deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Lint op rol, wit satijn met één zijde voorzien van picots
Object type: braid
Date: 1890 – 1935
Materials: cardboard, paper, textile
Techniques: weave
Location: nijmegen
Inscriptions: number: ‘Pon 05987’

Lint op rol, wit satijn met één zijde voorzien van picots.
Scaramouche and Columbine
Object type: group
Date: 1741 – 1741
Materials: hard paste porcelain
Artist: meissen manufactory
Artist role: manufactory
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1710 – 9999
Subjects: musical instruments,men,women,flowers
Portretreeks van de pers, de literatuur en de kunsten
Object type: print
Date: 1841 – 1841
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Artist: émile lassalle
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1813 – 1871
Subjects: dordrecht, painter, print maker, draughtsman, sculptor, ary scheffer, historical persons, portrait, self-portrait of painter, tools, implements of painter
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760
Paus Cornelius
Object type: drawing
Date: 1844 – 1846
Materials: ink, paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: tiemen hooiberg
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1809 – 1897
Subjects: saints
Inscriptions: stamp, collector's mark: Lugt 1641

Paus Cornelius met pauselijke staf en drinkhoorn. Linksboven genummerd: 6. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Schoone kunsten, Muur- en gewelfschilderingen.
Portion of a Chasuble
Object type: textile
Date: 1450 – 1500
Materials: gilt, metal, silk, velvet
Techniques: brocade, cutting, satin weave, voiding, weave
Location: italy
Knielende Petrus
Object type: print
Date: 1647 – 1714
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: sébastien leclerc (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1637 – 1714
Subjects: the apostle peter, first bishop of rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara

Met aanpassingen door Charles Nicolas Cochin.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 490 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, drapery of figure to left; drapery and part of back leg and seat of stool
Young Bacchus and Companions
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: board, chalk, paper
Location: belgium
Artist: after anthony van dyck
Artist nationality: flemish
Artist dates: 1599 – 1641
Rotskust met daarop een kerk bij Étretat
Object type: page
Date: 1850 – 1860
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: etretat
Artist: kaiser
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: rocky coast
Fragment van een grotere tekening van een zwarte man
Object type: drawing
Date: 1832 – 1880
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: jan weissenbruch
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1822 – 1880
Subjects: africans
Ontwerp voor een album voor A.W. Sijthoff
Object type: design
Date: 1901 – 1901
Materials: paper, pencil, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Artist: reinier willem petrus de vries (1874-1953)
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1874 – 1953
Subjects: magic mathematical figures; magic numbers, words, monograms
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘R:MVS.’, annotation: ‘[...]’

Ontwerp voor een album voor A.W. Sijthoff ter gelegenheid van zijn vijftigjarige uitgeversloopbaan.
Oude blinde bedelaar geleid door een jongen
Object type: watercolor
Date: 1660 – 1687
Materials: ink, paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Location: zwolle
Artist: gesina ter borch
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1633 – 1690

Oude blinde bedelaar geleid door een jonge gids.
Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs
Object type: drawing
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: gold paint, graphite, ink, paper, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: jules-edmond-charles lachaise
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1897 – 1897
Subjects: architecture,ceilings
Portret van Carel Willem Pape
Object type: print
Date: 1822 – 1863
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: the hague
Subjects: the hague, adult man, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233
Penning met portret van Cesilia Veeselar op 37-jarige leeftijd
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1875 – 1930
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman, pendant, trinket, 'breloque'
Wedding shirt
Object type: wedding shirt
Date: 1863 – 1863
Materials: linen
Culture: american
Portret van Paul Henri Marron
Object type: print
Date: 1790 – 1810
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: paris, paul henri marron, historical persons, portrait of a writer

