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Title
Two Scenes of Armies Fighting
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures streaming out of a walled town—the main gate of which is visible in the center background of the composition—into a hilly countryside as they engage in battle. Nearly every figure carries a lance. Several figures in the foreground are on horseback and encounter an opposing group in battle. Figures on the left and right edges of the composition carry differing raised flags.
Accession Number
2012/2.180
Medium and Support
woodcut on laid paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
battles
equestrians
flags
lances
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Title
"Waud Sketches the Truce at Dunker Church", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. A man sketching the signing of a truce after a battle amongst the dead soldiers near a church.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.275
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Rations Boys!", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Line of soldiers standing behind a wagon waiting to get their meal.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.268
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Parker's Virginians Under Fire", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Soldiers standing around a canon in a field, lots of smoke in the air.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.270
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Don't Look at Them", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Soldiers passing over wounded soldiers. One is carrying the American flag.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.272
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
Two Scenes of Armies Fighting
Artist
Hans Burgkmair
Physical Description
This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures, some of which are on horseback, engaged in a battle with swords and lances in a hilly countryside. Two cannons are arranged on the lower right in the foreground and one cannon is being manipulated by a figure in the lower left corner of the composition. Various flags are included in the image including one with a Burgundian cross. In the distance of the scene there is a walled town with mountains positioned behind it.
Artist Life Dates
1473-1531
Object Creation Date
early 16th century
Accession Number
2012/2.179
Medium and Support
woodcut on laid paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
battles
cannonballs
flags
soldiers
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Title
"Tragedy in Miller's Cornfield", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Soldiers and their weapons strewn about in a field.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.274
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Colonel Work", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Army colonel stainding next to a fence in a field. Has a large knife strapped across his chest.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.267
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
Joust in the Marketplace
Artist
Lucas Cranach The Elder
Physical Description
This woodcut depicts a town square surrounded by buildings on the top and right edges of the composition as though viewed from above. Within the square is a field delimited by a fence in which a multitude of figures and figures on horseback are engaged in a chaotic battle. Several figures direct large lances toward other figures. Crowds of young and old and male and female figures watch the action from behind the fence and from within doorways, balconies and windows in the surrounding buildings.
Artist Life Dates
1472-1553
Object Creation Date
1506
Accession Number
2012/2.181
Medium and Support
woodcut on laid paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
battles
lances
marketplaces
spectators
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Title
"Leave the Dead to Bury the Dead", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Soldiers looking through a field of injured for survivors.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.276
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Fording Antietam Creek", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Soldiers sitting in a field watching some soldiers on horses forge the creek.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.269
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Eyeball to Eyeball", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Two sides of the battle are fighting in a field with a fence between them.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.271
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
"Discovering Order 191", from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
Artist
Robert A. Zeichner
Physical Description
Army Reinactment. Two soldiers sitting against a fence, one is reading a letter.
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2013/1.273
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.12400
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fields
soldiers
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Title
Sharpshooter in the Schoolhouse, Germany
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Dead man in a straw filled pen lying on the dirt floor. His helmet is to the side of him, next to his head. On the right there is a window swung open and a poster of gorillas on the wall.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
1945; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.324
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
The Battle Awaits
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Soliders behind a canyon on a smoggy field. On the right side is a soldier in a helmet, looking through binochulars.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
1941; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.326
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
Romanian POWs from the Battle of Stalingrad
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
A zig-zag row of soliders marching four across a field covered in snow. They are all wearing matching coats and caps.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
November - December 1942; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.328
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
Grenade Attack
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Two soliders on a bunker throwing grenades and a grenade going off in the backgorund. The soliders have rifles and are wearing long matching coats and helmets. They are both lying down.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
1941-1945; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.321
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
And Once There Was War...Red Square Parade
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Streetscape of a crowd on the sidewalk, focusing on a man without legs, rested on a dolly. He is holding himself up with his arms and is surrounded by children and uniformed soldiers.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
May 9, 1965; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.323
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
Artillery Commander K.M. Karabanov Protecting the Harvest
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Close-up view of a soldier next to a cannon. He has a metal on his lapel and his hand is on the turn handle of a machine. There are two soldiers standing up behind him.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
1941; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.325
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
In the Trenches, 1941-45
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
A group of soldiers hunched over and running through war trenches in a field of battle.
Artist Life Dates
Russian, 1912-1990
Object Creation Date
2003
Accession Number
2012/2.72
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
battles
fields
gelatin silver prints
soldiers
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Title
Digging Anti-Tank Trenches Near Moscow
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Groups of women with shovels digging a trench. In the background there is a wooden shack. The women are all bundled in coats and head wraps.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
October 1941; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.327
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
Soviet Policewoman Directing Traffic, Berlin
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
Policewoman in uniform holding a flag across her chest. Behind her is a four story building with flames shooting out the windows.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
1945; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.329
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
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Title
The War Comes to Germany
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
People on the street, one woman walking while carrying blankets in her arms. There are other seated next to their belongings on the side of the street. There are trees and buildings with debris strewn across the street.
