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Title

The Little Round Mirror, Nude, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 14, April 1906"

Artist

Edward Jean Steichen

Physical Description

A photograph of a nude woman, standing with her hips and head tilted, looking into a small round hand mirror.

Artist Life Dates

(Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)

Century

Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

April 1906

Accession Number

2012/1.212

Medium and Support

photogravure on paper

relevance

rank 33.96309

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Title

Louis XIV, King of France

Artist

Antoine Masson

Physical Description

This print depicts an oval frame that contains a frontal bust-length portrait of a man with his head in three-quarter profile against a black background. The man wears an elaborate and stiff lace cravat but most remarkable is his flowing head of long, curly hair, which is very finely rendered. The frame rests atop a sculptural base with a coat of arms decorated with three fleurs-de-lys.

Artist Life Dates

1636-700

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2012/2.210

Medium and Support

engraving on medium wove paper, tipped down on heavy cardstock

relevance

rank 33.34906

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Title

Callecita

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white sketch of a building.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

circa 1959

Accession Number

2011/2.108

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 32.99473

Secondary Keywords

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Title

We Will Accept Our Offering of the End of Autumn

Artist

Grace Hartigan

Physical Description

A black and white ink print. Possibly a room in a house.

Artist Life Dates

1922 - 2008

Object Creation Date

1962-1966

Accession Number

2011/1.67

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 32.47075

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Title

Los Toldos

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of three windows and their awnings.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1973

Accession Number

2011/2.118

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 31.83896

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sea Shells on a Table

Artist

Hamaguchi Yôzô

Physical Description

The upper two-thirds of the brint are dominated by black, while the lower area depicts a variety of seashells on a checkerboard black and white cloth.

Artist Life Dates

1909-2000

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2010/2.31

Medium and Support

black and white litho print on paper

relevance

rank 29.20568

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled, Still Life

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A black and white photograph of sea shells and a feather on a wooden table.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2010

Accession Number

2011/2.143

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 29.16424

Secondary Keywords

animal material

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Title

Study of a Male Nude with Floating Drapery

Artist

Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg

Physical Description

This study of a male nude set within a niche combines a skilled portrayal of anatomy with a powerful evocation of movement and emotional intensity. Through the carefully rendered arms and swirling draperies the artist expands and animates the space around the figure, who seems to surge forward even as he turns his head back in a gesture of despair.

Artist Life Dates

1537-1614

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1562-1638

Accession Number

1954/2.54

Medium and Support

pen, brown ink and gray wash on laid paper

relevance

rank 22.74693

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Marcus Calphurnius Flama (Plate 8 from "Roman Heroes")

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Physical Description

A muscular man towers over a mountainous landscape in this engraving. Clothed only in a helmet, sandals, and flowing cape, his startling physique is on full display. He grasps a sword and shield and strides vigorously toward the background, where a knot of men battle at the foot of a mountain.

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1586

Accession Number

1989/1.61

Medium and Support

engraving on white laid paper

relevance

rank 21.05732

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Farnese Hercules

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Physical Description

This impressively large engraving depicts the muscular back of a marble statue of a man. The figure leans upon a club draped with a lion skin and holds three apples in his right hand behind his back. Two men look up at the statue from the lower right corner of the print.

Artist Life Dates

1558 - 1617

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1592

Accession Number

1994/2.13

Medium and Support

engraving on medium weight laid paper

relevance

rank 20.43999

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Title

The Resurrection

Artist

Marten van Heemskerck

Physical Description

A muscular figure surrounded by an aureole of light steps down from a plain rectangular tomb. Six soldiers, depicted in a variety of complex postures, recoil from the figure in shock.

Artist Life Dates

1498-1574

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1548-1574

Accession Number

1983/2.249

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

relevance

rank 19.95660

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 19.87171

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint

Artist

Artist Unknown, Umbria, Italy

Physical Description

This rectangular panel depicts four sacred figures rendered in dark hues with passages of vibrant red against a gold background. The upper edge of the gilded frame bears the prayer known as the "Hail Mary" ("Ave Maria Gratia Plena Domin[us tecum]").

