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Title

Vue prise en Normandie

Artist

Jules Dupre

Physical Description

Paper size: h 20 2/5cm x w 27 3/10cm. Image Size: h 13 4/5cm x w 20 7/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

(1811 - 1889)

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2008/2.450

Medium and Support

lithograph on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 6.54197

Secondary Keywords

image form

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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 6.52322

Secondary Keywords

animals

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vegetation and vegetation components

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ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

œle-de-france (region)

Title

Acropolis from the East, Athens

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An aerial view image of the Athenan Acropolis taken from the east.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/2.56

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.47255

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Portrait of Arnold Schönberg

Artist

Felix Albrecht Harta

Physical Description

Minimal line drawing presents a 3/4 profile of man, with right ear, a tuft of hair, mouth, nose, full right eye, partial left eye, eyebrows, eye lashes, and minimal chin.

Artist Life Dates

(1884 - 1967)

Century

20th century

Accession Number

2007/2.112

Medium and Support

graphite on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 6.44672

Secondary Keywords

image form

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austria (nation)

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Title

Volvo, near Newgrange Tumulus, Slane, County Meath, Ireland (R6), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"

Artist

Patrick Nagatani

Physical Description

Car under excavation at a golf course.

Artist Life Dates

born 1945

Object Creation Date

1987; printed 2001

Accession Number

2012/2.136

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.42938

Secondary Keywords

course sports

europe (continent)

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

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passenger vehicles

people and culture

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transportation vehicles

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Title

The Good Thief on the Cross

Artist

Artist Unknown, School of Kalkar, Germany

Physical Description

A bearded man, wearing a loincloth and a long trailing headband, hangs from a cross by his arms, which have split open beneath the ropes that bind them. His left leg hangs downward and passes behind his right foot, which perches precariously on a forked branch. He strains to his left and gazes upward with his mouth open in a tortured movement augmented by the dramatic sweeps of drapery that frame his torso.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1520

Accession Number

1976/1.233

Medium and Support

walnut with polychrome

relevance

rank 6.41121

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by form

europe (continent)

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main garments for the lower body

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

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Title

Boulevard Montmartre

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Physical Description

This lithograph is printed in black ink on a rose-colored chine collé paper. It depicts a wide Parisian boulevard as though seen from above at a distance. Large trees and buildings line either side of the street. Vehicles and pedestrians, many of whom appear to hold umbrellas, people the scene.

Artist Life Dates

1830-1903

Object Creation Date

circa 1899

Accession Number

2012/2.213

Medium and Support

lithograph on rose Ingres chine appliqué laid down on medium white wove paper

relevance

rank 6.37893

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

œle-de-france (region)

Title

Ford Woody, near Entrance to Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France (R21), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"

Artist

Patrick Nagatani

Physical Description

Car under excavation outside the entrance to Lasxaux Cave, Dordgone, France.

Artist Life Dates

born 1945

Object Creation Date

1994; printed 2001

Accession Number

2012/2.151

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.37045

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

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europe (continent)

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

geographic and political locations

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

passenger vehicles

sites

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Mourning Virgin from Crucifixion group

Artist

Artist Unknown, Spain or Belgium

Physical Description

This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1450-1500

Accession Number

1975/2.197

Medium and Support

wood, paint and gilding

relevance

rank 6.36878

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

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descriptors

emotion

europe (continent)

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spain (nation)

surface covering processes and techniques

Title

Agfa, Berlin, 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A man in uniform and heavy coat looks to his right as he stands posed next to a broken sign and broken mannequins in the rubble-filled street of Berlin.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.77

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.35943

Secondary Keywords

equipment

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photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

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positives

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Rue Des Toiles a Bourges

Artist

Charles Meryon

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 26 7/10cm & rh 26 2/5cm x tw 17 1/2cm & bw 17 9/10cm. Plate size: h 22 3/10cm x tw 11 1/2cm & bw 11/3/5cm. Image size: rh 20 7/10cm & lh 20 4/5cm x tw 11 1/2cm & bw 11 3/5cm.

Accession Number

2008/2.385

Medium and Support

etching on brown wove paper

relevance

rank 6.35102

Secondary Keywords

centre (region)

cher (department)

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Title

Montrichard in May

Artist

Samuel Chamberlain

Physical Description

Eight distinct trees are shown in the foreground, with a house visible through the trees in the background. The trees are tall and skinny, with tufts of leaves in regular intervals up their trunks. Two trees on the left are thicker and darker. One tree sweeps diagonally across the composition. Two trees on the right of the page cross in the middle of their trunks.

