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Title

Devils Taking the Rich Man to Hell, No. 4 from the Series of 5 Prints "Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1554

Accession Number

1952/1.87

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Artist

Aldegrever, Heinrich

Secondary Keywords

animals

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associated concepts

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Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Lernean Hydra (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.64

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Artist

Aldegrever, Heinrich

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Dragon of the Garden of the Hesperides (one of the s

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.68

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Artist

Aldegrever, Heinrich

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

allegory and literature

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the natural world

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Title

The Labors of Hercules: Centaurs and Hippodamia (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.70

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Artist

Aldegrever, Heinrich

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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clubs

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Title

The Labors of Hercules: Nessus and Deianira (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.71

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Artist

Aldegrever, Heinrich

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

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projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant

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Title

Angel of Annunciation

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

An angel flying next to a column, drapes above, staircase below.

Accession Number

2013/2.548

Medium and Support

gouache and wash on paper

Artist

Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

columns and column components

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Title

Annunciation

Artist

Artist Unknown, Antwerp School, Belgium

Physical Description

An angel, holding a scepter in his left hand and making a gesture of speech with his right, interrupts the Virgin at her reading. She kneels on the floor and rests her left hand on an open book placed atop a lectern. A vase with a flowering lily sits on the floor between the angel and the Virgin and a small white dove encircled by a halo hovers between them. The scene unfolds within an elaborate and richly decorated interior that includes a chair and canopied bed in the background.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1520

Accession Number

1992/1.135

Medium and Support

oil on panel

Artist

Antwerp School, Belgium, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Illustration Proof without text of A.M. David's "Statuaire" for Aloysius Bertard's book "Gaspard de la nuit:fantasies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot"

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Two rectangular friezes: one horizontal, one vertical. In the larger horizontal section, there is a man's head inside a triangle with two angel heads on the sides, with an elaborate border. In the vertical section, there are two angel heads blowing air out of their mouths.

Century

Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1904

Accession Number

2013/2.549

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

Artist

Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

abstract expressionist

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

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weather-related phenomena

Title

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Artist

Dirck van Baburen

Physical Description

This is a large semi-circular painting (lunette) with several figures arranged to accomodate the shape of the canvas. It is night time, so the scene is enveloped in darkness. In the top center area, there is an angel, surrounded by bright light, who holds out a golden goblet toward a man kneeling before him. This man, with arms outstretched, looks up toward the goblet and the face of the angel. His face is illuminated by the light. He is wearing a bright red robe and a dark blue cloak. In the left foreground, there are three men who are sleeping. Two are sitting on the ground and the third, an elderly man with white hair, is reclining in front of them. They have dark blue and brown cloaks wrapped around them. On the lower right, shown in the far distance, is a group of people walking toward the kneeling figure. This scene is painted in dark tones of brown, green, blue and gray, except for the red robe of the kneeling man and areas on faces, arms and legs which are highlighted by a bright light.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1595-1624

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1620

Accession Number

1979/1.158

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Artist

Baburen, Dirck van

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals and creatures

atmospheric effects

bible

costume

costume by form

legendary creatures

main garments

new testament

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

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subject matter

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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

Artist

Benzi, Massimiliano Soldani

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

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literary, oral and motion picture genres

mammals

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Title

Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

Artist

Andrea Boscoli

Artist Life Dates

(1550 - 1606)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1970/2.75

Medium and Support

pen, ink, wash and black chalk, laid down

Artist

Boscoli, Andrea, Style of

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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genres

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Title

Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon

Artist

Artist Unknown, Burma

Physical Description

Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.

Century

Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

1907

Accession Number

2002/2.237A-C

Medium and Support

bronze with traces of polychrome

Artist

Burma, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animals and creatures

bells and sets of bells

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Title

Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]

Artist

Jacques Callot

Physical Description

Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".

Artist Life Dates

1592-1635

Century

17th century

Accession Number

2013/2.543

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

Artist

Callot, Jacques

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

components

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Asura head, style of Angkor Thom

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

1175-1240

Accession Number

1999/2.20

Medium and Support

sandstone

Artist

Cambodia (Khmer), Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

biological components

components

components and systems

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costume

costume accessories

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descriptors

ear ornaments

jewelry

jewelry by location

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legendary creatures

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the human body

upper body

Title

The Death of Leander

Artist

Giulio Carpioni

Physical Description

In dark turbulent waters under a stormy sky four nude sea nymphs support the body of a long-haired man between them on a white shroud. The face of a man with kelp in his hair appears between two of the nymphs. On the right a bearded man with a trident in his right hand rides in a chariot fashioned from a seashell and pulled by two fished-tailed horses or hippocampi. Just visible in the distance behind the back of the rightmost nymph, a lofty tower rises above the waves.

