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Gazing at Snow on Matsuchi Hill (center sheet from triptych, Fûryû Genji Awase); Andô Hiroshige
- Title
- Gazing at Snow on Matsuchi Hill (center sheet from triptych, Fûryû Genji Awase)
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- The snow scene of a village under the mountain. The house roofs, the bridge over the river, the mountain and trees are all covered by the snow. Three birds fly above the riverbank, lingering around the snow-covered pine branches.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1853
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.145
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.39089
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woodcuts
- woody plants
twilight; Dwight William Tryon
- Title
- twilight
- Artist
- Dwight William Tryon
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting featuring a row of trees in the middle distance, separating a glowing sky above and a meadow in the foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1849 - 1925
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1905
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.87
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 7.36118
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- branches
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- evening
- modern american styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- modern north american fine arts styles and movements
- modern north american styles and movements
- movement
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- the natural world
- time
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
One of a pair of six-fold screens; Attributed Kanô Tan'yû; Manner of
- Title
- One of a pair of six-fold screens
- Artist
- Attributed Kanô Tan'yû
- Physical Description
- These panels represent six of the twelve months. The panels each have calligraphy and a red seal in one corner. In each panel there is a bird and a type of plant, which are suggestive of particular months. On the top left panel there is bamboo, the bow of the boat with a small lamp attached to it, and a type of water fowl. In the bottom middle panel is a blooming sakura tree and a pheasant. In the bottom left panel is blue and white wisteria ans small sparrows. In the bottom right panel there is a willow slowly coming back to life after winter over a thatched building.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1604 - 1674, Edo)
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.179
- Medium and Support
- ink and light color on paper, one of pair of Six fold screens
- relevance
- rank 7.34609
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- animals and creatures
- asian
- associated concepts
- birds
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- grass (plant material)
- herbaceous plants
- japanese
- japanese styles
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- plants
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- transportation vehicles
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- woody plants
Sunset; George Inness
- Title
- Sunset
- Artist
- George Inness
- Physical Description
- Landscape scene depicting trees silhouetted against a reddening sky with a dead fallen tree trunk lying diagonally across the foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1825-1894
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1886
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.170
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas, laid down on panel
- relevance
- rank 7.33808
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- earth sciences concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- modern american styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- modern north american fine arts styles and movements
- modern north american styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- wilderness
- woods
- woody plants
Edo Meisho: View of the Kameido Temple in Snow, Tokyo; Andô Hiroshige
- Title
- Edo Meisho: View of the Kameido Temple in Snow, Tokyo
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Night scene of bridges over the lake leading to the temple complex. The snow falls down from the sky and covers the bridges, roofs, and trees. There are several travelers walking with parasols.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1853
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.17
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.28539
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woodcuts
- woody plants
Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong; Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)
- Title
- Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong
- Artist
- Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)
- Physical Description
- The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.28
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.25235
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- 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
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
Manet's Olympia; Mel Ramos
- Title
- Manet's Olympia
- Artist
- Mel Ramos
- Physical Description
- A female nude reclining on a bed wearing one yellow slipper on her left foot, a gold bracelet on her right arm and a black ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. An African American woman in a blue dress stands behind her holding a bouquet of yellow and white flowers. A small monkey sits at the foot of the bed. All subjects look directly at the viewer.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.102.1
- Medium and Support
- collotype on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 7.19430
- Secondary Keywords
- aesthetic concepts
- animals and creatures
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- child
- concepts in the arts
- family
- forms of expression
- herbaceous plants
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- how we live
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- modern american styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern north american styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- philosophical concepts
- plants
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- psychological concepts
- relationships
- settlements and landscapes
- social science concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
The Happy Life of Fishermen; Qian Gong (Ch'ien Kung)
- Title
- The Happy Life of Fishermen
- Artist
- Qian Gong (Ch'ien Kung)
- Physical Description
- A group of fishermen and families sit in reeds, resting, playing, drinking, eating, and chatting. Birds fly in the backgrounf, and the reeds bend under the wind. At top center is calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Suzhou, ca. 1573 - ca. 1620)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1610
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.29
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on gold paper
- relevance
- rank 7.08002
- Secondary Keywords
- books
- books by internal form
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- descriptors
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- plants
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- water activities
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- woody plants
View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; William Merritt Chase
- Title
- View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Artist
- William Merritt Chase
- Physical Description
- Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1849 - 1916
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1886-1890
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.170
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 7.06017
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by location
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- coastline bodies of water
- complexes
- complexes by function
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- geography
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- military bases
- military installations
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- people and culture
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- transportation complexes
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- water transportation complexes
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterfront spaces
- waterfronts and waterfront spaces
- waterscapes
- woody plants
Spring Landscape; Arthur Wesley Dow
- Title
- Spring Landscape
- Artist
- Arthur Wesley Dow
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting depicting a dirt pathway with steps and a wooden railing cutting through the center of the composition leading to a house on a hill in the distance. On either side of the path are blooming trees bearing pink and white blossoms in a green meadow.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857 - 1922
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1892
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.168
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 7.00841
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant communities
- plant material
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- roads
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- walkways
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
Views of Edo: Tenmangu Shrine in Kameido; Andô Hiroshige
- Title
- Views of Edo: Tenmangu Shrine in Kameido
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print depicting men and women in traditional japanese clothing crossing three red bridges in the central foreground that lead to a red temple in the central background. An island with trees is in the center of the scene. There are white clouds covering the horizon and surrounding the temple.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1851-1853
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.198
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.99119
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
Orchids and Red Rock; Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
- Title
- Orchids and Red Rock
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
- Physical Description
- A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.132
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.96658
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- asian
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- east asian
- flowers (plants)
- forms
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- 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
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
The Thirty-Six Views of the Eastern Capital: Imado Bridge and Matsuchi Hill; Andô Hiroshige
- Title
- The Thirty-Six Views of the Eastern Capital: Imado Bridge and Matsuchi Hill
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A snow scene of a village with falling snowflakes in the sky. The roofs of houses, the trees, the bridge, the boat decks, and the island in the center of the lake are all covered by snow.
