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- Title
- Mouse Oracle Pot with lid (lid)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.60.2
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- mice
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- religious figures
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Bestiaire. XI. La Peur
- Artist
- André Masson
- Artist Life Dates
- (Balagny, Oise, France, 1896 - 1987, Paris, France)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.45
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- faces
- figures
- groups
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- people and occupations
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of Mother's profile
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.14
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of hand on head
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.6
- Medium and Support
- lithograph touched with watercolor on BFK cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Everybody's Christmas
- Artist
- Philip Howard Francis Evergood
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901-1973
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.38
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- family
- figures
- how we live
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- relationships
- study
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of foot on fabric
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.18
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mouse Oracle Pot with lid (pot)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.60.1
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- mice
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- religious figures
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of torsos
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.10
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of son's face
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.3
- Medium and Support
- lithograph touched with watercolor on BFK cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of son's foot
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.20
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of breast
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.5
- Medium and Support
- lithograph touched with watercolor on BFK cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of navel
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.22
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of Mother's hand
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.15
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of ankle
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.25
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of hand on breast
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.17
- Medium and Support
- lilthograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of foot and drapery
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.9
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.1
- Medium and Support
- hand-colored lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Mother's Kisses: detail of kiss
- Artist
- Dotty Attie
- Artist Life Dates
- (1938 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.115.27
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05689
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- cupids
- figures
- kisses
- modern and contemporary art
- mythology
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- roman
- Title
- Les Beaux Jours de la Vie. Pl. 74: Le format de plus en plus monstre
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1845
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.25
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05625
- Secondary Keywords
- clothing
- figures
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Title
- Une Spectatrice, from the portfolio "Le Café Concert"
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1901
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1949/2.73
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
- relevance
- rank 2.05625
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- figures
- musical performances
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- performances
- stages
- women
- Title
- An Apostle
- Artist
- Wallerant Vaillant
- Artist Life Dates
- 1623-1677
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1623-1677
- Accession Number
- 1978/1.172
- Medium and Support
- mezzotint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05625
- Secondary Keywords
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- religious figures
- Title
- A Farm (Une Ferme)
- Artist
- Charles Emile Jacque
- Artist Life Dates
- 1813-1894
- Century
- 19th Century
- Object Creation Date
- 1864
- Accession Number
- 1940.194
- Medium and Support
- etching touched with black colored pencil, proof on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05625
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- events
- figures
- houses
- mammals
- natural events
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- Title
- In the Park
- Artist
- Abraham Walkowitz
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880 -1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880-1949
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.145
- Medium and Support
- watercolor with graphite indications on white paper
- relevance
- rank 2.05144
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- Title
- Wolgund Sends a Message to Hugdieterich
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.52
- Medium and Support
- hand-colored woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.04694
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- architecture
- buildings
- castles and palaces
- clothing
- europe
- figures
- locality
- men on horseback
- note
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- poems
- text-based art
- Title
- Fumette, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A young woman is seated in bright sunlight on a step or stoop, leaning slightly forward. The light source is to the right, causing deep shadows to fall on the right side of her face. Her arms are folded over the dark fabric in her lap and she holds a cigarette in her right hand.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.320
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper
- relevance
- rank 2.04276
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- Title
- Girl and Stork
- Artist
- Frederick Stuart Church
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1842 - 1924)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1842 - 1924
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.110
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.03955
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- feathers
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- sketches
- study
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- Woman's Head (Kopf)
- Artist
- Alexei Jawlensky
- Artist Life Dates
- 1864-1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1921-1922
- Accession Number
- 1953/2.3
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.03955
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- family
- figures
- genres
- how we live
- man
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- relationships
- the human body
- upper body
- women
- Title
- Mongolian Lady with Winter Hat
- Artist
- John Thomson
- Artist Life Dates
- (1837 - 1921)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1871
- Accession Number
- 1988/2.17
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.03868
- Secondary Keywords
- clothing
- figures
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Caricatures of Voltaire (Thirty-seven heads of Voltaire)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.325
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.03868
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- historical figures
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- visual works
- visual works by form
- Title
- Velvet Chausable with embroidered panel of St. Paul
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.291
- Medium and Support
- velvet
- relevance
- rank 2.03868
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- panels
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Title
- Circus Rider
- Artist
- Pavel Tchelitchew
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1898
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1931
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.81
- Medium and Support
- ink wash on white paper
- relevance
- rank 2.03428
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- entertainment events
- events
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- music
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- performances
- portraits
- Title
- (Fisherman)
- Artist
- Alice Stoddard
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1926
- Accession Number
- 1940.234
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.02976