Artist Life Dates
1912-1990
Object Creation Date
1945; printed 2003
Accession Number
2013/2.322
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 8.92769
Primary Keywords
armies
battles
fighting
germany (nation)
wars
Title
The Retreat
Artist
Christian Adolf Schreyer
Physical Description
Depicts a group of Arab warriors on horseback in full gallop charging away from the viewer through the desert landscape.
Artist Life Dates
1828 - 1899
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1855-1895
Accession Number
1895.97
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 8.83268
Primary Keywords
arabian
battle
battles
desert (region)
guns
horses
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Title
Battle for Kamenka Village, Near Moscow, 1941
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
An open doorway depicting soldiers in action during the Battle for Kamenka Village near Moscow.
Artist Life Dates
Russian, 1912-1990
Object Creation Date
2003
Accession Number
2012/2.67
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 8.73966
Primary Keywords
battles
gelatin silver prints
russia (nation)
soldiers
villages
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Title
Battle in the Streets of Berlin, 1945
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
A battle-worn Berlin street and soldiers running to a bunker from inside a broken building.
Artist Life Dates
Russian, 1912-1990
Object Creation Date
2003
Accession Number
2012/2.74
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 8.73966
Primary Keywords
battles
berlin (state)
bunkers
gelatin silver prints
soldiers
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Title
The View on the Taking of Quebec. Showing the manner of debarking of English forces of the resolute scrambling of the light Infantry up a Woody Precipice to dislodge the Captain's Post, which defended a small entrenched path, through which the troops were to pass. Also a view of the signal victory obtain'd over The French Regulars, Canadians and Indians which produc'd the Surrender of Quebec. Printed for Carrington Bowles, Map + Printseller, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Ships coming upon the banks and disembarking for the battle that can be see on the left.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
September 13, 1759; executed 1760's
Accession Number
2013/2.561
Medium and Support
hand-colored engraving on laid paper
relevance
rank 8.73966
Primary Keywords
battles
bodies of water
canada (nation)
cities
riverbanks
ships
Title
Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
Artist
Artist Unknown, Italy or France
Physical Description
A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1557-1600
Accession Number
1978/2.38
Medium and Support
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
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rank 8.73966
Primary Keywords
battles
dragons
maiolica
mythology (literary genre)
oxen
sheep
Title
Battle of the Genji and Heike Forces
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This 6-fold screen is a depiction of the Battle of Genji and Heike. In samurai armor, the Heike forces approach by ship from the left, while Genji forces rush to the shore on horseback and on foot—drawing the viewer’s attention to the center of the screens, where their confrontation will finally take place. The Heike forces can be identified by the red banners on their ships, while the Genji clan carries white banners.
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1573-1650
Accession Number
1964/2.64
Medium and Support
6-fold screen, ink and color on paper
relevance
rank 8.47200
Primary Keywords
arrows
battles
boats
clouds
horses
oceans
pine trees
samurais
screens (furniture)
Title
Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
Artist
Agostino di Musi
Physical Description
A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
(Venice, 1490 - 1540)
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
after 1531
Accession Number
1976/1.211
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
relevance
rank 8.47200
Primary Keywords
armor (protective wear)
battles
corpses
engravings
horses
rocks
spears (weapons)
swords
Title
Marcus Calphurnius Flama (Plate 8 from "Roman Heroes")
Artist
Hendrick Goltzius
Physical Description
A muscular man towers over a mountainous landscape in this engraving. Clothed only in a helmet, sandals, and flowing cape, his startling physique is on full display. He grasps a sword and shield and strides vigorously toward the background, where a knot of men battle at the foot of a mountain.
Artist Life Dates
1558 - 1617
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1586
Accession Number
1989/1.61
Medium and Support
engraving on white laid paper
relevance
rank 8.38638
Primary Keywords
helmets
armor (protective wear)
battles
engraving (printing process)
mannerist
mountains
nudes
wars
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Title
Conversion of St. Paul [La Conversione de St. Paul]
Artist
Jacques Callot
Physical Description
A battle scene with the sun's rays shining down through the clouds. At the center, a man has fallen from his horse and lays on the ground. From the clouds above, a voice comes down, inscribed "SAVLE SAVLE QVID ME PERSEQVERIS." At base of print is written "Totus lesus in Paulo consumptus est. Chrysost. Iesus-Christ s'est enployé tout entier en ce mystere."
Artist Life Dates
1592-1635
Century
17th century
Accession Number
2013/2.544
Medium and Support
etching on laid paper
relevance
rank 8.04280
Primary Keywords
battles
clouds
flags
horses
religions
religions and religious concepts
soldiers
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Title
A Call to Arms, 1941-45
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
An officer holding binoculars looking across a field seated next to a cannon calls out. A group of soldiers run to the scene to prepare for battle.
Artist Life Dates
Russian, 1912-1990
Object Creation Date
2003
Accession Number
2012/2.75
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 8.00454
Primary Keywords
battles
binoculars
cannons, hand
gelatin silver prints
officers (military officers)
soldiers
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 6.91685
Primary Keywords
american
arrows
axe
axes (weapons)
battle
battles
bows (weapons)
caravans
fighting
horses
native american
pioneers
prairies
rifle
rifles (long guns)
small arms
sunset
tomahawks (weapons)
united states
wagons
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