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Title

The Flemish Farrier

Artist

Théodore Géricault

Physical Description

Paper size: h 33 3/5cm x tw 42 1/2cm & bw 42 3/10cm. Image size: h 22 7/10cm x w 31 2/5cm.

This lithograph is printed is tones of brown ink on cream colored paper. There is a large dappled horse standing in a stall with its left rear hoof raised. On the left, a man, standing with feet braced and muscular arms extended, uses tools to attach a shoe to the horse's hoof. Steam billows from the hot metal shoe. On the right, a man stands leaning against the stall and a small child reaches up toward the horse's head. The horse bends its head down toward the child. There is an English inscription below this scene that identifies the artist, title and publisher.

Artist Life Dates

1791-1824

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1821

Accession Number

2008/2.374

Medium and Support

lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 4.66391

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Two men on a camel

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur

Physical Description

Three main figures (two men and the camel they are riding) are brought to the foreground because of the contrast between their light colors against the stark green hill. The hill dominates the background leaving only a little bit of blue sky visible in the top corners. Underneath the main figures a secondary white dog and rabbit are also prominent.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

mid 19th century

Accession Number

1980/2.246

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.66106

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Physical Description

Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.

Century

late 17th - early 18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1700

Accession Number

1983/2.111

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 4.65484

Secondary Keywords

layout features

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Title

Porcelain Inkwell with flowers and butterfly and rounded corners

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A porcelain inkwell with rounded corners. Painted flowers and butterflies decorate the base and the lid. The flowers are blue while the butterfly is gold.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.268

Medium and Support

porcelain, metal

relevance

rank 4.64905

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

The Terrace, Luxembourg

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

Six figures, women and girls, sit or stand in front of a balustrade. On the left side is an urn holding a plant; the upper portion of a young tree projects above the balustrade at center; in the distance on the right appears the upper portion of a building with a mansard roof

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1894

Accession Number

1954/1.448

Medium and Support

transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper

relevance

rank 4.64765

Secondary Keywords

animals

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ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

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Title

Zen eccentric contemplating a fish

Artist

Kanô Tsunenobu

Physical Description

A shabbily dressed figure holds out at arm’s length a small fish. He is completely focused on his catch, and his mouth almost seems to drool. The face, hands, and feet are sketched in a deliberately simplistic way, while the costume is drawn with only a few swift slashes of the brush, and the strokes bleed into each other.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1636 - 1713)

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 17th century - early 18th century

Accession Number

1962/1.105

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.64279

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Sea Monster

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.

Artist Life Dates

1471-1528

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1498

Accession Number

1956/1.74

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 4.63920

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This print, as the title indicates, portrays woodpeckers percehed on the side of a tree.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.25

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.62878

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Eve Tempted by the Serpent

Artist

Defendente Ferrari

Physical Description

A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.

Artist Life Dates

active 1500-1535

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1520-1525

Accession Number

1967/1.38

Medium and Support

tempera on panel

relevance

rank 4.62839

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Soaring Birds (oiseaux au fulgurant)

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

The print features two birds soaring, their beaks almost touching. They are encircled by a ring, reminiscent of a window.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1985/1.107

Medium and Support

color lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 4.62685

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Indian Bronze Ganesha

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.

Accession Number

2012/1.270

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.61407

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Title

Landscape in Ni Tsan Style

Artist

Hine Taizan

Physical Description

A lone pavilion sits among trees in the foreground. Birds flock nearby, and in the background are more trees and rocky formations. Calligraphic texts in in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1813-1869

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1867

Accession Number

1983/2.247

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on silk

relevance

rank 4.61261

Secondary Keywords

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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This brocade makes use of gold thread, creating a composite that shimmers. the warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of light blue, dark blue, yellow, mauve, silvery white, and muted green threads. Two textile fragments have been sewn into a gold background. On the left is a rectangular segment of a blue and green dragon among clouds. The right segment is a floral decoration of a variety of plants and colors, interspersed with horizontal lines.

Century

17th to 18th centuries

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.44.1

Medium and Support

silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran); Noh robe fragment, karaori (Chinese weave

relevance

rank 4.60676

Secondary Keywords

patterning

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weft patterning

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Title

Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 4#

Artist

John T. Scott

Physical Description

Two pieces of artwork consist of colorful shapes and lines.

