deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Aankondiging van het geschenk van 10.000 dukaten van Lombardije aan Caroline Augusta van Beieren, keizerin van Oostenrijk
Object type: print
Date: 1817 – 1817
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: vienna, caroline augusta van beieren (keizerin van oostenrijk), historical persons
Inscriptions: date
Jean Mawson, 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.
Schutterij van Leiden
Object type: marksman medal
Date: 1669 – 1669
Materials: silver
Techniques: striking
Location: leiden
Artist: arent jansz. schmeltzing
Artist role: medailleur
Artist dates: 1639 – 1682
Subjects: leiden

Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: leeuw met zwaard in boven hoofd geheven rechterklauw en schild in linkerklauw onder kroon tussen vier wapenschilden binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: wapentrophee bestaande uit harnas, trommel, vaandels en wapentuig boven jaartal binnen omschrift
Case (Inrō) with Design of Fishing Nets and Chidori in Flight
Object type: inrō
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: gold, lacquer, metal
Techniques: fundame, hiramakie, inlay, roiro
Culture: japanese
Subjects: birds
Saint Ambrose repelling Emperor Theodosius
Object type: print
Date: 1652 – 1711
Techniques: engraving
Artist: johann jakob thurneysen, the elder
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: swiss
Artist dates: 1636 – 1711
Wine Warmer (Jiao)
Object type: wine warmer
Date: 1300 – 1001
Materials: bronze
Culture: chinese
Effect van gevoeligheid op de vier verschillende temperamenten
Object type: print
Date: 1767 – 1767
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: germany
Subjects: 32a1	the four temperaments; 'complessione' (ripa), parody on art
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Casino di Villa Albani
Object type: photograph
Date: 1863 – 1887
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: rome
Artist: michèle mang
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1840 – 1909
Subjects: exterior ~ representation of a building, civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
Inscriptions: number: ‘136’
Female Allegorical Figure With Cherubs(?)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: chalk, paper
Techniques: brush, wash
Artist: anonymous, italian, roman-bolognese, 17th century
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1600 – 1700
Subjects: women,angels
Regtspleging van Oldenbarnevelt
Object type: cartoon
Date: 1710 – 1740
Materials: ink, parchment, watercolor
Techniques: brush, pen
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: the hague, johan van oldenbarnevelt, ass, donkey, monkeys, apes, caricatures (human types), bad, corrupt judge, political caricatures and satires

Spotprent waarop podium met daarop een ezel waaromheen zeven apen. Op de achtergrond het Binnenhof. Met handgeschreven tekst. Behorende bij serie aquarellen in boek.
True sympathy
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1850 – 1915
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: ohio
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: orphans, anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘(...)/ G.W. McWHERTER,/ Superintendant.’
Pontus Fürstenberg and his Wife (standing near Hasselberg's "Frog")
Object type: print
Date: 1895 – 1895
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: sweden
Artist: anders zorn
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: swedish
Artist dates: 1860 – 1920
Pensnijder
Object type: print
Date: 1753 – 1810
Materials: paper
Techniques: mezzotint, pasting
Subjects: pen, book, studying at night

Een oude man met bontmuts en bril werkt voorovergebogen aan een tafel. Hij snijdt een ganzenveer bij het licht van een kaars. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.
werkplaats (fabriek) van 't Woonhuys, Amsterdam
Object type: photograph
Date: 1925 – 1940
Materials: cardboard, glass, photographic support, wood
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: martens
Inscriptions: label: ‘FOTO MARTENS / A'DAM - TEL. 21046’
Watermolen en dorpskerk
Object type: watercolor
Date: 1777 – 1777
Materials: ink, paper, pencil, watercolor
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: hendrik meijer
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1744 – 1793
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, watermill
Christus en de twaalf apostelen, en H. Paulus
Object type: print
Date: 1579 – 1579
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, letterpress printing
Location: delft
Subjects: the apostle and martyr matthias; possible attributes: axe, book, cross, halberd, scroll, sword
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent gebruikt als illustratie in: Const-toonneel, inhoudende de beschrijvinghe ende XL. Heerlijcke afbeeldindinghen: Onses Heeren Jesu Christi, met sijne apostelen, ende evangelisten, midtsgaders de hooft-deuchden ende ondeuchden. Ende ten laetsten de seven planeten. In coper gesneden door Johannis Wierix. De beschrijvinge is (...). Delft: Nicolaes de Clerck, 1609.
Portret van Maria Anna van Oostenrijk
Object type: print
Date: 1723 – 1723
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman, ornament ~ medallion