Met vierregelig lofdicht in het Nederlands.
Besneeuwd heuvellandschap
Object type: print
Date: 1923 – 1923
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: leo gestel
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1881 – 1941
Subjects: (high) hill, snow
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Wandelende figuren in een besneeuwd heuvellandschap met huizen en bomen, vermoedelijk het Ertsgebergte in Duitsland.
Ida Mulle, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Gypsy Queen Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1886 – 1890
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: goodwin & company
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1850 – 1950
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses
Portret van Guillaume, baron van Lamboy
Object type: print
Date: 1616 – 1657
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: armour
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Seated Nude
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Date: 1858 – 1860
Materials: chalk, paper
Location: france
Artist: édouard manet
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1832 – 1883
Inscriptions: Signed lower right, in graphite: "E. Manet"; inscribed upper left, in graphite: "2"; verso, lower center, in graphite: "51 (?) x 40"; just below and slightly to the right, in graphite: "6"
Twee vrouwenvoeten
Object type: drawing
Date: 1585 – 1642
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: guido reni
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1575 – 1642
Subjects: foot
Reproductie van een kaart van de Golf van Thailand
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1890 – 1895
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Subjects: maps, atlases
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Tirée du Neptune Oriental de d'après de Mannevillette/ 1781.’, collector's mark: ‘Société d'Emulation de l'Ain/ Bourg/ Bibliothèque’, inscription: ‘Pl. XV/ Conservée à la Bibliothèque Nationale’
Portret van Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel
Object type: print
Date: 1828 – 1836
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: leiden
Subjects: deventer, historical persons
Beaker
Object type: glass
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: glass
Techniques: tinting
Location: england
Not bad, not bad at all the lady over there.... I wonder if she is alone... What rakes we are!, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 8, 1864
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: honoré daumier
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1808 – 1879
Subjects: satire,men,women

- Well my friend, it seems you have lost.... didn't you tell your client that you would win? - Quite so, by defending his cause I have gained 500 Francs.
Man veegt as richting een brandende haard
Object type: print
Date: 1711 – 1711
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan luyken
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1649 – 1712
Subjects: chimney, ash
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Proefdruk van illustratie voor: Luyken, Jan. Het leerzaam huisraad, vertoond in vyftig konstige figuuren, met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen: Pieter Arentsz. II (wed.) en Cornelis van der Sys, 1711, p. 142.
Spoon
Object type: spoon
Date: 1700 – 1700
Materials: silver
Culture: american
Location: united states
Artist: john edwards
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1671 – 1746
Dress
Object type: dress
Date: 1822 – 1822
Materials: silk
Culture: british
Cushion Cover with "Scent"
Object type: cushion cover
Date: 1634 – 1666
Materials: cotton, linen, silk, wool
Techniques: weave
Culture: dutch
Subjects: women,flowers
Shed Sticks (?)
Object type: non art
Date: 1000 – 1476
Materials: fiber, wood
Location: peru
Edward II de Martelaar en Elfrida
Object type: print
Date: 1786 – 1786
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, engraving
Location: london
Subjects: historical events and situations; historical persons, murder, murderer
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2165, number: ‘No. 1459’

Elfrida staat met haar zoon Ethelred II en haar dienaressen bij een poort. Ze biedt Eduard II de Martelaar die te paard aan komt rijden een glas mede (drank) aan. Achter Eduard staat een man die hem in de rug wil steken met een dolk. Tekst in het Engels en het Frans in de ondermarge.
Ste. Marie des Victoires (St. Mary of Victories), October 7th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)
Object type: print
Date: 1636 – 1636
Techniques: etching
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635
Subjects: boats

This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.
Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi, page 35 (verso)
Object type: book print ornament architecture
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: giovanni andrea vavassore
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1530 – 1573
Subjects: ornament

