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Title: The Piazzetta, one of the "Twelve Etchings," or the "First Venice Set"
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A group of figures and pigeons lounge around the base of a column, which is unfinished in the upper portion of the plate. In the distance are a number of buildings of different styles that form a square where there are more people--and pigeons.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1987/2.41
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on wove paper
relevance: rank 27.86506
Primary Keywords: birds; st. mark's; venice

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Title: Some of the heads on front doors of bronze central arch S. Marks, Venice
Artist: Albert Kahn
Artist Life Dates: (1869 - 1942)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: April 13, 1891
Accession Number: 1972/2.449
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
relevance: rank 26.70349
Primary Keywords: animals; capital; columns; doors; head; st. mark's; venice

Title: Arabes d'Oran
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Physical Description: This black and white print shows an outdoor setting with two men, one reclining and facing the viewer, the other seated with his legs drawn into his chest and gazing out to the right. They are dressed in robes and wear Arabic headdresses ("Guhtra"). There are rifles at their sides. In the background on the right are two men, one riding a horse, who walk toward a group of buildings in the distance. There is a French inscription below this scene that identifies the artist, title and publisher of the print.
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1833
Accession Number: 1953/2.25
Medium and Support: etching, drypoint and roulette laid down on woven plate paper
relevance: rank 20.97934
Primary Keywords: figures; guns; historical figures; horses; reclining; seated; st. mark; st. peter

Title: Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Physical Description: This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Century: 16th-17th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 17th century
Accession Number: 1957/2.53
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 17.25159
Primary Keywords: bell; bell (idiophone); bodhisattva; diamond vehicle; faces; figures; st. mark

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