Artist Life Dates

1613-1678

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1655

Accession Number

1984/1.290

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Artist

Carpioni, Giulio

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

events

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

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natural events

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paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

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transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

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Title

Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist

Artist

Jacopo del Casentino

Physical Description

The majestic figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ on her lap sits enthroned in the center of this painted panel. Her elaborate throne rests upon a dais and is enclosed on three sides by panels bristling with Gothic ornament. Two bishop saints holding croziers stand at the foot of the dais accompanied by two other saints who stand behind them, while fourteen angels crowd the background.

Artist Life Dates

1279 - c.1349

Century

14th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1325

Accession Number

1960/2.123

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on panel

Artist

Casentino, Jacopo del

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

california (state)

ceremonial chairs

chairs

chairs by function

christian clergy

clergy

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

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single seating furniture

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Title

Dragons

Artist

Robert W. Chatelain

Physical Description

wood and purple resin vase with gold leaf

Artist Life Dates

born 1945

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

2002/2.126

Medium and Support

black cherry burl, violet pigmented epxoy resin and gold inlay

Artist

Chatelain, Robert W.

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

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plant material

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Title

Snuff bottle with design of dragon among clouds

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.110

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting; pearl and ivory stopper

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

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Title

Molded porcelain snuff bottle with openwork design of dragon among clouds

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1790-1850

Accession Number

1980/2.131

Medium and Support

porcelain with copper red glaze, silver and sapphire stopper

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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containers

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forming

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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

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by form

descriptors

legendary creatures

monarchs

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people

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vessels

Title

Blue-and-white double-gourd 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 with a slot for hanging on the wall, possibly inside the chamber of a royal sedan chair. Dragon motif is represented on both the upper lobe and the lower one.

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1573-1620

Accession Number

1986/2.13

Medium and Support

porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by form

legendary creatures

objects we use

vessels

Title

Stove God and Wife with Calendar

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

This print is typical, depicting the Stove God and his wife with halos and elegant clothing. Before them is a table with common worship instruments, including candles, an incense burner, and flowers. Standing in the bottom corners are two officials, and between them a container of jewels. The jewels are flanked by a dog and rooster; animals thought to be symbols of domesticity with auspicious connotations. Above the scene a calendar for the year 1949 is framed by an auspicious dragon motif.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1989/2.116

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

calendars

containers

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document genres

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furnishings

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herbaceous plants

information forms

landscapes (environments)

legendary creatures

lighting devices

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mythology

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

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plants

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

spouses

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat

Century

3rd century BCE

Object Creation Date

3rd century BCE

Accession Number

1958/2.76

Medium and Support

cast bronze with silver and malachite patina

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

inorganic material

legendary creatures

materials

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metal

metal and metal products

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nonferrous metal

objects we use

Title

Dragon pendant

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Highly stylized depiction of dragon design with tiger head, lower right portion broken off

Century

13th-11th century BCE

Object Creation Date

circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE

Accession Number

1960/2.113

Medium and Support

dark brown hard stone with white calcification

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

inorganic material

jewelry

jewelry by form

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

rock

rock by form

Title

Coral ornamental snuff bottle with dragons among clouds

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.52

Medium and Support

coral

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

containers

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Brass snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

17th-19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1644-1850

Accession Number

1980/2.58

Medium and Support

brass with coral and ivory

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

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containers for smoking and tobacco use

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legendary creatures

objects we use

people and culture

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scientific concepts

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Agate snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780-1880

Accession Number

1980/2.20

Medium and Support

agate, nephrite and ivory

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

legendary creatures

mammals

objects we use

Title

Blue-and-white square incense burner

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1844

Accession Number

1985/2.47

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

ceramics

containers

containers by function or context

descriptors

legendary creatures

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

pottery (object genre)

stoneware

Title

Spoon with dragon handle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Object Creation Date

206 BCE - 220 CE

Accession Number

1990/1.261

Medium and Support

earthenware with green lead glaze

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

culinary equipment

culinary equipment by function

culinary equipment for serving and consuming food

equipment

equipment by context

legendary creatures

objects we use

tools and equipment

utensils for serving food

Title

Rubbing from the pagoda at Mt. Ch'i-hsia, Nanking

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1991/2.28.5

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

atmospheric effects

buddhism

legendary creatures

religion

religions

the natural world

Title

Female Buddhist Deity?