Published by Giovanni Andrea (called "Guadagnino") Vavassore, Italian, active 16th century, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: design composed of 4 vertical columns. Each column is divided into at least two sections: white and black. The second column from the left is illustrated with rabbits flanking a plant in the middle.
Graf van Lodewijk XVII, Delft
Object type: photograph
Date: 1901 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: delft
Artist: david vermeulen
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: karl wilhelm naundorff, grave, tomb, delft
Plafond met bloemmotieven
Object type: ornament print
Date: 1758 – 1820
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: ravensburg
Subjects: (decorated) ceiling
Inscriptions: collector's mark: 2760, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Ontwerp voor een plafond met ornamenten en bloemmotieven in het midden en in de hoeken. Uitgeversnummer 33.
Klanten in een boekhandel
Object type: print
Date: 1900 – 1930
Materials: paper
Techniques: two-color autotype
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: reading, book-shop, bookseller
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 4780, collector's mark: Lugt 4779

Een man en een vrouw, met boek in de hand, tussen stapels uitgestalde boeken. Op de achtergrond twee mannen gebogen over een boek. In de rechter bovenhoek: Bijlage No. 44 Maandblad Typografie.
Margaret Robinson, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1890 – 1890
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: kinney brothers tobacco company
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1869 – 2011
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.
Jar
Object type: jar
Materials: glaze, stonepaste
Techniques: painting
Location: syria
Nederlands Indië, duit Holland,1803
Object type: coin
Date: 1803 – 1803
Materials: copper
Techniques: striking
Location: enkhuizen

Koperen munt. Voorzijde: tweeregelig opschrift, waarboven muntteken ster en waaronder jaartal. Keerzijde: tussen waarde-aanduiding 5 1/16 G gekroond generaliteitswapenschild. Gladde rand.
Boeddhistische monniken op de trap van de Angkor Wat tempel in Cambodja
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1931 – 1931
Materials: paper, pencil, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Location: cambodia
Artist: marius bauer
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1867 – 1932
Subjects: temple, shrine ~ hinduism, buddhism, jainism, flight of steps, religious functionaries ~ hinduism, buddhism, jainism

Pagina 68 uit een schetsboek met 48 bladen.
Assault and capture of bastion no. 6, from Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome
Object type: print
Date: 1858 – 1858
Materials: chine, paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: france
Artist: denis auguste marie raffet
Artist role: designer
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1804 – 1860
The Flight into Egypt
Object type: print
Date: 1630 – 1631
Techniques: etching
Artist: claude lorrain (claude gellée)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1604 – 1682
Subjects: human figures,horses,trees,angels
Trees and Buildings with Low Tower
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: scotland
Artist: john clerk of eldin
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 520 – 510
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Artist: thalia painter
Artist role: artist

Exterior, torso, in three quarter view, genitals, and legs of a symposiast to right, with his himation draped over his shoulders, around his back, and over his forearms, holding a drinking horn in his right hand
Brief aan Jan Veth
Object type: letter
Date: 1920 – 1920
Materials: cardboard, ink
Techniques: pen, writing
Artist: willem witsen
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1860 – 1923
Subjects: designer, jan veth, isaac israels, travelling; tourism, dutch east indies, the
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
The Empire means Peace, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 19, 1870
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: honoré daumier
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1808 – 1879
Subjects: satire
Ontwerp voor een kamerversiering met pauwen op een balustrade
Object type: design
Date: 1785 – 1785
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: abraham meertens
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1757 – 1823
Subjects: ornamental birds: peacock
Visitekaart van graveur Jean Baptiste Merlen
Object type: visiting card
Date: 1779 – 1850
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: paris
Artist: jean baptiste merlen
Artist role: graveur, medailleur
Artist dates: 1769 – 1850
Subjects: jean baptiste merlen, printing press, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, visiting-card, calling-card, paris

Twee klassieke standbeelden bij een sokkel. Naast een van de figuren een drukpers, verder twee putti. Op de sokkel: 'Merlen Graveur sur tous Métaux & sur Pierres fines' gevolgd door het adres.
Seibei vermoord door Kyûshichi.
Object type: print
Date: 1805 – 1857
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: japan
Subjects: hacking and thrusting weapons: sword, murderer

Seibei met bebloed hoofd, wordt vermoord door de sake handelaar Kyûshichi. (blad van een triptiek)
Preken in Groningen in de week van 22 juni 1749
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1749 – 1749
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: preaching (in general)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641, stamp

