deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Bowl with a deer and a pseudo-inscription
Object type: bowl
Date: 900 – 999
Materials: earthenware, glaze, paint
Techniques: firing, turning, vitrification
Location: nishapur
Artist: Anonymous

Aardewerken kom, gedecoreerd met mangaanbruin en gele, groene en rode slib op een engobe van witte slib onder transparant loodglazuur. Op de binnenwand een hert en een band pseudo-schrift.
Terracotta fragment of an oinochoe (jug)
Object type: oinochoe fragment
Date: 575 – 551
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Artist: burgon group
Artist role: artist

At the top of the panel, a band of tongues, alternating with black and red; below, gloved hand of a boxer?; top of the head, left eye, and nose of a filleted youth to left with a stick
David Ketel met de Koreaanse Prins Fridi
Object type: color slide
Date: 1952 – 1952
Techniques: slide
Location: korea
Artist: david ketel
Artist role: diplomaat, sinoloog
Artist dates: 1913 – 2008
Subjects: united nations
Gezicht op gaswinning in Marion, Indiana, met reclame voor de opening van de winkel van C.C. Jamieson
Object type: photograph
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: marion
Artist: brown (fotograaf)
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: advertising, gasworks
Inscriptions: name: ‘Brown/ Photo/ [...]. E. Brown Marion, Ind.’
Portret van keizer Jozef II
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Subjects: vienna, jozef ii (duits keizer), historical persons, insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Twee antieke medaillons met de portretten van Constantijn en Claudia Octavia
Object type: print
Date: 1559 – 1596
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: germany
Artist: franz isaac brun
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1535 – 1620
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman, historical persons, medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function)

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een serie met antieke medaillons. Mogelijk zijn deze prenten gebaseerd op de illustraties in houtsnede, gebruikt in 'Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum', in 1553 door Guillaume Rouillé uitgegeven in Lyon.
Jonge vrouw op haar stoep - Christus en Johannes
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1842 – 1873
Materials: paper
Techniques: aquatint, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: christ with john the evangelist leaning on his breast, 'johannesminne', 'christus-johannes-gruppe', adolescent, young woman, maiden
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Twee boekillustraties. Links een jonge vrouw in peinzende houding op haar stoepje. Rechts Christus tijdens het Laatste Avondmaal met in zijn handen het brood. Johannes de Evangelist legt zijn hoofd op zijn schouder.
Twee penningen met portretten van bisschop Girolamo Vielmi en dominicaan Sixtus Medices
Object type: print
Date: 1720 – 1780
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: bressanone
Subjects: venice, archbishop, bishop, etc. (roman catholic), historical persons, monastic orders, monastic life: dominicans
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Volgens de Latijnse tekst onder de portretten bevonden de bronzen penningen zich in de collectie van graaf Giammaria Mazzucchelli.
Ziet kindren! voor uw oog vertoond, / Hoe somtijds 't medelijden woont [(...)]
Object type: print
Date: 1811 – 1829
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, letterpress printing
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: the good samaritan (luke 10:30-37)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Blad met 12 voorstellingen van het verhaal van de Barmhartige Samaritaan. Midden boven het zegel van de Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Onder elke afbeelding een vierregelig vers. Genummerd rechtsboven: L.X.
Treatise on Fortification and Treatise on Measurement
Object type: book
Date: 1538 – 1538
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: letterpress, woodcut
Location: germany
Artist: albrecht dürer
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1471 – 1528
Bonnet
Object type: bonnet
Date: 1840 – 1840
Materials: linen
Culture: irish
Portret van een vrouw staand in een tuin
Object type: photograph
Date: 1934 – 1934
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons not known by name - bb - woman, netherlands
Portret van schout bij nacht J.E. de Man
Object type: photograph
Date: 1850 – 1875
Materials: glass, board, paper, wood
Techniques: framing, photography
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: utrecht, naval officer, historical persons, japan