- Trimmed just outside print frame. Colors: black, blue, green, red, pink-orange. Paper size: lh 34 3/5cm & rh 34 1/2cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 24 1/5cm. Image size: lh 33 9/10cm & rh 34cm x tw 22 4/5cm & bw 22 3/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- 1862
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.394
- Medium and Support
- color woodcut on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 6.68733
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- early modern japanese periods
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- inorganic material
- japanese
- japanese periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woodcuts
- woody plants
Hercules; Albrecht Dürer
- Title
- Hercules
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A nude man seen from behind raises a staff to ward off the blow of a standing female figure, also with a staff. The woman's swing is directed to two seated figures at the lower left: a nude woman and a satyr. In the distance is an elaborate gated city and landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
- Century
- Late 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1498
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.78
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 6.49527
- Secondary Keywords
- settlement area
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- country houses
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- dwellings
- houses
- houses by location
- houses by location or context
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- intaglio prints
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plants
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- rural houses
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wilderness
- woody plants
- youth
The Famous Picnic at Val Kill; Ann Murfee Allen
- Title
- The Famous Picnic at Val Kill
- Artist
- Ann Murfee Allen
- Physical Description
- Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1923 - 1995
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.178
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 6.41196
- Secondary Keywords
- american regions
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- dwellings
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- how we live
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- north american
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- plants
- political and social issues
- residential structures
- sailing vessels by size
- seating furniture
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- single seating furniture
- standing
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by function
- the americas
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- waterscapes
- woody plants
The Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)
- Title
- The Orchid Pavilion Gathering
- Artist
- Sheng Maoye (Sheng Mao-yeh)
- Physical Description
- Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist’s seals and one collector’s seal.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1594-164
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1621
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.244
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 6.40203
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- asian
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- bridges (built works)
- bridges by function
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- east asian
- figures
- flowers
- geography
- grass (plant material)
- history
- how we live
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plant material
- plants
- riverine bodies
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
California Orange Grove; David Courlander
- Title
- California Orange Grove
- Artist
- David Courlander
- Physical Description
- Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1866-1961
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.89
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas board
- relevance
- rank 6.35523
- Secondary Keywords
- settlement area
- upward
- americas
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- fishing and trapping tools and equipment
- food
- fruit
- geographic and political locations
- geography
- houses by location
- houses by location or context
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- north & central america
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- physical sciences concepts
- plant communities
- plants
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- united states
- united states (nation)
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- water activities
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woods
- woody plants
The Attack on an Emigrant Train; Charles Ferdinand Wimar
- Title
- The Attack on an Emigrant Train
- Artist
- Charles Ferdinand Wimar
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts a group of American settlers attempting to defend themselves against attack by a band of Native Americans. A covered wagon pulled by two horses is at the center of the composition; at left, two Native Americans attack the wagon with war clubs and tomahawks; a figure on the lead horse points a pistol directly at the head of one of his attackers, while a figure at the rear of the wagon shoots another attacker. At right other warriors on horseback ride past the train shooting arrows and wielding tomahawks.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1828-1862
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1856
- Accession Number
- 1895.80
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 6.16971
- Secondary Keywords
- american regions
- americas
- animals
- animals and creatures
- armed conflicts
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- cargo vehicles
- cargo vehicles by form
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
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Durga, seated, with sixteen arms; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Durga, seated, with sixteen arms
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.59
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 5.97476
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- animal material
- associated concepts
- beads and sets of beads
- bells and sets of bells
- buildings and the land
- chordophones
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- combination inorganic/organic material
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- descriptors
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- woody plants