Artist Life Dates

1940-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

2011/2.186.3-4

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

relevance

rank 4.60514

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Un Seigneur De Temps De Francois

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 28 9/10cm & rh 28 7/10cm x tw 22 3/5cm & bw 22 1/2cm. Print/japan paper size: lh 17 4/5cm & rh 18 1/10cm x tw 13 3/10cm & bw 13 2/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1798-1863

Accession Number

2008/2.378

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid Japan paper chiné colle on wove plate paper

relevance

rank 4.59989

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled [Owls]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.29

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.59877

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

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Title

Netsuke of the Daoist immortal Gama Sennin with a three-legged toad on his back

Artist

Masatsugu

Artist Life Dates

active 19th c.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2002/2.32

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 4.59877

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Title

Springtime

Artist

John Costigan

Physical Description

In the middle of a wooded setting is a woman carrying a child on her back. A few sheep surround her, with a lamb in the center left foreground. A boy stands at the right side of the composition. The trees and the clothing of the figures are mostly in shadow.

Artist Life Dates

1888-1972

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1980/2.175

Medium and Support

drypoint and etching on cream-colored paper

relevance

rank 4.59868

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Title

Garcon donnant l'avione a un cheval detele

Artist

Théodore Géricault

Physical Description

A young boy holds a grain sack for a horse, tethered to a cart, in an expansive landscape.

Artist Life Dates

1791-1824

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2011/2.207

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.59051

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg (Elderly Couple Feeding Birds)

Artist

Louis Stettner

Physical Description

An elderly couple seated on a park bench with pigeons at their feet. There is a close-up of a hand on the left hand side that is feeding a white pigeon, mid-air.

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Object Creation Date

printed 1998

Accession Number

2013/2.294

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.59016

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Mirror, Lion-and-Grape type

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

bronze mirror with highly polished surface, back side deocrated with lions and grape motif and an animal shaped knob in the center.

Century

7th-10th century

Object Creation Date

618-907

Accession Number

1958/2.74

Medium and Support

cast bronze with black patina

relevance

rank 4.58896

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Geese and Reeds (two of a pair)

Artist

Ki-hun Yang

Physical Description

A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. A goose swoops into the scene from the top left, while the neck of the grounded goose follows a graceful curve to look at the approaching bird. The swaying reeds and grass around the grounded goose add lightness to the composition. Between the two geese are three lines of calligraphy.

Artist Life Dates

(1843 - 1898)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

2009/1.488.2

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.58647

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Geese and Reeds (one of a pair)

Artist

Ki-hun Yang

Physical Description

A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. The goose is the water has its head turned to watch the descent of the goose flying in from the right. The upper left corner contains calligraphic text, and creating ripples in the water in the foreground is a goose with its head below the surface, and bottom in the air. Reeds come in from the right.

Artist Life Dates

1843-1898

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

2009/1.488.1

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.58647

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Horse and Covered Cart

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A pottery sculpture of a horse and the makings of a cart.

Century

200 B.C. - 220 A.D.

Object Creation Date

200 BCE - 220 CE

Accession Number

2011/2.180

Medium and Support

unglazed pottery

relevance

rank 4.58315

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Kubera, god of wealth, seated on a lion

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Physical Description

A miniature, cast bronze sculpture of Kubera, the god of wealth, seated sideways on a lion. Kubera sits in the lalitasana pose (the pose of royal ease, with one leg drawn up and the other relaxed); his right hand is outstretched to rest on the knee, while his left arm is akimbo and his hand rests on his hip. The base has a simple, single lotus petal design.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

2000/2.155

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 4.57851

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

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Title

Barber's basin with birds and vegetal ornament

Artist

Artist Unknown, France

Physical Description

This oval-shaped ceramic vessel features a wide, steep rim surrounding a large well in the center. The scalloped edges of the rim are cut back into a deep semicircle on one side. The rim is painted in underglaze blue and yellow with plant and floral motifs that are arranged in a whimsical, asymmetrical fashion around the edge. The well is decorated with similar vegetal motifs and two vaguely stork-like birds with long legs that confront one another on a strip of turf.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750

Accession Number

1969/2.39

Medium and Support

tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with yellow and blue underglaze

relevance

rank 4.57452

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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earthenware

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Title

Whistle (nsiba)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic

Physical Description

Two components make up this vertical whistle. The superstructure is a wooden carving of two birds that face each other, bellies touching, with a small round object between them, so that each is holding it in their beaks. The birds' talons clutch the base of the sculpture. The base has a hole in the center into which the antelope horn is pegged.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

2005/1.181

Medium and Support

wood, antelope horn

relevance

rank 4.57416

Secondary Keywords

aerophones

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Title

Plum Blossoms and Bird

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.192

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.57242

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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deciduous trees

descriptors

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Title

Monkeys by a Waterfall (pair with 1986/2.61.2)

Artist

Mori Sosen

Physical Description

Two monkeys are seen at the base of a waterfall. They are painted in soft shades of gray and sit among plants. The monkey on the right fidgits with its hands, while the other looks over its shoulder at the waterfall.

