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Title

Portrait of Jane Davis Tucker (Mother of Stephen Davis Tucker)

Artist

Anonymous American

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1970/2.112

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 6.99593

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Title

Plum Blossoms in Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen

Physical Description

In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.129

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

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rank 6.99559

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Title

Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 4)

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.

Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2006/1.104.4

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

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rank 6.97110

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 4

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.139

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.95124

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Title

Portrait of a Man

Artist

Anonymous American

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1895.75

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 6.89323

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Title

Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

The use of light ink to depict the hills and remote mountains was to present the misty and dreamlike Dayu Mountain. Chang applied the wash to creat a sense of wet atmosphere.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

2006/1.107

Medium and Support

unmounted scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.79803

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Title

Landscape

Artist

Aoki Shukuya

Artist Life Dates

1737-1802

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1760-1802

Accession Number

1967/2.3

Medium and Support

ink on paper

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rank 6.78494

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 2

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.137

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.73552

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 1

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.136

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.73552

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 3

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.138

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.73552

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Title

Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush

Artist

Shitao (Shih-t'ao)

Physical Description

Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.

Artist Life Dates

1642-1707

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1705

Accession Number

1965/2.75

Medium and Support

ink on paper

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rank 6.73313

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Title

Bamboo in snow

Artist

Zhu Sheng (Chu Sheng)

Physical Description

In this image of bamboo bent under heavy snow the leaves are depicted with vigorous yet controlled strokes of the brush, while the snow is indicated by surrounding areas of blank paper with dark ink, a traditional technique in monochrome ink painting.

Artist Life Dates

1618 - circa 1690

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1690

Accession Number

2002/2.351

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on satin

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rank 6.68410

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Title

Flowers and Grasses

Artist

Watanabe Shikô

Physical Description

Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.

Artist Life Dates

1683-1755

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 18th century

Accession Number

1964/2.65

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

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rank 6.67201

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Title

Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe

Artist

Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)

Physical Description

This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.

Artist Life Dates

1759-1818

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1985/2.7

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

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rank 6.64278

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Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 5

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.140

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.63403

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Title

Spring Landscape

Artist

Nakanishi Kôseki

Physical Description

A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.

Artist Life Dates

1807-1884

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1852

Accession Number

2010/2.28

Medium and Support

sumi ink on paper

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rank 6.63093

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Title

The Three Abundant Blessings

Artist

Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)

Physical Description

Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.

Artist Life Dates

act. late 18th to early 19th century

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1818

Accession Number

1965/1.181

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

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rank 6.42933

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Title

Moon over Lausanne

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

Three figures stand in the bottom left corner. The image is mostly tan and light blue except very dark in the center. The blue horizon line is in the top third of the image stretching from a cityscape on the left side to a sweeping hill on the right side. There is a small moon in the middle at the very top of the image.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1836

Accession Number

1991/2.72

Medium and Support

watercolor and graphite on paper

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rank 6.42333

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Title

Night Rain on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

In this landscape a misty, meandering river is depicted with two boathouses along its banks. Reeds and other foliage grow lush along the banks, partially obscuring the boathouse in the foreground. Accompanying text is in the upper register.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.127

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.38203

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Title

Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Though this painting was not dated, it should be most possibly painted after Chang moved to Michigan in 1974. Perhaps it is because of the cold winter, during this time, Chang created many works on landscape of snow. This is a scene of clearing after snow.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.113

Medium and Support

unmounted scroll, ink on paper

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rank 6.36699

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Title

Bamboo

Artist

Kobayashe Kanrin

Physical Description

A hanging scroll painting of bamboo.

Artist Life Dates

(1813 - 1887)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1972-1975

Accession Number

2011/2.165

Medium and Support

sumi on paper

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rank 6.32935

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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

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rank 6.32935

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Title

Tao Yüan-ming

Artist

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Physical Description

In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.