Artist Life Dates

1895-1975

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1926

Accession Number

1954/1.95

Medium and Support

drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 6.29241

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

dwellings

europe (continent)

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modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

plants

residential structures

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An angled aerial image of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/2.58

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.27387

Secondary Keywords

image form

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dwellings

europe (continent)

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houses

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official residences

residential structures

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views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

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Title

Eiffel Tower

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A black and white photo of the area beneath the Eiffel Tower. A shadow from an arch covers most of the ground. A crowd of people stand beneath the tower.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Object Creation Date

1929

Accession Number

2011/2.166

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.26019

Secondary Keywords

color

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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 6.24383

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

bible

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europe (continent)

food

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old testament

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Title

Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi's Lapides Capitolini (1762)

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Physical Description

Large double-folio print, with fold marks. Contains various monuments and their text from ancient Rome. Title plate beneath print indicates that the fragments were from ancient Rome and found in various ancient ruins, with the exception of fragment XLIX, currently (at time of print) in the collection of the Collegio Romano, a building then housing the Jesuits' Rome seminary.

Print is patched. Separate plate marks are visible between image and inscription. The image is patched from four segments, while the text below is patched from two segments. Paper bears no watermark. Folio fold marks are noted on copy in file. Large text portions read as follows:

Inscription 1 (in image plate, center): senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita)

Inscription 2 (in separate text plate attached at bottom): Lapides Capitolini / Sive Fastorum fragmenta, quos Verrius Flaccus, Caii et Lucii, Augusti Nepotum, praeceptor ase dispositos in inferiore fori parte conlocaverat, nunc primum edita prout cermuntur in Capitolio servata / nempe characteris et Lapidum forma, additis ad ornatum degantioribus aliquot veteribus sigillis, et anaglyplus / Fragmentum XLIX in Collegio Romano Patrum Societatis Jesu adservatum

Artist Life Dates

Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1762

Accession Number

2007/2.117

Medium and Support

engraving, printed in black ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.22521

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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roma (province)

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Title

The Discovery of Mars and Venus

Artist

Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert

Physical Description

A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

active 1602-1621

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1602-1621

Accession Number

1969/2.158

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 6.21711

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Sheet of Studies of Hands

Artist

Artist Unknown, Italy

Physical Description

Eight hands and wrists, some male others female, are arrayed across this sheet in various gestures.

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2009/1.481

Medium and Support

engraving printed in sepia ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.16663

Secondary Keywords

arms

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Title

Ornament

Artist

Hans Sebald Beham

Physical Description

This small print depicts an ornamental pattern composed of curled acanthus leaves and spiralling vines terminating in flowers or buds. The plant ornament forms a symmetrical pattern around a central motif inscribed with the initials "HSB," which are conjoined. This motif is framed by two horn-shaped containers that end in monsters' heads.

Artist Life Dates

1500-1550

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1960/2.26

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 6.15847

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

descriptors

design elements

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Title

Dish

Artist

Artist Unknown, Italy

Physical Description

This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1500-1525

Accession Number

1969/2.38

Medium and Support

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting

relevance

rank 6.11842

Secondary Keywords

ceramics

containers

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containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

design elements

earthenware

europe (continent)

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perugia (province)

pottery (object genre)

scrollwork

umbria (region)

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Sheet of Figure Studies

Artist

Pietro Testa

Physical Description

This sheet contains studies of fourteen figures in various stages of elaboration. Several of the figures are represented standing while gazing upward, including a man with an outstretched arm on the left edge of the sheet, a woman standing before a column near the center, and a man with a cross over his shoulder in the upper right corner. Two summarily sketched seated figures in the lower left corner appear to develop ideas for a similar figure placed at the foot of a column in a more detailed study near the middle of the sheet. In the upper left quadrant of the sheet appears a monk kneeling beneath a tree with a figure holding a staff standing behind him. Marked off by an octagonal frame along the lower edge is a seated female figure pointing upward with her right hand and holding a globe in her left.

