inscribed next to the top of the figure on the right.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2012/2.216
Medium and Support: three-color lithograph on heavy wove paper
relevance: rank 2.15545
Secondary Keywords: document genres; document genres by form; european; european styles and periods; information forms; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by subject type

Skirt; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Skirt
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1985
Accession Number: 1985/1.142
Medium and Support: raffia cloth
relevance: rank 2.15220
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; central and equatorial african styles; central democratic republic of congo styles; costume by form; descriptors; main garments; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; western democratic republic of congo styles

Shallow Bowl with Peony Design; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Shallow Bowl with Peony Design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Shallow bowl with celadon glaze. Four peony designs encapsulated by a double-ringed circle float equally spaced along the inner curve of the bowl. A wavy fret design marks the inner rim, while the outer is marked by two or three incised lines.
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.233
Medium and Support: stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
relevance: rank 2.15116
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; image-making processes and techniques; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; pottery (object genre); processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; vessels

Boy; Ben Shahn

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Title: Boy
Artist: Ben Shahn
Physical Description: A boy stands at the front of the painting, arms crossed and face solemn. He is wearing an oversized white shirt that comes down to his knees. A figure, most likely a woman, stands behind him with her back turned. Her head is covered in a long black headscarf that is traditional to Jewish culture. Behind them is a blue horizon.
Artist Life Dates: American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1944
Accession Number: 1950/1.203
Medium and Support: tempera on cardboard
relevance: rank 2.14661
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; figures (representations); object genres; object genres by location, context or origin; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts; visual works; visual works by subject type; youth

Bowl with Chrysanthemum Design; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Bowl with Chrysanthemum Design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Stoneware bowl with celadon glaze. The bowl is decorated by an incised line stretching parallel to the rim, bounding a chrysanthemum design below.
Century: 10th-11th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century - 11th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.220
Medium and Support: stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze
relevance: rank 2.14630
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; containers; containers by form; descriptors; flowers (plants); herbaceous plants; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; plants; pottery (object genre); processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements and landscapes; surface marking processes and techniques; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; vessels; woody plants

Shallow Bowl with Litchi and Chrysanthemum Design; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Shallow Bowl with Litchi and Chrysanthemum Design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Shallow bowl with celadon glaze. Four concentric circles grace the exterior of the bowl, with a chrysanthemum roundel centered in the inner circle. Above these designs, three thinly incised bands stretch across the bowl parallel to the rim. In this location on the inside of the bowl is a cross-hatched pattern, flanked by one incised line above and two below. Also decorating the inside of the bowls are four sprays of litchis.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.244
Medium and Support: stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
relevance: rank 2.14572
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; flowers (plants); herbaceous plants; image-making processes and techniques; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; plants; pottery (object genre); processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; vessels; woody plants

Headpiece; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bwa

Title: Headpiece
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bwa
Accession Number: 2003/2.49
Medium and Support: wood with pigment
relevance: rank 2.14362
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn on the head; african; african styles by region; bobo; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; manding; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; voltaic styles; west african styles; western sudanese styles

Elephant Mask (mbap mteng); Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

Title: Elephant Mask (mbap mteng)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
Physical Description: Face mask embroidered extensively wtih glass beads. Two long panels hang down the front and back of the wearer. Humanoid face at top has two round eye holes allowing the wearer to see, a strip of fabric for nose and open, upturned mouth. Ears are protruding disks attached on either side of the face . Top of the head is covered with small, corklike knobs covered with black cloth. The beadwork is predominantly green, with intricate, scallop-shaped patterns along edge of panels, and vertical, star-like patterns filling center of the panels. Interior of panels is lined with damask.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1950-1999
Accession Number: 1997/1.319
Medium and Support: cloth, glass beads, fiber
relevance: rank 2.14262
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; aristocracy; associated concepts; beads and sets of beads; costume; costume by function; descriptors; events; groups of people; mammals; masks (costume); nobility; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; political concepts; social classes; social classes by specific type; social groups; social science concepts; social status; sociological concepts; upper class

Post; African, Nigeria, Nupe

Title: Post
Artist: African, Nigeria, Nupe
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Accession Number: 1981/2.143
Medium and Support: carved wood
relevance: rank 2.14230
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; benue-congo branch; descriptors; niger-congo language groups; northeastern nigerian styles; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; sculpture; sculpture by technique; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; west african styles

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara

Title: Staff
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara
Accession Number: 2001/2.7
Medium and Support: wood with metal
relevance: rank 2.14230
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; ceremonial weapons; descriptors; edged weapons; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; manding; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; tools and equipment; walking sticks; weapons; weapons and ammunition; west african styles; western sudanese styles

Still Life; Peter Dewint

Title: Still Life
Artist: Peter Dewint
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1784-1849
Accession Number: 1985/2.110
Medium and Support: watercolor
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; hay; objects

Athenian Slaves Singing (Les Esclaves Atheniens Chantant); Isidore Pils

Title: Athenian Slaves Singing (Les Esclaves Atheniens Chantant)
Artist: Isidore Pils
Artist Life Dates: 1813-1875
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1813-1875
Accession Number: 1962/1.116
Medium and Support: graphite on tracing paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

Chrysanthemums, Cai Yushou /Tiger Lilies and Rock, Zhang Qingzheng & Cai Yushou (double-sided fan); Cai Yushou

