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Title

Resetting German Clocks Forward to Moscow Time

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A uniformed man resetting a large clock in a public space. There is a man next to him holding the ladder.

Artist Life Dates

1912-1990

Object Creation Date

May 1945; printed 2003

Accession Number

2014/2.266

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 16.17939

Secondary Keywords

armed forces

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Title

Untitled, from Ex Libris

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a hand holding a small pocketwatch. The hand appears to be letting go of the watch.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1999

Accession Number

2011/2.146

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 14.16292

Secondary Keywords

color

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photographs

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the human body

timepieces

timepieces by form

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Frontispiece to Johann Kaspar Lavatar, Aphorisms on Man

Artist

William Blake

Physical Description

Print of a man sitting and ooking up toward a figure holding an inscribed sign with Greek letters.

Artist Life Dates

1757-1827

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

plate 1788

Accession Number

1985/2.134

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 13.49752

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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measuring devices

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sandglasses

seating furniture

single seating furniture

text-based art

timepieces

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Title

The Capital, Rome

Artist

James Anderson

Artist Life Dates

1813-1877

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880

Accession Number

1980/1.187

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 12.61231

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

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roma (province)

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sculpture

sculpture by subject type

stairs and stair components

timepieces

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Title

Piazza di Spagna

Artist

Pompeo Molins

Artist Life Dates

1827 - c. 1893

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1860

Accession Number

1982/1.235

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 12.20472

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

architecture

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descriptors

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photographic prints

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rock

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Title

Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus

Artist

Joseph Buzot

Physical Description

The dial of this elaborately decorated clock stands upon a two-tiered base. The lower tier consists of a hollow base made of ebony and adorned with a frieze of gilded bronze scrollwork and palmette motifs. The upper tier, made entirely of gilded bronze, features six fluted pilasters with a decorative panel centered on the front below the dial. This panel is composed of a pair of doves touching beaks before a crossed quiver of arrows and a flaming torch framed by leaves. A woman in long flowing robes stands to the right of the dial and empties a small cup onto a dove held by a winged putto who lies on a rocky projection. Behind the dove burns a fire on a small altar inscribed "Altar of Venus" [Autel à Venus].

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780

Accession Number

2001/2.82

Medium and Support

gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass

relevance

rank 9.62133

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

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