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Title

La Couturiere

Artist

Edouard Vuillard

Physical Description

Tear on lower left where thick tape of verso cooresponds. Paper size: lh 33 4/5cm & rh 32 1/2cm x tw 24 4/5cm & bw 25cm. Image size: h 25 1/2cm w 16 1/2cm. Colors: Ocre and Blue.

Artist Life Dates

1868-1940

Accession Number

2008/2.443

Medium and Support

color lithograph on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 16.38101

Primary Keywords

color lithographs

interior views

women

Title

Honor Thy Father and Mother

Artist

Paul Baldung

Physical Description

Paper overlay on lower right. Print cut to frame of image. Paper size: lh 10 1/2cm & rh 10 2/5cm x tw 13 3/5cm & bw 13 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

(1484 - 1545)

Accession Number

2008/2.373

Medium and Support

wood cut on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 16.20479

Primary Keywords

families

interior views

religious concepts

woodcuts

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This image is divided in to 6 relatively equal portions, with the two most upper portions being slightly larger. Each section contains a human figure, except for the lower right section which contains 3 fish. The three figures on the left are featured profile facing towards the right. The two figures in the two lower sections on the right, mirror the left side and face profile to the left. The figure in the upper right corner faces out. This figure is yellow, without clothing, on a green background. This figure is also seated on a lotus blossom form above all the other figures. The figure to his left is also without clothing and is the only other figure to be seating not directly on the floor.

The dominate colors in this image rotate between orange, green, red and blue with yellow highlights.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.180

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 16.20479

Primary Keywords

deity

figures (illustrations)

fish

interior views

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

The image is divided in to two main halves.

The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.

The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.179

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 15.86348

Primary Keywords

deity

families

figures (illustrations)

interior views

nudes

weapons

Title

St. Jerome in His Study

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

This engraving depicts a comfortable domestic interior. An old bearded man sits poring over a book at table in the back of the room. A lion and dog rest on the floor in the foreground. Various other objects appear around the room, including a skull, books, slippers, a crucifix, and a pair of scissors.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1514

Accession Number

1993/2.1

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 15.22225

Primary Keywords

books

dogs

engravings

interior views

lions

nuremberg (inhabited place)

skulls (skeleton components)

Title

The Highlander's Home (Sunshine in the Cottage)

Artist

John Phillip

Physical Description

This painting shows the interior of a rustic house with a stone floor and rough rock walls. In the center foreground, a woman is crouched beside a wooden cradle. She has her arms around a sleeping baby whose face is highlighted by a ray of sunshine coming from an open window. Household items hang from the rafters and there is a spinning wheel beside her. A dog sits by an open hearth on the left. The color scheme is predominantly tones of brown, except for her red scarf, green shirt and the bluish purple of the hills seen outside the window.

Artist Life Dates

1817-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1855

Accession Number

1986/1.188

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 14.63084

Primary Keywords

babies

baby

chairs

dogs

flowers

interior views

interiors

mother

mothers

pots

stool

wheel

window

windows

woman