deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Part of a figurine of a female figure supporting a male on her back
Object type: figurine fragment
Date: 1981 – 1802
Materials: faience
Location: egypt
Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at right
Object type: print
Date: 1640 – 1640
Techniques: etching
Artist: simone cantarini
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1612 – 1648
Subjects: christ,holy family,saint joseph,virgin mary
Het visioen van de H. Teresa van Avilla
Object type: print
Date: 1638 – 1702
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: female saints (theresa)(346)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

De heilige Teresa zit geknield voor een stenen poort en kijkt op naar een wolk waarin een duif (symbool voor de Heilige Geest) vliegt.
Portret van Johann Heinrich Lubeck
Object type: print
Date: 1865 – 1883
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: the hague
Subjects: the hague, historical persons, portrait of a musician
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Brush
Object type: brush
Date: 1875 – 1880
Materials: hair, metal, wool
Culture: american
Laurentius a Bibra
Object type: print
Date: 1713 – 1713
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: frankfurt am main
Subjects: archbishop, bishop, etc. (roman catholic), historical persons, armorial bearing, heraldry

Prent uit: Ludewig, Johann Peter von. Geschicht-Schreiber von dem Bischoffthum Wirtzburg (...). Frankfurt am Main: Thomas Fritsch, 1713.
Plate 8: Emperor Otho on Horseback, from 'The First Twelve Roman Caesars'
Object type: print
Date: 1596 – 1596
Techniques: etching
Artist: antonio tempesta
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1555 – 1630
Subjects: men,horses
Gezicht op bomen langs een sloot in de sneeuw bij München
Object type: page
Date: 1898 – 1903
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Location: berlin
Artist: friedrich bauer
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: trees, snow, small canal, ditch
Champagne Flute
Object type: glass
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: glass
Techniques: glassblowing
Location: austria
Artist: j. & l. lobmeyr
Artist nationality: austrian
Artist dates: 1822 –
Arcadisch landschap met bergen en een rivier
Object type: print
Date: 1697 – 1744
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: river, waterfall, pastorals, arcadian scenes
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Arcadisch landschap met kleine watervallen in een rivier. Op de voorgrond twee figuren. op de achtergrond bergen en een stad.
Staande man
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1879 – 1885
Materials: chalk
Artist: marius bauer
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1867 – 1932
Subjects: standing figure, walking-stick, staff, adult man, head-gear: hat

De man is van achteren gezien getekend, met een wandelstok en hoed. Pagina 15 uit een schetsboek met 58 bladen.
Figuren in Zeeuwse kostuums
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1856 – 1861
Materials: paper, pencil
Location: zeeland
Artist: cornelis springer
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1817 – 1891
Subjects: adult woman, adult man, clothes, costume

Mannen en vrouwen in Zeeuwse kostuums. Blad 8 uit een schetsboek met 44 bladen vervaardigd in Zeeland en Utrecht.
Staande vrouw met haar armen over elkaar
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1875 – 1934
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: isaac israels
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1865 – 1934
Subjects: adult woman (+ standing), arms crossed over the breast

Blad 20 verso en blad 21 recto uit schetsboek LXII met 28 bladen.
De volkomen victorie door de Oostenrijkers op de Byerschen behaald by Schardingen den 17 Ianuary 1742 door den Generaal Veldmaarsch: Grave van Khevenhuller (...)
Object type: print
Date: 1742 – 1742
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan van jagen
Artist role: print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1709 – 1800
Subjects: vienna, ludwig andreas von khevenhüller, battle (+ land forces)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2165, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Veldslag bij Schärding (Schardingen) in Oostenrijk waar de Oostenrijkse generaal Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller op 17 januari 1742 een overwinning behaalt op de Fransen en Beiersen. Rechts op de voorgrond de Oostenrijkse bevelhebbers te paard het gevecht overziende. In het onderschrift de legenda A-Z.
Design for a candelabrum
Object type: drawing
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: anonymous, british, 18th century
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1700 – 1800
Subjects: candelabra
Portret van Wilhelmina van Pruisen
Object type: print
Date: 1767 – 1767
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: berlin
Artist: daniel nikolaus chodowiecki
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1726 – 1801
Subjects: berlin, draughtsman, wilhelmina of prussia (princess of orange), historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Jug
Object type: jug
Date: 600 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: cypriot

Vertical circles and lotus panel.
Kantwerkster te 's Gravemoer
Object type: print
Date: 1885 – 1885
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Subjects: lace, sewing
Inscriptions: dedication: ‘Aan Hobbe Smith/ mijn eerste etsproeve/ Jan Veth’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Vloeiblad van het bureau van Willem Drees
Object type: vloeiblad
Date: 1910 – 1980
Materials: cardboard, felt, leather
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: amsterdam, the hague, willem drees, netherlands

Rood leren vloeiblad waarin een groen inlegvel. Onderzijde voorzien van bruin vilt.
Vessel in Form of a Head Wearing a Bird Headdress
Object type: vessel
Date: 100 – 500
Materials: ceramic, pigment, terracotta
Culture: moche
Location: moche valley
Coin Portraying Emperor Augustus
Object type: coin
Date: 27 – 14
Materials: bronze, copper alloy, metal
Culture: roman
Location: roman empire
Subjects: headrest
Omslagontwerp voor: De Architect, 1911
Object type: print
Date: 1911 – 1911
Materials: chalk, paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: richard nicolaüs roland holst
Artist dates: 1868 – 1938
Subjects: snakes, column, pillar ~ architecture, open fire (in general), woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude, container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een rechthoekig kader met daarin een slang die zich om een sokkel heeft gewikkeld waarop een kruik staat waarin een vuur brandt. Op de kruik de woorden 'SCHOONHEID' en 'REDELIJKHEID'. Links op de voorgrond een muis, rechts op de voorgrond een staande, naakte vrouw.
Vase with lid (one of a pair)
Object type: vase with cover
Date: 1826 – 1845
Materials: earthenware, enamel
Techniques: transfer
Artist: c. j. mason and co.
Artist role: manufactory
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1826 – 1848

These two vases are made of a ceramic body introduced in the early nineteenth century that was called by the factory "Mason’s Ironstone China". In fact, a fine white earthenware was employed for "ironstone", but the name given by the firm implied both durability and the elegance of Chinese porcelain. Ironstone could be inexpensively made, and works in this medium were enormously popular throughout the nineteenth century. In addition, the decoration involved painting over transfer-printed designs which was far less expensive that applying decoration entirely by hand. Thus works such as these, despite their imposing size, were much more affordable than comparable porcelain vases with traditional painted decoration.
Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken
Object type: postcard
Date: 1895 – 1895
Materials: cardboard, ink
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: bussum
Subjects: the hague, philip zilcken, exhibition ~ art
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Schelpenvisser of een landarbeider
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1834 – 1911
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: jozef israëls
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1824 – 1911
Subjects: landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

De figuur heeft een stuk gereedschap, mogelijk een hark of net, in de handen. Blad 19 recto uit een schetsboek met 37 bladen.
The Letter
Object type: print
Date: 1819 – 1819
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: jean-baptiste chometon
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1789 – 1832
Subjects: women,reading
Portret van Germaine de Staël
Object type: print
Date: 1818 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
Meubilair
Object type: chair
Date: 1650 – 1700
Materials: velvet, wood
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous

Chair. Walnut. Netherlands, c. 1650-1685. On loan from the Royal Antiquarian Society. Legacy of Nicolaas Pieneman, 1860.
Gelijkenis van de werkers in de wijngaard
Object type: print
Date: 1583 – 1583
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: at the end of the day the lord pays all the labourers equally; those that worked all day object, the lord sends labourers to the vineyard
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Boekillustratie bij parabel van de werkers in de wijngaard (Matteüs 20). Op de achtergrond worden arbeiders ingehuurd om te werken in de wijngaard. Op de voorgrond worden de arbeiders op het eind van de dag elk met een denarie betaald uit een buidel met goud. Enkele arbeiders protesteren omdat ze langer hebben gewerkt als de anderen, maar de landeigenaar is onverbiddelijk. De prent bevat een onderschrift met een verwijzing naar de bijhorende Bijbelpassage.
Gezicht op de Westerkerk te Amsterdam
Object type: print
Date: 1662 – 1728
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: church (exterior), street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent ook gebruikt in: La celebre ville d'Amsterdam, representée dans toute sa splendeur et sa magnificence (...) / De heerlykheid der wyd-vermaerde stad Amsterdam (…). Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, s.a. En in: Aa, Pieter van der. Europa. Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, s.a. [ca. 1715]. En in: Aa, Pieter van der. La galerie agreable du monde (...). 66 delen. Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1728, dl. 17.

Zie ook RP-P-AO-23-43.
No 4 Poltrona, Scabellone, Sedia
Object type: photograph
Date: 1878 – 1885
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: chair
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘No. 1. Ia 30/ " 2. " 35/ " 3. " 50’, number: ‘1. 2. 3.’, inscription: ‘Alta, 75. Larga, 57./ Alto, 120. Largo, 30./ Alta, 120. Larga, 40.’
Soldaat met zijn paard
Object type: print
Date: 1799 – 1871
Materials: paper
Techniques: printmaking, engraving
Location: paris
Subjects: private soldier, pipe ~ tobacco, horse
Inscriptions: : ‘Déposé au Bureau des Estampes’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese Lions (Karashishi) with Peonies and on Bridge
Object type: inrō
Date: 1701 – 1900
Materials: gold, lacquer, metal, silver
Techniques: fundame, hiramakie, roiro, maki-e
Culture: japanese
Subjects: bridges,lions,peonies
Gezicht op Heukelum
Object type: drawing
Date: 1750 – 1750
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: jan de beijer
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1703 – 1780
Subjects: prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
Caricature of Jules de Prémaray
Object type: drawing
Date: 1859 – 1859
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: hippolyte mailly
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1829 – 1888
Subjects: men,caricature
Portret van Isaac Johannes Dermout
Object type: print
Date: 1822 – 1831
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: the hague
Subjects: hoorn (north holland), the hague, organizational aspects ~ protestant churches, knighthood order, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark, collector's mark: Lugt 1096
Moer uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Object type: nut
Date: 1743 – 1743
Materials: copper
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: verenigde oostindische compagnie, hollandia (schip), annet

Nuts; circular flat ring, with 2 vertical wings on diametrically opposite outer sides, central circular hole threaded inside, with fragm of threaded shaft.
Schets van een man
Object type: drawing
Date: 1636 – 1679
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: jan havicksz. steen
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1625 – 1679
Subjects: standing figure
Deksel van roemer
Object type: lid
Date: 1690 – 1800
Materials: glass
Techniques: glassblowing

Gewelfd deksel met een uitkragende rand en een massieve bolle knop.
Sword-Grip Ornament (Menuki)
Object type: sword grip ornament menuki
Date: 1701 – 1733
Materials: gold alloy, gold, silver
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Subjects: horses
A group of men following a soldier on horseback with a sword
Object type: print
Date: 1910 – 1910
Techniques: lithography
Artist: josé guadalupe posada
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: mexican
Artist dates: 1852 – 1913
Subjects: soldiers,men,horses
Woman Moving, 'Miscellaneous - stooping, etc'
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1887 – 1887
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: united states
Subjects: movements of the human body, historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: number: ‘PLATE 503’, copyright notice: ‘Copyright 1887, by EADWARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.’, number

Afkomstig uit: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements, 1872-1885.
Piece
Object type: piece
Date: 1868 – 1926
Materials: cotton, fiber, silk
Culture: japanese
Subjects: birds
Portret van Karel I van Engeland
Object type: print
Date: 1845 – 1902
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: leipzig
Subjects: karel i (koning van engeland), historical persons, king
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Horn
Object type: horn
Date: 1867 – 1900
Materials: wood
Culture: african
Portret van Leopold Willem aartshertog van Oostenrijk
Object type: print
Date: 1629 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: matthäus merian (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1593 – 1650
Subjects: vienna, leopold willem van oostenrijk (landvoogd der zuidelijke nederlanden), armour, historical persons, crucifix ~ personal devotion
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Pastorale scènes
Object type: print
Date: 1719 – 1749
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: augsburg
Subjects: rocaille ornament, water-birds: goose, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc., fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.), pastorals, arcadian scenes
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Drie rocailles met voorstellingen. Onder een landschap met een ganzenhoedend paar. In de bovenste twee rocailles pluimvee; links eenden en rechts kippen. Linksboven 282 genummerd.
Twee opnames van houten koffers met ijzeren beslag
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1875 – 1880
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph, photolithography
Location: antwerp
Subjects: chest, coffer
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Coffres de privilèges (...)’, monogram: ‘JJvY’, inscription: ‘LITT. C. - PL. 39’
H. Wolframus van Sens
Object type: print
Date: 1650 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: haarlem
Subjects: heilige, wolframus van sens
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Deze prent maakt deel uit van de serie: Iesv Christo, Fideli Militantis Ecclesiae Imperatori, Liberali Eivsdem, Trivmphantis, Remvneratori, hos In Foederato Belgio Militiae Svae Legatos, Sanctissimos Sacri Belli Dvces, Patriae Apostolos, Et Decora Lvmina, Cvm Dvabvs Heroinis, Militans In Iisdem Provinciis Ecclesia. Haarlem: Pieter Claesz. Soutman, 1650.
Palazzi diversi nel'alma cità di Roma, et altre
Object type: print
Date: 1638 – 1638
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: vatican city
Subjects: castle, abbey, monastery, convent ~ roman catholic church
Inscriptions: number: ‘34’

Gezicht op het abdijcomplex het Escorial te San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spanje. Prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Cup with bouquets
Object type: cup
Date: 1767 – 1767
Materials: glaze, gold, paint, porcelain
Techniques: firing, forming, gilding, turning, vitrification
Location: sèvres
Inscriptions: mark: ‘dubbele L/ jaarnummer O/ A’

Kop van porselein met een cilindrische wand, beschilderd op het glazuur in blauw, rood, roze, groen, geel, paars, zwart en goud. De buitenwand is versierd met verschillende boeketten en strooibloemen. Boven de voet een gouden lijn en op de rand een gouden band van halve bollen. Gemerkt op de onderzijde met de dubbele L met jaarletter O, waaronder een A.
De landschapsschilder
Object type: print
Date: 1875 – 1887
Materials: paper, ink
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Artist: floris arntzenius
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1864 – 1925
Subjects: painter at work, in his studio - cc - out of doors
Inscriptions: signature: ‘Floris J. Arntzenius’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Polderlandschap met links een figuur achter een schildersezel, in de verte een molen en bomen.
Le Moniteur de la Mode, 1857, No. 502 : Modes d'Alphonsin (...)
Object type: fashion print
Date: 1857 – 1857
Materials: paper
Techniques: hand coloring, engraving
Location: paris
Subjects: flowers, pendant, trinket, 'breloque' (+ women's clothes), clothing for the upper part of the body (shawl) (+ women's clothes), ornamental parts of clothing (+ women's clothes), clothing for the upper part of the body (shawl) (+ lace used for clothes), fashion plates, head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes), gloves, mittens, etc. (+ women's clothes), fan (+ women's clothes)
Inscriptions: caption: ‘Modes d'Alphonsine _ Toilettes de M.me Judenne _ Fleurs de Tilman fournisseur de S.M. L'Impératrice et breveté de S.M. la Reine d'Angleterre _ Châles Dentelles des Magasins du Persan _ Mercerie et Rubans d'Audoyer (à la Ville de Lyon) _ Parfums de Legrand fourn.r de S. M. L'Empereur et des Cours Etrangéres_ Envoi de la M.on de Commission Lassalle & Cie.’, address: ‘Paris, Rue de Richelieu, 92. / London at the Moniteur Office, 15, Greek Street Soho. New-York Pinneo & co. Général Agents / Madrid P.J. de la Péna’, title: ‘Le Moniteur de la Mode’