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

14th-15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1350-1450

Accession Number

1961/2.54

Medium and Support

wall painting (fragment): ink and color on plaster

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

edged weapons

image-making processes and techniques

legendary creatures

motifs

natural element motifs

objects we use

painting (image-making)

painting and painting techniques

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions

religions and religious concepts

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Century

2nd century

Object Creation Date

2nd century

Accession Number

2000/2.1

Medium and Support

carved limestone slab

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

agricultural equipment

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonial objects

death

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

equipment

equipment by process

freewheeled vehicles

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funerary structures

great lake and central woodland native american styles

how we live

inorganic material

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mammals

materials

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the americas

tools and equipment

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.2) with animal face and horns

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with an animal face and horns

Century

7th-8th century

Object Creation Date

circa 675-750

Accession Number

2004/2.132.1

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asian

buildings and the land

chinese

chinese ceramics styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

creature

descriptors

east asian

funerary structures

legendary creatures

object genres

object genres by material

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

pottery (object genre)

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Proto-Yue Ware Chicken-Headed Ewer

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Green-glazed ewer with spout in the shape of a chicken's head and handle in the form of a dragon's head and neck

Century

4th-5th c

Object Creation Date

317-420

Accession Number

2005/2.92

Medium and Support

stoneware with celadon glaze

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

asian

birds

chinese

chinese dynastic styles and periods

chinese styles and periods

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

east asian

geographic and political locations

jin (six dynasties)

legendary creatures

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

pottery (object genre)

six dynasties

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.49

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Artist

China, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

exchange media

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

legendary creatures

mammals

money

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

symbols of office

Title

Design for an Altar

Artist

Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli

Physical Description

Two kneeling winged figures in niches on the first level of this design flank a tree growing at the top of a small doorway. These elements are contained within a larger structure with pilasters and a coifered ceiling. Above the ceiling are two winged figures holding small branches. Situated directly above the tree on the first level are a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and another, larger crown sits above the architecture.

Artist Life Dates

1559-1613

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1559-1613

Accession Number

1958/2.54

Medium and Support

pen and bistre ink with ink and blue wash

Artist

Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi Da

Secondary Keywords

layout features

agricultural structures

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

landscapes (environments)

layout features

legendary creatures

natural landscapes

people and culture

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

Title

Mask (Zamble)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire

Physical Description

Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1950-1999

Accession Number

2002/2.348

Medium and Support

wood, pigment

Artist

Côte D'Ivoire, Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

events

legendary creatures

masks (costume)

objects we use

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Studies of Nine Male Helmeted Heads and a Man Smoking with a Devil

Artist

George Cruikshank

Physical Description

A study sketch of the heads of men along the top right side and a pair - a man and the devil - smoking in the bottom left corner. The men on the right are all helmeted in different syles of helmet with pointed faces. The man in the bottom corner is dressed in 17th century dress and reclining with legs outward while smoking. The devil figure is hard to discern, but appears to be a standing gargoyle-like figure in the distance. Clouds of smoke surround them.

Artist Life Dates

1782-1878

Object Creation Date

1825-1878

Accession Number

2009/1.538

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

Artist

Cruikshank, George

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

costume

costume by function

european

european styles and periods

legendary creatures

masks (costume)

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

The Sea Monster

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.

Artist Life Dates

1471-1528

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1498

Accession Number

1956/1.74

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Artist

Dürer, Albrecht

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

fortifications

image-making processes and techniques

inorganic material

intaglio prints

legendary creatures

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

reptiles

sailing vessels

sailing vessels by size

shell and shell material

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

Title

Architectural ceiling boss with two dragons, probably from the Church of St. Andrews at Cullompton

Artist

Artist Unknown, England

Physical Description

Two rampant dragons with open wings, wide flared tails and red-painted eyes stand facing one another with a large plant form held between them.

Century

15th Century

Object Creation Date

circa 1430

Accession Number

1968/2.46

Medium and Support

wood with red polychrome

Artist

England, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

components

components and systems

components by general context

components by specific context

devon (county)

enclosing structural elements

england (country)

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

legendary creatures

objects we use

sculpture

sculpture by material

sculpture by technique

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

united kingdom (nation)

vaults and vault components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Les monstres imaginaires

Artist

Hans Fischer

Artist Life Dates

1909-1958

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1909-1958

Accession Number

1964/2.135

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Artist

Fischer, Hans

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

legendary creatures

modern and contemporary art

Title

Angel Holding a Palm and a Crown

Artist

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 17 1/5cm & rh 17cm x tw 22 7/10cm & bw 23cm. Plate size: h 9cm x w 14 1/10cm. Image size: lh 8 1/10cm & rh 8 3/10cm x tw 13cm & bw 12 1/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1732-1806

Accession Number

2008/2.438

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

Artist

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

accessories worn on the head

animals and creatures

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

headgear

intaglio prints

legendary creatures

objects we use

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk

Artist

Artist Unknown, France

Physical Description

Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.