Artist Life Dates

1816-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840 - 1867

Accession Number

1982/1.197

Medium and Support

ink and color on silk

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rank 6.30303

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Title

View of the Fortifications at Gennep on the Maas River

Artist

Salomon van Ruysdael

Physical Description

The low horizon used in this landscape painting creates a sense of expansive sky and flat terrain, which is divided equally between river and land. Figures and animals engage in variety of activities on the riverbank and in boats, including fishing and ferrying cargo and animals. Silhouetted against the vast sky stands a fortress on a spur of land with an orange flag flying from its tower. The opposite bank is visible in the distance as a dark broken line across the shining stretch of water.

Artist Life Dates

c.1602-1670

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1665

Accession Number

2000/2.2

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 6.28749

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Title

Bamboo and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1975

Accession Number

2006/1.134

Medium and Support

ink on paper

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rank 6.28359

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Title

New York Sunset

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

New York City skyscrapers seen from a distance. Dark clouds in the sky could be bringing rain.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

circa 1980

Accession Number

2011/2.137

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 6.27452

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Title

Untitled, New York Skies

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

An oil painting of New York City skyscrapers in neutral colors. Dark clouds hang in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

circa 1980

Accession Number

2011/2.138

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

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rank 6.27452

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Title

Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong

Artist

Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)

Physical Description

The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.

Artist Life Dates

active 19th century

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1985/2.28

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.26867

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Title

Christ Healing the Deaf-Mute

Artist

Philippe de Champaigne

Physical Description

This painting depicts a river passing through a wooded landscape as human figures, dwarfed by the towering trees, move along its banks. The majestic landscape dominates the painting, but a group of four men in the right foreground also competes for attention since the bright, saturated primary colors of their robes stand out sharply against the muted tonalities of their surroundings. One of the men, wearing a blue cloak, places his left finger in the mouth of a man kneeling before him and touches the side of his head with his right hand. A third man leans forward to touch the kneeling figure's shoulder while the fourth, in a magnificent red cloak, raises his hands in astonishment.

Artist Life Dates

1602-1674

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1650-1660

Accession Number

1960/2.93

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 6.26841

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Mist Clearing Over a Mountain Village, formerly attributed to Hasegawa Nobuharu (Shinshun; later, Tôhaku)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This is a vertical format painting surrounded by green and gold fabric. It is painted in tones of black with some areas of pink and blue color. It depicts a landscape scene with a cluster of small houses nestled in a craggy mountainous area. There is a river that runs through the landscape with two figures crossing a small footbridge. Other figures are shown in the open area of the village. The trees and vegetation are painted with short abbreviated brushstriokes.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

late 16th century - early 17th century

Accession Number

1967/2.5

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 6.21642

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Title

Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) - Front

Artist

Bo Yang

Physical Description

Rubbing of 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.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1961

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2008/1.154.1

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.20856

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Luxembourg

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

The top third of the landscape image is the sky with two tower-structures silhouetted on the far right side. There is a structure in the middle of the image with a bridge connecting the cliffs. The bottom right corner of the image is darker and more blue than the rest.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1839

Accession Number

1991/2.73

Medium and Support

watercolor and gouache on blue paper

relevance

rank 6.18427

Secondary Keywords

downward

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Title

Untitled (Tree)

Artist

Jean Paul Slusser

Physical Description

This is a watercolor painting in a vertical format painted in tones of blue and green. It shows a large tree, with a black trunk and branches and without any leaves, in front of two houses. The sky is painted in a bright blue.

Artist Life Dates

1886 -1981

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2009/1.541

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 6.18052

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Richard Wilt

Physical Description

This is a multi-colored abstract watercolor painted in tones of bright blue, red and yellow. There are areas with sharp lines of color and other areas where the colors have bled together.

Artist Life Dates

1915-1981

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2009/1.546

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 6.17804

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Li River

Artist

Mignonette Yin Cheng

Physical Description

Watercolor painting with very strong vertical lines of aquamarine, ochres, greens and dark blues. The colored sections follow the vertical lines but also reference an almost "poured" look of color.

Artist Life Dates

(China, 1933 - 2009)

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/1.226

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 6.17804

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)

Artist

Neri di Bicci

Physical Description

The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.

Artist Life Dates

1418-1492

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1475

Accession Number

1942.6

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on wood

relevance

rank 6.15395

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

cultural ceremonies

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Title

Domodossola

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

This small watercolor depicts a city square viewed through the arches of an arcade. A small group clusters next to one of the columns in the foreground, and a few other figures are scattered about the square along with a man leading a horse and cart.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.3

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.14658

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Title

Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)

Artist

Bridget Riley

Physical Description

pencil drawing and gouache on paper

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1983/1.170

Medium and Support

gouache and pencil on paper

relevance

rank 6.14534

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough

Artist

Joshua Reynolds

Physical Description

A young man leans against a stone ledge and gazes to his right. He wears a slate blue jacket with a white collar and cuffs and has a matching mantle. He casually hooks a finger of his left hand in the hilt of a sword that hangs at his waist. A plain stone column immediately behind the sitter creates a near silhouette of the shadowed side of his face. A hazy sky fills the background.

Artist Life Dates

1723-1792

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1759

Accession Number

2001/2.128

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 6.10612

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Bay of Naples

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

Three figures stand in a wooded clearing in the foreground of this small watercolor. A view opens out in the middle ground over a bay with a city descending from the adjacent hills to the water. A volcano smolders in the distance on the opposite side of the bay, a thick plume of smoke rising from its peak.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.2

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.07724

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Title

Rimini with a View of the Tiberius Bridge

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

This small watercolor represents a view of a city on the banks of a river. A bridge in the middle ground connects the city, whose buildings run to the water's edge. A woman wearing a bright white shirt with a blue dress and a brilliant red scarf stands in the foreground. A boat covered by a red-and-white striped canopy, poled by a man in the bow, approaches the near shore.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.1

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.06586

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled, Farm Buildings in Pennsylvania

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

An oil painting of a farmhouse and its surrounding land. The farmer stands on the road in overalls with his hand raised, while a cow grazes in a field.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2011/2.139

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 6.06214

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sur le Flat-Iron

Artist

Albert Gleizes

Physical Description

Ink and gouache drawing in black, gray and white on tan paper with tall vertical structure at center of composition rendered in a series of quick vertical and diagonal lines.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1953

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1916

Accession Number

2000/2.172

Medium and Support

graphite, ink, gouache, and white heightening on tannish-gray wove paper

relevance

rank 6.04814

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Orchids and Red Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.132

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 6.02166

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Mercurius in the Vessel

Artist

Richard Anuszkiewicz

Physical Description

Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.

Artist Life Dates

born 1930

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1988/1.137

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.99869

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Annunciation

Artist

Mariano Salvador de Maella

Physical Description

In this painting, rendered entirely in gray monochrome, a technique known as grisaille, an angel descends on a bank of clouds toward a woman who kneels on the floor before a prie-dieu. She looks downward and turns away from the angel in a gesture of humility, and her head is illuminated by the light from a luminescent dove in the cloud above her. A bearded man looks down from the summit of the cloud, nearly engulfed in light, and a number of cherubim appear throughout the scene. The robust forms and grounded materiality of the woman's body and the furniture around her give way to light-filled clouds and diffused forms in the upper part of the canvas as the heavenly and worldly realms come together.

Artist Life Dates

1739-1819

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1780

Accession Number

1967/1.37

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.99762

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

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Title

Shift, Warm

Artist

Julian Stanczak

Physical Description

This is a square painting with skinny vertical lines of purple on a background of orange. There are two square forms in the center, each wth a diagonal line from the lower left to upper right corners. One square is created by a pinkish, purple line and the the other is created by a reddish orange line.

Artist Life Dates

born 1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2009/2.11

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas and wood

relevance

rank 5.95447

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Imperial Visit to Yoshino (Fûryû yoshino gyôkô), Left-hand sheet of a triptych, "Three Women"

Artist

Kikugawa Eizan

Artist Life Dates

1787-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1948/1.197

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 5.93405

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Wine-making Scene with Fuji Mountain in the Distance

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Artist Life Dates

(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800

Accession Number

1972/2.113

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 5.93405

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

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Title

A young woman carrying a basket of eggplants, with Mt Fuji in the background

Artist

Isoda Koryûsai

Artist Life Dates

active 1764 - 1788

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1764-1788

Accession Number

1948/1.165

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, pillar print

relevance

rank 5.93405

Secondary Keywords

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making art

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