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- geography
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a pyramid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a step pyramid.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.380
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 2.02634
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- geographic and political locations
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- goldweights
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- polyhedra
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a solid pyramid, with a small piece of rope attached to the hole on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.403
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 2.02634
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- geographic and political locations
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- goldweights
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- polyhedra
- scientific concepts
- solids (geometric)
- Title
- The New Wig
- Artist
- Isaac Cruikshank
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756 - 1810
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1756-1810
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.98
- Medium and Support
- graphite and watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 2.02634
- Secondary Keywords
- clothing
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- figures
- information form components
- objects
- objects of adornment
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- script and type forms
- Title
- Cribbage
- Artist
- Sears Gallagher
- Artist Life Dates
- 1869-1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1869-1940
- Accession Number
- 1940.169
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.02585
- Secondary Keywords
- clothing
- figures
- genres
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- Title
- The Denial of Peter
- Artist
- Schelte Adams Bolswert
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1581 - 1659
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1610-1638
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.3
- Medium and Support
- engraving on medium weight, lightly textured beige laid papaer
- relevance
- rank 2.02464
- Secondary Keywords
- exchange media
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- religious figures
- saint
- spears
- swords
- weaponry
- Title
- Kensington Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A vignetted view of a park where two different walkways intersect. Metal railings frame the wakway and in the upper portion of the image trees can be seen. Along the walkways are groups of people strolling.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.456
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on printed on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01945
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- england
- europe
- figures
- kensington gardens
- locality
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and occupations
- plants
- the natural world
- united kingdom
- Title
- Sketches
- Artist
- Milton Avery
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1951
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.112
- Medium and Support
- brown felt tip pen on ground wood paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01940
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- biological components
- birds
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- faces
- figures
- modern and contemporary art
- people and occupations
- plants
- portraits
- sketches
- the human body
- the natural world
- upper body
- Title
- The Navy is Calling - Enlist Now
- Artist
- L. N. Britton
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858-1934
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.12
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01940
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- army
- birds
- figures
- how we live
- military
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- posters
- stand
- text-based art
- the natural world
- war
- Title
- Painter Working, observed by a nude model. Plate VIII for Balzac, 'Le Chef-d'oeu
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927
- Accession Number
- 1968/1.110
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01914
- Secondary Keywords
- equipment
- equipment by process
- family
- figures
- how we live
- image-making equipment
- man
- man on horseback
- models
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- painting equipment
- people and occupations
- relationships
- studios
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Promessa on Mantel, Bethlehem, CT
- Artist
- David Vestal
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Object Creation Date
- November 28, 2004; printed 2005
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.178
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01724
- Secondary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Studies of Two Female Heads
- Artist
- Stefano della Bella
- Physical Description
- Ink sketches depict a large female profile in the upper left corner facing right, a female head in the lower center, a smaller female head in the right center facing upwards, and a smaller female profile in the left center facing downwards. There is empty space in upper right quadrant.
- This sheet, cut from a larger sheet, features a study of a woman’s face in profile in the upper left. Her hair is bound. A nearly frontal view of another woman’s face is at the center bottom of the sheet. She looks down to her left and wears a jeweled headpiece or crown. Three other smaller and more lightly sketched heads also appear on the sheet, two along the left edge and one on the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1664
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1630-1664
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.491
- Medium and Support
- brown ink on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01724
- Secondary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- objects we use
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- (Cribbage)
- Artist
- Alice Stoddard
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1940.233
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01614
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- clothing
- figures
- genres
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- objects
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- Title
- Copy after John Flaxman's 'Monument to Agnes Cromwell'
- Artist
- William Blake
- Artist Life Dates
- 1757-1827
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1757-1827
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.211
- Medium and Support
- graphite on white paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01293
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Title
- The Little Nude Model Reading
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A nude model sits against a cabinet reading. She is shown largely in profile; her head, wraped in a scarf, looks down at the book she holds. She faces left and her left leg is crossed over the right. Behind her on the cabinet are objects including fabric.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.428
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01293
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Title
- Votive tablet of a seated Buddha in dhyana mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.177
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 2.01293
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Miniature altar fragment: Seated Buddha flanked by two attendants
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.73
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.01293
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Reading
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A seated woman in a long dress and hat sits in profie reading. Her body is positioned looking towards the left. Behind the figure is broad diagonal hatching lines that create a sense of space while leaving the specific setting undescribed. At the lower right is a "butterfly" signature of the artist.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.421
- Medium and Support
- lithograph wtih scraping on china paper, laid down on white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.01293
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Title
- Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- Shridevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her right arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her left hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She also wears a band across her breasts, a characteristic of Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and his other consort, Bhudevi.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.131
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 2.01293
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts