deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Jar
Object type: jar
Date: 767 – 900
Materials: earthenware
Location: iran

This object was excavated at Nishapur. Nishapur was a vital city in the early and middle Islamic periods, located along one of the main trajectories that connected Iran and West Asia Islamic lands with Central Asia and China. These itineraries are often referred to by the term ‘Silk routes’ but were in fact crucial to the movement of constellations of materials and objects, as well as people and ideas. The diverse population of Nishapur and its surroundings, from the better-researched elite groups of merchants, land-owning aristocracy, and literates, to the less-known artisans, farmers, miners, and servants, were instrumental in adapting global cultural trends to create their own distinctive visual languages. This is seen in the material remains of everyday life in medieval Nishapur – from pots and pans to lighting devices, inkwells, textiles and trimmings, jewelry, games and toys, talismanic devices, weapons, coins, and architectural fragments. Nishapur lost its political prominence due to a series of earthquakes and invasions that peaked in the thirteenth century. Today, the medieval city is a vast archaeological area, while the relatively small modern city is situated to its north. Instead Mashhad, a major pilgrimage site, emerged as a major prosperous metropolis in the region. Between 1935 and 1948, the "Persian Expedition" of the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavated at several sites at Nishapur under an agreement with the Iranian authorities. American archaeologists and hundreds of Iranian workers excavated archaeological areas named Tepe Madrasa, Village Tepe, Sabz Pushan, Qanat Tepe, Tepe Alp Arslan, Vineyard Tepe, among others. They uncovered vast neighborhoods with mostly residential buildings, but also mosques, bathhouses, and possibly a governmental palace. Two main chronological phases were recognized in the sites: the first covers the ninth-tenth centuries and the second covers the eleventh-twelfth centuries. Thousands of artifacts were also recovered, mostly ceramic, glass, metal, and stone vessels, as well as carved and painted stuccoes and wall paintings, which were divided in half between the two countries, resulting in over four thousand objects in the Met’s collection today.
Landschap met leeuw
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1729 – 1729
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2165

Landschap met een leeuw die naar rechts loopt. Rechtsboven het monogram van Albrecht Dürer. Gemerkt linksonder: A. Genummerd rechtsonder: 2.
Rectangular tray with peonies and birds
Object type: tray
Date: 1501 – 1600
Materials: lacquer
Techniques: carving
Culture: chinese
Subjects: birds,peonies

The plump birds flying above the peonies on this densely carved tray may be magpies or sparrows, both of which are considered good omens in Chinese culture.
Christ Carrying the Cross, from The Small Passion
Object type: print
Date: 1624 – 1631
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635

Jacques Callot’s etching series The Small Passion exemplifies the artist’s penchant for intimate detail. These prints highlight the ways he depicted space throughout a complete narrative. He framed each stage of the Passion of Christ with a different type of architectural or natural element. The porous boundaries of the exterior scenes allow visual movement by extending the view beyond the foreground figures, while the more rigorously contained interior scenes evoke a sense of finality. For example, Callot’s iconic image of the Last Supper takes place within an isolated triumphal arch that resembles an altar.
Elizaphat
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1493 – 1493
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: reading, high priest ~ hierarchy of priests, persons from the old testament (not in biblical context, nor occurring in legendary/historical extensions included in division 71)
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘234’

Een bloemkelk met een man in priesterkledij. Hij heeft een boek in zijn handen. De tekst identificeert hem als Elzaphat (bedoeld wordt Eljasib), hogepriester en zoon van Jojakim. De voorstelling is onderdeel van de opeenvolging priesters in de Liber Chronicarum. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Roubaix, vue de la Grand Place
Object type: page
Date: 1878 – 1882
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Subjects: stock exchange, stock-market, townhall
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Journal le Nord Contemporain, No 15, année 1882’, inscription: ‘Le Nord Contemporain/ Revue Artistique & Archéologique’, inscription: ‘La Bourse & la Mairie)’

Prent op vijfde ongenummerde pagina na pagina 240.
Cartouche voor wapenschild
Object type: print
Date: 1630 – 1680
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: netherlands
Subjects: armorial bearing, heraldry

Prent nr. 8 in een bundel van acht genummerde prenten met cartouches voor wapenschilden, eerste blad getiteld "Nieuwe Wapen Schilde". Met een touwtje samengebonden in een kaft van 19e-eeuws sierpapier.
Negapatnam, dubbele stuiver voor Ceylon
Object type: coin
Date: 1695 – 1695
Materials: copper
Techniques: striking
Location: negapatnam

Koperen munt. Voorzijde: verbasterde menselijke figuur (Kali). Boven de linkerschouder twee cirkels schuin boven elkaar. Keerzijde: tweeregelig opschrift in Tamil. Gladde rand.
Seated Nude
Date: 1921 – 1921
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, wash
Artist: georg kolbe
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1877 – 1947
Coin Depicting a Gorgoneion
Object type: coin
Date: 120 – 63
Materials: bronze
Culture: greek
Location: greece
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΣIN ΩP[HΣ], EM

The front (obverse) of this coin shows a Gorgoneion (a Gordon Head used as an apotropaic symbol) on an octagonal aegis. On the back (reverse), the goddess Nike (Victory) holds a palm branch.
H. Jozef
Object type: print
Date: 1637 – 1666
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: st. joseph as foster-father of christ, holding the child in his arms or leading him by the hand
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240, collector's mark: Lugt 240

Jozef, de pleegvader van Christus, heeft een lelie als symbool van zuiverheid in zijn hand. Bij hem staat het Christuskind, wiens hand hij vasthoudt.
Versiering van de Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, 5 februari 1901, feestelijkheden ter gelegenheid van het huwelijk van koningin Wilhelmina en prins Hendrik
Object type: photograph
Date: 1901 – 1901
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: amsterdam
Artist: barend groote
Artist role: fotograaf, fotohandel
Artist dates: 1862 – 1946
Subjects: the hague, print maker, wilhelmina of the netherlands, decorations, honours (as symbols of the state, etc.), historical events and situations
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Keizersgracht’

Amsterdam, 5 februari 1901, feestelijkheden t.g.v. het huwelijk van koningin Wilhelmina en prins Hendrik
Plein in Caïro met het ruiterstandbeeld van Ibrahim Pasja
Object type: photograph
Date: 1895 – 1905
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: cairo
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: equestrian statue, square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Griekenland en Egypte.
Spoon
Object type: spoon
Date: 1800 – 1800
Materials: silver
Culture: american
Location: united states
Artist: t. p. drown
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1782 – 1850
Tile showing a woman carrying a pot
Object type: tile
Date: 401 – 600
Materials: terracotta
Culture: india, kashmir, harwan
Subjects: kashmir,women

This tile decorated the courtyard of an apsidal temple at Harwan, in Kashmir. perhaps occurred in relation to the emergence of Esoteric, or Vajrayana, Buddhism. Numerals in Kharoshthi script have been incised into the tile, presumably to aid its placement.
Woman's birthday coat
Object type: woman's birthday coat
Date: 1867 – 1900
Materials: metal thread, silk
Techniques: tapestry
Culture: chinese

This tapestry-woven woman's coat was considered appropriate outerwear for birthday celebrations and other auspicious occasions. Its brilliant magenta ground is decorated with golden medallions bearing the character for longevity (shou) and the swastika (wan), which denoted ten thousand years. The dark bands at the neck, sleeve, and front opening of the coat have a matching design. Frequently, such bands will wear out before the rest of the coat, but they survive intact here.
Reproductie van een prent van een lint met tekst en een cupido door Hans Sebald Beham
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1866 – 1871
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: brussels
Artist: hans sebald beham
Artist role: designer, draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1500 – 1550
Subjects: ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een omslag met 57 prenten op 54 bladen.
Plattegrond van Amsterdam
Object type: area plan
Date: 1657 – 1657
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal), maps of cities, amsterdam
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641b
Long Venice
Object type: print
Date: 1879 – 1880
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: drypoint, etching, printing
Artist: james mcneill whistler
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1834 – 1903
Subjects: cities,boats,venice
Portret van Ignaz Carl, Reichsgraf von Sternberg
Object type: print
Date: 1673 – 1673
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: prague
Subjects: historical persons, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent ook gebruikt in: Weingarten, Johann Jacob von. Fürsten-Spiegel oder Monachia deß höchlöblichen Ertz-Hauses Oesterreich. 2 dln. Praag: [gedrukt door:] Johann Arnold von Dobroslawina, 1673.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, part of circumscribed palmette, tendrils, and lotus bud
Hond
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1895 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: two-color autotype
Location: leipzig
Subjects: dog
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Das Atelier des Photographen.’
Sketch of Three Vases
Object type: drawing
Date: 1850 – 1850
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Artist: john gibson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, born wales
Artist dates: 1790 – 1866
Subjects: vases
Brush Holder
Object type: brush holder
Materials: glaze, ink, porcelain
Techniques: painting
Culture: chinese

The brush pot is painted in ink with a scene of a twisting plum branch growing above and behind a craggy and precariously-tilted rock. A poem, presumably written by the artist who painted the pot, fills the remaining space. A six-character mark written on the bottom indicates that the pot was produced during the Guangxu period at the end of the Qing dynasty: 金吉金寫菖蒲，拳石曰石為嫁蒲。余謂既嫁蒲家郎，非梅不得也。余亦寫菖蒲拳石，表綴梅華 一枝。戊午胡公壽記于海上精舍。[印]：公壽 Jin Jijin [Jin Nong, 1687-1764] painted the calamus, mentioning [in the inscription] the [metaphorical] marriage of a lump of rock to the calamus. In my opinion, for marrying the young man of the calamus family, the plum is indispensable. I paint calamus and rocks, too, to set off the plum branch. In the wuwu year [1858] Hu Gongshou (1823-1886) records this in his studio in Shanghai. [seal]: Gongshou 大清光緒年製 Made in the Guangxu reign era [1875-1908] of the Great Qing dynasty.
Ravello. Palazzo Rufolo. Antico cortile
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1940 – 1960
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: photography
Location: italy
Subjects: palace, inner court of palace or 'hôtel'
Portret van Ludolph van Ceulen
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1630 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, letterpress printing
Artist: jacques de gheyn (ii)
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1565 – 1629
Subjects: leiden, historical persons

Onder het portret een afbeelding van een cirkel met een beschrijving van het getal Phi.
Pop en miniatuurpoppen op een verhoging
Object type: boekillustratie ontwerp
Date: 1880 – 1930
Materials: ink, pencil
Techniques: pen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: (playing with) dolls, chair
Inscriptions: :, annotation: ‘JAN. PAG. 4’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228a, signature: ‘J.A.K.’

Een lappenpop met een baard en puntmuts met sterren staat naast een stoel op een podium of verhoging. Op het podium staan ook twaalf miniatuurversies van de pop (echter zonder baard).
Watch
Object type: watch
Date: 1640 – 1640
Materials: gilt brass, gold, quartz, steel
Techniques: enamel
Artist: jacob wybrants
Artist role: maker
Artist dates: 1635 – 1678

Today Leeuwarden is a small, rather quiet city, but in the seventeenth century it was the capital of a wealthy Dutch province as well as the seat of the Prince Stadholder of Friesland. It is not entirely unlikely, therefore, that a relatively unimportant watchmaker found a patron for this elegant watch. In 1648 the estate of Leeuwarden goldsmith Minne Sikkes (recorded 1618, d. 1648) contained one large crystal watch case and four smaller ones.
De trap van de Candi Panataran gezien vanaf de westzijde.
Object type: photograph
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: java
Artist: isidore kinsbergen
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1821 – 1905

Candi Panataran (Temple Complex), main Temple; headless guardian figures (dvaraoakas) close to the right staircase, west side. Panataran, Blitar district, East Java province 1323-1347 AD.
Doos voor stereofoto's in de vorm van een boek
Object type: box
Date: 1890 – 1910
Materials: cardboard, leather, paper, textile
Techniques: moire