Title: Chrysanthemums, Cai Yushou /Tiger Lilies and Rock, Zhang Qingzheng & Cai Yushou (double-sided fan)
Artist: Cai Yushou
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1909
Accession Number: 1980/1.218
Medium and Support: folding fan, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; the natural world

Cocupi; B. D'Arena

Title: Cocupi
Artist: B. D'Arena
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1954/2.22
Medium and Support: monotype on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; non-representational art

Mirror; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mirror
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Accession Number: 1961/2.68
Medium and Support: bronze with black patina
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; household objects

Fruit Woman (Femme-fruit), Plate I, from "Transmutations"; Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Title: Fruit Woman (Femme-fruit), Plate I, from "Transmutations"
Artist: Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates: 1899 - 1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number: 1971/2.150.1
Medium and Support: clichés-verre on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: breasts; genres; movement

Untitled; Ernst Wilhelm Nay

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Artist Life Dates: 1902-1968
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1951
Accession Number: 2000/2.178
Medium and Support: gouache and graphite on wove paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; non-representational art

Ashura, Nara; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Ashura, Nara
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1957
Accession Number: 1987/1.239
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

Untitled; Horst Antes

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Horst Antes
Artist Life Dates: born 1936
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1959
Accession Number: 2000/2.181
Medium and Support: acrylic and oil with collage on wove paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

Clay Image (J) (Haniwa figure and pots); Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Clay Image (J) (Haniwa figure and pots)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1952
Accession Number: 1958/2.22
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: architecture; genres; objects

Wasted Youth II; Leon Golub

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Title: Wasted Youth II
Artist: Leon Golub
Artist Life Dates: 1922-2004
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1994
Accession Number: 1999/1.86
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

The Arms Merchant; Lajos Kolozsvary

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Title: The Arms Merchant
Artist: Lajos Kolozsvary
Physical Description: Man inspecting a pistol surrounded by three other men. Surrounded by weaponry.
Artist Life Dates: Born 1871
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 1871-1943
Accession Number: 1943.153
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; objects; weaponry

Nodi d'ulivo; Renato Birolli

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Title: Nodi d'ulivo
Artist: Renato Birolli
Artist Life Dates: 1906 - 1959
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1956
Accession Number: 2000/2.205
Medium and Support: wax pastel on wove paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; non-representational art

White on Black; Pierre Daura

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Title: White on Black
Artist: Pierre Daura
Artist Life Dates: 1896 - 1976
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1967
Accession Number: 2001/2.109
Medium and Support: gouache on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

Fair (Fête foraine), 1934-35, Plate XII, from "Transmutations"; Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Title: Fair (Fête foraine), 1934-35, Plate XII, from "Transmutations"
Artist: Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates: 1899 - 1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number: 1971/2.150.12
Medium and Support: clichés-verre on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; movement; objects

Personnage assis et personnage couché; Pablo Picasso

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Title: Personnage assis et personnage couché
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Artist Life Dates: 1881 - 1973
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1956
Accession Number: 2002/1.233
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

Untitled (portrait); Lucebert

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Title: Untitled (portrait)
Artist: Lucebert
Artist Life Dates: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1924 - 1994
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1964
Accession Number: 2000/2.171
Medium and Support: Pen and ink with wash on smooth light cream wove paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: faces; genres; medium

Gefäss; Julius Bissier

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Title: Gefäss
Artist: Julius Bissier
Artist Life Dates: 1893 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1941
Accession Number: 2000/2.277
Medium and Support: black India ink and wash on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; medium; objects

Swiss Goatherd Walking; Ernst Kirchner

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Title: Swiss Goatherd Walking
Artist: Ernst Kirchner
Artist Life Dates: 1880-1938
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1917
Accession Number: 1997/2.27
Medium and Support: graphite on cream wove paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations

Drawing for a Relief; Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi

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Title: Drawing for a Relief
Artist: Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi
Artist Life Dates: 1924 - 2005
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1947
Accession Number: 2000/2.12
Medium and Support: pen and black ink with black ballpoint pen on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; movement; objects

Composition; Antonio Tàpies

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Title: Composition
Artist: Antonio Tàpies
Artist Life Dates: (active Barcelona, Spain, 1923 - 2012)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1959
Accession Number: 2000/2.200
Medium and Support: graphite and gouache on wove paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; non-representational art

Lotus Blossom, one of a pair of album leaves; Jin Nong (Chin Nung)

Title: Lotus Blossom, one of a pair of album leaves
Artist: Jin Nong (Chin Nung)
Artist Life Dates: 1687 - 1764
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1754-1756
Accession Number: 1996/2.28
Medium and Support: album leaf, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; the natural world

Poetry and Music; Ulysses Ricci

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Title: Poetry and Music
Artist: Ulysses Ricci
Physical Description: Broken disc.
Artist Life Dates: 1888-1960
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1920
Accession Number: 1920.3
Medium and Support: plaster
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; genres

Illustration for Jean de La Fontaine's Fables choisies, Book VII, Fable 130; Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Title: Illustration for Jean de La Fontaine's Fables choisies, Book VII, Fable 130
Artist: Charles-Nicolas Cochin
Artist Life Dates: (1715 - 1790)
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1755
Accession Number: 1969/2.15
Medium and Support: red chalk and graphite on paper
relevance: rank 2.13824
Secondary Keywords: genres; people and occupations