Prent waarschijnlijk uit: Histoire Generale d'Espagne (...). Parijs: Theodore Le Gras, 1723, dl. 8, p. 30.
Vedute altre prese da i Luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal
Object type: print
Date: 1707 – 1768
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: venice
Subjects: ruin of a building ~ architecture, landscape with ruins, gallery (spacious corridor), lantern

Gezicht vanuit een gallerij waar een lantaarn aan het plafond hangt. Door de bogen van de gallerij zijn verschillende gebouwen en ruïnes, waaronder een triomfboog, te zien. Op de achtergrond liggen zeilschepen in een haven.
Zittende vrouw naaiend bij het venster
Object type: print
Date: 1888 – 1888
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, intaglio
Artist: willem de zwart
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1862 – 1931
Subjects: adult woman, closed window, sewing
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233
The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Yaoya Oshichi
Object type: print
Date: 1751 – 1751
Techniques: printmaking, woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: torii kiyomasu ii
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1706 – 1763
Christiaan Andriessen bekijkt met iemand een tekening of schildering in een gang
Object type: drawing
Date: 1805 – 1805
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: christiaan andriessen
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1775 – 1846
Subjects: vestibule, hall, painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
Inscriptions: signature: ‘J Andriessen’, inscription: ‘13 junij wat is dat bekje mooij getekend’

Dagboekblad uit het getekende dagboek dat Christiaan Andriessen bijhield van 1805 tot en met 1808.
F. de Lesseps
Object type: photograph
Date: 1876 – 1876
Materials: paper
Techniques: photography, woodburytype
Location: france
Artist: nadar (gaspard félix tournachon)
Subjects: collected by hugh edwards, contemporaine littéraire
Interieur van de Église Notre-Dame de Lorette in Parijs
Object type: page
Date: 1839 – 1840
Materials: paper
Techniques: tone lithography
Location: paris
Subjects: interior of church
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘PARIS DAGUERRÉOTYPÉ No. 17.’

Prent op vijfenzestigste ongenummerde pagina.
Sir Isaac Newton
Object type: print
Date: 1760 – 1760
Materials: paper
Techniques: mezzotint
Location: london
Subjects: london, physicist, physics (+ portrait of scholar, scientist), historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Trade Card for H. Fitzpatrick, Printer and Bookseller
Object type: print, trade card
Date: 1801 – 1900
Techniques: engraving
Artist: anonymous, irish, 19th century
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: irish
Artist dates: 1800 – 1900
Ontwerp voor illustratie voor De Kolossus der Negentiende Eeuw door P.J. Andriessen (Textill., blz. 86); scène uit het leven van Napoleon
Object type: drawing
Date: 1877 – 1942
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: george lodewijk de wetstein pfister
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1867 – 1942
Subjects: napoleon i (emperor of the french), (andriessen, de kolossus der negentiende eeuw) specific works of literature (with author, title), historical persons, illustration ~ printed matter, book, historical events and situations
Gezicht op de Patio de las Doncellas in het Alcazar in Sevilla
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1862 – 1876
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: royal palace of seville
Artist: jean andrieu
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1816 – 1872
Subjects: arch, archivolt ~ architecture, courtyard
Inscriptions: number: ‘2493.’
Oordeel van Paris
Object type: print
Date: 1670 – 1726
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: leiden
Subjects: helmet, the judgement of paris (mercury present), (story of) minerva (pallas, athena), casting weapons: spear, aegis: shield with gorgon's head (attribute of minerva)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Minerva staat bij een boom. Ze draagt een helm en houdt een speer vast. Tegen de boom staat het schild met het hoofd van Medusa. Onder de voorstelling bevindt zich een vierregelige, Latijnse tekst met een beschrijving van Minerva's belofte aan Paris.
Portret van een onbekende jonge vrouw op straat, staande voor een kerk en een bibliotheek
Object type: photograph
Date: 1900 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: anonymous historical person portrayed - bb - woman
Miss Francois, from the Actresses series (N203) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Object type: photograph
Date: 1889 – 1889
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: william s. kimball & company
Artist role: publisher
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N203), issued in 1889 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Salvator Rosa frame
Object type: frame
Date: 1770 – 1770
Materials: wood
Culture: italian
Portret van Ferdinand Raimund
Object type: print
Date: 1818 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: berlin
Subjects: historical persons
Folding chair with two birds among flowers
Object type: folding chair
Date: 1201 – 1400
Materials: lacquer, rattan
Techniques: carving
Culture: chinese