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1440-1480

Accession Number

1992/1.134

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on panel

relevance

rank 19.00166

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water-base paint

Title

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott), illustration #29 from Timotheus Klein's Martin Luther (Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt Verlag, 1920-21)

Artist

Lovis Corinth

Physical Description

An approaching army in the foreground, with pikes or lances held in fists. A mounted soldier in the background carries a lance. At the top of the image is the phrase, left to right: "EINE feste Burg ist unser GOTT" — the first line to Martin Luther's hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."

Artist Life Dates

1858 - 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

2007/2.108

Medium and Support

lithograph on handmade beige paper

relevance

rank 17.84660

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Title

Barber's basin with birds and vegetal ornament

Artist

Artist Unknown, France

Physical Description

This oval-shaped ceramic vessel features a wide, steep rim surrounding a large well in the center. The scalloped edges of the rim are cut back into a deep semicircle on one side. The rim is painted in underglaze blue and yellow with plant and floral motifs that are arranged in a whimsical, asymmetrical fashion around the edge. The well is decorated with similar vegetal motifs and two vaguely stork-like birds with long legs that confront one another on a strip of turf.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750

Accession Number

1969/2.39

Medium and Support

tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with yellow and blue underglaze

relevance

rank 17.13975

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Title

Sugar Caster (one of a pair)

Artist

Monogrammist CO

Physical Description

This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.

Artist Life Dates

active 1739-1742

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1739

Accession Number

1966/2.5

Medium and Support

silver

relevance

rank 16.11031

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sugar Caster (one of a pair)

Artist

Monogrammist CO

Physical Description

This sugar caster consists of an octagonal body topped by a domed lid. The body stands on a molded, octagonal base with alternating concave sides, a design carried through the rest of the body and the lid. The lid is pierced with geometric and floral patterns that alternate on each facet, and is surmounted by a rounded finial. The tall, slender proportions of the caster are counterbalanced by the horizontal moldings that decorate the base, body and lid. An unidentified coat of arms appears on the body of the caster.

Artist Life Dates

active 1739-1742

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1739

Accession Number

1966/2.6

Medium and Support

silver

relevance

rank 16.11031

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Tureen with floral patterns and glass knob

Artist

Artist Unknown, France

Physical Description

This ovoid tureen stands on four curved, leaf-like feet that sprout upward and join together to form a pair of handles at either end of the vessel. The body of the tureen, composed of gentle undulating curves, is decorated with bright red and yellow flowers and leaves painted with overglaze enamel. A scallion, modeled in relief, rests bundled together with sprigs of parsley on top of the lid, introducing a playful trompe-l'oeil element. An onion forms the knob on the top of the lid.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750

Accession Number

1969/2.41

Medium and Support

tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with overglaze enamel

relevance

rank 14.98346

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Esther before Ahasuerus

Artist

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Physical Description

A bearded man, wearing majestic red robes with a large ermine collar and a green turban surmounted by a crown, sits on a throne at left. He leans forward, holding a long thin scepter in his right hand while touching his chest with his left. Before him stand two women supporting a third, who has fainted. This third woman wears a splendid blue robe ornamented with a row of opulent clasps, a luxurious golden cloak lined with pink fabric, and a crown that seems to tilt precariously on the back of her head. The man looks intently into the face of the fainted woman, while the two women, in turn, watch his expression closely.

Artist Life Dates

1591-1666

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1639

Accession Number

1963/2.45

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 14.80540

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Title

Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup

Artist

Willem Claesz Heda

Physical Description

This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.

Artist Life Dates

1594-1680

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1633-1635

Accession Number

1965/2.55

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 13.13761

Secondary Keywords

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