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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

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

A Han Dynasty Envoy Navigating on a Tree-Raft

Artist

Yu Zhiding (Yü Chih-ting)

Physical Description

This is a dense but muted landscape painting. The lines are very well defined. The colors consit of muted greens and browns, with a bid of red in some places. There is a river flowing through the center of the painting, running down the landscape and toward the viewer. There is a figure sitting on a gnarled tree-raft towards the bottom left of the painting, with another figure looking upon the scene from the opposite bank of the river. There are ornate buildings present toward the top of the panting. The viewer can see a lone figure in an interior covered by stylized clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1647 - circa 1705

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1696

Accession Number

1985/2.30

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

buildings and the land

components of bodies of water

displacement vessels

dwellings

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

mammals

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

residential structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

surface craft

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by displacement

watercraft by operating environment

watercraft by specific type

woody plants

Title

A Hungarian Horseman (From a series of 11 prints, 'Cavaliers nègres, polonais et

Artist

Stefano della Bella

Artist Life Dates

1610-1664

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1651

Accession Number

1953/1.43

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

mammals

the natural world

Title

A Killing of Elk

Artist

Laton Alton Huffman

Artist Life Dates

1854-1931

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1875

Accession Number

1983/2.54

Medium and Support

colotype print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

how we live

landscapes

mammals

objects

people and occupations

plants

rites of passage

the natural world

woods

Title

A Killing of Elk

Artist

Laton Alton Huffman

Artist Life Dates

1854-1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1854-1931

Accession Number

1983/2.75

Medium and Support

colotype print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

how we live

landscapes

mammals

modern and contemporary art

objects

people and occupations

plants

rites of passage

the natural world

woods

Title

A Landscape, with Peasants and Cattle

Artist

Richard Earlom

Artist Life Dates

1743-1822

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1776

Accession Number

1930.9

Medium and Support

mezzotint on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

family

geography

how we live

mammals

people and occupations

plants

relationships

the natural world

Title

A Mill

Artist

David Lucas

Artist Life Dates

1802-1881

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1830

Accession Number

1953/1.72

Medium and Support

mezzotint on laid India paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

atmospheric effects

men

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

waterscapes

Title

A Monhegan Fish-house

Artist

Warren Lombard

Artist Life Dates

1855-1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927

Accession Number

1940.42

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

houses

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

waterscapes

Title

A Nobleman from the Time of Francis I (Un Seigneur du temps de François ler)

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Artist Life Dates

1798-1863

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833

Accession Number

1953/2.24

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

figures

mammals

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

A Pair of Camels

Artist

Mori Tetsuzan (Tessan)

Artist Life Dates

1775-1841

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of the 19th century

Accession Number

1986/1.164

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

asia

asian

forms

genres

locality

making art

mammals

the natural world

Title

A Pair of Nesting Doves

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Huet

Artist Life Dates

1745-1811

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1772

Accession Number

1958/2.56

Medium and Support

ink with watercolor

Secondary Keywords

animals

nests

the natural world

Title

A Rake's Progress. Plate IV (Goes to Court)

Artist

William Hogarth

Artist Life Dates

1697-1764

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1735

Accession Number

1962/1.110

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on paper

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on arms or hands

animals

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

handwear

mammals

objects

objects we use

the natural world

transportation

vehicles

vessels

Title

A Reclining Lion

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Huet

Artist Life Dates

1745-1811

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1745-1811

Accession Number

1959/2.37

Medium and Support

red chalk and gray ink wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

figures

mammals

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

A SKETCH BOOK by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC / Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago / Introduction by Carl O. Schniewind / CURT VALENTIN NEW YORK 1952

Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist Life Dates

1864-1901

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1952

Accession Number

1953/1.23

Medium and Support

facsimile on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

figures

mammals

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

sketches

the natural world

Title

A Sketch in the Island of Anglesea (Verso: pencil and watercolor sketches)

Artist

George Cruikshank

Artist Life Dates

1782-1878

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1820

Accession Number

1969/2.99

Medium and Support

hand-colored etching, watercolor and pencil on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

european

european styles and periods

horsemen

mammals

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

Title

A Spanish Mounted Knight Breaking Short Spears with the Help of Assistants, from

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artist Life Dates

1746-1828

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1746-1828

Accession Number

1987/1.373

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

mammals

the natural world

Title

A Square - Ronda, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 45, January, 1914"

Artist

J. Craig Annan

Artist Life Dates

1864 - 1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1914

Accession Number

2000/2.143.7

Medium and Support

photogravure on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

mammals

multiple-seating furniture

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

seating furniture

the natural world

Title

A Summerland

Artist

David Lucas

Artist Life Dates

1802-1881

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1831

Accession Number

1954/1.304

Medium and Support

mezzotint on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

atmospheric effects

landscapes

mammals

man

people and occupations

plants

suns

the natural world

Title

A Traveller Stopt at a Widow's Gate

Artist

George Cruikshank

Artist Life Dates

1782-1878

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1983/1.126

Medium and Support

pen, ink, brush, wash and graphite

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

business and industry

european

european styles and periods

houses

mammals

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

people and occupations

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

windmills

Title

A Traveller Stopt at a Widow's Gate

Artist

George Cruikshank

Artist Life Dates

1782-1878

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1782-1878

Accession Number

1983/1.127

Medium and Support

color etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

architecture

business and industry

european

european styles and periods

mammals

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

people and occupations

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

text-based art

the natural world

windmills

Title

A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

Physical Description

This work is a double-sided page from a bound album. The painting, depicting a Hindu ascetic walking with his dog in a pastoral landscape, has been placed in a border, decorated with a floral scroll painted in gold on a blue or pale orange ground; a similar border surrounds a calligraphy panel on the reverse side. The border and the calligraphy panel are both somewhat later in date than the painting itself.