A very rare example from the early Ming dynasty, this chair illustrates the sophisticated craftsmanship of the lacquer and furniture from the period. The folding legs are well balanced with the armrests and curved back, which together create a stable and beautiful structure. Except for the rattan seat, all surfaces of the chair are made of lacquer. In addition to the meticulously carved geometric background, the chair also features a pair of paradise flycatchers among flowers on the back panel. Known as an “awarding ribbon” (shoudai) in Chinese, this type of long-tailed bird is a symbol of fortune and longevity.
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 480 – 470
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, vertical shaft with fillet tied around it; owl, right hand and spear of Athena?
Flowers and Birds
Object type: hanging scroll
Date: 1701 – 1733
Materials: ink, silk
Culture: chinese
Artist: zhang ruoai
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: chinese
Gezicht op de Willemsstraat in Amsterdam
Object type: photograph
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: andreas theodorus rooswinkel
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1838 – 1909
Subjects: village-gate, street
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘A'dam/ 12-18/ April 1889’, annotation: ‘Willemsstraat’
Les Quatre Saisons
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1912 – 1961
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: winter ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year), skates (winter sports)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, annotation: ‘Uitgave Gebr. Graauw/ Singel/ Amsterdam’

Schaatsende man op een bevroren sloot, met links een andere man die een vrouw haar schaatsen ombindt.
Libel
Object type: print
Date: 1881 – 1949
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Artist: lucie van dam van isselt
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1871 – 1949
Subjects: insects: dragon-fly
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Portret van Albert van Ouwater
Object type: print
Date: 1720 – 1774
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: haarlem
Artist: cornelis van den berg
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1699 – 1774
Subjects: painter

Portret van Albert van Ouwater. In de ondermarge zijn naam en beroep.
Zeventigste verjaardag van Koning Willem III 1887
Object type: history medal
Date: 1887 – 1887
Materials: silver
Techniques: pressing

Eenzijdig zilveren draagteken met oog en draagring, een gekroonde leeuw liggend naar links, op een tekstlint, onder een oranjeboom en twee palmtakken.
Triomf van Christus (tweede deel)
Object type: print
Date: 1517 – 1517
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: italy
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: john the baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff, the apostle peter, first bishop of rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara, specific forms of the cross: tau-cross
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Gedeelte van de Triomf van Christus met verscheidene heiligen met martelwerktuigen. Op verscheidene plaatsen tekst in het Latijn.
Tankard
Object type: tankard
Date: 1625 – 1640
Materials: stoneware
Techniques: salt glaze
Subjects: lions

German stoneware tankards were brought to America in large numbers on Dutch fur-trading ships. Shards of these popular vessels have been uncovered at seventeenth century sites in New York and New England.
Gesprek bij een drinkbak
Object type: print
Date: 1834 – 1882
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, etching, intaglio
Artist: adrien joseph verhoeven-ball
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1824 – 1882
Subjects: horse
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 1485

Man en vrouw in gesprek, terwijl ze hun paarden laten drinken bij een drinkbak.
Cassetta frame
Object type: frame
Date: 1600 – 1610
Materials: wood
Culture: italian
Panels
Object type: textile
Date: 1000 – 1476
Materials: cotton
Techniques: tapestry weave, stitching
Location: peru
Artist: rimac
Subjects: super/natural
Landschappen met ruïnes en fantasie-architectuur en figuren in antieke en exotische dracht
Object type: print
Date: 1560 – 1570
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: vicenza
Artist: giovanni battista pittoni (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1520 – 1583
Subjects: landscape with ruins, fantastic architecture, unrealistic architectural fantasies
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Vermoedelijk is deze prentreeks onbeschreven (vergelijk Passavant, deel 6 p. 169-170, nr. 1). Het is vooralsnog onduidelijk of de reeks compleet is of wellicht uit meer prenten bestond.
John Montgomery Ward, Captain and Shortstop, New York, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Object type: baseball card, photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: goodwin & company
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1850 – 1950
Subjects: men,portraits,baseball,athletes

The "Old Judge" series of baseball cards (N172) was issued by Goodwin & Company from 1887 to 1890 to promote Old Judge Cigarettes.
Voetstukken
Object type: print
Date: 1772 – 1779
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: paris
Subjects: column, pillar ~ architecture, pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Twee geornamenteerde zuilen met bloemmotieven en links met guirlandes. Prentnummer 67.
Portret van Gaspard de Coligny III
Object type: print
Date: 1707 – 1707
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: historical persons

Prent mogelijk uit: Vassor, Michel le. Histoire du regne de Louis XIII. Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1707.
Messenheft uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Object type: knife tool
Date: 1700 – 1743
Materials: metal, wood
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: verenigde oostindische compagnie, hollandia (schip), annet

Knife, pistol-grip-shaped fragm id. NG 1979-260H2233.
Pompei: casa di Pansa (Edile di Pompei)
Object type: photograph
Date: 1878 – 1888
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: pompeii
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: ruin of a building ~ architecture, housing
Inscriptions: number: ‘48.’
Relief with royal male wearing gold of honor
Object type: talatat, royal male wearing gold of honor
Date: 1353 – 1336
Materials: limestone, paint
Angels Supporting a Frame
Object type: drawing
Date: 1674 – 1755
Materials: graphite, ink, lead
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: pier leone ghezzi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1674 – 1755
Subjects: angels
Bead in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes
Object type: bead, grape
Date: 1390 – 1352
Materials: faience
Location: egypt
Subjects: grapes
Gezicht op het Nærøydal bij Stalheim, Noorwegen
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1882 – 1890
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: stalheim
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: dale, valley
Les Modes de la Saison, Journal illustré de la Famille, 1880, 10e année, No. 33, No. 612: Toilettes de Mme Moslard (...)
Object type: fashion print
Date: 1880 – 1880
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, hand coloring
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: pendant, trinket, 'breloque' (+ women's clothes), gloves, mittens (long gloves) (+ women's clothes), fashion plates, dress, gown (+ women's clothes), fan (+ women's clothes), bracelet, wristlet (+ women's clothes)
Inscriptions: title: ‘LES MODES DE LA SAISON / Journal illustré de la Famille’, address: ‘Bureaux du Journal, 40, rue du Bac, Paris.’, address: ‘Bruxelles, Librairie Rozez, 81, rue de la Madeleine. London, Messrs. Weldon & Co, 9, Southampton Street, Strand.’, caption: ‘Toilettes de Mme Moslard, 96, rue St Lazare.- Corbeilles de mariage, trousseaux et confections. Cheuvreux Aubertot, 7, B.d Poissonnière. / Au Sablier, Deuil complet tout fait et sur mesure en 10 heures. Robes, Manteaux, modes, Lingerie de deuil, 2, Bd Montmartre, Paris.’

Drie vrouwen in een interieur. Volgens het onderschrift: 'toilettes' van Moslard. Hieronder enkele regels reclametekst voor verschillende producten. Prent uit het modetijdschrift Les Modes de la Saison (1871-1885).
Sampler
Object type: sampler
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: canvas, silk, wool
Subjects: flowers,cross
Unknown, from the series "Views of Switzerland"
Object type: photograph
Date: 1850 – 1896
Techniques: albumen print
Location: switzerland
Artist: william england
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist nationality: english
Artist dates: 1816 – 1896
Une surprise dans un chateau
Object type: page
Date: 1872 – 1877
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Subjects: the soldier; the soldier's life (+ during the battle), painting, drawing and the graphic arts
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Detaille/ Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique/ 126, boulevard de Magenta, Paris’
Portret van Petrus Hogerbeets
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1688 – 1688
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: hoorn (north holland), petrus hogerbeets, historical persons, physician, doctor