Portret van schout bij nacht J.E. de Man. Ingelijste foto, portret van schout bij nacht Jacobus Eliza de Man, borststuk naar rechts met baard, in uniform met epauletten en vijf ridderordes op de borst; ingelijst achter glas, met brede houten lijst met vergulde houten binnenlijst. Achterkant: met de hand beschreven blaadje, op hardboard geplakt, met gegevens over de man en de ridderordes. Opschrift. Keerzijde: 'Schout bij nacht. voor Simoneseki / Nederlandsch eskader naar Japan / Commandant-divisiecommandant 1864. 5-10 Sept'.
The Crucifixion
Object type: panel
Date: 1401 – 1500
Materials: alabaster, paint
Techniques: gilding
Culture: british
Artist: school of nottingham
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Subjects: men,christ,cross
Covered box decorated with chrysanthemums and waterfowl among lotus
Object type: covered box
Date: 1201 – 1300
Materials: ceramic glaze, glaze, stoneware
Techniques: inlay
Culture: korean
Subjects: birds,flowers

Chrysanthemums feature prominently on the cover of this box: large and ornate in the center and small and minimalist around the border.
William Frederick "Pop" Schriver, Catcher, Philadelphia, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Object type: baseball card, photograph
Date: 1887 – 1887
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.
John Nilsen ♂, d' anni 24, pescatore
Object type: page
Date: 1870 – 1880
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Subjects: adult man (+ front view), adult man (+ sideview, profile)
Inscriptions: number: ‘Tavola VI.’

Links een vooraanzicht, rechts een zijaanzicht.
Bronze handle of an oinochoe (jug)
Object type: handle of an oinochoe
Date: 500 – 468
Materials: bronze
Culture: greek
Subjects: lions

The top of the handle is decorated with the head of a lion, the bottom with the head of a panther skin. The choice of motifs juxtaposes a living with a skinned animal. It also places the three-dimensional and two-dimensional renderings where they are most appropriate for the vase shape.
Apollo en Marsyas en het oordeel van Midas
Object type: print
Date: 1581 – 1581
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: punishment of marsyas: he is flayed by apollo
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Apollo in het midden, met het mes in de hand waarmee zojuist Marsyas gevild is, wiens huid Apollo in zijn linker hand vast heeft. Marsyas zelf hangt zonder huid aan de boom. Rechts de knielende Midas met de ezelsoren, saters en soldaten in de achtergrond.
The Architecture of Country Houses; including Designs for Cottages, Farm Houses, and Villas
Object type: book
Date: 1850 – 1850
Techniques: drawing, lithograph
Location: philadelphia
Artist: andrew jackson downing
Artist role: author
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1815 – 1852
Subjects: architecture,houses
Dish with Joseph and His Brothers
Object type: dish
Date: 1630 – 1645
Techniques: glazing
Artist: antoine conrade
Artist role: maker
Artist dates: 1600 – 1700
Subjects: buildings,crowd

Having sold him into slavery as a child, Joseph’s brothers leave famine-plagued Canaan for Egypt. Here, they kneel before the governor (not recognizing him as Joseph) to ask permission to purchase corn; Joseph responds by accusing them of spying (Genesis 42:1–16). The composition was adapted from a woodcut by Bernard Salomon (ca. 1508?–ca. 1561).
Haardsteen van gebakken aarde met ruitvormige verdeling
Object type: architectural element
Date: 1587 – 1587
Materials: earthenware
Location: southern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous

Haardsteen van gebakken aarde met ruitvormige verdeling. Met het jaartal 1587. In twee stukken.
Markt
Object type: print
Date: 1735 – 1787
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: willem van wessem
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1725 – 1787
Subjects: horse, market
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Een mensenmenigte op een markt. Rechts een vrouw leunend op een onderdeur.
Portret van Lodewijk Filips I van Frankrijk
Object type: print
Date: 1830 – 1830
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: paris, lodewijk filips i (koning van frankrijk), historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: sword guard tsuba
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: copper, silver alloy, gold, iron
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Subjects: dragons
Silhouetportret van W. Immink
Object type: print
Date: 1809 – 1848
Materials: paper
Techniques: hand coloring, lithograph
Location: netherlands
Artist: pieter barbiers (iv)
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1798 – 1848
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Onder het portret de signatuur van de geportretteerde.
Stadhuis. Z.W.-zijde
Object type: photograph
Date: 1900 – 1904
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: delft
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: townhall
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Het recht van reproductie dezer photo's wordt door den Uitgever voorbehouden.’, number: ‘44’, inscription: ‘Delft. Begin 15e en begin 17e eeuw.’
Drie kinderen in het riet
Object type: drawing
Date: 1887 – 1916
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: pen
Artist: willem pothast
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1877 – 1916
Subjects: boy (child between toddler and youth), girl (child between toddler and youth), plants and herbs: reed
Inscriptions: signature: ‘W. Pothast’, annotation: ‘Het nestje in de struiken plaat 2’, :, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een jongen, meisje en baby staan in het riet, vermoedelijk aan een waterkant. Het meisje ondersteunt de baby.
Twaalf voorstellingen uit de oudste, middelste en nieuwste geschiedenis
Object type: print
Date: 1793 – 1793
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: berlin
Artist: daniel nikolaus chodowiecki
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1726 – 1801
Subjects: pierre du terrail de bayard, rome, london, oliver cromwell, naples, history, (story of) the emperor trajan, shipwreck, robber, (story of) alexander the great, joust, tilt, ruler, sovereign, horse, (story of) marcus aurelius, the roman emperor, death by drowning (non-violent)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prenten gebruikt voor: Genealogischen Calender zur angenehmen und nützlichen Unterhaltung auf das Jahr 1794. Berlijn: Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, [1793].
Velvet Panel with Rows of Flowers
Object type: joined fragment
Date: 1634 – 1666
Materials: metal thread, silk, velvet
Techniques: cutting, voiding
Location: india
Subjects: flowers,leaves

Textiles depicting formally arranged, naturalistic flowers on a neutral background were produced in great numbers during the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628–58). This distinctly Mughal decorative style developed from the influence of European herbal illustrations on traditional Indian depictions of nature. Despite their connection to medical illustrations, these roses and lilies, while naturalistic, have been altered for aesthetic reasons and are not botanically correct.
Vrouw bekijkt de rug van een boek
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: reading, book
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 4780, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een staande vrouw met een hoed op haar hoofd bekijkt de rug van een boek dat ze met twee handen vast heeft. Op de achterzijde van de fondslijst staat een man met een zeis.
Harvest Scenes, Tomb of Menna
Object type: facsimile, menna tt 69, harvest
Materials: paper, paint
Location: egypt
Artist: charles k. wilkinson
Artist role: artist
Artist dates: 1897 – 1986
Subjects: men,horses,working,chariots
Chinese Couple
Object type: figure
Date: 1737 – 1737
Materials: hard paste porcelain
Artist: meissen manufactory
Artist role: manufactory
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1710 – 9999
Subjects: birds,couples,men,women
De Nieuwe Kerk naar een zestiend'eeuwsch schildery
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1897 – 1897
Materials: paper
Techniques: line block
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: church (exterior)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641b

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Kerkwezen: Hervormde Gemeente: Nieuwe Kerk van buiten.
Havengezicht op Corfu met op de achtergrond de citadel
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1895 – 1905
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: corfu
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.), fortified city