Doos in de vorm van een boekband, voor het opbergen van stereofoto's (leeg).
Gloria
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1640 – 1640
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: italy
Subjects: animals, (story of) flora, honour, glory; 'ampiezza della gloria', 'gloria', 'gloria de prencipi', 'gloria & honore', 'honore', 'sublimatà della gloria' (ripa)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Prent gebruikt in: Barberini, Francesco. Docvmenti d'Amore/di M. Francesco/Barberini. At end: IN ROMA/ Nella Stamperia di Vitale Mascardi: 1640 (voor pagina 309).
Corselet
Object type: corselet
Date: 1867 – 1867
Materials: silk
Culture: french
Kerkvader Tertullianus van Carthago
Object type: print
Date: 1698 – 1698
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: male saints (tertullian of carthage), writer, poet, author
Inscriptions: number: ‘33’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De kerkvader Tertullianus van Carthago kijkt naar een engel die hem een lauwerkrans aanbiedt. Tertullianus staat op een sokkel. Op de voorzijde een scène waarin hij een van zijn geschriften schrijft. Prent middenboven gemerkt: II. Deel Pag: 240.
Badge or Harness Pendant
Object type: badge or harness pendant
Date: 1400 – 1400
Materials: copper, enamel, gold
Culture: spanish
Location: spain
Subjects: coat of arms

Heraldry, or coat-of-arms, were vitally important in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Heraldic emblems were used to identify noble families, cities, regions, and even countries. In addition to being displayed on shields and flags, heraldry was incorporated into architectural decoration on the interior and the exterior of buildings, on furniture, works of art, clothing, and horse equipment. Harness pendants, like this example, would have been attached to a headstall, bridle, or other straps making up the tack of a horse ridden by a nobleman or noblewoman, or a member of their household. Many harness pendants also have decoration that is simply ornamental, or have symbols that are not specifically heraldic in nature.
Mrs. Halford Vaugham, Freshwater
Object type: photograph
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: julia margaret cameron
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, born india
Artist dates: 1815 – 1879
Subjects: profiles,women,plants
[Drummer]
Object type: photograph
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Subjects: men,drums,musicians
Portret van Robert Junius
Object type: print
Date: 1628 – 1670
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: rotterdam, amsterdam, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Busteportret van Robert Junius, op 38-jarige leeftijd. Het portret is gevat in een ovale omlijsting met een randschrift in het Latijn. In de marge een achtregelig gedicht in het Nederlands.
Soldaat die zijn laadstok uit de houder onder de loop van zijn roer haalt (nr. 24), ca. 1600
Object type: print
Date: 1597 – 1608
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: northern netherlands
Subjects: maurice (prince of orange), handling of weapons ~ military training, weapons

Een soldaat, ten voeten uit, naar rechts, die met zijn linkerhand bij zijn linkerdijbeen een roer (een bepaald type vuurwapen) vasthoudt en met zijn rechterhand de laadstok uit de houder onder de loop haalt (nr. 24), ca. 1600. Plaat 24 in de instructies voor het hanteren van de roer: Brief enseignement, sur la representation des figures, du droit maniement de l'Harquebuse. Onderdeel van de illustraties in een Franse editie van J. de Gheyns Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquetz et piques : en conformité de l'ordre de Mour le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam 1608. Krijgswezen rond 1600.
Voor- en zijgezicht van een schouw met timpaan uit het Paleis Noordeinde
Object type: print
Date: 1669 – 1706
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: chimney, chimney ornaments, chimney-piece, mantelpiece
Inscriptions: stamp:, stamp:, : ‘Met Octrooy van hare HO: MO: Geattacheert bij hare GRO: MO:’, collector's mark: Lugt 1641a, collector's mark: Lugt 1641, stamp:

Titelprent is onderdeel van een serie bestaande uit een titelprent en 22 vervolg prenten. De serie is voor het eerst uitgegeven door Pieter Jansz. Post in Den Haag of Rotterdam. De huidige (tweede staat) is uitgegeven door Frederik de Wit tussen 1669 en 1706. De volgorde van de prenten is in deze serie veranderd. De prenten zijn een derde keer uitgegeven door Pieter van der Aa in 1715 te Leiden. Hier is de volgorde wederom aangepast.
Oude vrouw met een tas in de hand
Object type: print
Date: 1876 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: alphonse stengelin
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1852 – 1938
Subjects: old woman
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
De Vleesch-hall / La Boucherie
Object type: print
Date: 1827 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: paulus lauters
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1806 – 1875
Subjects: market-hall, edifice, e.g.: public building, department store
Bamboo (?) Vendor
Object type: leaf
Date: 1901 – 1933
Materials: paper
Culture: chinese
Portret van George III, koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk
Object type: print
Date: 1745 – 1775
Materials: paper
Techniques: mezzotint
Location: london
Subjects: london, george iii (koning van het verenigd koninkrijk), historical persons, king
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Object type: fragment, mosaic bowl
Date: 34 – 33
Materials: glass
Culture: roman

