deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Vignet met maskers en muziekinstrumenten
Object type: ornament print
Date: 1717 – 1717
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: bernard picart
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1673 – 1733
Subjects: mask, musical instruments; group of musical instruments
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233
Keizerrijk Oostenrijk, Vereinstaler, Franz Joseph, 1857
Object type: coin
Date: 1857 – 1857
Materials: silver
Techniques: striking
Location: vienna

Zilveren munt. Voorzijde: gelauwerd hoofd van de keizer naar rechts, waaronder letter A [=Wenen]. Keerzijde: gekroonde dubbelkoppige adelaar met op de koppen kleine kronen. Op zijn borst door ridderorde met juweel omhangen samengesteld wapenschild en in zijn poten een zwaard en een rijksappel. Waarde-aanduiding: Ein Vereinsthaler als omschrift, jaartal onderaan. Randschrift.
Wie vermessen in dem Essen
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1710 – 1710
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, letterpress printing
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: bread, host, priest ~ non-christian religions
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Illustratie uit: Abraham a Sancta Clara. Heilsames Gemisch Gemasch, das ist: Allerley seltsame und verwunderliche Geschichten (...). Neurenberg: Christoph Weigel, 1710, p. 126.
Zeilschip Valkyrie No.1 te water
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1880 – 1900
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: james adamson
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
Inscriptions: check stamp: ‘Adamson, Rothesay.H.B/ Copyright’
Vue du parterre d'eau et du canal de Chantilli
Object type: print
Date: 1700 – 1799
Materials: paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush, etching
Location: france
Subjects: flight of steps, garden, garden fountain, ornamental plants, water-works in garden, civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
Inscriptions: watermark, collector's mark: Lugt 2166
Wolf, plate 20 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)
Object type: print
Date: 1641 – 1641
Techniques: etching
Artist: stefano della bella
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1610 – 1664
Subjects: wolves
Bust of Faustina
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: charcoal, paper
Location: england
Artist: john downman
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, welsh
Artist dates: 1749 – 1824
Dancing Hevajra (<em>Ardhaparyanka</em>)
Object type: sculpture
Materials: bronze
Location: cambodia
De muilezel
Object type: popular print
Date: 1894 – 1959
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph, letterpress printing
Location: liège
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: mule
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Blad met een grote voorstelling van een muilezel en een reiziger in de bergen. In de ondermarge een onderschrift. Genummerd rechtsboven: No 224.
Joseph Adoring the Child While Two Angels Sing, plate nineteen from The Flight into Egypt
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: italy
Artist: giovanni domenico tiepolo
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1727 – 1804
Maria Legault
Object type: photomechanical print
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: paris
Subjects: portrait of actor, actress
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Journal hebdomadaire paraissant le jeudi Du 24 au 30 Septembre 1874’, number: ‘No 71’
Brief aan Jan Veth
Object type: letter
Date: 1865 – 1925
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Artist: jac van looij
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1855 – 1930
Subjects: dordrecht, amsterdam, painter, print maker, draughtsman, designer, jan veth, etha fles, painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Portret van Bartholomeus Theodus Lublink Weddik
Object type: print
Date: 1846 – 1846
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: netherlands
Artist: johan daniel ebersbach
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1822 – 1900
Subjects: historical persons (+ (full) bust portrait)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

De geportretteerde draagt een toga en een bef. Onder het portret zijn signatuur.
Lachende en huilende gezichtsuitdrukking
Object type: print
Date: 1692 – 1711
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: pieter schenk (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1660 – 1711
Subjects: morphology of facial expression
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Bovenaan twee gezichten van opzij en een van voren met een lachende gezichtsuitdrukking. Onderaan een gezicht van voren en van opzij met een huilende gezichtsuitdrukking.
Milkjug with flowers
Object type: milk jug
Date: 1935 – 1935
Materials: glaze, gold, paint, porcelain
Techniques: firing, forming, gilding, turning, vitrification
Location: karlovy vary
Inscriptions: mark: ‘gekruiste hamers met kroon/ EPIAG PIRKENHAMMER CECHOSLOW/ 5857’