Prent uit: Freher, Paul. Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum. Neurenberg: Johann Hoffmann, 1688.
Design for a stained glass window
Object type: drawing
Date: 1866 – 1892
Materials: graphite, ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: alexander gibbs
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1832 – 1886
Subjects: birds,windows,plants
The Judgment of Paris
Object type: print
Date: 1543 – 1546
Techniques: etching
Artist: andrea schiavone (andrea meldola)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1510 – 1563
Subjects: children,male nudes,female nudes,goats
Triumph over Evil: Samson Rending the Lion | Pluto and Cerberus
Object type: painting
Date: 1555 – 1555
Materials: oil, paint, panel
Location: haarlem
Artist: martinus van heemskerck
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1498 – 1574

The young, beardless Samson ripped a ferocious lion apart with just his bare hands. In Heemskerck’s time, this story was regarded as the forerunner (prefiguration) of Christ’s victory over the devil. Pluto, recognizable by his three-headed dog Cerberus, was the guardian of the underworld in classical mythology. In the 16th century he was also identified with the devil from Christianity.
Table
Object type: furniture
Date: 1685 – 1700
Materials: bone, wood
Techniques: veneer
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous

This table would typically have been placed against a wall, with a mirror above it, and candle stands on either side. It was often paired with a matching cabinet decorated with flowers made of different coloured woods. This coordinated design created unity in the interior.
Fragment rechte steel van glas uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Object type: drinking glass
Date: 1700 – 1743
Materials: glass
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: verenigde oostindische compagnie, hollandia (schip), annet

Glass, stem glass, stems, plain; fragm, id. NG 1980-27H798.
Side chair
Object type: side chair
Date: 1667 – 1700
Materials: wood, rattan
Wall painting fragment
Object type: wall painting fragment
Date: 101 – 300
Techniques: fresco
Culture: roman
Subjects: birds

This charming fragment, depicting a bird surrounded by ivy leaves, is painted with loose, quick brushstrokes unlike the more careful and mannered work of most Pompeian wall paintings. It may have come from a house or, more probably, a tomb, but its origin is unknown.
A group of figures dancing under a trellis attached to a house, a standing figure carrying a drum and holding a horn to his mouth, surrounded by onlookers, a lane with houses and carriages beyond
Object type: print
Date: 1650 – 1655
Techniques: etching
Artist: adriaen van ostade
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: dutch
Artist dates: 1610 – 1685
Subjects: houses,dancing,horns,crowd
Foundation Deposit: Calf's Foreleg (khepesh)
Object type: costume and accessory
Materials: faience
Culture: egyptian
Location: egypt
Subjects: cows, animals, sacrifice
Kris with Sheath
Object type: kris with sheath
Date: 1501 – 1900
Materials: crystal, gold, silver, steel, wood
Culture: javanese
Location: indonesia
The Grand Canal above the Rialto
Object type: painting
Materials: canvas, oil
Artist: francesco guardi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1712 – 1793
Subjects: buildings,cities,bridges,canals,boats,venice

Guardi depicts Venice’s Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi at center and a vegetable market beneath a series of canopies on the right. The seemingly arbitrary cropping of buildings creates an effect of snapshot-like immediacy; the open windows tempt the eye inside, even as the composition unfolds across the vista of the Grand Canal with its flurry of gondolas. This work, which was among the earliest purchased by The Met, in 1871, was conceived as one of a pair, with a pendant view representing the church of Santa Maria della Salute, located at the end of the Grand Canal.
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Object type: folio from a non illustrated manuscript
Date: 1301 – 1333
Materials: gold, ink, paper, watercolor
Location: iran
Subjects: qur'an,calligraphy

Already in the 11th century Qur'anic writing changed from the ceremonial hard to read angular kufic to the cursive scribes' script (naskhi) which is much more legible. A full set of diacritical marks help to vocalize and pronounce the text in the right way.