Rim fragment of thin-walled bowl. Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue partially appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Vertical, rounded rim; convex curving side, tapering downward. Meandering-strip mosaic pattern formed from large sections of two canes: one comprising a horizontal section in purple and turquoise blue stripes flanked by white lines, and the other being a polygonal cane with a cluster of purple rods outlined in white with a central blue rod within a yellow circle. Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior and two broken edges.
Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Vessel
Object type: vessel
Materials: glaze, stoneware
Techniques: molding, underglaze
Location: china
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, part of framing border; Exterior, part of a draped figure?
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, meander; Exterior, right hand holding knobby stick and bit of himation
Illustriss:i D:ni Baronis et Regii Marescali N: Tessini Palatium Holmense qua extrorsum arcem Scilicet ac Forum Spectat
Object type: print
Date: 1702 – 1702
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: stockholm
Subjects: palace
Inscriptions: date

Kungliga Biblioteket, 'Suecia': http://www.kb.se/samlingarna/Kartor-bilder/Suecia-antiqua/ (geraadpleegd november 2016).
Sheep and herd boy
Object type: fan mounted a an album leaf
Date: 1301 – 1400
Materials: ink, silk
Culture: chinese
Artist: unidentified artist
Artist role: artist
Subjects: boys,sheep

Under a pair of willow trees, eighteen sheep spread across a summer meadow, some munching on grass, some nursing, others relaxing. While they rest, the young shepherd climbs one of the willows in pursuit of the contents of a bird’s nest. The overall tone is highly auspicious: the number eighteen suggests prosperity, while the mothers with children point to a wish for many offspring. The symbolism would have made this a suitable gift, particularly in the Year of the Ram.
Stenciled Folio
Object type: folio
Date: 1501 – 1800
Materials: gold, paper, watercolor
Location: iran

This incomplete page has been fabricated by use of a stencil, which was used to form the outline of the undulating floral and vegetal motifs as well as the lively birds and quadrupeds delineated in reserve. Pages like this originally framed paintings, drawings or samples of calligraphy, which would have been included in an album. This part of the page exposed how folios from Islamic manuscripts and albums were built up with layers of paper.
Gelijkenis van de rijke man en de arme Lazarus
Object type: print
Date: 1585 – 1585
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: the rich man (dives) is feasting, while poor lazarus is starving at the gate (dogs licking lazarus' sores) (luke 16:19-31)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, number: ‘50’, inscription: ‘Lazare couvert Duleeres est etendu devant la porte durietse et ne recoit aucun soulagement.’

Een rijke man zit met zijn familie en gasten aan tafel. Rechts buiten het huis bedelt de bedelaar Lazarus, wiens zweren door een hond worden gelikt. Op de achtergrond wordt het vervolg van het verhaal verbeeld. Als de rijke man en Lazarus zijn gestorven, zit Lazarus in de hemel bij Abraham op schoot. De rijke man bevindt zich in de vlammen van de hel. Onder de voorstelling een verwijzing in het Latijn naar de Bijbeltekst.
Vase
Object type: vase
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: glaze
Culture: japanese
Portret van Grinling en Elizabeth Gibbons
Object type: print
Date: 1691 – 1742
Materials: paper
Techniques: mezzotint
Artist: john smith (prentmaker/ uitgever)
Artist role: print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1652 – 1743
Subjects: london, sculptor, grinling gibbons, historical persons, couple of lovers, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240, annotation: ‘Closterman pinx/ Mr. Gibbons & Mrs. Gibbons/ I. Smith fecit’
Collar made of gauze or tulle
Object type: photogram
Date: 1900 – 1900
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: cyanotype
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: lace