Melkkan van porselein op iets spreidende voet met een licht uitlopend lichaam dat net boven de helft verdikt en uitloopt in een wijde nek, driehoekige tuit vanuit de nek en P-vormig oor. Beschilderd op het glazuur in blauw, rood, groen en goud. De buik en nek met blauwe bloemen en een gouden oor. Gouden lijn op de voet en de rand. Deksel met dezelfde decoratie en conische, gouden dekselknop. Gemerkt op de onderzijde met de gekruiste hamers met kroon, de tekst 'EPIAG PIRKENHAMMER CECHOSLOW' en het nummer 5857.
Froehlich and Schmiedel
Object type: group
Date: 1741 – 1741
Materials: hard paste porcelain
Artist: meissen manufactory
Artist role: manufactory
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1710 – 9999
Subjects: birds,men
Seated Nude in Shoes and Stockings
Object type: drawing
Date: 1918 – 1918
Materials: charcoal, paper
Artist: egon schiele
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: austrian
Artist dates: 1890 – 1918
Subjects: female nudes
Zeven scherven aardewerk, gevonden bij V.O.C.-schip Witte Leeuw, mogelijk afkomstig van Zeelelie
Object type: sherd
Date: 1750 – 1799
Materials: earthenware, glaze, stoneware
Artist: Anonymous

Zeven scherven aardewerk met glazuur, één steengoed, één witbakkend en vijf roodbakkend, gevonden bij V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'. Dit object is 18e-eeuws en kan dus niet van de vracht van de Witte Leeuw zijn. Onduidelijk is of het object van de site komt of dat het later is vermengd, mogelijk met materiaal van de Zeelelie.
Studioportret van een jongeman met een scheiding in zijn haar.
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1863 – 1870
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: unknown
Artist: g. reussing
Artist role: print maker

De man op de foto is dezelfde als op rp-f-00-5360-8 en rp-f-00-5360-9
Portret van Pierre François Louis Rigano
Object type: print
Date: 1829 – 1829
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: dordrecht
Artist: christian heinrich gottlieb steuerwald
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1802 – 1874
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, inscription: ‘4a / 18-9-'75’
Kroonluchter met kristallen ornamenten in paleis Versailles
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: canvas, cardboard, paper
Techniques: matte daylight collodion silver print
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘3557 Compiegne lustre Louis XV L.L.’

Onderdeel van een serie met betrekking tot het interieur van het paleis van Versailles met kroonluchters, deuren, portalen en meubelstukken.
Personificatie van Britannia en achttien portretten op een plakkaat
Object type: print
Date: 1803 – 1803
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: london
Subjects: plymouth, william bligh, adam duncan (burggraaf van duncan), personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc., historical persons, commander-in-chief, admiral
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 12

Engelse admiraals en officiers die deelnamen in de Zeeslag bij Camperduin.
Dress
Object type: dress
Date: 1725 – 1750
Materials: metal thread, silk
Culture: french
Belgische grenadier, 1831
Object type: costume print
Date: 1831 – 1831
Materials: paper
Techniques: hand coloring, lithograph
Location: brussels
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: (military) uniforms, clothes, costume, belgium
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een grenadier van de Belgische infanterie, 1831. Onderdeel van een groep voorstellingen van Belgische uniformen.
Netsuke of Monkey in a Bulb
Object type: netsuke
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: ivory
Culture: japanese
Subjects: monkeys
Praalgraf van Engelbrecht II graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg-Breda en Cimburga van Baden
Object type: print
Date: 1787 – 1834
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, hand coloring, writing
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: brussels, grave-building, monumental tomb
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641, stamp

Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Zeden en Gewoonten in Engeren Zin, Des menschen beging, midden en einde, Grafmonumenten.
24 wall tiles
Object type: wall tile
Date: 1501 – 1700
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: glazing
Isabelle
Object type: page
Date: 1855 – 1860
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: joseph maes
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1838 – 1908
Subjects: infante van spanje isabella clara eugenia, historical persons - bb - woman
Flounce
Object type: flounce
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: linen
Techniques: lace, embroidery
Subjects: carriages
Bybelsche printverbeeldingen van 't Nieuwe Testament
Object type: popular print
Date: 1781 – 1854
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, letterpress printing
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: new testament, the annunciation: mary sitting, series of scenes from the life of christ
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Blad met 16 voorstellingen van verhalen uit het Nieuwe Testament, zoals de Annunciatie en de verzoeking van Christus in de woestijn. Onder elke afbeelding een tweeregelig vers. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 40.
Geboorte van Christus
Object type: print
Date: 1621 – 1674
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: venice
Artist: giulio carpioni (i)
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1613 – 1679
Subjects: god the father, mary, joseph and the new-born christ (nativity)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Maria zit met het Christuskind op schoot voor een tempel. Jozef staat achter haar en leunt tegen een muurtje. Een engel aanbidt het Christuskind. Boven kijken God de Vader en putti toe.
De Engelsche wreedheden in Zuid-Afrika
Object type: cartoon
Date: 1900 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: amsterdam
Artist: johan braakensiek
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1858 – 1940
Subjects: fernando álvarez de toledo (3rd duke of alba), personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc., non-combatants ~ war, horrors of war, spirit, ghost, telescope, political caricatures and satires

De Engelse generaal Roberts bekijkt met een telescoop plundering, moord en brand door de Engelse troepen jegens de Boeren in Zuid-Afrika. De geest van de Hertog van Alva spreekt dat hij dit ook heeft gedaan met hun voorvaderen.
"Buzurjmihr Appears at Nushirvan's Fifth Assembly", Folio 622r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Object type: folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 1530 – 1535
Materials: gold, ink, paper, silver, watercolor
Location: iran
Artist: abu'l qasim firdausi
Artist role: author
Artist nationality: iranian
Artist dates: 935 – 1020
Subjects: men

Shah Nushirvan became impressed with Buzurgmihr’s insights when he first encountered the sage as a child. By the time he was old enough to participate in a series of assemblies of wise men, such as the scene here, Nushirvan depended on Buzurgmihr more than any other counselor. Here, Muzaffar 'Ali, a versatile painter from the younger generation at the court workshop, has chosen a traditional composition, with the throne dominating the center and the figures symmetrically arranged.
Van velerlei gebak en ook van lekkernij / Is deze prent voorzien, wat uwe keus ook zij. / Beschouw dus lieve jeugd haar steeds tot uw vermaak, / En kies er alles uit, dat is naar uwen smaak
Object type: popular print
Date: 1832 – 1850
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, letterpress printing
Location: rotterdam
Subjects: vegetables, cake, tart, pastry, bread, loaf, fruits

Blad met 36 voorstellingen van etenswaren, zoals roggebrood, zalm, peer en knol. Onder elke voorstelling een onderschrift. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 28.
Miniature Feathered Dress
Object type: miniature dress
Date: 1101 – 1300
Materials: cotton, feather
Culture: ica
Location: peru
The Maiden Speech
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Location: england
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: men
Drie oorspronkelijke bewoners van Nieuw-Zeeland aan de oever
Object type: print
Date: 1797 – 1797
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Subjects: hunter, water course, new zealand
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, number: ‘XXII’

Deze prent is mogelijk gebruikt in: Cook, James. Reize rondom de Waereld (...) met kaarten en plaaten. [Vertaald uit het Engels door] Jan David Pasteur. Leiden: Honkoop, Amsterdam: Allart, Den Haag: Van Cleef, 1797, dl. 6.
Christus post resurrectionem Matri apparens / Christ appearing to his Mother after his Resurrection
Object type: print
Date: 1773 – 1773
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: london
Subjects: christ and mary embracing ~ after the resurrection
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Fragment
Object type: textile
Techniques: embroidery
Location: china
Dubbelportret van Heinrich Füllmaurer en Albrecht Meyer
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: basel
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: draughtsman, painter, woodcutter, wood-engraver, draughtsman at work, flowers in a vase, portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Albrecht Meyer draagt een platte hoed met ronde rand, Fullmaurer een bonnet met oorkleppen en een rechtgesneden rand van achteren. Beiden dragen een tabbaard met opstaande kraag.
Portret van kardinaal Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf
Object type: print
Date: 1727 – 1743
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: augsburg
Subjects: cardinal, historical persons, armorial bearing, heraldry

