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- Title
- Christmas Poem
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.7
- Medium and Support
- soft graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.97809
- Primary Keywords
- christmas
- figures
- figures (illustrations)
- figures (representations)
- painter
- painting
- poem
- poems
- text
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- Title
- Anklet with six figures
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.193
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 12.42476
- Primary Keywords
- anklet
- anklets
- birds
- boat
- figures
- figures (illustrations)
- mossi
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- Title
- Untitled (Red Devil)
- Artist
- Gordon Newton
- Physical Description
- A stark black background with red figures. One is standing with a large pole in hand, appearing to be in motion. The four other figures are all hunched on the ground.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1948
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.315
- Medium and Support
- oil stick on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.22482
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
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- Title
- The Virgin and the Cradle
- Artist
- Marcantonio Raimondi
- Physical Description
- This sober, pyramidal composition consists of five figures within an interior. A seated woman and child occupy the center of the composition while flanking her to the left is a kneeling older woman with her left hand on the child her right hand on the cradle. To the right of the seated woman is a putti holding a ewer and standing next to a basin. Standing behind the seated woman is a standing woman with hands raised. All of the women are dressed in generalized classical drapery.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1475-before 1534
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.81
- Medium and Support
- engraving on medium-weight, slightly textured, off-white laid paper
- relevance
- rank 11.95602
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- religious (people)
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- Title
- Death of the Virgin (reverse copy after Schongauer)
- Artist
- Israhel Meckenem
- Physical Description
- A four-poster bed with curtains drawn back within an interior is angled towards the viewer, showing a woman reclined on the bed and attended by numerous figures. A lighted taper is placed in her hands, with assistance of a young man on the left side of the bed. Others of the figures stand or kneel with figures hands clasped in prayer; at the lower left corner are two men kneeling at the foot of the bead looking at a book of prayers. The overall effect is concern and movement around the still figure of the woman.
- Artist Life Dates
- d. 1503
- Century
- Late 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1490-1500
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.46
- Medium and Support
- engraving on fine off-white laid paper
- relevance
- rank 11.82600
- Primary Keywords
- candles
- devils
- figures (illustrations)
- men
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- Title
- Study for the Assumption of the Virgin
- Artist
- Palma il Giovane
- Physical Description
- Loosely drawn figure studies principally seen from below and scattered across the sheet. Most of the figures are seated or stretching upwards away from the viewer. Drawing indicates a varied degree of finish; some figures seem to have been fairly carefully drawn with proper foreshortening of the figures while others are more summarily described.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1544 - 1628, Venice)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1544-1582
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.20
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink on off-white paper, mounted
- relevance
- rank 11.82600
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- equestrians
- figures (illustrations)
- reclining
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- Title
- Mahâbhârata series: Warriors in conference
- Artist
- India, Maharashtra, Paithan School
- Physical Description
- Large image painted with bold blues, reds, greens and yellows. Illustrates seven figures; three on the left half and four on the right. Several of the figures are pinching some sort of food substance. The figures that are closest to the right and left edges of the image also are holding weapons.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century - mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.151
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.82600
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- maharashtra (state)
- wars
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- Title
- Bilvamangala series: Krishna Venerated by People and Animals (fol. no. 8)
- Artist
- India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
- Physical Description
- Ink, watercolor and gold on paper. Central figure, Vishnu with devotees on his right and left. Male figures are located on the left side of Vishnu and the female figures on the right. The animals are depicted on the lower half of the portrait which goes with traditional hierarchical beliefs. The tiger is on the left and the elephant on the right.
- Century
- late 17th - early 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.111
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.69878
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- elephants
- figures (illustrations)
- hinduism
- tigers
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- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #13 Numazu
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Small group of figures with a palanquin and horse along with shops and a rounded hill in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.319
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.69878
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- horses
- huts
- mountains
- trees
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- Title
- Landscape of Mountain, Building and Seated Figures
- Artist
- Okada Hankô
- Physical Description
- Mountain landscape with a pavilion and two figures sitting under a tree. A calligraphy poem lies on the upper right hand corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1782-1846
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.258
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink on paper, silk and paper backing
- relevance
- rank 11.69878
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- mountains
- pavilions (garden structures)
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- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This image is divided in to 6 relatively equal portions, with the two most upper portions being slightly larger. Each section contains a human figure, except for the lower right section which contains 3 fish. The three figures on the left are featured profile facing towards the right. The two figures in the two lower sections on the right, mirror the left side and face profile to the left. The figure in the upper right corner faces out. This figure is yellow, without clothing, on a green background. This figure is also seated on a lotus blossom form above all the other figures. The figure to his left is also without clothing and is the only other figure to be seating not directly on the floor.