Artist Life Dates

(Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1807-1821

Accession Number

1986/2.61.1

Medium and Support

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.57065

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1815

Accession Number

2010/2.27

Medium and Support

paint on canvas

relevance

rank 4.56769

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animals and creatures

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Title

Ville d'Avray: Boatman's Pond (Evening) [Ville d'Avray: L'Etang du Batelier (Effet du Soir)]

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

The upper half of the picture is the sky, Corot's signature mark in the upper right corner. There are two trees with little foliage extending from the lower left corner up to the top of the image. To the right of those trees is the boat with a hunched figure sitting on the left side. A cow is on the other side of the boat, facing the right side of the image. There are trees with a lot of foliage in the center of the right half of the image just above the cow. There is grass all along the bottom edge of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1862

Accession Number

1949/1.86

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 4.56519

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

lacustrine bodies

landscapes (environments)

mammals

natural landscapes

objects we use

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Altar

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.359

Medium and Support

carved wood

relevance

rank 4.56016

Secondary Keywords

altars and altar components

animals and creatures

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mammals

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the natural world

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visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Hen with the Golden Eggs

Artist

Marc Chagall

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 42cm & rh 41 4/5cm x tw 33cm & bw 33 1/2cm. Plate size: h 31 1/2cm x w 25 1/2cm. Image size: lh 29 1/2cm & rh 29 2/5cm x tw 23 9/10cm & bw 23 7/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Russia, 1889-1985

Accession Number

2008/2.415

Medium and Support

etching, engraving and drypoint on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 4.55586

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

animals and creatures

birds

descriptors

egg and egg components

engraving (printing process)

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intaglio printing processes

materials

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printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

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Title

General Pedro Altamirano

Artist

Armando Morales

Physical Description

Four armed men stand in front of a building. One man is kneeling with a machine gun on a tripod. Two dogs and a horse are with them.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1927

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2011/1.96.4

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.55557

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

firearms

mammals

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people

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prints

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projectile weapons

projectile weapons with explosive propellant

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small arms by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Thailand

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

1993/2.38

Medium and Support

sandstone

relevance

rank 4.55557

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

devotional images

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Title

Scholar with Roosters

Artist

Ren Yi (Jen I)

Physical Description

This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar site with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:

Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian

There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.

Artist Life Dates

1840-1896

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860-1896

Accession Number

1987/2.67

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.54980

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

information artifacts

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information forms

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by degree of qualification

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

writing (processes)

Title

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians

Artist

Takahashi Hiroaki

Physical Description

A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.

Artist Life Dates

1871-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1921

Accession Number

1991/2.111

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 4.54869

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

costume

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physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

Title

Geese Landing on Sandbars

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.142

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 4.53985

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

animals and creatures

birds

buildings and the land

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coating by form

descriptors

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paintings

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scroll paintings

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Beauty under Cherry Blossoms

Artist

Hosoda Eishi

Physical Description

This is a portrait of a courtesan and her two attendants. The courtesan wears a red cloak with a peacock flying over peonies and a pale green color kimono with “shippô” (seven treasures) pattern. Her green obi, tied in the front, has design of red and blue clouds with gold plants. She is turning away from a viewer to show the gorgeous cloak. Her hair is sculpted in a butterfly shape on the top and has wings to the side. Tortoise-shell combs and multiple hairpins adorn the hair. Her two attendants flank the courtesan; they wear matching, dark green kimono with chrysanthemum flower design and red underkimono. Their kimono have especially long sleeves (furisode), whose openings are tied with ribbons. Their obi are in brocade and tied on their backs. Their hair is sculpted in round shape on their tops and has side wings like the courtesan. They wear silver hair accessories of cherry blossoms and tassels, long hairpins and red silk ribbons. The attendant on the left holds a battledore pad and the right attendant holds a ball. All the women wear black platform sandals. There is a cherry tree in full blossom on the right, from which some petals fall on the women and the ground. There are the artist’s signature and seal on the lower right corner. It has mounting of beige silk and two strips of floral pattern brocade on the top and bottom of the painting.