Twee vrouwen in een park. Volgens het onderschrift: 'modes' van Alphonsine. 'Toilettes' van Judenne. Hieronder enkele regels reclametekst voor verschillende producten. Prent uit het modetijdschrift Le Moniteur de la Mode (1843-1913).
Dr. George Cook, St. Andrews
Object type: photograph
Date: 1843 – 1847
Techniques: paper negative, salted paper print
Artist: hill and adamson
Artist role: photography studio
Artist nationality: british, scottish
Artist dates: 1843 – 1848
Subjects: men,portraits,doctors
"Death of Bahram Chubina?", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 1330 – 1340
Materials: gold, ink, paper, watercolor
Location: iran
Artist: abu'l qasim firdausi
Artist role: author
Artist nationality: iranian
Artist dates: 935 – 1020
Subjects: men,women,death
Willem de Eerste, Koning der Nederlanden, enz.
Object type: print
Date: 1835 – 1835
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: william i of the netherlands
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Portretbuste van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, blootshoofds en gehuld in een uniform met ordester.
Terracotta globular flask
Object type: vase
Date: 1400 – 1050
Materials: terracotta
Culture: mycenaean

Two handles and broad and narrow bands.
Bruges. L'Hôtel de ville
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1906 – 1906
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph, writing
Location: bruges
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: square, place, circus, etc., townhall
Inscriptions: postage stamp
Alexander Prospekt met monument in Vladikavkaz
Object type: photograph
Date: 1890 – 1900
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: vladikavkaz
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: monument, statue, square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
Inscriptions: number: ‘188’, number: ‘6680’

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum met opnames van bezienswaardigheden in Georgië, Sint-Petersburg en Moskou.
George Washington
Object type: painting
Date: 1782 – 1782
Materials: canvas, oil
Culture: american
Artist: james peale
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1749 – 1831
Subjects: cannons,george washington,men,portraits,horses,flags

James helped his elder brother Charles Willson Peale make replicas of his popular full-length portrait of Washington, commissioned in 1779 by the state of Pennsylvania. (A version of Charles' Washington portrait, 97.33, is also in the Met's collection.) The bright color and clean outlines of this small version are characteristic of James's style. After the Continental forces, assisted by the French, had triumphed over the British at Yorktown in 1781, James Peale sketched the battle site, including here a view of the harbor showing the protruding masts of sunken ships. The French and the American flags fly above the general's head and the banners of the conquered lie at his feet.
Three Boys Grabbing Nobility
Object type: print
Date: 1736 – 1795
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: hand coloring, woodblock print
Culture: chinese
Portret van een man met snor en bril, aangeduid als O. Nylander
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: göteborg
Artist: waldemar dahllöf
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1844 – 1935
Subjects: eyeglasses, spectacles, moustache, historical persons
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘WALD. DAHLLOF/ Fotografi Atelier/ GÖTEBORG/ Östra Hamngatan 18./ Plåten behälles för efterbeställning.’
Drilled half almond seal
Object type: stamp seal
Date: 3500 – 2900
Materials: alabaster
Location: mesopotamia or southwestern iran
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 480 – 470
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, unidentified object; right shoulder and upper torso of male to right
Bruiloft in de buurt van Kalianget, Madura
Object type: photograph
Date: 1912 – 1912
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: netherlands
Artist: frits freerks fontein fz.
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1882 – 1928
Subjects: wedding feast, wedding meal
Inscriptions: caption: ‘Inlandsche bruiloftsparty nabij Kalianget. 1914’
Snowy Gorge
Object type: print
Date: 1615 – 1868
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: woodblock print
Culture: japanese
Artist: utagawa hiroshige
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1858
Subjects: rivers,mountains,snow,boats

Hiroshige began his career at about age fifteen as a student of Utagawa Toyohiro (1773–1828), who was known for his prints of landscapes and beautiful women. He also studied Japanese literati painting. Hiroshige's predilection for landscapes may have been fostered by such early influences. His course in this genre was set by the enormous success of his best-known landscape series, Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaidō, published by Hoeidō on the basis of sketches made during a trip to Kyoto in 1832. A special fondness for snow-covered landscapes and falling snow pervades his work. The depiction of falling snow fully exploits the woodblock medium: after the block has been carved, the unprinted paper supplies the whiteness. In this snow scene, one of Hiroshige's finest, probably made in 1841, the figures crossing the bridge and in the boats on the Fuji River are so small that they become almost a part of nature, emphasizing the monumentality of the mountains. Hiroshige creates a silent poetry of landscape.