The painting of the ascetic and his dog is pasted onto an album page. It is surrounded by a series of gold floral borders alternating blue and saffron-colored backgrounds. Wearing a brown poncho-like garment and carrying a fan in his right hand and a bag of his belongings, the lead attached to his white dog, and some tools in his left, he strides through the landscape. He wears sandals and has long brown matted locks of hair and a graying beard. The landscape consists of intersecting rounded forms in shades of green and yellow, surmounted by trees along the top and with a larger blue-foliaged tree to the right near the horizon. At the bottom a diagonal of yellowish rise of land with clumps of grass suggests some depth and a foreground, but the figure is quite flat in the middle ground.

On the back of the page is a Panel of calligraphy consisting of a quatrain in Shah Jahan's handwriting signed "Sultân Khurram [his given name before he took the name Shah Jahan upon becoming emperor" and dated 1020/1611-12. This is also surrounded by elaborate borders.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1969/2.175

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

books by internal form

buildings and the land

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landscapes (environments)

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

settlements and landscapes

Title

Abstract Circles

Artist

Fukui Ryonosuke

Physical Description

This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.

Artist Life Dates

1924-1986

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2010/2.33

Medium and Support

color print on paper

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animals and creatures

arthropods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Achilles and Hector

Artist

Hans Sebald Beham

Physical Description

This engraving depicts a frieze-like arrangement of figures in horizontal format. Two central figures are engaged in a duel on horseback. Several other nude male figures are engaged in battle throughout the composition. The artist's monogram is placed in the upper left corner of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1500-1550

Object Creation Date

1518-1530

Accession Number

2012/2.195

Medium and Support

engraving on medium laid paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

armed conflicts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

events

figures (representations)

genres in the arts

literary, oral and motion picture genres

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Acteon, Plate VI, from "The Brunidor Portfolio No. One"

Artist

Kurt Seligmann

Artist Life Dates

1900-1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1947

Accession Number

1947/2.15

Medium and Support

etching on Strathmore Rhododendron Cover

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animal material

animal material by form or function

animals

descriptors

dogs

genres

iconography

mammals

materials

materials by origin

modern and contemporary art

movement

skeleton and skeleton components

the natural world

Title

Actualités. 4th series: Emotion du Docteur Véron...

Artist

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Artist Life Dates

1808-1879

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1852

Accession Number

1954/1.100

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

clothing

mammals

man

objects

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

the natural world

Title

Adoration of the Magi

Artist

Jan Erasmus Quellinus

Physical Description

This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.

Artist Life Dates

1634-1715

Century

17th - 18th century

Object Creation Date

1634-1715

Accession Number

1963/2.44

Medium and Support

oil on paper mounted on canvas

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

associated concepts

clergy

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

headgear

mammals

monarchs

objects we use

oil paintings

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in government and administration

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

religions

religions and religious concepts

rulers (people)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

zoroastrian clergy

Title

Adoration of the Magi

Artist

Giovanni Batttista Tiepolo

Artist Life Dates

(Venice, 1696 - 1770, Madrid)

Century

18th Century

Object Creation Date

circa 1745

Accession Number

1960/2.50

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

bible

holy figures and saints

mammals

new testament

religion

subject matter

the natural world

Title

Adoration of the Magi, from 'The Life of the Virgin', in the manner of Lucas van

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1594

Accession Number

1976/1.229

Medium and Support

engraving on ivory laid paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

architecture

bible

holy figures and saints

jesus christ

mammals

new testament

people and occupations

religion

stars

subject matter

the natural world

Title

After the Buffalo Run, North Montana

Artist

Laton Alton Huffman

Artist Life Dates

1854-1931

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1879

Accession Number

1983/2.70

Medium and Support

colotype print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

how we live

landscapes

mammals

rites of passage

the natural world

Title

After the Chase, North Montana

Artist

Laton Alton Huffman

Artist Life Dates

1854-1931

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1882

Accession Number

1983/2.69

Medium and Support

colotype print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

how we live

landscapes

mammals

rites of passage

the natural world

Title

Agate snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.30

Medium and Support

agate and glass

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

objects we use

Title

Agate snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780-1880

Accession Number

1980/2.20

Medium and Support

agate, nephrite and ivory

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

legendary creatures

mammals

objects we use

Title

Agate snuff bottle with image of lion and ball

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1880

Accession Number

1980/2.16

Medium and Support

agate and glass

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

mammals

objects we use

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

sports and athletic equipment

Title

Air, from The Four Elements

Artist

Jan van de Velde

Artist Life Dates

active 1593-1641

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1620

Accession Number

1994/2.41

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on thin, slightly textured off-white laid paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

atmospheric effects

hunting

mammals

objects

plants

the natural world

transportation

vehicles

Title

Album of Letters and Sketches, with Poet Portrait as frontispiece (28 pages)

Artist

Sakai Hôitsu

Physical Description

An album of 28 pages. Cover is brown with a faded image at the center, possibly of leaves on an off-white background. The inside of the album primarily contains hand-written text, though some of the text has faded images in the background, and some of the pages are completely images. The first page depicts a seated man in formal attire. and across from him is a seperate painting of a landscape with green mountains. Other images contained within are of various topics with various colors and styles.

Artist Life Dates

1761-1828

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1828

Accession Number

1968/2.55

Medium and Support

album, ink, color and gold leaf on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

artistic concepts

asia

asian

associated concepts

business and industry

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

descriptors

forms

genres

geography

inorganic material

locality

making art

mammals

materials

materials by composition

mine

musical instruments

objects

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

sketches

text-based art

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Allegorical Representation of 'America'

Artist

Maarten de Vos

Artist Life Dates

1532-1603

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1594-1600

Accession Number

1960/2.24

Medium and Support

pen and black ink with ink wash on cream-colored paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

feathers

genres

locality

mammals

objects

plants

severed heads

the natural world

Title

Allegorical Scene

Artist

Anonymous Flemish or French?

Century

Late 17th or early 18th century

Object Creation Date

1675-1725

Accession Number

1970/2.97

Medium and Support

red chalk

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

figures

genres

mammals

mythology

objects

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

Allegory

Artist

Pierre Brébiette

Artist Life Dates

1598 - circa 1650

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1598 - c. 1650

Accession Number

1930.5

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

descriptors

design elements

figure- and animal-derived motifs

figures

genres

mammals

motifs

mythology

objects

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

Title

Allegory Presented to M and Mme Cuisy on Their Wedding Anniversary, July 30, 176

Artist

Gilles Demarteau

Artist Life Dates

1729-1776

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1722-1776

Accession Number

1969/2.71

Medium and Support

crayon manner engraving on off-white laid paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

anniversary

descriptors

design elements

figure- and animal-derived motifs

figures

genres

mammals

motifs

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

Allegory Referring to the Victory over the Turks by King Louis

Artist

Anonymous French

Artist Life Dates

()

Century

Late 17th century

Object Creation Date

1675-1699

Accession Number

1960/1.130

Medium and Support

graphite, red chalk, pen and bistre ink

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

associated concepts

birds

drapery

europe

figures

genres

idea

locality

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

political figures

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

royalty

the natural world

Title

Alma's House

Artist

Frederic Steele

Artist Life Dates

1873-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1931

Accession Number

1940.220

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

grasses

houses

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

plants

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

waterscapes

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

Secondary Keywords

altars and altar components

animals and creatures

architectural elements

architectural elements by building type

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

mammals

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

religious building fixtures

sculpture

sculpture by technique

sheep

the natural world

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Amoenissimae Effigies. Plate 11. Zu Speier.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist Life Dates

1607-1677

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635

Accession Number

1950/1.186

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

atmospheric effects

geography

mammals

objects

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Amoenissimae Effigies. Plate 17. Zu Cîllen

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist Life Dates

1607-1677

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635

Accession Number

1950/1.192

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

business and industry

cityscapes

mammals

plants

the natural world

waterscapes

windmills

Title

Amorini and Monkeys in a Trellis Work Pavilion

Artist

Claude Gillot

Artist Life Dates

1673-1722

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1961/1.171

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and brown and black inks with gray wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

descriptors

design elements

fantasy

figure- and animal-derived motifs

figures

mammals

man on horseback

motifs

people and occupations

the natural world

Title

An Incident

Artist

Joseph Shapiro

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1939

Accession Number

1943.122

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

birds

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

figures

how we live

mercantile buildings

modern and contemporary art

objects

organizations

people and occupations

plants

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

streets

the natural world

transportation

vehicles

Title

An Urn Decorated with a Classical Relief, Two Seated Figures, and Rams' Heads Su

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 18th century

Accession Number

1959/2.47

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

figures

mammals

objects

people and occupations

plants

sheep

study

the natural world

vessels

Title

An Urn Decorated with a Mascaron, Rams' Heads Supporting a Garland between Shells, and Cloven Hoofs for Feet

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 18th century

Accession Number

1959/2.52

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

biological components

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

mammals

materials

materials by composition

objects

sheep

shell and shell material

study

the human body

the natural world

upper body

vessels

Title

An Urn Decorated with Rosettes and Eagles Holding in their Beaks the Tails of Me

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 18th century

Accession Number

1959/2.43

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

birds

figures

mermaids

objects

people and occupations

plants

study

the natural world

vessels

Title

An Urn Decorated with Two Female Figures Seated on Rams' Heads and Stretching Op

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 18th century

Accession Number

1959/2.45

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

child

faces

mammals

objects

people and occupations

putto

sheep

study

the natural world

vessels