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- Title
- Nursemaids—Les Bonnes du Luxembourg
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A scattering of figures, mostly women and young chidren, occupy the foreground and middle ground of the image. In the distance are several sculptures and urns framed by a curving balustrade with trees and some buildings behind.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1894
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.443
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 13.05788
- Primary Keywords
- gardens
- luxembourg gardens
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- parks
- seated
- sitting
- standing
- statue
- statues
- 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 13.02081
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- buildings
- chairs
- gardens
- luxembourg gardens
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- plants
- seated
- sitting
- standing
- vessels
- 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 12.40673
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- farm
- farms
- gardens
- luxembourg gardens
- miners
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- standing
- statue
- statues
- steps
- steps and step components
- Title
- Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- Maurice Brazil Prendergast
- Physical Description
- Outdoor scene of a park setting with small figures and an urn atop a stone column-like form in the left foreground rendered in bold, flat, horizontal patches of color in browns, greens and whites.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858 - 1924
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1907
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.3
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 12.11608
- Primary Keywords
- formal gardens
- luxembourg (general region)
- luxembourg gardens
- parks (grounds)
- parks (recreation areas)
- post-impressionist
- state parks
- statue
- vessels
- Title
- Serpent Speaking to a Young Man (Allegory)
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Physical Description
- There are three figures. At the left is a man running away. At the center is a woman holding a lute and at the right is a man seated with his hand on his head. At the center, there is a woman-headed serpent facing the seated man. Behind the seated man is an apple tree and in the far distance there is a large fortified city.
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.576
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.45644
- Primary Keywords
- gardens
- groups of people
- Title
- Fern, NY Botanical Garden
- Artist
- Brett Weston
- Physical Description
- Close-up of fern leaves that are leaning to either side in an arched shape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1993
- Object Creation Date
- 1945; printed circa 1973
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.280
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on Strathmore mount
- relevance
- rank 9.45644
- Primary Keywords
- botanical gardens
- ferns
- Title
- Ivory snuff dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1790-1860
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.61
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 9.35247
- Primary Keywords
- dish
- gardens
- snuff bottle
- Title
- The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- The balustrade of a public park walkway seen at a slight distance acts as a foil for several figures grouped in front of the balustrade. To the left, two women stand talking while a child, with her back facing the viewer looks between the balusters towards the dome of a building in the distance beyond some trees. Too the right of the composition, a seated man and a woman shown in profile are grouped. Two ornamental urns decorate the balustrade.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.440
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.25076
- Primary Keywords
- luxembourg gardens
- paris
- seated
- standing
- Title
- Ryôan-ji Stone Garden, Kyoto
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- In this two-fold screen, the artist reveals the geometric beauty of the famous fifteenth-century stone garden at the Ryôanji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Kyoto.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.86
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, 2-fold screen
- relevance
- rank 9.25076
- Primary Keywords
- gardens
- kyoto (inhabited place)
- stone
- Title
- Courtesan Relaxing with Attendant
- Artist
- Okumura Masanobu
- Physical Description
- A colored image depicting a woman lounging in her chambers. She wears a kimono of red and blue with an artistic stylized pattern. Outside is a cherry tree blooming and the woman's young attendant in a grey kimono.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1686-1764
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.94
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 9.25076
- Primary Keywords
- cherry trees
- gardens
- kimonos
- lacquer
- Title
- Teacher and adept in a garden, with a yab-yum figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or China
- Physical Description
- A painting in ink, gouache, and gold pigment on cotton, with considerable damage.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.94
- Medium and Support
- ink, gouache, and gold on cotton
- relevance
- rank 9.15125
- Primary Keywords
- buddhism
- deity
- gardens
- himalayan
- teaching
- vajrayana
- Title
- Pitti Palace
- Artist
- Fratelli Alinari
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1854 - 1920)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1854-1920
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.58
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.15125
- Primary Keywords
- boboli gardens
- florence
- hills
- pitti palace
- Title
- Figures Dressed in High Style
- Artist
- Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Physical Description
- Paper size: h 37 3/10cm x w 31 3/10cm. Image size: h 25 9/10cm x tw 21 1/5cm & bw 21 3/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1808-1879
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.427
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on calendered cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.15125
- Primary Keywords
- caricatures
- fashion
- gardens
- lithographs
- top hats
- Title
- What are YOU doing? The Kaiser is canned - Can Food - Can Vegetables, fruit, and the Kaiser too - National War Garden Commission
- Artist
- J. Paul Verrees
- Physical Description
- Text: What are YOU doing? The Kaiser is canned - Can Food - Can Vegetables, Fruit and the Kaiser too - Write for Free Book to National War Garden Commission - Washington, D.C. - Charles Lathrop Pack, President - P.S.Ridsdale, Secretary - (jars labeled) Tomatoes, Kaiser Brand Unsweetened, Peas
- Artist Life Dates
- Belgium, 1889-1942
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.102
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.05385
- Primary Keywords
- food
- gardens
- head
- posters
- wars
- world war i
- Title
- Tuileries
- Artist
- Edouard Vuillard
- Physical Description
- Paper trimmed just outside of frame. Paper size: lh 24 3/5cm & rh 24 7/10cm x tw 28 1/2cm & bw 28cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1868-1940
- Object Creation Date
- 1895
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.440
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.05385
- Primary Keywords
- chairs
- fences
- gardens
- lithographs
- paris (inhabited place)
- Title
- Will You Have a Part in Victory?
- Artist
- James Montgomery Flagg
- Physical Description
- Tex: Will you have a part in victory? - Write to the National War Garden Commission - Washington, D.C. for free books on gardening, canning & drying. - "Every Garden a Munition Plant" - Charles Lathrop Pack, President
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.39
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.95850
- Primary Keywords
- basket
- farmyards
- gardens
- posters
- walking
- wars
- world war i
- Title
- Le Banc de Pierre au Jardin
- Artist
- Jacques Villon
- Physical Description
- First impression of first state. Paper size: h 71 1/2cm x w 55 2/5cm. Plate size: lh 53 2/5cm & rh 53 3/5cm x w 41 2/5cm. Image size: h 52 7/10cm x tw 40 3/5cm & bw 40 4/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1963
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.419
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on Arches cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.95850
- Primary Keywords
- drypoint (printing process)
- drypoints
- gardens
- hats
- riverbanks
- women
- 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 8.95850
- Primary Keywords
- apples
- gardens
- genesis
- landscapes (representations)
- piedmont (region)
- snakes
- Title
- The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- The balustrade of a public park walkway seen at a slight distance acts as a foil for several figures grouped in front of the balustrade. To the left, two women stand talking while a child, with her back facing the viewer looks between the balusters towards the dome of a building in the distance beyond some trees. Too the right of the composition, a seated man and a woman shown in profile are grouped. Two ornamental urns decorate the balustrade.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.439
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.95850
- Primary Keywords
- child
- fences
- luxembourg gardens
- seated
- standing
- trees
- woman
- Title
- Susanna and the Elders
- Artist
- Annibale Carracci
- Physical Description
- A nude woman sits at the edge of a pool in a garden with a fountain visible in the foreground. Two bearded men lean on a gate next to her. The closer figure extends his left hand toward the woman, while the other points toward a town visible in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1560-1609
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1590
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.125
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.95850
- Primary Keywords
- bologna (inhabited place)
- engravings
- etchings
- fountains
- gardens
- nudes
- Title
- War Garden Over the Top
- Artist
- Maginel Wright Enright Barney
- Physical Description
- Text: War Gardens Over The Top - The Seeds of Victory Insure the Fruits of Peace - For Free Books Write to National War Garden Commission - Washington, D.C. - Chales Lathrop Pack, President - Percival S. Ridsdale, Secretary
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918-1919
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.34
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.77371
- Primary Keywords
- boy
- figures
- gardens
- hoe
- posters
- straw
- vegetables
- wars
- world war i
- Title
- War Gardens Victorious - Every War Garden a Peace Plant - National War Garden Commission
- Artist
- Maginel Wright Enright Barney
- Physical Description
- Text: War Gardens Victorious - Every War Garden a Peace Plant - National War Garden Commission - Charles Lathrop Pack, President. Washington, D.C.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1919
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.33
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.77371
- Primary Keywords
- flags
- gardens
- hoe
- posters
- straw
- vegetables
- walking
- wars
- world war i
- Title
- Farm Landscape
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Some mold damage. Paper size: lh 20 7/10cm & rh 20 9/10cm x w 32 3/5cm. Image size: h 8 1/2cm x w 21 3/5cm.
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.381
- Medium and Support
- etching on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.68414
- Primary Keywords
- churches
- etching (printing process)
- etchings
- farmers
- farming
- farms
- gardens
- goats
- women
- Title
- The Three Abundant Blessings
- Artist
- Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)
- Physical Description
- Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. late 18th to early 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1818
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.181
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 8.59638
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- gardens
- hanging scrolls
- longevity (biological concepts)
- palace
- people
- plants
- rocks
- trees
- 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 8.26240
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- chairs
- children (people by age group)
- figures (illustrations)
- gardens
- hanging scrolls
- japan (nation)
- portraits
- rock
- rocks
- Title
- The Garden
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Figures are seen seated out of doors around a table in a garden. The table is set with a tea and coffee service and cups and saucers; behind the figures is a screen of trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1891
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.14
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.23120
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- figures (representations)
- fishing
- gardens
- seated
- sitting
- standing
- table
- tables
- Title
- The Edwards Family on a Terrace
- Artist
- Charles Philips
- Physical Description
- Six figures appear in a formal garden landscape. On the right a pair of men in powdered wigs stand behind two women, one seated in a wheelchair, before an elaborate portico. A pair of boys, also sporting wigs, stand on the left, partly screened by a fountain. One of the boys holds a shell and the other carries a parrot. A small pool extends through the middle ground behind the figures and draws attention to the setting and the distant obelisk visible above the trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1708 - 1747
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1732
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.3
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.10496
- Primary Keywords
- conversation pieces
- families
- fathers
- fountains
- gardens
- london (inhabited place)
- mothers
- obelisks
- oil paintings
- parrots
- shell (animal material)
- sons
- Title
- Conversation under the Statue, Luxembourg Gardens
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- In the lower left corner, two women are seen seated out of doors conversing in a park-like setting. In the middle distance is a large sculpture on a raised pedestal. Grouped around the sculpture are other small gatherings of people in conversation. Behind the figures and sculpture is the loose indication of trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.438
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph with stumping on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 7.91932
- Primary Keywords
- armies
- army
- chairs
- figures
- gardens
- paris
- paris (inhabited place)
- seated
- sitting
- st. jerome
- statue
- statues
- woman
- women
- Title
- Mother and Children in Garden
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Sticker added to front of the print stamped with the numbers "1345". Colors: green, blue, purple, peach, yellow. Paper size: lh 44 & rh 44 1/5cm x tw 61 2/5cm & bw 61 3/10cm. Plate & Image Size: lh 30 4/5cm & rh 30 3/5cm x tw 45 3/5cm & bw 45 2/5cm.
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.442
- Medium and Support
- color etching, aquatint and soft-ground on Arches beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 7.69030
- Primary Keywords
- aquatint
- children (people by age group)
- color printing
- color prints
- etching (printing process)
- etchings
- gardens
- mothers