Met rechtsboven zijn wapenschild en linksboven het wapen van paus Benedictus XIII. Rechtsonder genummerd: 79.
Su Dongbo's Visit to Chibi
Object type: hanging scroll
Date: 1368 – 1911
Materials: silk
Culture: chinese
Artist: unidentified artist
Artist role: artist
Military Order of Max Joseph, Bavaria, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Object type: print
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: kinney brothers tobacco company
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1869 – 2011
Subjects: insignia

Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.
Boereninterieur met familie aan tafel
Object type: drawing
Date: 1876 – 1915
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: henri wouters
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1866 – 1935
Subjects: interior of the house, farm (building), eating

Boereninterieur met familie aan tafel; met een jongetje dat aan tafel staat.
Portret van Kaspar Sautter
Object type: print
Date: 1688 – 1688
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: archbishop, bishop, etc. (roman catholic), historical persons

Prent maakt deel uit van een grotere prent die later is verknipt. Prent waarschijnlijk uit: Freher, Paul. Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum. Neurenberg: Johann Hoffmann, 1688.
Study of Putti with Dogs, after Peter Paul Rubens
Object type: drawing
Date: 1820 – 1863
Materials: graphite
Artist: eugène delacroix
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1798 – 1863
Bracelet
Object type: bracelet
Materials: gold
Location: egypt
Venus Receiving Gifts
Object type: print
Date: 1588 – 1588
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: belgium
Artist: aegidius sadeler (ii)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: flemish
Artist dates: 1568 – 1629
Brief aan August Allebé
Object type: letter
Date: 1895 – 1895
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: maastricht
Artist: henri goovaerts
Artist role: conservator, draughtsman, painter
Artist dates: 1865 – 1912
Subjects: amsterdam, print maker, draughtsman, august allebé, education, tuition of the artist (in general)
Inscriptions: watermark
Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong
Object type: photograph
Date: 1865 – 1865
Techniques: albumen silver print, glass negative
Artist: john thomson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, scottish
Artist dates: 1837 – 1921
Judgment of Paris
Object type: charger
Date: 1665 – 1680
Materials: silver gilt
Artist: hans von aachen
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1552 – 1616
Subjects: men,women,putti,coat of arms

The composition is from a 1589 engraving by Raphael Sadeler (1560–1628) after a painting by Hans von Aachen (see 56.601.10(23) and 53.601.10(45) in the Department of Drawings and Prints). The arms set into the upper border are those of Henry Pelham-Clinton, second duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Shield shaped attachment or amulet with four holes connected by diagonals
Object type: pendant
Date: 332 – 364
Location: egypt
Douze Portraits par William Nicholson
Object type: print
Date: 1900 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Artist: henri floury
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1862 – 1961
Subjects: historical persons, writer, poet, author
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

De serie met lithografieën is gemaakt naar ontwerpen van houtsneden door William Nicholson.
Rotterdam. Beursplein
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1900 – 1910
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: rotterdam
Subjects: stock exchange, stock-market, village square, place
Inscriptions: number: ‘17’, inscription: ‘NPG’
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 460 – 450
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, meander; Exterior, legs and bit of drapery of youth to right; unexplained object with drapery
Disc with Flange
Object type: decorative art
Materials: bronze
Culture: greek
Location: thessaly

This precious bronze object is a votive, or devotional gift, made as an offering to the gods. They come in many forms, such as animals, beads and brooches. Many seem once to have been attached to something else. Votives were hung from sacred trees or placed in sanctuaries around Greece. Once a shrine was full, the votives were ceremonially buried to make room for more offerings.
Towel or Sash
Object type: textile
Date: 1801 – 1900
Techniques: embroidery
Location: turkey
Pin (ttipqui)
Object type: pin
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: glass, silver
Culture: peruvian
Location: peru
Artist: peruvian artist(s)
Artist role: artist
The Genius of Castiglione
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, printing
Location: italy
Artist: giovanni benedetto castiglione (il grechetto)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1609 – 1664

