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- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Evening
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Physical Description
- This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “EVENING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a pastoral scene with several adults and children by a stream at the bottom of the print. Behind them, someone milks a cow. The upper half shows the tops of buildings and rolling hills. A sunset is taking place with dramatic clouds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1738
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.58
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Evening
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Physical Description
- This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “NIGHT” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of people taking parts of several stories (e.g. someone empting a chamber pot on people on the street, a tipped over carriage that is being set on fire, a quack doctor performing an operation in a candlelit room). The upper half of the print shows the tops of the buildings that line the street, iron-wrought shop signs, a statue of a man on horseback in the distance, and a crescent moon in a cloudy sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1738
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.59
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Battle of the Sea Gods
- Artist
- Daniel Hopfer
- Physical Description
- This black and white print depicts an animated and detailed scene of nude figures and mythical beasts on the surface of the sea.Two men, with seaweed hair and riding half horse/half fish creatures, strike out at each other. A man and a woman ride a beast with a scaly body and the head of a fierce dog. In the background, a man holding a trident stands with his back to the viewer. Action and motion are expressed with billowing drapery, flowing hair and moving waves. The wide mouthed expressions of the figures and animals suggest yelling and noise in this chaotic scene. Among the many details depicted by the artist is a plaque held by the woman that has his initials.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1470-1536
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.1
- Medium and Support
- etching on iron on medium, slightly textured light beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Untitled (Virginia)
- Artist
- Sally Mann
- Physical Description
- Contemporary black and white photograph made to look old. The image is contained within the circular field created by the aperture. A foggy landscape with silhouetted trees receding from the left into the hazy distance and sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1993; printed 2002
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.365
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print, toned with tea on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- St. Simon
- Artist
- Jacques Bellange
- Physical Description
- This black and white print has a vertical format with a single standing figure. The figure, shown in profile, has the right arm upraised with palm up. He is wearing voluminous drapery and has a halo and bare feet. There is a long bladed saw on the ground beside him.
- Artist Life Dates
- (flourished 1602 - 1617)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1616-1620
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.1
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
- Artist
- Nishikawa Sukenobu
- Physical Description
- Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
- Artist Life Dates
- Kyoto, 1671 - 1751
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.381.1
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print picture book
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Corselet Bearers
- Artist
- Giulio Campagnola
- Physical Description
- This print shows a procession of men walking from right to left across the foregound of the picture.They are dressed in short tunics and have laurel wreaths on their heads and some have swords.Some carry poles on which there are breast plates and helmets and some are holding litters piled with furniture, vessels and cups. There is an elephant that is partially shown at the far left.The background area is blank.
- There are traces of additional diagonal hatching marks that had been added at a later date; those lines have been removed.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca.1482-1515
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1498
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.534
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Hyakunin jorô shinasadame (One Hundred Types of Women), vol. 1 of 3
- Artist
- Nishikawa Sukenobu
- Physical Description
- Book containing detailed calligraphic text descriptions of various types of women, accompanied by woodblock prints depicting the types described.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1723
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.381.2
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print picture book
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Seated Violinist
- Artist
- Cornelis Dusart
- Physical Description
- This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1660-1704
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1685
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.18
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- La Danse au Cabaret (Villagers Merrymaking at an Inn)
- Artist
- Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
- Physical Description
- This print portrays a lively interior scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic. There are many figures around the large room, including men, women, and children. At the far right a man tries to embrace a resisting woman. Beside them, a man and a woman dance while a fiddler plays and others look on. On the left, a woman tends to a child as behind her a couple descend a wooden stairway from an upper floor. There are items such as cured meat, a lantern, a chair and laundry, hanging around this room.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1685
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1652
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.115
- Medium and Support
- etching, engraving and drypoint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Apollo - Series II
- Artist
- Don Fink
- Physical Description
- Abstracted, organic shapes in black and gray tones flow through the top three-fourths of the composition. Some small, thumbnail like lines are embedded into the shapes in the center right. A small reddish-colored shape is in the middle of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1923
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.95
- Medium and Support
- aquatint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel, plate 6 from History of the First Parents of Man, set of six prints
- Artist
- Jan Saenredam
- Physical Description
- This engraving is a vertical format. Dominating the foreground are three figures on a slight hill with a large tree. In front of the tree is the corpse of Abel (a strong young man with flowing cloth around his waist) with his head in the shadows. Kneeling over him are Adam and Eve. Adam, a muscular older man with a white beard, clutches his hands together and leans toward his dead son. Eve, covered only from the waist down, throws her arms out in the air above her son and moves towards him on her knees. The tree behind them has a sturdy trunk that splits into three heavy branches and these limbs echo the placement of Eve's back and right arm. On the right is a road leading to a background scene.In the far background Cain and Abel are shown making offerings to God on altars, with Abel’s offering rising higher than Cain’s. In the middle ground along the road, Cain is shown raising a weapon to kill Abel. At the bottom of the work are four lines of text and a signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1565 - 1607
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1604
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.3
- Medium and Support
- engraving on thin, slightly textured dark cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Venus and Cupid
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Physical Description
- This black and white print shows a nude woman and young boy with wings within an oval shape.The woman is lounging on a draped surface and has her arm around the boy. He is facing toward her and pushing an arrow against her left breast. Other smaller scenes surround these figures including, a woman in a chariot drawn by swans; a man and a woman conversing in a forest; two figures in a landscape scene and two birds nestled together. Outside the oval in the corners of the work are hearts, flaming arrows and roses . At the bottom is Latin lettering.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1596
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.17
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Milkmaid
- Artist
- Lucas Van Leyden
- Physical Description
- This engraving is horizontally oriented. The length of a cow (with its head to the left and its tail to the right) is the focal point, taking up about a third of the image. At the cow’s head on the left, a barefooted man with a hat leans on a pole and rests his arm on a tree trunk. Behind the man is another cow with horns and he is standing in front of a building. The ground is rocky and a fence made of thin tree trunks runs along the background. At the cow’s tail on the right, is a peasant woman with bare feet. Her head is covered with a cloth and she labors to carry a heavy wooden milk bucket. Several trees and another cow are behind her. A small plaque on the ground in the foreground contains an inscription.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1494-1533
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1510
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.160
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Morning
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Physical Description
- This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “MORNING” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy square. There is a pyramid of people to the right, with lovers, beggars, and a woman warming her hands over a fire. The left has a woman in a gown and a small boy behind her. Beyond them in the distance is a large mass of people carrying posters. The upper half shows the tops of the buildings that line the square. The rooftops has a dusting of snow, and the clouds are dark as if it were an early winter morning.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1738
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.56
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stéphane Mallarmé (No. 1)
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This image is a portrait of a seated man with short hair, mustache and goatee. There is no indication of surroundings, although the sitter must be near a wall, as his figure casts a shadow behind him to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1892
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.34
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on chine collé
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Four Times of Day: Noon
- Artist
- William Hogarth
- Physical Description
- This print is vertically oriented with gray markings. A cream border surrounds it and it has “NOON” written below it. The lower half of the print has a busy street scene with lots of adults and children in 18th century garb. The upper half shows the top of the buildings that line the street, including a shop, a brick building, and a church steeple in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1697-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1738
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.57
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000