Century

13th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1290

Accession Number

1993/2.10

Medium and Support

ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Artist

France, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

containers

containers by form

descriptors

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

document genres by function

food

information forms

legendary creatures

mammals

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious texts

vessels

Title

Console with bird in vine scroll, rinceau, and angel

Artist

Anonymous French (Burgundy)

Physical Description

A three-quarter length angel, robustly carved in high relief, emerges from a cloud bank on the curved inner face of the console. The outer face of the console bears a tightly wound vine scroll carved in shallower relief with a bird at its center. The bird grasps the vine with its left leg while stretching back to grasp a cluster of grapes in its beak.

Century

Third quarter of 12th century

Object Creation Date

1150-1175

Accession Number

1975/1.64

Medium and Support

limestone

Artist

French (Burgundy), Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

architectural elements

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

doorframe components

doorframes and doorframe components

doorway components

doorways and doorway components

legendary creatures

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

religious structures

scrollwork

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Devotion of Little St. John the Baptist [Les hommages du petit saint Jean] from a suite of nine scenes of the life of the Virgin

Artist

Anonymous French

Physical Description

The Virgin Mary seated with an infant on her lap. She is surrounded by angels and two saints on either side. To her left, the little St. John the Baptist looks up to her. There is a puti above sprinkling something in the air. Drapes pushed back on either side.

Century

17th century

Accession Number

2013/2.542

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

Artist

French, Anonymous

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

legendary creatures

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

Title

Tankard with Lid and scenes of Judith, Lucretia, and Venus

Artist

Artist Unknown, Germany

Physical Description

The body of the tankard is decorated with two narrow bands of gilded abstract vegetal ornament around the neck and base, separated by a wider band that features three repoussé medallions alternating with three bosses. Each medallion depicts a standing nude female: one of the nudes appears in an interior holding a dagger to her chest; another holds a sword and a man's head and stands beside a female companion; the third holds an elongated arrow with a blindfolded cupid at her feet. The cast handle consists of a clawed bird's foot grasping a ball at the base, followed by a satyr mask, a bound female nude, and, surmounting the handle, the bust of a warrior. The lid, a later addition, bears a wreath with a series of initials and the date 1639.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1600-1639

Accession Number

1966/2.18

Medium and Support

repoussé and engraved silver, partially gilded

Artist

Germany, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

design elements

events

legendary creatures

metal decorating techniques

metalwork

metalworking

metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

scrollwork

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Oceanus (from a Series of 6 Mythological Figures)

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Physical Description

A powerfully muscled nude man sits astride a fearsome sea creature. He grasps an oar in his left hand and the beast's reins in his right, while a cloth billows out behind him. A variety of humanoid creatures frolic in the seascape in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1589-1590

Accession Number

1960/2.36

Medium and Support

chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper

Artist

Goltzius, Hendrick

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

legendary creatures

marine bodies

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

relief prints

settlements and landscapes

tools and equipment

vehicle equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

watercraft equipment

woodcuts

Title

Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias)

Artist

Hendrik Goudt

Physical Description

This black and white print shows an outdoor scene with lush leafy trees, open sky and mountains in the far distance. Two figures are walking along a wooded path in the foreground- one is a man with wings wearing robed garments and the other a younger man carrying a single large fish. There is a city shown in the middle distance through the trees and a pasture scene depicted on the right.

Artist Life Dates

1585-1630

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1613

Accession Number

1972/1.165

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on laid paper

Artist

Goudt, Hendrik

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

animals and creatures

bible

geography

legendary creatures

objects we use

old testament

plants

religion

subject matter

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

"Los Proverbios" (also known as "Los Disparates"), plate 17: El que no te ama, burlando te difama ("He who does not like thee will defame thee in jest") or La lealtad (Loyalty)

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artist Life Dates

1746-1828

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1864-1900

Accession Number

1949/2.19

Medium and Support

etching and burnished aquatint on paper

Artist

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

legendary creatures

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

Title

"Los Proverbios" (also known as "Los Disparates"), plate 5: Reniego al amigo que cubre con las alas y muerde conel pico ("Renounce the friend who covered you with his wings and bites you with his beak") or Disparate volanted (Flying folly)

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artist Life Dates

1746-1828

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1864-1900

Accession Number

1949/2.7

Medium and Support

aquatint and etching on paper

Artist

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals and creatures

legendary creatures

modern and contemporary art