Reflecting on his own prolific creativity, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione creates a rich allegory. Fame is personified as a reclining half-nude male youth holding a trumpet. In the upper left, a winged infant blows a horn and points to a crown of laurel leaves, a symbol of immortality. Futility (foul and rabbit) and artistic creativity (pallet, brushes, and sheet music) are at Fame’s feet.
Heralded as one of the most creative etchers in Italy, Castiglione was inspired by Dutch artists’ work, particularly the etchings of Rembrandt van Rijn, whose prints were imported from Amsterdam to Genoa by Dutch dealers.
A Day with the Medicine Man
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: graphite, ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Location: england
Artist: philipp william may
Artist nationality: english
Artist dates: 1864 – 1903
Letter L in een omlijsting met een vogel
Object type: print
Date: 1600 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: birds, fancy letters
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Interieur van de Grote Kerk te Muiden
Object type: photograph
Date: 1910 – 1910
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Subjects: interior of church
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘N.H. Kerk, Mei 1910/ Muiden’
Victoria sovereign
Object type: sovereign
Date: 1838 – 1838
Materials: gold
Artist: william wyon
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1795 – 1851
Subjects: profiles,women,coat of arms
Gold leaf
Object type: pendant in the form of a leaf
Date: 2300 – 2100
Materials: gold
Culture: minoan

Pendant in the form of a leaf. Minoan goldsmiths used sophisticated techniques to create elaborate jewelry, headdresses, and ornaments for hair and clothing, often in the form of naturalistic motifs such as plants, flowers, and marine life. The objects in the collection represent different gold-working methods. Many of the ornaments were cut from gold hammered into thin sheets, some decorated with patterns raised in relief from the back. Gold was also melted and poured into molds. Imported primarily from Egypt, gold was extremely rare. Only the very wealthy could afford such adornments.
Grenadiers / Grenadiers / Génie.-Tenue de Campagne / Geniekorps.-Veldtenue / Infirmiers / Ziekenoppassers
Object type: print
Date: 1911 – 1991
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph, letterpress printing
Location: turnhout
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: physician, doctor, the soldier; the soldier's life
Inscriptions: octrooivermelding, gedrukt

Blad met 3 horizontale rijen met in totaal 15 voorstellingen van officieren, militairen met geweren, een krijgsdokter en ziekenoppassers. Genummerd rechtsboven: N. 14.
De komeet van 1680-1681
Object type: print
Date: 1680 – 1681
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: germany
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: comet

De komeet zichtbaar in de winter van 1680-1681. Astronomische voorstelling van de plaats van de komeet tussen de tekens van de Dierenriem. Gemerkt rechtsboven: Fol. 215.
Panel
Object type: panel
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: cotton
Culture: chinese
Subjects: flowers
Warrior Ornament
Object type: ornament
Date: 501 – 700
Materials: gold
Culture: moche
Location: peru
Subjects: human figures,weapons
Kohl pot
Object type: kohl jar
Date: 2030 – 1640
Materials: pottery
Location: egypt
Dancing Ganesha
Object type: figure
Date: 901 – 1000
Materials: stone
Culture: indian
Subjects: dancing,ganesha

This ten-armed dancing Ganesha holds his broken tusk, weapons, a pot with sweetmeats, and many other attributes that have broken away. Two snakes—one stretched above his head, the other drawn across his chest as a sacred thread—are attributes that connect him to his father, Shiva. Unlike smaller portable images cast in metal, this large, sandstone example would have been placed in a temple niche to remove obstacles standing between the worshipper and the divine. As leader of the ganas (nature deities), Ganesha stands in a pose that emphasizes his playful and rambunctious nature—in contrast to his father Shiva’s cosmic dance of creation and destruction. As remover of obstacles, Ganesha clears a path to access Shiva while also bestowing wealth and prosperity.
Portret van Odoardo Farnese, hertog van Parma en Piacenza
Object type: print
Date: 1656 – 1666
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: rocaille ornament, armour, historical persons

Prent mogelijk uit: Brachel, Johann Adolph. Historia nostri temporis, dat is: Geschiedenis onses tijdts (...). Rotterdam: Andries van Hoogenhuyse, 1656, dl. 1. Of uit een latere editie (1659, 1666).