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- 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 9.61427
- Primary Keywords
- reading
- standing
- 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
- 1954/1.422
- Medium and Support
- lithograph with scraping on china paper, laid down on white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.61427
- Primary Keywords
- reading
- seated
- 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 9.61427
- Primary Keywords
- reading
- seated
- 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 9.50739
- Primary Keywords
- nudes
- reading
- seated
- Title
- Boy Reading Cicero
- Artist
- John La Farge
- Artist Life Dates
- 1835-1910
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1892-1893
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.26
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.50739
- Primary Keywords
- benches
- reading
- seated
- 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
- 1954/1.429
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 9.50739
- Primary Keywords
- nudes
- reading
- seated
- Title
- Henrietta and her Mother
- Artist
- Raoul Dufy
- Artist Life Dates
- (1877 - 1953)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.68
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.40286
- Primary Keywords
- book
- mother
- reading
- seated
- 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 9.40286
- Primary Keywords
- apostle
- book
- figures
- reading
- 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 9.40286
- Primary Keywords
- hats
- reading
- seated
- table
- Title
- The Novel--Girl Reading
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- This print shows a standing female figure posed in profile. She is standing with one foot slightly forward, holding an open book. Her face is turned downward toward the book. She has a long skirt, bare feet, a draped cloak around her torso and a bonnet with a tie at the back.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.434
- Medium and Support
- lithograph, printed in black ink, laid down on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.30061
- Primary Keywords
- book
- books
- girls
- reading
- standing
- Title
- Le Bibliophile
- Artist
- Luc Moreau
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1948
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1882-1948
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.6
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.30061
- Primary Keywords
- book
- glasses
- males
- reading
- seated
- Title
- Girl with Cigarette
- Artist
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1889-1953
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1934
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.64
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.20056
- Primary Keywords
- cigarette
- figures
- girl
- hats
- reading
- seated
- Title
- Three Figures Reading; Verso: Pencil Sketch of an Interior (Fragment of a larger
- Artist
- William Blake
- Artist Life Dates
- 1757-1827
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1806
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.98
- Medium and Support
- pen and wash on white paper
- relevance
- rank 9.20056
- Primary Keywords
- book
- figures
- interiors
- males
- reading
- seated
- Title
- Untitled (woman reading at bus stop in front of S. Klein on the Square, New York
- Artist
- Walker Evans
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903-1975
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1929
- Accession Number
- 1990/2.50
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.20056
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- new york city
- reading
- transportation
- woman
- Title
- The Music Room
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Three figures, two men and a woman, are seen seated around a round table with a lamp; all are engaged in reading in the pool of light provided by the lamp. The rest of the interior is fairly dark, particularly in the portion of the room behind the lamp. The man at the back of the table is shown roughly face-on; the man to the left is leaning back with his legs stretched out in front of him; the woman is closest to the viewer, shown in profile, holding her book fairly closer to her face.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.334
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 9.20056
- Primary Keywords
- interiors
- lamp
- music
- reading
- seated
- table
- Title
- The Blessed Virgin
- Artist
- Adam von Bartsch
- Artist Life Dates
- 1757-1821
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1757-1821
- Accession Number
- 1949/2.98
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.20056
- Primary Keywords
- bust-length
- mary
- reading
- religious figures
- Title
- Courtesan Reading a Letter
- Artist
- Ishikawa Toyonobu
- Artist Life Dates
- 1711-1785
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1744-1746
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.129
- Medium and Support
- long-and-large size hand-colored woodblock print (urushi e) on paper (chôôban)
- relevance
- rank 9.10263
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- interiors
- plants
- reading
- standing
- ukiyo e
- window
- Title
- St. Jerome Reading
- Artist
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1591-1652
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.129
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.91291
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- lions
- reading
- seated
- skulls (skeleton components)
- st. jerome
- Title
- Pastoral
- Artist
- Edwin Scharff
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887-1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1887-1955
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.22
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.91291
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- baby
- child
- cliffs
- males
- mother
- mountains
- reading
- seated
- Title
- Henri Matisse, Vence, France
- Artist
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Chanteloup, France, 1908 - 2004, France)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944, printed later
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.97
- Medium and Support
- gelain silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.82098
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- book
- france
- glasses
- interiors
- males
- reading
- seated
- table
- window
- Title
- Hammock Reader
- Artist
- Milton Avery
- Physical Description
- Painting depicting a featureless female figure, in tones of aqua and light blue extending across the center of the canvas in a light gray hammock. There is a bright white shape, perhaps a book, in the middle of the figure. Behind the figure, the rest of the composition is organized in horizontal sections. At top, a yellow sky; below that are two gently-curved mountains in dark brown, followed by two horizontal planes of color in tan and light brown.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1885 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1951
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.37
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.73093
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- book
- books
- figures (representations)
- hammock
- hammocks
- mountains
- reading
- reclining
- shape
- Title
- Prince and Princess of Schoenbourge-Waldenbourg
- Artist
- André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri
- Artist Life Dates
- 1819 - 1889/90
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.4
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.64270
- Primary Keywords
- book
- child
- full-length
- globe
- prince
- reading
- seated
- standing
- statue
- woman
- workers
- Title
- L'homme lisant (Man Reading)
- Artist
- Paul Delvaux
- Artist Life Dates
- 1897 - 1994
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.78
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink and grayish-brown wash on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 8.64270
- Primary Keywords
- bowler
- clothed
- females
- figures
- flowers
- males
- nudes
- reading
- surrealism
- trees
- vines
- women
- Title
- Sibyl with a Child Holding a Torch
- Artist
- Ugo da Carpi
- Physical Description
- A woman sits in an interior holding a book in her right arm, which is propped upon a ledge. She reads by the light of a torch held by a child standing next to her. Print trimmed to image frame. Image was previously folded at center (multiple folds). Paper size: lh 27 3/5cm & rh 27 4/5cm x tw 22 3/5cm bw 22 3/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1440 - after 1525
- Century
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.420
- Medium and Support
- chiaroscuro woodcut on beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 8.55624
- Primary Keywords
- books
- chiaroscuro woodcuts
- children (people by age group)
- prophets
- reading
- torches and torch holders
- women
- Title
- Les Amours du poète (The Loves of the Poet)
- Artist
- Paul Delvaux
- Artist Life Dates
- 1897 - 1994
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.73
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink on cream wove paper mounted on thin board
- relevance
- rank 8.55624
- Primary Keywords
- buildings
- clothed
- figures
- flowers
- half-length
- males
- nudes
- reading
- temples
- trees
- vines
- women
- Title
- Two Girls Reading (Deux Enfants Lisant)
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- March 28, 1934
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.67
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.28249
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- cubist
- oil painting
- oil paintings
- reading
- women
- 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 8.24919
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- hills
- houses
- landscapes (environments)
- landscapes (representations)
- reading
- standing
- trees
- Title
- Boyhood of Lincoln
- Artist
- Eastman Johnson
- Physical Description
- Painting of a young boy sitting in front of a fireplace reading a book in a dark interior setting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1824-1906
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1868
- Accession Number
- 1895.90
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.07172
- Primary Keywords
- abraham lincoln
- book
- books
- boy
- boys
- bust-length
- cabins (houses)
- ferdinand i de'medici
- fireplaces
- interiors
- portraits
- reading
- stools