Preken in Groningen in de week van 22 juni 1749, met de namen van de predikanten. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Godsdienst, Predikbeurtenlijstjes.
Portret van Johanna Geertruida Jonker
Object type: photograph
Date: 1897 – 1898
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: collodion silver print
Location: haarlem
Subjects: historical persons, haarlem
Inscriptions: workshop stamp: ‘C.F. & L.J. Cordes/ Haarlem, Groote Houtstraat 84/ 's Bosch a/d. Parade’, annotation: ‘Hansje Jonker’
Madonna and Child Enthroned
Object type: painting
Date: 1475 – 1490
Materials: gold leaf, paint, wood
Artist: nicola di maestro antonio
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian, active ancona
Artist dates: 1472 – 1510
Subjects: madonna and child
Sukenari (Soga no Juro) and Tokimune (Soga no Goro) assasinating Suketsune, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"
Object type: print
Date: 1843 – 1847
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: utagawa hiroshige 歌川 広重
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1858
God Ganesha
Object type: sculpture
Materials: stone
Location: cambodia
Subjects: ganesha, gods (deities), religion
Nutgrass Grows on the Southern Hills
Object type: hanging scroll
Date: 1862 – 1862
Materials: ink, paper
Culture: chinese
Artist: wu xizai
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: chinese
Artist dates: 1799 – 1870
Vrouw met lange haren, het hoofd opzij gebogen
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1849 – 1917
Materials: pencil
Artist: matthijs maris
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1839 – 1917
Subjects: adult woman, head bent forward; bowing

Blad 12 verso uit een schetsboek met 35 bladen.
Eggplant-shaped Tea Caddy (Chaire), named Shira Tsuyu (White Dew)
Object type: tea caddy
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: glaze, iron, ivory, stoneware
Culture: japanese
Artist: shinbei
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Diverse afbeeldingen, onder meer van een schilder achter zijn ezel
Object type: photograph
Date: 1900 – 1925
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: adult man, painter at work, in his studio, automobile

Albumblad met foto's van een man met halflang haar, van een onbekende schilder staand achter zijn ezel en van twee stellen in een auto in Scheveningen. Onderdeel van Fotoalbum van een onbekende Nederlandse familie met connecties in Suriname en Nederlands-Indië (1).
Fixed fan
Object type: fixed fan
Date: 1880 – 1889
Materials: cotton, silk, wood
Culture: american
Subjects: flowers
Portret van prinses Wilhelmina met haar hond
Object type: cabinet photograph
Date: 1889 – 1889
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: the hague
Artist: kameke
Artist role: painter
Subjects: print maker, wilhelmina of the netherlands, crown princess, historical persons, dog
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Kameke/ PORTRETSCHILDER EN HOFPHOTOGRAPH/ van H.H.M.M. den Koning en de Koningin/ der Nederlanden. /en van H.K.H. Mevrouw de Prinses Albert/ von Saksen-Altenburg./ 's GRAVENHAGE./ Javastraat No. 20,/ by de Alexanderstraat’, number: ‘40’, stamp: ‘Origineel’, inscription: ‘Wilhemina 1889’
Veilingzaal van Puttick and Simpson te Londen
Object type: print
Date: 1882 – 1882
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: london
Artist: sachs
Artist role: print maker
Subjects: bookshelves, grand piano, picture, painting, art sale, auction
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Zaal met boekenkasten langs de wanden met schilderijen er boven en in het midden een lange tafel. Links een vleugel en rechts een verhoging voor de veilingmeester. Links en rechts van de afbeelding een decoratieve border met vermelding van de zaken die bij Puttick and Simpson geveild worden.
Miniature Covered Jar
Object type: covered jar
Date: 1767 – 1800
Materials: enamel, glaze, gold, porcelain
Culture: japanese
Bomen aan het water
Object type: print
Date: 1875 – 1875
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: aristide de biseau
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1844 – 1883
Subjects: trees, landscapes, shore-birds and wading-birds: heron, pond
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘1e etat unique exemplaire’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een latere staat van deze prent is gebruikt in: Album du Journal des Beaux-Arts. Antwerpen, s.n., 1875.
Interieur van suikerfabriek (?) Soemberkareng
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1906 – 1906
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: unknown
Artist: Anonymous
Sheet 2: A Triumphal Chariot, from "The Triumph of Julius Caesar"
Object type: print
Date: 1599 – 1599
Materials: ink
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: andrea andreani
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1558 – 1629
Subjects: julius caesar,men,horses,chariots

This print is from a scrapbook (album) containing woodcuts and chiaroscuro prints. It was presumably taken apart when it was acquired by The Met in 1922. On the front page of the volume there appeared a statement that this collection was made by the poet Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) and then bought by Angela Coutts (1816-1906) in memory of him at the sale of the collection at his house (28 April – 20 May, 1856). #1615a Rogers Sale. #146 Burdett Coutts Sale (Sotheby’s, May 1922). The prints from the original album have the range 22.73.3-1–22.73.3-161.
Wings, halfrond van groene wol gevoerd met groen laken, voor jagers of vrijwillige jagers
Object type: shoulder loop
Date: 1830 – 1830
Materials: textile, wool
Techniques: stitching
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: netherlands

Halfronde groen wollen schouderbedekking, gevoerd met groen laken. Met groen lakense epaulet, geel gebiesd met knoopsgat. Veters voor bevestiging ontbreken.
Lord Aberdare
Object type: page
Date: 1877 – 1882
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: politician, historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) (+ (full) bust portrait), politician, e.g. party leader
The procession of Corpus Christi in the nave of the Church of the monastery of El Escorial, from "Views of El Escorial"
Object type: print
Date: 1790 – 1800
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: manuel alegre
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: spanish
Artist dates: 1768 – 
Subjects: interiors,churches,processions
The Capture of Lieutenant General Johann Hermann von Fersen During the Battle of Bergen (19 September 1799)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1803 – 1803
Materials: ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: dirk langendijk
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: dutch
Artist dates: 1748 – 1805
Subjects: battles,soldiers,cannons,generals

In August 1799, Anglo-Russian forces invaded the Netherlands, which had, in 1795, proclaimed itself the Batavian Republic in alliance with Revolutionary France. A month later the Dutch and French claimed an important victory at the Battle of Bergen in North Holland. This sheet depicts a decisive moment in that battle. Left of center, Johann Hermann von Fersen, an infantry general in the Imperial Russian Army, is seized from his horse. Other fallen soldiers and horses appear in the foreground. Smoke and gunpowder fill the sky with a thick haze. Here, as with his drawing of the British troops landing at Callantsoog (British National Maritime Museum, Greenwich), Langendijk claimed firsthand observation with the inscription “ad viv delint” (drawn from life). (JSS, 8/23/2018)
Portret van Johann Christoph Wilhelm von Steck
Object type: print
Date: 1793 – 1793
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: historical persons, ornament ~ festoon, garland, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>)
Object type: arrowhead i yanone i
Date: 1501 – 1900
Materials: steel
Culture: japanese
Location: japan

Although today Japanese warriors are renowned most for their swordsmanship, archery, especially from horseback, has been an essential part of samurai warfare and culture for centuries. Arrows were fitted with heads of varying shape according to their intended use in war, the hunt, or target practice. This arrowhead and others like it also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. nos. 32.75.489, .494, .506, .519, .562, .586, .591, .614, .657, .658, .659) were made for use on the battlefield, with different designs intended for specialized purposes such as the piercing of armor or to cause maximum damage to horses and unarmored personnel. On the other hand, highly elaborate examples (acc. nos. 32.75.318, .321, .327, .330, .334, .337, .339, .340, .398, .399, .403, .406, .409, 36.25.2616) were made as gifts or for ceremonial purposes. This trident-shaped arrowhead is in the form of a miniature spear-head (jūmonji yari).