Artist Life Dates

1756-1829

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1810

Accession Number

1977/1.180

Medium and Support

ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 4.53938

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

buildings and the land

costume

costume by form

deciduous trees

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main garments

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objects we use

people

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people and culture

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people by occupation

people in service occupations

plants

prostitutes

recreational artifacts

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

youth

Title

Pipe holder in the form of Ashinaga and crab-shaped tobacco pouch

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1810-1849

Accession Number

2002/2.42

Medium and Support

bone and stag antler

relevance

rank 4.53811

Secondary Keywords

smoking and tobacco use

animal material

animals and creatures

arthropods

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

crustaceans

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equipment

equipment by context

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keratinous material

leaf (plant material)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

objects we use

plant material

tools and equipment

Title

Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)

Artist

Max Ernst

Physical Description

Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.

Artist Life Dates

1891-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1973

Accession Number

1987/1.160

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 4.53674

Secondary Keywords

amphibians

animals

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combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

copper alloy

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descriptors

european

european styles and periods

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

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modern european styles and movements

movement

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objects we use

people and culture

reptiles

reptiles and amphibians

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the natural world

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Blue-and-white jar with design of magpies, camellia & bamboo, Chongzheng era

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

17th–18th century?

Object Creation Date

1628-1644

Accession Number

1975/1.82

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting and incised designs

relevance

rank 4.53397

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

buildings and the land

ceramics

descriptors

grass (plant material)

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

object genres

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plant material

plants

pottery (object genre)

settlements and landscapes

shrubs

stoneware

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills

Physical Description

Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.

Century

late 18th century - early 19th century

Object Creation Date

late 18th century - early 19th century

Accession Number

1975/2.149

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.53239

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

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headgear

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mammals

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

La Villa Madama

Artist

Jean-François Janinet

Physical Description

This etching, in a pale blue, brown and gray color scheme, depicts an outdoor scene with a large Roman style building and several human figures in the foreground. One giant wall, with two large arches, with semi-circular apses behind, crosses the middle section of the composition from left to right. It intersects a massive building that has a series of vaulted chambers. Both structures have crumbling stonework and overgrown vegetation. There are several groups of women in the foreground on both sides of a river. Some are in the water washing laundry and some are standing with wash hanging on lines. There is a small dog on the shore.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1752 - 1814, )

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1778

Accession Number

1973/1.737

Medium and Support

etching and lavis-manner engraving printed in color on paper

relevance

rank 4.52429

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

arches and arch components

architectural elements

architecture

bridges by form

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

components

components and systems

components by specific context

landscapes (environments)

laundry

mammals

natural landscapes

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

service industry buildings

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

spanning and projecting structural elements

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

the natural world

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Hawk

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

In this painting, the hawk perches on the base of a tree, gripping the knotted bark with its talons. Its back is presented to the viewer, bringing attention the impressive patterning and feather detail. Arching its head to the right to reveal a keen awareness of its surroundings coupled with a razor sharp glare, it appears ready to take off after unsuspecting prey.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century (?)

Accession Number

1964/2.62

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.52253

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

buildings and the land

descriptors

evergreens

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inorganic material

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materials

materials by composition

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objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

plants

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

Title

Soldiers Fording a Stream

Artist

Maximillian Luce

Physical Description

An abstracted sketch drawing of a group of soldiers crossing a stream. The figures are rough outlines done in black with blue ink accents. Some soldiers are on horseback and brandishing swords, possibly as a sign to enemies on the other bank. Other soliders help one another cross the water on foot.

Artist Life Dates

1858 - 1941

Object Creation Date

1875-1941

Accession Number

2009/1.506

Medium and Support

ink and graphite on paper

relevance

rank 4.51991

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

edged weapons

landscapes (environments)

mammals

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

riverine bodies

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weapons

weapons and ammunition

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 4.51991

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

armed conflicts

associated concepts

earth sciences concepts

events

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1997/2.18

Medium and Support

lacquered wood with red and gold

relevance

rank 4.50885

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

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people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

sculpture

sculpture by function

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

A Group of Strolling Peasants

Artist

Saverio della Gatta

Physical Description

This watercolor depicts a group of three children, three adult females, two adult males, and one small dog. An adult male plays a string instrument on the far left side, and an adult female sits on the lower right side; the rest stand. All the figures wear vividly colored clothes.

Artist Life Dates

1777-1811

Object Creation Date

1777-1811

Accession Number

2009/1.528

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 4.50730

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

farmers

mammals

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

scientists and people in science-related occupations

Title

Begin the Beguine

Artist

Max Beckmann

Physical Description

Interior composition with male and female dancers positioned at center with seated female at lower left, standing male on crutches at right and a group of birds in the leftmost background.

Artist Life Dates

1884-1950

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1946

Accession Number

1948/1.103

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 4.50655

Secondary Keywords

amputation

animals

animals and creatures

arts

arts and related disciplines

buildings and the land

disciplines

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

european

european styles and periods

genres

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modern and contemporary art

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tools and equipment