- The dominate colors in this image rotate between orange, green, red and blue with yellow highlights.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.180
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.69878
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- figures (illustrations)
- fish
- interior views
![Untitled [Ohne Titel] (1945) New Year Card for Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris; Asger Jorn](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.562/2013_2.562.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=12;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords1;select1=phrase;q1=figures+(illustrations)){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Ohne Titel] (1945) New Year Card for Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris
- Artist
- Asger Jorn
- Physical Description
- New Years card with attached print that depicts an abstract figure with one large eye and long hair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1914-1973
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.562
- Medium and Support
- etching on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 11.57426
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- figures (illustrations)
- galleries (display spaces)
- new year
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- Title
- Two men on a camel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur
- Physical Description
- Three main figures (two men and the camel they are riding) are brought to the foreground because of the contrast between their light colors against the stark green hill. The hill dominates the background leaving only a little bit of blue sky visible in the top corners. Underneath the main figures a secondary white dog and rabbit are also prominent.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.246
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.57426
- Primary Keywords
- camels
- dogs
- figures (illustrations)
- men
- portraits
- rabbits
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- Title
- Design for an Altar
- Artist
- Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli
- Physical Description
- Two kneeling winged figures in niches on the first level of this design flank a tree growing at the top of a small doorway. These elements are contained within a larger structure with pilasters and a coifered ceiling. Above the ceiling are two winged figures holding small branches. Situated directly above the tree on the first level are a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and another, larger crown sits above the architecture.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1559-1613
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1559-1613
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.54
- Medium and Support
- pen and bistre ink with ink and blue wash
- relevance
- rank 11.57426
- Primary Keywords
- agricultural buildings
- angels
- designs
- figures (illustrations)
- plants
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- Title
- St. Peter Baptising at Jerusalem
- Artist
- Marten van Heemskerck
- Physical Description
- A series of architectural spaces unfold, each showing figures engaged in some activity. At right, the largest figure is shown seated looking upwards towards a light source. The same figure, somewhat smaller, walks from right to left towards a small architectural space at the left where the same figure lays a hand on the head of a kneeling woman. Other scenes continue into the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1498-1574
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1573
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.158
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink on cream paper
- relevance
- rank 11.57426
- Primary Keywords
- agricultural buildings
- columns (architectural elements)
- figures (illustrations)
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- Title
- Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144)
- Artist
- India, Orissa
- Physical Description
- In this scene, a young prince, seen at right in his bejeweled splendor, offers reverence to an ascetic. The sage, nearly naked and with matted hair, sits on an animal skin. His right hand is in the gesture of exposition, suggesting that he is preaching to his courtly audience.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.40
- Medium and Support
- charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf
- relevance
- rank 11.51575
- Primary Keywords
- ascetic
- calligraphy
- figures
- figures (illustrations)
- leaf
- leaf (object component)
- manuscripts
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- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- The image is divided in to two main halves.
- The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.
- The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.179
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.45237
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- families
- figures (illustrations)
- interior views
- nudes
- weapons
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- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #3 Kawasaki
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- A group of figures with parasols and hats wait on shore for two approaching boats filled with passengers. Trees and a village are seen on the opposite shore. Writing in the upper left corner. Title in red box in upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.314
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.33302
- Primary Keywords
- boats
- figures (illustrations)
- hats
- houses
- parasols
- trees
- villages
- water
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- Title
- Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Rainy scene in a village. There is a bridge in the foreground, with several figures walking across with umbrellas. Houses and mountains appear in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840-1841
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.139
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.87951
- Primary Keywords
- boats
- bridges (built works)
- figures (illustrations)
- houses
- mountains
- rain
- umbrellas and parasols
- water
- woodcuts
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- Title
- Tao Yüan-ming
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikkei
- Physical Description
- In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840 - 1867
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.197
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 10.56249
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- chairs
- children (people by age group)
- figures (illustrations)
- gardens
- hanging scrolls
- japan (nation)
- portraits
- rock
- rocks
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- Title
- Holocaust 6
- Artist
- Eduard Bargheer
- Physical Description
- A menage of female figures lie entangled together, painted in many different colors. Certain body parts appear identifiable and are emphasized with bleeding lines. In the background appears straight-lined brush strokes emoting a fence or barricade much like one would see within a concentration camp. Beneath the watery brushstrokes are thin, precise lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1979
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.1
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.52261
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- figures (illustrations)
- judaica
- judaism
- labor camps
- prison camps
- war
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- Title
- Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Physical Description
- A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1874
- Accession Number
- 1962/2.19
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on manila "bulle" paper
- relevance
- rank 10.48909
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- hills
- houses
- landscapes (environments)
- landscapes (representations)
- reading
- standing
- trees
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- Title
- Crouching Venus
- Artist
- Marcantonio Raimondi
- Physical Description
- A nude woman is seen in profile crouching and turning her head toward the viewer. She is backed up against a short pedestal or wal, on top of which a winged cupid bends towards the woman. On the right side is a slender tree, and behind the figures is an expansive landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1475-before 1534
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1505-1506
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.289
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 10.38934
- Primary Keywords
- bending
- engraving (printing process)
- figures (illustrations)
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- winged
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- Title
- Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream
- Artist
- Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en)
- Physical Description
- Vertically oriented. Ink on silk with silk edging. Three figures at a stream in a wooded area.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1515-1535
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 16th century - late 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.3
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.38934
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- hanging scrolls
- hills
- landscapes (environments)
- painting
- pine trees
- streams
- teapots
- trees
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- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- Multi-colored ink on paper. Reds and golds make up the primary focus colors and are accented by dark blues. Features five figures, two larger figures on the top half of the page and three smaller figures on the bottom. Scene of worship.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.177
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.36122
- Primary Keywords
- album leaf
- deity
- devotional images
- figures (illustrations)
- flowers (plants)
- kettles
- manuscripts
- musical instruments
- nudes
- painting
- pot drums
- sitting