Artist Life Dates

(Lucca, Italy, 1612 - 1650, Rome, Italy)

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1635-1640

Accession Number

2008/2.199.4

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.10482

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

drawing and drawing techniques

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

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information artifacts by physical form

information forms

italy (nation)

lazio (region)

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roma (province)

visual works

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visual works by subject type

Title

Italian Landscape (Paysage d' Italie)

Artist

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Physical Description

The right two-thirds of the image is filled with tree foliage from 6 distinguishable trees. One of those trees is on the far right edge separated from the others with faint drawing of a church-like structure in between them. Two figures sit in the lower left side of the image, one of them has arm outstretched towards the trees and buildings.

Artist Life Dates

1796-1875

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

2008/2.437

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on cream calendered laid paper

relevance

rank 6.09478

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

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plants

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processes and techniques

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settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Leaf from a Gradual with St. Lawrence

Artist

Ludovico de Gaci

Physical Description

This leaf from a manuscript contains seven lines of Latin text with musical notation. The initial letter, "C," of the opening word "Confessio" is made from a curved vegetal form. The text is preceded by a painted miniature in a circular frame that is, in turn, enclosed by a golden square. The miniature depicts a man with a tonsure and a golden halo standing in a verdant landscape. He holds a palm leaf in his left hand and rests his right hand on a grill. The left and upper margins of the page are decorated with green and pink leaves and flowers and small gold circles.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1489

Accession Number

1986/2.85

Medium and Support

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

relevance

rank 6.07226

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

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barriers and barrier elements

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document genres by conditions of production

document genres by function

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geographic and political locations

information forms

italy (nation)

liturgical texts

lombardy (region)

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious texts

Title

Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed

Artist

Jan Joest

Physical Description

Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.

Artist Life Dates

1455-1460 - 1519

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1500-1519

Accession Number

1973/2.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel, mounted on panel

relevance

rank 6.06275

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

disciples

equipment

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europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

measuring devices

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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percussive weapons

religious visual works

reptiles

shaping and guiding equipment

shaping and guiding tools

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by function

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Moon over Lausanne

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

Three figures stand in the bottom left corner. The image is mostly tan and light blue except very dark in the center. The blue horizon line is in the top third of the image stretching from a cityscape on the left side to a sweeping hill on the right side. There is a small moon in the middle at the very top of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1836

Accession Number

1991/2.72

Medium and Support

watercolor and graphite on paper

relevance

rank 6.05783

Secondary Keywords

downward

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buildings and the land

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natural landscapes

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paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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Title

Teichos Dymaion, Greece

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An aerial view of the remains of a hilltop settlement in Teichos Dymaion, Greece.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/2.55

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 6.05029

Secondary Keywords

image form

upward

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europe (continent)

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natural landscapes

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settlements and landscapes

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views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

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Title

Rade de Bordeaux

Artist

Maxime Lalanne

Physical Description

This black and white etching depicts a winter scene along a harbor. A line of many boats with high masts separates the water from the land at a diagonal from the lower right corner up to the center of the horizon line. On the left side of the horizon line there is a row of tall buildings. On the left and center in the mid-ground are crowds of figures and horse-drawn carriages along the snowy shore. The upper two-thirds of the composition are devoted to the lightly crosshatched sky.

Artist Life Dates

1827-1886

Object Creation Date

1868

Accession Number

2012/2.194

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.01687

Secondary Keywords

aquitaine (region)

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by location

buildings and the land

coastline bodies of water

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france (nation)

geographic and political locations

gironde (department)

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

seasons

settlements and landscapes

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Study of a Standing Male Nude

Artist

Gaetano Gandolfi

Physical Description

A nude, muscular man, seen from behind, leans upon his left leg, which is propped on a rock. He grasps a stick for support with his left hand, while bending his torso to the right and looking downward. The lighting and colors vaguely suggest an outdoor environment.

Artist Life Dates

(1728 - 1781)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1760-1780

Accession Number

2008/2.199.2

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.96847

Secondary Keywords

bologna (province)

descriptors

emilia-romagna (region)

europe (continent)

figures (representations)

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italy (nation)

objects we use

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people

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Title

The Steps, Luxembourg Gardens

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A broad set of steps leading up to a tree-lined terrace are the main features of this work. Figures on the terrace and a sculpture of putti supporting an urn or pot are visible at the top of the stairs; in the left foreground, a woman and little girl are climbing the stairs.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1893

Accession Number

1954/1.437

Medium and Support

transfer lithograph with stumping on wove paper

relevance

rank 5.96782

Secondary Keywords

agricultural complexes

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Title

Lamborghini, Otztaler Alps, Italy (R10), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"

Artist

Patrick Nagatani

Physical Description

A car under excavation in a river bank. The car is underwater.

Artist Life Dates

born 1945

Object Creation Date

1987; printed 2001

Accession Number

2012/2.140

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.94920

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican

Artist

Taddeo Zuccaro

Physical Description

This drawing depicts two addorsed female figures reclining on a triangular slope. The women are partly clothed, and the one on the left wears an elephant-shaped headpiece. Between their shoulders appears a blank escutcheon held by two putti. Nude men in the background strain to hold back piles of objects that include shields and spears.

Artist Life Dates

(1529 - 1566)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1564

Accession Number

1966/1.93

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with brown wash on buff paper

relevance

rank 5.94491

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sortie de la Maison Cochin

Artist

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 25 4/5cm & rh 25 9/10cm x tw 33 2/5cm & bw 33 1/2cm. Plate size: lh 15 1/2cm & rh 15 7/10cm x w 24cm. Image size: h 14cm w 23cm.

Accession Number

2008/2.393

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 5.94172

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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descriptors

engraving (printing process)

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ville de paris, dèpartement de (department)

œle-de-france (region)

Title

View of the Fortifications at Gennep on the Maas River

Artist

Salomon van Ruysdael

Physical Description

The low horizon used in this landscape painting creates a sense of expansive sky and flat terrain, which is divided equally between river and land. Figures and animals engage in variety of activities on the riverbank and in boats, including fishing and ferrying cargo and animals. Silhouetted against the vast sky stands a fortress on a spur of land with an orange flag flying from its tower. The opposite bank is visible in the distance as a dark broken line across the shining stretch of water.

Artist Life Dates

c.1602-1670

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1665

Accession Number

2000/2.2

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.92972

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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europe (continent)

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watercraft by general type

Title

Olympia, Greece

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An aerial view of the ruins at Olympia in Greece.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/2.65

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.92972

Secondary Keywords

image form

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visual works

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Title

Architectural ceiling boss with two dragons, probably from the Church of St. Andrews at Cullompton

Artist

Artist Unknown, England

Physical Description

Two rampant dragons with open wings, wide flared tails and red-painted eyes stand facing one another with a large plant form held between them.

Century

15th Century

Object Creation Date

circa 1430

Accession Number

1968/2.46

Medium and Support

wood with red polychrome

relevance

rank 5.86423

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Andernache

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

Line drawing that extends from upper left corner and down diagonally. Bottom Left corner has handwritten note that says " Andernache."

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1844

Accession Number

1983/2.238

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 5.86303

Secondary Keywords

upward

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europe (continent)

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Title

Bentley, Stonehedge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England (R5), from "The Ryoichi Excavations"

Artist

Patrick Nagatani

Physical Description

Stonehedge in the background with a car being excavated from underground in the foreground. There are ropes around the site.

Artist Life Dates

born 1945

Object Creation Date

1987; printed 2001

Accession Number

2012/2.135

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.85207

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

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shovels

tools and equipment

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vehicles

Title

Berlin is Taken, May 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Taken Berlin. In the foreground is a cannon while in the back hollowed-out buildings burn.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.80

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.84410

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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projectile weapons with explosive propellant

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small arms by form

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visual works by medium or technique

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Title

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

Artist

Joos van Cleve

Physical Description

St. John the Evangelist sits in the foreground with a book open on his knee and quill pen poised over its pages. Two books rest next to him and an eagle has alighted on an adjacent rock. St. John looks up and to his right to see a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who appear in a glowing mandorla hovering in the sky. A vast panoramic view of a bustling harbor and formidable mountains unfolds behind St. John and extends into the distance.

Artist Life Dates

active 1511 - 1540/1541

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1525

Accession Number

1958/2.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel, mounted on panel

relevance

rank 5.83644

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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religions and religious concepts

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visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Luxembourg

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

The top third of the landscape image is the sky with two tower-structures silhouetted on the far right side. There is a structure in the middle of the image with a bridge connecting the cliffs. The bottom right corner of the image is darker and more blue than the rest.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1839

Accession Number

1991/2.73

Medium and Support

watercolor and gouache on blue paper

relevance

rank 5.83237

Secondary Keywords

downward

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Title

Roma, The Arch of Titus

Artist

Luigi Kasimir

Physical Description

Etching depicting the Arch of Titus in Rome (Roma). The etching is colored, possibly after the image had already been printed. The perspective of the image is one from the ground level looking directly through the arch to the buildings on the other side.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1881, active 1905-1925

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

2009/2.96

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 5.82370

Secondary Keywords

arches and arch components

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Title

Architectural ceiling boss with four faces, probably from the Church of St. Andrew at Cullompton

Artist

Artist Unknown, England

Physical Description

This ceiling boss features four faces with traces of paint that are arranged in a radial pattern with the crowns of their heads converging on a single, central point. Two of the faces are female, identifiable by the wimples worn on their heads, while the other two, wearing small pointed caps and sporting beards, are male. The symmetrical regularity of the piece is counterbalanced by subtle asymmetries introduced by differences in detail and the sequence of facial types.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1430

Accession Number

1968/2.47

Medium and Support

wood with polychrome

relevance

rank 5.81761

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)

Artist

Neri di Bicci

Physical Description

The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.

Artist Life Dates

1418-1492

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1475

Accession Number

1942.6

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on wood

relevance

rank 5.80378

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

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europe (continent)

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tuscany (region)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sugar Caster (one of a pair)

Artist

Monogrammist CO

Physical Description

This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.

Artist Life Dates

active 1739-1742

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1739

Accession Number

1966/2.5

Medium and Support

silver

relevance

rank 5.80051

Secondary Keywords

casters (vessels)

condiment vessels

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descriptors

design elements

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Title

Sugar Caster (one of a pair)

Artist

Monogrammist CO

Physical Description

This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.

Artist Life Dates

active 1739-1742

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1739

Accession Number

1966/2.6

Medium and Support

silver

relevance

rank 5.80051

Secondary Keywords

casters (vessels)

condiment vessels

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Title

Domodossola

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

This small watercolor depicts a city square viewed through the arches of an arcade. A small group clusters next to one of the columns in the foreground, and a few other figures are scattered about the square along with a man leading a horse and cart.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.3

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 5.79683

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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europe (continent)

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paintings

paintings by material or technique

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vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Mourning Virgin and holy women (fragment of a Crucifixion from a portable altarpiece)

Artist

Embriachi Workshop, Venice, Italy

Physical Description

This carved bone sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary raising her right hand in a gesture of grief while her head is bent in mourning. A similar female figure, holding her hands clasped before her, appears in profile behind the Virgin, and another female figure stands to the left. Behind the mourning women the pointed helmets worn by two soldiers may be discerned.

Century

14th-15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1400

Accession Number

1976/2.102

Medium and Support

bone

relevance

rank 5.79627

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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descriptors

europe (continent)

events

executions

geographic and political locations

italy (nation)

materials

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religious visual works

sculpture

sculpture by technique

veneto (region)

venezia (province)

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Annunciation

Artist

Artist Unknown, Antwerp School, Belgium

Physical Description

An angel, holding a scepter in his left hand and making a gesture of speech with his right, interrupts the Virgin at her reading. She kneels on the floor and rests her left hand on an open book placed atop a lectern. A vase with a flowering lily sits on the floor between the angel and the Virgin and a small white dove encircled by a halo hovers between them. The scene unfolds within an elaborate and richly decorated interior that includes a chair and canopied bed in the background.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1520

Accession Number

1992/1.135

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 5.77118

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

antwerpen (province)

associated concepts

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Title

Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough

Artist

Joshua Reynolds

Physical Description

A young man leans against a stone ledge and gazes to his right. He wears a slate blue jacket with a white collar and cuffs and has a matching mantle. He casually hooks a finger of his left hand in the hilt of a sword that hangs at his waist. A plain stone column immediately behind the sitter creates a near silhouette of the shadowed side of his face. A hazy sky fills the background.

Artist Life Dates

1723-1792

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1759

Accession Number

2001/2.128

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.75867

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

aristocrats

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components

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geographic and political locations

greater london (metropolitan area)

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

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people (agents)

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people by state or condition

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

united kingdom (nation)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Bay of Naples

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

Three figures stand in a wooded clearing in the foreground of this small watercolor. A view opens out in the middle ground over a bay with a city descending from the adjacent hills to the water. A volcano smolders in the distance on the opposite side of the bay, a thick plume of smoke rising from its peak.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.2

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 5.73143

Secondary Keywords

scale

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coastline bodies of water

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by formation process

landscapes (environments)

magmatic landforms

natural landscapes

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

settlements

settlements and landscapes

settlements by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique