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- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Louis-Felix de La Rue
- Physical Description
- Image of centaurs, young and old, gathered around a centaur on a donkey.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1731-1765
- Accession Number
- 2015/1.387
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 25.01382
- Primary Keywords
- forests
- men
- mythology (literary genre)
- Title
- L'Arondelle
- Artist
- Marc Chagall
- Physical Description
- Colors: brown-gray. Pink, magenta, red, lt. blue, blue, lt. aqua, lt. green, green, lt. yellow, yello, lt. beige, burt-orange. Paper size: h 42 3/10cm x tw 31 7/10cm & bw 32 1/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russia, 1889-1985
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.422
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 25.01382
- Primary Keywords
- fields
- mythology (literary genre)
- sheep
- Title
- Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- In this painting, a mischievous demon is depicted in priest’s garb begging for alms.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.102
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 24.48137
- Primary Keywords
- devils
- musical instruments
- mythology (literary genre)
- priests
- Title
- The Triumph of Plenty
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany or Belgium
- Physical Description
- This bronze plaque features a pair of oxen pulling a four-wheeled wagon with six passengers. The seated driver holds a rod in his right hand and a two-tined fork in his left. An older figure holding a flaming vessel stands behind him, followed by a seated figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel wreath. The next figure, seated in the middle of the cart, is an older female, nude to the waist, who holds a cornucopia full of fruit and raises her left hand to point skyward. Two smaller standing figures appear next, one holding a bowl of fruit. The final figure is a reclining female nude holding a flower in the crook of her right arm.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.5
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 24.48137
- Primary Keywords
- bronzes
- fruit
- mythology (literary genre)
- oxen
- wagons
- Title
- The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13
- Artist
- Alfred Kubin
- Physical Description
- To the right, four animals - a donkey, goat, cat, and rooster - appear stacked upon one another in a barely sketched-in window. On the left side, four figures sit at what appears to be a meal in a dinning room, with a soup tureen and various dishes. The image is hastily sketched and few details are absolutely readable, other than basic shapes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1959
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.118
- Medium and Support
- graphite on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 24.48137
- Primary Keywords
- animals
- dining rooms
- interiors
- mythology (literary genre)
- Title
- The Triumph of the Four Elements
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Physical Description
- Two horses pull a wagon carrying four female passengers in this small bronze plaque. The driver, a seated nude male with a cap takes the reins in his left hand and raises a whip in his right. Behind him sit two pairs of taller female figures, each wearing a long flowing mantle.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.37
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 24.48137
- Primary Keywords
- bronzes
- horses
- mythology (literary genre)
- seasons
- wagons
- Title
- Prometheus
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A winged figure draped in a toga has descended upon a non-winged figure and is attempting to bind. The non-winged nude figure has their hands behind their back and with one knee bent and the other leg extended, submits to the winged figure. Both figures do not have any facial features.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1898-1969
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.26
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 24.48137
- Primary Keywords
- angels
- bound
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- winged
- Title
- Achilles and Hector
- Artist
- Hans Sebald Beham
- Physical Description
- This engraving depicts a frieze-like arrangement of figures in horizontal format. Two central figures are engaged in a duel on horseback. Several other nude male figures are engaged in battle throughout the composition. The artist's monogram is placed in the upper left corner of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1500-1550
- Object Creation Date
- 1518-1530
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.195
- Medium and Support
- engraving on medium laid paper
- relevance
- rank 24.48137
- Primary Keywords
- duels
- heroes
- horses
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- Title
- Proserpine
- Artist
- Hiram Powers
- Physical Description
- Bust-length white marble sculpture of a young female figure crowned with a plait of wheat and framed along the bottom with a wreath of sculpted acanthus leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1805 - 1873
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- second version: modeled 1844; cut 1847
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.40
- Medium and Support
- Seravezza marble
- relevance
- rank 24.29974
- Primary Keywords
- bust
- bust-length
- busts
- classical
- figures (representations)
- legendary figures
- marble
- mythology
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- sculpture
- woman
- women
- Title
- Jason Sowing the Dragon's Teeth
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Italy or France
- Physical Description
- A group of armed men struggles in a landscape while a helmeted female figure hovers on a cloud above them and points to a distant city that lies across an expanse of water. A man at the left with a green cuirass and cloth knotted about his waist and neck stands apart from the combatants and looks up toward the gesturing woman. Behind him appears a row of sword-wielding men locked in combat, with several casualties lying at their feet. On a hillock in the background a pair of oxen, an orange-gold colored sheep, and a winged dragon may be discerned.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1557-1600
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.38
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 24.22355
- Primary Keywords
- battles
- dragons
- maiolica
- mythology (literary genre)
- oxen
- sheep
- Title
- Bust of a Satyr
- Artist
- Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
- Physical Description
- This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1656-1740
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1695
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.193
- Medium and Support
- bronze on wood base
- relevance
- rank 24.22355
- Primary Keywords
- bronzes
- bust-length
- goats
- mythology (literary genre)
- satyr
- Title
- Bust of Diana
- Artist
- Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière
- Physical Description
- Bust-length figure of a woman with head turned proper left, down-turned eyelids and crescent moon atop head; executed in bronze with a rich, dark patina on a brownish stone base.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1831-1900
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1882
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.83
- Medium and Support
- bronze with marble base
- relevance
- rank 24.22355
- Primary Keywords
- bust
- busts
- diana
- mythology (literary genre)
- portraits
- women
- Title
- Nuwa Repairing the Columns that Support the Earth
- Artist
- Ren Yi (Jen I)
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840 - 1896
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1877
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.15
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 24.22355
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- figures (representations)
- goddesses
- mythology (literary genre)
- women
- Title
- Apollo Obeying Time
- Artist
- Claude Lorrain
- Physical Description
- Upper left corner of paper is folded over. Print was cut at frame-line and to include the below text. Paper size: lh 19 1/2cm & rh 19 3/5cm x w 25 1/5cm. Image size: h 18 1/2cm x w 25 1/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1604/5?-1682
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.457
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 24.22355
- Primary Keywords
- etching (printing process)
- mythology (literary genre)
- ruins
- time
- Title
- Caravaggio's Medusa (Medusa Marinara), from The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
- Artist
- Vik Muniz
- Physical Description
- Porcelain plate imprinted with the photographic image of a female head in pasta and marinara sauce.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1961
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.108
- Medium and Support
- photographic image on porcelain
- relevance
- rank 23.97111
- Primary Keywords
- appropriation
- food
- heads (representations)
- mythology (literary genre)
- plates (dishes)
- Title
- Upright Ornament with Bull and Satyrs
- Artist
- Agostino Musi
- Physical Description
- This decorative image is organized along a vertical axis wtih fanciful creatures, grotesque heads, depictions of carved gems and harpies.
- Artist Life Dates
- Active 1514-1536
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.133
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 23.97111
- Primary Keywords
- bulls
- engravings
- gods
- horn
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- 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 23.72387
- Primary Keywords
- bronzes
- lovers
- mythology (literary genre)
- net (object)
- rome (inhabited place)
- Title
- Ebisu (God of Prosperity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This woodwork depicts Ebisu, the god of prosperity and especially associated with fishermen. Here he carries a large sea bream or red snapper symbolizing good fortune.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.86
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 23.48168
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- folk art
- gods
- mythology (literary genre)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodwork
- Title
- Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.85
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 23.48168
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- folk art
- gods
- mythology (literary genre)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodwork
- Title
- Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car
- Artist
- Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
- Physical Description
- Venus and Cupid are seen sitting in a chariot pulled by two swans that are embraced by two putti. Behind is a landscape with towns and houses.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1531 - 1574)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1531-1574
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.130
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 23.01185
- Primary Keywords
- chariots (ancient vehicles)
- engravings
- etchings
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- natural landscapes
- swans
- Title
- Hotei
- Artist
- Ogata Kôrin
- Physical Description
- The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1716
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.157
- Medium and Support
- ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 22.78391
- Primary Keywords
- circles (plane figures)
- deity
- fans (costume accessories)
- hanging scrolls
- mythology (literary genre)
- zen buddhism
- Title
- Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
- Artist
- Hans Vries
- Physical Description
- Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1527-1604(or 1623?)
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1555-1560
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.118
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 22.08974
- Primary Keywords
- copper engraving (printing process)
- equestrians
- horses
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- ornament
- Title
- Flora
- Artist
- Richard James Wyatt
- Physical Description
- White marble sculpture of female figure, partially nude with a cloth draped loosely around her waist and over her left forearm. She holds a cluster of flowers in her left hand, and a single bloom in her right; a basket of flowers located on base to left and slightly behind figure.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1795 - 1850
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1850
- Accession Number
- 1931.17
- Medium and Support
- marble
- relevance
- rank 21.97506
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- flowers
- flowers (plants)
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nudes
- sculpture
- standing
- statues
- women
- 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 21.97506
- Primary Keywords
- bending
- engraving (printing process)
- figures (illustrations)
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- winged
- Title
- Peach Blossom Spring
- Artist
- Qiu Ying (Ch'iu Ying)
- Physical Description
- In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1495-1552
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1542
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.212
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on gold paper
- relevance
- rank 21.97506
- Primary Keywords
- boats
- calligraphy
- fans (costume accessories)
- mythology (literary genre)
- peach blossoms
- peach trees
- spring
- Title
- Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
- Artist
- Randolph Rogers
- Physical Description
- A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1825-1892
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1862.1
- Medium and Support
- Carrara marble
- relevance
- rank 18.93162
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- blind
- blind (people)
- capitals
- corinthian (architectural style)
- figures (representations)
- girl
- girls
- marble
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nydia
- pompeii
- pompeii (deserted settlement)
- sculpture
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- standing
- statues
- stone
- women