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Griekenland en Egypte.
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ippei (?) in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1778 (?)
Object type: print
Date: 1778 – 1778
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: katsukawa shunkō
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1743 – 1812
Coat
Object type: coat
Date: 1750 – 1750
Materials: silk
Culture: french
Portret van Fanny Geefs-Corr
Object type: print
Date: 1840 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: fanny geefs-corr
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1807 – 1883
Subjects: brussels, painter, print maker, draughtsman, fanny geefs-corr, historical persons, portrait, self-portrait of painter, portrait, self-portrait of artist, portrait, self-portrait of draughtsman
Brief aan Jan Veth
Object type: letter
Date: 1893 – 1893
Materials: ink
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: noordwijk
Artist: richard nicolaüs roland holst
Artist dates: 1868 – 1938
Subjects: designer, jan veth, amsterdam, painter, print maker, draughtsman, ferdinand hart nibbrig, den bosch, antoon derkinderen, andré jolles, rotterdam, the monumental arts, money
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Interieur van de raadzaal in het Paleis van Fontainebleau
Object type: photograph
Date: 1875 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: fontainebleau
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: seating furniture, mirror, palace, interior ~ representation of a building
Inscriptions: number: ‘19,’, collector's mark: Lugt 3937, inscription: ‘J.D.’
Wineglass
Object type: wineglass
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: glass
Artist: dr. antonio salviati company
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1859 – 1987
Fragment (from Noh Costume)
Object type: textile
Materials: gilt, paper, silk
Techniques: brocade, weave
Location: japan
Jonge moeder voedt haar kind met zuigfles
Object type: print
Date: 1756 – 1817
Materials: paper
Techniques: printmaking, etching
Location: unknown
Artist: louis bernard coclers
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1741 – 1817
Subjects: head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes), feeding a baby
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Chief Little Head, from the Indian Chiefs series (N681) promoting Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Subjects: men,portraits

Trade cards from the "Indian Chiefs" series (N681), issued ca. 1888 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.
Geschiedenis van David en Abigaïl
Object type: print
Date: 1585 – 1585
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: abigail goes out with asses laden with loaves of bread and bottles of wine, to meet david, ass, donkey
Inscriptions: number: ‘148’

Abigaïl, de vrouw van Nabal, laat ezels bepakken met broden en kruiken wijn. Ze zal het voedsel naar David brengen. Abigaïl spreekt met een van haar knechten, die herder is. Onder de voorstelling een verwijzing in het Latijn naar de Bijbeltekst in 1 Sam. 25. Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Piece
Object type: piece
Materials: silk
Techniques: compound weave
Culture: japanese
Subjects: leaves
Miniature teapot
Object type: teapot
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: silver
Glaucus en Scylla
Object type: print
Date: 1650 – 1710
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: paris
Artist: franz ertinger
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1640 – 1710
Subjects: scylla changed into a sea-monster: circe, to whom glaucus has applied for aid in his love suit, changes scylla the sea-nymph into a sea-monster (ovid, metamorphoses xiv 59)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De jaloerse tovenares Circe vergiftigt het water, zodat de badende nimf Scylla net als Glaucus, met dolk, in een zeemonster verandert.
Strip
Object type: strip
Date: 1901 – 1950
Materials: cotton
Culture: japanese
Subjects: flowers
Civil Official (Wenguan)
Object type: sculpture
Materials: earthenware, glaze, lead
Location: china
It's quite impossible!!!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 28, 1872
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: honoré daumier
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1808 – 1879
Subjects: men
Notitie
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1890 – 1946
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: cornelis vreedenburgh
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1880 – 1946
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘W/’

Pagina 4 verso uit een schetsboek met 22 bladen.
Coupé #636
Object type: drawing
Date: 1850 – 1870
Materials: watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: brewster & co.
Artist role: manufacturer
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: carriages

Brewster & Company History Established in 1810 by James Brewster (1788–1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management–James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, August Belmont, J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Andrew J. Cassatt (brother of artist Mary Cassatt), William Rockefeller, Henry Clay Frick and Pierre Lorillard. Talented draftsmen employed by the firm included Paul Steinbeck, Herman Stahmer and John Gribbon, the latter teaching at the Carriage Builders and Designers Technical School, which opened in 1880 and was housed initially at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When the company finally dissolved in 1923, its last owner William Brewster (1866–1949) donated its archive of design and presentation drawings to the Museum where he served as benefactor and trustee. Of all American carriage manufacturers, none was as highly regarded for design, finish and quality as Brewster & Company. They won many awards for outstanding workmanship, including the Legion d’Honneur (Legion of Honor) at the 1878 Paris Exposition (3rd World’s Fair). In appreciation for this achievement the Carriage Builders’ National Association presented them with a gold enameled Tiffany & Company plaque and autograph book signed by leading American carriage builders, both now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Merri Ferrell, 2016
Bowl
Object type: bowl
Date: 1820 – 1820
Materials: glaze, porcelain
Culture: japanese
Lendensloop
Object type: lendensloop
Date: 1650 – 1660
Materials: linen
Techniques: lace
Location: northern netherlands

Lendensloop van linnen met een entre-deux van kloskant. Aan het sluiteinde een geklost randje.
Rouw-Staetelijcke Lijk-pracht in de Uyt-Vaert en Begraefenisse van het ont-zielde Lichaem van (...) Wilhelm Frederich (...) Overleden binnen Leeuwarden (...) den een-en-twintichsten October, MDCLXIV. en aldaer in 't Choor van de Jacobijner Kerck, den vyfthienden december MDCLXIV. Oude Stijl (...)
Object type: print
Date: 1666 – 1666
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: leeuwarden
Subjects: arnhem, cortege, funeral procession

Begrafenisoptocht van Willem Frederik, graaf van Nassau-Dietz, in Leeuwarden op 6 januari 1665. Deel van de begrafenisstoet. Plaat nr. 3 in een ensemble van 24 (van de 25) ongemonteerde genummerde platen (zonder tekstbladen) die samen een lange fries vormen.
Hospice op de Mont Cenis
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1865 – 1865
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: mont cenis
Artist: alexandre bertrand
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1822 – 1889
Subjects: hospital, mountains
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘N4.t./ 23./ 175’
Draagkruis van de keten van de Orde van St. Michel van Cornelis Lampsins
Object type: insignia
Date: 1662 – 1662
Materials: gold
Techniques: forging, striking
Location: france
Subjects: lodewijk xiv (koning van frankrijk)

Malthezer kruis met 'parels' (bolletjes) op de punten, tussen de armen telkens de Franse lelie. In het midden in een ovale krans voorstelling van een engel (St. Michel) met opgeheven armen en één voet op liggende demon. Aan de ene zijde is de ovalen krans versierd met witte Jacobsschelpen en draagt de engel aan de linkerarm een schild; aan de andere zijde blauwe ovalen krans en engel zonder schild. Het zwaard is in beide gevallen onduidelijk (afwezig?). Kruis versierd met wit-email randen en groene vlam.
Cylinder seal and modern impression: above, royal figures approaching a suppliant goddess; below, a banquet scene
Object type: cylinder seal
Date: 1720 – 1650
Materials: mineral
Location: syria
Subjects: goddess
Fish (Still Life)
Object type: painting
Date: 1864 – 1864
Materials: canvas, oil, paint
Techniques: painting
Location: france
Artist: édouard manet
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1832 – 1883
Subjects: still life, tablecloth, table, pot, knife, kitchenware, death, food, eels, fruit, lemons, oysters, fish
Inscriptions: Signed lower right:  Manet

Although still-life ensembles were an important element in many of the major paintings of the avant-garde artist Édouard Manet, his most sustained interest in the genre itself was from 1864 to 1865, when Fish was painted. Manet’s focus on still lifes coincided with the gradual reacceptance of the genre during the nineteenth century, due in part to the growth of the middle class, whose tastes ran to intimate, moderately priced works. This painting, like many of Manet’s still-life compositions, recalls seventeenth-century Dutch models. The directness of execution, bold brushwork, and immediacy of vision displayed in the canvas, however, suggest why the public found Manet’s work so unorthodox and confrontational. While Fish is indeed an image of “dead nature” (nature morte is the French term for still life), there is nothing still about the work: the produce seems fresh and the handling of paint vigorous. Further enlivening the composition is the placement of the carp, which offsets the strong diagonal of the other elements. Manet never submitted his still lifes to the official French Salon but rather sold them through the burgeoning network of art galleries in Paris and gave them to friends.