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Title

Esther and Ahasuerus

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Physical Description

Drawing of a male figure on left wearing a headress and holding a stick-like object with three female figures on the right, two of which are standing behind the third as if holding her up.

Artist Life Dates

1591 - 1666

Object Creation Date

1639

Accession Number

2008/1.161

Medium and Support

pen and ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.92023

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Title

Double-gourd wucai wall vase, Wanli Era (1573-1619) mark and period

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Porcelain bottle vase of double gourd design, flat on reverse side. Here, in the upper (heavenly) lobe, a pair of phoenixes is shown flying among clouds, while in the lower (earthly) realm, two phoenixes face each other in a garden setting.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1573-1620

Accession Number

1979/2.12

Medium and Support

Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamel decoration

relevance

rank 6.78586

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

Artist

Jan van Hemessen

Physical Description

This painting depicts the interior of a room where four men are grouped around a table. They are painted as half-length figures, and their forms fill the foreground. They are painted in warm tones of brown, red and green and dressed in 16th century Netherlandish clothing. There is a king, wearing a pointed crown, who, with his right arm awkwardly crossed over his left, points to another man across the table. He has a furrowed brow and his mouth is partially open as if he is speaking. Next to him is a man looking downward, intently counting coins piled on the table. The third man pauses while writing in a book, his hand with the pen is stopped in mid-air, and looks back at the king. The fourth man, on the other side of the table, has his hands clasped in a pleading gesture and his eyes meet the gaze of the king. Items in the room and on the table such as books, scissors, a money bag, and an hourglass, are painted in great detail. In the upper right, a small outdoor scene, painted in tones of light green, shows an imaginary cityscape with a man being dragged into an underground chamber by some soldiers.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1500-c.1575

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1556

Accession Number

1959/1.108

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 6.62845

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Title

Alexander Visiting Diogenes

Artist

Salvator Rosa

Physical Description

A standing man in a magnificent crested helmet addresses a bearded man in bedraggled clothes sitting on the ground before the mouth of a large barrel. The latter figure turns his head to respond and extends his right hand toward the other man. A group of soldiers crowd around.

Artist Life Dates

1615-1673

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1673

Accession Number

1964/2.109

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid paper

relevance

rank 6.14851

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Title

Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Accession Number

1895.10

Medium and Support

bronze on marble base

relevance

rank 5.84009

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Physical Description

A seated king, at the left, holds the hand of a swooning woman who is supported by another woman. The supporting woman looks back at the king.

Artist Life Dates

1591-1666

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1639

Accession Number

1978/2.41

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and brown wash on cream colored laid paper

relevance

rank 5.78539

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Adoration of the Magi

Artist

Jan Erasmus Quellinus

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1634-1715

Century

17th - 18th century

Object Creation Date

1634-1715

Accession Number

1963/2.44

Medium and Support

oil on paper mounted on canvas

relevance

rank 5.57051

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Study of Louis XV Bust for a Gold Medal (1767)

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

A profile portrait of a man with a laurel wreath in his hair.

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2013/2.546

Medium and Support

pencil on paper

relevance

rank 5.56778

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Title

The Illness and Cure of Hezekiah

Artist

Bertholet Flemal

Physical Description

In the foreground, a group of several figures, dressed in graeco-roman clothing, surround a man lying in bed. The setting has classical architectural components such as columns and pediments and a large stone sundial in the upper left corner. The figures are painted in bright colors (blue, white, gold and red) but the rest of the composition is painted in muted colors (gray, brown, dark green). Most figures are gazing up at the sundial.

Artist Life Dates

1614-1675

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1651

Accession Number

1973/1.708

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.53692

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Susanna accused of adultery by the two elders (one from the set of four prints,

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1555

Accession Number

1956/1.49

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 5.46731

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Mask (mwaash aMbooy)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Physical Description

Mask of a human figure. Embellished with presitious materials: dyed cloth, leopard skin, cowry shells, glass beads.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

1985/1.143

Medium and Support

wood, paint, wool cloth, fiber cloth, cowrie shell, glass beads and leopa

relevance

rank 5.39232

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Title

The two elders convicted of false witness by the young Daniel (one from the set

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1555

Accession Number

1956/1.50

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 5.30693

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Louis XIV, King of France

Artist

Antoine Masson

Physical Description

This print depicts an oval frame that contains a frontal bust-length portrait of a man with his head in three-quarter profile against a black background. The man wears an elaborate and stiff lace cravat but most remarkable is his flowing head of long, curly hair, which is very finely rendered. The frame rests atop a sculptural base with a coat of arms decorated with three fleurs-de-lys.

Artist Life Dates

1636-700

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2012/2.210

Medium and Support

engraving on medium wove paper, tipped down on heavy cardstock

relevance

rank 5.14036

Secondary Keywords

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